Compliance Specialist at Exness Becomes Vanuatu’s Stablecoin Commissioner

Jackson Miake has become Vanuatu’s Commissioner of Stablecoins. His LinkedIn profile lists the role as a contract position with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management beginning in July 2026.

Before the appointment, Miake’s most recent position was Governance Risk and Compliance Specialist at Exness, where he worked from January to July 2026.

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Vanuatu’s Parliament passed the Stablecoins Bill in 2025. The legislation provides for a Stablecoin Supervisory Commission, or SSC, alongside licensing for issuers, reserve requirements, disclosure obligations and regulatory supervision.

Under the legislation, the SSC is to appoint the Commissioner for a five-year term, with one possible reappointment. The selection must be based on merit and follow a “fair and transparent selection process”.

A person cannot be appointed without at least five years of experience in a senior management role relevant to the Commissioner’s functions.

Those functions include convening SSC meetings, preparing agendas and minutes, coordinating the implementation and monitoring of its decisions, mobilising resources and preparing annual strategic plans and work programmes. The Commissioner also provides secretariat support to the SSC.

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Recent Career History

Earlier in his career, Miake worked as ICT Policy Manager at Vanuatu’s Department of Communications & Digital Transformation from August 2012 to September 2018. This position involved the development and implementation of policies for the ICT and telecommunications sectors.

Before joining Exness, Miake completed a Team Leader – Security Operations Centre internship at the SOC Australian Cyber Security Aide Centre from July to December 2025.

Miake holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Massey University. An April 2025 event biography described him as a Western Sydney University student studying cybersecurity and human behaviour.

At publication, Finance Magnates found no public statement from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management, the VFSC or the SSC explaining the appointment process or how the statutory eligibility requirements were assessed.