Changes at Nomura, CLS, Libra: Executives on the Move
- Catch up on the latest highlights of senior professionals taking up new roles in the forex, fintech and crypto world

Read about this week's job changes in the financial industry:
Former Head of QSI Jian Chen Moves from Morgan Stanley to FairXchange
Chen also served as a quantative strategist, FX technology-based trading, at RBS earlier in his career.
Read more on the Jian Chen FairXchange appointment here.
Nomura Announces New Members to its Advisory Board
Chartsiri Sophonpanich and Philip Hammond have joined the Board.
Read more on the Sophonpanich and Hammond Nomura Board appointments here.
Alpha FX Appoints James Carey as Director of Technology
The former Betfair director is set to deliver the firm's technology roadmap.
Read more on the James Carey Alpha FX appointment here.
Libra Libra Libra is a yet-to-be-released cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, Inc., that will aim to serve as a global payment system and a stable financial infrastructure that people across the world can use. The projected release date of the libra cryptocurrency is currently slated for 2020, while the project is currently being managed by the Libra Association.Headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, the Libra Association main purpose is founded on three pillars.This includes the provision of a framework of governance oversight for the Libra network and Libra reserve, overseeing active operations and longevity of the Libra payment system, and facilitating the flow of services of the Libra Blockchain.The Libra Association is overseen by the Libra Association Council.This is comprised of organizations from the technology, telecommunication, payment, blockchain, venture capital, and nonprofit sectors.The creators of the coin are Morgan Beller, who initially started working on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology at Facebook in 2017, David Marcus, and Kevin Weil. Before the announcement of the Libra cryptocurrency on June 18th, 2019, Facebook had been considering coining the digital currency GlobalCoin or Facebook Coin.Will Libra Ever Launch? Facebook has expressed multiple times that they will not launch the Libra cryptocurrency until all regulatory matters have been met.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has since assured lawmakers that Libra would not launch without first acquiring approval from United States regulators. Past participants of the Libra Association who left in October of 2019 include PayPal, eBay, Book Holdings, Mercado Pago, Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard. It should be noted that the source code for Libra is written in Rust that is open-source through the Apache License. What’s unique about Libra is that it will not depend upon cryptocurrency mining while only members of the Libra Association will be in a position to validate and process transactions. Facebook plans to launch a digital wallet known as Calibra in 2020, which will serve as an avenue for acquiring Libra along with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Libra is a yet-to-be-released cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, Inc., that will aim to serve as a global payment system and a stable financial infrastructure that people across the world can use. The projected release date of the libra cryptocurrency is currently slated for 2020, while the project is currently being managed by the Libra Association.Headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, the Libra Association main purpose is founded on three pillars.This includes the provision of a framework of governance oversight for the Libra network and Libra reserve, overseeing active operations and longevity of the Libra payment system, and facilitating the flow of services of the Libra Blockchain.The Libra Association is overseen by the Libra Association Council.This is comprised of organizations from the technology, telecommunication, payment, blockchain, venture capital, and nonprofit sectors.The creators of the coin are Morgan Beller, who initially started working on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology at Facebook in 2017, David Marcus, and Kevin Weil. Before the announcement of the Libra cryptocurrency on June 18th, 2019, Facebook had been considering coining the digital currency GlobalCoin or Facebook Coin.Will Libra Ever Launch? Facebook has expressed multiple times that they will not launch the Libra cryptocurrency until all regulatory matters have been met.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has since assured lawmakers that Libra would not launch without first acquiring approval from United States regulators. Past participants of the Libra Association who left in October of 2019 include PayPal, eBay, Book Holdings, Mercado Pago, Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard. It should be noted that the source code for Libra is written in Rust that is open-source through the Apache License. What’s unique about Libra is that it will not depend upon cryptocurrency mining while only members of the Libra Association will be in a position to validate and process transactions. Facebook plans to launch a digital wallet known as Calibra in 2020, which will serve as an avenue for acquiring Libra along with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Read this Term Association Names Robert Werner as General Counsel
Werner joins the Association as it starts the payment system licensing process with FINMA.
Read more on the Robert Werner Libra Association appointment here.
The BIS Appoints Joachim Nagel as Deputy Head of Banking Dept
Nagel will commence his five-year term on the 1st of November.
Read more on the Joachim Nagel BIS appointment here.
Ex-OpenFin CTO Nick Kolba Joins genesis as Global Head
He has 20 years of experience working in the technology industry.
Read more on the Nick Kolba genesis appointment here.
Japan Securities Clearing Reveals New Director Candidates
Read more on the Kunihiro and Hideki Japan Securities Clearing nominations here.
Monzo Co-Founder Tom Blomfield Quits as CEO to Become President
Current US CEO Anil to take up UK CEO role and hold both positions.
Read more on the Tom Blomfield Monzo move here.
CLS Appoints Three New Directors to its Board
Karen Keenan, John Trundle and Naoto Nakamura have all joined the company’s Board.
Read more on the CLS Board appointments here.
Read about this week's job changes in the financial industry:
Former Head of QSI Jian Chen Moves from Morgan Stanley to FairXchange
Chen also served as a quantative strategist, FX technology-based trading, at RBS earlier in his career.
Read more on the Jian Chen FairXchange appointment here.
Nomura Announces New Members to its Advisory Board
Chartsiri Sophonpanich and Philip Hammond have joined the Board.
Read more on the Sophonpanich and Hammond Nomura Board appointments here.
Alpha FX Appoints James Carey as Director of Technology
The former Betfair director is set to deliver the firm's technology roadmap.
Read more on the James Carey Alpha FX appointment here.
Libra Libra Libra is a yet-to-be-released cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, Inc., that will aim to serve as a global payment system and a stable financial infrastructure that people across the world can use. The projected release date of the libra cryptocurrency is currently slated for 2020, while the project is currently being managed by the Libra Association.Headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, the Libra Association main purpose is founded on three pillars.This includes the provision of a framework of governance oversight for the Libra network and Libra reserve, overseeing active operations and longevity of the Libra payment system, and facilitating the flow of services of the Libra Blockchain.The Libra Association is overseen by the Libra Association Council.This is comprised of organizations from the technology, telecommunication, payment, blockchain, venture capital, and nonprofit sectors.The creators of the coin are Morgan Beller, who initially started working on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology at Facebook in 2017, David Marcus, and Kevin Weil. Before the announcement of the Libra cryptocurrency on June 18th, 2019, Facebook had been considering coining the digital currency GlobalCoin or Facebook Coin.Will Libra Ever Launch? Facebook has expressed multiple times that they will not launch the Libra cryptocurrency until all regulatory matters have been met.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has since assured lawmakers that Libra would not launch without first acquiring approval from United States regulators. Past participants of the Libra Association who left in October of 2019 include PayPal, eBay, Book Holdings, Mercado Pago, Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard. It should be noted that the source code for Libra is written in Rust that is open-source through the Apache License. What’s unique about Libra is that it will not depend upon cryptocurrency mining while only members of the Libra Association will be in a position to validate and process transactions. Facebook plans to launch a digital wallet known as Calibra in 2020, which will serve as an avenue for acquiring Libra along with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Libra is a yet-to-be-released cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, Inc., that will aim to serve as a global payment system and a stable financial infrastructure that people across the world can use. The projected release date of the libra cryptocurrency is currently slated for 2020, while the project is currently being managed by the Libra Association.Headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, the Libra Association main purpose is founded on three pillars.This includes the provision of a framework of governance oversight for the Libra network and Libra reserve, overseeing active operations and longevity of the Libra payment system, and facilitating the flow of services of the Libra Blockchain.The Libra Association is overseen by the Libra Association Council.This is comprised of organizations from the technology, telecommunication, payment, blockchain, venture capital, and nonprofit sectors.The creators of the coin are Morgan Beller, who initially started working on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology at Facebook in 2017, David Marcus, and Kevin Weil. Before the announcement of the Libra cryptocurrency on June 18th, 2019, Facebook had been considering coining the digital currency GlobalCoin or Facebook Coin.Will Libra Ever Launch? Facebook has expressed multiple times that they will not launch the Libra cryptocurrency until all regulatory matters have been met.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has since assured lawmakers that Libra would not launch without first acquiring approval from United States regulators. Past participants of the Libra Association who left in October of 2019 include PayPal, eBay, Book Holdings, Mercado Pago, Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard. It should be noted that the source code for Libra is written in Rust that is open-source through the Apache License. What’s unique about Libra is that it will not depend upon cryptocurrency mining while only members of the Libra Association will be in a position to validate and process transactions. Facebook plans to launch a digital wallet known as Calibra in 2020, which will serve as an avenue for acquiring Libra along with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Read this Term Association Names Robert Werner as General Counsel
Werner joins the Association as it starts the payment system licensing process with FINMA.
Read more on the Robert Werner Libra Association appointment here.
The BIS Appoints Joachim Nagel as Deputy Head of Banking Dept
Nagel will commence his five-year term on the 1st of November.
Read more on the Joachim Nagel BIS appointment here.
Ex-OpenFin CTO Nick Kolba Joins genesis as Global Head
He has 20 years of experience working in the technology industry.
Read more on the Nick Kolba genesis appointment here.
Japan Securities Clearing Reveals New Director Candidates
Read more on the Kunihiro and Hideki Japan Securities Clearing nominations here.
Monzo Co-Founder Tom Blomfield Quits as CEO to Become President
Current US CEO Anil to take up UK CEO role and hold both positions.
Read more on the Tom Blomfield Monzo move here.
CLS Appoints Three New Directors to its Board
Karen Keenan, John Trundle and Naoto Nakamura have all joined the company’s Board.
Read more on the CLS Board appointments here.