Symbiont Adds FinTech Veterans to Advisory Board
Symbiont has added Maureen O'Hara, chairman of Investment Technology Group and a former US Treasury official to its board of advisors.
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Smart contracts platform Symbiont has announced the appointment of Maureen O'Hara to its board of advisors.
Currently chairman of the board of directors of Investment Technology Group – a multinational financial markets technology firm – and former advisor of the Office of Financial Research in the US Treasury, O'Hara will be joined by Dr Keith B Jarrett; a founding executive of Thomson Financial, now known as Thomson Reuters.
Mark Smith, CEO and founder of Symbiont, added:
O'Hara's and Jarrett's appointments, the company said, will help guide it in areas of market structure and the adoption of disruptive technologies.
The announcement comes after Symbiont, which closed a $1.25m seed funding round in June, issued its first smart security in August.
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