Cryptocurrency company Zodia Custody has appointed Julian Sawyer as CEO.
The London-based crypto custodian, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, has replaced internal hire Maxime de Guillebon with Sawyer, a co-founder of neobank Starling.
Sawyer left his former role as CEO of Bitstamp in May last year after 18 months. He moved into the crypto industry in 2019 when he was appointed managing director for Europe at another crypto exchange, Gemini.
Prior to serving as COO at neobank Starling for four years, Sawyer sold his financial services management consultancy Bluerock Consulting in 2011.
Zodia recently launched Interchange, a service to protect customers’ assets from crypto exchange insolvencies such as that seen at collapsed FTX.
Interchange will hold clients’ assets while they are mirrored on crypto exchanges for trading.
“I’m excited to announce that I have recently joined Zodia Custody as CEO,” said Sawyer. “The business prides itself on being one of the leading institutional crypto custodians with both FCA and CBI registrations backed by Standard Chartered Bank and Northern Trust Corporation.
“I am looking forward to working with the talented team at Zodia to drive the business forward.”