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Tim Grant - his biography and role in Galaxy Digital

Oct 29, 2022
Tim Grant - his biography and role in Galaxy Digital
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Tim Grant is the head of Galaxy Digital in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is engaged in the management of financial services and investments in the sectors of digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. In this role, Tim oversees the expansion of the firm's existing presence in Europe across all lines of business, including trading, research, asset management, core investments, venture capital, investment banking and mining technology. Contents:

Tim Grant and his career

Prior to joining Galaxy Digital, Tim was the CEO of SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the SIX Group's Swiss regulated digital asset exchange. It helped to spur SDX's efforts to launch the first fully regulated institutional digital asset exchange and CSD.

Overseeing a team of 100 professionals, Tim has helped SDX to forge partnerships with leading financial institutions around the world to bring the next generation of digital assets and funds to global capital markets.

Prior to managing SDX, Tim worked as the founder and CEO of DrumG Technologies and an enterprise registry-based distributed applications operator. While at DrumG Technologies, Tim helped to build the Titanium Network, a decentralized, anonymous and cryptographically secure OTC consensus trading and valuation solution for investment banks. It includes Credit Suisse as the network's founding institution. Tim also served as CEO of the R3 Laboratory and Research Center. It has focused on bringing together global financial institutions, technology companies, regulators and central banks to explore new technologies. In this role, Tim managed sales, investor and customer relations for all R3 products and services. Prior to that, Tim was managing director of UBS O'Connor, a $6.5 billion multi-strategy hedge fund. He was Head of Quantitative Research and Head of Technology. Tim began his career at UBS AG where he eventually served as Managing Director. He reported directly to the Group Executive Board during the global financial crisis and managed the UBS Delta Americas business at UBS Investment Bank. Tim holds an MA in Materials Science and Metallurgy from Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge and an MA in Financial Engineering from Birkbeck College, University of London.

Tim's work at Galaxy Digital

Galaxy Digital has established itself as an outstanding financial services platform, focused on crypto and digital assets. It acts as a gateway for clients and corporations to participate in the rapidly evolving future of financial services. Grant's hiring at Galaxy Digital stems from a recent Fidelity Digital Assets survey that found that more than three-quarters (77%) of investors in Europe believe digital assets should be part of a portfolio. And more than 90% of investors worldwide, interested in digital assets, expect distribution in portfolios over the next 5 years. Grant's hiring - an example of the firm's continued commitment to investing in expansion to meet global market needs. Under Grant's leadership, Galaxy Digital says it intends to further solidify its position as the dominant crypto and digital asset platform for clients across Europe.

About Galaxy Digital

Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY) - a financial services and investment management company. It specializes in the digital asset and blockchain technology sectors. The Galaxy Digital team has extensive experience in investing, portfolio management, capital markets, venture capital, asset management and blockchain technology. Galaxy Digital operates through five synergistic business lines: trading, asset management, core investments, investment banking and mining. Galaxy Fund Management is a brand of digital asset funds of an asset management business. Mike Novogratz is the CEO and founder of Galaxy Digital. The company is headquartered in New York City with offices in Chicago, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands (registered office) and New Jersey.

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