Werner departs from State Street Digital
03 August 2023 UK
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State Street Digital鈥檚 global head of digital custody and payments, Swen Werner, has departed from the firm after eight years.
Based in London, Werner held product management roles in custody, cash and, as of September 2021, State Street Digital.
During his time at State Street he also became a board member for Fnality International.
He had joined State Street from J.P. Morgan, where he took on roles within the firm鈥檚 London and Hong Kong offices between 2011 and 2015 鈥� most recently as executive director and APAC head of collateral management product.
Announcing his departure, Werner said in an online statement that his positions at State Street 鈥淸allowed] me to pursue what started as a curiosity about digital assets and blockchain into a true obsession鈥�.
He continued: 鈥淭he implications of 鈥榙igital鈥� to financial markets could be significant but it could also have profound implications to society beyond commerce.
鈥淭hat is why blockchain technology speaks to many 鈥渃erebral鈥� interests of mine: micro market structure theory in economics, complex systems, philosophy, logic and the little I know of quantum mechanics.鈥�
Werner will take a temporary break from the industry to focus on personal matters.
Based in London, Werner held product management roles in custody, cash and, as of September 2021, State Street Digital.
During his time at State Street he also became a board member for Fnality International.
He had joined State Street from J.P. Morgan, where he took on roles within the firm鈥檚 London and Hong Kong offices between 2011 and 2015 鈥� most recently as executive director and APAC head of collateral management product.
Announcing his departure, Werner said in an online statement that his positions at State Street 鈥淸allowed] me to pursue what started as a curiosity about digital assets and blockchain into a true obsession鈥�.
He continued: 鈥淭he implications of 鈥榙igital鈥� to financial markets could be significant but it could also have profound implications to society beyond commerce.
鈥淭hat is why blockchain technology speaks to many 鈥渃erebral鈥� interests of mine: micro market structure theory in economics, complex systems, philosophy, logic and the little I know of quantum mechanics.鈥�
Werner will take a temporary break from the industry to focus on personal matters.
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