Usman Ahmad
Chief Executive Officer
Usman Ahmad is one of the few leaders in the digital asset space with deep-rooted experience across both traditional finance and DeFi innovation.
He began his career in technology, enterprise leadership and strategic transformation at Merrill Lynch and HSBC, working across London, New York and Hong Kong. As former CIO of BC Technology Group, he helped scale the business and played a critical role in launching OSL, the world’s first SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platform.
Now CEO of Zodia Markets, Usman has led the company through a transformative period – closing acquisitions, launching new regulated entities and partnerships, becoming a design partner for Circle’s new Payment Network, and broadening the firm’s suite of non-dollar stablecoins, integrated ECN connectivity and client base.
Usman was named one of Financial News London’s Most Influential in European Finance 2024.
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