Nick Philpott
Chief Operating Officer
Nick Philpott is a seasoned market structure specialist with over 15 years of experience in both the Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Digital Asset sectors. As the Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships of Zodia Markets, one of the pioneering bank-backed crypto asset brokerage businesses globally, Nick plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of this emerging market.
He joined Standard Chartered’s graduate programme in 2006 after a short career in the British Army. He followed that with roles in Financial Markets Sales in Lagos, Nigeria, and COO positions across FX, Rates, Credit and Repo trading in both London and Singapore. Notably, Nick led the establishment of the bank as a Designated Dealer for the Libra project (Facebook’s Diem digital currency). He joined the Financial Markets e-Trading team in 2015 where was the Head of Market Structure, moving to the Bank’s SC Ventures arm in 2020 to co-found Zodia Markets.
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