Gerard Smith is Vice President, Business Development
of Digital Assets for Nasdaq's Marketplace Technology
business, where he leads the development of Nasdaq’s
technology services in digital assets, tokens and
cryptocurrency.
Before joining Nasdaq, Gerard was Managing Director,
Head of Post Trade Product Development at Hong Kong
Exchanges and Clearing. In this role, Gerard led a team
of Product and Network Managers in all aspects of the
exchange's Post Trade business. Prior to this, he served
as Product Director in Collateral and Liquidity
Management at LCH Ltd. He also held positions with
Euroclear and the Bank of England.
For over 15 years, Gerard has led change, gaining
extensive experience in trading, clearing, settlement,
payments and collateral management.
Gerard has a master's degree in European Politics and a
bachelor's degree in Politics. Gerard is a qualified Scrum
Master and Agile Product Owner. He has also
successfully passed the Financial Times Non-Exec
Director Diploma.