Sandra Ro

‘Digital assets as a new asset class will grow in the long term, alongside equities, metals, etc… and therefore, market infrastructure, services, and products are needed to service risk mitigation, trading, and investment needs. Currently, that critical infrastructure is being built, and one of the key features is insurance of crypto / digital assets which Evertas is a pioneer and category leader. I wish Evertas had existed when I was looking for practical digital asset insurance coverage several years ago at my former firm. Most traditional insurers had no clue.’

Sandra was named to the Innovate Finance, Women in Fintech 2016 Power List and holds directorships on several industry boards as well as advises and invests in emerging tech start-ups across blockchain, robotics, digital assets, IoT, VR/AR. She was appointed to CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council in March 2018, focusing on education, advocacy & partnership across over 40 countries. In addition, she serves on the US Department of State Speakers Bureau for blockchain / security, the EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum, Use Cases & Transition Scenarios Working Group, as well as on the Global Blockchain Policy Council (GBPC), based in South Korea.

She served as a former Treasurer and founding board director of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and founding member of the Post Trade Distributed Ledger Group (PTDL), founding member of Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger. Sandra was also the former Executive Director, Head of Digitization, CME Group, where she was responsible for the company’s digital asset and blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) initiatives, including Bitcoin futures & index pricing products and custody solutions. Previously, she served as Head of Foreign Exchange (FX) & Metals Research and Product Development.Ro led the EMEA M&A FX and interest rates derivatives advisory group at Morgan Stanley London and worked at Deutsche Bank as a FX structurer. Ro holds a M.B.A. in Finance from London Business School, studied Computer Science at Columbia University, School of Continuing Studies and earned a double B.A. Degree in History and Studies in the Environment from Yale University.