Francesco
Roda
Francesco Roda is the Head, Crypto-Asset Technology Risk at Standard Chartered Ventures.
Francesco has over 20 years experience in financial services, spanning risk, treasury management and new business development in both large global organisations and start-ups.
Co-Founder and the former Treasurer of Starling Bank, Francesco worked across Europe in a variety of senior positions with HSBC, Ally Finance and KPMG, in risk management and audit functions.
An early advocate of the opportunities blockchain offers, Francesco worked with IFDS, a global transfer agent, now part of SS&C Technologies, on a distributed ledger solution to handle asset management product manufacturing and distribution processes.
He pursued a degree in Economics from the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna and a Masters degree in Finance from the London Business School.