Quant Community (QNT) – the mission greatest identified for growing the first-of-its-kind Overledger blockchain working system – have introduced the appointment of Man Dietrich (Managing Director, Rockefeller Capital Administration) to its board of administrators.
Dietrich – as Quant Community’s weblog put up states – brings “over 35 years of funding expertise” to the Quant Community board. In his capability as managing director for Rockefeller Capital – a number one unbiased monetary companies agency with roughly $18.6 billion in belongings beneath advisement as of final September – Dietrich is accountable for advising high- and ultra-high-net-worth-individuals, household workplaces, foundations, and endowments.
Previous to becoming a member of Rockefeller Capital, Dietrich – who considers Quant Community “an distinctive crew of skilled professionals within the cybersecurity and blockchain trade” – led the most important personal wealth administration follow for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Silicon Valley, Quant Community’s weblog put up went on to focus on.
Quant Community – who final week launched Quant Atlas, an Overledger-powered answer enabling cross-border, interoperable banking – hopes that appointing Dietrich to its board augurs effectively vis-à-vis the London-based firm’s capability to penetrate the U.S. market. Such a sentiment was conveyed by Quant Community CEO Gilbert Verdian, who was quoted in Thursday’s announcement as stating:
We’re more than happy to have Man be a part of Quant Community’s Board. His management expertise, enterprise experience, and keenness for rising blockchain and distributed ledger applied sciences will show to be invaluable belongings as we proceed to execute on our long-term technique and increase into the US market.”
Along with the appointment of Rockefeller Capital’s well-accomplished managing director to its board of administrators, Quant Community has additionally signalled its intention to have interaction with U.S.-based organizations by not too long ago changing into a sponsor of Consensus, essentially the most recognizable convention within the cryptocurrency and blockchain trade.
The three-day-long occasion, which begins in roughly a month’s time, actually presents as a great alternative for Quant Community to attach with potential shoppers and institutional representatives. Certainly, the actual fact New York hosts a complete week of crypto-oriented occasions – to enrich the juggernaut that’s Consensus – makes the Quant Community crew’s expansionary targets that rather more attainable.
It seems Quant Community are planning to generate elevated consciousness not simply within the U.S., but additionally extra broadly. Seeking to their open job listings, it may be seen the blockchain firm is at the moment trying to find a head of promoting and communications to work in a full-time capability at their London workplace.
