Copper Hires Five to Enhance Crypto Prime Infrastructure

The five join Copper with immediate effect, as the company progresses with plans to enhance its prime infrastructure offering.

We're delighted to welcome Michael Roberts, Adam Groom, Paul Barham and Ross Budgen to Copper's new prime team. We look forward to working with them as we build and develop our prime infrastructure offering.

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— Copper | We're hiring (@CopperHQ) April 11, 2022

Michael Roberts will lead the new team, bringing the best part of two decades’ experience to his new role, joining from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (“BAML”) where he was a managing director and EMEA head of the bank’s prime platform.

Roberts will be joined by former BAML directors Groom and Barham, who most recently led relationship management and product development, respectively, for BAML’s prime platform in EMEA. Supporting this senior team are Carr and Budgen, who add expertise in product development, account management and analytics. Together, they have more than 45 years’ experience in prime services.

Reporting to Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Chief Revenue Officer at Copper, the five will work with Copper’s existing team to accelerate the expansion of prime infrastructure; in terms of custody, collateral management and hedging services, as more prime brokers join the Copper ecosystem and its proprietary ClearLoop network.

Copper launched ClearLoop in 2020 to ensure institutional investors could trade with crypto exchanges efficiently and securely. By removing the need to transfer digital assets onto an exchange before being able to trade, ClearLoop minimises counterparty risks and reduces withdrawal time. Later in 2020, Copper expanded its ClearLoop network to include collateral management for crypto derivatives. With this added functionality, Copper acts as an independent third party for collateral management and settlement.

Today’s new joiners mark the latest expansion of Copper’s rapidly growing team. They follow just a month after Copper announced two C-suite level hires in London: former Citi executive Sabrina Wilson joined as Chief Operating Officer and Carly Nuzbach-Lowery as Chief Legal Officer.

Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Chief Revenue Officer at Copper.co, commented “Since the inception of Copper, we have been committed to exceeding market expectations of the gold standard in crypto-asset custody and trading.  Part of that commitment means securing top-tier talent to ensure we remain at the forefront.  I have no doubt that Mike, Adam, Paul, Ben and Ross will fit seamlessly into the team as we push the boundaries of possibility within the Copper ecosystem and continue to develop infrastructure to empower prime brokers with the infrastructure they need. I look forward to working with each of them tremendously.”

Michael Roberts, Head of Prime, Copper.co added: “I have watched Copper from afar for some years now and been continuously impressed at the speed and quality of the solutions they bring to market. Boris and the team understand the technology institutional investors want and need to pursue crypto strategies. I thoroughly look forward to being on board and combining our collective experience as Copper embarks upon its next phase of growth.”

Source: Copper