Erald Ghoos

Erald Ghoos is CEO Europe at OKX, a position he has held since March 2023 and is based in Malta. His mandate has centred on structuring OKX's European entity, obtaining financial licences, and adapting the product to local markets. OKX became the first global platform to receive a MiCA licence, a process Ghoos describes as two years of work. The company subsequently obtained a MiFID licence through the acquisition of an entity already holding that authorisation, enabling OKX to offer derivative products — futures, swaps, and options — to European institutional investors once remaining administrative formalities are complete. He has also overseen the launch of OKX Earn and spot margin trading in Europe, and has publicly stated that institutional participants, including banks, insurance funds, pension funds, and high-net-worth individuals, now represent a significant and growing segment of OKX's European user base.

Prior to OKX, Ghoos served as Head of Europe at Binance, and before that as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Crypto.com, joining that company in 2017 shortly after its founding. Earlier in his career he held a COO role at Payreto GmbH, a financial process sourcing firm based in Berlin, where his focus was operational and compliance workflows for the financial industry. Before moving into crypto, he was involved in the creation of several banks in Europe and held a Head of Global Operations position at an international payments company. He is a graduate of VLEKHO Business School Brussels. His total professional experience spans 24 years across payments, operations, compliance, licensing, and mergers and acquisitions.