Frédéric Dalibard is Chairman/CEO at Hexarq, a 100% subsidiary of BPCE SA created in 2024, and Global Head of Blockchain at Groupe BPCE. Hexarq is licensed by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers as a Crypto-Assets Services Provider (CASP, number A2026-010) and registered with the ACPR as agent of Payment Service Provider. The entity offers custody, purchase/sale, exchange and transfer services for crypto-assets, distributed through the remote banking applications of Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne. Dalibard also serves as board member and advisor to startups.

Prior to Hexarq, he held the role of Head of Digital for CIB and Global Blockchain Coordinator at Natixis, a position he took up in April 2015. In 2017, Global Finance Magazine recognised him in its Innovators list under the Trade Finance category, citing two initiatives: the Digital Trade Chain and a crude oil transaction in the US involving Trafigura and IBM. He also represented Natixis on the Steering Committee of the R3CEV Distributed Ledger Group Consortium from November 2015. In April 2026, Dalibard participated as a panellist at a Corporate Breakfast organised by The Big Whale in Paris, alongside representatives from Coinhouse and Banque Delubac, addressing the adoption of digital assets by French banks, fintechs and asset managers.

NETWORKING
Get connected with
Frédéric Dalibard

Request a warm intro through The Big Whale: the largest institutional network in digital assets.

Request an Intro →
Digital Asset Leader Tracker

Track moves, deals and signals from the people shaping the industry.

request a demo →
This is some text inside of a div block.
29
Apr

Digital Assets: The New Play for French Banks and Fintechs

Looks like we're missing content here! 👀