Joy Adams

Pearl Mathew is Managing Director, U.S. Head of FinTech and Digital Assets – Corporate Banking at Deutsche Bank, a position she has held since March 2026, having previously served as Director in the same coverage area from December 2023. In the role, she provides strategic and financial advice to fintech clients in the US operating within Deutsche Bank's footprint. Her mandate explicitly spans both fintech and digital assets. She holds the Series 7, 63, and SIE certifications from FINRA.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mathew held Director-level roles in FinTech Corporate Banking at Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank from November 2021 to December 2023, and at Standard Chartered Bank from January 2019 to November 2021, where she had previously served as Associate Director from January 2016. Earlier in her career she worked as a Senior Associate at ICR, a strategic communications and advisory firm. Her total professional experience spans approximately 17 years. The existing biography references an MSc in Data Science and Computer Science; this detail does not appear in the retrieved source content and has not been included.

Sabih Behzad is Managing Director and Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation at Deutsche Bank, a role he has held since February 2022. He oversees strategy and execution for digital assets and currencies within the Corporate and Investment Bank, with key areas of focus including tokenisation of assets and money, DeFi, and Metaverse. He represents Deutsche Bank in various industry bodies and forums and sits on the board of Taurus AG, a Swiss digital assets company.

Behzad has been with Deutsche Bank for over 16 years, working across the Technology and Operations, Investment Bank, and Corporate Bank divisions. Previous roles at the bank include CB IB Global KYC Programme Head, Head of Integration Alignment as a member of the Group CIO Executive Committee, and Chief of Staff and Head of Business Development working directly for the Group Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he worked in the M&A Corporate Finance division of Lehman Brothers in London and began his career in technology consulting at Lucent Technologies before moving to Accenture. He holds a BEng in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Manchester and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from London Business School. He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.