Mark Williamson

Mark Williamson is Chief Commercial Officer at ClearToken, appointed in February 2026. In this role he leads Product Management, Sales & Marketing, and Strategy, with the mandate to deliver institutional-grade digital market infrastructure. ClearToken is building clearing and settlement services for digital assets, with the stated goal of unifying traditional finance and digital assets systems.

Prior to joining ClearToken, Williamson spent over six years at HSBC as Global Head of FX & Precious Metals, Digital Assets & Currencies, preceded by three years as HSBC's COO of FX Trading and Risk Management. During his time at HSBC he was responsible for the FX Everywhere initiative, a DLT solution for post-FX trade payment versus payment, and engaged with multiple central banks on CBDC and FX matters. Before HSBC, he spent more than six years at BNP Paribas, latterly as Global COO for FX & Local Markets. He also held a role at J.P. Morgan as eCommerce Programme Manager, overseeing the MorganDirect Single Dealer Platform across FX, FX Options and Interest Rate Derivatives. Additional roles included three years as COO of Gresham Computing and three years at Deutsche Bank as a Project Manager and Business Analyst. His career in banking and finance spans 35 years.