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TBW Awards 2024
Securities and Digital currencies trading at Arab Bank Switzerland
Michel Grimaldi is a Director at Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., where he has held a position in securities and digital currencies trading since November 2009. His current mandate covers foreign equities, bonds, derivatives, and digital currencies. He holds collective signatory authority at the bank, as recorded in the Swiss commercial register.
Prior to joining Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., Grimaldi held a securities trading role at Safdié from March 2008 to November 2009, and before that at BCV in Lausanne from September 2000 to June 2007. His total professional experience spans approximately 25 years. He completed his education at the School of Business at Beaulieu between 1997 and 1999. He is fluent in French and Italian at native or bilingual level, with full professional proficiency in English and working proficiency in Spanish.
Head of Digital Assets | Executive Director
Romain Braud is Head of Digital Assets and Executive Director at Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., a position he has held since December 2023. In this role, his mandate covers digital assets cold storage custody, a trading desk operating digital assets spot, OTC, and RFQ transactions, staking services, Lombard loans collateralised by BTC, ETH, cash or stablecoins, NFT custody and trading, and digital assets advisory and discretionary services. He joined Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. in October 2020 as Digital Assets Business Development Director, where he was responsible for shaping the bank's digital assets business strategy and services.
Prior to his current role, Braud co-founded Bity, described as one of the first regulated financial intermediary companies focused on digital assets in Switzerland, where he led revenue and growth strategy from 2014 to 2016. Since 2016, he has operated Auxilium Network, a blockchain and fintech consultancy providing crypto assets investment advisory, digital transformation guidance, and financial technologies consulting to organisations. He served as a Board Member at UR Capital from 2018 to 2022, focused on fintech profile recruitment recommendations. Earlier career positions include IT Director at Publicis Group and IT Sales Engineer at Micronet. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Telecom and Networking from Université François Rabelais de Tours. He has 12 years of experience in the blockchain industry.
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