Roman Schmidt

Roman Schmidt is CMO (Chief Market Officer) at tradias, a Frankfurt-based digital assets business that emerged from Bankhaus Scheich and positions itself as a bridge between the traditional financial system and digital assets infrastructure. He has held this role since October 2023. tradias provides infrastructure for the transition of the financial world into digital assets, and Schmidt sits on the company's executive leadership team alongside the CEO, CTO, CRO, CPO, CGO, and General Counsel.

In addition to his role at tradias, Schmidt serves as a Non-Executive Director at ARTEX Stock Exchange, a Liechtenstein-headquartered investment banking company, a position he has held since August 2023. He is also currently an Aufsichtsratsmitglied (supervisory board member) at St.Galler Kantonalbank Deutschland AG in Germany, a role he has held since May 2023. Earlier board and supervisory positions include Stellvertretender Aufsichtsrat at AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH from June 2021 to July 2023, and Verwaltungsrat at main incubator, the early-phase investment and innovation unit of the Commerzbank Group, from January 2017 to November 2022. His broader career background spans finance and banking, with prior roles at Commerzbank AG, Concord Wertpapierhandelsbank, Barclays Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank, and CSFB.