Full Name

David Olsson

Job Title

Chief Commercial Officer

Company

EDX Markets

Speaker Bio

David Olsson is the Chief Commercial Officer at EDX Markets, a digital asset exchange, where he is charge of the sales and marketing efforts of the company. EDX Markets was founded by a consortium of blue chip financial services companies including Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Citadel and Virtu and provides services to the leading retail and institutional platforms in the world. David started his career in proprietary trading at a hedge fund, and went on to manage structured financing and structured products desks at banks and financial institutions. He has launched several lines of business including an innovative managed account platform at Bank of America. He later ran an Equity Derivatives desk at Credit Suisse that innovated landmark insurance products. As the Global Head of Institutional Sales at Kraken, he managed the introduction of new products and services to their institutional and UHNW clients. David is excited to bring the rigour of traditional finance to digital assets and introduce best-in-class solutions to discerning Institutional clients who are looking to deepen their exposure to crypto or make their first transaction. He is a graduate of Duke University (BA, Philosophy) and holds an MBA from Columbia University.