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Ripple adds former New York financial regulator head Benjamin Lawsky to its Board

Published by CryptoNinjas.net
11/21/2017

Ripple, the blockchain based real-time global payments network today announced the appointment of Benjamin Lawsky, the former New York State superintendent of Financial Services, to its Board of Directors (BoD), as well as designating Ron Will as the chief financial officer (CFO).

Lawsky and Will will play central roles in Ripple’s mission “to achieve frictionless cross-border payments through the increased use of the digital asset XRP by financial institutions around the world.”

Lawsky is widely recognized as the architect of the BitLicense, New York’s regulation for digital asset businesses operating in the state. Lawsky served as New York State’s superintendent of financial services from 2011-2015, where he regulated all New York State-chartered banks, the majority of United States-based branches, and U.S. subsidiaries of foreign banking institutions in New York.

As a prominent voice in both the cryptocurrency world and financial services, Lawsky also served as co-chair of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Cyber Security Advisory Board after a tenure as the Governor’s chief of staff. He got his start as an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York and as chief counsel to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. Lawsky has also been a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Cyber Initiative.

Benjamin Lawsky, the newest Board member at Ripple stated:

“Ripple is the leading enterprise blockchain company in the world today and is one that truly understands the importance of regulation-enabled innovation The company and its leadership are passionate about making our global financial system more efficient, more secure and more fair. I share those same goals and am thrilled and humbled to work side by side with their incredible team as they continue to pave the way for the growth and accelerating adoption of blockchain and digital assets in the years ahead.”

Ron Will joins Ripple’s management team following nearly three decades as a senior financial executive and investment banker. Will has successfully scaled both established and emerging companies and most recently served as CFO of TubeMogul, leading to their acquisition by Adobe this past year. Prior to TubeMogul, Will served as CFO, CCO, and operating partner at the growth equity firm Mainsail Partners, where his duties included guiding strategic and financial planning for the firm and its portfolio companies. Earlier, Will served as CFO at BrightRoll from 2011-2015, until it was also successfully acquired by Yahoo!.

Ron Will as chief financial officer (CFO) said:

“Throughout my career, I’ve been most excited when working with hyper-growth companies, and as Ripple keeps bringing on customers like American Express and over 100 other financial institutions, it’s clear that this is one of those rare opportunities.”

“The problem that Ripple is solving around cross-border payments is something that I understand the pain of first-hand as treasurer at Yahoo!, and I know that corporate customers are going to keep driving demand for this much-needed overhaul of the payments system.”

Will previously served as vice president of finance and treasurer of Yahoo! for seven years, working with many leading technology and financial pioneers including current San Francisco 49ers’ co-owner and former Facebook and YouTube CFO, Gideon Yu. Will also spent 12 years as an investment banker.

Commenting on the appointments, CEO Brad Garlinghouse said:

“Transforming global payments is no small feat and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have the expertise of Ben Lawsky and Ron Will on our side to help make that mission a reality. Ben deeply understands the nuances of both digital assets and financial regulation, and I’ve seen Ron’s tenacity and ability to scale and execute like none other while we both worked at Yahoo!. Both Ben and Ron’s skillsets will be instrumental as we look to capitalize on the interest and opportunity around blockchain, XRP and the impact they will have on payments in 2018 and beyond.”

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