Blockchain Company Digital Asset Adds Former SunGard, Swift Execs

Digital Asset Holdings, a blockchain technology developer, has named former executives from SunGard Data Systems and Swift to its board and management team.

Digital Asset, which is led by former JPMorgan Chase executive Blythe Masters, named to its board Crist-bal Conde, former chief executive of SunGard Data Systems. Digital Asset also named former Swift executive Chris Church as global business development officer.

Conde worked at SunGard for 24 years before FIS purchased the company this year. Conde is also a senior member of the Partnership for New York City's FinTech Innovation Lab.

Church previously was CEO for the Americas and global head of securities at Swift, the international cooperative and global messaging network. Church also previously was an executive at Radianz.

Andy Peters

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