Rosenblatt Securities is pleased to announce that it has formed anInvestment Banking Advisory Board. Comprised of a distinguished group of financial-technology andcapital-markets industry leaders, the Advisory Board will help Rosenblatts well-respected banking teamstay on top of cutting-edge industry developments, expand its network and source transactions. Currentmembers include:
Tom Ascher: Executive Chairman, Quantitative Brokers; member of Centana Growth Partners
Board of Advisors; former Chief Strategy Officer, International Securities Exchange and former Vice
Chairman of the CBOE
Christian Katz: Executive Chairman, Swiss Crypto Exchange, and Vice Chairman of Saxo Bank
(Switzerland); former executive positions as CEO, SIX Swiss Exchange, Vice Chairman, Stoxx, and
Chairman of FESE, the Federation of European Securities Exchanges
Vivian Maese: Partner and Co-Chair of the Financial Institutions Industry Group and FinTech
Industry Group, Latham & Watkins; former Deputy General Counsel, Citigroup, and General
Counsel, BIDS Trading; recently named Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and FinTech Trailblazer by The
National Law Journal
Akbar Poonawala, CFA: Co-Founder, Pivot Investment Partners, a late stage venture and growth
equity-focused investment firm that invests in transformative fintech companies; former Head of
Global Transaction Banking for the Americas, Deutsche Bank
Neeraj Sahai: President & CEO, Jade Lion Capital; former President, Standard & Poors Ratings;
former Head of Securities & Fund Services, Citigroup, and former board member of DTCC, CRISIL
and ISSA
Bill Stephenson: Founder & Partner, AIR Summit Holdings, which hosts a series of events focused
on investment management technology; former Global Head of Trading, Franklin Templeton
Investments
Ray Tierney: President & COO, iSENTIUM; board member of several Fintech companies; former
CEO, Bloomberg Tradebook
Greg Tusar: Co-Founder and COO, Tagomi, an advisory firm focused on servicing the institutional
space in the cryptocurrency markets; former Head of Client Market Making & Execution Services,
KCG and Partner/Global Head of Electronic Trading at Goldman Sachs
I have been a long-time fan of the Rosenblatt team, their expertise and the content that they produce,”
said new Advisory Board member Tom Ascher. Ascher added, “Rosenblatts Global Exchange Leader
Conference and Financial Technologies Summit are must-attend events, and their market structure
newsletters are terrific resources. With financial technology redefining markets and the businesses around
them, Rosenblatt is highly attuned to the rapidly evolving landscape. I am excited to be working with them
more closely in an advisory capacity, as Rosenblatt expands its commitment to serving the FinTech
community.
Rosenblatt has been able to successfully build upon our deep domain expertise in market structure and
exchanges to expand into other areas of FinTech, said Vikas Shah, Rosenblatts Managing Director of
FinTech Investment Banking. Shah added, Theres a critical need in the marketplace for a middle-market
M&A and capital-raising boutique thats hyper-focused on FinTech. Im looking forward to working with the
Advisory Board and leveraging their collective expertise as we strive to deliver value-add to entrepreneurs,
new entrants and incumbents alike within the FinTech ecosystem.
