Drew Bradford
Drew Bradford is the Founder and CEO of Catena Digital, a provider of Australian dollar-backed stablecoins. He co-hosts Catena's Unlocking the Chain, where he explores the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets. He also serves as Chair at JellyC, a digital asset investment manager at the forefront of integrating digital currencies into traditional investment portfolios. Bradford is a seasoned executive transitioning from over 30 years in traditional banking and finance to the innovative world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Prior to joining the crypto movement, he spent more than a decade as Executive General Manager for Markets at the National Australia Bank. He also held a number of roles at Deutsche Bank, most recently as Managing Director and Global Head of Listed Derivatives, responsible for all of Deutsche Bank's Exchange traded futures and options businesses and OTC clearing.
Drew Bradford Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and CEO
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Chair
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Managing Director and Global Head of Listed Derivatives
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Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Markets
Academic History
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Global M.B.A., Business Administration and Management
Bradford led NAB's Markets team, a global group of professionals who provide local and offshore customers access to both traded and illiquid markets.
He leads the team in providing access to fixed income, money markets, credit, derivatives, currencies, and commodities.
His team also covers every segment of the investor market, from global supranationals and corporate and institutional customers through to retail accounts and high net worth customers looking to build their investment portfolio.
Bradford served as Managing Director and sat on the management committee of the Global Equities business, the Global Finance and Foreign Exchange business as well as the Global Markets leadership forum.
He also served as Head of Global Finance and Forex, responsible for all aspects of the foreign exchange, money markets and futures business in Japan.
He was Managing Director of Institutional Sales Group, responsible for the distribution of Foreign Exchange products to the bank's European and Middle East Institutional and Corporate clients.
He also had experience on all risk and trading of the bank's foreign exchange cash and derivatives business in London.
EARLY CAREER
Bradford has more than 35 years of industry experience and has managed teams across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
He served as a Non-Executive Director of Zodia Custody's Australian operations, responsible for the rollout of Zodia’s real-time digital asset custody platform, SAF3.
Earlier in his career, he was Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Markets at Bankers Trust.