Former JPMorgan exec joins Ripple's board
CEO Brad Garlinghouse said O’Connor’s experience would help Ripple build “a more inclusive financial system.” Sandie O’Connor, the former chief regulatory affairs officer at banking giant JPMorgan, is joining Ripple’s board of directors.According to a Ripple blog post published yesterday, O’Connor will “provide counsel on key government relations and regulatory initiatives” as part of her role on the board. O’Connor worked at JPMorgan for 31 years, serving as chief regulatory affairs officer and treasurer for the bank before retiring in 2019. She has been a systemic resolution advisory....
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Ripple Labs has been adding more and more high-level officials to its strategic board, and its latest move was to appoint former Yahoo and AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse as its Chief Operating Officer. Garlinghouse became popular in 2006 when an internal Yahoo memo he penned was leaked was published. He also sits on the board of Ancestry.com and became the CEO of Hightail, a file-sharing firm. "There is already incredible momentum for Ripple as a new infrastructure for global payments, and the opportunity to define the actual framework for the Internet of Value is an order of magnitude....
Ripple Labs has appointed former Yahoo and AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse as its new COO. Garlinghouse, who sits on the board of Ancestry.com, became the CEO of file-sharing firm Hightail in 2012. He departed last fall following a dispute over a potential sale of the company, as reported at the time by Re/code. In a press statement about his new role, Garlinghouse said:
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