Zodia Custody’s chief operating officer Samuel Howe left the London-based company to take on a traditional finance (Tradfi), the company said.
Howe has been employed as COO for the past three months, according to her LinkedIn profile. Prior to this, he was the manager of the Cryptocurrency.
“Sam left the company to return to traditional finance, indicating the vibration of roles and skills between Crypto and Tradfi,” CEO Julian Sawyer said in an email. “He has been replaced by Sam Hill, who has worked with us for the past 18 months.”
Howe did not respond to requests for comment at each publishing time.
Prior to joining Zodia Custody, Howe was head of Crypto Operations at hedge fund GSA Capital, and previously employed as head of capital market operations at Asset Manager Coinshares (CS).
He worked for banking giants HSBC and Kleinwart Hambros before joining the crypto industry.
Hau co-founded a private crypto hedge fund in 2020 and continued to advise.
Zodia Custody is supported by Standard Chartered Bank (STAN), SBI Group, Northern Trust and National Australia Bank (NAB).