Sandra Ro 🇺🇦

CEO GBBC | ex-CME Digitization | ex-Morgan Stanley | ex-Deutsche Bank | board director | angel investor | advisor | guest lecturer | entrepreneur using tech tools to empower more functional grassroots-driven communities

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

I am passionate about solving real world problems using human-centric tech. I believe in making profits with consciousness of impact to society, democratizing opportunities for many, not just a few. Specialties: Impact on financial services industry: distributed ledger technologies including blockchain, digital assets, crypto-currencies, digitization of assets, non-fungible tokens, smart contracts and applications, FX futures and options, electronic trading, clearing, research, US, UK, EU, Kazakhstan, South Korea crypto regulations, cross-border M&A, special situation FX advisory, emerging markets, FX derivs structuring, exotic derivatives, hybrid FX/rates derivatives, FX settlements, precious, base & ferrous metals cash and derivatives, benchmarks, structured products & indices. And a budding digital artist for animal & environment conservation 🌿🦏 Studying how to raise cashmere goats, aspiring farmer

Experience

  • Global Blockchain Business Council (9 yrs 6 mos)
    • CEO
      Mar 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

    • Member Board of Directors
      Jan 2017 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Founding Board Director

  • Category A Liaison TC 307 at ISO - International Organization for Standardization
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    GBBC Category A Liaison for TC307 supporting technical standards for blockchain taxonomy, use cases, etc

  • Special Advisor, Blockchain at Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Assist and advise blockchain pilots focused on web3 on digital public infrastructure in Japan and beyond

  • Expert at Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    support the study “Impact of Decentralization on Key Sectors of Ukraine’s Digital Economy”, under the working group of the Project Office for Digital Economy Development of Ukraine, operating under the Ministry of Digital Transformation

  • Appointed member, GMAC Digital Assets Advisory Subcommittee (DAMS) at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo