Usman Ahmad

About

Experience

• Chief Executive Officer at Zodia Markets
  Aug 2021 - Mar 2026 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  Zodia Markets is the first bank-backed digital asset trading business to be registered by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. Majority owned by Standard Chartered, Zodia Markets' vision is to allow its institutional clients to access the Digital Asset markets without compromising on high standards of governance, control, safety and security expected of regulated financial intermediaries.

• Group CIO at BC Group
  Oct 2018 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  BC Group is one of the leading providers of trading technologies, advisory and digital asset management solutions. The vision is to move the world forward by unleashing the full potential of the digital asset ecosystem. BC Group harness today’s opportunities, to transform your tomorrow

• HSBC Global Banking and Markets (5 yrs 10 mos)
  • Global Head - Fixed Income Derivatives IT
    2015 - Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Head of Fixed Income & Equities IT, Americas
    2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs

• HSBC (5 yrs 1 mo)
  • Head of Equity Derivatives & Equity Finance IT, Asia Pacific
    2011 - 2013 · 2 yrs

  • Global Programme Manager - Fixed Income & Structured Products
    2009 - 2011 · 2 yrs

  • Head of UK Pricing and eTrading
    2008 - 2009 · 1 yr

• Vice President at Merrill Lynch
  2001 - 2008 · 7 yrs