About - SETL

World-Leading

World’s first

Digital Securities Depository

World’s first

DLT connection to ECB

World’s first

Live CBDC Settlement

Some of our team

Anthony Culligan

CEO

Anthony Culligan

CEO

Anthony started his career as a programmer in the 1980's. He deployed his skills in traditional finance as a quantitative fund manager, derivatives trader and an investor in complex hedge funds. His career spans directorships with Robert Fleming Securities, JP Morgan and Aida Capital; most recently, he was the CEO of F&C Partners. Anthony is a keen financial historian and commentator on monetary philosophy. Before establishing SETL, Anthony was the founder and CEO of Roolo, a peer-to-peer bitcoin trading site. Anthony has been committed to bringing blockchain and distributed ledger technology into mainstream use in the City.

Nicholas Pennington

Chief Technology Officer

Nicholas Pennington

Chief Technology Officer

As CTO, Nicholas Pennington leads the technological development for SETL. A long-standing financial service professional with a successful track record in technology development and implementation, Nicholas has coded in the most extreme financial environments - on the desk, as a trader, dealing in live time and with significant institutional capital at risk. Previously, Nicholas has held senior positions at Robert Fleming Securities, JP Morgan, Powe Capital, and F&C Partners. He was a founding member and CTO of Roolo and also a founder of SETL.

Jason Lau

Head of Community Management and Development

Jason Lau

Head of Community Management and Development

Paul Martin

Head of Delivery

Paul Martin

Head of Delivery

Paul leads SETL’s Business and Technical Delivery Teams. Prior to joining SETL, Paul’s career focused on the implementation of strategic change projects within Investment Banking Operations and Technology. The projects he oversaw at Citibank and UBS covered all elements of the trade lifecycle from front office trading applications to back office settlement systems. Paul has international work experience having lived in both London and New York and he has built and scaled teams across the globe.

BOARD

Sir David Walker

Sir David began his career in 1961 with Her Majesty’s Treasury and has been a non-executive member of the Court of the Bank of England.

Sir David Walker

Sir David joined the board of Winton in July 2015. Prior to his appointment, he served on the board of Barclays as Chairman from November 2012. Sir David began his career in 1961 with Her Majesty’s Treasury and served as Chairman of various organizations, including the Securities & Investments Board, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, Reuters Venture Capital, the London Investment Bankers’ Association and Morgan Stanley International.

He has also been a non-executive member of the Court of the Bank of England, a non-executive board member of the former CEGB and subsequently National Power plc, and Vice-Chairman of the Legal and General Group.

Sir David is also a trustee of the Group and has served as Treasurer. In December 2015, Sir David became Chairman of SETL.

Christian Noyer

Christian Noyer was the Governor of the Banque de France between November 2003 and October 2015.

Christian Noyer

Appointed to the Treasury in the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 1976, Christian Noyer then spent two years (1980-1982) at France's permanent representation to the European Communities in Brussels. He was appointed Vice-President of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt when the institution was set up in 1998. Christian Noyer was the Governor of the Banque de France between November 2003 and October 2015 and was reappointed for a second six-year term in 2009. During his tenure as Governor, Christian Noyer was also Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and chaired the supervisory boards of the Institut d'émission des départements d'Outre-Mer(IEDOM) and the Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer (IEOM) - the French overseas note-issuing central banks. Christian Noyer was elected as chairman of the Bank for International Settlements between March 2010 and October 2015.

Phillip Bond

Philip Bond has degrees in finance and worked as an arbitrage, macro trader, and designs systematic computer-driven trading platforms.

Phillip Bond

Philip Bond is visiting Professor in the Departments of Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science at Bristol University, a Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Industrial and Applied Mathematics Centre at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Quantitative Software Consultancy. He has degrees in physics, applied non-linear analysis, finance and pure mathematics. He worked as an arbitrage and macro trader and designs systematic computer-driven trading platforms.

Partnering with the world's largest institutions, we use our distributed ledger technology to help them rise to the challenges the financial industry faces today while setting a strong course for the future.

World-Leading

World’s first

World’s first

World’s first

We established SETL with a clear ambition – to use our industry knowledge and tech expertise to help financial services companies rethink business models and strategies so they and their customers can thrive.

Some of our team

Anthony Culligan

Nicholas Pennington

Jason Lau

Paul Martin

BOARD

Sir David Walker

Christian Noyer

Phillip Bond

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