Gomez Named as New CEO by ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX has named Virginia Gomez as its next chief executive effective on August 3.

Gomez has more than 20 years of leadership experience and served as president of North America at Dun & Bradstreet, executive vice president of product and portfolio management at TransUnion and in leadership positions at LexisNexis and PeopleFluent.

Gomez will replace Gary Retelny and oversee 4,000 professionals across 34 global locations.

Precisely Appoints New Executives

Precisely has appointed Vinesh Vis as chief revenue officer to drive sales execution and customer growth, and Jane Gilson as chief business officer to manage commercial growth frameworks.

Vis joins from Smarsh, where he worked as chief revenue officer and general manager, following revenue leadership roles at Oracle and other private and public technology companies; Gilson previously held executive leadership roles at Microsoft and Google, served as chief executive at CloudSphere and brings more than two decades of technology growth experience.

Both executives will join the Executive Leadership Team, report to chief executive Walid Abu-Hadba and oversee global commercial operations across sales, customer success, channel ecosystems, strategic services, and revenue operations.

Consensys Suspends Metamask Releases Due to Contractor’s North Korea Links

Ethereum specialist Consensys suspended releases of its popular MetaMask wallet earlier this year after determining that a contractor with links to North Korea had access to its code for about a month.

The unnamed contractor, who worked via a third-party service provider, was determined to have made contributions to MetaMask-related code. Consensys – which reported the incident to law enforcement – says an investigation found no theft of assets or data, and no insertion of malicious code.

Bank of America Appoints Sonali Theisen to Head its Digital Assets Platform

Band of America has named Sonali Theisen ?as ?head of its global digital assets platform. Based in New York City, she will combine her new role, which is to “oversee design, development, scaling and governance of the bank’s digital-assets platform,” with her current responsibilities as head ?of ?Global Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities E?trading and ?markets strategic investments.

Theisen ?will work alongside London-based digital asset transformation chief Adam Dixon, who oversees “tokenised deposits and stablecoins, digital collateral mobility, and cryptocurrency trading, settlement and custody.

Former Bank of America MD, Andee Schneider Joins Qomply

Regulatory intelligence and reporting specialist Qomply has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Andee Schneider as Managing Director, North America, adding capital markets sales, execution and client advisory experience as the firm looks to expand its presence across the Americas and APAC.

Schneider brings more than two decades of financial markets experience, including senior roles at Bank of America Securities, UBS Securities and Trading Technologies. She was previously Managing Director and Head of Sales and Execution for the Americas at Bank of America Securities, where she led a team focused on revenue and market share growth across futures, options and over-the-counter clearing.

Her appointment gives Qomply additional senior market-facing expertise at a time when financial institutions are under pressure to manage regulatory change while improving operational efficiency. In her new role, Schneider will advise Qomply on regional expansion, client engagement and the regulatory issues shaping financial institutions’ technology and compliance priorities.

Schneider’s background is closely aligned with consultative sales and regulatory education. Rather than focusing on product-led selling, she has worked with financial institutions on the operational impact of regulatory change and on how firms can prepare ahead of implementation deadlines. She has also been active in industry mentorship, previously serving as Co-Chair of the Women’s Leadership Committee Council at Bank of America.

“We are thrilled to welcome Andee to our team,” said Michelle Zak, Co-founder at Qomply. “Her decades of experience leading technical sales for some of the world’s largest financial institutions makes her an invaluable asset. Andee intimately understands the operational friction our clients face, and her global perspective will play a pivotal role as we continue to grow and innovate in the RegTech space.”

Schneider said: “I’m incredibly excited to be joining Qomply. There has been a definitive shift in focus within financial institutions; it is no longer just about returns, but also about operational excellence. Qomply’s leading tech coupled with its deep industry expertise present a unique opportunity to act as a helping hand for clients, staying ahead of regulator expectations. I look forward to working with the team to build on this momentum and help our clients future-proof their operations.”

Gresham Names Spiros Giannaros to Replace Mark Hepsworth as CEO

Gresham has appointed Spiros Giannaros as chief executive to succeed Mark Hepsworth at the enterprise data automation company for financial services firms.

Giannaros previously spent more than 25 years in capital markets software, serving as chief executive at Charles River Development and partner at Markit, where he led the business that Gresham acquired in 2026.

The role will involve leading the company through its next phase of growth following the recent acquisition of S&P Global’s enterprise data management business.

Giannaros said the company will leverage artificial intelligence within its products to deliver data automation capabilities for critical investment and regulatory operations.

Broadridge Taps Mark Nichols as Co-President of Digital Assets

Broadridge Financial Solutions has recruited Mark Nichols to be Co-President of its Digital Assets business unit. Nichols, who joints from EY where he was a Partner, will lead Broadridge’s strategy, product development, and execution in the tokenisation and digital asset arena. He will work alongside Co-President German Soto, who adds the Co-President title to his Chief Product Officer role.

Broadridge enables on-chain proxy voting and governance, provides digital asset infrastructure including post trade, wallets and custody, and supports the scaling of digital asset capabilities across multiple asset classes. Additionally, Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) solution is the world’s largest institutional platform for settling tokenised real assets, tokenising more than $365 billion per day.

Ethereum Foundation Sheds Staff, Researchers Depart to Launch Ethlab

The Ethereum Foundation is cutting approximately 20% of its staff in a reorganisation that will reduce its operating budget by 40% and slow a drain on its treasury funds. The resulting organization will focus on enterprise engagement, financial infrastructure and policy coordination, as well as continuing work on censorship resistance and self-sovereign architecture.

Meanwhile, five key researchers left the foundation to launch Ethlabs, a non-profit R&D lab. The researchers – Ansgar Dietrichs, Barnabé Monnot, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Josh Rudolf and Julian Ma – will focus on consensus, cryptography and execution-layer research, and so will overlap with continuing research at the foundation. Initial backing for Ethlabs has been provided by Bitmine, Sharplink and Consensys founder Joe Lubin.

Fenergo Names Lekshmi Nair as CRO

Client lifecycle management specialist Fenergo has appointed Lekshmi Nair as chief revenue officer to lead the global go-to-market organisation and commercial operations.

Nair previously worked at Finastra, formerly Misys, where she held roles in software development, delivery, platform sales and enterprise leadership before serving as global chief revenue officer for lending.

Based in London, Nair joins the executive leadership team and reports to the company’s executive structure to oversee growth and customer relationships.

Dr Lisa Cameron Joins Stablecoin Standard to Lead Government Relations

Stablecoin Standard has appointed Dr Lisa Cameron to support its government relations and policy engagement across the United Kingdom and United States. In her new role, she will focus on convening global policymakers and members through a series of dedicated initiatives, including roundtables, networking dinners, and international trade missions.

Dr Cameron brings extensive legislative and policy experience to the organisation, having served as a UK Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2024. During her parliamentary tenure, she established and chaired the House of Commons’ first Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), where she led educational initiatives on emerging technologies for both MPs and Lords.

Following her departure from Parliament, she has remained a prominent figure in the sector, founding the UKUS Crypto Alliance and serving as Chair of the Digital Assets Global Forum. Her appointment aims to strengthen the organisation’s ongoing focus on digital asset regulation and global policy framework alignment.