Clearstream veteran Elisa Poutanen joins HQLAᵡ 15 March 2021Luxembourg Reporter: Alex Pugh
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Clearstream’s Elisa Poutanen has joined securities lending blockchain platform HQLAᵡ in the newly-created role of sales lead.
Poutanen joined Luxembourg-based HQLAᵡ from post-trade services provider Clearstream, where over the course of five-and-a-half years she worked in global sales and business development banking, funding and financing positions.
Before Clearstream, Poutanen had a lengthy stint at BNP Paribas, where she worked her way up to dealing services, head of client services.
Guido Stroemer, chair and CEO of HQLAᵡ, says: “We are absolutely thrilled that Elisa has decided to join HQLAᵡ to lead our sales team. Elisa has a proven track record for delivering successful results, and she joins us with incredible endorsement from across the securities finance industry.
“We are very much looking forward to Elisa’s leadership in accelerating the expansion of our client footprint,” Stroemer told SFT.
In January, HQLAᵡ secured a round of strategic investment of €14.4 million led by BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Citigroup, with additional participation from longtime strategic partner Deutsche Boerse.
And in February, BNY Mellon clearance and collateral management product strategy head Simon Squire link text joined HQLAᵡ’s board of directors.
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