Nick Short joins HQLAx
09 January 2019 London
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Nick Short has been appointed as COO of HQLAx and will report to Guido Stroemer, founding partner at HQLAx.
In this role, Short will oversee the build-out of the operating model from a technical and legal perspective as well as ensuring that the operating model meets the requirements of the HQLAx customers.
Based in London, Short has been in this role for over a year in an acting capacity.
Most recently, Short served at R3 for almost two and a half years but while at R3, he spent most of his time working with HQLAx, helping to build out the HQLAx operating model which uses R3’s Corda blockchain technology.
Prior to R3, Short spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs building out collateral management technology solutions for various funding related departments including treasury, repo desks, and operations.
Commenting on his appointment, Short said: “I am very excited to be joining the firm. While at R3, I spent most of my time working with HQLAx and the HQLAx idea went through the R3 innovation lab and I was involved with that from the get-go.”
“It then graduated to the acceleration stage, which is where you take a good idea and commercialise it. I also lead that effort and this is why the transformation to the COO role makes so much sense; it is a natural progression when you are working with a great idea that customers are interested in.”
Stroemer commented: "I am extremely excited for Nick Short to be joining HQLAx. He has played an instrumental role in shaping our operating model during the R3 incubation and acceleration projects, and I am are very much looking forward for Nick to help lead HQLAx into live production later this year.”
In this role, Short will oversee the build-out of the operating model from a technical and legal perspective as well as ensuring that the operating model meets the requirements of the HQLAx customers.
Based in London, Short has been in this role for over a year in an acting capacity.
Most recently, Short served at R3 for almost two and a half years but while at R3, he spent most of his time working with HQLAx, helping to build out the HQLAx operating model which uses R3’s Corda blockchain technology.
Prior to R3, Short spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs building out collateral management technology solutions for various funding related departments including treasury, repo desks, and operations.
Commenting on his appointment, Short said: “I am very excited to be joining the firm. While at R3, I spent most of my time working with HQLAx and the HQLAx idea went through the R3 innovation lab and I was involved with that from the get-go.”
“It then graduated to the acceleration stage, which is where you take a good idea and commercialise it. I also lead that effort and this is why the transformation to the COO role makes so much sense; it is a natural progression when you are working with a great idea that customers are interested in.”
Stroemer commented: "I am extremely excited for Nick Short to be joining HQLAx. He has played an instrumental role in shaping our operating model during the R3 incubation and acceleration projects, and I am are very much looking forward for Nick to help lead HQLAx into live production later this year.”
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