Coinbase promotes Matt Boyd to head of prime brokerage
02 February 2021 US
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Former-Blackrock global equity trading chief Matt Boyd has taken on the role of head of prime brokerage financing at Coinbase, the digital currency exchange.
Boyd, who is based in San Francisco, joined Coinbase as a consultant in June 2020 before accepting the full-time position this month.
Prior to that, Boyd worked for Numerai, a crowd-sourced hedge fund based in San Francisco, where he worked president and chief operating officer for just shy of three years followed by a year as an advisor.
He was responsible for design and development of Numerai’s investment platforms inclusive of direct management of the portfolio management and data teams.
Before then, Boyd worked for EquiLend as a consultant for six months.
Prior to that, Boyd worked for Blackrock for just under 11 years as its global head of international equity finance trading and was also the Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific head of securities finance trading.
Boyd was product head of international equity finance and responsible for a team of equity finance traders and trading managers in London, New York and Hong Kong.
Boyd, who is based in San Francisco, joined Coinbase as a consultant in June 2020 before accepting the full-time position this month.
Prior to that, Boyd worked for Numerai, a crowd-sourced hedge fund based in San Francisco, where he worked president and chief operating officer for just shy of three years followed by a year as an advisor.
He was responsible for design and development of Numerai’s investment platforms inclusive of direct management of the portfolio management and data teams.
Before then, Boyd worked for EquiLend as a consultant for six months.
Prior to that, Boyd worked for Blackrock for just under 11 years as its global head of international equity finance trading and was also the Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific head of securities finance trading.
Boyd was product head of international equity finance and responsible for a team of equity finance traders and trading managers in London, New York and Hong Kong.
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