Nadine Chakar serves as Managing Director, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets where
she oversees the firm’s digital asset technology (formerly Securrency), partnering with clients
and key stakeholders to transform and evolve their operating models and create new digital
asset services. She is also member of the DTCC Executive Committee.
Prior to DTCC, Nadine was Chief Executive Officer at Securrency, a provider of institutionalgrade
digital asset technology that was acquired by DTCC in October 2023. Before that, she
was Executive Vice President and Head of State Street Digital, where she oversaw the setup
of a new integrated business and operating model to support clients’ entire digital investment
cycle from pre-trade, trade, and post-trade, as well as initiatives to enhance client
experience. Previously, Nadine served as Executive Vice President and Head of State Street
Global Markets and also held roles with Manulife and BNY Mellon.
During her career, Nadine has received a number of awards, including in 2023 as one of
American Banker’s most influential women in Fintech and in 2020, 2021 and 2022 as one of
American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Finance. In 2022, she was also recognized as
one of Forbes Magazine’s 50 over 50.
Nadine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Finance from Boston University. She
currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Boston Medical Center and is a member of
the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) and co-chair of the Digital Asset
Subcommittee workstream covering Tokenization Infrastructure.