Adrian Hogg.

Adrian is a capital markets and investment business specialist with 25+ years experience in licensing, regulatory, structuring, capital markets, and investment business.

Formerly of KPMG, Bank of East Asia, Grant Thornton (partner for 10 years) and GSX Group, Adrian is a Fellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Adrian has acted as Chairman of a national funds and investments businesses association, sat on a national finance centre council, and has been a member of a number of regulatory panels and working groups responsible for amending and drafting various funds, investment business and financial services rules, laws and regulations.

Adrian has 10 years experience as a regulator approved and licensed director of stock exchanges and digital asset exchanges in Europe and Asia, was CFO and COO of a licensed and regulated blockchain exchange, COO and director of a licensed virtual currency wallet provider, held a Practising Certificate issued by the ICAEW (2007 to 2017), was a regulated and licensed Statutory Auditor (2007 to 2017), a regulator approved director of a licensed Company Manager, Trustee and Collective Investment Fund Administrator (2007 to 2020), and has sat on the board of multiple funds.

Adrian has overseen the licensing and establishment of multiple regulated and licensed entities including exchanges (both traditional and digital assets), money payment transmitters, investment dealers, brokers, asset and portfolio managers, collective investment scheme administrators and multiple alternative investment funds and hedge funds from multiple jurisdictions globally.