NYDIG Announces Appointment of John Dalby as Chief Financial Officer
The CFO of Bridgewater Associates joins during a period of rapid growth for NYDIG
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NEW YORK, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/
NYDIG, a leading provider of investment and technology solutions for Bitcoin, today announced the appointment of John Dalby as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Dalby is CFO of Bridgewater Associates, the world s largest hedge fund.
Mr. Dalby brings a broad array of financial services industry experience in corporate and institutional banking, capital markets, asset management, wealth management, private equity and renewable energy. Prior to joining Bridgewater, Mr. Dalby was CFO and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of D.E. Shaw Renewables Investments. His role at D.E Shaw followed a more than 20-year career at UBS where he most recently held the role of CFO of UBS Americas.
P/C Insurers Liberty Mutual, Starr Join Investors in Bitcoin Firm NYDIG April 9, 2021
The round comes just a month after announcing $200 million in new financing.
NYDIG, a subsidiary of asset manager Stone Ridge, said this week it raised $100 million of growth capital from strategic partners including property/casualty insurers Starr Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance and others.
The New York-based company also announced that Mike Sapnar, a 30-year insurance industry veteran of insurance and former CEO of TransRe, is joining NYDIG as global head of Insurance Solutions to focus on accelerating bitcoin use in in the global property/casualty industry.
Sapnar will be joined by Matt Carey, NYDIG’s U.S. head of Insurance Solutions, who will be focused on bitcoin for U.S.-based life insurance and annuity providers. Prior to joining NYDIG, Carey was co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Income, an online annuity marketplace recently acquired by MassMutua
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Mike Sapnar, the former CEO of TransRe, has resurfaced at a Bitcoin technology company, which has also raised $100 million in new capital from a number of property/casualty insurers.
Sapnar led TransRe for nine years before unexpectedly stepping down in March this year. Now, it has been revealed that he will join NYDIG, a provider of technology and investment solutions for Bitcoin, as global head of insurance solutions.
In this new role, he will oversee all of NYDIG s insurance activities but especially focus on accelerating bitcoin-driven innovation in the global property/casualty industry.
He is joined by in the role by Matt Carey, NYDIG s US head of insurance solutions, who will focus on bitcoin-powered solutions for US-based life insurance and annuity providers. Prior to joining NYDIG, Carey was co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Income, the largest online annuity marketplace in the US, recently acquired by MassMutual from Stone Ridge.
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