Fnality International Welcomes Olga Zoutendijk as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors

Fnality International, a UK-based fintech firm, has announced the appointment of Olga Zoutendijk as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors.

She will be responsible for overseeing Fnality International's development and the rollout of its international, regulated network of distributed Financial Market Infrastructures (dFMIs), the first of which is scheduled for later this year.

Olga Zoutendijk is a renowned global banker, having held senior executive roles in wholesale, investment and retail banking in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States for over 25 years. In May 2016, she was appointed Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Group. Olga Zoutendijk was the first woman to lead a Supervisory Board of a stock exchange listed company in the history of the Netherlands. She joined the Board of Governors of Leiden University, one of the leading international research universities in Europe, in June 2016. In April 2019, she was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Julius Baer Group, the Swiss-based international wealth management group.

Commenting on Olga Zoutendijk's appointment, Fnality CEO, Rhomaios Ram, said: "It is an honour to have someone as accomplished as Olga join Fnality as Chairwoman. Her inclusive leadership style, skills and vast global experience across key senior leadership positions in the financial industry are highly valuable to the company. Olga shares our vision for exploring the full potential of decentralised finance within traditional banking, and we very much look forward to working closely with her over the coming years."

Commenting on her new role at Fnality, Olga Zoutendijk, said: "I am very pleased to become part of Fnality's exciting and groundbreaking journey. The company is well positioned to act as an effective bridge between traditional and decentralised finance. Its founding shareholders have demonstrated foresight and commitment to build a regulated wholesale banking solution that is set to transform how payments are processed and settled globally. I look forward to working with Rhom and the management team, my Board colleagues and the other key stakeholders."