Gold-i Promotes Mark Alvarez-Buylla to Management Board

Fazzaco learned that innovative FinTech firm Gold-i announced the promotion of Mark Alvarez-Buylla to Director of Operations.

In his new role, he joins Tom Higgins (Founder & CEO), Julian Elliott (Chief Commercial Officer) and Chris James (Chief Technology Officer) on the Gold-i Management Board.

In addition, Mark will continue his focus on overseeing operations and client deployment at Gold-i. In addition, as part of his new remit, he will also have responsibility for Gold-i’s Accounts team.

Mark joined Gold-i as a Project Co-Ordinator in 2018, having worked in the FinTech industry for over six years in a variety of client services roles at Eze Software. He has been instrumental in developing and streamlining processes at Gold-i, in particular, enhancing the client onboarding process. He was promoted to Gold-i’s Head of Operations in 2019.

Commenting on the appointment, Tom Higgins, CEO, Gold-i said: “Mark is a huge asset to Gold-i and widely respected by our clients and the Gold-i team. Over the last three years he has demonstrated exceptional management skills and high standards in client servicing. He embodies Gold-i’s core values - he is incredibly dedicated, has a strong work ethic and also enjoys having fun.”

“This is an ideal time for Mark to join the Management Board. The institutional market is key to the strategic direction of the company, with products such as the Gold-i Matrix and Crypto Switch 2.0™. Mark will be able to leverage his extensive experience in hedge fund technology provision and large scale installations to help support our growth ambitions.”

Talking about his new role, Mark Alvarez-Buylla said: “I feel very privileged to be part of the Gold-i Management Board and to have the opportunity to play a more strategic role in the organisation. Gold-i is a great company to work for, with market leading technology and a focus on continually evolving and pushing boundaries.”

Fazzaco earlier reported Gold-i announced its partnership​ with Bitfinex, the world's leading digital asset trading platform. This latest addition aims to offer clients access to digital tokens from Bitfinex via its Crypto Switch™ 2.0, an advanced digital asset liquidity management platform.