Kadena Announces Annelise Osborne as Chief Business Officer

New
York,
New
York,
April
25th,
2024,
Chainwire

Kadena,
the
only
scalable
Layer-1
Proof-of-Work
blockchain,
expands
its
leadership
team
by
onboarding
Annelise
Osborne
as
Kadena’s
new
Chief
Business
Officer
(CBO).
With
an
illustrious
career
spanning
over
20
years
in
finance,
credit,
real
estate,
and
digital
assets,
Annelise
will
be
responsible
for
developing
and
leading
new
business
initiatives
and
partnerships
across
Web3
and
beyond.

At
Kadena,
Annelise’s
role
as
Chief
Business
Officer
is
not
just
a
new
addition
to
the
team
but
a
strategic
move
to
further
propel
Kadena’s
growth
within
Web3
ecosystems
and
adoption
with
institutional
opportunities.
Her
wealth
of
institutional
experience
will
be
instrumental
in
shaping
Kadena’s
future. 

Osborne’s
appointment
is
a
testament
to
her
exceptional
leadership
abilities
and
strategic
acumen,
honed
during
her
tenure
at
Moody’s,
where
she
spent
12
years,
and
her
previous
position
as
COO
of
Propellr.
Her
wealth
of
experience
brings
a
unique
perspective
to
Kadena,
instilling
confidence
in
her
ability
to
drive
the
company’s
growth
and
success. 

Before
joining
Kadena,
Annelise
was
the
Head
of
Institutional
with
Arca
Labs.
She
successfully
led
the
team’s
work
with
companies
to
drive
blockchain
innovation
across
strategic
partnerships
and
advisory
services. 

“We
are
thrilled
to
welcome
Annelise
Osborne
as
Kadena’s
Chief
Business
Officer.
Her
extensive
leadership
experience,
years
of
university-level
lectures,
and
deep
involvement
in
both
blockchain
and
traditional
markets
position
her
to
bring
continued
excellence
to
Kadena’s
business
operations,”
expressed
Stuart
Popejoy,
Kadena’s
CEO
and
Founder. 

“As
institutions
search
for
secure
and
scalable
blockchains
to
build
regulated
digital
assets,
I’m
elated
to
join
Kadena
to
offer
the
necessary
technology
at
such
a
pivotal
moment
in
time
as
Wall
Street
embraces
the
next
frontier
of
finance,”
said
Annelise
Osborne.

Annelise’s
extensive
experience
in
financial
services
is
complemented
by
her
upcoming
book,
“From
Hoodies
to
Suits:
Innovating
Digital
Assets
for
Traditional
Finance”
(Wiley
Publishing),
set
to
be
released
this
summer.
This
book,
which
delves
into
the
intersection
of
digital
assets
and
traditional
finance,
is
a
testament
to
her
thought
leadership
and
her
ability
to
anticipate
and
navigate
industry
trends.

About
Kadena 

Kadena
is
a
blockchain
technology
company
that
was
founded
in
2017
by
Stuart
Popejoy
and
Will
Martino,
who
created
JP
Morgan’s
first
blockchain
and
led
the
SEC’s
Crypto
Committee.
Kadena
is
the
industry’s
only
scalable
layer-1
Proof
of
Work
(PoW)
blockchain.
This
scalability
enables
Kadena
to
deliver
infrastructure-grade
performance
for
any
blockchain
project.
Along
with
our
own
smart
contract
language
Pact,
Kadena’s
platform
provides
the
world
with
the
tools
and
environment
to
turn
ideas
and
ambitions
into
reality.
Kadena
aims
to
allow
for
true
blockchain
mass
adoption.

Contact

Kadena
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