Emmanuel Aidoo

Emmanuel Aidoo is Head of Digital Asset Markets at Credit Suisse. He is responsible for delivering the firms digital asset markets strategy coupling Investment Bank platform and expertise in Electronic Execution with Credit Suisse’s industry leadership in Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain.

Emmanuel joined Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette in 1997 from Caspian Securities as the EMEA IT Head for Emerging Markets. He remained with Credit Suisse after Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette was acquired in August 2000, and has held a variety of senior roles including Global Head of Debt Capital Markets Technology, Global Head of Leverage Finance Technology, and Global Head of Solutions Delivery before leading Credit Suisse’s distributed ledger technology efforts since 2014.

He is Chair of SIFMA’s Blockchain Round Table and a Board Member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance.  Emmanuel studied Computer Science at Brunel University in West London.  In 2019, Emmanuel was voted by Business Insider as one of the Top 10 people transforming finance.