Securitize this week announced that Brett Redfearn, former Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets, has been appointed president of the company. He also joins Securitize’s board of directors.
Redfearn will work with Securitize’s leadership team to scale the company’s regulated platform across issuance, trading, and fund administration, while driving engagement with regulators, exchanges, and institutional partners. On the board, he will also help guide the company’s long-term strategy as tokenization becomes embedded in global market infrastructure.
“Securitize is perfectly positioned to lead the implementation of the tokenized financial infrastructure of the future,” said Redfearn. “The company has taken a compliance-first approach to tokenization from the beginning, without cutting corners. I’m extremely excited to work with this innovative team to help transform financial markets and deliver opportunities and efficiencies to investors and issuers, while remaining committed to investor protection and market integrity.”
“Brett has been instrumental in how modern markets are structured and regulated,” said Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize. “Having served as chairman of Securitize’s advisory board for the past four years, he is deeply familiar with our business, leadership team, and long-term vision. As tokenization becomes an integral part of core financial infrastructure, his experience will help ensure this transition is built to improve existing market structure, with the protections and integrity investors expect.”
Redfearn is the founder of Panorama Financial Markets Advisory, advising exchanges, broker-dealers, asset managers, fintechs, and private equity firms. Previously, he served as director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets from 2017 through 2020.
During his tenure at the SEC, Redfearn led the Division of Trading and Markets, including efforts to modernize the National Market System, enhance market transparency, and guide markets through the extreme volatility of early 2020. Prior to the SEC, he spent 14 years at J.P. Morgan.
Following his time in public service, Redfearn was head of capital markets at Coinbase, where he focused on building the emerging ecosystem for digital asset securities and expanding institutional participation in digital asset markets. Additional experience was gleaned from stints at BATS Global Markets, BATS Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange, and BIDS Trading. Redfearn also served as chairman of SIFMA’s Equity Markets and Trading Committee and as a board member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals.