GREENWICH, Conn., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- One River Digital
Asset Management (together with its parent, One River Asset
Management) announced the addition of two new members to the firm's
Academic and Regulatory Advisory Council: Courtney Simmons Elwood and Harold Ford, Jr. They will join
Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Kevin Hassett, former Chairman of the White
House's Council of Economic Advisers, and Jon Orszag, former Economic Policy Advisor on
President Clinton's National Economic Council.
Ms. Elwood served as General Counsel of the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency from June 2017 to
January 2021. From 2001 to
2007, she held a number of senior positions in the federal
government, including as Associate Counsel to the President, Deputy
Counsel to the Vice President, and Deputy Chief of Staff and
Counselor to the Attorney General. Before and after that
stint in the government, Courtney was a partner at the law firm
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC. She
joined the firm in 1996, after clerking for Chief Justice
William H. Rehnquist on the Supreme
Court of the United States and for
Judge J. Michael Luttig on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Courtney is a
graduate of Yale Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of
Washington and Lee University.
She has served as a member of the D.C. Circuit's Advisory
Committee on Procedures and a member of the Yale Law School
Association Executive Committee.
Mr. Ford joins One River's
advisory council having served five terms as a Tennessee Congressman from 1997-2007. He
is currently a Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of PNC
Bank's Corporate and Institutional Banking business. In
addition, Mr. Ford is Chairman and CEO of Empowerment &
Inclusion Capital Corporation (NYSE: EPWR) - a special purpose
acquisition company (SPAC) with the unique, purpose-driven mission
of acquiring a diversity led business or a business focused on
promoting economic and societal inclusion. Ford has spent
more than 10 years in investment banking at both Merrill Lynch and
Morgan Stanley. He is a graduate of both the University of Michigan Law School and the
University of Pennsylvania.
"Recognizing that the case for digital assets and, more broadly,
the digitization of our financial system will require dialogue
among the industry, regulators and governments around the globe,
One River set out to build an
Advisory Council with a diversity and depth of expertise
commensurate with that challenge. With the addition of Harold
and Courtney, we have enhanced our depth and breadth of experience,
including in the areas of national security, financial services
regulation, and the legislative process," said Eric Peters, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Investment Officer and Founder of One River Asset Management.
"We are thrilled to be working with Eric, Jay, and the other
members of the Advisory Council," said Mr. Ford and Ms. Elwood in a
joint statement. "The digitization of the global financial
system holds enormous promise and has far-reaching implications.
We were impressed by One
River's aim to hear a variety of viewpoints on
cryptocurrencies and the blockchain and to provide best-in-class
services in this dynamic environment."
"The One River Academic and Regulatory Advisory Council is
strengthened greatly by the addition of Courtney and Harold.
Each is a proven advisor in areas of transition, and I look forward
to working with them, Jon and Kevin to further One River's participation in the digitization of
our financial ecosystem, taking into account matters of national
and international policy and regulation," said Mr. Clayton.
About One River Digital Asset Management:
One River Digital Asset Management is a leading asset manager in
the emerging digital asset industry, with investment funds and
bespoke strategies built to meet the unique needs of its
institutional clients around the globe. The firm is a
subsidiary of One River Asset Management, an innovative investment
manager dedicated to delivering high-conviction absolute-return
strategies that seeks to help its clients build superior
portfolios. It sees the world in a period of major economic,
policy and political transition, with the investment landscape
shifting in ways that will make the coming decade look profoundly
different from the past decade. Its strategies are built to
profit from this dynamic environment while providing strong
diversification benefits to traditional investment portfolios.
Each is developed and managed by its diverse team of
investment professionals with deep expertise in volatility, macro,
inflation, digital asset and systematic trading/investing.
One River manages over $2.5bln
in institutional assets. The firm is headquartered in
Greenwich, CT and was founded in
2013.
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