Drivewealth, a financial technology platform that provides a brokerage firm-as-serving company, announced Naureen Hassan’s appointment as a Global Office Officer (CEO).
Hassan succeeds Michael Blaugrund, who resigns as CEO to receive a recently created position in Intercontinental Exchange (Ice).
Hassan unites Drivewealth with decades of deep expertise in digital product innovation, business excellence and regulatory management throughout the management of world banking and wealth. It will guide the company’s businesses, lead its continuing growth and expansion to all markets and help to fulfill Drivewealth’s mission for democratic investment around the world.
“Michael has overseen a period of significant growth, expansion in new markets and profitability in the last two years as a CEO and we thank him for everything he has achieved,” said Robert Cortright, founder of Drivewealth and Executive President. “Naureen has proven history as an innovative and industry disorders and is the perfect person to drive driving through our continued evolution and the next phase of growth.
Prior to Drivewealth, Hassan served as president of UBS Americas, where he drove a $ 14b $ 14B revenue department with more than 25,000 employees, while promoting the integration of Credit Suisse from UBS in America. He has also worked at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, where he led innovations in all payment work, technology, human resources, risk management and funding.
Prior to joining the Fed, Hassan served as a head of digital employee of Business Management Business and Morgan Stanley and the strategy and the innovation of the platform for the Charles Schwab investor department. She started her career at McKinsey & Company.
“Drivewealth really changes how and where people invest and provide unique value and opportunities to partners around the world,” Hassan said. “I have the honor of getting into this role, continuing to rely on the great work that Robert and Michael have done and help guide the continued development and success of the company.
Drivewealth operates on markets on five continents, including the US, the EU/United Kingdom, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand and Brazil. The company supports an average of more than 2 million transactions per day for B2B partners worldwide, facilitating 24 -hour transaction, fractional shares and supporting the multi -property category for millions of individual world investors.