US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, founded by entrepreneur twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has tapped a former Nasdaq subsidiary executive in a bid to attract more institutional clients.
Gemini said in a blog post on Wednesday that Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto is joining the firm as managing director of operations to lead the company’s client services team, “supervising Gemini's institutional onboarding and expanding client services team.”
Hightower-Sellitto spent 13 years at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), an options trading platform acquired by Nasdaq in 2016 for $1.1 billion. At ISE, she held multiple leadership positions in business development, product management and relationship management. Most recently, Hightower-Sellitto served as chief operating officer at ISE, at which role she was responsible for the company’s transition to Nasdaq.
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