Sandra is a proponent for ‘human-centric tech’. From investment banking and currency
markets to blockchain technology, she is an early angel investor and advocate of
cryptocurrencies and digital assets. She currently serves as the CEO of Global Blockchain
Business Council (GBBC), the trusted non-profit association for the blockchain, digital
assets, and emerging technology community, with more than 500 institutional members,
284 ambassadors, across 124 jurisdictions and disciplines.
In 2023, she was appointed onto the CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham’s Global Markets
Advisory Committee (GMAC), Digital Asset Market Subcommittee (DAMS) and cochairs the
Taxonomy and Tokenization Infrastructure workstreams within the subcommittee. She was
previously appointed as the Senate representative of the New York State Digital Currency
Task Force, and serves on the Japan Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Trade (METI)
blockchain advisory group, the AIFC Fintech Council (Kazakhstan), World Economic
Forum’s Digital Currencies Governance Consortium, International Securities Services
Association’s DLT & ISO Standards, GI Trust FATF Travel Rule Standards Task Force (South
Korea), GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative, Blockchain for Climate (BxC) Board,
Salesforce’s AI Advisory Board, Filecoin Foundation Advisory Board, United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator Advisory Council, and several government
Convergence AI working groups and councils as well as Board director of several fintech
start-ups.
Whilst at CME Group, she headed FX & Metals Research & Product Development and
founded a new business unit, Digitization. Sandra and her team created the CME CF
Bitcoin pricing index and reference rate, CME Bitcoin Futures, and post trade, clearing and
settlement solutions.
Previously, she was a London-based derivatives banker at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche
Bank in the foreign exchange and interest rate markets.
Sandra holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from London Business School, studied
Computer Science at Columbia University, School of Continuing Studies and earned a
double B.A. degree from Yale University in History (Military) and Studies in the Environment.