Swimmer Joins tZero

Blockchain and tokenisation technology provider tZero has named Alan Swimmer as chief strategic relationships officer – he joins from research and investment management firm, Horizon Kinetics, where he worked for more than seven years as a managing director.

In his new role, Swimmer will drive commercial growth by expanding partnerships, advancing product strategy, and accelerating adoption of blockchain-enabled capital markets solutions, the firm says.

“As we embark on this next phase in the tZero story and focus on our core mission as a digital technology pioneer in financial markets, a key theme will be industry relationships. No one can do it alone,” observes Alan Konevsky, CEO at tZero. “A network of diverse partnerships across our ecosystem – supply, demand and infrastructure, in the US and globally, touching a range of asset types – will be critical.

“Al is a proven leader with an exceptional record of building relationships, launching innovative products, and guiding clients through complex market evolutions,” he continues. “This experience makes him uniquely qualified to help tZero scale its next phase of growth quickly and transparently, and redefine how capital is raised, traded, and owned, as well as how investors interact with a range of diverse asset classes that will become increasingly more interoperable and that tZERO will be focusing on developing.”

Swimmer’s appointment comes less than a week after a leadership transition at tZero, that saw Konevsky succeed David Goone as CEO.