Gilbert Verdian - CEO and Founder @ Quant Network

Overview

Number of Founded Organizations

CB Rank (Person)

Primary Job Title CEO and Founder
Primary Organization
Quant Network

Location London, England, United Kingdom
Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Gender Male

Gilbert is building the Internet of Trust by converging Blockchain and Cybersecurity as the Founder and CEO of Quant Network, tasked with connecting the world’s networks to blockchains.

Having over 20 years of industry experience and C-level accountability, he has worked across Government in Downing St, HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, Ministry of

Justice and NSW Health and private sector at CSC, EY and HSBC.

Having a keen interest in disruptive technology, he’s the author behind the Blockchain ISO Standard TC307 initiative and is the Chair of the UK’s national committee on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies (DLT/1). He also sits on committees in the Federal Reserve, the EU’s Blockchain Observatory, PayUK’s Cybersecurity board and UK Government’s DLT committees.

He’s actively working to advance technology in the areas of AI, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Fintech & Health.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Gilbert Verdian

has

current jobs including

Founder Blockchain ISO Standard TC307

International Organization for Standardization

Co-Founder

Wekitt

, and

Co-Founder

Remitt

. Additionally,

Gilbert Verdian

has had

past jobs including

Fed Payments Improvement Community

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

International Organization for Standardization Founder Blockchain ISO Standard TC307Apr 2016
Wekitt Co-FounderSep 11, 2015
Remitt Co-FounderSep 11, 2015
Quant Network CEO and FounderSep 2015
Trudera Co-FounderAug 19, 2010

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Federal Reserve Bank of New York	Fed Payments Improvement Community	Apr 2019	Apr 2019
Bank of England	CMORG, Cyber	Jul 2016	Jul 2018
VocaLink	Chief Information Security Officer	Jul 2016	Jun 2018
Federal Reserve Bank of New York	Secure Payments Task Force	Mar 2017	Apr 2018
New South Wales	Chief Information Security Officer	Apr 2014	Nov 2016
eHealth NSW	Chief Information Security Officer	2014	2016
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Director	2014	2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Director - Cybersecurity	2013	2014
UK Ministry of Justice	Security Lead	Apr 2012	Dec 2013
UK Ministry of Justice	Head of Security	2013	2013

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
New South Wales	Chair, NSW Government Security Council	2014	2016
European Commission	EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum Member, Blockchain Policy & Framework Conditions Working Group	May 2018	—
BSI	Chair of DLT/1 & UK Standardisation Delegation at ISO TC 307 (Blockchain and DLT)	Jan 2017	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Infrastructure Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	3,748
Blockchain Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	5,383
London Financial Services Companies (Top 10K)	3,458
London Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	1,568
Blockchain Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue	17,838
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Internet Companies (Top 10K)	6,606
Information Technology Companies With Less Than $10M in Revenue (Top 10K)	1,489
CSC Alumni Founded Companies	88,449
United Kingdom Companies With More Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)	487
Enterprise Software Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue (Top 10K)	2,888

Education

Gilbert Verdian

studied at

University of Technology Sydney

and

University of Technology Sydney

University of Technology Sydney Bachelor of BusinessE-Business19982002
University of Technology Sydney MBAStrategic Management20032005

Events

Number of Events

Gilbert Verdian

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Ad:tech London 2019

Sep 25, 2019

Ad:tech London 2019 Speaker London, England, United Kingdom, EuropeSep 25, 2019
Crypto Valley Conference 2019 Speaker Zug, Zug, Switzerland, EuropeJun 24, 2019