Elliptic Strengthens Executive Team With Pair of Senior Hires

Elliptic, the global leader in cryptoasset risk management, today announced the appointment of two senior hires to its executive team in a move that will strengthen the business’s products and services offering following its $60 million Series C funding announcement. 

Safiya Karsan has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and will be responsible for leading Elliptic's  strategy, operations and people teams, focusing on driving the company’s continued expansion. Prior to her role at Elliptic, Safiya held leadership roles in several high growth companies across public and private sectors where she focused on scaling teams, operations, culture, and go-to-market strategy and execution.

“The opportunity for crypto is massive,” she said. “The rate of adoption amongst businesses is explosive and the market needs the right infrastructure to ensure it operates with crypto in a way that is safe, transparent and secure”.  John Connolly has been appointed Chief Product Officer and is responsible for leading product strategy and management at Elliptic, with a focus on creating strategic value for customers through technology and data science-enabled innovations. Prior to joining Elliptic, John held senior roles in public and privately held companies where he was focused on helping the businesses to scale. “Cryptoassets are an increasingly important part of the mainstream economy,” said John. “There is an amazing opportunity to support a safer, more innovative financial ecosystem through our blockchain-enabled, risk management products.”  Last week, Elliptic announced $60 million of Series C funding which it will invest in research and development and product delivery to priority markets.