Seamus Rocca

Seamus Rocca is a financial expert and corporate leader with over two decades of experience working in the financial service sector. He has worked as a Chartered Accountant in international companies, including Arthur Andersen, Credit Suisse, Macquarie Group, andStandard Chartered Bank, at senior executive levels with a focus on finance, treasury, and emerging markets.

Seamus is a qualified Chartered Accountant, and he studied accounting and finance at theUniversity of Leeds. He also attended Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, where he studied executive leadership. He is also a member ofICAEW, a world-leading professional membership organisation that trains, develops and supports over 150,000 chartered accountants worldwide.

Seamus has a close working relationship with theUK Prudential Regulatory Authority(PRA) and was a certified Material Risk Taker under the UK PRA rules in his capacity as the Head of Liquidity at Standard Chartered Bank.

Seamus has worked atXapo Bankfor over five years, taking on the role of CEO in 2021, where he is responsible for overseeing the operations and strategic direction of the bank.

Seamus has played a critical role in making Xapo the first crypto company in the world to obtain a banking licence. Xapo Bank is a private bank headquartered in Gibraltar, which operates globally and is licensed as a virtual asset currency provider by theGibraltar Financial Services Commission.