Alex Batlin
Board Advisor at Sumsub
Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Batlin is a board-level advisor and founder with 12+ years delivering fintech and institutional crypto custody solutions, blending deep technical roots in computer science with strategic leadership across banks and startups. He founded and scaled Trustology into an insured, regulated custody platform acquired by Bitpanda, then led Bitpanda Custody and UK operations, uniquely combining product, compliance and go-to-market execution. Previously he drove blockchain and emerging-technology strategy at BNY Mellon and led UBS’s FinTech Innovation Lab and Crypto 2.0 programme, translating research into enterprise-ready products. Alex is valued for bridging engineering, regulatory risk and investor-facing strategy—often acting as the compliance officer while still shaping product roadmaps. Based in Guildford, he mentors fintech founders and sits on multiple boards, bringing a rare mix of hands-on technical experience from early developer tools work to high-level corporate governance. An early industry recogniser (FinTech Finance 35/40), he’s known for turning complex regulatory and technical constraints into pragmatic, scalable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics, A Levels, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics at Presentation College, ReadingPrimary SchoolsBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of Bristol
Russian, English, French
Github Skills (1)
ethereum7
Github contributions (5)
EntEthAlliance/EEPs
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Enterprise Ethereum Proposals
Contributions:61 commits, 4 PRs, 62 pushes in 8 days
ethereum
batlinal/crypto-musings
Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch, 3 issues in 6 months
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