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A retail banker, with little understanding of technology and little clout. Having served in the investment arm of Barclays during his tenure, I'm not sure he ca
by osrec 10y ago
A retail banker, with little understanding of technology and little clout. Having served in the investment arm of Barclays during his tenure, I'm not sure he can add much.
- knocte 10y agoConnections?
- osrec 10y agoHe was a less than impressive CEO, fired by his own board. Sure he may have connections, but he doesn't come across as the best mediator. I have nothing against the guy, but I personally see little in terms of value add from having him in a fintech start up.
- sanswork 10y agoBlockchain is probably in need of a round soon so it's possible they are looking to stack the board to increase the likelihood of them actually raising one. I doubt DCG has much more in the tank to keep leading every bitcoin round.
- m-i-l 10y agoActually Antony Jenkins had relatively little involvement with investment banking (and only towards the end) - his main background was with credit cards, then as you say retail banking[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Jenkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Jenkins
- gadders 10y agoHe made a right mess of BarCap.