DigitalX appoints Lisa Wade as CEO
DigitalX Limited (ASX:DCC) announces that after an extensive executive search process it has appointed highly experienced finance industry executive Lisa Wade as Chief Executive Officer.
Ms Wade has nearly 30 years of finance and financial markets experience working in organisations such as Citigroup, Bendigo Bank and most recently as Head of Digital Innovation and Sustainability at National Australia Bank (NAB).

She has a strong background in blockchain project development, having recently lead the Project Atom Central Bank Digital Currency project (CBDC), a collaborative research project between the Reserve Bank of Australia, CBA and Perpetual, and Project Carbon, a global strategic alliance tokenising voluntary carbon credits with Latu, CIBC, Natwest and NAB.
Ms Wade also has a strong background in funds management. Prior to her current role, she gained extensive experience managing investment portfolios with the Clean Energy Fund and the ESCOR Group. She has also been a Director at Citigroup where she specialised in arbitrage and derivatives.
Ms Wade is an experienced trader with an in-depth understanding of pricing and investing in derivatives and financial products. In her role as Head of Community Assets at Bendigo Bank, Lisa specialised in developing financial structures to facilitate the acceleration of impact investment, including co-founding the Bright Energy fund, an early stage investment in Future Super and co-creating RARI, Australia’s first responsible investment ETF.
Ms Wade is also a Non-Executive Director of Blockchain Australia, the peak blockchain industry body in Australia.
She is expected to commence in her role after serving her notice period related to her existing role.
Lisa Wade, Incoming CEO of DigitalX, commented:
“I am truly excited to join DigitalX, they have built the foundations and team to lead Australia and the world in the transition to blockchain as a mainstream part of finance, and to be a leader in this new and fast- moving financial future that blockchain creates. I am looking forward to working with the great team and building on this foundation together to grow the Company’s opportunities and value for shareholders.”