Lynne Marlor

Co-Founder, Women in Digital Assets Forum (widaf.co) Chair, Boston Blockchain Association CEO, at Transformational Strategies, LLC

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Lynne is a frequent global speaker, investor and thought leader in the blockchain, digital assets and NFT ecosystems. A traditional finance professional, Lynne embraced blockchain in 2018 by completing the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Program, Said Business School at Oxford University.

Lynne’s deep understanding and experience in treasury and capital markets including FX, Liquidity, Global Payments, Corporate Note programs and investment vehicles has given her insights into many channels. She has managed teams in all segments of financial services including Money Service Businesses (MSB’s) Money Transmitter Businesses (MTB’s), Asset Managers, Broker Dealers, Insurance, Hedge Funds and Private Equity firms. She has created innovation strategies for growing revenues in these sectors within the context of institutional banking.

Lynne now works with organizations to drive adoption of Blockchain, Digital Assets, Brand Creation, Innovation, Strategy, Tokenization and Scalable Digitization. She focuses on helping clients navigate these shifts. While most of her work is in the financial sector, she has just finished her first NFT project for a major American based retailer.

Lynne’s most recent speaking engagements include:

*July 2022 sharing the podium with Anthony Scaramucci at the BBA

*June, 2022 MITMediaLabs-NFT decentralized teams

*June, 2022 NFTNYC speaking on launching an NFT

*May, 2022, Treasury Management of New York, Blockchain

*April, 2022, Texpo 2022, Blockchain Use Cases

*New England Canada Business Council, The Impact of Blockchain on Financial Services, April 2022

*Women in Housing and Finance, DC conference on Payment Innovation,

*2018 Oxford University Global Symposium, UK on Navigating Financial Change

*Third Annual Global Back Office & Operational Efficiency Summit, November, 2019, Barcelona, Spain focused on blockchain for operational efficiency

*The Boston Club in collaboration with Merrill Lynch and BNYMellon’s WIN program on Blockchain

*Association of Financial Professionals (AFP) national and regional programs (NYC, NC, MidAtlantic, Texas, Midwest, Boston) on Blockchain

Lynne is Chair on the Board of the Boston Blockchain Association, Executive in Residence at the Global Blockchain Business Council. She is a Board-member of Fintech Women, The Northshore YMC’A’s Corporate Board, the Boston Ballet and the Copernicus Institute. and the Boston Ballet. She is a non-Executive Director to Altemis Labs, UK and AlphaClinix a UK and Africa based clinical trials startup.

She is passionate about giving back and lifting up