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Annabelle Huang

Co-Founder & CEO at Altius

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Annabelle Huang, cofounder of Altius, was previously a managing partner at Amber Group and head of AirSwap Asia. Before transitioning into digital assets, she advised private equity funds, US corporates, and hedge funds on structured solutions and risk management as an FX structurer at Deutsche Bank and Nomura in New York. Her deep understanding of traditional financial markets, combined with her expertise on how institutions and macro markets work, has played a key role in helping develop the product strategy and solutions delivered through Amber Group. Recently, Ms. Huang has been appointed to lead GlobalX Center, a global expansion team to grow Amber's institutional and retail product offerings to more regions.

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