Alexandre Kech, Citigroup’s director of blockchain and digital assets has announced his departure from Citi Ventures to join digital asset platform, SIX Digital Exchange.

Kech (pictured) joins the Swiss exchange after just one year at Citi Venture, Citigroup’s venture unit where he was also general secretary of the Securities Market Practice Group, a group of custodians, banks, central banks and central securities depositories developing market practices. From 2012-2018, Kech was head of securities and FX markets, and head of standards Asia Pacific, at the US bank. Prior to joining Citi, he spent 17 years at global financial services company, Swift, where