Women in Fund Finance Event

WFF US: Crypto 101 - Demystifying Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

Name: WFF US: Crypto 101 - Demystifying Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
Start: 2022-05-13T12:00:00Z
End: 2022-05-13T13:00:00Z

May 13, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Virtual

Join us on Friday, May 13th 2022 for Crypto 101: Demystifying Cryptocurrency & Blockchain, taught by Bob Griffin of WhiteTower Capital Management.

Bitcoin is now 13 years old with a total market cap of nearly $2 trillion, yet most people do not understand what crypto & blockchain is, or why it matters. Join WFF for the first of the Crypto 101 series, and let’s demystify cryptocurrency and blockchain together.

Agenda:

What is cryptocurrency?
What is blockchain and how does it work?
Types of crypto
Crypto exchanges and how to trade / invest
Future of crypto & blockchain

Speakers

Bob Griffin

WhiteTower Capital Management

Bob Griffin

Principal & Director of Business Development | WhiteTower Capital Management

Mr. Griffin has over 15 years of traditional investment industry experience and 3 years’ experience in the Digital Assets space. During his career, he has held positions on the buy-side, the sell-side and served as a Senior Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager at MERS of MI. He most recently served as the Director of Fundamental Fixed Income Securities at Janus Henderson Investors, a $350 billion global asset management firm where he helped lead a 35-member team of Portfolio Managers, Analysts, Client Portfolio Managers and Traders. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado where he and his family take full advantage of the Rocky Mountain frontier.

Fazillah Durante

TD Securities

Fazillah Durante

Head of Fund Finance Origination | TD Securities

Fazillah Duante is Head of Fund Finance Origination at TD Securities based in New York. She is responsible for developing cross-product solutions and strategies for Private Capital clients at the Fund, Manager, and Asset level, with close collaboration with the firm's Financial Sponsors, Financial Institutions, and Global Markets teams.

Prior to joining TD in 2024, Fazillah was Managing Director – U.S. Financial Sponsors & Fund Finance at Scotiabank, where she drove growth strategies across Global Markets and Corporate & Investment Banking for the past two decades in the Toronto, Bahamas and New York offices.
Fazillah is actively involved in industry leadership as the Co-Head of Women in Fund Finance Americas. She is also a CFA Charterholder.