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#CapTech2024- “Discover. Connect. Execute”- Monday 25th November 2024 to Thursday 28th November 2024- ICC Sydney Australia
Lisa Wade
Lisa Wade

CEO of DigitalX

 

Lisa is the CEO of DigitalX. DigitalX is a blockchain financial company innovating at the frontiers of Web3.0. with a sustainable focus via a commitment to the WEF ESG and Stakeholder Capital framework and RegTech innovations such as Drawbridge.

Lisa has over 29 years of experience in the finance industry including co-founding Australia’s first Low Carbon Fund in 2007 and Change Investment Management in 2009. As a proven pioneer of the socially responsible and impact investment industry, she has established a reputation for driving superior investment returns from the economic opportunity of the transition to a low carbon economy.

Lisa is also an ambassador for Earth Hour and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leaders initiative as well as a Mentor for AYP and current holder of the Blockie for Gender and Diverse Blockchain leader of the year – as an out member of the LGBTI+ community Lisa is an advocate and example of equality in action.

Lisa passionately believes investors should no longer have to compromise their values for their investments and with technology and de-fi will be able to truly align their values to their investments. She is also using new technologies to promote equity and equality across financial landscapes via her work exploring the tokenisation of impact.

Lisa has multiple years experience managing international portfolios in both De-fi and trad-fi assets. During her career Lisa has been a Director at Citigroup where she specialised in arbitrage and derivatives and Head of Digital innovation and sustainability at NAB. Lisa 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 community micro-grid investment models, co-founding the Bright Energy fund, an early stage investment in Future Super and co-creating RARI – Australia’s first responsible investment ETF.

Lisa has a Bachelor of Business majoring in accounting and finance. In 2011 Lisa completed a Post-Graduate certificate in Shariah Compliant Investing at LaTrobe University, Melbourne.