A leading blockchain professional service company has announced that it has hired senior bankers from investment firms JPMorgan and Jefferies Financial Group to lead a new blockchain strategy and advisory division.
Wachsman, with offices in New York and Dublin, has the world’s largest blockchain-focused public relations team, who have helped over 100 organisations to achieve their audience engagement goals, according to its website.[1]
Now, in a bid to expand its team, the company has revealed the addition of its new members. Michael Chang joins Wachmans as managing director and will lead the firm’s strategic advisory group in New York. Chang was the former senior vice president of the technology investment banking group at Jefferies. Franklin Bi, will be supporting Chang as the associate director. Previously Bi, was the vice president and blockchain strategy lead for JPMorgan’s Blockchain Center of Excellence.
Wachsman’s Strategic Advisory Group is designed to provide blockchain consulting and advisory services to existing clients of Wachman’s, in addition to publicly-traded corporations and privately-held companies globally.
Those on Wachsman’s portfolio include eCommerce and payments-focused digital currency Dash; regulated Swiss financial intermediary, service provider, and asset manager Bitcoin Suisse AG; social trading network eToro; blockchain-based non-profit Sweetbridge; blockchain-based event ticketing platform BlockParty; and the world’s first Bitcoin non-profit organisation BitGive, to name a small few.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
“Today is a landmark occasion for our rapidly growing company,” said David Wachsman, CEO. “We have exceeded our clients’ expectations with world-class public relations support and many of them have asked us to do more for them. With the experience and expertise that Michael and Franklin share, we now have the talent to offer a wider range of services. Subject matter expertise in this world-changing
