
EXPERTISE
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Digital Assets Trading
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Digital Assets Infrastructure
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Digital Assets Regulation
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Cryptocurrency Markets
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Alternative Investment Products
Crypto Expert Witness | Paul Frost-Smith | SEDA Experts
Paul Frost-Smith is a distinguished expert in Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets, with a particular focus on trading, infrastructure, custody and regulation. Mr Frost-Smith has over 30 years’ experience in international financial markets, having held senior management positions at JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Swiss Re. He is the Founder & CEO of Corinthian Digital, a Crypto investment management & advisory firm headquartered in Dubai with operations in the UK and US.
Mr Frost-Smith began his career in London with Slaughter and May, where he was a solicitor in their corporate department specialising in derivatives and structured finance. After relocating to Hong Kong in 1992, JPMorgan recruited Mr Frost-Smith into their Equity Derivatives business where he ran the corporate equity derivative and structured solutions businesses in APAC, being appointed to Managing Director in 2000. At JPMorgan, Mr Frost-Smith was a member of the Global Equity Derivatives Management Team, APAC Markets Committee and APAC Diversity Committee.
After returning to the UK in 2002, Mr Frost-Smith set up a multi-strategy hedge fund, Castlegrove, with former colleagues from JPMorgan. This traded equity and credit derivatives and ran relative value, special situations and arbitrage strategies. Mr Frost-Smith set up the platform and infrastructure for Castlegrove and also conducted over 250 investor meetings, taking over as CEO in 2007.
Following the acquisition of Castlegrove by Millennium Management LLC in 2008, Mr Frost-Smith joined Swiss Re as Global Head of Financial Markets Strategy with a seat on the Investment Committee and Senior Risk Committee. Mr Frost-Smith reorganized the CIO office and implemented a program of rationalization and outsourcing.
After Swiss Re, Mr Frost-Smith joined Credit Suisse as Co-Head of the Longevity Markets Group, a fixed income division focused on sourcing, repackaging and distributing longevity risk and providing pension schemes with longevity hedges. This business was shuttered due to bank balance sheet requirements in 2011, after which Mr Frost-Smith joined Haitong as UK CEO and International Head of Markets.
Mr Frost-Smith is a frequent commentator on the Crypto Markets and a member of the Digital Assets Working Group of the Standards Board for Alternative Investments. He is a serial entrepreneur and has investments in several technology businesses. He lives in beautiful Suffolk and spends his free time with his dogs on the beach.
EDUCATION
University of Cambridge
LLM – Corporate Law
Lancaster University
LLB - Bachelor of Laws
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
SEDA Experts
Managing Director
2022-Current
Corinthian Digital Asset Management Ltd
CEO & Founder
2021-Current
Argentium Digital Asset Management Ltd
CEO
2017-2022
Haitong Securities
CEO & Head of Markets
2015-2016
Credit Suisse
Global Head Longevity Markets
2010-2011
Swiss Re
Global Head Asset Management Strategy
2008-2009
Castlegrove Capital Management LLP
CEO & Founding Partner
2004-2008
KGR Capital
Founding Investor
2003-2004
J.P. Morgan
Co-Head of Equity Derivatives & ECM APAC
1995-2002
Slaughter and May
Solicitor
1988-1995