Bilal has 10 years of experience in financial services and is a Digital Asset specialist, having invested in the asset class for 8 years.

He started his career at Cohen & Company (London) as an Emerging Markets Distressed Credit Trader, joining as a graduate and reaching Associate level in 6-years. During this time, he contributed to the origination, valuation, structuring, sales and trading of over USD 18bn notional value credit assets. His responsibilities included asset valuations, conducting legal, financial and operational due diligence and marketing, sales and negotiation during the trading of the credit assets. His trading counterparties included investment bank trading desks, credit funds, hedge funds, sovereign entities and IFI’s. Bilal has also established and operated a boutique Digital Asset Management practice, utilizing his skills in investment management, transactionality and safe asset custody.

Bilal holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, from the University of Swansea and City University of Hong Kong.