ETC Group Expands European Leadership Team Following Expansive Growth

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ETC Group Expands European Leadership Team Following Expansive Growth

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ETC Group adds industry experts Jan Altmann and Alan Boulhimez to head up the German and French markets

Alan Boulhimez Director, Investment Strategy

Jan Altmann Director, Investment Strategy

21 September, 2022. Frankfurt, Germany - ETC Group (etc-group.com), Europe’s leading specialist provider of institutional-grade, digital asset-backed securities, announced that it has expanded its European team with industry leaders Jan Altmann and Alan Boulhimez joining as directors of investment strategy for the DACH region and French speaking Europe respectively.

With over 25 years of experience in financial services and crypto ETF index funds, Jan Altmann brings a wealth of industry knowledge in investment strategy and ETF wisdom. Prior to joining ETC group, Jan developed the ETF market at Deutsche Börse, and recently was a senior ETF analyst at JustETF. Alan Boulhimez joins from First Trust, where he was head of internal sales and previously worked as a financial advisor at AXA.

As directors of investment strategy in their respective regions, Jan and Alan will provide insights and education to investors into the importance of structural features and liquidity profiles of exchange traded digital assets.

“We’re delighted that Jan and Alan are joining the ETC Group team,” says Bradley Duke, Co-CEO & Founder at ETC Group. “We have already achieved astonishing success and leadership in the crypto ETP sector thanks to our incredible team, and are looking forward to driving ETC Group’s mission of bringing high quality, digital assets ETPs to more European investors.”

“We’re actively looking to continually improve our offerings and services,” says Tim Bevan, Co-CEO at ETC Group. “Having Jan and Alan on the leadership team means that we can pursue bigger and better things for investors and the crypto industry as a whole, with the added expertise that they bring.”

About ETC Group

ETC Group has been created to provide investors with the tools to access the investment opportunities of the digital assets' and blockchain ecosystem. The company develops innovative digital asset-backed securities including ETC Group Physical Bitcoin (BTCE) and ETC Group Physical Ethereum (ZETH) which are listed on European exchanges including XETRA, Euronext, SIX, AQUIS UK and Wiener Börse.

With a track record of over three years, ETC Group is made up of an exceptional team of financial services professionals and entrepreneurs with experience spanning both digital assets and regulated markets. With product quality and safety at the core of our product creation approach, the company aims to continuously launch best-in-class institutional-grade exchange traded products.

As a company, ETC Group has previously launched BTCE - the world’s first centrally cleared Bitcoin exchange traded product on Deutsche Börse XETRA, the largest ETF trading venue in Europe, and also listed DA20, the world’s first crypto ETP tracking an MSCI index signalling a move towards investment management products. DA20 provides broad market exposure to investors by tracking an index of 20 cryptocurrencies which cover 85% of the total crypto market capitalisation.

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