Thomas Sullivan is a Managing Director at Société Généralé in New York where he is the Head of Market Access and Business Development for Digital Assets. Through the SG-Forge subsidiary Société Généralé has been recognized as a market leader providing innovative services to issue transact and manage digital-native financial products registered on blockchain. In collaboration with the SG-Forge team Tom spearheads the tokenization and blockchain efforts for Société Généralé in the Americas.
Tom has over 20 years of experience in securities and banking focusing on the intersection of operations and innovation. In his seven years at Société Généralé he has managed various operations divisions including securities settlements collateral management f/x and payments. Tom has spearheaded several blockchain related initiatives and in 2022 he led Société Généralés successful implementation of the Broadridge Distributed Ledger Repo platform. He is an active member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association participating in SIFMA Digital Assets Working Group.
Prior to Société Généralés Tom was the Head of Broker Dealer Operations at Commerzbank where he managed securities settlements securities lending support and asset servicing. With the merger of Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank in 2009 Tom coordinated the integration of the operational platforms of the Firms. He graduated from New York University with BA in Economics and holds Series 7 24 and 27 registrations with FINRA.
All Sessions by Thomas Sullivan
COLLATERAL
Reviewing reliance on collateral in a crises with bond and asset values being unstable
- Reviewing collateral with a weak labour market and interest rate changes
- Balancing liquidity vs counterparty risk via collateral and margin products
- Monitoring intraday cash flows
- Current state of non-cash collateral adoption
- The use DLT for non-cash collateral and CFTC adoption