Securitize named Georgia Quinn its chief legal officer on March 4, 2025. She came from Anchorage Digital, where she had been general counsel, the firm said in a press release1. Securitize calls itself "the leader in tokenizing real-world assets." It said Quinn would run its legal and regulatory work.
The second executive hire at Securitize on the record since 2024
Every move CryptoLately has verified there, by the day it became public
Moves: The Moves Ledger, CryptoLately's record of verified leadership moves, Oct. 3, 2016 to Oct. 2, 2026.
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Dec. 12, 2024 | Sonnenshein became COO. Michael Sonnenshein was named Chief Operating Officer of Securitize |
| March 4, 2025 | Quinn became CLO. Georgia Quinn was named Chief Legal Officer of Securitize |
| April 9, 2026 | Redfearn became President. Brett Redfearn was named President of Securitize |
| April 21, 2026 | Sabharwal joined the board. Sunil Sabharwal joined the board of Securitize |
59 executive hires on the record in 2025, the most of any year
Executive hires CryptoLately has verified, by year; 2026 through Oct. 2, 2026
- 2025: 59
- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
Moves: The Moves Ledger, CryptoLately's record of verified leadership moves, Oct. 3, 2016 to Oct. 2, 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 37 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2025 | 59 |
| 2026 | 45 |
The move
Quinn's hire put a digital-asset lawyer in charge of Securitize's legal strategy. “Securitize has been at the forefront of bringing real-world asset tokenization into a compliant, regulated framework, and I am excited to join at such a critical and exciting time for the industry,” Quinn said in the release. “Now that the regulatory stalemate is over and we can make meaningful progress toward a functional legal framework, I look forward to working with the team to ensure Securitize remains a trusted leader in the space.”1
Chief executive Carlos Domingo named her prior work. "We are thrilled to welcome Georgia to the Securitize leadership team," Domingo said. “Her deep understanding of digital asset regulation and her experience leading legal strategy for financial institutions will be invaluable as we continue to build a compliant, efficient, and innovative ecosystem for tokenized real-world assets.”1
Securitize before and after
Before Quinn joined, Securitize already held a long regulatory record. It is an SEC-registered broker-dealer, a transfer agent, a fund administrator and the operator of an SEC-regulated trading system1. Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane and KKR count among the asset managers it works with. Domingo had told the House Financial Services Committee about tokenization in June 2024. He asked lawmakers for clearer rules, FinanceFeeds reported2.
Quinn brought her own record to the job. FinanceFeeds, citing the Securitize announcement, said she had “played a pivotal role in shaping legal frameworks for blockchain-based financial services” across four years at Anchorage Digital2.
What came next
Quinn held the Securitize job for less than nine months. Forward Industries, a Nasdaq firm that runs a Solana treasury, named her its general counsel on November 25, 20253. The role covers the firm's legal work, its governance and its lawsuits, and the announcement listed her Securitize title among earlier stops at CoinList and Anchorage Digital. Chairman Kyle Samani said in the announcement, “Georgia is a critical addition to Forward's leadership team as we execute our Solana treasury strategy at scale.” Quinn called the move "an extremely fulfilling and full-circle opportunity," pointing to her past work on Solana's token launch as a lawyer at CoinList.
Sources
- "Securitize Appoints Georgia Quinn as Chief Legal Officer to Strengthen Leadership in Tokenized Real-World Assets," Securitize, March 4, 2025, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/securitize-appoints-georgia-quinn-as-chief-legal-officer-to-strengthen-leadership-in-tokenized-real-world-assets-302391127.html
- Rick Steves, "Securitize Appoints Ex-Anchorage Georgia Quinn as Chief Legal Officer," FinanceFeeds, March 5, 2025, https://financefeeds.com/securitize-appoints-ex-anchorage-georgia-quinn-as-chief-legal-officer/
- "Forward Industries Appoints Georgia Quinn as General Counsel," citybiz, November 25, 2025, https://citybiz.co/forward-industries-appoints-georgia-quinn-as-general-counsel/