About
George Gaffney leads global operations at Bullish, overseeing the operations and technology infrastructure of the exchange. He joined the firm in 2021 as Head of Exchange Platform Technology and Operations, having previously served as Managing Director, Global Head of Platform Services, and Head of Global Markets Technology for Hong Kong at Macquarie Group, and earlier worked in market data technology at Thomson Reuters Japan. He holds a bachelor's degree in computing from Monash University.
Experience
- BullishCOOcurrent2022 β present
- BullishHead of Exchange Platform Technology & Operations2021 β 2022Hong Kong SAR
- Macquarie GroupManaging Director - Technology and Operations2007 β 2020Hong Kong
- Thomson ReutersTechnical Product Specialist2004 β 2006Tokyo, Japan
- Forefront Technologies KKSystem Engineer2003 β 2004Tokyo, Japan
Education
- Monash UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computing
- Kaplan/FinsiaGraduate Diploma of Applied Finance
- ARC Japanese Language School - Tokyo2002
Skills & more
Trading Systems35Sybase5SQL2Sybase Products2Team Leadership1ManagementLeadership1Derivatives9Electronic Trading18Equities13Fixed Income10Investment Banking6
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Market DataEquity DerivativesOptionsFX OptionsCapital MarketsRisk ManagementITILSecuritiesFinancial MarketsIT OperationsFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyLanguages Japanese
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner β Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer β Microsoft
- CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate β Cisco
- SCSA - Solaris 10 Certified System Administrator β Sun Microsystems
- Japanese - JLPT Level 1
- ITIL Foundation
From George's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bullish
Alasdair Foster
CEO, Bullish Capital at Bullish
Brendan Blumer
Chairman at Bullish
Chris Tyrer
President of Bullish Exchange at Bullish
David Bonanno
Chief Financial Officer at Bullish
David LaValle
President of CoinDesk Data & Indices at Bullish
James Mendes
Chief People Officer at Bullish
Jay Yarow
President of CoinDesk Media & Events at Bullish
Mark Woods
Head of Product at Bullish
Frequently asked questions
- Where does George Gaffney work?
- George Gaffney is Head of Global Operations at Bullish.
Same school
Also attended Monash University114
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bullish10
DavidInvestor at Hartmann CapitalTom FarleyChief Executive Officer at BullishDavid BonannoChief Financial Officer at BullishMothusi MajindaChief Technology Officer at BullishMichael LauSVP, Group Head of Business Development and Chairman of Consensus at BullishMark WoodsHead of Product at Bullish
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Also worked at Macquarie Group168
Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsKim RobertsonFinancial Manager at 4Di CapitalSara McMunnOperating Partner at Keen Venture PartnersMichael DavisAssociate at Questa CapitalDaphne ZhaoDirector - APAC at Type One VenturesEliza DragomirSenior Analyst at SKY VC
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Also worked at Thomson Reuters112
Andrea HippeauPartner at Lerer HippeauBob StefanskiManaging Director at eLab VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way VenturesJoePartner at Thomson Reuters VenturesJosef NajmPrincipal at Thomson Reuters VenturesJillExecutive Assistant at Thomson Reuters Ventures
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