- Forward Industries has appointed experienced financial executive Mark Brazier to serve as Chief Financial Officer.
- He will oversee Forward’s financial operations and work alongside the executive team to support its continued growth as the largest publicly traded Solana (SOL) treasury company on the planet.
- Brazier has held executive positions at a variety of firms and companies, including XBTO Global, Vertrax, LiquidX, and others.
Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI), focused on building and managing a large-scale Solana (SOL) treasury, recently announced the appointment of Mark Brazier as the new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (https://ibn.fm/QEBDZ).
He will succeed Kathleen Weisberg, who will continue to work with Forward Industries as the Director of Financial Reporting. In his role as CFO, Brazier will oversee Forward’s financial operations, capital structure, financial reporting, capital markets activities, and more, as Forward Industries continues to operate and grow as the worlds-largest publicly traded Solana treasury company.
Prior to accepting this role, Brazier had many years of experience working as a financial executive, most recently serving as the CFO and Head of Regulatory at XBTO Global, an institutional digital asset investment and trading firm where he oversaw global financial operations. At the same time, he also served as the CFO of Stablehouse, which is XBTO’s institutional custody and trading platform.
Before XBTO, he worked as CFO for Vertrax and also as the CFO and Treasurer of LiquidX. Earlier, he spent over a decade with GFI Group, where he served as CFO of the Americas, SVP and Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations, and Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis. Brazier is a qualified chartered accountant and holds a degree from Durham University in the UK.
Speaking about the appointment of Brazier, the Chairman of Forward Industries, Kyle Samani, said that “Mark brings an exceptional combination of institutional finance discipline, regulatory expertise, and deep digital asset experience that is tailor-made for Forward at this stage of our evolution.” He added that “As we continue to scale our Solana treasury operations, expand our capital markets activities, and further develop our financial reporting standards, having a CFO who has operated at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto is a significant advantage. Mark’s track record overseeing complex financial operations and regulatory matters at firms like XBTO and GFI Group gives us great confidence in his ability to help drive the next chapter of value creation at Forward.”
Mark Brazier noted that “Forward Industries has established itself as the definitive leader in public-market Solana treasury strategy, and I am thrilled to join the team at such a pivotal moment. The company’s disciplined approach to SOL accumulation, innovative yield strategies, and robust public company financial reporting set it apart.”
About Forward Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: FWDI)
Forward Industries is building and managing a large-scale Solana (SOL) treasury. It creates long-term shareholder value by actively participating in the Solana ecosystem. Specifically, Forward Industries accumulates SOL and strategically deploys assets through a variety of on-chain activities like staking, lending, and participating in decentralized finance (“DeFi”).
For more information, visit the Forward Industries website at www.ForwardIndustries.com.
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