# Adam Leaman

> Adam Leaman is the Chief Client Officer at Zero Hash, focusing on capital markets infrastructure and digital asset services. His career spans electronic trading and building regulated financial infrastructure.

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- Created: 2026-07-06T17:12:14.252Z
- Last updated: 2026-07-07T19:20:22.946Z
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**Adam Leaman** is a financial technology executive currently serving as Chief Client Officer at [zerohash](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zerohash), where his career has focused on capital markets infrastructure, electronic trading, and [digital asset](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets) services. He has held leadership roles across trading operations, institutional client services, and commercial strategy, with a focus on building regulated financial infrastructure for banks, fintechs, and brokerage platforms. [\[1\]](#cite-id-ZGf1oNYknKXE1v1h) 

## Education

Leaman earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Purdue University. [\[2\]](#cite-id-W06yPN4VtN4g3iRh) 

## Career

Leaman began his career in 2002 at HTG Capital Partners, where he served as a senior derivatives trader and trading systems developer. In that role, he developed proprietary trading applications and managed fixed-income arbitrage trading programs. He joined BGC Partners in 2009, overseeing electronic platforms supporting the firm's fixed-income and yield-curve trading businesses, and working with traders and institutional clients on electronic execution and [arbitrage](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arbitrage) workflows. In 2011, Leaman moved to Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking, where he spent more than seven years in Prime Brokerage. He managed relationships with hedge funds and managed futures clients, supporting electronic trading, financing, and platform integration for institutional customers.

Leaman joined [zerohash](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zerohash) as a founding team member in 2018, serving as Head of Market Operations. He established the company's settlement, reconciliation, and trading operations, helping build the operational infrastructure for its regulated [digital asset](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets) platform. In 2020, he was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, where he expanded the company's client-facing organizations, including relationship management, solutions engineering, global support, settlement operations, and liquidity programs, while working with product, engineering, compliance, and legal teams to support new markets and platform capabilities. In 2026, he became Chief Client Officer, overseeing executive relationships with clients and partners, representing the company in industry and policy discussions, advising senior leadership on market and regulatory developments, and leading external engagement initiatives. [\[2\]](#cite-id-W06yPN4VtN4g3iRh)  [\[3\]](#cite-id-Md7laLjTc5sWL0bK)​