Charlie Beach

Head of Risk at OKX UK

Speaker

Head of Risk at OKX UK, with more than 25 years’ experience in financial services spanning traditional capital markets and digital assets. His expertise covers risk, regulation, capital and liquidity management. Charlie also leads the OKX Technology and Security Risk team.

Charlie entered the digital assets industry in 2018 as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Lendingblock, an institutional lending platform. He went on to serve as Chief Risk Officer at Eqonex and Global Head of Risk at Luno, building risk frameworks across digital asset trading, custody, lending and investment products.

Previously, Charlie was Group Chief Risk Officer at IG Markets and Managing Director, Global Head of Operational Risk at UBS Investment Bank. At PwC, he led major risk transformation programmes for global banks, including work responding to the financial crisis. A former British Army officer, Charlie has also contributed chapters on credit, operational and liquidity risk to leading industry publications, including Basel III and Beyond.