Cowen Digital taps crypto-native firms to expand its institutional sales team

Cowen Digital has made a series of new leadership appointments to expand its institutional sales team, bringing in talent from a variety of digital asset firms.

Among the new appointments is Jackie Rose, who joins Cowen Digital as Director of Institutional Sales, bringing a wealth of experience in investor relations, private equity and investment banking to the company.

Rose joins Blockchain.com, where she served as Head of Institutional Business Development.

Previously, she served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Park Square Capital, responsible for managing fundraising processes for the firm’s private credit products.

Earlier in her career, Rose worked as a partner at The Carlyle Group as well as an investment banking analyst for JP Morgan.

“These new hires strengthen our existing team as we continue to grow the business and expand into new areas of growth.”

Elsewhere, Chase Campbell has been named vice president of digital asset sales.

He joins Cowen Digital from Coinbase, where he served as an Institutional Sales Associate, supporting US clients spanning traditional and crypto-native financial businesses as they sought to trade digital assets.

Rose and Campbell join the existing Cowen Digital team which includes Keith Coyne, Head of Strategy and Product, and Kyrill Firshein, Senior Salesperson.

“We are excited to welcome Jackie Rose and Chase Campbell to our team to leverage the experience they bring from both the crypto-native and institutional sides of the industry,” said Drew Forman, Head of Cowen Digital.

“These new hires strengthen our existing team as we continue to grow the business and expand into new areas of growth.”

Other recent hires at Cowen Digital include David Kroger as digital data scientist, Nolan Aibel as digital asset associate and Juan Velez as analyst.

“Cowen Digital is actively recruiting and expanding our team as part of a strategic build over the next five years,” added Eric Rose, Head of Execution at Cowen Digital.

“Despite recent volatility in the sector, we continue to see opportunities for growth and long-term investment.”