Roger Bartlett, a 16-year Goldman Sachs veteran and partner, is joining cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to lead its finance operations, according to a LinkedIn post announcing his appointment.
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of constructing the next stage of the digital development," he said, referring to the exciting purpose-driven aim to promote economic freedom in the world through a customer-first, automation-first strategy.
Bartlett led a team of roughly 2,500 workers responsible for the back office duties of Goldman Sachs' sales and trading divisions as co-head of operations for the global markets business.