Umar Farooq, Managing Director

Umar Farooq is the Head of Digital Treasury Services and Head of Blockchain

for the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). Prior to his current role Umar

was the Head of CIB Fintech and the CFO responsible for financial oversight

and business management across Technology, Operations, and Controls.

Previously he held leadership positions in Chase Bank including Head of Small

Business Segment and National Sales Manager for Chase Business Banking.

Umar joined JP Morgan Chase in 2009. Before joining JP Morgan Chase, he

was the Chief Sales Officer for CIT Group where he led revenue growth across

middle market and specialty lending businesses globally. Umar holds a B.S. in

Computer Science, B.S. in Economics and M.Engg. in Computer Engineering

from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Umar received his JD from

Yale Law School.