Our story

It starts with an idea: the solution to asset safety and management for digital assets already exists. It’s trusts and custody. But no-one knows how to apply it to a new, fast-moving and entirely digital asset class. First Digital Trust was built out of this realization in 2017, under the umbrella of Legacy Trust Company. We brought together skills from the traditional financial world and knowledge of the digital assets economy to offer open finance solutions. After spinning off and becoming our own company in 2019, First Digital Trust became a fully independent public trust company headquartered in Hong Kong.

2019

Year founded

Global locations

100 %

Happy clients

250 mil

AUA

Our mission

First Digital Trust brings traditional fiduciary services into the digital-first world through technology, developing financial services infrastructure that lets us and our clients create world-class financial products and services.

Our vision

Our vision for finance is a decentralized one, decoupled from the risks of fractional reserve banking, open and driven by a culture of innovation, efficiency and automation.

Senior leadership

With a unique mix of technology and finance leadership (and some personal experience of our own), we bring a new perspective to a centuries-old industry.

Vincent Chok

Chief Executive Officer

Gunnar Jaerv

Chief Operating Officer

Michael Titus

Senior Legal Counsel

David Gunson

Chief Compliance Officer

Raphaël Tressieres

Head of Business Strategy

Core values

We share a common vision and core values that represent our commitments to you.

Challenge the status quo

We embrace change and the opportunities it creates and always seek to improve.

Act with integrity

It's all about trust. We make no compromise in standards of integrity in all of our actions.

Focus on clients

We are deeply committed to clients and enjoy investing in long-term relationships.

Get things done

We don't look at challenges and say that they're someone else's job—we find a way.

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We're hiring.

If you’re looking for the challenge of an innovative, fast-growing company, in an industry that’s transforming around you and disrupting traditional finance, in a role that could make your career, First Digital Trust is looking for you.

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