Amar is head of the Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Team in EMEA driving efforts on the application of blockchain and distributed ledger technology to traditional financial activity such the issuance of digitally native securities and the financing of tokenised assets. In addition to this Amar leads the firm’s efforts on digital currencies across the spectrum of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to stablecoins and tokenised deposits.

Before taking on his current role Amar was primarily focused on funding and liquidity management during roles within the Cross Asset Financing and Treasury teams at Goldman Sachs alongside the launch of Goldman’s retail deposit business in the UK – Marcus. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs he started his career in Transaction Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch