Oxford’s Pierre-Jean Hanard, Global Fintech Pioneer, Joins UBIQUICOIN’s Advisory Board

  GIBRALTAR - 01/04/2018 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

UBIQUICOIN, the first digital currency designed for everyday use, announces the addition of Pierre-Jean Hanard to its advisory board.

Pierre-Jean brings to UBIQUICOIN his extensive experience in a broad range of financial services and financial technology companies.  He has been deeply involved in the cryptocurrency community for many years and has coached and advised several successful entrepreneurs and early stage companies.  He has a passion for knowledge and holds degrees from MIT (USA), the University of Liège (Belgium), Vlerick Business School (Belgium), and SDA Bocconi (Italy).

“I am extremely excited to join UBIQUICOIN’s advisory board,” said Pierre-Jean.  “Their unique two-coin structure, sub-second transaction processing, and strategic relationships will help them deliver the most usable form of digital currency on the market today while providing significant upside potential for investors.”

“We are thrilled to add someone of Pierre-Jean’s caliber to our advisory board,” said Jeff Mahony, CEO of UBIQUICOIN.  “We expect his breadth of expertise to add tremendous value to our Company as we roll out our various money transmittal services to people of all economic strata around the world.”


About Pierre-Jean Hanard
Since graduating from MIT, Pierre-Jean has been very active in entrepreneurship and innovation, first as entrepreneur (he co-founded Sharepa, a WealthTech social investment platform) then as an advisor to several FinTech blockchain startups. He is an Entrepreneurship Expert at the University of Oxford (Saïd Business School); he also serves as an expert and judge in different startup competitions in the USA at MIT Delta V / GFSA, Harvard (HBS New Venture Competition) and MassChallenge as well as in Asia at Startupbootcamp in Singapore and Chinaccelerator in Shanghai.

He is also a regular speaker on Fintech and entrepreneurship and is the co-author of an upcoming book on WealthTech where he addresses platform strategy (Wiley; 2018). Prior to MIT, Pierre-Jean spent over 10 years in finance, mainly at HSBC Private Bank in London, Singapore and Geneva where his last roles were Head of Private Wealth Clients Segment and Chief of Staff to the COO. In these roles, he led the turnaround of the front office business as well as various cross-functional projects in Risk Management, IT, Operations and HR. He is also the co-founder of IDDEA, the first early-stage startup contest and training program in French-speaking Switzerland to support its regional development.

He earned an MBA as a Sloan Fellow from MIT (USA). He also holds a Bachelor degree in Management Science from the University of Liège (Belgium), a Master degree in Marketing Management from Vlerick Business School (Belgium) and a Master in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi (Italy).

About UBIQUICOIN
UBIQUICOIN is a decentralized digital currency based on two distinct coins.  Our Transaction Coins will be stable in value, completely liquid, fully backed by cash and cash equivalents, and will perform as a medium of payment in all types of financial transactions.  Our Progressive Coins, which are available in the ICO, will receive up to 20% of revenue generated within the ecosystem and will be free-floating across exchanges. Progressive Coins are also underpinned by a two-year $1.00 per coin financial guarantee distributed to coin holders upon a triggering event.  Both coins will utilize our proprietary Proof-of-Majority consensus mechanism that will deliver sub-second transaction times with low processing power requirements.

Learn more about UBIQUICOIN at www.Ubiquicoin.com


UBIQUICOIN is the source of this content. Virtual currency is not legal tender, is not backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to consumer protections. This press release is for informational purposes only. The information does not constitute investment advice or an offer to invest.