28Stone, a leader in providing business, technology and consulting services to the capital markets industry, has hired industry veteran Christopher Wilson as Global Head of Experience Modernization. In his new position, Wilson will couple his robust engineering expertise with customer-facing design innovation to deliver complete, cutting-edge solutions that advance the experience of users across the capital markets workflow.
Wilson got his start in the financial services industry developing trading platform software at Random Walk Computing and MarketAxess, and also held executive roles as Director of Mobile, Chief Product Officer and COO at Mint Digital, a London-based innovation studio and corporate venture builder. He most recently served as Partner in Innovation & Design Practice at Ness Digital Engineering, where he established and led the Experience Design practice bringing design thinking to the firm’s engineering capabilities. Wilson joined Ness in 2021 upon its acquisition of Risk Focus, where he was the Director of UI/UX Strategy, charged with bringing startup culture product development and design thinking to financial industry clients. Wilson’s track record counts numerous successful solutions supporting the digital transformation and innovation for firms such as global banks, utilities and regulators.
“Christopher will add to the domain expertise across the 28Stone team with an emphasis on engineering-driven design to strengthen our core offerings and the experience we deliver to our clients,” said Frank Erickson, Co-Founder & Co-President of 28Stone.
“I have admired 28Stone for years because the team’s approach to development strikes the perfect balance of delivering innovation and efficiency,” said Wilson. “Our service is centered on close collaboration with clients to identify, understand, and execute digital opportunities that lead to positive business outcomes. We focus on turning obsolescence programs into modernization initiatives.”
Wilson will oversee 28Stone’s design front-end development and product management groups. His efforts will cut across all client segments, including the buyside, sellside and marketplaces, to strengthen 28Stone’s core offerings in experience modernization and ultimately help clients achieve their business objectives.
28Stone was recently recognized as the Best Workplace for Talent Investment, and highly commended as Best Emerging Fintech Workplace in the Harrington Starr Top 1% Workplace Awards 2024.
