Former U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond has joined crypto infrastructure provider Copper as a senior adviser.
- Now a member of the House of Lords, the former chancellor will provide strategic advice to the company’s global expansion efforts, Copper announced Monday.
- Hammond served under Prime Ministers David Cameron and Theresa May from 2010 to 2019, including three years as chancellor and two as foreign secretary.
- Copper, which says it has over 400 institutional clients, raised $25 million led by hedge fund manager Alan Howard in June supplementing the $50 million Series B funding round of a month earlier co-led by Dawn Capital and Target Global.
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