Ondo Finance has appointed Allison Parent as Chief Policy Officer, entrusting her with expanding the company’s global regulatory strategy amid rapid growth in tokenized stock products.
Parent brings nearly 20 years of financial policy expertise spanning government, central banking, major financial institutions, and global capital markets organizations.
Most recently, she served as Executive Director of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), a role she began in 2017, representing leading financial and capital markets firms on cross-border regulatory and market structure matters.
Prior to GFMA, Parent was Head of Global Policy and Strategy at Barclays in London.
Her earlier positions included Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel for Markets at the Bank of England, Director for Government Policy and Finance at Barclays in Washington, and General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget.
During her Senate tenure, she provided counsel on financial legislation, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
In her new role at Ondo, Parent will lead policy and regulatory engagement as tokenized assets continue integrating into institutional financial markets.
Her appointment coincides with significant momentum in Ondo’s tokenized stocks, which recently exceeded $1 billion in total value locked within eight months of launch.
Additionally, Ondo has secured authorization from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority with passporting rights across the EU and EEA.
The platform’s digital securities were also the first to be admitted for trading under Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority framework via Binance’s Multilateral Trading Facility, while SEC-registered broker-dealer subsidiary Oasis Pro Markets has obtained FINRA authorizations.
This expanding regulatory footprint underscores the growing need for cross-border policy coordination as Ondo works to bridge traditional securities with blockchain-based market infrastructure.
KEY QUOTE:
“Tokenization represents the most significant evolution in market infrastructure in a generation, and establishing the proper regulatory framework and industry standards will define how swiftly its advantages are realized by investors and institutions worldwide.”
Allison Parent, Chief Policy Officer of Ondo Finance
