Elliot Johnson
CEO, CCO
Blockchain, DeFi
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mr. Elliot Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and a Director of Bitcoin Treasury Corporation. The vast experience Elliot Johnson brings in digital asset management, product development, and operational leadership is invaluable. As CIO and COO of Evolve, he was instrumental in launching some of Canada’s first crypto investment vehicles. These include the spot Bitcoin ETF (EBIT) and Ether ETF (ETHR). Evolve now manages nearly $300 million across six crypto ETFs. All of them offer daily liquidity and institutional-grade custody. Mr. Johnson’s deep expertise in building and overseeing the infrastructure behind physically settled crypto products is directly aligned with BTCT’s Bitcoin treasury and lending strategy.
Prior to joining Evolve and BTCT, Mr. Elliot Johnson was Senior Vice President, Retail Markets at Fiera Capital Corporation, a prominent Canadian investment management firm. Before this role, Johnson served as COO of Fiera Quantum Limited Partnership, an alternative investment manager. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Johnson led technology management for a number of business lines at National Bank of Canada. Prior to 2012, Elliot Johnson spent 13 years at GMP Capital Corp., a diversified financial services firm. He was providing investment banking, institutional sales and trading, and research services to corporate clients and institutional investors through its capital markets division.
Mr. Johnson engaged in a variety of management roles across institutional brokerage, wealth management, and asset management businesses. Elliot Johnson holds the Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) designation, the Derivatives Markets Specialist (DMS) designation, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI). From 2016 to 2020, Mr. Johnson served on the board of Trinity College at the University of Toronto as the Chair of the Committee on Investments. Mr. Johnson currently serves as Chair, President, and a trustee of the Upper Canada College Foundation. He is also a trustee of the US based Upper Canada Educational Foundation.
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