Bio

Jeff is Founder and Principal of Bandman Advisors, an advisory practice helping clients ranging from governments to start ups to global firms meet strategic innovation and regulatory challenges. Bandman Advisors bridges the gap between business and regulation. Jeff leads Regulatory Strategy for Kalshi. Mr. Bandman is co-founder, Board member and regulatory lead of the Global Digital Finance Initiative (GDF.io) to establish an industry-driven global code of conduct for cryptoassets. Jeff Bandman is Founder and CEO of BlockAgent Inc., an independent SEC-registered transfer agent focused on blockchain-based digital securities. BlockAgent is the new regulated market infrastructure bringing trust and compliance to digital securities. At Yale he was a Lecturer in Global Affairs on Cryptoassets, Blockchain and Public Policy teaching a senior Capstone seminar in the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He is also a member of the RegTech Council. Mr. Bandman was a senior official at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2014-2017. As FinTech Advisor to Chairman Giancarlo, he was Founding Director and architect of LabCFTC, the CFTC's hub for engagement with FinTech innovation. He chaired the CFTC blockchain, virtual currency and FinTech working group from inception. He was Special Counsel to Chairman Timothy Massad, led the CFTC Office of International Affairs, & led the CFTC Division of Clearing and Risk, which oversees many of the world’s largest clearinghouses. He led negotiations resulting in “Clearinghouse Equivalence” with the European Commission. Mr. Bandman worked in the financial industry in New York and London as an attorney and business executive. He led market structure initiatives, and rebuilt Cantor Fitzgerald’s market data business after the events of September 11, 2001. Mr. Bandman graduated from Yale magna cum laude, with honors in History and English, and from Stanford Law School with honors as a member of the “Order of the Coif”. He is a five-time Jeopardy! Champion, and spent his winnings backpacking.