Anna Scott

Ms. Anna Scott is a Chief Executive Officer at Smartshares Ltd.
She has more than 20 years’ market experience, having held roles in programme and business management in London, Kuala Lumpur and Auckland.
She commenced employment with Hobson Wealth (HW) in 2016 advising on business transformation, working with HW to become an NZX Trading and Clearing Participant and establishing the custody business.
She was appointed as a Director on the Hobson Board in 2018 and then the role of Chief Operating Officer in 2019.
She was an Executive Director and Global Business Manager for JPMorgan’s Investment Bank Currency trading division and consulted on a number of business improvement programmes, reviewing strategies, optimising business processes and ensuring the delivery of change programmes.
She held the position of Future Director with NZX in 2019 and has been an Independent member of the NZX Board Technology Committee.
She has a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the University of Auckland.