Harris chosen as head of Kinexys by J.P. Morgan
29 April 2026 US
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Oliver Harris has been chosen as the new head of Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, the company’s blockchain business unit.
Kara Kennedy will transition from co-head to global head of market development at Kinexys and will report to Harris.
Harris joins the firm from Goldman Sachs, where he served as managing director, head of Digital Assets Americas.
His role encompasses advancing Kinexys, with a focus predominantly on commercialisation and a deepening of institutional client engagement.
Harris is tasked with expanding the firm’s blockchain-based settlement infrastructure and tokenisation capabilities, strengthening partnerships across public and private networks, and driving innovation at the intersection of finance and digital assets.
Harris rejoins J.P. Morgan, with previous stints as head of digital strategy for Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) and head of crypto assets strategy and Quorum, the firm's enterprise Ethereum platform.
He was also head of digital strategy and FinTech at J.P. Morgan for four years.
Harris brings over 15 years of financial services experience to his new position, spanning institutional finance, digital assets, and emerging technologies.
Speaking on his appointment, Harris says he is “looking forward to getting started”, thanking Umar Farooq and Max Neukirchen, the global co-heads of J.P. Morgan Payments, “for the opportunity, and to the Kinexys team for the work that got us here”.
Kara Kennedy will transition from co-head to global head of market development at Kinexys and will report to Harris.
Harris joins the firm from Goldman Sachs, where he served as managing director, head of Digital Assets Americas.
His role encompasses advancing Kinexys, with a focus predominantly on commercialisation and a deepening of institutional client engagement.
Harris is tasked with expanding the firm’s blockchain-based settlement infrastructure and tokenisation capabilities, strengthening partnerships across public and private networks, and driving innovation at the intersection of finance and digital assets.
Harris rejoins J.P. Morgan, with previous stints as head of digital strategy for Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) and head of crypto assets strategy and Quorum, the firm's enterprise Ethereum platform.
He was also head of digital strategy and FinTech at J.P. Morgan for four years.
Harris brings over 15 years of financial services experience to his new position, spanning institutional finance, digital assets, and emerging technologies.
Speaking on his appointment, Harris says he is “looking forward to getting started”, thanking Umar Farooq and Max Neukirchen, the global co-heads of J.P. Morgan Payments, “for the opportunity, and to the Kinexys team for the work that got us here”.
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