Cassells joins HM Treasury’s digital markets resilience group
26 October 2026 UK
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Pardeep Cassells has been appointed deputy chair of the Resilience Action Group under HM Treasury’s Wholesale Digital Markets Champion taskforce, led by Christopher Woolard.
The Resilience Action Group is tasked with stress testing cross-network infrastructure, delivering end-to-end component testing for live pilot use cases, and adapting regulatory resilience standards to distributed ledgers to safeguard the UK’s tokenised financial markets
Prior to joining the group, she spent seven years at AccessFintech in numerous roles, most recently as head of region, and currently serves on the Fintech Scotland board in an advisory capacity.
Earlier in her career, Cassells spent almost a decade with BNP Paribas, including as its third-party relationship manager.
She holds a bachelor’s in law from the University of Dundee.
Speaking on her appointment, Cassells says: “Very excited about being part of this excellent initiative and supporting the industry in tackling practical barriers to adoption.”
The Resilience Action Group is tasked with stress testing cross-network infrastructure, delivering end-to-end component testing for live pilot use cases, and adapting regulatory resilience standards to distributed ledgers to safeguard the UK’s tokenised financial markets
Prior to joining the group, she spent seven years at AccessFintech in numerous roles, most recently as head of region, and currently serves on the Fintech Scotland board in an advisory capacity.
Earlier in her career, Cassells spent almost a decade with BNP Paribas, including as its third-party relationship manager.
She holds a bachelor’s in law from the University of Dundee.
Speaking on her appointment, Cassells says: “Very excited about being part of this excellent initiative and supporting the industry in tackling practical barriers to adoption.”
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