New General Counsel, Chief Communications Officer, and Head of Product join to support Fairmint’s role as a leading infrastructure provider for private markets.
NEW YORK, NY - January 14, 2026 - Fairmint, an industry pioneer and leader in onchain equity infrastructure, announced three senior appointments to meet growing institutional demand for its programmable equity platform. Arianna Pretto-Sakmann joins as General Counsel, Laura Anderson McGrath as Chief Communications Officer, and Arnaud Coulondre as Head of Product.
The appointments strengthen Fairmint’s leadership as institutional adoption of onchain equity accelerates in private markets. The new executives bring expertise in regulatory strategy, global communications, and platform scale to support an institutional-grade, fully onchain private markets ecosystem.
“The market has shifted. Equity onchain is now the new standard for private companies,” said Joris Delanoue, co-founder and CEO of Fairmint. “Fairmint is evolving from a pioneer to a pillar of this new financial infrastructure. Arianna, Laura, and Arnaud bring the regulatory, communications, and product leadership we need as we scale to make programmable equity accessible to institutions worldwide.”
Arianna Pretto-Sakmann joins Fairmint as General Counsel. Previously, she served as Chief Legal Officer at Genesis Global Trading and advised banks, broker-dealers, and exchanges on cross-border financial regulation at two major law firms in New York and London.
Laura Anderson McGrath joins as Chief Communications Officer with more than a decade of experience advising deep-tech and fintech companies on capital markets, IPOs, and regulated-market communications. She previously served as Executive Vice President at SBS Comms and held senior leadership roles at Burson.
Arnaud Coulondre joins as Head of Product with more than 15 years of experience building secure, institutional-grade platforms. Most recently at Amazon Web Services, he led global product strategy for security and governance services, and previously drove AI-focused initiatives at Criteo.
About Fairmint
Fairmint pioneers regulated DeFi infrastructure, bringing equity securities onchain. The company makes it easy to issue, manage, and transfer equity while maintaining full regulatory compliance. Founded in 2019 by Joris Delanoue and Thibauld Favre, Fairmint operates as an SEC-registered transfer agent and created the Open Cap Table Protocol.
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