Institutional Credibility

Governance & Independent Oversight

DCM Core Institute is governed by a multi-disciplinary body of experts ensuring that our research methodologies, technical standards, and market data remain independent, scientifically rigorous, and aligned with global institutional mandates.

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Global Advisory Council

Institutional Leadership

Policy & Strategy

Council Member

Dr. Jean-Pierre Valery

Former Senior Advisor | European Central Bank (ECB)

Providing strategic expertise on the integration of Wholesale CBDC (wCBDC) with tokenized settlement infrastructures.

Council Member

Sir Robert Penney

Director of Global Capital Markets Strategy

Ensuring the alignment of DCM Core standards with G20 financial stability mandates and bilateral digital trade agreements.

Advisory Board

Strategic Oversight

Governing Body

Board Member

Dr. Marcus Arnt

Senior Research Fellow | Market Infrastructure Architecture

Former BIS Innovation Hub contributor, Dr. Arnt specializes in the hybridization of legacy settlement systems with DLT infrastructures.

Board Member

Elena Rostova

General Counsel | Digital Asset Regulation

Legal architect specializing in MiCA compliance and cross-border tokenized asset recognition within the G7 frameworks.

Board Member

Sarah Jenkins

Principal Advisor | Institutional Adoption

Leading our outreach to Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) to standardize RWA on-chain accounting.

Academic Network

Research Fellows

Technical Fellow

Prof. Julian Vane

Lead Architect | Distributed Compute

Overseeing the TFIN ID technical specification and cross-ledger interoperability protocols.

Policy Fellow

Xavier Morel

Economist | Financial Stability

Conducting quantitative audits on the DCM Core Global Tokenization Observatory data sets.

Scientific Integrity

Governance Framework & Ethics

Our institute operates under a strict "Peer-to-Pillar" review model, ensuring every technical standard (TFIN, TFIC) and market report is vetted by independent experts before public release.

Methodological Independence

DCM Core datasets are strictly decoupled from commercial interests. Our quantitative models are validated by our Research Fellows to ensure neutrality in market audit results.

Regulatory Alignment

We continuously synchronize our standards with the ESRB, FSB, and relevant national regulators to ensure that DCM Core frameworks serve as a bridge to institutional compliance.