BTL Group, a technology company and blockchain solutions provider, announced the appointment of Jon Downing, former Vice President of VISA Europe and American Express, to BTL Advisory Board.

Jon has successfully delivered innovation and business & technology services at some of the largest and most respected global companies, including Visa, J P Morgan, HP Enterprise Services & American Express and has an expertise over 25 years.

He has also set up and led their blockchain practice and led a successful Proof of Concept & pilot on Interbank Settlement with BTL, EY and various other leading European banks, during his tenure at Visa Europe Collab, Jon stated in his post.

“I am joining BTL because I passionately believe in the transformational potential of blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies — both as a platform to deliver new capabilities & services in domains not easily served by existing technologies, and to enable radical streamlining and complete replacement of existing business models to add significant value to all,” Jon stated.

He also added that during the Interbank Settlement pilot, along with BTL’s focus on excellence, he realized that BTLhase correctly identified and solved for the privacy & scalability challenges in the blockchain domain through the innovative design & architecture of their Interbit solution.

“I look forward to working with the BTL Leadership team and Board of Directors to help realize the company vision of bringing the world’s critical systems into consensus,” he added.