Summary by Moomoo AI
Nukkleus Inc. announced that Emil Assentato has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and from the Board of Directors, effective July 24, 2024. The company confirmed that his resignation was not due to any disagreement regarding operations, policies, or practices. Jamal (Jamie) Khurshid, the current Chief Operating Officer and director, has been appointed as the new CEO.Khurshid brings over 20 years of investment banking experience from Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Royal Bank of Scotland. He previously served as a senior partner at Cinnober Financial Technology from 2013 to 2018, and as COO of Droit Financial Technology from 2020 to 2021. Since 2021, he has been serving as CEO of Jacobi Asset Management, Europe's first Bitcoin ETF, which he co-founded.Notable achievements include being recognized by Financial News as one of the top 40 under 40 in European trading and technology in 2014, and ranking in the 'Exchange Invest' Top 1000 most influential people in global financial markets in 2017. Khurshid holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Reading (1997).
