Securitize has bolstered its board with the addition of Sunil Sabharwal, a seasoned executive whose background in payments, cross-border finance and public policy comes as tokenization draws growing institutional interest.
Sabharwal — a Senate-confirmed U.S. representative to the International Monetary Fund from 2016 to 2018 — brings decades of experience building financial infrastructure. He previously chaired payment firms Earthport and Ogone, both later acquired by major payments players (Visa and Ingenico), and today serves on the boards of Thunes and TookiTaki. During public service he received the U.S. Treasury’s Distinguished Service Award; he was nominated by President Barack Obama and served primarily during President Trump’s first term. Since 2021 he has been an advisor and operating partner with Blackstone Growth Equity and has advised SpiceVC, an early backer of Securitize.
Carlos Domingo, Securitize’s CEO, said Sabharwal’s mix of private- and public-sector experience will help the company scale. “Sunil’s career is defined by building and scaling financial infrastructure at a global level,” Domingo said, adding that Sabharwal’s payments and international finance expertise will support Securitize’s next growth phase as tokenization moves from concept to market infrastructure.
The appointment arrives as Securitize continues to position itself as a major provider of tokenized real-world assets. The firm manages more than $4 billion in on-chain assets and runs tokenized products tied to names including BlackRock, Apollo, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR and VanEck. One of its best-known offerings is BlackRock’s BUIDL fund.
Securitize is also pursuing a public listing via a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, the Cantor Fitzgerald-sponsored SPAC with which it signed a definitive agreement in October. The transaction would value Securitize at about $1 billion, provide access to roughly $240 million raised by CEPT in its IPO and is expected to result in the combined company trading on Nasdaq under the ticker CEPT.
Bringing Sabharwal onto the board sends a clear signal: as institutional adoption of tokenized funds and securities accelerates, Securitize is lining up governance and payments expertise to help convert nascent tokenization use cases into regulated, scalable market infrastructure.
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