Talis Putnins

Tālis Putniņš is Co-CEO and Chief Scientist of the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), Australia’s national flagship initiative for digital finance and market infrastructure modernisation. He is also a Professor of Finance at the University of Technology Sydney and at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

Tālis is an internationally recognised authority on digital finance, market design, and financial market integrity, with over 15 years of global research experience. His work focuses on how emerging technologies—such as distributed ledgers, tokenisation of real-world assets, and decentralised markets—can improve market efficiency, resilience, and trust while maintaining strong regulatory and integrity outcomes. He has published extensively in leading academic journals and is a frequent keynote speaker at international policy, regulatory, and industry forums.

In addition to his academic work, Tālis regularly advises governments, regulators, central banks, financial institutions, and fintech firms on digital asset markets, CBDC, and market infrastructure reform. He has contributed to major policy and impact studies for Australian Treasury, ASIC, OECD, FCA and has served as an expert witness in complex financial and digital asset cases across multiple jurisdictions.

As GBBC Ambassador for Australia, Tālis brings a strong bridge between research, policy, and industry, with a focus on advancing globally aligned, innovation-enabling frameworks for digital finance.