ANNELISE OSBORNE

Annelise Osborne is a seasoned executive who has spent her career at the intersection of traditional finance and the emerging crypto world, working across New York, London, and Kyiv, sitting in the rooms where billion-dollar decisions were made and watching the industry she loved nearly fail. 

As SVP and Team Leader at Moody's, she was responsible for rating $400 billion in commercial real estate securities. After a career in traditional finance she moved to the startup world when she recognized what blockchain technology could do for capital markets. She became a C-suite executive, board advisor, thought leader, and university lecturer, appearing on major panels and podcasts worldwide including Consensus, the Blockchain Futurist Conference, the Real-World Asset Summit, and the Anthony Pompliano Podcast.

Annelise holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from The College of William and Mary. She lives in Connecticut with her three boys and rescue pups.

Her first bestselling book — From Hoodies to Suits: Innovating Digital Assets for Traditional Finance — was published in June 2024 and featured on a16z Crypto's summer reading list. It was endorsed by the former Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 

Hold On for Dear Life is her debut novel. Capturing what she witnessed first hand with the crypto ICO boom and the crash. She chose fiction as the best way to tell the story — because fiction can tell the truth.