Head of Digital Assets Advisory
BNP Paribas
Miren Aparicio is a financial regulation and technology expert who has designed global frameworks for digitalasset products across BNP Paribas, Nasdaq’s first crypto index, Citi, and major regulatory programs for Morgan Stanley (Spain).
Miren Aparicio is the Head of Digital Compliance Advisory at BNP Paribas CIB, where she has codrafted global policies on stablecoins, tokenized securities, and digitalasset governance.
Before joining BNP Paribas, Miren Aparicio led major digitalasset and innovation initiatives across the industry, including building the governance supporting the launch of Nasdaq’s first crypto index and conducting regulatory due diligence on digitalasset exchanges, custodians, and tokenized products. At Citi, she drove blockchain innovation for digitizing negotiable instruments and advanced oversight models for digital banking and thirdparty fintech partnerships, further deepening digitalasset risk management.
Earlier, at the World Bank and InterAmerican Development Bank, she developed FinTech regulatory programs for central banks and securities authorities producing publications with The Digital Chamber and Thomson Reuters on fintech, smart contracts and their regulatory implications.
Ms. Aparicio holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University and The Graduate Institute in Geneva, as well as a J.D. from Deusto University and is a member of the Madrid Bar, Spain.