Ondo Finance appointed Allison Parent as Chief Policy Officer, bringing nine years as Executive Director of the Global Financial Markets Association to the tokenized asset infrastructure firm. Parent will lead regulatory and policy strategy globally.
Parent's role at GFMA placed her at the center of institutional finance advocacy. She represented leading financial institutions and helped shape policy frameworks for global capital markets, working across relationships with central banks, regulators, and market participants. Her appointment to Ondo comes as the firm pushes for tokenized markets.
Parent's career spans government, central banking, and Wall Street. She served as General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget from 2005 to 2011, where she advised on Dodd-Frank and TARP. At the Bank of England from 2013 to 2015, she held the title of Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel. Barclays employed her in senior regulatory roles. She has advised the Financial Stability Board, IOSCO, and the CFTC.
At Ondo, Parent will work with policymakers and regulators on frameworks for tokenized markets. In a statement accompanying the appointment, she said tokenization represents the most significant advancement in market infrastructure in a generation. "Getting the regulatory foundation and necessary industry standards right will determine how quickly its benefits reach investors and institutions globally," according to the announcement.
Ondo has positioned itself as the infrastructure layer for institutional tokenized assets, partnering with traditional finance players and regulators. The firm previously hired David Puth, a former SEC official, to its board. Parent's appointment extends that strategy into full-time policy leadership.
Parent's move from GFMA, where she spent June 2017 through August 2026 as Executive Director, to a crypto firm coincides with broader institutional adoption of blockchain-based settlements. Traditional finance associations have generally adopted cautious stances on digital assets, while tokenization infrastructure firms have accelerated hiring from regulatory agencies and central banks.
The credibility Parent brings from the Bank of England, the Senate Budget Committee, and years advising major financial regulators carries weight in jurisdictions where tokenization policy remains unsettled. Her hire occurs as Ondo expects regulatory clarity will come through relationships with existing financial authorities rather than through purely crypto-native channels.
