History-Making OCC Veteran Julie L. Williams Joins Anchorage Digital Bank Board

Today, we are proud to announce the appointment of a new member of the Anchorage Digital Bank board of directors: Julie L. Williams, former First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel and twice Acting Comptroller of the Currency at the OCC. Mix III, each of whom offer their own unique and invaluable perspective to Anchorage Digital Bank. “I’m excited to join the Anchorage Digital Bank board to provide support around its regulatory compliance and strategies as its business continues to evolve. Selecting Anchorage Digital Bank as my first non-public company board had everything to do with helping to steer the first OCC-chartered crypto bank in a positive direction forward.” —Julie Williams, Anchorage Digital Bank Board MemberIn her capacity as the OCC’s Chief Counsel and First Senior Deputy Comptroller, Williams stood second in the line of succession to head the regulatory agency for many years. She combined a firm commitment to the supervisory process and sound and complaint bank operations, with openness to innovative and evolving approaches to conducting the business of banking, making her an ideal fit for the board of Anchorage Digital Bank.