DriveWealth Appoints Naureen Hassan as Chief Executive Officer

welcomes Naureen Hassan, CEO, DriveWealth • Photo Credit: DriveWealth

NEW YORK, August 20, 2025 (FINANCE INTERVIEWS) – Financial technology company DriveWealth has appointed Naureen Hassan as Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Hassan succeeds Michael Blaugrund, who is leaving the role to take a new position at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

Hassan previously served as President of UBS Americas, where she led a $14 billion revenue division with more than 25,000 employees and oversaw the integration of Credit Suisse in the Americas. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Morgan Stanley, and Charles Schwab, and began her professional career at McKinsey & Company.

"DriveWealth is truly changing how and where people invest and providing unique value and capabilities to partners across the globe. I am honored to step into this role, to continue building on the great work Robert and Michael have done, and to help guide the company’s continued growth and success. DriveWealth has grown by opening doors to new opportunities for investors in new markets and we will continue to work toward realizing the company’s potential as the market’s most trusted embedded investing technology partner," said Hassan.

"Naureen has a proven track record as an industry innovator and disruptor and is the perfect person to lead DriveWealth through our continued evolution and next phase of growth. She joins us during a period of accelerating growth, and we look forward to all that is to come under her visionary leadership," said Robert Cortright, Founder and Executive Chairman of DriveWealth.

DriveWealth, specializing in Brokerage-as-a-Service, operates in markets across five continents, including the United States, the EU/UK, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, and Brazil. The company supports an average of more than 2 million trades per day through its partners, providing services such as fractional share execution, multi-asset class support, and 24-hour trading.

For more information, visit www.drivewealth.com.

Source: DriveWealth