Macrina Kgil, Blockchain CFO, One of a Growing Number of Women Leaders in Crypto
Macrina Kgil is continuing her transformational career as one of the nation’s top women working in the crypto and blockchain industry.
Kgil is the Chief Financial Officer for Blockchain.com , one of the largest and most successful crypto companies, and she’s been a pioneer among women financial executives. In her new role, she will continue to amplify Blockchain.com’s leading role in the industry.
“Macrina has helped restructure liability, acquire and dispose of assets and take companies public. As our business expands, we can’t imagine a more perfect person than Macrina to help us build finance and risk operations of the highest order,” said Peter Smith, Blockchain’s CEO, when she was appointed.
Macrina Kgil graduated from Seoul National University , earning a degree in mineral and petroleum engineering and a sub-major in chemical technology. Following graduation, she remained in Korea, working for Samil PwC, the Korean member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the multinational accounting and consulting firm.
At Samil PwC, Kgil worked closely with South Korean companies, advising them on complex financial issues related to audits, accounting matters, and managing initial public offerings in the United States.
Later, she worked for Pwc in its Global Capital Markets Group, in New York City. Macrina Kgil worked closely with multiple clients on capital market transactions, including IPOs, public debt, accounting matters, and business carve-outs.
In 2008, she moved on to Fortress Investment Group as Vice President. At Fortress, she worked within the private equity group and led the areas that relate to the finance team aspect for its portfolio companies in the private equity space. Working closely with each portfolio company’s finance departments, Kgil played a key role in acquisitions, finance operations, and capital market transactions.
She joined Springleaf Financial Services as a Group Controller and later was named Chief Financial Officer. Macrina Kgil played a critical role as CFO , building and leading a team of more than 100 in the accounting and finance departments. She played a key role in the IPO, dispositions, acquisitions, and debt capital market transactions.
Springleaf later acquired OneMain Financial from Citigroup and changed its name to OneMain Financial.
Prior to joining Blockchain.com , Kgil served as the Chief Financial Officer for GPB Capital Holdings, a private equity fund with assets of $1.5 billion under management.
Macrina Kgil Among Women Pioneers in Blockchain.com Leadership
Similar to other industries and even more prevalent, there remains a gender gap in leadership positions within the crypto industry, which lies at the intersection of technology and finance.
shows that there is a growing number of women CFOs. According to the executive recruitment firm, as of August 1 of 2020, only 90 women were CFOs among S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies. That represents the largest number of any year. However, the number of A recent study by Crist Kolder Associates female CFOs is still relatively small when compared to the total number of 675 CFOs among the represented companies, amounting to about 12%.
Kgil is one of several leading women executives in the crypto industry , including:
- Meltim Demirors, chief strategy officer for CoinShares
- Leanne Kemp, founder, and CEO, Everledger
- Genevieve Leveille, CEO, Agriledger
- Elena Sinelnikova, founder, CryptoChicks
- Elizabeth Stark, co-founder of Lightning Labs
About Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com is the world’s leading cryptocurrency financing company. Founded in 2011, it has handled more than $800 billion in transactions, created 72 million wallets, and manages one-third of all bitcoin network transactions via its website. It operates in more than 200 countries and has more than 32 million verified users.
Originally published at http://companyleaders.org on June 22, 2021.
