Solana Foundation appoints former Binance executive Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer

PANews reported on September 25 that according to CoinDesk, the Solana Foundation appointed former Binance executive Rachel Conlan as its new chief strategy officer. Conlan will be responsible for leading institutional partnerships, ecosystem growth and related strategic efforts to attract more enterprises to Solana. She previously worked at Binance for three years, serving as global chief marketing officer before leaving Binance in June this year.

The Solana Foundation also hired Jamal Raees as general manager of payments operations. Raees joins from Polygon Labs and previously worked at stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge (now part of Stripe) and crypto payments company Wyre. He will focus on enabling payment companies and other businesses to use the Solana network to move funds.