India, Oct. 19 -- The Libra Association, a consortium of major financial partners of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project, has appointed former HSBC executive Ian Jenkins as its first chief financial officer and chief risk officer of Libra Network, which manages the licensed Libra cross-border payment system.

Jenkins will manage the operations of the Libra payment system, a licensed blockchain-based payment system supporting financial inclusion and responsible financial services innovation. He brings to Libra three decades of expertise in global finance, operations, risk and strategy.

His senior leadership experience in financial services across a variety of C-suite executive roles comes from holding CFO, CRO, and COO positions at to...