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Ali has experience across financial regulation, supervision and policy development, with a focus on financial market infrastructure, digital assets and payments.

Previously, Ali worked at the Bank of England, where he held both supervisory and policy roles. He played a leading role in the development, launch and implementation of the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox - a regulatory initiative supporting the use of distributed ledger technology in securities markets. His work included shaping the Bank's regulatory expectations and developing its supervisory approach to assessing firms seeking to undertake live digital securities activities.

Ali’s earlier experience at the Bank included supervising UK payment systems and contributing to initial policy analysis on the UK’s central bank digital currency.

Ali holds a Master’s degree in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics.