Senior Advisor, Digital Asset Policy and Tokenisation
Dr Tatiana Fic is a digital assets strategist and policy expert specialising in the tokenisation of real-world assets (RWAs), digital asset regulation and institutional adoption of blockchain-enabled products. Her experience spans digital assets, central banking, financial regulation, and macroeconomic research.
She advises organisations on tokenisation strategies, market development and regulatory frameworks, with particular expertise in the tokenisation of physical assets, including commodities and gold.
Tatiana is an advisor to senior policymakers and was closely involved in the development of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), in particular in the area of prudential treatment and operational models of tokenised RWAs. She has contributed to digital asset policy development across various jurisdictions and international institutions such as the Financial Stability Board and IOSCO.
She is a frequent speaker on tokenisation and digital assets at international policy and industry forums, including the World Economic Forum in Davos (Global Blockchain Business Council programme). She has contributed to the Financial Times’ banking risk and regulation service and is recognised as a leading expert on the tokenisation of gold.
Prior to focusing on digital asset advisory, Tatiana served as Director, Central Banks and Public Policy at the World Gold Council (WGC), where she led the organisation’s European policy advocacy strategy on financial services and digital assets, and engaged with regulators and central banks on gold, and subsequently also tokenised gold.
Earlier in her career, she was a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) where she led research for the United Nations, European Commission, and other policy institutions, and produced forecasts of the global economy.
She began her career at the National Bank of Poland (NBP), where she led the central bank’s macroeconomic forecasting function, directed the development of its principal forecasting model and served as Head of the Macroeconomic Projections Division.
Tatiana has collaborated with leading research institutions, including the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Cambridge Judge Business School, and the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena.
Tatiana holds a PhD in Economics and master’s degrees in Finance and Banking and Quantitative Methods and Information Systems from the Warsaw School of Economics.