Carl Wegner is the CEO of Contour – the trade finance network powered by R3’s Corda. Carl’s role aims to streamline communication and improve transparency between banks, corporates, and technology partners. Carl works closely with a range of leading trade finance institutions that are part of the network, as well expanding Contour’s reach in the trade finance space.

Prior to Contour, he served as the Managing Director for Asia at R3, where he was instrumental in the business growth and market penetration of Corda solutions with Central Banks, Financial Institutions, and Corporates. Carl’s prior experiences include Managing Director and Head of Global Transaction banking, Greater China of Deutsche Bank, Managing Director of Transaction Banking for Standard Chartered Bank in Taiwan. He was also Head of Asia for TradeCard (now GTNexus), building its network in 14 countries.

Carl has held posts as Treasurer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei and is a Board Member of the Taipei American School.  Fluent in Mandarin, he holds a B.S. in both Chinese Language and Chinese history from Georgetown University.