Robert Gangon

Robert Gagnon has been intimately involved in the legal and compliance functions of asset management, from early-stage private fund advisers to some of the largest global investment managers. He is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of DAG Holdings, Inc., where he leads all legal, regulatory, and compliance matters and serves as primary legal advisor to executive leadership and the Board of Directors. Prior to joining DAG, Robert was Senior Corporate Counsel at Franklin Templeton (formerly Putnam Investments), where he was the primary legal contact for the firm's institutional digital assets business and led the legal work to establish the firm's first unaffiliated staking fund. Before that, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Natixis Investment Managers, where he negotiated a broad range of sub-advisory, managed account, and institutional agreements, chaired the firm's Conflicts of Interest Group, and was responsible for regulatory filings including Form ADV and Form CRS. He was also Assistant General Counsel and Acting Chief Compliance Officer at Sylvan Road Capital, where he built the firm's compliance program and advised senior management on registering as an SEC investment adviser. Earlier, Robert spent four years at Arrowstreet Capital as Head of Internal Assessment, managing the firm's compliance program and representing it in regulatory examinations and third-party audits, and held compliance roles at State Street Bank & Trust, Numeric Investors, and Capital Growth Management. Robert holds a Juris Doctor from The Massachusetts School of Law and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from The Catholic University of America. He is a member of the Massachusetts bar and holds the DACFP Basic Certificate in Blockchain and Digital Assets (CBDA).