The former CFTC commissioner, who was Donald Trump’s first pick to chair the CFTC, will join the investment firm SUI Group’s board of directors to support the company’s financial strategy.
The former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), nominated by US President Donald Trump, has joined SUI Group’s board of directors.
SUI Group said in a notice Tuesday that the appointment of former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz to its board will strengthen the company’s “regulatory and policy leadership” in its digital asset finance strategy. The company reported that as of Q3 2025, it held 107,743,979 Sui (SUI) worth approximately $200 million at the time of issuance.
Mr. Quintenz served as the CFTC Commissioner under the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021, and then served as global policy director for the a16z cryptocurrency. He joined the board of prediction market platform Kalshi in 2021 and worked as an advisor for crypto exchange Crypto.com from 2021 to 2022.
The former commissioner’s approach to the cryptocurrency industry marks the latest example of a CFTC employee transitioning from government service to the private sector. Caroline Pham, who served as the agency’s acting chief in the Trump administration in 2025, joined payments company MoonPay after the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Selig as CFTC chairman in December.
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Many members of Congress and industry leaders supported Quintenz’s nomination after President Trump announced him as his first nominee in February.
However, in September, Quintenz released text messages between Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, suggesting that the two were seeking certain assurances regarding CFTC enforcement. Selig was named chair of the agency a few weeks later.
The CFTC is still without four Senate-confirmed commissioners.
As of January, Mr. Selig is the only CFTC commissioner serving on the CFTC, which typically has five members. President Trump has not announced or indicated that he will announce a nominee in the near future, and the lack of leadership at U.S. financial regulators could last for months or years.
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