Fernando’s career began in academia where he first became deeply involved with the budding Linux community in the early 90s. This led him to the corporate world with a number of roles at the NTT Group starting in 2003, where he contributed to the mainstreaming of open source. He transitioned into the FinTech world, joining Japanese financial conglomerate SBI in 2016. He became CEO of SBI Digital Asset Holdings in July 2020, where he is leading its digital asset strategy and digital business' global expansion. He is also a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's International Technology Advisory Panel.