# Salman Banaei General Counsel · [Plume](https://nest.credit/) [Company bio](https://plume.org/about) ## About Salman Banaei serves as General Counsel at Plume. His career includes roles at Kimber Labs Inc. (Plume), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Uniswap Labs, Chainalysis, IHS Markit (now S&P Global), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In March 2026, he testified on tokenization before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. ## Experience - General Counsel · Kimber Labs Inc. (Plume) · 2025 – Present - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) · 2024 – 2025 - Uniswap Labs · 2022 – 2024 - Chainalysis · 2021 – 2022 - IHS Markit (now S&P Global) · 2014 – 2021 - Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) · 2009 – 2013 ## Notable achievements - Testified on tokenization before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services in March 2026 ## Assets on this site - [nOPAL Nest BlackOpal LiquidStone II Vault](https://galactic.inc/analytics/nopal/) ## Sources - [Plume: About](https://plume.org/about) - [U.S. House Financial Services Committee: written testimony of Salman Banaei (Mar 25, 2026)](https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BA/BA00/20260325/119103/HHRG-119-BA00-Wstate-BanaeiS-20260325.pdf)