Scott Walker

Scott oversees regulatory compliance at Andreessen Horowitz as Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining a16z, Scott was the Senior Specialist for Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology in the Division of Examinations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. While at the SEC, he served in two other roles, as Special Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance and as an Attorney-Adviser in the Investment Advisers/Investment Company Program. Scott also spent nearly a decade in the asset management industry in several roles in private fund regulation and hedge fund strategy—most notably as Vice President & Counsel at BlackRock with a focus on derivatives, prime brokerage, and securities finance transactions.

Scott has an undergraduate degree in finance from Butler University and a law degree from The Ohio State University.