diff --git a/pkg/types/hex_address.go b/pkg/types/hex_address.go
index 95ed86db..23ec1b69 100644
--- a/pkg/types/hex_address.go
+++ b/pkg/types/hex_address.go
@@ -16,14 +16,51 @@
 
 package types
 
-import "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+
+	"github.com/hyperledger/firefly-signer/pkg/ethtypes"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
 
 type HexAddress string
 
+type HexWrapper struct {
+	addrStr *ethtypes.Address0xHex
+}
+
+// WrapHexAddress wraps a hex address as HexAddress
+func (h *HexWrapper) WrapHexAddress(addr [20]byte) (string, error) {
+	hexStr := "0x" + hex.EncodeToString(addr[:])
+	// Initialize addrStr before using it
+	h.addrStr = new(ethtypes.Address0xHex)
+	if err := h.addrStr.SetString(hexStr); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return hexStr, nil
+}
+
+type HexType struct {
+	HexValue HexAddress `yaml:"hexvalue"`
+	HexWrap  HexWrapper
+}
+
 // Explicitly quote hex addresses so that they are interpreted as string (not int)
-func (h HexAddress) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+func (ht *HexType) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	//convert to byte type
+	hexBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(string(ht.HexValue[2:]))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	//copy bytes to fixed array
+	var hexArray [20]byte
+	copy(hexArray[:], hexBytes)
+	hexAddr, err := ht.HexWrap.WrapHexAddress([20]byte(hexArray))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return yaml.Node{
-		Value: string(h),
+		Value: hexAddr,
 		Kind:  yaml.ScalarNode,
 		Style: yaml.DoubleQuotedStyle,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/types/hex_address_test.go b/pkg/types/hex_address_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30b9bfaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/types/hex_address_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hyperledger/firefly-signer/pkg/ethtypes"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func TestWrapHexAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		Name     string
+		Hexvalue string `yaml:"hexvalue"`
+	}{
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 16-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x1f2a000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 24-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x123abc0000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 32-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0xabcdeffedcba9876543210abcdeffedc00000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 64-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x1234567890abcdef012345670000000000000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 65-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x1234567890abcdef0123456789abcdef6789abcd",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 128-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x1234567890abcdef0123456789abcdef00000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 152-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x549b5f43a40e1a0522864a004cfff2b0ca473a65",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var hexType HexType
+			//[2:] is used to skip the "0x" prefix before decoding the hexadecimal string into a byte slice.
+			//because x isnt a valid hexadecimal digit
+			hexBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(tc.Hexvalue[2:])
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Log("Unable to decode values:", err)
+			}
+			if len(hexBytes) != 20 {
+				t.Fatalf("expected 20 bytes, got %d bytes", len(hexBytes))
+			}
+			// Copy bytes to a fixed-size array
+			var hexArray [20]byte
+			copy(hexArray[:], hexBytes)
+			//encodes the decoded values to hexadecimal and returns string
+			//Ethereum convention for representing hexadecimal values, the prefix must have "0x"
+			result, err := hexType.HexWrap.WrapHexAddress([20]byte(hexArray))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Log("error in generating result", err)
+				t.Fail()
+				return
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.Hexvalue, result)
+		})
+
+	}
+}
+
+type HexAddr struct {
+	ethtypes.Address0xHex
+}
+
+func TestYamlMarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	testAddress := []struct {
+		Name     string
+		Hexvalue string `yaml:"hexvalue"`
+	}{
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 16-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x1f2a000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 24-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x123abc0000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 32-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0xabcdeffedcba9876543210abcdeffedc00000000",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "Case 64-Bits",
+			Hexvalue: "0x1234567890abcdef012345670000000000000000",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testAddress {
+		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var hexType HexType
+			hexbyte, err := hex.DecodeString(tc.Hexvalue[2:])
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Log("unable to decode values")
+			}
+			var hexArray [20]byte
+			copy(hexArray[:], hexbyte)
+			YamlHex, err := hexType.HexWrap.WrapHexAddress([20]byte(hexArray))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Log("unable to generate yaml string")
+			}
+
+			YamlNode := yaml.Node{
+				Value: YamlHex,
+			}
+			assert.YAMLEq(t, YamlNode.Value, YamlHex)
+		})
+
+	}
+}