Areiel Wolanow is a leading voice in the field of artificial intelligence and emerging technology. He is the Managing Director of Finserv Experts, a boutique consultancy specialising in emerging technology business models. Areiel has over 30 years of experience in business transformation across various industries including banking, insurance and telecommunications. As a guest lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University, Areiel is an experienced speaker and now dedicates his time to engaging in public speaking.
With over 30 years of experience in business transformation across various industries, including banking, insurance, telecommunications, and the public sector, Areiel has extensive experience managing businesses. Currently, Areiel is the managing director of Finserv Experts, which he founded in 2016. Under his leadership the firm has advised governments and financial regulators on the strategic adoption and regulation of these technologies.
Prior to founding Finserv Experts, Areiel held significant positions at IBM, where he launched their financial services practice for East Asia and their blockchain practice for the ASEAN region. He has also successfully led teams of 100+ people through full business transformation cycles, designed, developed, and patented award-winning emerging tech solutions and served as a guest lecturer for some of the world’s most prestigious universities. He has also been advisor to governments , central banks, regulators, and transnational organisations.
In addition, Areiel also serves as the CEO of Finexos, a company which is dedicated to enhancing financial inclusion through advanced technologies. Under his leadership. Finexos is focusing on making credit available at affordable rates to individuals and SMEs via machine learning and artificial intelligence.
If you are looking for a speaker with extensive knowledge in business and AI then do not hesitate to hire Areiel Wolanow today!
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- 2023 - Delivered lectures at Cambridge Judge Business School on digital lending, equity crowdfunding, and banking disruption
- 2022 - Provided AI risk training for Google’s go-to-market team and developed AI risk services for CMS global law firm
- 2022 - Concluded role as CEO at Finexos after leading its oversubscribed seed round and delivering a solution for credit qualification without a credit score
- 2022 - Ended a 4-year advisory role with the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Groups on AI & Blockchain, where he delivered expert testimony and organized the first Parliament Blockchain Showcase
- 2021 - Solution architect and interim CEO at Finexos, developing credit decision tools outperforming FICO models
- 2021 - Program director for the DLT-enabled trade settlement prototype for Lloyds of London
- 2021 - Delivered enterprise-wide IT governance standards for a major London bank
- 2021 - Designed and delivered the world's first vaccine and health passport to win ID2020 certification for self-sovereignty at Blok Solutions
- 2020 - Solution architect for Deutsche Telekom’s German Blockchain Ecosystem
- 2019 - Named inventor on a patent for self-sovereign health validation technology at Blok Solutions
- 2019 - Solution architect and program director for the SeaGreen food security provenance platform, piloted for sustainable seaweed farming in Indonesia
- 2018 - Began role as Expert Advisor for the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Groups on AI & Blockchain
- 2018 - Policy advisory on AI and financial inclusion for the Bank of Thailand
- 2017 - Research on digital currency for the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania
- 2017 - Contributor to an analysis of the global food industry's risk for Lloyd’s of London
- 2016 - Founded Finserv Experts, growing it into a boutique emerging technology consultancy with global clients, including governments, regulators, and major financial institutions
- 2016 - Delivered IBM’s first blockchain consulting project globally, a trade finance letter of credit prototype for Bank of America and HSBC, underwritten by the Monetary Authority of Singapore
- 2015 - Led the machine-learning-based credit engine for Kenya’s M-Pesa payments platform, presented at the G20 Summit
- 2015 - Established IBM’s first blockchain consulting practice for ASEAN, serving as the founding leader for the region
- 2014 - Built IBM’s financial services consulting unit in East Africa, scaling revenue from $0 to $5M in two years
- 2013 - Led customer-centric operating model transformation for Banorte bank in Mexico as part of IBM’s Global Banking Competency
- 2012 - Designed operating models for global banks as Solutioning Leader at IBM's Global Banking Competency
- 2011 - Served as Risk Manager for IBM UK’s largest account, Shell Oil, managing contract risk and oversight
- 2010 - Delivered enterprise-wide front-office solutions for major banking clients as Program Delivery Manager at IBM
- 2009 - Awarded IBM's top performance ratings and multiple service excellence awards
- 2002 - Built and managed Siebel’s global team of application integration experts and served as program manager for DBS Bank's call center
- 2000 - Created the global EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Competency for Siebel Systems
- 1998 - Led the COBOL-to-J2EE migration of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s capital reserve system as Lead Architect at Data Movement Research
- 1996 - Served as Interface Development Manager at Silicon Graphics, focusing on interface development and management
- 1994 - Delivered core banking platform migration at Egg Bank in the UK as part of ThoughtWorks
- 1994 - Began role as Managing Principal at Data Movement Research, specializing in data architecture for Silicon Valley clients
- 1992 - Worked as Senior Systems Analyst at Oracle, focusing on model design and systems analysis
- 1990 - Application Engineer at ViewStar Corporation, specializing in application development
- 1987 - Consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), launching his career in technology consulting
