FINTICA

PHILIPPE METOUDI

CEO

Philippe Metoudi leads Fintica and has more than 30 years of experience in the financial markets. He formerly was a Member of the Executive Board of Clearstream Banking (Deutsche Böerse). He received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from Global Custodian and was named “Banker of the Year” by The Asset.

LIONEL FRIEDFELD

COO

Lionel is an international technology investment banker (Hong Kong, Singapore, France and Israel) with 20 years of experience in various capacities (M&A, ECM, Coverage & Research) at leading banks including BNP Paribas and Société Générale. He recently served as COO & CEO of a Venture Capital & Advisory firm

ASSAF ZEEVI

CHIEF SCIENTIST

Assaf is a professor and holder of the Kravis chair at Columbia University, focused on the data science and machine learning .He holds a PhD & M.S. from Stanford university and is the recipient of several research awards (IBM, Google). He recently served a term as Vice Dean at Columbia Business School.

AKIVA MELKA

CTO

Akiva Melka is a senior quantitative Finance and Machine learning expert. He previously worked at JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Calyon in Equity Derivatives trading, structuring and Quant Research. He holds a PhD from Bar-Ilan University, a M.Sc. from Georgia Tech and engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique.

THOMAS ZEEB

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Thomas Zeeb is a Swiss-Canadian executive who served as Global Head for SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland's principal stock exchange. He has worked in various roles in the financial industry, including as Member of the Clearstream Banking AG Executive Board and as Managing Director at The Bank of New York.

RENE KARSENTI

BOARD MEMBER

René Karsenti is Senior Adviser and former President of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). He was Director General of Finance at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, , Treasurer of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, and IFC Treasurer of the World Bank Group.

YANMING XIAO

BOARD MEMBER

Dr. Yanming Xiao is Chairman & CEO of Cornucopiae Asset Management. She was Managing Director of UBS Wealth Management in Hong Kong and a senior banker at Citi Bank, and HSBC. Dr. Xiao received the 2018 BURJ CEO Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Global Asset Management industry.