FinTech Advisory Council

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Colin Walsh

Colin Walsh is the founder and CEO of Varo Bank, the first consumer FinTech to be granted a bank charter in US history.
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David Siemer

David Siemer is the co-founder and CEO of Wave Digital Assets as well as the founder of Wavemaker Partners and Wavemaker Genesis.
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David Musto

David K. Musto is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor in Finance and faculty director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School, where he has been on the faculty since 1995.
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Jeff Bandman

Jeff Bandman leads Bandman Advisors, an advisory practice helping clients ranging from governments to global firms to start-ups meet strategic innovation and regulatory challenges.
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Kathy Kraninger

The Honorable Kathleen L. Kraninger is the vice president of regulatory affairs at Solidus Labs, where she leads the firm’s regulatory strategy and works to advance market integrity and responsible innovation in digital asset markets.
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Melissa Koide

Prior to establishing FinRegLab, Koide served as the U.S. Treasury Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consumer Policy where she developed and executed the Treasury Department’s consumer policies.
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Colin Jones

Colin Jones is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Outerlands Capital, an innovative digital asset manager built on world-class experience in blockchain development and institutional finance.
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Eric Ghysels

Eric Ghysels holds the inaugural Edward M. Bernstein Distinguished Professorship of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a professor of finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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Corey Carlisle

Corey Carlisle is the Head of Public Policy for Varo Bank, the first consumer fintech to be granted a national banking charter in 2020.
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Richard Berner

Richard Berner is clinical professor of management practice in the department of finance and, with Professor Robert Engle, is co-director of the Stern Volatility and Risk Institute.