FinTech Advisory Council

Sridhar Chityala is chairman of Vedas Group and chairman and founding partner of Elevate Innovation Partners.

Chester Spatt is the Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has taught since 1979. He served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2004-2007).

Michael B. Greenwald is the Global Head of Financial Innovation and Digital Assets at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He also heads up Global Executive Relations for the company pioneering thought-leadership on artificial intelligence.

Ivan Soto-Wright is a leading financial technology entrepreneur and investor.

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

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

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.

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.

Kathy Kraninger is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Bankers Association, a trade association that, through advocacy, education, and engagement, supports Florida bankers in better serving their customers and communities.

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.