FinTech Advisory Council

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Nilmini Rubin

Nilmini Rubin leads global public policy for Hedera, a leading sustainable, enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology network. As chief policy officer, she engages with policymakers, civil society, and the media to shape blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and economic policy.
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Matt Oppenheimer

Matt Oppenheimer is the co-founder and CEO of Remitly, a trusted provider of digital financial services that transcend borders.
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Natalia Karayaneva

Natalia Karayaneva is the founder and CEO of Propy, a Silicon Valley company revolutionizing home purchasing via smart contracts and artificial intelligence. She is a World Economic Forum Pioneer, an award-winning real estate developer, software engineer, and serial entrepreneur with extensive knowledge in real estate and cryptography.
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Peter Mintzberg

Peter Mintzberg is the CEO of Grayscale Investments. He joined Grayscale from Goldman Sachs, where he served as global head of strategy for Asset and Wealth Management.
Nadab Akhtar

Nadab Akhtar

Founder and Managing Partner, Excite Capital
Nadab Akhtar serves on the FinTech Advisory Council at the Milken Institute and brings more than 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur and investment banker, including nearly a decade focused on corporate advisory and mergers and acquisitions transaction execution.
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Chester Spatt

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).
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Michael Greenwald

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.
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Ivan Soto-Wright

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