Pieter Franken is a Fintech Pioneer and a Deep Tech Innovator with many first in the industry. His career spans 30 years in Financial Services, specializing in O&T, Fintech, innovation and large-scale digital transformations. He has held C-level and executive positions with industry leaders such as Citigroup, Shinsei Bank, Aplus, Monex Securities and Monex Group.
Pieter is a member of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) and a Director of the ASEAN Innovation Network (AFIN), the company founded by MAS, IFC/World Bank and ABA and behind the APIX Platform.
Other positions include Monex Group, ModuleQ.AI (US), EmeradaCo (Japan) and Safecast, a global NPO focussed on open environmental measurements.
Pieter holds a MSc in Computer Science from Delft University and is a Guest Professor at Keio University and researcher with MIT Media Lab where he contributes to research in Citizen Science, IoT and Block-chain technologies.