ivarwiersma

Effective Fintech and Banking executive. Leader, builder and operator with 20+ years experience across Capital Markets, Blockchain, Digital Assets, Privacy Enhancing Technology, Innovation and Corporate Venture Building. 

Highly engaged senior leader with a reputation for building high-performing teams and delivering commercial results.
I get energy from developing new products, building teams, exceeding commercial targets in complex environments and learning new skills. 
Started ING Wholesale Banking's Innovation department and led Blockchain and Advanced Analytics teams. Co-founded ING Labs, responsible for a number of company launches and spin-outs such as VAKT, Komgo, Cobase, Stemly, Katana Labs, Suburbia and CoorpID as well as banking consortia such as Marco Polo and Contour.
Built R3's Venture Development team and program, and developed the company's Confidential Computing business Conclave. 
Entrepreneur, advisor, investor and board member for start-ups and scale-ups.
 
Currently part of R3 Executive Committee, leading the Conclave business unit, where we're on a mission to deliver the best confidential computing platform to allow anyone to write privacy preserving applications in minutes.