My name is Ivo Jeník and throughout my career I have been working in finance. In recent years, I have worked at the intersection of financial innovation and financial inclusion, covering a wider range of topics including FinTech, crowdfunding, digital banking, Banking-as-a-Service, regulatory sandbox, and data protection. Around the world, I have worked with central banks, other financial sector regulators, private investors, international organizations, development agencies, and some of the most innovative businesses. Most of this work has been documented in various publications published by CGAP and the World Bank. The list of those publications with links where available is available here.
My geographic experience covers markets across five continents. In Africa, examples include Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia. In Asia, examples include China and Indonesia. In Latin America examples include Brazil and Peru. My home base is split between North America (United States), and Europe (Czechia).
My domain expertise is financial sector regulation and supervision. More specifically, I have expertise in the following areas: regulation of innovation, financial consumer protection, complaints handling and dispute resolution, data protection, innovative business models in finance. For more details on my professional experience (including projects and institutions worked for), please visit my LinkedIn profile. You can also follow me on Twitter.
I hold a law degree from Columbia Law School in New York City and from Charles University in Prague.
I speak English, Czech, and French. I like to read, snowboard, golf, and DJ.
