Alex is the founder and CEO of WSN. He sets our firm’s strategy and direction and supports our global clients by strengthening existing relationships and building new ones.

Alex takes an active role in driving strategic initiatives and ensuring long-term success by fostering a culture of innovation and diversity.

Alex learned the business of consulting at Lockheed Martin Integrated Business Solutions and the business of investment banking at both UBS and HSBC. He has over 20 years of consulting experience working within major global investment banks.

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As the Head of Consulting Services in APAC, Paul has the responsibility of overseeing and delivering on WSN’s vision and strategy throughout the region. He oversees day to day operations, leads the business development team by identifying new opportunities and ensures future success by taking an active role in developing talent.
 
Paul has over 15 year’s experience in financial markets and consulting across both Australia and the United States. Having worked with major global financial institutions throughout his career within both Sales and Trading as well as Consulting, Paul has an intricate understanding of their product suite and asset classes as well how to navigate transformational environments effectively within the sector.   

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As the Global Head of Talent for WSN, Stephanie leads a dynamic team of recruiters to deliver exceptional results for our clients. Stephanie has 10+ years of experience managing the front-to-back recruitment process, from sourcing top-tier candidates to onboarding and beyond. She helps to drive WSN's success by fostering a culture of excellence and facilitating seamless talent acquisition processes.

She began her journey as a Regulatory Change PMO at a top investment bank in NYC, where she gained an understanding of the Financial Services industry. Since joining WSN, she’s held numerous leadership roles within the company which led her to becoming both the head of HR & our Talent team.

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As the Head of Global Client Accounts at WSN, Jerry focuses on building strategic partnerships and promoting diversity within our firm and to our clients.

Jerry has spent the last 30 years championing the cause of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) across Wall Street’s largest firms. Prior to joining WSN, Jerry has previously held senior positions across major financial institutions around the world including Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.

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As Global Head of Risk Advisory, Stephen is responsible for overseeing the delivery of Risk Services and building out of the Risk teams at WSN. He has also been engaged directly by clients for his deep SME knowledge and expertise in the financial services industry.

Before joining WSN, Stephen was a Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer for the Americas at Credit Suisse. Stephen has more than 30 +years of risk management experience at major institutions. 

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As Global Head of Transformation Services, Kevin partners with clients to turn transformation ambitions into reality. From Strategy to Design to Planning to Resourcing to Execution, WSN can guide you through the entire lifecycle of your transformation in a way few organizations can match.
 
Kevin has 35+ years of experience as a Business Transformation Executive delivering global, strategic Capital Markets, Treasury, Operations, and Regulatory Compliance related initiatives as Senior Program Director. He’s held senior roles at global financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse, and Citi.

As the Global Head of Legal Services, Josh serves as a trusted advisor to our clients, offering expertise and support across a wide range of legal issues to help them achieve their objectives and navigate legal challenges effectively. He also plays a critical role in safeguarding the legal interests of WSN and ensuring that its operations are conducted ethically and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1995) and the Villanova University School of Law (J.D. 1998), where he served as an Associate Editor of the Villanova Law Review. He was admitted to both the Pennsylvania and the New Jersey bars in 1998 and admitted to the New York bar in 2022. Mr. Grabar has been admitted pro hac vice in federal courts nationally. He is a member of the American, New York State, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations.

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Gary is responsible for Delivery and Excellence for UK & Europe across product and function for our EMEA consulting practice. 

Starting his career with The Bank of England in 1986, Gary has held senior roles at global financial institutions including Bank of America, RBS, ING, ABN-AMRO, including other financial institutions. In his almost 20-year Consulting career, Gary has successfully delivered projects worldwide specializing in Derivative products. He has been called upon by Tier 1 Investment Banks and consulting firms to provide training for staff as he is considered an expert in the field. 

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As the Global CPG Practice Leader, Andrew focuses on Go-to-Market strategies and digital enablement for clients within the CPG industry at WSN. He is a seasoned senior executive with experience in both CPGs and the largest global technology companies, with a specialty commercial data application & eCommerce. 

Andrew has previously led the global digital transformation program at AB Inbev & founding team of BEES, one of the largest B2B marketplaces in the world, and managed Globalization Strategy & Operations at Alibaba Group. He has also managed international & innovation programs across Asia, Africa, North & South America.

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As a Business Development & Sales Lead, Amanda focuses on growing client relationships, expanding WSN’s consulting footprint and fostering strategic partnerships. 

Amanda has over 10 years of experience working within and consulting for Technology, Financial Services and Healthcare institutions. She previously worked at Deloitte and specializes in managing change, strategic projects, and leading large programs. Her previous clients include Citibank, Nomura, Dell Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Cleveland Clinic, and Regeneron. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Texas-Austin, majoring in Finance. 

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Mark supports our US clients on the Business Development & Sales team. He manages client relationships, identifies strategic opportunities, and fosters partnerships. 

He has over 15 years of experience in Leveraged Finance and Capital Markets and is well versed at working with buy-side and sell-side clients. He started his career at Goldman Sachs before moving into a leadership role at Société Générale where he managed Capital Markets teams. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Maryland, majoring in Finance and holds an MBA from Georgetown University.

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As a Manager at WSN within our Delivery team, Helene specializes in fostering meaningful client relationships and anticipating/meeting the needs of our clients, many of whom are large global financial institutions.
 
Helene has 10+ years of experience within Financial Services, more specifically Risk, Regulatory, Compliance and Data Strategy. She previously worked at PwC in the Risk & Regulatory advisory group as well as a consultant via WSN for a number of financial institutions on major programs such as – FATCA, CCAR, Data Strategy, and FX Consent Order. Helene holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, majoring in Applied Economics and Management.

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Keyotta oversees our Global Sales Operations and Business Support team. He plays a critical role in supporting our sales teams including streamlining sales process, working cross functionally to develop sales strategies and reporting key metrics to our leadership team.
 
He has nearly 30 years of experience across Information Technology, Consulting and Business Controls. Prior to WSN, Keyotta worked at Bank of America and held various senior roles within Finance Technology Development and Operations.

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As Head of Client Relationship Management, Dennis is in charge of cultivating strong, long-term relationships with our clients by understanding their needs, preferences and strategic goals. He is actively involved in client communications providing guidance and support while establishing trust. 

Prior to WSN, Dennis was Head of Client Relationship Management at Deutsche Bank where he lead the team in building new relationships and enhancing existing relationships. He spent his career in the financial services industry including leadership roles at DB, Credit Suisse and Citi.

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As Head of U.S. Staffing Service, Jim leads our US MSP and Permanent Based services at WSN. His responsibilities include strategic planning, recruitment strategy, relationship management and continuous improvement of our processes.  

Jim has 20 plus years of financial services experience including a wide-ranging experience in financial accounting, technology and program and project management.  He has held various senior leadership roles including Deutsche Bank as the Global Head of Change Management for the Fixed Income business. Jim also has extensive regulatory and compliance-based experience, and an understanding of the technology sector covering Operations and Middle Office front-to-back system architecture and managing large-scale global programs.

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As Global Head of Technology, Haniff is responsible for the establishment of Delivery Centers in LatAm and EMEA, for the development of WSN’s Digital Ecosystem & Partnerships, and for the delivery of Technology, Data, AI and Digital Services globally.
 
Haniff has 30+ years of experience as a Digital Executive delivering major business and technology related initiatives as CIO, Program Director and CDO. He’s held senior roles at global financial institutions including Credit Suisse, UBS, Mizuho, Merrill Lynch, and Commerzbank. Haniff holds a Chicago MBA and has had repeated successes delivering major global programs.

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Rodrigo has 18+ years of experience as a delivery-focused consultant in the banking and consulting industry.

Specialized in managing complex multi-asset classes and multi-functions Programs in the Capital / Global Markets space, leading digital & analytics, transformation, risk consulting, IT solutions, playing a hands-on role with maximum level of long-term commitment to clients. He has in-depth business and functional knowledge around Front Office, Middle Office, Finance, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Operations with trading systems expertise. 

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Andrii has 15+ years of experience as a hands-on leader in management and technology consulting for financial institutions.

He has led complex digital transformation programs, business process automation implementation initiatives, as well as helped introduce new technologies (AI, Big Data and Machine Learning) to leading multinational financial corporations. Andrii combines first-hand FinTech experience as a co-founder & CEO of several tech companies with deep Business and Functional understanding of financial institutions.

Jean has extensive experience in designing and developing state-of-the-art distributed systems for investment banks  such as Lehman Brothers, UBS or Dresdner Bank, in the     United States, Europe and Asia as well as startups.

Jean is co-founder and CEO of Hyper Trading Labs and spent 2 years at Digital Asset as its Field CTO managing the architecture and implementation large go-to-production DLT projects at firms such as HKEX, DBAG, Zinnia, CBOE, Versana and EquiLend. Jean also co-founded ActiveViam as its CTO and was the inventor of ActiveViam's flagship product ActivePivot, a real-time in-memory OLAP engine used by the largest financial institutions.

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Jorge is an experienced cybersecurity professional with over 12 years’ experience, as a lawyer and strategic cybersecurity consultant providing digital investigations, legal and reputational management of cybersecurity incidents, as well as IT Compliance (Regulatory Compliance linked to Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Personal Data Protection He helped draft the principles of citizen cybersecurity at the OAS Cybersecurity Laboratory in 2020 and advises CISOs and information security managers on issues relating to Cybersecurity awareness and providing training programs for cybercrime prevention.

Ciprian is a seasoned technologist, boasting over 15 years of experience in developing cutting-edge engineering solutions for the Financial Services industry.

As Head of  Digital Solutions – Europe at WSN, Ciprian leads the charge in building future-proof businesses atop scalable systems, leveraging cloud-based technology, DevOps, microservices, and agile software delivery processes.

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David has 20+ years of professional experience leading digital transformation strategy, technology, customer experience, innovation, artificial intelligence, process automation, business & data analytics, machine learning models and big data.

He has worked with Boards of Directors and Senior Management within the Financial Services Industry, Telecommunications, Media & Advertising, Health, CPG, Retail, Technology and Agribusiness.

Huw is a specialist in low-latency pre-trade risk management and digital assets trading and settlement systems. He built and ran a low-latency equities and derivatives trading software product business in  APAC with global brokers including Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

Most recently Huw led trading and settlement engineering at Paxos (technology behind PayPal’s regulated stablecoin) as Director of Engineering. He was previously Managing Partner at Fusion Systems in HK and prior to that led R&D Special Projects at Bloomberg in NY.

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Raphael has 15+ years in trading strategies and 30+ years research in pure and applied mathematics.

A former fellow of Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he earned his Ph.D. in Hamiltonian dynamics. Currently affiliated with the University of Paris 1-Sorbonne Economic Center (CES) and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He holds the Frey chair professor of quantitative finance at Stony Brook University and his most recent research topics are Hedge Funds Risks and Systemic Risk.

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