20+ years at the global forefront of Applied Science - whether from gas demand prediction in 2001 for EDP or financial robotics in 2005 at Kyoto University all the way through Santander, Morgan Stanley, BBVA, Oliver Wyman and UCL&Renaissance Technologies.
The latest achievement has been the co-creation of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in the shape of a scale-up (i.e. self-funded). Many have tried so but it isn’t easy to pull off… at all.
We wanted a CoE to keep pioneering, fast, one of the most complex and relevant greenfields going forward: Transformation Theory - the mix between Microeconomics, ML/AI and Tech Architecture. It is proved in practice through Advanced Transformation across industries. This is, by creating deep tech factories upon bleeding edge technology (awarded as best in the EU on algo trading) across a number of verticals - e.g. finance, cyber, energy, defense and distribution. We are the first CoE capable of deploying them as end-to-end business tech that crucially includes regulation (AI and sectoral - I am co-chair of Global AI Regulation at GPAI/OECD) and standards (ISO - I am committee member of ISO AI) by design. And, as such, we earned the respect from a number of key players globally as one of the leading authorities in Transformation.
So… just having privileged fun with some of the best companies (mostly listed but recently, large SMEs have been included) and the brightest individuals around the world (managers up to CEOs, and researchers up to Nobel laureates). To me, best job ever.
Prior to that, there were the expected achievements, recognition, awards and the like within each of above fields. Those are the must before exploring the mix but nothing more - I'm truly driven by the fact that past performance does not guarantee future one.
Finally, I am often speaker for boards at tier one companies, media (newspapers and TV news & shows), international conferences and events, supranational organisations (OECD, BID, UNESCO...), business schools (Saïd, Warwick, IE...) and professional associations (CFA, CAIA...). But the ones I enjoy the most are the keynotes for PhDs - a lot to motivate...