Andreas Iten is a seasoned innovation and entrepreneurship strategist, boasting extensive experience across startups, corporate innovation, information technology, and venture capital.
Educated in Zurich and St. Gallen, Switzerland, Andreas has cultivated over three decades of expertise within renowned institutions in the ICT, airline & transportation, and financial sectors.
From 2015, Andreas spearheaded technology innovation as the Chief Information Officer for the Financial Information division at SIX, a key player in operating and developing infrastructure services for the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchanges.
Notable achievements include co-founding the SIXHackathon, Europe's premier Fintech coding contest, and establishing TENITY, a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor dedicated to catalyzing innovation and shaping the future of finance. With offices spanning Switzerland, Singapore, the UK, Estonia, and Turkey, TENITY manages over USD 100 million in assets under management as a venture capital investor.
Presently, Andreas serves as the global CEO of TENITY, advises on investments for SIX FinTech Ventures (a USD 50 million CVC fund), and occupies multiple board seats in burgeoning Fintech enterprises.
His expertise lies in startup innovation within the finance and insurance sectors, fostering innovation ecosystems, and generating entrepreneurial opportunities through emerging technologies, digital innovation, business transformation methodologies, and venture capital.
A dynamic public speaker and active presence on social media, Andreas remains committed to driving impactful innovation initiatives across the global financial landscape.
Roundtable Room 3 (Level 3)
Elevating ESG
This roundtable furthers Elevandi’s exploration of the conditions for developing innovation ecosystems, including at the Japan Fintech Festival and 3i Africa Summit. This roundtable tracks the innovation journey from research laboratory to commercial scale. Considering the lived experience of academics whose research underpin business models that have achieved commercial scale, as well as those of the founders and investors who have brought these models into practice, our discussants will share the factors that shape success, and those that impede them.
Operating under the theme of Elevating ESG, this roundtable will explore the necessary conditions and factors that will smooth the journey of innovators as AI and other technologies enable research and ideas to be developed at an accelerated pace and be tested in new environments with reduced barriers to entry.
Attendees will be invited to participate in a poll on entry, to gauge sentiment around which success factors are deemed critical to success. These factors will be considered by the discussants during the session, and questions will be solicited from the floor.
Attendees who wish to familiarise themselves with the topic may refer to the reference materials below.
- Forging strategic alliances: advancing fintech innovation and narrowing the ai talent gap through industry