Alex Kwiatkowski is an Advisory Industry Consultant in SAS’s Global Banking Practice. His role centers on articulating and amplifying company strategy and point of view to senior financial executives, partners, analysts,and influencers, along with creating relevant narratives and supporting content for thought-leadership purposes. Alex accomplishes this by continuously analyzing the evolution of banking across the world to identify where advanced analytics and artificial intelligence can deliver the biggest benefits. He also leads the Financial Services team with GIM.

Prior to joining SAS in October 2017, Alex was the Senior Strategist for Banking and Digital Channels at Finastra. Before this, Alex ran IDC’s Financial Insights team in Europe, where he was responsible for all advisory and consulting services, working closely with banks, technology vendors and service providers. He also spent four years as a Principal Analyst within Ovum’s Financial Services Technology Practice, and prior to that completed a stint as a senior manager within LloydsTSB’s Consumer Banking Business Delivery team.

Alex holds a BA in Contemporary East European Studies from UCL.