Andrew DAVIS - Profile (2022-1)

Andrew Davis is an independent expert advisor on corporate innovation and fintech with over 20 years of experience in banking. He works with organizations around the world to help them embrace innovation. Andrew applies a 3-part Corporate Innovation Model to help clients explore opportunities, identify constraints, and resolve challenges. As an external advisor, he brings an outside perspective and practical experience to guide clients through the innovation process. Some of Andrew's accomplishments include designing innovation frameworks for HSBC Australia and Co-operative Bank of Kenya and leading an APEC research project on the role of fintech in a post-COVID environment.

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Andrew Davis

Corporate Innovation & Fintech Advisor

About Andrew Accomplishments

A career banker of more than 20 years, Andrew is an Australian based, • Designed and
independent expert, specialising in corporate innovation and fintech implemented a ‘whole
engagement. He works with a variety of banking, commercial and of bank’ innovation
government clients around the world and is also a mentor and advisor framework for HSBC
to a number of startups, both in Australia and overseas. Australia, allowing
HSBC to accelerate
its innovation activity.
• Designed and
implemented a
‘whole of bank’
Specialties & Services
innovation framework
Andrew works with clients to enable them to embrace innovation, for Co-operative Bank
by achieving a high level of organisational readiness. He applies a of Kenya, including the
3-part Corporate Innovation Model for the exploration, identification running of its first-ever
and resolution of constraints, challenges and opportunities, spanning Fintech Challenge,
all parts of an organisation. This model can be followed on a holistic focused on the
basis, or undertaken as individual elements, depending upon the co-operatives sector.
client’s needs and priorities.
• Led an Australian
Put simply, Andrew brings an ‘outside-in’ perspective, coupled with Government funded
strong, practical, international experience. As an independent APEC research project,
resource, he supports organisations which have realised a need for specifically targeted
change and want to undertake this from within, but can see the value at regulators and
of having an external expert challenge their thinking, guide the process policymakers, which
and advise options. evaluated the role and
opportunity of fintech
and regtech in a post
Corporate Innovation Model COVID environment.
• Appointed Ambassador
for Stone & Chalk,
Australia’s largest
Innovation Startup People network of fintech hubs.
Frameworks Engagement & Culture
• Appointed as an
Innovation Strategy Scouting Digital Upskilling inaugural member
& Objectives of the Africa Fintech
Ecosystem Interaction Intrapreneurship Network (AFN) Advisory
Program-Based Council.
Innovation
Being Startup Ready Innovation Champions
& Communities of • Co-host of the
Opportunity-Driven Practice BetaBank podcast
Corporate Venturing
Innovation
series looking at the
Board & Executive
Innovation Tools Coaching
future of financial
& Infrastructure services.
Andrew Davis
Corporate Innovation & Fintech Advisor

Background
Andrew has a strong international banking pedigree, having worked at HSBC and Citigroup for more than
18 years covering Country, Regional and Global responsibilities. His roles spanned product management, strategy,
innovation and market development, with a particular focus on the portfolios of corporate cash management,
payments and digital financial services.

At HSBC, Andrew was the Global Head of e-Commerce Strategy and Innovation for Transaction Banking and the
Global Fintech Lead. Therefore, he understands the challenges of connecting the fintech ecosystem with large,
complex organisations. As a member of the industry taskforce, he assisted with the design and implementation
of the blueprint for Sydney’s fintech hub, Stone & Chalk. This led to HSBC becoming a founding corporate partner.

Andrew was appointed a member of the SWIFT innovation advisory panel, known as the ‘Innotribe Enablers’,
to drive innovation within the banking industry, on a global scale. He has been a regular presenter at Innotribe
events.

Andrew has an intimate understanding of Asia, having lived and worked in Hong Kong for several years.
More recently he has become well versed with fintech and digital financial services in Africa, in his capacity
as advisor to International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.

Experience & Clients

NSW State Government IFC / World Bank Group
Engaged to advise and assist with the development Advisor, assisting with the development and
and implementation of several innovation initiatives application of Digital Financial Services strategies and
within the Environment, Energy and Science group. initiatives, including the role of innovation to underpin
digital transformation and how to better engage with
eftpos Payments Australia the fintech sector.
Assisted with the design and implementation of
corporate venturing concepts including the formation Standard Bank South Africa
of internal startup teams and the creation of an Engaged as a subject matter expert on fintech and
employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). the digital evolution of transaction banking services,
to support the Quantum Leap project.
HSBC Australia
Engaged to architect and implement a whole-of-bank KPMG Australia
innovation framework. This led to HSBC running its Subject matter expert engaged by KPMG to support
first innovation challenge, to leverage the startup the mLabs innovation program for Australian mutual
community against a defined problem statement. banks.

Making Contact
corporate innovation & [email protected]
fintech engagement +61 412 114 385
achievable linkedin.com/in/andrewdavis6