Adam Shapiro

Managing Director Klaros Group

Adam is a leading expert on financial innovation, with a particular focus on helping clients find solutionsthat meet their business objectives while maintaining strong regulatory compliance and riskmanagement. Adam has a track record of helping clients successfully achieve difficult goals, such asgaining bank charters with non-traditional business models and scaling cryptocurrency businesses in theface of regulatory uncertainty.

Adam was previously Head of Strategy and Chief Control Officer for BBVA'sOpen Platform, where heplayed a key role in the design and launch of ground-breaking Banking as a Service platforms in the U.S.and Spain. Previously, Adam built and led Promontory Financial Group’s fintech practice, working withcryptocurrency firms, online payments companies, innovative lenders, banks and traditional firmsimplementing new financial technologies, as well as technology service providers to the financialservices industry. Prior to joining Promontory, Adam served at the U.K. Financial Services Authority,where among other roles he led the Retail Risk Team, developed the FSA’s Treating Customers Fairly andProduct Risk Framework initiatives, was Private Secretary to the Chairman, and developed U.K. policy onhedge funds.