Dr. Francesco Pierangeli
Programme Director, MSc Financial Technology, University of Birmingham
Dr Francesco Pierangeli is Director of the MSc in FinTech at the University of Birmingham, where he teaches Blockchain and Financial Applications. A recognised expert in decentralised finance, tokenisation and digital assets, he actively engages with the UK Parliament, policymakers and multinational corporations on the evolution of financial infrastructure and the adoption of blockchain in business and society. Francesco is an Affiliated Scholar at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies and holds a PhD in Economics jointly awarded by King’s College London and the National University of Singapore. Before joining academia, he worked in banking at J.P. Morgan and UBS.
