Anikó Szombati

Senior Expert at the Global Financial Technology Network (GFTN), a worldwide forum convenor, strategic advisory company, and venture capital investor based in Singapore. She acts as GFTN’s global FinTech public policy specialist. Former Chief Digital Officer and Executive Director for Digitalisation and FinTech Support at Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), Hungary's central bank, driving digital transformation and FinTech development across the financial sector. Internationally recognized expert of central-bank-level innovations, especially related to the future forms of money. She has a proven track record in shaping innovation-focused regulatory policy also on how to embrace advanced technologies like AI and DLT safely. Played a decisive role in central bank policymaking in the field of financial stability for more than two decades, also as member of the Financial Stability Council.