Jeff Tijssen on Leading Bain & Company’s Global Fintech Strategy: Driving Innovation, AI Adoption, and the Future of Financial Services

Jeff Tijssen is the leader of Bain & Company‘s global fintech business, where he advises the world’s leading financial institutions, high-growth fintechs, and investors on how to drive innovation, build new ventures, and scale transformative technologies. With over twenty years of experience in financial services, Jeff is facilitating banks’ digital transformation, navigating legacy infrastructure limitations, and advancing the use of AI in financial services alongside other technologies like embedded finance and stablecoins.

He works with some of the world’s largest banks to reinvent their business models and supports clients by advising C-suite executives on how to get from endless proofs of concept to a fully operational digital platform. Jeff also works with leading fintechs to help them accelerate their growth and partners with private equity firms to assist them with sector investment identification.

Jeff has a global perspective, rooted in hands-on experience, whether he is advising 150-year-old Latin American bank on their reinvention, or assisting clients with the intersection of finance services and non-financial services, such as retail and telecom. His passion is around the future of financial distribution and client engagement, and the shift from banking as a traditional bank towards fully integrated platform-based ecosystems.