Matthew James Low

Head of Tokenization

2023 - Current

Co-Founder

2020

The Fintech Blueprint is the leading analytical Fintech & DeFi newsletter in the industry, with over 150,000+ investors and entrepreneurs relying on our strategic judgment. Acquired by Fintech Nexus.The Fintech Blueprint is the leading analytical Fintech & DeFi newsletter in the industry, with over 150,000+ investors and entrepreneurs relying on our strategic judgment. Acquired by Fintech Nexus.

Founder & CEO

2020

Clients include: Palm NFT Studios & Palm Network, BTG Pactual, and Outlier Ventures InveniumX is a technology innovation company seeking to bring reality to seemingly unreal technological thematics covering Artificial Intelligence, Digital Wealth Management, Cryptocurrency, Distributed Ledger Technology, Neobanks & Challenger Banking, Digital Payments, and Robo Insurance.

Senior Program Manager

2021 - 2023

Co-Founder & CMO

2020 - 2021

Snr Associate (Fintech strategy) & Head of Autonomous NEXT

2018 - 2020

Autonomous is a top research firm for institutional investors focusing on global banks, insurers, investment managers, and capital markets. I joined Lex Sokolin to help build the Fintech practice (Autonomous NEXT), which delivers industry-leading analysis of the impact of emerging tech -- machine learning and artificial intelligence, crypto assets and blockchain, virtual and augmented reality, roboadvisors, neobanks, and insurtech -- on the financial industry. Our newsletter has been read hundreds of thousands of times, we led several innovation engagements with large industry participants, and our work has been cited by the Economist, WSJ, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, Business Insider and the FT, among many others. The global firm, including the Autonomous NEXT practice, was acquired by Alliance Bernstein who represents the financial services research arm of Sanford C. Bernstein. I was positioned to lead the Autonomous NEXT practice from April 2019.

Co-Founder

2016 - 2018

Tap Tuck is a freely downloadable app that allows parents to purchase credits for healthy meals at their kids’ school tuck shop (cafeteria).

Management Consultant

2017 - 2018

My tenure at the firm involved: - Extensive advisory on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain applications for big business, - Assisting in the strategy development and advisory for a first-of-its-kind prepaid card launch - Developing tailored project management tools to assist in a massive transformational programme at a Fortune 500 financial company - Developing the business model canvas and design mockup for a unique proposition relating to an investment bank's response to the forthcoming Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2) regulation

Chief Strategy Officer

2016 - 2017

Spazapp: A digital startup company that aims to create a bridge between the informal and formal market through the use of mobile technology.

Management Consultant (Business Strategy & Digital)

2013 - 2016

I finalised my tenure at IBM as a Senior Management Consultant in the Business Analytics & Strategy/ Interactive Experience service lines. I started my career at IBM as being selected as one of nine candidates for their prestigious leadership program. Clients/Exposure: In 2013: - Major banking institution in South Africa: implementation of full systems integration throughout their business. - Major health & wellness insurer in South Africa: expansion of their business model into 14 countries in under 2 years. In 2014: - Major Health & life insurer in South Africa: full change implementation of their systems and management profiles. - Leading Oil & Gas and PetroChemical organizations in the Middle East: Produced feasibility studies for a multi-billion dollar expansion to their R&D departments. In 2015: - Leading Refinery based in the Middle East: Key consultant for a Multi-million dollar multiple-vendor services proposal. - Major Healthcare Administrator in South Africa: Conducted a full quality & performance management framework, as well as, process engineering for their claims business. - Leading Telco in South Africa: Business Analyst position assisting specifically with the Business case of a Watson (IBM Cognitive computer) Cognitive Value Assessment - IBM Internal: Project Manager of the setup of the internal Customer Experience Lab, as well as, developing unique Design Thinking workshops & Human Centered Design methodologies. - Leading Cash In Transit Company in South Africa: Lead Component Business Model consultant In 2016 - Major Black Economic Empowerment Company (Insurance): Co-Lead in a full IT and Business Strategy Project, assisting in the development of a strategy involving the gearing up of major components of their business in order to take advantage of significant opportunities for scale and growth.