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Maxim Afanasyev Ph D

AI Leadership for Financial Institutions at Google Cloud, Stanford PhD | Chief Transformation Officer | Chief Digital Officer | Chief Product Officer
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Location: Singapore
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FinTech Association of Hong Kong
Current title:
A.I. Strategic Advisory Council member
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Maxim Afanasyev Ph D is from Singapore. Maxim is currently A.I. Strategic Advisory Council member at FinTech Association of Hong Kong, located in Hong Kong SAR. Maxim also works as FSI Head for APAC and Japan, Global Strategic Industries Team at Google Cloud at Google, a job Maxim has held since Feb 2023. Another title Maxim currently holds is Applied AI Thought Leadership at Pokrov Labs. In Maxim's previous role as a Financial Services Industry Lead for South East Asia, Korea and Greater China at Google Cloud at Google, Maxim worked in until Feb 2023. Prior to joining Google, Maxim was a Director, AI Success at DataRobot and held the position of Director, AI Success. Prior to that, Maxim was a Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank, based in Singapore, Singapore from Jan 2019 to Jan 2021. Maxim started working as AI Transformations (Advanced Analytics) Leader at McKinsey & Company in Jan 2017. From Jan 2011 to Jan 2017, Maxim was Chief Investment Officer at Private Equity Fund. Prior to that, Maxim was a Vice President, Sales and Trading at Royal Bank of Scotland Business, based in London, England, United Kingdom from Jan 2008 to Jan 2011. Maxim started working as Researcher at Moscow State University in Dec 2008.

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Maxim Afanasyev Ph D's current jobs
Company: FinTech Association of Hong Kong
Title: A.I. Strategic Advisory Council member
Period: Nov 2025 - Present (7 months)
Location: Hong Kong SAR

representing Google at FTAHK for Applied AI thought leadership in Greater China Region

Company: Google
Title: FSI Head for APAC and Japan, Global Strategic Industries Team at Google Cloud
Period: Feb 2023 - Present (3 years, 4 months)
Location: Singapore

Member of Global Strategic Industries leadership team at Google Cloud with responsibility for Financial Services Industry in Asia Pacific and Japan. Products and Innovations. Focus on deep understanding of market dynamics, client needs, competitive landscape, emerging trends and opportunities to differentiate with AI innovations. Provide guidance and insights to product, engineering and innovations Teams. AI transformation and use cases. Influenced how leading organizations approach AI transformations and launch of AI use cases. 300+ p.a. direct engagements with C-levels of major Financial Institutions and Digital Natives across APJ as through leader and practitioner on industry trends, innovations and best practices in digital and AI transformations. Co-owner of Industry GTM Strategy for Google Cloud globally. Identify target FSI customers segments and their needs, define sales plays to scale AI products, determine AI product adoption chains and align engineering priorities. Collect customer feedback and influence Global Solutions and Sales Teams to incorporate FI’s priorities, strategic value propositions, AI innovations, Google’s differentiations and industry-specific capabilities. Developed FSI solutions across AI, Data, Infra, Workspace, Gemini Enterprise and Security. The value proposition developed and propagated translated into FSI revenue to growth p.a. 2x market average for 3 consequent years in Asia Pacific and Japan.

Company: Pokrov Labs
Title: Applied AI Thought Leadership
Period: Jan 2009 - Present (17 years, 5 months)
Maxim Afanasyev Ph D's past jobs
Company: Google
Title: Financial Services Industry Lead for South East Asia, Korea and Greater China at Google Cloud
Period: Jul 2022 - Feb 2023 (7 months)
Company: DataRobot
Title: Director, AI Success
Period: Aug 2021 - Jun 2022 (10 months)
Title: Managing Director
Period: Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)
Location: Singapore, Singapore

led data and AI transformation of $11bn corporate banking business operating across 50+ markets. Structured Applied AI journey, launched AI Products and e2e AI platform, managed adoption

Title: AI Transformations (Advanced Analytics) Leader
Period: Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 (2 years)

helped applied AI to start. First Advanced Analytics Translator (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/analytics-translator). Lead digital strategy and AI transformation engagements for clients across various industries.

Title: Chief Investment Officer
Period: Jan 2011 - Jan 2017 (6 years)

direct responsibility for managing US$1bn investments into tech and AI companies. Managed team of 20+ AI technology and investment professionals.

Title: Vice President, Sales and Trading
Period: Jan 2008 - Jan 2011 (3 years)
Location: London, England, United Kingdom

quant investment strategies and exotic derivatives trading

Company: Moscow State University
Title: Researcher
Period: Dec 2008 - Dec 2009 (1 year)
Company: Moscow State University
Title: Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Period: Sep 1999 - Jun 2004 (4 years, 9 months)
Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Research genetic algorithms and neural networks at Intel-MSU AI Research Laboratory

Maxim Afanasyev Ph D's education
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
Master of Science - MS
2002 - 2004
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
Master of Science - MS
1997 - 2002
Stanford University
Master of Science - MS
2004 - 2006
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2004 - 2008
Maxim Afanasyev Ph D's top skills
AI Governance Encoders Information Technology Genetic Algorithms Agentic Product Management Digital Channels Product Development Equity Derivatives Product Launch Credit Derivatives AI Strategy Quantitative Research Statistics Applied Mathematics Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) Generative AI for Leadership Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) Computer Science AI Policy, Governance, and Regulation
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