Ilya Etko

Impact What I do Experience AI & Tech Contact

Strategy • Fintech • AI-driven transformation

I build fintech ecosystems
and make them scale.

I’m a strategy & venture operator with a founder mindset — turning complex financial-services portfolios into focused growth engines: corporate strategy, venture building, M&A, product transformation, and AI adoption.

Private Fintech Holding (CSO) Venture building M&A / due diligence AI strategy Global markets

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Operator profile

I like messy, high-stakes problems: fragmented products, unclear GTM, too many initiatives, weak data. I bring structure, speed, and measurable impact — without killing innovation.

20y+

leadership & transformation

Multi-geo

CIS • SEA • global

Fintech

payments • lending • insuretech

data → decisions → automation

Impact highlights

Keep these true — replace with your exact metrics anytime.

Transformation

10+ fintech businesses

Turned fragmented assets into a coherent strategic holding with clear KPIs and governance.

AI / Analytics

10%+ uplift

Improved forecasting accuracy via ML + disciplined data governance.

Investments

$50M+ deployed

Built thesis-driven investment pipeline across fintech + digital technologies.

What I do

How I typically create value.

Strategy that ships

From portfolio logic → operating model → OKRs → execution rhythm.

Venture building

New products & businesses: hypothesis → MVP → unit economics → scale.

M&A / Partnerships

Deal screening, DD, integration plans, and post-merger value capture.

AI adoption

Use-case selection, data readiness, governance, and measurable automation.

Experience snapshot

Concise and readable — details on request.

2023 — Present

Chief Strategy Officer — Private Fintech Holding

Corporate strategy, portfolio transformation, venture building, data/AI agenda, and cross-asset synergies.

2022 — 2023

Chief Product Officer — Fintech startup

Product strategy, GTM, and fundraising support; built structure for scaling product delivery.

2019 — 2022

Innovation / Venture roles — Investment & corporate environments

Investment theses, scouting, product concepts, and steering programs across digital and fintech tracks.

Earlier

Strategy & digital consulting + banking

Built digital capabilities, strategy cases, and operating models across multiple teams and industries.

AI & Tech toolkit

Trendy platforms + practical skills (not buzzword-only).

AI / LLM

Productization, governance, and delivery

LLM use-case discovery • KPI design • RAG patterns • evaluation & red-teaming (practical) • prompt/agent workflows • workflow automation • AI policy & governance • data readiness.

Platforms

Modern stack & ecosystems

OpenAI / ChatGPT • Azure AI • AWS (Bedrock/SageMaker) • Google Vertex AI • Databricks • Snowflake • Pinecone/Weaviate • LangChain/LlamaIndex • GitHub Copilot.

Trendy skills (add/remove freely)

Agentic workflows RAG & vector search LLMOps Model evaluation Synthetic data Feature stores Event-driven analytics Real-time scoring Fraud / AML analytics Experimentation (A/B) Data governance Privacy-by-design API platforms Microservices Cloud security basics

Contact

Email + LinkedIn only, as requested.

Let’s talk

If you’re building or transforming fintech products, ecosystems, or AI capabilities — I’m happy to connect.

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