Aleksei Veretenov
RU / EN

International Banker and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Entrepreneur · Investor · Advisor to Business Owners and Executive Teams

For over 20 years, I have worked with business owners, boards and executive teams to develop banks, fintech companies and diversified groups — from strategy and corporate governance to M&A, capital, value creation and international growth.

20+ years of experience · Work and project experience across 31 countries

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Aleksei Veretenov

Roles and scale

Current Roles and Track Record

20+years of experience
31countries
150+companies
300+projects
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of a banking and payments B2B company. Payments business in 100 countries.
  • Managing Partner, Senteo Inc. (US). Global mandate. CEO, Senteo East.
  • Co-founder, Interise Group: 27 business areas and teams with their own CEOs / CPOs.
  • Business co-owner and investor.

The payment system of the international banking and payments company operates in 100 countries.

Selected experience

BNP Paribas · Citigroup · Société Générale · Raiffeisenbank

Alfa-Bank · Bank CenterCredit · TBC · Ameriabank · MTBank · Click

Eldik Group · Perm Financial & Industrial Group · MegaFon · MEDSI · EMC

ANIF · ARFI

Previous experience

Leadership and business development

Alfa-Bank

Co-head of digital transformation, CPO of the Strategy product and advisor to the Chairman of the Board.

ANIF

Deputy CEO and VP for Strategy and Marketing.

Raiffeisenbank

Direct sales and CRM development.

Project experience across 150+ companies

Professional experience

01

Banks and business groups

Strategy, business models and transformation. Models connecting banks, telecoms and other businesses.

02

International projects and M&A

New markets, business model adaptation, acquisitions and asset integration.

03

Investment and capital

Investment platforms, capital raising and development of portfolio businesses.

Areas of practice

Investment, partnerships and international expansion

Investment and capital

Investment projects and platforms. Capital raising and business development.

International expansion

New markets and business model adaptation. International supply chains, partnerships and asset integration.

Execution

Management models, project teams and implementation of strategic initiatives.

Selected projects include success-based fees.

Selected work

Strategic Projects

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International practice

International Reach

Work and project experience across 31 countries

Central Asia and the CIS

Europe

Middle East

India and China

North America

Professional community

Professional Roles and Communities

Member of the Chamber of Independent Directors of the Kyrgyz Republic
Member of the professional association of independent directors of Kazakhstan
FINNEXT Expert Council and jury member

BAI · EFMA · FINNEXT · Fintech 360 · B5+1 Forum

Fintech and investment

Entrepreneurship and fintech development

FINNEXT: Expert Council member; annual selection of 300–400 CIS fintech companies. More than 2,500 fintech companies in bank and fund pipelines, from analysis to acquisition and integration.

Investment and entrepreneurial projects include CoinPlace, ARFI and X8Team; acceleration and international development experience includes IIDF and Armenia.

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Insights and Publications

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Videos and Interviews

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Speaking and Programs

Speaking and Executive Programs

Keynotes, moderation and private programs for business owners, boards and management teams.

Over 5 million YouTube video views · Speaking in Russian and English

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Research and executive education

Research and executive development

17 countries covered by CEI, CXCI and GCCI customer experience research. Related practice includes customer analytics and Sensory Lab neurosensory studies.

Executive education includes SKOLKOVO, UWED, Matena, KRSU and Mancho School, alongside corporate programmes on leadership, service and organisational change.

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Financial capability

Personal finance and financial capability

Dreamspace Community in the US: financial planning and personal finance; the Russian Ministry of Finance and Alfa-Bank: project work and a bank-based pilot; KRSU and Eldik Bank: financial capability in Kyrgyzstan.

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Russian Ministry of Finance project →
“Experience within banks, boards, investment platforms and my own businesses allows me to assess a company from the perspectives of management, ownership and capital. For me, international practices are tools to adapt to each market, regulatory environment and organization’s ability to implement them.”