Chief Data Officer shaping Agentic AI in Financial Services — ensuring responsible innovation, governance, and digital trust at scale.
Passionate about transforming AI vision into real-world impact — bridging innovation, strategy, and responsible execution.
With over 20 years of experience in AI and data transformation, I serve as Chief Data Officer and ExCo Member at Unique AG — Europe's leading GenAI platform for financial services. I lead cross-functional teams of data, security, and legal experts to co-create trusted AI solutions with global financial institutions, enabling banks to harness AI responsibly while maintaining regulatory confidence.
I scaled Unique from 10 to 110+ FTEs, drove a Series A close at $55M, tripled revenue in three years, and built the company's AI Governance Framework linking technology, ethics, and regulation — achieving ISO 42001, ISO 27001, SOC 2, FINMA, and BAFIN certifications.
Before Unique, I spent nearly a decade at Credit Suisse, most recently as Head of Top 100 Client Delivery, leading 25+ experts and championing data-driven compliance across 20+ global sites.
I hold a Dr. phil. in Finance (magna cum laude) from the University of St. Gallen (HSG). I teach at ETH Zurich, HSG, and HEC Lausanne, founded the AI Governance Roundtable for FSI Switzerland (endorsed by FINMA & SFI), and serve as jury member at GenAI Zürich. I also serve on the ISO expert council in Switzerland for AI and cybersecurity certification.
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After reviewing 70+ GenAI projects as a jury member at GenAI Zürich 2026, one insight stood out: successful production AI is only 20% about the model. The other 80% is data pipelines, governance, evaluation, and user adoption.
The winning projects had one thing in common: they focused deeply on a single workflow and measured business impact from day one.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is changing how banks connect data to AI — but the standard protocol doesn't meet FSI compliance requirements.
At Unique, we spent four months evaluating this and built our own MCP Governance Framework around four pillars: human-in-the-loop, authentication & access, approved server registry, and full transparency.
We just had the most honest conversation about AI governance I've heard in years — at the SFTI Roundtable during the Swiss AI Summit.
Banks aren't failing at AI because of the models. They're failing because they haven't answered: who is accountable when the AI is wrong?
"Technology leadership comes with a responsibility to give back — especially to the next generation of researchers and founders shaping AI's future."
Available for keynote speaking, board advisory, academic collaboration, executive education, and media commentary on responsible AI and GenAI in financial services.
contact@sinawulfmeyer.ai