Responsible AI · Financial Services · Leadership

Dr. Sina
Wulfmeyer

Chief Data Officer shaping Agentic AI in Financial Services — ensuring responsible innovation, governance, and digital trust at scale.

CDO & ExCo · Unique AI AI Advisor Keynote Speaker ETH & HSG Lecturer ISO Expert
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Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer
"Technology should enhance human potential,
not replace it."
#11 Top Voices in IT & Tech
Switzerland · Story Matters 2026
AIGP
AIGP Certified
AI Governance Professional · IAPP
Favikon
Top 200 LinkedIn Creators
Switzerland · Favikon
My Impact at Unique AI  ·  unique.ai ↗
$55M
Capital Raised
Led by a Series A of $35M
120+
People
Zurich · Berlin · London · NYC · Singapore
40+
FS Clients
Efficient worldwide coverage
30,000+
Financial Professionals
Using Unique AI in production
50+
Publications
research, frameworks & reports
The AI Opportunity I Work In
$1.8T
Global AI Market by 2030
McKinsey Global Institute
80%
of banks piloting GenAI
by end of 2025
1000×
AI Model Scaling
parameter growth 2019–2025
130+
EU Digital Laws (2025)
Zenner/CEPS Dataset, July 2025
70+
GenAI Projects Reviewed
GenAI Zürich 2026 Jury
About

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 AI — 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 120+ FTEs, drove a Series A close at $55M, 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 across 20+ global sites. I hold a Dr. phil. in Finance (magna cum laude) from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and teach at ETH Zurich, HSG, and HEC Lausanne.

I founded the AI Governance Roundtable for FSI Switzerland in 2024 and serve as jury member at GenAI Zürich. I also sit on the ISO expert council in Switzerland for AI and cybersecurity certification.

Current Role
Chief Data Officer & ExCo Member · Unique AI, Zurich
Areas of Expertise
Responsible & Ethical AI
AI Governance & EU AI Act
GenAI & Agentic AI in FinServ
Data Protection & ISO Compliance
Board-Level AI Literacy
Scale-up Leadership & Team Building
Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer at AI Mountain Summit
Awards
2025Top 100 Women in Data & AI — ETH Zurich
2025Visionary Catalyst — GenAI Zürich Community
2024Diamond Star: #1 Woman in Banking & Fintech Germany — Handelsblatt
Education
Dr. phil. Finance, magna cum laude · HSG St. Gallen
Sustainable Business Strategy · Harvard Business School Online, 2021
Diplom-Kauffrau (MSc equiv.), top 10% · Uni Mannheim
How I Lead

Leadership
Principles

01
Client Focus
Dedicated to understanding and exceeding client expectations, I focus on delivering tailored digital solutions that align with their strategic goals.
02
Implementation First
Navigate uncharted territories to deliver practical solutions. Passionate about leading AI initiatives that transform vision into tangible outcomes through focused execution and clear KPI measures.
03
Strategic Communication & Learning
Skilled at engaging diverse audiences and C-level executives by translating complex, data- and AI-driven ideas into actionable insights.
Speaking

Keynotes &
Panels

Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer at the AI Mountain Summit, Laax
Keynote
From Pilot to Profit: What AI Use Cases Across Industries Can Learn from Financial Services
AI Mountain Summit · Laax, Switzerland · May 2026
How AI initiatives make the leap from experiment to real economic value — and what other industries can learn from the disciplined approach of regulated financial services.
Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer at the WEF AI House Davos 2026 roundtable
Roundtable · WEF Davos
Building Global Trust in AI: From Principles to Evidence-Based Governance
AI House Davos · World Economic Forum · January 20, 2026
50-minute moderated roundtable with Turing Award laureate Yoshua Bengio, ETH AI Center director Andreas Krause, and leaders from SAP, Celonis, Check Point, IMDA, Accenture and LatticeFlow — on closing the gap between high-level AI governance principles and the technical evidence required to operationalize trust at scale. Watch the replay →
Sina Wulfmeyer moderating the Family.Firm.Future 2026 panel
Panel · Moderator
Produktivität, Prozesse, Prognosen — KI konkret im Familienbetrieb
Family.Firm.Future · 2026
Moderated a panel with leaders from Breuninger and Onvy HealthTech on what AI deployment really looks like inside family-owned businesses — from production to forecasting.
Sina Wulfmeyer on a Leadership Summit panel in London
Keynote
Leadership, Strategy, Impact: Leading AI in Regulated Industries
Leadership Summit · 2026
On how senior leaders set AI strategy, build governance muscle, and convert vision into measurable outcomes in regulated sectors.
Sina Wulfmeyer presenting at the University of Oxford
Keynote
AI Failures Are Already Happening at Scale
University of Oxford · 2026
What recent AI incidents — from data breaches to model failures — teach us about why governance must move from policy to practice.
Sina Wulfmeyer on a speaking panel
Keynote
From Data to Trust: AI in High-Stakes Sectors
ETH Zurich AI+X Summit · 2025
How financial institutions can operationalise AI trust — from governance frameworks to human oversight at scale.
Sina Wulfmeyer speaking at a Handelsblatt event
Regular Speaker
GenAI in Finance & AI Governance
Handelsblatt Events · since 2022
A recurring fixture at Germany's most prestigious business media events, covering GenAI adoption, regulation, and responsible implementation.
University of St. Gallen
Keynote
Bridging Campus & Practice: AI in the Real World
Thesis Impact Summit, HSG · 2025
The gap between AI research and enterprise deployment — and how leaders, academics, and institutions can close it together.
Oliver Wyman
Keynote
KI in Deutschland: Einblicke aus der Praxis
Oliver Wyman · 2025
Hands-on lessons from deploying GenAI at scale in German-speaking financial institutions — from pilot to production.
AI Governance Responsible AI EU AI Act GenAI in Finance Agentic AI Board Literacy Data Protection ISO 42001 Prompt Engineering Digital Trust
Speaker Reels

Watch Me
On Stage

Reel coming soon
Feb 2026 · ETH Zurich
Unique × LatticeFlow at ETH
ETH Zurich · February 2026 · MP4 to be released
Studyond x HSG Alumni event
Apr 2026 · HSG Alumni
Studyond × HSG Alumni
University of St. Gallen · April 2026
AI Mountain Summit keynote
Jun 2026 · Keynote
AI Mountain Summit, Laax
From Pilot to Profit · June 2026
Credentials

What People
Say

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Prof. Jan Marco Leimeister
Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
“
The ease with which you connected with us, answered our questions with sincerity, and created such an open atmosphere made it one of the most interesting sessions for me. From the conversations I had afterwards, I know several of my colleagues felt the same.
Daniela Muc
Daniela Muc
Participant, MAS in AI & Digital Technology · ETH Zurich
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Manuel Kessler
Participant, CAS AI & Management · University of St. Gallen (HSG)
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Dr. Marco Wallner
Dr. Marco Wallner
Referent AI, BVR — Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken · Participant, Handelsblatt AI in Banking Seminar
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Stefanie Auge-Dickhut
Stefanie Auge-Dickhut
Head CC Future Financial Services, Mitglied der GL · Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen AG
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Prof. Christine Legner
Prof. Christine Legner
Professor of Information Systems, HEC Lausanne · Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ)
Teaching & Lecturing

Academic
Engagement

ETH Zurich
2025 – present
  • MAS in AI & Digital Technology
  • CAS Data and Machine Learning
  • CAS AI and Software Development
  • CAS Cloud and Mobile Computing
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
2022 – present
  • EMBA Programme
  • CAS Big Data & AI
  • CAS Sales Management (AI module)
  • AI & Data Leadership
HEC Lausanne & HWZ Zurich
2022 – present
  • Data Science & Management (HEC Lausanne)
  • EMBA Digital Leadership (HWZ Zurich)
Research & Writing

Selected
Publications

Jun 2026
Article
The Use of AI in the Financial Sector: Opportunities, Compliance & a Swiss Perspective
Unique AI
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Apr 2026
Handelsblatt Interview
«Mehrwert durch KI – eine Frage der Balance»
Handelsblatt — Smart Digital Law Brandreport (joint with DLA Piper)
PDF →
Apr 2026
Practical Guide
A Practical Guide to AI Risk Management in Finance and the Unique AI Approach
Unique AI
Read →
Apr 2026
Interview
«Verantwortungsvolle KI ist keine Bremse – sie ist der Wachstumsmotor»
AI Mountain Summit
Read →
Apr 2026
Report · GenAI Zürich
What 70 GenAI Projects Taught Us About What Actually Works
GenAI Zurich — Business & Technical View
Read →
Feb 2026
Industry Report
Building Trustworthy AI Frameworks in Financial Institutions: The "What" and the "How"
Unique AI — SFTI Roundtable, Swiss AI Summit
Read →
Oct 2025
Framework
Unique's MCP Governance Framework
Unique AI
Read →
View all 26+ publications →
Latest Thinking

From
LinkedIn

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Advisory & Initiatives

Where I
Shape the Field

FINMA
AI Governance Roundtable FSI Switzerland
Founder & Moderator · 2024
~20 participants incl. SIX, Pictet, Julius Baer, EFG. Led concept, planning, and whitepaper series.
IMDA
Global AI Assurance Project
Project Lead · AI Verify, IMDA Singapore · 2025
Led cross-jurisdiction evaluation of real-world GenAI applications in financial services, establishing emerging norms for responsible AI testing globally.
ISO
ATTESTA — ISO Expert Council
Senior Subject Matter Expert · 2024
Expert on ISO 42001 (AI governance), ISO 27001 (cybersecurity), and SOC 2 certification for SaaS companies in regulated financial markets.
DACH
MCP Legal Roundtable for FSI
Initiator · DACH · Nov 2025
Founded the first DACH forum to draft an MCP governance addendum — cross-disciplinary collaboration between FSI institutions, legal experts, and associations.
GenAI
GenAI Zürich
Jury Member · 2026
Reviewing 70+ real-world GenAI applications at one of Europe's most prominent AI summits, helping define what production-ready AI really means.
HSG
HSG Alumni — AI Ambassador
Ambassador for AI Topics · since 2023
Representing the University of St. Gallen alumni network as a trusted voice on AI strategy, governance, and responsible innovation.
Mentoring & Coaching

Mentoring &
Coaching

"Beyond my executive role, I mentor and coach the next generation of AI talent — students, founders, and researchers building responsibly at the frontier."

Advisor · since 2023
Studyond, Switzerland
Supporting an early-stage GenAI platform connecting students and academics to create more impactful theses. Serve as AI Governance Advisor on a pro bono basis. studyond.com →
AI Startup Mentor · since 2023
HEC Paris — Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), France
Supporting early-stage startups in AI governance, product strategy, and data protection / legal aspects. CDL mentors →
Mentor · since 2020
University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
Advise Master and Ph.D. students on AI, finance, and career direction. HSG mentoring →
Get in Touch

Let's discuss responsible AI for your organisation.

Open to keynote invitations, advisory engagements, and selective consulting on AI governance, GenAI in financial services, and ISO certification.

sina@sinawulfmeyer.ai →