Ivo Jeník currently leads CGAP’s project on regulatory architecture at the frontier, including work on tokenization in finance, competition, and open finance supervision. He also leads CGAP’s work related to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures, including collaboration with the Financial Action Task Force. Previously he led work on regulatory innovation (open finance, regulatory sandboxes, crowdfunding), capacity building for policy makers (regulation and supervision of digital financial services), and emerging business models in banking across continents.
His professional experience spans across both the private and public sectors. Before joining CGAP, he worked in the Responsible Financial Access team at the World Bank, where he specialized in financial consumer protection and alternative dispute resolution. His professional experience spans across both the private and public sector, including serving as a compliance officer at an investment company and as Head of the Collective Investment Department at the Czech Financial Ombudsman.
Ivo has a Master’s degree in Law from Columbia Law School in New York and a Master’s degree in Law from Charles University in Prague.