Bonnie Buchanan
director of the Sustainable and Explainable FinTech (SAEF) Center
Bonnie Buchanan is a professor at the University of Surrey and director of the UK-based Sustainable and Explainable FinTech (SAEF) Center. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Risk Finance between 2013 and 2021. Previously,
she was the Fulbright Finland Distinguished Chair in
Business and Economics at Hanken School of Economics.
Contributions to the Fintech Sector
in June 2019, Buchanan testified to the US Congress as a witness at the House of Financial Services' Task Force providing expert views on the use of artificial intelligence in financial services.
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