Andrew McCormack

Andrew McCormack is an experienced payments executive with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Al Etihad Payments, the national payment system operator in the United Arab Emirates. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and is recognized as a thought leader in the payments space. Prior to joining Al Etihad Payments,

Andrew served as Centre Head of the Singapore BIS Innovation Hub, where he led a research portfolio on cross-border payments, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and regtech/suptech.

Andrew holds an Executive MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Bachelor of Computer Science from Carleton University.