isePankur Advisory Board

isePankur’s advisory board is made of world class experts in the field of finance and technology.

Bernd Strenitz
Bernd is the financial consultant for isePankur. Bernd was recently part of the Strata Partners, an independent European investment banking firm that provides buy-side, sell-side, capital raising and IPO advisory services to technology, applied technology and media companies. Bernd is a graduate from the London School of Economics and studied International Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics.

Jonathan Lewin
Jonathan advises isePankur on strategy and customer-orientated technology development. Jonathan founded and was CEO of eMeta Corporation, a commerce software company subsequently acquired by Macrovision, where he was VP Corporate Development. He holds a BA from Harvard University.

Dr Alexis Gallagher
Dr Alexis Gallagher serves as a technology and architecture advisor to isePankur. Alexis' main research interest include mathematical biology, computer algebras, and applications of computer languages to new problems. His professional advisory and consulting experience includes among others financial modelling and management consulting at Oliver Wyman & Co and Office.com.

Alexis hold a Bachelor's in Physics from Harvard University and a PhD in Mathematical Biology from University of Oxford.

William O'Shea
William O'Shea is the strategy advisor to isePankur. He is the Head of Strategy for BT, where he oversees key aspects of the consumer business. Prior to this role William worked in business development at Skype and wrote about business and technology for the New York Times and the Financial Times. He has been called "Person to Watch" by Time magazine and has been featured on National Public Radio, in New York magazine and in various other publications.

He holds a Bachelors degree from Wesleyan University and an MBA from London Business School, where he was awarded the Technology Scholarship.

Marko Rask
Marko consults isePankur on technology and banking issues. For the past three years he has been developing mission critical trading system and credit derivatives new generation pricing models at Commerzbank investment bank in London. Marko is a specialist in the field of information security and having worked with numerous banking experts he also improves isePankur’s know-how on financial processes.