Brian Paniagua

More than 30 years of experience in the Financial Services industry in the Dominican Republic. His banking career began at Chase Manhattan Bank in the Corporate area. He was Executive Vice President of Banco Mercantil, in the Personal Banking area, managing credit card programs and branches.

For four years he held the position of CFO at Grupo Financiero León.

Since 2008, he was a founding member of GCS Systems, the most relevant FinTech in the Dominican Republic specialized in state-of-the-art technology for processing large-scale financial transactions; with a focus on the development of mobile solutions and the personalized implementation of special projects for corporate institutions. Lead the expansion of GCS in Latin America and the Caribbean promoting digital transformation as a way to improve people's lives and finances.

Boards/Committees:

• Member Board of Directors GCS International (2009 – Present)

• Member Board of Directors United Way Dominican Republic (2018-2020)

A non-profit organization with the furthest reach in the world, develops projects to support

education and entrepreneurship in vulnerable sectors.

• Member Board of Directors VISANET Dominican Republic (2002-2004) Credit Card

Acquiring company.

• Member Board of Directors CICLA: Centro de Información Crediticia de las América (2001- 2003) Credit Bureau services

• Member and Advisor VISA International Operating rules Committee, representing Dominican Republic and Latin America LATAM (1999-2002)

23 years of consulting experience supporting corporate clients in strategy projects, organizational development, and operations in Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada.

Senior consultant at the firm Xtrategies in Miami, where he developed strategies for card issuers and acquirers, neobanks and processors in nine markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. He worked on new product development, digital banking strategies, procurement and implementation of processing solutions, development and implementation of loyalty programs, operations strategy, fraud prevention, collection management, organizational redesign, and change management.

Co-founder and director of Loyalty Marketing, where he developed strategies, business cases, new products, loyalty programs and sales incentive programs in the banking, telecommunications and retail sectors in Venezuela.

Manager at the consulting firm Arthur D. Little, in its Caracas office, where he supported leading corporations in strategy and new business projects, product development, organization and performance management, procurement strategy, and operations in the banking, mass consumption and energy.