40: How CEO Elizabeth Rossiello became one of the 1.5% of female fintech founders globally
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My guest today is Elizabeth Rossiello the CEO and founder of AZA Finance, a fintech company which is accelerating global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure.
In this episode Elizabeth tells us how she became one of the 1.5% of female fintech founders globally.
Elizabeth also gives us a lesson on cryptocurrency, and tells us the most important money lessons she is tecahing her young daughters.
Before founding AZA, Elizabeth was a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, consulting for the Grameen Foundation and the Gates Foundation, as well as working with regulators and on legislation for financial innovations.
She previously co-chaired the World Economic Forum's Council on Blockchain, and been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker in digital assets and fintech for Uni California Berkeley, Oxford University, and MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
She holds an M.A. in International Business and Finance from Columbia University.
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