Shane Williams (Vice Chair)

Professionally, Shane has worked in the financial service industry for over 25 years, taking on various senior roles in US and foreign banks and global consulting firms. Shane spent time as an Auction Rate Agent at Bankers Trust, Client Services Analyst at Barclays Bank, a Derivatives Risk Manager at Citi Bank, and Societe General he held several roles as an IT Lending Business Analyst SME and the Internal Controller for the US Debt Financing Team, to name a few. He became an expat project manager on special assignment in Societe Generale’s headquarters in Paris, France, and later returned to New York as the Deputy COO of Americas Operations. Later on, Shane transitioned his career into consulting where he utilized his industry banking expertise at multiple consulting firms, and later joined the global French management consulting firm Sia Partners as a partner in their New York office heading up their Corporate Banking and Commercial Lending practice. Shane later relocated to start the Sia Partners office in Charlotte. While at Sia Partners, he has held various roles including Group Chief Client Officer.  Since moving to Charlotte, Shane has been active in the local Fintech ecosystem, partnering with RevTech Labs and serving on the UNC Charlotte School of Data Science Industry Advisory Board as one of the founding advisory board members. Shane holds a BS in Finance from Peter J Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University, an MBA from John Chambers College of Business and Economics at WVU, and a Master’s in International Business From Grenoble Ecole de Management in Grenoble, France.