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Mr. Keith Bear is currently a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre of Alternative Finance (CCAF). Keith was responsible globally for the strategy and development of IBMβs business in financial markets, working extensively with global clients on their major transformation programmes. He has worked extensively with financial markets infrastructure firms, trade finance organisations and banks such on deployment of blockchain technologies. Keith is also a Board Advisor to three blockchain fintechs, and a lead mentor for the Barclayβs Techstars Fintech accelerator.
Keith holds a First Class Degree in Physics from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, an MSc (Distinction) in Particle Physics from University of London, and completed an IBM Master in Business Management programme at London School of Economics. He is a member of IBMβs Industry Academy and a Board Director for the Enterprise Data Management Council.