CAPACITY BUILDING & EDUCATION
LEAD THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF FINANCIAL SUPERVISION
The digitization, datafication and globalization of financial markets is triggering a paradigm shift in financial regulation and supervision. Financial authorities are seeking competent innovation leaders to overhaul legacy systems and culture, upgrade processes and tools, and guide them into the future. The Cambridge SupTech Lab delivers career-enhancing professional development for public sector managers and specialists to lead the digital transformation of government agencies and services, with a focus on financial sector supervision.
Our methodology
Joining the Cambridge Suptech Lab Professional and Executive Education programmes provides you with the opportunity to access ground-breaking research, collaboratively develop new analytical frameworks and cutting-edge suptech applications, and investigate and experiment with innovative digital tools for market intelligence and oversight. Offering a blend of interactive and integrated learning techniques, the Lab delivers world-class online leadership education and experiential training that empower public sector leaders to deliver more inclusive, resilient, transparent and sustainable economies and financial markets.
Learn. Experience. Build.
Our Programmes
14 Aug – 22 SEP
6 weeks
25 Sep – 3 Nov
6 weeks
6 Nov – 15 Dec
6 weeks
Shaping leadership & transformation
Change is the new constant. As the tides of the financial sector continue ebbing toward the increasingly digital and interconnected future, our Programmes equip participants across the evolving supervisory environment to become Innovation Leaders.
Supervisor of the Future: SupTech Frontiers Programme focuses on the paradigm shift in financial supervision that is triggered by the rise of fintech and digital assets. The curriculum, assignments, and live sessions enable deeper understanding of emerging digital technologies and innovative business models, demystify the complexities of evolving supervisory environments, and support participants in the creation of suptech applications to address the challenges they face to effectively supervise the financial market. Read more.
Distilling the Digital Ocean: Practical Data Science in Financial Supervision Programme centres on applying best practices and cutting-edge tools to achieve data-driven supervision through a series of theoretical modules and hands-on exercises. Designed for both supervisors and data scientists, the course equips participants with the skills to unlock the full potential of data science while maintaining ethical and responsible data collection, handling, and analysis using AI and other advanced technologies. Read more.
Leading Transformation: Product and Organizational Innovation Programme furthers the capacity of the participants to be the visionary and effective leaders of the digital transformation of financial supervision. Diving into techniques for data-driven and user centered solutions design, change management, and products and organisational innovation, the course supports the participants proofs of concept of cutting-edge, scalable suptech applications and bring about prototype development and deployment. Read more.
Instructors, lecturers and guest speakers
Technologists, data scientists, current and former supervisors, policy and regulatory experts, economists, entrepreneurs, researchers, product managers, designers, coders, and business strategists with global and local expertise sit at the centre of our educational approach. Our courses leveraging their first-hand experience and practical case studies from around the globe to provide courses that are grounded in real world challenges and solutions.
Programme lecturers and guest speakers

Matt Grasser
Cambridge SupTech Lab

Juliet Ongwae
Cambridge SupTech Lab

Jose Miguel Mestanza
Cambridge SupTech Lab

Giovanni Bandi
University of Cambridge

Simone di Castri
Cambridge SupTech Lab

Louis de Koker
La Trobe University

Chris Butler
Lead Product Manager, Google
2022 Inaugural Innovation Leadership Programme

Muthoni Wanyoike
Data Scientist and Artificial Intelligence Embassador

Cennydd Bowles
Information Comissioner’s Office

Joanne Horgan
Regnology

Curtis Matlock
Proto

Kimmo Soramäki
Financial Network Analytics

Jo Ann Barefoot
Alliance for Innovative Regulationt

Pia Roman
UNSGA

Francesca Hopwood Road
BIS Innovation Hub

Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago

Kwame Oppong
Bank of Ghana

Lindsey Richardson
University of British Columbia

Adam Scott
CFPB

Anna Wallace
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Noel Guinto
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Juan Carlos Izaguirre
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
Tutors

Juliet Ongwae
Cambridge SupTech Lab

Lesly Goh
Cambridge Judge Business School Fellow

Salvador Chang
Consultant Digital Financial Inclusion

Arend Kulenkampff
GovTech Consultant

Chris Guess
Duke Reporters’ Lab

Jose Miguel Mestanza
Cambridge SupTech Lab

Mark Anthony Perez
Moody’s Analytics

Nick Clark
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

Philip Rowan
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

Rochelle Momberg
Digital Frontiers Institute

Sergio Jose de Mesquita
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor

Giovanni Bandi
University of Cambridge
2022 Programmes

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Alumni
Panu Kampanakorn
Assistant Director
Bank of Thailand
Thailand
Jirawat Palungvitvatana
Assistant Director
Bank of Thailand
Thailand
Waruth Tanratanapatanakul
Senior Examiner
Bank of Thailand
Thailand
Passawuth Nuntnarumit
Senior analyst
Bank of Thailand
Thailand
Bovonvich Jindarak
Deputy Director
Bank of Thailand
Thailand
Soranut Midtrapanon
Senior IT Auditor
Bank of Thailand
Thailand
Saulo Medeiros de Araujo
Assessor
Central Bank of Brazil
Brazil
Ramon silva vilarins
Analyst
Central Bank of Brazil
Brazil
Lead The Journey To Digitally Transform Financial Supervision
Financial Assistance Might Be Available For Participants From Emerging Economies And Developing Countries. If Funding Is A Challenge, Please Connect With Us.
Beyond Education:
Prototypes And Solutions Development
The Lab is de-risking the prototyping of new solutions and the procurement of cutting-edge suptech applications. Sponsorship for the development, testing and deployment of solutions designed by the participants who graduate from our education programmes might be available.