Bob Trojan is an asset-based lending professional, corporate strategist, FinTech consultant, financial inclusion, and education expert. He is President and CEO of Financial Services Insights, an advisory firm that specializes in global business communications strategy, FinTech, bank partnerships, operations, credit risk management, and regulatory affairs. From 2012-2017, Mr. Trojan was CEO of the Commercial Finance Association (CFA), the global trade organization representing the asset-based lending, supply chain finance, trade finance, and factoring industry. In that role, he designed comprehensive distance learning curriculums for asset-based lending professionals and positioned the CFA as a key legislative and regulatory advocacy resource for the secured lending industry. He also pioneered the CFA’s involvement in FinTech policymaking and launched the development of innovative technologies initiatives, including the first-ever CFA conference on FinTech, which brought together traditional industry players with new technology start-ups. Under his stewardship, the CFA was recognized by the World Bank as a global leader in secured finance education in developing markets.

Mr. Trojan advises multilateral bodies, such as the IFC, and financial institutions, on financial inclusion and FinTech programs, especially on the possibilities of FinTech for reforming credit infrastructure, including asset-based lending, insolvency, and credit reporting frameworks. Mr. Trojan serves as an official Observer on two UNCITRAL Working Groups (Secured Transactions and MSME Finance) and was appointed to the Trade Finance Advisory Council by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 2016. Mr. Trojan has provided training on SME finance trainings to financial institutions around the world.