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Nikos ToumpanakisNT

Nikos Toumpanakis

Revolut & Bain | Strategy & Tech | FinTech

On-demand
Dubai, AE
3-7 years
Fintech
Product management
Digital Transformation
Corporate strategy
Crypto

Average response time: 1 hour

About Nikos

Dare mighty things.

“Ex-MBB Consultant | FinTech Strategy & Ops Leader | Turning ambiguity into scalable solutions and shipped products”

Currently | Strategy & Operations Manager at Revolut, with experience in Savings and Crypto, focusing on new product launches, driving growth across markets, and leading cross-functional initiatives, with ownership over key metrics and outcomes.

Previously | Management Consultant at Bain & Company, focused on financial services and private equity, with experience in strategy, technology, and commercial due diligence.

I operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, turning ambiguous problems into scalable solutions, and ideas into shipped products.
Private Equity
Banking and Financial Services
Consulting and Audits
Software Publishing

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Greek

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Revolut
    Mid Strategy & Operations Manager
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2026 - Today (7 months)
    Dubai City, United Arab Emirates
    Fast-track promotion | Crypto Department
    • New product launch, market research, partnerships with key DeFi players, and navigating complex internal governance processes (risk assessments, cross-functional workshops, end-to-end specifications)
    • Cross-functional delivery across FinCrime, Legal, Finance, and external partners / regulators, ensuring compliant and timely rollout of strategic initiatives
    Crypto Fintech Partnerships Product Development Project Management
  • Revolut
    Strategy & Operations Manager
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    August 2024 - December 2025 (1 year and 4 months)
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Savings Department & Crypto Department

    • Owned product strategy and commercial levers for Savings' flagship product, as acting Product Owner
    • Drove +36% AUM growth and +44% gross profit, launching in new markets
    • Built data-based processes leveraging automations and AI, reducing operational load
    Project Management Product management Process optimisation Product strategy Data analysis
  • Bain & Company
    Management Consultant
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    September 2022 - September 2024 (2 years)
    Milan, Italy
    Ringfenced in Enterprise Technology, Financial Services, and Private Equity.

    • Delivered strategy, transformation, and commercial due diligence projects; ranked top 15% globally


    Selected impact
    • Private Equity CDDs: Assessed targets with up to €350M EBITDA across payments, luxury, and industrials; built commercial, operating, and financial models to test hypotheses and put forth data-driven investment decisions
    • Digital Transformation (FS): Prioritised >400 tech initiatives, improved project delivery performance (budget / timeliness) from 54% to 96%, and streamlined IT capacity needs by 15% (~18k days/year), while directly interacting with C-Suite / BoD
    • Core Banking Modernisation (FS): Led cost-basis modelling (>€350M value at stake over a 15-year timespan) and defined MECE strategic transformation paths spanning both legacy and new-gen tech architectures
    • Value Creation Strategy (FS): Assayed performance across 3 major segments of banking activity (Corporate, Retail, and Efficiency), analyzing >150 organizational KPIs and identifying areas for improvement, to design a 3-year roadmap, comprising initiatives and actions, and delivering exceptional value (+15% ROE YoY)
    • Data Governance, Strategy, and Compliance (FS): Delved extensively into the as-is state of Data Governance / Quality / Strategy (>50 top stakeholders), executed an exhaustive compliance gap assessment (BCBS 239 & RDARR), and conceptualized compliant - yet realistic - deliverables (Target Operating Model, Risk Data Strategy, Data Governance Policy)
    Due Diligence Corporate Strategy Business analysis Data analysis Digital Transformation
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Education

  • Bachelor in International and European Studies (Economics)
    University of Piraeus
    2022
    ▪ Total GPA: 8.3/10.0 (top 10%) ▪ Economics GPA: 8.8/10.0 (top 5%) ▪ Nationwide exams: Top 0.2% (~97K candidates)
  • Minor in Finance
    Deree, The American College of Greece (ACG)
    2021
    ▪ Total GPA: 4.00/4.00 (1st in cohort) ▪ Awards: ACG Merit Scholarship; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Excellence Scholarship

Skill set

Compliance
Due Diligence
Customer Segmentation and Analysis
IT Strategy
Target Operating Model
Business Plan Development
Market-Sizing and Growth Trend Analysis
Corporate Strategy
Project Management
Data analysis
Process optimisation
Financial reconciliations
Product strategy
Savings & investments
Python
SQL
Product Development
IT Project Management

Categories

  • Management Consultant
  • Strategy Consultant
  • Tech Executive