Alexander Ball

Global Programme Director at Block Dojo

Alexander Ball's work experience can be summarized as follows:

- Programme Director & Co-Founder at Block Dojo since January 2022.

- Previously, worked as an Innovation Programmes Officer of the Barclays Accelerator at Barclays from October 2018 to January 2022.

- Served as a Managing Fintech Consultant at ING, leading a team responsible for finding and evaluating fintech partnerships to support ING's strategy from 2016 to 2018.

- Also co-founded an initiative within the ING Innovation Studio, securing €1 million in funding and managing all aspects of the project from 2015 to 2016.

- Prior to that, worked as a Market Data Manager and Unix Support Team Leader at ING, accountable for managing market data service delivery and implementing the global RMDS system from 2010 to 2015.

- Started their career as a Market Data Technical Consultant at the Bank of England, maintaining market data platforms and implementing cost-saving opportunities from 2007 to 2010.

- Worked as an IT Infrastructure Support Analyst at Old Mutual, overseeing the implementation and support of IT systems from 2002 to 2007.

Alexander Ball attended the University of Bedfordshire from 1998 to 2001, where they obtained a BSc degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Visualisation and Animation.

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Timeline

  • Global Programme Director

    July 1, 2023 - present

  • Programme Director & Co-Founder

    January, 2022