Faculty & Mentors
Taught by people who have actually done it.
At least 70% of faculty hold or have held operational roles. The rest are academics, researchers and specialist skills faculty.
The bench we're building
Here is the bench of our faculty by profile.
- Digital asset supervisors: securities or conduct regulators · 2 seats
- DeFi & perimeter; policy craft
- Central bank payments and CBDC leads · 2 seats
- Stablecoins & CBDCs; cross-border payments
- FIU director or senior analyst · 1 seat
- AML/CFT
- Former FATF or FSRB assessor · 1 seat
- AML/CFT; Travel Rule
- MLROs and Chief Compliance Officers from licensed VASPs · 2 seats
- AML/CFT; Travel Rule & sanctions
- Bank financial crime head · 1 seat
- AML/CFT; payments
- Blockchain protocol engineer · 1 seat
- Foundations
- Custody and security specialist · 1 seat
- Foundations
- Blockchain analytics leads · 2 seats
- Foundations; RegTech & AI
- Financial services and fintech law partners · 2 seats
- DeFi; consumer protection & data
- Data protection specialist · 1 seat
- Privacy & data governance
- RegTech founder or executive · 1 seat
- RegTech & AI
- AI governance specialist · 1 seat
- RegTech & AI
- Policy researchers and think tank directors · 2 seats
- Policy craft; Research Council
- Academic economist: monetary or development · 1 seat
- Stablecoins & CBDCs
- Exchange, stablecoin and payments founders · 3 seats
- Markets; firesides
- Negotiation and stakeholder engagement specialist · 1 seat
- Stakeholder engagement
- Executive communication and media coaches · 2 seats
- Leadership & communication
- Operating executive: COO or transformation lead · 1 seat
- Systems & institution building
- Ethics academic or professional standards lead · 1 seat
- Ethics
- Executive recruiter, compliance sector · 1 seat
- Career development
Target bench: ~30, with double that in reserve depth.
Faculty announcements begin 25th November, 2026. Join the mailing list to be notified.
Mentorship, treated as infrastructure
Mentorship is the most valued and most frequently mismanaged component of fellowship programmes. So we made it structural.
One mentor to one or two Fellows. Not a pool. Not a directory. A person.
Matched on five weighted inputs: career objective (30%), track and functional fit (25%), sector and jurisdiction relevance (20%), development need (15%), and your own ranked preference after a mentor showcase (10%).
Six sessions minimum across the sixteen weeks, then bi-monthly through a 12-month alumni year.
- Week 2 · Contracting
- Expectations, goals, boundaries, cadence. Signed agreement and development plan.
- Week 5 · Development
- Skills gaps and learning application
- Week 8 · Mid-point
- Progress review and capstone direction
- Week 11 · Depth
- Track work and professional branding
- Week 13 · Capstone
- Challenge and refinement
- Week 16 · Transition
- Career plan, introductions, next steps
Three warm introductions, minimum, per Fellow. That's a commitment we ask every mentor to make in writing.
Re-matching is available once, no-fault, at the mid-programme review. Chemistry either works or it doesn't, and pretending otherwise wastes everyone's time.
Teach on the Fellowship
We're recruiting practitioner faculty and mentors for the Founding Cohort.
The ask is modest and specific: a single session, a fortnightly track advisory slot, a fireside conversation, or a capstone examination panel. The offer is platform, visibility, early access to talent, and a contribution to something the continent needs.
Founding Cohort
Learn from people who have done the work.
Every Fellow is matched with a mentor for 16 weeks plus a 12-month alumni year.
Applications close 30th November, 2026.