Our core team and advisors have extensive relevant experience in loyalty, finance, capital markets, and technology development
The ACE Board
Atanas Christov
- Serial entrepreneur, seasoned executive, 27 years in relevant roles
- Built a Loyalty Finance & Strategy advisory, Affinia Volo Inc. (New York)
- Senior McKinsey consultant focusing on Airlines and Financial Institutions
- Experience in loyalty finance, strategy advisory, consultancy of airlines and financial institutions
- Harvard Business School graduate
Jerry Baker
- Entrepreneur with 31 years of experience in international insurance
- Co-founder and Chairman of Benefit Architects, insurance brokerage firm
- Founder and CEO of LifeSpan Partners, life insurance distribution company
The ACE Advisors
Dimitar Karaivanov
- Executive with 15+ years of experience in finance and strategy
- EVP of Financial Services and Corporate Development at Community Bank System
- Former MD, Middle Market Advisory, FIG at Lazard and MD at FIG Investment Bank RBC Capital Markets
Howard Wettan
- 20+ years of experience in the fintech space, licensing and commercial transactions in the payments sector
- General Counsel at Deep Labs; Former Partner at White & Case LLP and Senior in-house Attorney at both Visa and Apple
- Counsel to participants in recent loyalty finance deals for U.S. airlines
Michael Simon
- Principal at Damaron LLC, experienced attorney in financial services regulation, providing consulting services to Exchanges and Broker-Dealers
- For 18 years Head of the Legal and Regulatory Division of the International Securities Exchange
- For 9 years Assistant Director at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Head of SEC’s CAT project
Miguel Dembinski
- Executive with 30+ years of experience in aviation finance
- Former MD, Head of Aviation, Structured Finance Office for EMEA, MUFG Bank; Worked at Banque Indosuez, Credit Agricole and DVB Bank
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate