Jeremy Balkin

Founder and President, Karma Capital

Jeremy K. Balkin is considered a leading international expert on ethics in banking, fintech and the strategic engagement of millennials in financial services. He is currently Head of Innovation for HSBC Bank USA based in New York, where he serves on the retail bank management committee and is responsible for the fintech innovation strategy for North America.

Jeremy K. Balkin is also the multi-award winning author of two books, Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good, and Millennialization of Everything: How to Win When Millennials Rule the World. The books have both received widespread international acclaim including the Gold Medal for Business Ethics at the Axiom Business Book Awards in 2016 and his talk at TEDx about ethics in finance has been viewed nearly half a million times on YouTube. He also serves as an adviser to the world’s leading fintech accelerator, StartupBootcamp in New York,

In 2017, Jeremy K. Balkin was named among the Top 35 Millennial Influencers in USA by the NBT Movement in Washington DC and recieved the Advance Global Australian Award for Financial Services from the Prime Minister of Australia. He has run six marathons and also received the UNSW Alumni Award for Achievement and been designated a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.