impact , that made people ’ s lives better . That ’ s how SAVVI was founded and our mission remains the same : to give high-quality financial advice to as many people as we can .”

Perhaps the most striking thing about SAVVI is the intellectual bearing to which it approaches problem-solving . It is a reminder that solid customer-centricity depends on mutual understanding , thorough investigation and the ability to analyse a problem critically and creatively . “ I think the most important part of my background is actually my engineering training ,” says Mourtzinou . “ My approach is to treat financial advice like a problem which needs a solution ; that ’ s what you need to do .”

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Title : Co-Founder and CEO Industry : Financial Services

Company : SAVVI Financial Location : Massachusetts , USA

Gina Mourtzinou is the CEO of SAVVI Financial , which she co-founded with Dimitris Bertsimas in 2013 . Holding a BSc in Communications Systems from the National Technical University of Athens and earning a PhD in Operations Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , she has a wealth of academic and career experience in the financial sector .

Mourtzinou co-founded portfolio optimisation software company Dynamic Ideas , also with Bertsimas , in 1999 , which was acquired by American Express after three years . Following eight years of working at Ameriprise Financial Services , Mourtzinou became Senior Portfolio Manager at the newly launched Alpha Dynamics in 2011 , before co-developing SAVVI two years later . www . fintechmagazine . com