Sebastian Kreis

Sebastian is Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Xepelin, a Latin American fintech company that aims to be the leading SME digital bank in Latam. Prior to Xepelin, he was a Consultant at BCG where he led a multidisciplinary team to develop and execute several successful fintech products serving Fintech and Financial Services firms with a focus on digitization and technology. He has dedicated his efforts in leading teams and helping organizations to bring new digital experiences. Sebastian's experience goes across digital functions: digital strategy, at scale digital transformations, product development, omnichannel user experience strategy and advanced analytics. Prior to BCG, Sebastian co-founded and scaled Safecard from an idea to $2.0M in recurring revenue. Before Safecard, he was an Investment Banking VP at IM Trust (acquired by Credicorp) where he led over 30 M&A, capital market and private transactions totaling +$10Bn and the company’s international expansion into Peru.

Sebastian holds a Master in Business Administration from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business where he was co-president of the Latin American and Hispanic Business Association and co-founded the Haas Fintech Club. He is an Industrial Civil Engineer from Catholic University. He is certified Scrum Master for software development. Sebastian has also been involved in academia, serving in 2010-2013 as part time professor of Managerial Accounting & Corporate Finance in the school of engineering in Catholic University.

Education

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2015 — 2018)
• Master's degree, Electrical Engineering Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2007 — 2008)
• B.Sc. Industrial Engineering Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2003 — 2008)
• SkyDeck Global Venture Program University of California, Berkeley (2014 — 2014)

Companies

• Co-Founder & CEO Xepelin (2019)
• Board Member ComunidadFeliz.com (2017)
• Director Trigono Group (2016)
• CEO MbM Group (2018 — 2019)
• MBA | Class of 2018 University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2015 — 2018)
• Consultant Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2016 — 2017)
• Co-founder, CFO - Head of Business Operations Safecard (2014 — 2015)
• VP - Corporate Finance IB Credicorp Capital (2009 — 2014)
• Part Time Professor in Accounting, Financial Engineering and Applied Finance Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2010 — 2012)

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Venture Capital

Other

Strategy, Corporate Finance, Valuation, Investment Banking, Business Strategy, Financial Analysis, Start-ups, Financial Modeling, Entrepreneurship