Benedikt Wahler is Partner for Inclusive and Digital Finance at ConsumerCentriX, where he has built up the financial services practice since 2014. He has delivered more than 50 strategy consulting projects covering some 40 emerging markets serving leading banks, insurers, fintechs and microfinance institutions. The solutions he has helped pioneer for un- and underserved segments have reached more than 8 million retail clients and hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and small businesses. In the past 15 years, he has also advised central banks and other policy makers on creating an enabling environment for inclusive finance, and authored global best practice reports and prepared toolkits on policy, digital finance, savings, non-financial services and serving women SMEs. Together with the rest of the ConsumerCentriX team, Benedikt has since 2022 pioneered market research, strategy and solution design focused on young entrepreneurs on behalf of EBRD covering 17 markets and advising 8 financial institutions. Benedikt is a chartered banker and former investment professional active in financial services since 1998, and holds degrees from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and Johns Hopkins SAIS.