Altin Kadareja

Altin Kadareja is the CEO and co-founder of Cardo AI, a fintech company that helps institutional investors, banks and credit servicers to manage their private market investments with technology and artificial intelligence algorithms. The company is based in Milan, London and Tirana and includes a diverse talent pool of software developers, data scientist, investment professionals, and credit analysts. Altin and Cardo AI are committed to create a positive impact on the business, environment and society with finding new ways to match those in need of financing (typically Small-Medium enterprises and consumers) and institutions that originate credit facilities (typically banks, asset managers, pension funds, and insurance companies). By developing a better technology coupled with AI algorithms, Cardo AI is making a difference in matching savings and credit, for a more prosperous and sustainable society, by making granular loans tradable and investable, to SMEs and Individuals across all European markets. Prior to founding Cardo AI, Altin has covered several investment and risk management roles at BlackRock, Prometeia, Intesa Sanpaolo and Allianz Bank Financial Advisors across different European markets. He holds a master of science degree in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology from Bocconi University in Milan and followed an executive program in Risk Management at Imperial Business School in London. Altin is very passionate about finance, technology and data. All three ingredients that he engages in different communities, across all three offices of Cardo: Milan, London and Tirana. When in need of new ideas and fresh inspiration he travels the world to find the next surf best wave.