Tokyo, Japan – July 17, 2023 – “GIG-A”, a global provider of multilingual financial services and one-stop financial services to Japan’s “underbanked”, today announced Camilo Sandoval to its advisory board.

“Camilo impressed us with his business acumen and FinTech expertise, " said GIG-A CEO Raul Allikivi. “His talents and experience will be invaluable as we accelerate our expansion in Japan and continue to evolve our financial services. We are excited to have Camilo on our Advisory Board and look forward to working closely with him.”

Sandoval has over 25 years of FinTech and HealthTech experience with a principal investment focus on early stage startups with technologies that can positively impact global digital payments and digital healthcare. Sandoval serves on several boards and spends a significant amount of his time scouting for world-class, technology companies. He previously served as the White House Senior Advisor on Artificial Intelligence policy development and the Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States. He also served as the Chief Information Officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, overseeing the largest integrated health care system and financial services organization in the United States. Prior to that, Sandoval worked at American Express, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and FISERV.

“As Japan faces severe labor shortages estimated upwards of 21 million over the coming years, the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is looking at expanding the nation's foreign worker program,” said Sandoval. “I am looking forward to helping GIG-A grow its market share and product offering as it's well positioned to provide crucial financial services to multilingual foreign workers and their families when they move to Japan.”