Sunayna Tuteja is recognized for leading change at the nexus of finance, tech and policy. She most recently served as the first Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Reserve System, where she built and led the Fed’s innovation agenda across the 12 Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors. Her work spanned both deploying emerging technologies within the institution and helping shape policy on developments transforming the financial system - including artificial intelligence, stablecoins, tokenization, quantum computing, and the future of money and payments.

With more than a decade of global experience as a builder, operator and investor across TradFi, fintech, crypto and central banking, Sunayna is known for helping organizations meet the moment - solving gnarly problems and translating bold ideas into practical execution, shipped outcomes and measurable value. Before joining the Federal Reserve, she built corporate venture and digital-assets practices at TD Ameritrade, developed strategic technology and data partnerships across the United States and Asia, and led major digital-transformation initiatives at TD Bank in Canada and the United States.

Today, Sunayna is back to her entrepreneurial roots - actively angel investing while advising startups, think tanks, global policymakers and private-sector leaders on navigating the emerging tech landscape to maximize opportunity whilst minimizing risk.

Throughout her career, Sunayna has created the conditions for active engagement by bringing together leaders from government, Silicon Valley, academia, and industry to align incentives and convene the kind of spicy conversations that lead to meaningful collaboration, lasting relationships, and real progress.

When Sunayna is not nerding out about all things innovation and making good trouble, you can find her adventuring the skies in her Cessna.