Tom Boedts is Chief Operations Officer for Aion Bank and manager of Aion Bank's Germany branch. In this role, he leads the operational roll out of Aion Bank's embedded finance strategy across Europe, working in close collaboration with technology partner Vodeno. Tom has helped to shape Aion Bank's embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) strategy since 2021. He led the deployment of the Bank's international branch network and designed its operating model and control framework for BaaS products. He previously served as General Counsel of Aion Bank.
Prior to Aion Bank, Tom was General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Affairs at the Belgian financial sector federation, Febelfin, where he managed advocacy and public affairs on a wide range of regulatory, legal, compliance and prudential topics. Tom also chaired the Legal Committee of the European Banking Federation, supporting advocacy for the Federation on legal matters.