Unlocking Potential: The Power of AI Tools in Transforming the Banking & Finance World

Will Liang is the CEO of Amplify AI Group (www.amplifygroup.ai) , a consulting firm which advises, builds and coaches AI for the finance industry. Amplify AI Group’s mission is to solve your hardest problems with AI and data.

Will Liang is an accomplished CTO in financial services with over 18 years experience leading AI, data and technology for asset management at MA Financial Group (previously Moelis & Co), served as enterprise architect and CIO for Macquarie Capital as part of a decade working at Macquarie Group and led KPMG’s national regulatory technology practice where he was managing a team of 64 data engineers. 

His interest in data analytics and artificial intelligence has been long standing and includes travelling to Harvard for professional development in data and AI in 2019.

He is recognised internationally for his technology leadership, including as a Top Voice on Linkedin for Data Science and AI and was named as a Global Top 100 Data and Analytics leader by Corinium. He was also named the Top 100 CIO in Asia by CIO.com. In Australia, he was awarded an honorary fellowship at UTS for his work on AI education in 2024. 

He is currently serving as a non-executive director and treasurer for the RegTech Association’s board and contributes to leading financial services industry member organisations as a technology committee member. 

He has delivered over 20 keynotes and masterclasses in the last 12 months with a focus on  implementing data, technology and AI in organisations with a focus on practical implication of market leading technology innovation and data informed decision making.

His most recent keynote was at the TEDxSydney event on AI and humanity. The talk has been viewed over 118,000 times since being posted online in the first 2 months.