Alexander Pariyskiy & Raphael Bick
Alexander Pariyskiy is an associate partner whilst Raphael Bick is also a partner at McKinsey & Company.
Pariyskiy brings deep expertise in banking, strategy and private capital, driving McKinsey’s work in digital banking across Southeast Asia. A mathematician by training and banker by background, Pariyskiy has collaborated extensively with global and regional digital banks, fintechs, and leading ecosystem players. He specializes in helping clients plan, build, and realize value in digital banking and lending ventures, encompassing market entry strategy, product design, blueprinting new ventures, forming partnerships, achieving profitability, scaling up, and preparing for investor engagements. Additionally, Pariyskiy advises traditional banks on growth, digital transformation, data monetization, ecosystem partnerships, and digital ventures.
Bickis a partner in McKinsey Digital, heading both its Technology practice and its tech delivery unit, Build by McKinsey, in Asia-Pacific. He serves clients across the region on strategizing and implementing digital, AI and technology programs, with a sectoral focus in financial services and consumer. Bick has deep expertise in working with companies on their digital, AI and technology transformation, building and scaling tech-enabled businesses, and establishing high-performing digital product, engineering and analytics teams. He also advises clients on technology strategy, transformation and operating model topics, and is an expert on China technology localization. Raphael graduated at the top of his MBA class at INSEAD in Singapore.
Commentary
From automation to agency: Asia’s wealth leaders can reinvent, not just streamline
Singapore aced its FATF evaluation — now comes the hard part
Are Asia’s digital banks prepared for the stablecoin era?
Why APAC is building home-currency stablecoins
Why Southeast Asian wealth managers must design the business before buying the technology
Why trust in Asian banking increasingly gets built off the record
Hong Kong cleared stablecoins for take-off. Getting them to work across Asia is the hard part
The financing challenge behind Asia’s wealth transfer
Banks need to rethink identity governance for AI agents
From stablecoins to sovereignty: The rise of trust-based digital dollar systems