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About the founder
Courtney Williams
Courtney Williams is an executive advisor and former Accenture strategy leader with over 15 years of experience in digital finance, innovation strategy, and financial market infrastructure transformation. An alumnus of HEC Paris and member of the Accenture Alumni Network, he operates at the intersection of policy, technology, and operating model design.
He currently advises the Banque de France within its wholesale CBDC program, contributing to international initiatives and shaping the evolution of next-generation DLT-based market infrastructures.
Over the past decade, he has advised central banks, financial institutions, payment service providers, and emerging Web3 ventures on the design and modernization of payments, capital markets, and digital asset infrastructures.
His work spans major international initiatives led with institutions including the Banque de France, the Eurosystem, and the Bank for International Settlements - Innovation Hub. He has led and contributed to large-scale international consortia involving over 90 stakeholders across central and commercial banks, coordinating complex design, policy, and architecture efforts across jurisdictions.
His experience includes flagship programs such as Project Jura, as well as contributions to mBridge, Agora, Mandala Phase 2, and Pontes–Appia, covering policy assessment, target architecture design, operating model definition, and multi-stakeholder coordination.
After a decade shaping and delivering large-scale transformation programs within leading global consulting firms, Courtney chose to establish an independent advisory practice to continue this work with greater focus, selectivity, and long-term impact. His background also includes operating model redesign, post-merger architecture convergence, and regulatory-driven transformation across global financial institutions.
Through Clius Global Partners, he advises institutions and innovators navigating the structural transformation of financial systems, from emerging settlement assets to next-generation market infrastructures.
Certified in enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ArchiMate), he brings a structured and rigorous approach to system design and transformation, combining architectural depth with pragmatic delivery and governance awareness.
His work is recognized for translating complex regulatory, technological, and geopolitical dynamics into actionable strategies, executable roadmaps, and credible ecosystem partnerships—bridging strategic ambition with technical and operational reality.
He also contributes to global thought leadership on financial market modernization, including publications with the World Economic Forum on the role of wholesale CBDC in systemically important payments and securities settlement.
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