Alenka Grealish

Senior Vice President
Banking

agrealish@celent.com

Alenka Grealish is Senior Vice President of Celent's banking group and is based in the firm's San Francisco office. Ms. Grealish has advised many of the top financial institutions in the world on their business and technology strategies. Her research covers a variety of topics, including retail and small business Internet banking solutions and adoption strategies, customer analytics, automation of the financial supply chain, and business-to-business payments. Her recent consulting work has involved the evaluation of growth opportunities in Internet banking and an examination of IT infrastructure trends in banking.

Ms. Grealish has been widely quoted in the media including Bloomberg Radio, Financial Times, and the Associated Press. She has given presentations at several national conferences including Bank Administration Institute events, the NACHA Payments Conference, and the Association of Financial Professionals events.

Prior to joining Celent, Ms. Grealish worked for The Boston Consulting Group, where she helped to build and manage the US research and analysis group of the firm's financial services practice area. Previously, she worked for the Federal Reserve Bank as an associate economist.

Ms. Grealish received her BA from Northwestern University and her MBA from the University of Chicago. She also studied at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris, and speaks French and English fluently.