About
The Haas FinTech Club was founded in 2016 and currently supports more than 700 members. It is one of the fastest-growing clubs in Berkeley-Haas history with 250+ event attendees, attracting students from across UC Berkeley. The club aims to prepare students for careers in FinTech through education, treks, and other programs.
Co-Presidents
Abdullah Farqaleet
Email: abdullah_farqaleet@berkeley.edu
Abdullah’s professional experience is in corporate strategy and development, most recently leading due diligence and product innovation efforts for Vanguard. Abdullah is fascinated by A.I. and it’s impact on TradFi.
Christina Clark
Email: christina_clark@berkeley.edu
Pre-MBA, Christina launched embedded payments products as a product manager at Silicon Valley Bank and designed financial inclusion programs for the nonprofit TechnoServe. She is passionate about the intersection of fintech, product management, and social impact.
Pedro Santos
Email: pedro.kc.santos@berkeley.edu
Pedro is an experienced strategy consultant who worked with multiple fintech clients in LatAm, particularly within the payments space. He is passionate about fintech as a critical driver for financial inclusion and social impact.
Vice-Presidents
Community
Peter Higgins
Email: peter.higgins@berkeley.edu
Peter’s professional experience is in corporate strategy and data analytics, most recently working on the corporate strategy team at Robinhood. Peter is fascinated by complex financial systems and Web3.
Sitthinut (Sid) Petchratanaporn
Email: sitthinut@berkeley.edu
Sitthinut (Sid) is an experienced product manager with a background in financial data platforms and growth strategies within the fintech industry. Pre-MBA, he was at Finnomena, a digital wealth management platform.
Conference
Sarah Intoccia
Email: sarah_intoccia@berkeley.edu
Pre-MBA, Sarah was a Client Engagement Strategist for the digital advisor product at Vanguard. She is interested in payments and fintech strategy.
Anashe Barton
Email: anashe@berkeley.edu
Anashe is the Head of Customer Success at Astrella by EQ, a cap-table management software company. She is experienced in B2B SaaS, legal start-ups, pre-IPO and fintech ventures.
Careers
Deepshika Dey
Email: deepshikha.dey@berkeley.edu
Deepshika is an experienced software engineer at Marqeta, a card issuing company that specializes in end-to-end payment and credit solutions for business clients.
Jenny Su
Email: jenny.su@berkeley.edu
Pre-MBA, Jenny was at Capital One, where she led the Site Experience product team. She has experience in product marketing and digital strategy.
