Biography

Anna Maria Nowak is a 4th year Ph.D. researcher at the Law Department of the European University Institute, studying Fintech regulation. She holds an M.A. in Law from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, where she wrote her master thesis on the regulation of crowdfunding. In her doctoral research Anna focuses on corporate governance and corporate sustainability in Fintech, showing how both can be incorporated into organizational structures and business models of Fintech corporations. The arguments of her thesis are built upon an ethnographic study conducted within the Fintech industry in the years 2016-2019. Prior commencing her Ph.D., Anna worked at international law firms in Warsaw, and at one of the largest banks in Poland. More recently, she also worked at a Fintech company, in a Legal and Regulatory department.