Biography
Founder and CEO of The Rudin Group, April J. Rudin is widely acknowledged as a top marketing strategist for the U/HNW, wealth-management and wealthtech sectors. Distinguished by her ability to forecast and leverage critical trends and her expertise in brand differentiation, she leads a firm, now in its 15th year, that designs bespoke marketing campaigns for some of the world's leading wealth-management firms, fintechs/wealthtechs, and family offices; campaigns that strengthen brand value and drive client acquisition. Rudin is recognized by IBM as an "Influencer" in wealth management and fintech, and is a regularly featured source of expert commentary to international news and business outlets, trade publications, and broadcast media. She produces the CFA Institute’s Annual Outlook for US Wealth Management; and speaks about wealth, next-gen, and fintech at conferences in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Rudin has created an extensive repertoire of thought leadership that has appeared in Forbes, Huffington Post, American Banker, Enterprising Investor, Family Wealth Report, Fundfire, and Wealthmanagement.com, and heads the editorial board for NexChange, a global fintech start-up based in Hong Kong. A member of Board for First Rate,and WealthBriefing, she also serves as a judge for the FT Wealthtech awards, Family Wealth Report’s Annual Wealth Management Industry Awards, Finovate and others. Rudin is the mother of two sons who are quick to point out that they considered her an influencer well before IBM did.