Founder and CEO, Blu - Artificial Intelligence
Fabrice Fischer is an AI strategist, senior executive and scholar-practitioner with more than 25 years of international experience across Asia, Europe and North America. As Founder and CEO of Blu Artificial Intelligence, he advises boards and executive teams on AI strategy, governance and business transformation. His work connects emerging AI capabilities with board oversight, capital allocation and organisational design.
Previously Group CFO of Sentient Technologies, Fabrice helped raise approximately US$145 million and played an instrumental role in launching an AI-powered hedge fund. His career also includes serving as COO and CFO of a European investment bank and consulting at Bain & Company. He brings strategic judgement, financial discipline and operational experience to the opportunities and risks of AI.
Fabrice combines executive practice with postgraduate teaching, curriculum development and executive education. He teaches at ÉTS Montréal and the Asian Institute of Technology and has previously taught at HKUST Business School and the University of Hong Kong. His teaching translates technological developments into practical management decisions. His doctoral research examined how generative AI can help people overcome design fixation and expand their creative thinking while preserving human agency.
He holds a PhD in Engineering, specialising in Innovation Management, from ÉTS Montréal, an INSEAD MBA and a degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnique Montréal. His current work explores agentic and physical AI, AI-native organisations and how leaders can redesign work and business models to create sustainable value
