Independent advisors helping boards and executive teams lead AI transformation with confidence.
With more than 65 years of leadership in capital markets, insurance, risk, and corporate governance, Gateway Partners advises the boards and executive teams of insurers, reinsurers, and financial institutions on AI strategy, governance, and enterprise transformation. The firm is led by Michael J. Frank and Angelika Feng, combining deep expertise in financial markets, insurance, AI, governance, and enterprise transformation to help organizations adopt AI responsibly and create measurable business value.
Decades of operating experience through market cycles, technical shifts, and regulatory evolution since 1981.
Deep fluency in risk, valuation, governance, and complex balance-sheet management built at scale.
Native expertise across Life, P&C, Reinsurance, underwriting economics, and actuarial science.
Trusted, vendor-independent guidance designed for the highest level of fiduciary scrutiny.
Three decades, three chapters.
Gateway Partners has been rebuilt for each era it has operated through — from the trading floor, to institutional risk, to applied intelligence.
Founded in 1995 as a market-making and specialist trading firm on the AMEX and PHLX. Built the proprietary Gateway Trading System (GTS), scaling a firm balance sheet approaching $1 billion. Executing the strategic sale of his specialist books to a public company in 2002.
Evolved into an independent advisory practice guiding boards and leadership teams across capital markets, insurance, and financial institutions on enterprise governance, risk management, capital structure, and fiduciary oversight.
Rebuilt for the AI era as a partner-led front door for insurers and financial institutions. Integrating deep insurance-native fluency, actuarial science, capital markets history, and AI governance into durable, audit-ready operational frameworks.
Advisors who have already run the seat you sit in.
- Founder-Led — Every engagement is directed personally by Michael J. Frank or Angelika Feng. No junior hand-offs, no intermediary layers.
- Independent — We are paid strictly by our clients — never by cloud providers, model vendors, or systems integrators. Zero vendor bias.
- Insurance-Native — Underwriting, actuarial, and reinsurance economics informed by executive careers directly in the industry.
- Capital-Markets Fluent — Decades of operational experience navigating every major market cycle, regulatory shift, and technical disruption since 1981.
- Governance-First — Systems and transformation programs architected specifically for the board, regulator, and audit scrutiny they will face.
How we work.
Six commitments that shape every engagement.
Client work is confidential, always.
We operate with strict institutional discretion, protecting your strategic intent, model IP, and competitive advantage.
Grounded in evidence, not fashion.
Every recommendation is rooted in hard operating realities, loss economics, and balance-sheet impact — never AI hype or trends.
Zero vendor or tech bias.
Our advice serves your fiduciary interest exclusively — free from kickbacks, referral fees, or preferred vendor alliances.
Building capability, not dependency.
We design programs to leave behind self-sustaining internal teams, distinct frameworks, and permanent institutional strength.
Built for regulatory scrutiny.
Every framework and model deployment is architected to withstand board oversight, supervisory audits, and legal review.
Transferring capability as we go.
We work directly alongside your executive team, embedding knowledge, skills, and governance mechanisms into your culture.
The trusted front door for enterprise AI transformation.
Gateway Partners does not compete with model providers, cloud platforms, or systems integrators. We orchestrate them — aligned only to the client's fiduciary interest.
Core Advisory Functions
Board-ready roadmaps, value cases, and portfolio prioritization aligned directly to enterprise economics.
Model risk frameworks, board reporting, and regulatory alignment engineered for supervisory scrutiny.
Independent, conflict-free evaluation of cloud platforms, foundation models, systems integrators, and data partners.
Active program governance across technical delivery, model validation, and real business outcome realization.
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Gateway Partners advises boards and executive teams of insurers, reinsurers, and financial institutions on AI strategy, governance, and enterprise transformation.