Elevating Client Onboarding With AI Agents With Rabih Ramadi

Rabih Ramadi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Avantos, an AI-native operating system that streamlines customer onboarding and servicing for financial institutions. Rabih previously served as a founding team member and Chief Revenue Officer at Unqork and was a Senior Partner at KPMG, where he led the Capital Markets sector. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an ME in engineering from Cornell University. Rabih also sits on the board of Leathwaite as a non-executive director.

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Many financial institutions struggle with slow, manual onboarding and servicing processes that hamper efficiency. Advisors and operations teams spend significant time re-entering data and managing compliance, creating obstacles to optimal client service. How can financial firms leverage AI to streamline these workflows and elevate client experiences?

Rabih Ramadi, an expert in financial technology and artificial intelligence, shares how his team built an AI-driven operating system to address these challenges. He explains how linking clients, products, and advisors through AI agents helps automate tasks, prefill data, and trigger compliant workflows. Rabih emphasizes building flexible systems, embedding human approvals, and prioritizing the right recommendations so advisors can focus on high-value client relationships while still maintaining trust and compliance.

In this episode of The Customer Wins, Richard Walker interviews Rabih Ramadi, Co-Founder and CEO of Avantos, about using AI to transform client onboarding and servicing. Rabih discusses the rise of AI agents, how to prefill data from trusted integrations, and why compliance must remain central to innovation. He also explores the risks of too many recommendations, the future of chat-based interfaces, and the importance of pairing business knowledge with technical vision.