
Alp Basol
As an executive entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, Alp owns two responsibilities at CoBank,
leading the Innovation Organization and the AI Center of Excellence.
As Head of Innovation, Alp is dedicated to establishing and advancing the innovation function at CoBank,
bringing a deep understanding of how business and technology are reshaping the financial services
industry.
Focusing on horizon 2 and 3 technology disruptions, Alp’s primary mission is to advance cutting-edge
solutions, cultivating a culture of creativity and bringing innovation, incubation, and acceleration to the
next generation of credit and other value-added financial, technological and industry services to support
CoBank associates and customers.
Leading his team through early concept development and prototyping, alliance building, identifying
capability gaps, and exploring opportunities for new innovative approaches, Alp maintains strategic
partnerships with FinTech’s, startups, and other external partners.
In his role leading the AI Center of Excellence, Alp is responsible for promoting AI adoption throughout
CoBank’s lines of business, managing the centralized AI model, and serving as the executive lead for the
central governance body of experts and advisors.
Prior to joining CoBank, Alp held executive leadership roles as Group Chief Technology Officer for Telstra
Enterprise and Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation at AT&T Business.
Alp graduated from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, with a Master of
Science in Network Systems, a Graduate Diploma of Information Technology in Systems Development,
and a Graduate Diploma of Science in Network Systems.