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speakers at fintech fringe

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The following people do a tremendous amount to support the fintech ecosystem in the UK and beyond. Make sure you follow them and get to know more about how they contribute to making the UK such a great place to grow and scale your fintech. We are grateful for their support in helping shape a great content programme that always delivers practical, pragmatic insights to support scale and growth.

If you have a content idea to support scaling fintechs or would like to put yourself forward as a speaker, please get in touch below.

2024 festival speakers

Adam Moulson

Chief Commercial Officer
Griffin

Aled Lloyd Owen

Global Policy Director
Onfido

Alexander Ford

Head of Marketing
Claro

Alex Reed

Co-Founder
Mountside Ventures

Alexandra Rivas-Gale

Head of Product
ClearBank

Alina Timofeeva

Strategic Advisor in Data & Technology

alvin gunputh

Social Lead
Thredd

Amelia Isaacs

Reporter
AltFi

Amelie ARRAS

Sales & Marketing Director
Zumo

Amy French

Director
Level 39

andreas ioannou

Senior Associate
CommerzVentures

Andrei Lebed

CEO & Co-founder
Koodoo

Andrew McKibben

Head of International Technology
Bank of America

BARBARA gOTTARDI

Co-Founder
Finbridge Global

BRENDON REGAN

Head of Sales
Plaid Europe

Bryan Shaw

Partner
Fox Williams

Calypso Harland

Founder
Fintech Fringe

Caroline Vaughan

VP Financial Services
Pangea

Caroline Wayman

Former CEO
Financial Ombudsman Service

CHARLOTTE KANAGASABAPATHY

Head of Fintech Scouting Director
Barclays

Chloe Wade

Vice President
IDA, Ireland

Chris Hill

Partner
Fox Williams

Clive Summerfield

Founder/CEO
FARx Group

DANIEL GREILLER

Chief Commercial Officer
Weavr.io

Daniel Lowther

Head of Fintech
CCgroup

Danny Keating

Senior Director Business Development
JDConsulting

Dave Starling

Head of Future Products Technology
Natwest

DavE Wallace

The Dave in Dave and Dharm Demystify
Dave and Dharm Demystify

David Beer

Global Head of Enterprise Solutions
Cogo Ltd

David McHenry

Managing Director
Head of Product Advisory & Implementation
HSBC Innovation Banking

Devina Paul

CFO/Deputy CEO
Zumo

DHARMESH MISTRY

CEO
Vision 2020 Consulting

DORA GRANT

CRO
Griffin

DOUG MACKENZIE

Head of Content
Fintech Fringe

Ed Adshead-Grant

NED
AperiData Ltd

Emma Ronayne

Fintech Investment
Lloyds Banking Group

ERIC VaN DER KLEIJ

Co-Founder
Edenbase

Hattie Willis

Founder
IfWeRaise

Himal Makwana

SVP Platforms
FIS

Huw Davies

Co Founder/ CEO -
OzoneAPI

Ian Horne

EU Head of Content / Author (UK)
Money20/20

Irina Chuchkina

Chief Marketing Officer
Volt

Jake Figg

Product Lead
mmob

Jana Reid

Banks and Industry Strategic Partnerships Lead
TrueLayer

Jana Straiton

Head of B2B Marketing
Adobe

Jas Shah

Founder & Consultantt
Bitsul

Jim Anning

CDO
ComplyAdvantage

Joanne dewar

Lead
Project Nemo

Jo Bevan - Taylor

Senior Director Banking & Financial Markets
NTT DATA

JOrdan Bishop

Finance Director
Currensea & Build My Credit Score

Jordan Drosdick

VP Fintech Strategy
Mastercard

JORDAN SINCLAIR

President (UK)
Robinhood

JOSH DRACUP

Junior Consultant
Whitecap Consulting

Joshua Lloyd Lyons

Partner
Fidelity International Strategic Ventures

Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

Juspal Manic

President of EMEA
Featurespace

Kat Cloud

Global Open Banking Compliance Principal Director -
Envestnet Yodlee

KATHRYN STRACHAN

CEO
Copyhouse

Kayode Odeleye

Founder & CEO
Caena

Kendra Rogers

CCMO
Featurespace

Kimberley Waldron

Co-founder
SkyParlour

LEE PROVOST

CTO
Flagstone

liz Lumley

Deputy Editor
The Banker

Lord Holmes

of Richmond MBE

Lucy Heavens

VP Marketing
Salv

Maeve Heneghan

FinTech Business Development
UK, Ireland, France
Amazon Web Services

MaisIe Richardson

VP of Demand Generation
Payhawk

MARK WALKER

Demo Directory Investment Lead
Barclays

MASHA BALANOVICH

Executive Director - UK
Drofa Comms

Matt Cooper

Co-CEO
Crowdcube

Matt Williamson

SVP & Industry Principal
Endava

Meera Bissoondeeal

Investor
13Books Capital

Michael Treacy

Head of Marketingl
OpenPayd

Milly Ziva

Head of Brand and Strategic Marketing
Giesecke+Devrient

NADIA EDWARDS-DASHTI

Chief Customer Officer
Harrington Starr

NicK Drewett

CCO
Starling Engine

Nick Sylvester

Co-Founder
Chief Investment Officer A1 Advisory

Olivia Minnock

Senior Partnerships Manager
mmob

Payal Raina

Founder
Fintech B2B Marketing Community

PETER CUNNANE

Director of International & National Initiatives
Innovate Finance

Priya Guliani

CEO
Earth ID

Rachel Booth

Director of Product
Mettle

Raquel Soares

Head of Marketing
EdenRed

Sean Duffy

Managing Director, UK & Europe
CIBC Innovation Banking

SEAN FORWARD

CEO (UK)
Payabl

Shameer Sachdev

Managing Director
Growth Gorilla

Sonal Rattan

Co-Founder and CTO
eXate

Stuart Barclay

SVP Growth
Volt

Sumant Kumar

CTO Banking & Financial Markets
NTT DATA

Sumeet Vermani

Founder
SKV Consulting

Susana Ponce Fremont

Global Head of
Financial & Credit Risk Tide

Susanne Chisti

Founder & Chair
FINTECH Circle

Tamsin Powell

Chief Risk Officer
Creditspring

Thomas Harris

Principal
Motive Ventures

Tierney Cowap

Growth Campaigns Manager
Monzo

Tina Fisher

Chief Marketing Officer
Intix

Tom Bentley

Head of Growth
NatWest Boxed

TOM WINSTANLEY

CTO & Head of New Ventures
NTT Data

Travers Clarke-Walker

Chief Marketing Officer
Thought Machine

Valentina Kristensen

Corporate Affairs Director
OakNorth

Veronica Glab

Head of Partnerships & Investment Lead
Innovate Finance

Vivienne Hsu

Industry Partner
Just Build It

Zhenya Winter

Head of Global Marketing - Financial Messaging
Bottomline

2023 festival SPEAKERS

Adizah Tejani

Portfolio @ HSBC
Ventures HSBC

Alex Ford

Chief Marketing Officer
Claro Money

Alex Reed

Co-founder
Mountside Ventures

Ali Paterson

Editor-in-Chief
FFNews

Amelia Isaacs

Reporter
AltFi

Amy French

Director
Level 39

Andreas Ioannou

Associate
CommerzVentures

Angela Yore

Managing Director &
Co-Founder SkyParlour

AUGUSTINA ADJEI

Tech Product Manager
Arm

Ben Hampton

CEO
Wealth Wizards

Benjamin Storey

Key Clients - Industry & Performance Lead
Barclays

Calypso Harland

Founder
Fintech Fringe

CAROLINE STRETTON

Head of Product
TrueLayer

Dan Atkinson

Head of Intermediaries Melton

Charlie Bronks

Head of ESG
Crown Agents Bank

Christophe Langlois

B2B Fintech Ecosystem, Marketing
chatMKTG

David Beer

Head of Enterprise Solutions & Partnerships
Cogo

Emanuela Meini

Senior Inward Investment Manager- Fintech & Cyber
London & Partners

Daniel Lowther

Head of Fintech
CCgroup

Deanna Fernandez

Head of Customer and Market Insight
Marqeta

Emily BerRy

Director
Evelyn Partners

Danielle Sheerin

Head of Digital Programmes
Barclays

Devina Paul

CFO
Zumo

Emma Kempton

Global Head of Customer Success
Clausematch

Damon Williams

Sales Director
Nivo

Diana Ranchal Fernández

Solutions Engineer
Marqeta

Ezechi Britton

CEO
CFIT

Danielle Raymond

Strategic Fintech Investment Operations
Lloyds

Ellen Logan

Principle Augmentum
Fintech

Hugh de Lusignan

Head of Financial Services at Department
for Business and Trade

Ian Carter

COO
mmob

Jas Shah

Founder & Consultantt
Bitsul

Jeremy Bassett

CEO
co:cubed

Layla White

CEO Techpassport

Luke Trayfoot

Chief Revenue Office
MangoPay

Michael Treacy

Head of Marketingl
OpenPayd

Niamh Linehan

CMO
Defactor Labs

RACHEL CURTIS

Non-Exec Director
Loughborough Building Society

Saalim Chowdhury

Managing Director
Techstars

STEFANO PAOLETTI

SVP of Sales
Yapily

Veronica Glab

Head of Engagement
Innovate Finance

Iana Dimitrova

CEO
OpenPayd

Jennifer Heathfield-Lee

Head of Partnerships
Clearbank

Jon Steinberg

CEO
Mountside Ventures

Leonardo Lucatorto

Partnership Manager
Uncapped

Lucy Heavens

VP Marketing
Hokodo

Miranda McLean

Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer
Banking Circle

Nick Parminter

Founding Partner
Class 35

Rajesh Agrawal

Deputy Mayor of London for Business
Greater London Authority

Sandi Samantary

Former VP of Product @Thredd
& Product Leader

Steve Delpy

Chief Banking Officer
Paysafe Group

Victoria Martin

Former Director, Banking Policy & Compliance, Starling
Fintech Compliance Advisor

Isabel Pitt

CTO
Shieldpay

Joy JOSEPH ABISAAB

Co-Founder & CEO
Mast

Josh Guthrie

UK Country Manager
Mollie

Lord Holmes

of Richmond MBE

Magdalena Krön

Rise Global FinTech Platform Director
Barclays

Nadia Edwards Dashti

Chief Customer Officer
Harrington Starr

Olivia Minnock

Head of Content
Fintech Fringe

Robert Filmore

Founder & Managing Director
Meta-Morphix

Sean Duffy

Managing Director
UK & Europe, CIBC

Smita Gupta

Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
SG Growth Advisory

Zitah McMillan

CEO and Co-Founder
Predictive Black

JAMES SILK

Consultant
Woodhurst

Jenson Brook

Managing Director
Novus Capital

Kate Bohn

Global Head of Private Markets Technology Macquarie Asset
Management

LUKE CASEY

Co-founder
Woodhurst

Matt Davies

Brand & Culture Strategy Consultant Matt Davies Brand
Consultancy

NADIR ABRAR

Head of Rise London & Fintech Platform Lead
Barclays

Payal Raina

Founder
Fintech B2B Marketing Community

Rory Marsh

Customer Lifestage Director
Royal London

Shameer Sachdev

Founder and Managing Director
Growth Gorilla

Sumeet Vermani

Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
SKV Consulting

Janine Hirt

CEO
Innovate Finance

Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

KIRSTY GRANT

Managing Director
Seedrs

LULU CARTER

Account Director
Fieldhouse

Michael Sim

Principal
Fidelity International Strategic Ventures

Neil Shah

Director, Tech Sector Specialist
London Stock Exchange Group

Peter Cunnane

Director of International & National Initiatives
Innovate Finance

ROSS BEARDMORE

Chief Product Officer
4G Capital

Sinead McHale

CEO
Satago

Tom Lawrence

Founder
MVPR