On the 11th February 2026, I shared a LinkedIn post asking people to tag and share brilliant women in fintech who we should be seeing speak not just for International Women's Day, but all year round.

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What followed was a tidal wave of recommendations for women in the sector, hundreds of tags and a soaring volume of engagement. It shows us that today in 2026 there are a LOT of women working in our sector.

If you're here, you might be looking for people you don't yet know, who could speak at your event or join your podcast.

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I hope the below is helpful to you!

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- Marketing and Communications -

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Raquel Soares Ribeiro, Head of Marketing at Edenred Payment Solutions
Raquel brings more than a decade of B2B fintech marketing leadership. She specialises in translating complex payments technology into clear positioning, growth strategy and sustained pipeline development.

Jodi Taylor, VP of Marketing at Moorwand
‍Jodi leads marketing at Moorwand, a Banking as a Service provider specialising in card issuing and embedded payments. She focuses on brand clarity, strategic growth and staying ahead of change in payments innovation.

Araminta Robertson, Founder of Mint Studios & Co-Director of The Fintech Marketing Hub
Araminta leads Mint Studios and co-directs The Fintech Marketing Hub, supporting fintech brands with positioning and marketing strategy. She focuses on helping companies communicate clearly in competitive markets.

Divine Muragijimana, Founder of Savoir Faire Global Consulting & Fractional CMO
Divine works with founders to build brand strategy and leadership foundations that support sustainable growth. With over 20 years across fintech and emerging markets, she focuses on narrative-driven strategy and expanding financial access through purpose-led marketing.

Miranda McLean FCIM, Chief Marketing Officer at Ecommpay
Miranda leads global marketing at FCA-regulated payments platform Ecommpay. She previously held senior roles at Banking Circle, including Global Head of Marketing and Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Fintech B2B Marketing Community and sits on the Executive Board of the European Women Payments Network.

Deanna Fernandez, Head of B2B Marketing at Marqeta
Deanna leads European B2B marketing at Marqeta, driving demand generation and account-based strategy. She has played a key role in scaling the company’s presence in Europe and strengthening its fintech ecosystem partnerships.

Angela Murphy, PhD, Vice President of Marketing & Solutions at Pidgin
Angela works at the intersection of payments innovation and strategy. With a background in AI, ecommerce and partnerships, she is a recognised thought leader in digital payments and regularly lectures and speaks on fintech transformation.

Rebecca Walden, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Marketing Operations at Corvia
Rebecca is a payments executive and go-to-market strategist focused on revenue growth and client trust. She works across fintechs, ISOs and financial institutions, helping leadership teams sharpen positioning and execute with clarity.

Cleve Mesidor, CEO of Butterscotch Media
Cleve leads Butterscotch Media, focused on inclusion across Web3, DeFi and crypto. She is an active voice in blockchain policy and attended the World Economic Forum in Davos as part of the Global Blockchain Business Council delegation.

Gihan Hyde, Founder & CEO of CommUnique
Gihan leads CommUnique, a B Corp-certified ESG strategy and communications advisory firm. She works with global organisations on sustainability and responsible business and has held senior roles at BP, Barclays and HSBC. She has received multiple leadership awards and was named a LinkedIn Top ESG Voice.

Lucy Heavens, Fractional CMO, Founder of Heavens Sent & Host of CMO Therapy Podcast
Lucy is a fractional CMO who helps fintech and regulated businesses sharpen their positioning without losing commercial edge. She also hosts the CMO Therapy podcast, bringing a practical, no-fluff lens to marketing leadership.

Mansi Chopra, Chief Marketing Officer at Finmo
Mansi is building the marketing function from the ground up at Finmo, a global treasury and payments platform. Previously at Thunes, Nium and Ant International, she has led global brand transformation and GTM strategy. She was named one of the Top 30 Most Influential Fintech Marketers in 2025 and is a regular Money20/20 speaker.

Tiffani Montez, Principal Analyst at EMARKETER
Tiffani leads EMARKETER’s financial services research vertical, helping banks and fintechs anticipate disruption and translate market shifts into strategic decisions. She is a regular mainstage speaker at events including Money20/20 and Finovate.

Nicole Breforth, CEO & Founder of Breforth Communications
Nicole has spent more than a decade shaping communications for fintechs, from early-stage launches to unicorn-level scaleups. She led communications at orderbird and Raisin, including US expansion strategy, and has supported major funding rounds, partnerships and M&A.

Valentina Kristensen, Corporate Affairs Director at OakNorth
Valentina leads corporate affairs at OakNorth, overseeing communications, public policy, ESG and the bank’s CSR commitments. She has been with the business since its early licensing phase and sits on the Executive Committee, shaping stakeholder engagement as the company scales.

Julija (JJ) Jegorova, Founder of Black Unicorn PR
JJ founded Black Unicorn PR to work alongside B2B tech founders as an extension of their team. Her firm has secured coverage in TechCrunch, Sifted, the FT and The New York Times, and she regularly mentors and speaks on the role of communications in scaling startups.

Kathryn Vazquez Kmiotek, Founder & Principal of Kimiotek Advisors
‍Kathryn is a strategic marketing leader in fintech and payments, with experience across B2B and B2C growth strategy. She has been recognised as a Top 30 Fintech Marketer and serves on the board of PayTech Women.

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- Analysts, Journalists and Academics -

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Sarah Kocianski, Fintech Consultant & Analyst
Sarah is a fintech and insurtech strategist with over a decade of industry experience. She works with banks, startups and scaleups to identify market opportunities and turn insight into practical action.

Leda Glyptis PhD, Author, Advisor & Non-Executive Director
Leda is a fintech author and strategic advisor exploring transformation inside financial services. She wrote Bankers Like Us and Beyond Resilience and is a regular columnist on digital change in banking.

Elizabeth Lumley, Award winning Journalist, Podcaster, Speaker and Moderator
Elizabeth has more than 30 years’ experience covering services, regulation, risk and technology in banking. She is an internationally recognised speaker and was named State Street’s UK Press Award Journalist of the Year for Technology and Digital Finance in 2022.

Dr Efi Pylarinou, Global FinTech Thought Leader & Advisor
Efi is an independent fintech advisor and commentator recognised in multiple global rankings. She works with leadership teams to align fintech strategy with long-term objectives and contributes to leading industry publications.

Dr Sophie Chandauka MBE, Executive Chair & Co-Founder of Nandi Life Sciences
Sophie leads Nandi Life Sciences, a US-based venture-building platform supporting scientific founders. A corporate finance lawyer by training, she has advised on more than $15 billion in transactions across her global executive career and was awarded an MBE for services to business.

Professor Erika Brodnock MBE, Co-Founder of Kinhub
Erika co-founded Kinhub, a coaching platform helping organisations build psychologically safe, high-performing teams. She previously led research on bias in venture capital through Extend Ventures and was awarded an MBE for services to entrepreneurship and inclusion.

Ann Cairns, Chair & Board Director at London Business School
Ann chairs multiple public, private and social purpose organisations, including TMF Group and Crown Agents Bank, and serves on the board of London Business School. She brings decades of executive leadership experience in global payments and financial services.

Theodora Lau, Founder of Unconventional Ventures
Theo is a writer, speaker and advisor focused on fintech, AI and inclusion. Through Unconventional Ventures, she builds ecosystems that better serve overlooked communities, particularly women and underrepresented founders. She is the author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence.

Ghela Boskovich, Head of Europe at the Smart Data & Technology Alliance
Ghela brings a regulatory economics lens to data-sharing ecosystems and open finance. She advises governments and private sector organisations across Europe and North America on open banking, digital policy and ethical data frameworks.

Sophia Bantanidis, Thematic Analyst, Future of Finance, Global Insights at Citibank
Sophia works at the intersection of banking, technology and regulation, turning complex research into practical insight for clients and global audiences. Her background spans transaction banking, innovation labs, strategy and two regulatory bodies, and she’s a regular speaker at major industry conferences.

Dr Nicola Harding, Founder & Director of The Financial Crime Lab
Nicola founded The Financial Crime Lab and brings behavioural science into the centre of leadership and culture change. Her work focuses on measurable transformation, not just training programmes that look good on paper.

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- Founders -

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Louise Hill, Founder of GoHenry
Louise founded GoHenry in 2012, creating a new category in children’s financial education. The business has since expanded internationally, merged with Acorns and supported more than 2.2 million children in building money skills. A passionate campaigner, she has given evidence to the Education Select Committee and regularly advocates for compulsory financial education in schools.

Joanne Dewar, Co-Founder & Project Lead of Project Nemo
Joanne co-founded Project Nemo, a grassroots initiative accelerating disability inclusion and accessibility across fintech. She previously served as CEO of Global Processing Services, now Thredd, providing infrastructure to companies including Revolut, Monzo and Starling. She remains a central figure in the evolution of modern payments.
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Amy Whitell, CEO & Co-Founder of Collctiv
Amy co-founded Collctiv, an app that simplifies collecting and managing group payments. She brings extensive experience scaling fast-growth tech businesses and building operational foundations for sustainable growth.

Nicky Goulimis, Co-Founder of Tunic Pay
‍Nicky is building Tunic Pay to reduce scams and enable faster, safer genuine payments. She previously co-founded Nova Credit, creating infrastructure to underwrite thin-file consumers across more than 20 countries.

Griselda Togobo , Founder of The Novi Awards
Griselda is an executive coach and entrepreneur focused on unlocking leadership potential and building inclusive workplaces. Through Novi and The Novi Awards, she champions women in leadership and creates opportunities for underrepresented talent.

Sharon O’Dea, Co-Founder of Lithos Partners
Sharon advises global enterprises on digital workplace strategy and internal communications transformation. She previously led Digital Communications at Standard Chartered and is a multi-award-winning digital workplace expert and author.

Virginie O’Shea, Founder and CEO Firebrand Research
‍Virginie specialises in asset management, securities services and regulatory change across global capital markets. She is known for making complex infrastructure topics accessible while bringing personality to serious research.

Joss Tasker, Founder at Sync Savings
Joss founded Sync Savings to rebuild the infrastructure of cash savings, connecting banks and building societies with mass-market savers. He is focused on modernising savings distribution and creating more efficient, accessible pathways between financial institutions and consumers.

Nina Mohanty, Founder & CEO of Bloom Money
Nina founded Bloom Money to build community-powered financial tools rooted in trust and cultural understanding. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, managing over $500m in client assets. She was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list for Finance.

Chloe Coleman, CEO of Vouchsafe
Chloe leads Vouchsafe, a digital identity trust platform working with clients including the Scottish Government and UK credit unions. Backed by Fair4All Finance and Bethnal Green Ventures, she focuses on secure and inclusive onboarding.

Avion Gray, Co-Founder & CEO of Belong
Avion is building Belong, a wealth platform designed to make long-term investing feel more accessible for millennials. Her focus is on practical tools that help people start and stay invested.

Ayesha Ofori, Founder & CEO of Propelle
Ayesha founded Propelle to close the gender investment gap and make wealth-building more accessible for women. Before launching the platform, she worked at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, managing over $500m in client assets. She is a Women of the Future Award winner and was named one of Management Today’s 35 Women Under 35.

Alison Wilson McMurtrie, Co-Founder at Equisscore
Alison is a serial entrepreneur and active contributor to the startup ecosystem. With an executive-level international corporate background, she brings strong commercial and growth expertise to early-stage ventures. She is focused on technology for good, with a particular interest in sustainability-led innovation and building purpose-driven tech businesses.

Rukayyat Modupe Kolawole, Founder of PaceUP Invest
Rukayyat founded PaceUP Invest to expand access to wealth-building through technology and behavioural finance. With more than 18 years in investment banking and capital markets, including roles at Goldman Sachs and BMCE, she has managed billions in assets. Her mission is rooted in lived experience and a commitment to making financial independence accessible to more people.

Gail Burgos, CEO of PayTech Women & Founder of Burgos Consulting Group
Gail leads PayTech Women and founded Burgos Consulting Group, supporting organisations with DEI strategy and implementation. With more than 25 years in technology and payments, including senior leadership at TSYS, she is a long-standing advocate for inclusive industry transformation.

Natasa Kyprianidou, Founder & CEO of Ploutos
Natasa is a product and transformation executive with 26+ years building data-driven financial products used by millions across banks and fintechs. She founded PloutosX to tackle inefficiencies in private markets with an AI-first wealthtech platform, bringing sharp GTM instincts and a strong “make it buildable” mindset.

Garima Shah, Co-Founder & President of Biller Genie
Garima co-founded Biller Genie, a SaaS platform helping businesses automate accounts receivable and get paid faster. Recognised with multiple leadership awards, she speaks openly about startup leadership, culture-building and navigating tech as a minority founder and mother.

Afiya Chohollo, Co-Founder of CloudFO
Afiya co-founded CloudFO, an AI-powered finance platform bringing generative AI into business forecasting and analysis. Previously VP of Engineering at Onfido, she helped scale its AI platform to more than $120m in ARR. She combines scientific research credentials with deep technical leadership.

Kristy Kim, Founder & CEO of TomoCredit
Kristy founded TomoCredit to expand credit access for consumers without traditional credit histories. The Korean immigrant entrepreneur has been profiled by CNBC for building one of the fastest-growing alternative credit startups in the US.

Navroop K. Sahdev, Founder & CEO of The Digital Economist
Navroop leads The Digital Economist, a think tank focused on human-centred governance in emerging technology. Her work spans AI, blockchain and digital identity, influencing policy conversations at institutions including the UN and World Bank.

Afiya Titus, Founder of Fineo AI
Afiya founded Fineo AI and is known for her ability to make finance and accounting understandable and engaging. She combines storytelling with technical depth to help more people build confidence in financial decision-making.

Nadia Sergejuk, Co-Founder at Lagoon
Nadia co-founded Lagoon to build infrastructure for digital asset management, focused on tokenising on-chain flows and modernising fund administration. She’s a clear-eyed builder in a space where traditional finance and blockchain are finally starting to move together.

Nicky Sevel, Co-Founder of Woven Advice
Nicky founded Woven Advice to tackle inefficiencies in the UK financial advice market through clean, integrated data. She focuses on bridging technology, regulation and commercial performance to unlock better outcomes for both advisers and clients.

Martha Underwood, Founder of Prismm
Martha founded Prismm, a digital platform helping individuals securely store and organise life’s most important documents. A former Head of Retail Software Engineering at BBVA Compass, she combines deep technical leadership with a strong focus on empowerment through ExecutivEstrogen, where she coaches women on leadership and influence.

Jen Lothian, Co-Founder & CEO of DataWollet
Jen co-founded DataWollet to unlock full-spectrum open finance data and reduce friction in onboarding and lending. Drawing on experience leading data readiness through a $1.4bn IPO, she is focused on transforming how financial data is accessed and used.

Paulette Watson MBE, Founder & CEO of Academy Achievers
Paulette leads Academy Achievers, working at the intersection of responsible AI, digital transformation and digital inclusion. She advises boards and policymakers on ethical innovation and was awarded an MBE for her services to business and technology.

Ebere Akadiri, Founder of Rise & Lead Women
Ebere is a leadership strategist with 25 years of experience across Europe and Africa. Through Rise & Lead Women, she supports organisations in strengthening inclusive leadership pipelines and executive readiness.

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- Personal Finance Influencers and Educators -

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Alejandra Rojas, Financial Educator & Founder of Brown Way to Money
Alejandra works with entrepreneurs and organisations to build financial confidence and generational wealth. She is a Forbes contributor, upcoming TEDx speaker and host of the Brown Way to Money podcast.

Funmi Olufunwa, Founder of Hoops Finance
Funmi founded Hoops Finance to make financial education more accessible across schools, workplaces and communities. Her work has been featured in national press including The Sunday Times and BBC Radio, and she focuses on making money conversations practical and judgment-free.

Mia McGrath, Founder of Frugal Chic®
Mia coined the term Frugal Chic® to describe financially savvy women who value both wealth and style. With a digital community of more than 500,000 followers, she works with brands including Monzo and the FCA to make financial literacy resonate with younger audiences.

Zoë Burt, Co-Founder of My Financial Freedom
Zoë is a qualified financial planner and regular media commentator on investing and financial planning. She has been featured on Channel 5, Business Insider and Stylist, and works with organisations to make financial education more accessible and engaging.

Fisayo Martins ACMA, CGMA, Founder of Finance Matters UK
Fisayo is a Chartered Accountant and five-time award-winning founder focused on financial wellbeing. After a career in banking, including senior leadership at Lloyds, she built Finance Matters UK to empower women and underrepresented communities. She has appeared on BBC News and in The Times.

Joanne Munis, Founder of Vested Woman
Joanne founded Vested Woman to support women in building financial confidence and long-term security. Known as Coach T, she blends straight-talking advice with practical wealth-building guidance and is a visible advocate for greater financial empowerment in the UK.

Nitika Vyas CFA, Founder & CEO of Aila Money
Nitika founded Aila Money to bring technical precision and clarity to wealth-building. A CFA charterholder with a background in derivatives, structured products and model review, she combines quantitative expertise with a focus on accessible financial solutions.

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- Security, Fraud, Legal-

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Izu Emeagwali, Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at J.P. Morgan Chase
Izu leads the Commercial and Investment Bank’s Innovation, Data, Analytics and AI legal team. She brings legal rigour to fast-moving AI and data work, and describes herself as an AI enthusiast, which tracks.

Pallavi P Kapale DipAML MICA, Senior Financial Crime Officer at The Bank of China
Pallavi is a Financial Crime Specialist in the banking sector with a strong background in anti-money laundering (AML), fraud prevention, and financial crime compliance. She specialises in identifying and mitigating risks that threaten businesses and financial institutions.

Dane Pedro JP, Head of UK Compliance at Mollie
‍Dane is a senior compliance and regulatory leader with 15+ years across fintech, payments and financial services, including roles at WorldFirst, TotallyMoney and American Express, plus experience within the UK regulatory ecosystem. She’s known for building commercially aligned frameworks that protect customers and enable confident growth. Alongside her executive career, she holds public and non-executive appointments and mentors through Women in Banking & Finance.

Sara Cass, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at IFX Payments
Sara leads risk and compliance at IFX Payments, bringing cross-jurisdiction experience across payments and investments regulation. She’s particularly interested in how new technology can be introduced safely, with strong controls and good people around the table.

Sheetal Joseph, Chief Information Security Officer at P2P.org
Sheetal leads cybersecurity and operational resilience in fintech and crypto, safeguarding billions in digital assets while meeting strict regulatory requirements. With 20+ years across banking, telecoms and fintech, she’s built security programmes that enable growth without cutting corners.

Victoria Martin, Head of Compliance at SumUp
Victoria is an experienced risk and compliance leader with over a decade in financial services. At SumUp, she oversees compliance strategy within a fast-scaling fintech environment. With a background spanning banking, retail banking, risk management and stakeholder strategy, and qualifications including an LPC and LLM, she operates at the intersection of regulation, governance and commercial growth.

Fatima Hussain, LL.M., Head of Legal at Liqid
Fatima leads legal at Liqid with experience spanning capital markets, litigation and digitisation projects. She’s particularly interested in legal innovation and how smarter processes can help teams move faster, more connected and more effective across markets.

Nafisa Feeney, General Manager & Head of Legal at Paynt
Nafisa leads legal and compliance at Paynt, bringing structured risk thinking to evolving regulatory challenges. She balances the detail with the bigger picture, helping the business scale responsibly across markets.

Becky Holmes, Author, Anti-Scam Speaker & Fraud Awareness Advocate
Becky has a rare talent for explaining the mechanics of online fraud with clarity, humour and real-world impact. She’s presented everywhere from anti-scam summits to legal and tech conferences, often using real case studies to show how coercion and social engineering actually work. Her next book, The Future of Fraud, is due out in April 2026.

‍Gintare Wycherley, Senior Solutions Engineer at SEON
Gintare is a solutions engineer focused on fraud prevention, KYC and compliance, with experience in fraud since 2016. She brings both hands-on investigation knowledge and the ability to translate it into tools teams can actually use.

Alia Mahmud, Deputy MLRO & Senior Compliance Manager at Dojo
Alia works at the intersection of innovation and regulation, helping Dojo maintain strong controls while scaling. She’s recognised for building compliance foundations that protect customers and keep regulators comfortable without slowing the business to a crawl.

Rebecca Robinson, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Tenora
Rebecca leads risk and compliance with deep expertise across payments and FX, spanning regulatory strategy, financial crime prevention and board-level governance. She has secured licences across multiple jurisdictions and led major regulatory change programmes, including Brexit migration and automation of financial crime frameworks. She holds the ICA International Diploma in Financial Crime Prevention and brings an ESG lens to building ethical, scalable compliance practices.

Kathy Gormley, Product Manager, Transaction Monitoring at Resistant AI
Kathy works on transaction monitoring in environments where scrutiny is high and mistakes are expensive. She’s focused on building tools and processes that strengthen detection while staying operationally realistic for teams using them.

Tauane Sousa-Jajo, Head of Financial Crime Monitoring & Assurance at BACB plc
‍Tauane combines legal precision with financial crime expertise across cross-border banking. She brings structured regulatory insight to monitoring and assurance, particularly in complex international environments.

Aisling Twomey, Lead, Business Banking & EU Financial Crime at Monzo
Aisling works across business banking and EU financial crime strategy at Monzo. She stands out for embedding compliance approaches that are practical, business-aligned and built to survive rapid product change.

Annegret Funke, Senior Manager, UK Fincrime Technology at PwC
Annegret brings cross-jurisdiction AML investigative experience into financial crime technology programmes. She’s known for operational excellence and for strengthening prevention frameworks in ways that scale.

Oonagh van den Berg, CEO & Founder of Virtual Risk Solutions
Oonagh runs Virtual Risk Solutions, focusing on modern compliance frameworks that keep pace with digital assets and emerging tech. She stands out for connecting governance, AI and regulation in a way that feels system-level, not box-ticking.

Fiki Bailey, Global Financial Crime Senior Manager at Aviva Investors
Fiki works on strengthening AML operations and building financial crime controls that stand up under scrutiny. She’s worked in financial crime and fraud for Aviva for almost 20 years, and is known for being practical and defensible.

Simran Bharaj, Financial Crime Consultant & Interim MLRO
Simran is an experienced interim MLRO and financial crime leader with 20+ years across banking, fintech, payments, e-money and crypto. She’s led regulatory remediation and high-risk transformations, including S166 Skilled Person Reviews and major control rebuilds. She’s especially strong at building operating models that actually work under real regulatory pressure.

Clarinda Woodford, Director at BeyondFS
Clarinda supports FCA-authorised Payment Institutions and EMIs with financial crime compliance, including firms going through authorisation. She stands out for bringing governance discipline and regulatory clarity to complex environments, without making it feel unworkable.

Sheetal Joseph, Chief Information Security Officer at P2P.org
Sheetal leads cybersecurity and operational resilience in fintech and crypto, safeguarding billions in digital assets while meeting strict regulatory requirements. With 20+ years across banking, telecoms and fintech, she’s built security programmes that enable growth without cutting corners.

Fatima Hussain, LL.M., Head of Legal at Liqid
Fatima leads legal at Liqid with experience spanning capital markets, litigation and digitisation projects. She’s particularly interested in legal innovation and how smarter processes can help teams move faster, more connected and more effective across markets.

Julia Von Freeden, MLRO & Financial Crime Leader at Finoa
Julia specialises in regulatory frameworks and governance in challenging environments, with a strong focus on sustainable, integrity-led structures. She’s also known for clear communication and empathy, which matters more than people admit in compliance work.

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- Sales, Growth and Commercial -

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Aditi Subbarao, Enterprise Sales, Financial Services at Snowflake
Aditi partners with financial institutions to unlock value from data through responsible AI adoption. With experience across banking, payments and fintech, she focuses on helping organisations move from experimentation to measurable, compliant impact.

Hosanna Hali, Sales Engineer at Zscaler
Hosanna works with enterprise clients navigating complex cloud security transformations. Before joining Zscaler, she spent over two years at Microsoft as an Azure Specialist, supporting cloud migration, data and security projects.

Ashna Vaghela, Chief Commercial Officer at Mercuryo
Ashna leads commercial strategy at Mercuryo and is known for her clear, practical explanations of crypto and blockchain. She frequently speaks about influence, leadership and building credibility beyond job titles.

Fumbi Banjoko, Senior Director, Global Sales Development - Visa Direct
Fumbi's goal is to build and empower high-performing teams, scale and champion business transformation and inspire the next generation of leaders shaping the world of Finance and Tech. She leads global teams in cross-border payments while navigating motherhood and executive leadership. Her journey reflects both technical expertise and personal resilience within international fintech.

Misky Sharif, Mid Market Acquiring Account Executive at Revolut
Misky drives new business acquisition and go-to-market strategy at Revolut, consistently exceeding targets in fast-growth fintech environments. She is also Co-Chair of Black@Revolut and a visible industry speaker, combining commercial discipline with community leadership.

Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Starr
Nadia leads customer strategy at Harrington Starr and is a visible advocate for workplace inclusion in fintech. She created the 'DEI Disucssions' podcast and authored FinTech Women Walk the Talk, spotlighting real stories of progress across the industry. She has been recognised on the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist.

Eelee Lua, Chief of Staff at xcube.co
Eelee leads strategy and partnerships across Asia and MENA at xcube.co, a corporate innovation partner. With more than a decade in KYC, AML and RegTech, she also contributes to ecosystem-building through the Singapore FinTech Association and international policy dialogues.

Genevieve Dozier, Vice President, Product & Marketing, Enterprise Payments at Huntington National Bank
Genevieve leads strategy and commercialisation within the bank’s merchant services division. Her work spans partnerships, growth, thought leadership and positioning in enterprise payments.

Paula Ranttila, Chief Executive Officer at Goodsign
Paula is CEO of Goodsign, bringing 20+ years of leadership across operations, HR and growth strategy. She’s known for combining high-performance expectations with genuine people focus, and she’s a certified board professional with global scaling experience.

Michaela Fleischer, Chief Operating Officer at Finoa
Michaela leads operations at Finoa, overseeing customer operations, process management and business continuity across institutional digital assets services. She focuses on resilience, cost discipline and bringing AI into core operations in a way that genuinely improves decision-making.

Kristine Enkov, Head of Customer Success at Light
Kristine is a strategic customer success leader with 10+ years’ experience building and scaling high-performing support teams across fintech and tech. She helped scale Payhawk through rapid growth and is deeply metrics-led, with experience across CSAT, NPS, omnichannel service design and automation. Also, she’s a former professional ballet dancer, which explains the mix of discipline, resilience and calm under pressure.

Laura Rofe, Director, Account Management EMEA at Thunes
Laura leads EMEA account management at Thunes, a global cross-border payments infrastructure provider. With more than 15 years in fintech and payments, she specialises in partnerships and client growth. She has been shortlisted for the Women in Payments EMEA Advocate for Women Award and is a Country Ambassador for the European Women Payments Network.

‍Weronika Czerny-Nowakowska, COO of Neurons Lab
Weronika operates at the intersection of strategy and execution inside a scaling AI business. As COO, she builds operational clarity, governance and commercial discipline to support sustainable growth.

Amanda Dundas, Operating Partner at SumUp
Amanda works in the CEO Office at Sumsub, bringing senior strategic and operational leadership experience. Her background spans McKinsey, Amazon, British Airways and DMGT, with a focus on execution at scale.

Boriana Tchobanova, Chief Operating Officer at Zilch
Boriana is COO at Zilch, bringing 20+ years of leadership across financial services, payments and transformation. She previously served as Chief Transformation Officer at American Express Global Business Travel and held senior roles at American Express in New York, including building its M&A integration practice. She’s also known as a strong champion of talent development and the advancement of women in the workplace.

Sabrina Jarrett, Business Relationship Manager at Barclays
‍Sabrina works with businesses turning over £300k and above, helping them access lending, working capital and growth funding. She focuses on long-term partnerships and practical, solutions-led banking support.
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Emma Mills, Vice President of Business Development at Mastercard
Emma works with clients and partners to unlock value from data and technology across Mastercard’s ecosystem. She focuses on driving strategic growth through smarter use of payments infrastructure and analytics.

Laura Gibson-Lamothe, Executive Director at Georgia Fintech Academy
Laura leads the Georgia Fintech Academy, connecting education and industry to shape the next generation of fintech talent. Since 2019, the Academy has engaged more than 10,000 students and connected thousands to careers across payments and banking. She has been recognised among Georgia Trend’s 500 Most Influential Leaders and serves on multiple fintech boards.

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- Policy and Regulation -

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Ruth Doubleday, Head of Prudential Regulation at the Building Societies Association
Ruth advocates for proportionate regulation on behalf of building societies and credit unions. A former regulator and CRO, she sits on the Bank of England and FCA’s Transforming Data Collection Advisory Board.

Anita Liu Harvey, Director, Head of Global Payment Strategy, Enablement & Regulatory Change at Spotify
Anita leads global commerce and payments strategy across more than 180 markets at Spotify. Her work spans regulatory engagement, tokenisation and emerging payment innovation including stablecoins and AI-driven transaction flows.

Erica Woods, Head of U.S. State & Local Policy at Stripe
‍Erica leads state and local public policy strategy for Stripe across all 50 states. She brings together regulatory engagement, political strategy and coalition-building to support innovation while navigating complex policy environments.

Catherine Szulyk, CEO & Founder of nashi
Catherine founded nashi to simplify financial and operational management for micro and small businesses in Asia. She previously scaled payments fintech ipaymy across APAC as COO and brings hands-on experience navigating regulation, partnerships and growth.

Wendy Redshaw, Chief Digital Information Officer, Retail at NatWest Group
‍Wendy is an award-winning digital and technology leader with more than 30 years’ experience across banking and financial markets. She has led large-scale transformation programmes and brings deep expertise in digital strategy, engineering and regulatory change.

Mira Sidhu, Director of Growth, Compliance Solutions at SEON
Mira advises organisations on fraud prevention and digital compliance innovation, blending GTM growth thinking with KYC and identity verification best practice. She’s a strong advocate for compliance software that helps teams stay competitive while meeting regulatory expectations.

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- Enterprise Leadership -

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Tine Wollebekk, Board Director & Former Group CEO of Bank Norwegian
Tine is an experienced financial services executive and board leader. She previously served as Group CEO of Bank Norwegian and CEO of Avida Finans, leading significant growth across the Nordic banking sector.

Grace Peters, Co-Head of Global Investment Strategy at J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Grace co-leads global investment strategy for J.P. Morgan Private Bank, shaping economic and asset-class views shared across flagship content and client communications. She also represents the firm across media and events and co-chairs a major NextGen group in London supporting emerging talent across EMEA.

Sigga Sigurdardottir, Global Head of Digital & CX, iWPB at HSBC
Sigga is a global digital and customer experience leader driving customer-led transformation across international markets. With 20+ years across continents, she’s worked across fintech, platform models, digital payments and omnichannel experience, known for strong commercial focus and inclusive leadership.

Niamh de Niese, Chief Digital & Data Officer at Bank of Ireland Group
Niamh leads digital and data across Bank of Ireland’s ROI and UK footprint, bringing experience across banking, insurance, payments, innovation labs and consulting. She was voted Transformation Leader of the Year at the UK Digital Transformation Awards in 2023 and named in Brummell’s Top 30 Most Influential Women in the City of London.

Edesili Obetoh, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel at J.P. Morgan Chase
Edesili is the legal lead for technology and strategic transactions supporting J.P. Morgan’s international consumer business. She works at the intersection of innovation, risk and deal-making, where legal judgment needs to move at pace.

Anasuya Iyer, Chief Commercial Officer at Octopus Money
Anasuya works with employers and financial institutions to deliver accessible, affordable financial advice. Her focus is on embedding financial wellbeing into workplaces in a way that feels practical and inclusive.

Elise Caroline Ambrose, Chief Transformation Officer at M&G plc
Elise leads large-scale transformation across product, programme and portfolio change, with experience spanning Santander, Barclays, BT, HSBC and Mercer. She’s a strong outcomes-first operator and has implemented OKRs across multiple FTSE 100 environments.

Sinead McHale, CEO of Satago
Sinead leads Satago, a fintech providing cash flow management solutions for SMEs, accountancies, banks and brokers. The Satago platform delivers automated credit control, real-time risk insights and embedded invoice finance through white-label, LaaS and embedded integrations. She brings deep expertise in SME finance, working capital infrastructure and scaling B2B fintech partnerships.

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Maya Horgan-Famodu, Founder & Managing Partner of Ingressive Capital
Maya founded Ingressive Capital to back early-stage African tech founders and help scale globally ambitious businesses. A 2x Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree and Kauffman Fellow, she has built one of the most recognisable early-stage funds focused on African innovation.

Ariel White Tsimikalis, Co-Chair, ESG & Impact Practice at Goodwin
Ariel is a lawyer with extensive experience advising growth companies, investors (across both VC and PE) and investment bank advisers on capital raising with a particular focus on late-stage companies on their journey to the public markets. She specialises in explaining capital markets in accessible ways, helping beginners understand how financial systems function and why they matter.

Penny Lee, President & CEO of the Financial Technology Association
‍Penny leads the Financial Technology Association, representing major fintech companies shaping US financial services policy. She is also an angel investor and co-founder of K Street Capital, with a strong focus on diversity and innovation in tech.

Edirin Anita A, Group Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, EMEA at CBRE
‍Edirin leads FP&A across EMEA, building models and analytics that help senior leadership make better, faster decisions. She’s a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant with experience across multiple industries, with a strong track record in process improvement and high-impact financial insight.

Evie Kostakis, CFA, Chief Financial Officer at Julius Baer
Evie is CFO at Julius Baer with experience across corporate finance, wealth management and consulting. Her expertise spans valuation, portfolio management, deal structuring, investor communications and large-scale transformation.

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Khaterine Castellano, VP of Engineering at SumUp
Khaterine leads global engineering teams at SumUp, combining technical depth with a strong focus on inclusive leadership. She previously served as Director for Women Who Code in Berlin and is passionate about helping engineers grow and thrive.

Simran Singh, AI Lab Chief Architect at the Financial Conduct Authority
Simran architects and leads the FCA’s AI Lab, driving regulatory innovation and experimentation in financial services. Her work focuses on how emerging technologies, particularly AI, can be responsibly integrated within regulated markets, helping shape the future of supervisory technology and policy experimentation.

Nkechi Anyanwu, Founding Engineer at Vouchsafe
Nkechi transitioned from banking into engineering and became a founding engineer at Vouchsafe. She is helping build the future of digital trust infrastructure from the ground up.

Rowan Whittington, Chief Product Officer at Dynamic Planner
Rowan leads product and technology strategy at Dynamic Planner, aligning commercial performance with strong customer outcomes. She has been recognised on the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist three years running.

Nanna Bergmann, Managing Director, Moonrise by Lunar
Nanna leads Moonrise by Lunar, building an API-first payments infrastructure business within a regulated bank. She focuses on structured commercial growth and sees compliance as a strategic advantage.

Monica Meade, SVP & Head of Technology & Services Audit at Mastercard
Monica oversees global audit across technology and real-time payments at Mastercard. She brings deep experience in financial services governance and risk from previous senior roles at J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Deloitte.

Amanda Estiverne-Colas, Director & Head of Payments Practice at Perficient
Amanda leads payments strategy at Perficient, working at the intersection of innovation and financial inclusion. She also serves on the Board of the National Alliance for Financial Literacy and Inclusion and is a regular speaker at Money20/20 and DC Fintech Week.

Fernanda Dobal, Product Director (AI & Chat) at Cleo
Fernanda is a product leader focused on AI-driven financial experiences. As Product Director for AI & Chat at Cleo, she leads the development of intelligent, conversational products designed to improve the financial health of millions of users. She brings deep expertise in applied AI, consumer fintech product strategy and building at scale in fast-growth environments.

Melissa Stringer, Fractional Chief Product Officer
Melissa is a global product and go-to-market leader with 16+ years of experience building and scaling products across fintech, AI/ML and financial services infrastructure, including digital assets and complex regulated markets. She works with founders, VCs and executive teams to design differentiated product propositions, accelerate market entry and unlock sustainable growth.

Sharon Anne Kean, Angel Investor & Product Leader
Sharon is a global product leader and angel investor who has supported some of the UK’s fastest-growing fintechs. She has served on the boards of Wise’s US, UK and Japan entities and has made more than 30 angel investments, focusing on diverse founders solving meaningful problems.

Hannah Bernard OBE, Group Director of Business Banking at Nationwide Building Society
Hannah leads business banking at Nationwide and has held senior leadership roles across UK retail and SME banking for years. She previously spent over eight years at Barclays, including leading Business Banking, and also served as Interim CEO and Deputy CEO at Sainsbury’s Bank. (Also, OBE, which honestly speaks for itself.)

Jennifer Marriner, EVP, Global Acceptance Solutions at Mastercard
Jennifer leads global strategy across acceptance products and partnerships at Mastercard. Prior to that, she spent more than 16 years at PayPal in senior payments and product leadership roles.

Priyanka Naik, Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon
Priyanka is a fintech and technology leader with over a decade of experience delivering large-scale digital transformation across payments, commerce and cloud platforms. At Amazon’s Prime Video Commerce division, she focuses on building resilient, scalable systems for checkout, payments and subscription experiences. She also advises fintech startups on payments infrastructure, compliance and platform scaling, with a strong interest in AI applications in financial services and the evolution of fintech into critical market infrastructure.

Julia McColl, Director of Partnerships at ClearScore
Julia is a growth-focused leader with nearly two decades in financial services. She builds and scales partnerships through strong product alignment and deep customer insight, working across both startup and corporate environments.

Princess Akari, MBA, Founder of People in Product & Product Manager at Moniepoint
Princess founded People in Product to build community and support for aspiring product professionals. At Moniepoint, she focuses on building financial products with diaspora communities in mind.

Thea Loch, Head of Digital Payments at Lloyds Banking Group
Thea leads digital payments at Lloyds Banking Group, combining strategy, partnerships and product innovation to shape the future of banking. She is passionate about organisational design and making technology work better for people.

Becky George-David, Executive Director of Product at J.P. Morgan Chase
Becky is a product leader helping drive the launch and growth of Chase UK, bridging technical depth with commercial strategy. With an MBA from Imperial and a Computing degree, she’s known for balancing big-picture vision with sharp execution. She’s also a visible speaker and mentor, with a strong focus on inclusive team culture.

Miia Paavola, Senior Product Manager at Swap
Miia is a product leader with 7+ years in fintech, building B2B SaaS products for finance and operational teams. She’s strong on end-to-end product development, especially user research, and has a talent for getting to grips with complex problem spaces quickly.

Adizah Tejani, Founder of a Stealth Startup
Adizah is a product-focused tech executive with deep roots in the London fintech ecosystem, including being part of the founding team at Level39. She has worked across venture capital and technology strategy at HSBC and previously led marketing in fintech, including being Token’s first marketing hire in Europe. She was named by the FT as one of the EMpower Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executives in 2018.

Catrine Rhenberg, Managing Partner & Co-Head of Strategic Payments at NURABAL
Catrine advises payments and fintech businesses on growth, partnerships and international expansion. With senior roles at PayPal, Zettle and Trustly behind her, she brings deep expertise across online and open banking ecosystems.

Steph Willcox FIA, Head Actuary at Dynamic Planner
Steph oversees cashflow modelling and risk integrity within Dynamic Planner’s software. A Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, she specialises in stochastic modelling and financial planning analytics.

Unette Spencer, VP of Customer Solutions at Mastercard
Unette leads a team of Customer Solution Consultants across Mastercard’s UK and Ireland division. With more than 20 years in retail and payments, she specialises in digital strategy, customer insight and inclusive leadership.

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Alicia James, Change Consultant
Alicia partners with leadership teams to embed change more effectively. Her work focuses on practical implementation, communication and ensuring people remain at the centre of transformation.

Leah Brown FRSA, Founder & CEO of The WayFinders Group
Leah speaks on organisational repair and leads The WayFinders Group. She is also behind the addresstheharm.org campaign, focused on accountability and meaningful repair when harm happens.

Vivien Alyaz, Territory Executive at OneTrust
Vivien leads strategic growth across APAC at OneTrust, specialising in privacy compliance and ethical data and AI practices. She works with organisations navigating complex regulation while still trying to scale sensibly.

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