Top 100 Women in Fintech 2022

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n celebration of Women’s History Month, we are proud to unveil our second annual Top 100 Women in FinTech.

FinTech is an industry doing more than most to #breakthebias and provide a fair and level playing field for women around the world – and the women featured in this special supplement are driving those initiatives.

However, while FinTech is a means to bridge the gender gap and enable financial inclusion, it is not a silver bullet.

Much more needs to be done, but there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Evidence of that can be found in the deliberations to determine our Top 100. There is so much talent, passion and diversity from women in fintech, from founders of disruptors to seasoned banking executives.

If the Top 100 is anything to go by, the industry is in safe hands. Yes, we still need to Break The Bias, but technology can help us achieve that goal.

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From banking experts to dynamic CEOs and start-up co-founders, this year’s list is a proud reflection of just how far the financial services industry has come in terms of diversity, equality and inclusion.

The women featured in the Top 100 have been nominated by readers of Fintech Digital Magazine.

They are all awardwinners, entrepreneurs, angel investors, technology experts and so much more. The vast majority of them also manage all these achievements while keeping the home fires burning. Talk about running

in high heels.

These 100 leaders have overcome many challenges in the male donimated industry of financial services to reach the top of their fields. Furthermore, their passion for innovation is transforming the marketplace for the better as changes are driven in products and services available for women.

Research from Deloitte Global suggests that global tech firms will reach 33% overall female representation in their workforces throughout 2022.

The fifty-fifty split representation of the future is no longer the dream of a few, but the reality of many.

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ow in its second year of publication, the Top 100 Women in Fintech list is a compilation of the finest female leaders in financial services globally in 2022.

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Selma Ribica

Ksenia Yudina

Ventures01

UNest

Founder & General Partner

Founder & CEO

• Ventures01 is an early-stage fund, founded by

• Founder and CEO of UNest, the first mobile

entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs in Europe and Africa.

• MBA, Strategy, INSEAD.

app that makes it easier for parents to open a simple and affordable tax-advantaged investment account for their kids.

• Ksenia is an entrepreneur and financial expert with over ten years of experience in the financial industry.

• She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, New York Times, Forbes, Business Insider, USA Today.

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97 Michele Wee

Mayo Twala

Chief Executive Officer

Founder & CEO

Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam

• Stocked-Up Ltd is a micro-financing

• Michele became CEO in February 2021.

• Previously spent 9 years at Standard

Stock-Up

gamification tool for working-class South African citizens, not only to save but invest.

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Chartered Bank in Singapore, and 8 years at Deutsche Bank.

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Lizzie Chapman

Sarah WilliamsGardener

ZestMoney

Fintech Wales

CEO

• Lizzie is the CEO & Co-Founder of ZestMoney,

• Sarah was a founding member and Director

the largest and fastest-growing "Buy Now Pay Later" platform in India.

• ZestMoney uses mobile technology, digital banking and AI to make life more affordable for millions of Indian consumers.

of Public Services at Starling Bank.

• Joined FinTech Wales as CEO in November 2020.

• The trade association and champion of FinTech and financial services companies in Wales.

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Vivi Friedgut

Nadia EdwardsDashti

Blackbullion

Harrington Starr

Founder & CEO

• Bringing the power of fintech to education! On a mission to make the world money smart.

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Chief Customer Officer

• In 17 years in the FST sector, she has been responsible for helping over 2000 people find jobs and has grown from a trainee to a Managing Director and now Chief Customer Officer.

• Runs her own successful ‘Women of Fintech’ Podcast Series where she has interviewed more than 150 women in leadership within the Fintech community.

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Monika Schulze

Head of Customer & Innovation Management

Katherine Salisbury

• 30 years of experience in strategy and

• Before founding the company 7 years ago,

business development including profit & loss responsibility in different roles, functions and market environments.

• Skilled in analyzing market and customer data to define growth opportunities and effective strategies.

Katherine was founder of a sports agency with a focus on supporting professional soccer players.

• Katherine has a law degree from Cornell University.

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Patricia Haynes

VP of Technology Operations & Delivery

Tarini Kumar

• Since joining Zopa has launched a bank,

• Joined Razorpay in October 2021 after more

Zopa

savings, a new investors platform and a credit card, reacted to Covid and constantly releasing new features in the existing products.

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Co-Founder & Co-CEO

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Senior Director, Banking Alliances

Razorpay

than 6 years at Mastercard.

• Awarded the ‘MasterCard MBA Scholarship for Women’ for excellent academic record, entrepreneurship potential and passion for community service while at Singapore Management University.

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Mariko Beising

Laura Wildenborg

TrueLayer

Sunrise Banks

Head of Payment Partnerships

Fintech Relationship Manager

• As an MBA with 10+ years of experience in strategic insights and risk assessment, Laura is passionate about a career that uncovers solutions through data analysis, team collaboration, and foresight practices.

• Known for a future-driven mentality, ability to collaborate across networks, and constant pursuit of environmental sustainability.

• B.A. in Environmental Studies.

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86 Ana Lucia Salazar Senior Sales Manager

• Joined TrueLayer in September 2021 after a

• Specialises in a number of technical

decade at Klarna.

• TrueLayer is a market leader and innovator, with a reputation for strong product management and engineering.

• Speaks English, German and Japanese.

disciplines, including security ID for fintechs and the banking and financial services industry.

• Works in the digital identity space, helping fintechs, crypto exchanges, and other financial services institutions with part of their digital transformation journeys.

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Pratima Arora

Shibani Sanan

Chainalysis

Plaid

Chief Product Officer

Head of Engineering, Credit & FA

• Product Leader with extensive experience in

• 25 years of experience in the technology

successfully delivering innovative products to millions of customers.

• Currently leading the entire R&D organisation for Chainalysis leading Engineering, Product, Research, Design and Data science.

industry, building scalable products, solving technically challenging problems, starting innovative new efforts and building highly efficient teams.

• Includes startups and established companies • Proven Skills include - Innovation, Problem Solving, Visionary Team Leadership, Diversity Champion.

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83 Vanessa Rossi

Global Brand Marketing Lead

Checkout.com

• People obsessed brand marketer with proven

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leadership skills directing the performance of cross-functional teams and driving global marketing initiatives in ever-changing, dynamic environments for high growth start-ups and large matrix organisations.

50% of the leadership team at Checkout.com identify as women.

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Chiara Sheldon

Rahel Tanavsuu

Reworth

Wise

• EHL graduate with working experience in fivestar hotels, consultancies, and start-ups.

• Currently part of the Co-Founding team at Reworth.

• My role is to make sure every stakeholder is having the best experience possible while running the operations of the company.

• I love challenges and am not afraid of hard work.

Financial Services

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Global Head Of Operations

• Rahel Tanavsuu has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Languages from Estonian Business School in 2011 and a Master of Business Administration in Digital Society from Estonian Business School in 2019.

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Kelly KnepperStephens

Sushila Sahay

Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel

True Accord

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VP Business Operations, NA Cloud & Technology Sales

Oracle Financial Services

• Specialties: Criminal law and procedure;

• Named one of the Top 50 board ready female

litigation & appellate practice; FDCPA, FCRA, and other federal and local debt collection regulations; professional responsibility and ethics.

execs in tech by Firstboard.io.

• Experienced Silicon Valley operations focused executive, with a demonstrated history of building and scaling successful teams across all functions.

• Holds MBA from University of Alberta.

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Devika Singhania

Anastasia Fokina

Paytm

Home Credit Vietnam

Head Business Finance (Financial Strategy)

Chief OPS & Digital Transformation Officer

• Heading Financial Strategy (managing 70%

• Experienced Finance Manager with 19 years

of revenues for Paytm) for Paytm Issued Instruments.

• Business managed includes Buy Now Pay Later, Consumer Lending, Merchant Lending, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Wallet, Payouts and Onus Payments • Responsible for financial analysis and timely execution of key initiatives to ensure revenue growth and cost controls.

expertise in corporate finance, including 14 years in financial service organisations.

• People oriented and cost conscious, she always strives for quality in service and efficiency in processes.

• Being a professional coach, she motivates teams to bring the best out of them.

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Lili Metodieva

Tatyana Polyakova

Monneo

Tinkoff Bank

MD

Head of Sustainability

• Started working in the online payments

• Experienced ISSP-certified sustainability

industry back in 2006.

• Specialities: Online payment processing, acquiring services, business relationship management, business development, project management, marketing campaigns, marketing strategy, account management, process optimization, team management, digital banking, virtual IBANs.

professional. Over ten years of professional experience with clients in the public, financial, metals & mining, utilities, FMCG, transportation, DIY and NGO sectors.

• Worked on projects in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan.

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Vrinda Gupta

Barb O'Malley

Sequin

Northern Trust

CEO & co-founder

SVP

• Sequin (YC S21) is the first debit card to build

• Over 30+ years Barb held multiple roles within

credit for women, with fresh rewards that serve women's needs and aspirations.

• Sequin is the first debit card and credit-builder with rewards that pay back the Pink Tax in categories where women spend.

• Vrinda worked for 5 years at Visa before co-founding Sequin.

the Technology organisation with a focus on client delivery and asset servicing applications.

• Barb also created the Architecture, Research & Development group providing R&D services to the Technology organisation.

• Barb joined Northern Trust in 1984, was named a Trust Officer in 1989, Second Vice President in 1993, Vice President in 1996, and Senior Vice President in 2001 .

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Vidya Peters

Mirjam StaubBisang

Marqeta

BlackRock Switzerland

Chief Operating Officer

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Country Manager

• Marqeta is the first modern card issuing

• Staub-Bisang replaced former Swiss boss who

platform designed for companies who want a simplified and flexible way of managing payment programs.

• Marqeta won the “2019 Best Fintech Startup” award by FinTech Breakthrough and the "Best Enterprise Technology Company" at the 2019 LendIt Fintech Industry Awards.

defected to Fidelity in 2018.

• Staub-Bisang has run boutique Independent Capital Group together with her brother, Roman Staub, in Zurich and Geneva for more than 12 years.

• She is also head of a council overseeing Profond, a pension fund.

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70 Rasha Katabi Founder & CEO

Brim Financial • With over 20 years of experience in structured finance and capital markets, Rasha began her career in 1995 at TD Bank with the CFO's office.

• Rasha joined Merrill Lynch in 2002.

She was MD and Group Head of the Strategic Solutions Group, where she built the largest non-bank residential mortgage funding business, and established Merrill Lynch as the leading bank in asset securitisation in Canada.

Financial Services

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69 Maria Cazares

Head of Cloud Banking, Americas

SAP Fioneer

• Experienced SAP Banking Architect with

SAP Fioneer products and services focus on accelerated innovation in banking, insurance and software solutions specific to the financial services industry.

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Nicole Sandler

Nina Mohanty

Barclays

Bloom Money

Head of Digital Policy

• Head of Digital Policy.

• FinTech Influencer of the Year 2019.

• Most Influential Women in FinTech Regulation 2019.

• Women in FinTech Powerlist.

• European Commission Innovation Expert Group.

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Co-Founder

• Bloom Money is a FinTech company that provides fair credit to migrants and refugees • She is passionate about financial inclusion and works to provide fair and sustainable financial services to people in vulnerable situations.

Financial Services

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proven success in leading large SAP banking implementation projects acting in many roles.

• Demonstrated abilities as a Sr. SAP Banking Functional and Technical Architect with strong personal skills and deep technical knowledge involved in every project phase from business needs gathering, solutions design, customising, ABAP development, testing, cut over and delivery.

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66 Cory McCruden Board Member

Yale University • Passionate about helping leaders grow and

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scale their business and create healthy engaging organisations.

• Social entrepreneur and investor, passionate about access to financial services and helping people, especially women, achieve their financial goals.

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VP Europe, Managing Director

Raisin

• After several years at McKinsey and with an

Did you know?

Established in Berlin in 2013, Raisin quickly became one of the most successful technologyled financial services companies in Europe, attracting over $200 million from investors.

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MBA from IESE, is now VP Europe, Managing Director for Raisin DS, a successful fintech company in Germany.

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SofieBlakstad

Carmelle Cadet

hiveonline

EMTECH

Founder & CEO

Co-Founder & CEO

• Carmelle is the Founder and CEO of EMTECH, a NY-based Fintech helping Central Banks around the world adopt modern technologies.

• She is a passionate advocate of Blockchain and Digital Currency Technology for payment modernisation and financial inclusion efforts.

• In a previous life she spent 10 years at IBM leading the Global Business Development efforts in IBM Blockchain for Payments.

Financial Services

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62 Li Fan

Chief Technology Officer

• Founder and CEO hiveonline, a Techstars

• Born as an artist but trained as an engineer, Li

Company building sustainable digital finance for the next billion with blockchain.

• Author, Fintech Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) • Fintech Advisor to UN, central banks, NGOs.

is passionate about making technology useful for people’s daily life.

• Fortunate to live in the most exciting time and place for computer science and engineering, • She takes the power of current technology development both as a blessing and as a responsibility for all of us in the field.

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Daphne Ng

Nanna Saito Nielsen

Dedoco

GoCardless

Co-Founder & CEO

• An avid reader, art enthusiast and poetry writer.

• First entrepreneurial venture was in retail services, which was subsequently sold to a lifestyle group.

• A major part of her career was 9 years in corporate banking, starting from SME lending in the initial years and then specialising in structured trade and commodities across international banks.

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• GoCardless helps more than 60,000 businesses collect recurring payments through our global bank to bank network and platform designed for invoicing, subscription, membership and instalment payments.

• Nanna's areas of responsibility include GoCardless' New York Office, global payments operation processing more than $20bn annually.

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Nasreen Patel

Group Head Digital Channels

VP Operations, Strategy & Planning

• Based in Milan, Italy, Sofia has more than 12

• 15 years’ general management experience

Generali

years of experience at Generali.

• Has a Masters in National and International Security from New Bulgarian Universiity.

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Mollie

across strategy, planning, operations, customer experience, and product in high-tech industries.

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Divya Chaturvedi

Laura Spiekerman

OakNorth

Alloy

Co-Founder

• Legal professional with experience in diverse areas of business some of which include loan documentation, security creation, ISDA negotiation, resource raising, bond issuances, securitisation, strategic investments.

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• Alloy is an API that enables financial services companies to safely onboard more “good"​ customers.

• Alloy connects many data sources used for identity verification into a rules engine, converting more good customers and reducing fraud and risk.

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Helen Leonard

Rosaline Chow Ko

Blockchain.com

CXA Group

Managing Director

Founder & CEO

• Started In Financial Markets and crypto

• Rosaline invested $5M of her savings and

currency mining in the blockchain network.

• In 2005 Started in Crypto currency mining and Financial Markets Trading.

• Passion and enthusiasm in finance drove to deeper studies and implementation in Financial analysis.

borrowed another $5M to build CXA after 5 years trying to convince her previous firm to invest in Asia.

• CXA has over a million users across 20 countries in Asia and is being white-labelled as the SME bancassurance SAAS platform.

• CXA has been awarded Insurtech of the Year,

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Noorani Ali

Bode Abifarin

Blend

Flutterwave

VP, Finance

• Speaks English, Hindi and Urdu • Educated at The George Washington University, Aeronautical University and London School of Economics

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Chief Operating Officer

• Educated at Imperial College London.

• Has written about the African banking industry .

• Skilled in Management Consultancy and Business Process Improvement.

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51 Krista Griggs Head of financial services & insurance

Fujitsu

• Winner of the Transformation Leader of the

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year award in the Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2021.

• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Business and Finance graduate.

• Passionate about sustainable technology.

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"Anna was Head of Compliance at Rothschild & Co Wealth Management and a Director of Internal Audit at TSB Bank plc"

50 50 Anna O' Shaughnessy Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

Griffin

MLRO at Rothschild & Co Wealth Management.

• She also spent five years at the PRA-Bank of England (formerly FSA) where she led the team responsible for new bank authorisation and supervision.

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• Joined Griffin in July 2020 • Anna was Head of Compliance and Deputy

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Darcy Shapiro

Maayan Naor

Cover Genius

Rapyd

COO Americas

CFO

• Joined Cover Genius in Aug 2018 • Operations leader in the Americas region

• Joined Rapyd in 2016 • Began her career in KPMG Israel in 1999.

of a global Insuretech company with a demonstrated history of working in many facets of insurance and technology.

• Skilled in product development and innovation, portfolio management, underwriting, claims management, process design, compliance, legal, partnerships, strategy and implementation.

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Janelle Sallenave

Qonto

Chime

Chief Marketing Officer / Chief Revenue Officer

Senior VP, Operations & Member Services

• Qonto is the leading European business

• Janelle has 20+ years experience in leading

finance solution.

• Qonto energises SMEs and freelancers so that they can achieve more.

• Founded in 2017, Qonto has raised €622m from investors including Valar, Alven, the European Investment Bank, Tencent, DST Global, Tiger Global, TCV, Alkeon, Eurazeo, KKR, Insight Partners, Exor Seeds and Gaingels.

multi-billion dollar businesses.

• Janelle is a member of Chime's executive team and primarily responsible for operations and support functions.

• Chime is the fastest growing fintech in the US.

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Milkana Brace

Claire Calmejane

Remitly

Société Généralé

VP, Finance Products

Chief Innovation Officer

• Remitly's vision is to transform the lives of

• Claire is one of the leading European

immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial service products.

• Milkana oversees product and engineering teams related to the following domains: Treasury, Accounting, Pricing and Market Intelligence. We have multiple openings on these teams and across the company.

influencing figures in Financial Technology and Digital Transformation.

• An IT engineer from EPITA with a HEC master, she has a track record of designing and executing transformation strategies.

• For 15 years including 10 in financial services and regulated environment she has worked to identify strategic areas of growth for companies.

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43 Bronwyn Boyle

Chief Information Security Officer

Mambu

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banking-as-a-service platform and of the broader organisation.

• Supporting security across the broader ecosystem of customers that are utilising Mambu to open up financial services.

• Started career as a software developer, cutting Java code and working on first wave of digital banking services, back in the DotCom era.

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• Accountable for the security of Mambu’s

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42 Kristina Campbell Chief Financial Officer

Ripple

• Based in LA. • Joined Ripple in 2021.

• A builder of businesses, teams and products.

My strategic vision, combined with a focus on empowering leadership and operational excellence, has resulted in significant profits and successes for my businesses.

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41 Adina Eckstein Chief Operating Officer

Lemonade

• Execution leader with diverse track-record

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in product delivery, operations, sales and business development, holding senior executive positions within both start up and corporate environments.

• Extensive experience leading large-scale, global digital transformation.

• Builds effective teams for their purpose and design productive, enjoyable and sustainable working environments.

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40 Lucy Yueting Liu Co Founder

Airwallex

• Completed a Master of Finance and a Commerce degree at the University of Melbourne before Co-Founding Airwallex • Liu recently featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and just been appointed as Board Director for FinTech Australia.

• Her role has evolved with the industry, and she has found her sales and training background useful.

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"In the early days, Lucy found it very intimidating to interview people who had much more industry experience than her."

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Francesca Hampton

CFO

CFO

Cynergy Bank

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

• Highly motivated, commercially astute Chief

• CFO and treasury executive with over 20 years

Financial Officer with extensive leadership experience in Finance Transformation, wider Organisational Change and Process Re-design.

Broad experience of Treasury risk management and strong rapport with regulators.

• Recently raised significant capital and completed a sale transaction.

of quantifiable results.

• Combine strategic and tactical financial leadership with strong qualifications in all areas of finance that produce bottom-line results and financial strength.

• Consistently employs an energized management style encouraging teamwork and accountability.

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Vrutika Mody

VP, Head of GoPay Business Development & Global Partnerships

Barbara Cousins

• The GoTo Group is the largest technology

• Barbara leads Flywire’s security, risk and privacy

group in Indonesia and the go-to superapp.

• Leads a team that manages GoPay's most important relationships across investors and strategic partners.

• Prior to GoTo, Vrutika headed Business Development for China and SE Asia for the Tata Group. She started her career at Goldman Sachs in New York.

functions.

• Brings 25 years of experience in risk, security and privacy as well as a general understanding of the legal and regulatory environments.

• Prior to this role, Barbara was the Information Security Officer for Devonshire Investors (Fidelity) where she managed 22 companies based in the U.S and internationally.

Chief Information Security Officer

Gojek

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Zoe Adamovicz

Lisa V. Johnson

Neufund

IBM Financial Services

Co-Founder and CEO

Chief Technology Officer

• In 2016 Zoe co-founded Neufund a

• During her 20+-year tenure at IBM, Lisa has

blockchain-based platform for investors which has raised US$14 million to date.

• Adamovicz has also cofounded blockchain platform Founders Bank.

• Adamovicz advises the German and Maltese governments and sits on the Innovation Board advising the Minister of Digitalisation in Germany.

been recognised with 17 corporate awards for outstanding sales leadership.

• Lisa joined IBM as a systems engineer and rapidly advanced into sales leadership roles, where she developed an expertise for business turnarounds.

• Her client base has spanned 500+ global companies in the insurance, finance, healthcare, distribution and life sciences.

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Martha Cass

VP of Business Operations, Finance & Global Customer Operations

Helen Bierton

• Joined PayPal in 2010 as their Directo of

• As Chief Banking Officer at Starling, Helen is

communications.

• Graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in History in 2004.

• Began her career as a senior consultant at Ampersand Inc in 1997.

responsible for the commercial propositions within the bank including lending, SME and Retail Banking, Marketplace and Starling’s B2B Banking Services.

• Prior to joining Starling in 2018, she spent 24 years working for Santander, Alliance & Leicester and NatWest.

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Chief Banking Officer

Starling Bank

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Rachel Mooney

CEO & Co-Founder

Chief People Officer

Tuum

Monzo Bank

• For 25 years her mission has been to bring

• Track record over the last 15 years of

technology to the finance world. In 1992, she joined Hansabank, a start-up formed by four economics graduates.

• In 2002, she left Hansabank and set up Icefire.

• In 2019 she co-founded Tuum (previously Modularbank) with the aim of taking fintech one stage further.

commercial delivery at pace.

• Adept in start-up, scaling and established organisations. Brings passion and experience to harnessing the power of diverse culture and thinking to achieve extraordinary transformations with proven business benefits.

• Specific expertise in the application of neuropsychology to improve organisation and leadership performance.

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• Strategic technology leader with demonstrated

• Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp that

success in delivering technology solutions which drive business transformation and improved results.

• Proven experience in developing, managing and delivering complex IT portfolio roadmaps across CRM, ERP and BI solutions.

• Extensive experience developing and leading high performing teams.

provides everyday services such as mobility, deliveries, mobile payments.

• Prior to joining Grab full-time in 2015, Hooi Ling was Senior Director for Pricing Intelligence and Monetization at Salesforce, working at the company’s San Francisco headquarters.

• Based in Singapore, she oversees various pillars of Grab’s operations.

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27 Paroma Chatterjee Chief Executive Officer - India

Revolut

• Highly motivated and passionate business

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leader, with an entrepreneurial mindset, and the good fortune of being a core part of some industry-defining innovations for some global Indian organisations.

• 18+ years of rich experience, post IIM, driving business and revenue growth of some large scale businesses across different domains of Financial Services, Telecom and eCommerce.

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26 Cathleen Southwick Chief Information Officer

Robinhood

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Southwick spent 22 years at AT&T before joining Pure Storage as CIO in 2018 and then Robinhood in September 2021.

leadership, solutions, and innovation for multibillion-dollar businesses.

• Lead global network transformations, deliver technology modernisation.

• Results-oriented Strategist: Track record of developing and directing technology strategy, change, delivery, and team building for global organisations Banking

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Head of Retail Banking, Mutuals and Women in Finance

HM Treasury

• Head of Retail Banking at HM Treasury.

• Responsible for the Women in Finance charter.

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abriella Trevenen is the Head of Retail Banking at HM Treasury, where she oversees the development and maintenance of policy in relation to retail banking, building societies and credit unions in the UK. Her team is responsible for the Women in Finance charter, which aims to support the Government in representing women in senior positions within the financial sector.

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Kristin Lemkau

Anisha Vaswani

JP Morgan

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CEO - Wealth Management

• Experienced digital marketer, specialising in digital transformation, customer experience and M&A.

Chief Information Officer

• Prior to Box, Vaswani held IT management roles at VMware, Agilent Technologies, and Hewlett-Packard.

• Received a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University.

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graduate of Vanderbilt University New York, Kristin Lemkau is the Chief Executive Officer of US Wealth Management at JPMorgan Chase. The portfolio includes Wealth Management and Chase Wealth Management, J.P. Morgan Securities and Digital Wealth Management, which has $400bn in assets under management and ~4,000 advisors in 3,500 branches and over 20 offices. Kristen joined the investment bank 23 years ago and has risen through the ranks to take one of the most sought after positions in the global banking world.

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nisha has more than 20 years of experience in the IT space, having most recently served as the Chief Information Officer at Box. In this capacity she was responsible for global IT including enterprise applications, IT operations, end user services, and project management office (PMO). Her team led technology selection, solutions architecture, analysis, design, development, quality assurance, and project management of systems.

Vaswani noted, “I am delighted and honored to join Toast as its first CIO at such an exciting time in the company’s history. I look forward to supporting Toast in its next phase of growth and leading a team of talented and dedicated IT professionals focused on creating worldclass business systems, centralised operations, and IT operations programming.”

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Chief Product Officer

Chief Risk Officer & Head of Compliance EMEA

• Anna has a Bachelor’s Degree and a

• Fantastic example of combining the technical

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Postgraduate Diploma in commerce from the University of Auckland.

"Before joining Xero as managing director for New Zealand in 2016, Anna led internet banking at ASBandthedigitalfirst strategy at Spark."

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nna Curzon leads Xero’s product teams, spearheading product management, development, design, and product marketing to bring more exciting Xero features to partners and small businesses. She has a wealth of experience in online financial services and operations. Before joining Xero as managing director for New Zealand in 2016, Anna led internet banking at ASB and the digital first strategy at Spark.

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with the innovative and how leveraging foundational technical expertise in an innovative fast-moving industry can help propel organisations forward.

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arah stands out in the field as one of the few women leading risk for a fintech company. She brings deep experience in the traditional banking industry to the FinTech world, having spent more than two decades in various risk-related roles of increasing responsibility at the Bank of Ireland. Her main areas of expertise are change management, project management, risk management, compliance management, stakeholder engagement and communications, capability development.

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"A leading Information Technology professional with 25 years’ experience in leading global organisations"

20 Kanika Hope

Chief Strategy Officer

Temenos

• 25 years of experience in leading global organisations such as McKinsey & Company, General Electric and SAP.

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anika Hope has worked at Temenos for six years, and prior to that completed 10 years at SAP. A leading Information Technology professional with 25 years’ experience in leading global organisations such as McKinsey & Company, General Electric and SAP, her sector expertise is in retail banking, commercial banking and Asset management, Insurance –P&C and Life, among others.

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Mariëtte Swart

Lorie Meola

Adyen

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Chief Legal & Compliance Officer

• In 2004, Mariëtte Swart completed a Degree in Regulated Markets and Corporate Law at Utrecht University.

• She also holds qualifications from the Dutch Bar Association and Queen Mary University of London in Company Law, Banking & Securities.

Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer

• Attended the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business where she gained an MBA in Strategy & Accounting. Also holds a Science BS in mathematics and computer science from Andrews University.

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former teacher of Mathematics & Computing, Lorie Meola joined the business world in 1998 first as a Sr. Systems Analyst and later became ADP’s Director IT Procurement & Asset Management.

By 2018, she was the Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer for the First Data Corporation, which led to her position at Fiserve.

She also holds a Science BS in mathematics and computer science from Andrews University.

ariëtte Swart is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Adyen. Prior to this role, she was Adyen’s General Counsel and built the legal team from the ground up.

Before joining Adyen, Mariëtte worked at an international law firm where she gained a vast experience in global financial services, helping companies with products in payments, debt and equity solutions, M&A and financial markets.

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Christine Theodorovics

Chief Strategic Development Officer Europe

AXA

• Been in the finance industry for 22 years, both in insurance and banking.

• Holds a Doctorate from the University of Gloucestershire in Business & Leadership, a Master in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges.

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hristine is a seasoned professional, who served on executive and non-executive boards in eight countries. She has been in the finance industry for 22 years, both in insurance and banking in many different roles.

Whilst having acted as CEO with end to end responsibilities, the more recent focus of her career has been non-executive board memberships in five countries and panEuropean initiatives in digitalisation of distribution, life insurance, ESG, new ways of working, as well as diversity & inclusion initiatives.

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Yolande Piazza

VP Financial Services

Google

• An advocate for women in technology, Yolande founded “Future Women in IT,” a program which aims to inspire middle and high school female students to pursue careers in technology.

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he former CEO of Citi Fintech joined Google in June 2020. She began her banking and financial services career at Citi in 1988, but left for a 10-year term at Diners Club from 1995 to 2005, when she rejoined Citi as their CIO of student loans.

In 2018 she won the American Banker "Woman to Watch" award – a programme that recognises the ‘Most Powerful Women in Banking’, their professional achievements and influence of the top-performing female executives in banking and financial services.

Prior to joining Google Cloud, Yolande spent 32 years at Citigroup. She was most recently the CEO of Citi FinTech, responsible for identifying and driving new vectors of growth for the Global Consumer Bank.

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• Started her career in insurance at Accenture in 2001, joined Admiral in 2007 as a business development manager.

Tamila Fathi

Enterprise CIO

Finastra

• Knowing the audience, understanding their expectations and communicating what is critical has been essential to her success across 20+ years.

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amila Fathi is a technology leader with over 20 years of experience designing, building and operating services across major top tier banks and organisations. Her skills include creating and driving strategic Financial Services

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roadmaps, leading product and delivery teams, mentoring staff and managing multimillion-dollar budgets while reducing end user friction points and increasing value to the organisation.

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ondini de Focatiis hails from the south Italian city of Naples. She started her career in insurance at Accenture in 2001 and later joined Admiral in 2007 as a business development manager.

Reflecting on the past few months, having taking up the role of chief executive designate at the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2021, Milena said: “I think our staff have literally been amazing. I have been blown away by those have been working from their bedrooms for months with levels of dedication that was really unprecedented.”

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13 Silvia Mensdorff Pouilly

SVP Banking & Payments Europe

FIS

• Silvia is a Senior Vice President in Banking & Payments in Europe for FIS. • She was previously the General Manager Europe Processors & Networks at ACI Worldwide.

• Worked within the industry since 2000.

12 Marianna Tessel Chief Technology Officer

Intuit

• Since joining Intuit in May 2017, Marianna has

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ilvia Mensdorff Pouilly is a Senior Vice President in Banking & Payments in Europe for FIS. She was previously the General Manager Europe Processors & Networks at ACI Worldwide.

A veteran in the payments spectrum, Mensdorff Pouilly has worked within the industry since 2000. Her knowledge of the industry, trends, issues and challenges faced by financial institutions as well as women working within the industry, has been a huge benefit to WIPN and members in general.

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led a team of more than 1500 engineers.

• Prior to Intuit, Marianna held senior leadership roles at companies including, Docker, VMWare, Ariba and General Magic.

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arianna Tessel is the CTO. She assumed the role in 2019 when the former CTO, Tayloe Stansbury, stepped down.

Since joining Intuit in May 2017, Tessel has led a team of more than 1500 engineers who are responsible for building our global small business and self-employed products helping entrepreneurs and businesses grow. Prior to Intuit, Marianna held senior leadership roles at a variety of technology companies including, Docker, VMWare, Ariba and General Magic.

She has also been named multiple times in The Most Powerful Women Engineers in Tech by Business Insider.

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"Knowledge of the industry, trends, issues and challenges facedbyfinancialinstitutions as well as women working within the industry"

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11 Samantha Ku

COO - Square Financial Services

Square

• Started career in banking and financial services in 2010 at Citi.

• Joined Square in 2015 as Head of Operations.

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u started her career in banking and financial services in 2010 through a position in Lending at Citi. She joined Square in 2015 as Head of Operations and has risen through the ranks to her current position of COO. Ku is also an active member of Chief - a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there.

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10 JoAnn Stonier Chief Data Officer

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• Global data expert and strategist.

• Extensive experience as Chief Privacy Officer.

• Business executive with broad experience in operational and financial management, including all aspects of accounting, auditing and financial analysis.

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tonier has spent 15 years climbing through the ranks at HSBC and was formerly Head of Business Intelligence at Emirates Bank in the UAE. A global data expert and strategist with substantial experience creating data strategy and management programs ensuring data innovation while navigating data risks. Data Expertise includes: data governance, analytics, quality, management, system development and deployment.

She is also a leading expert in data ethics and responsible data practices with a focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Expertise in anonymisation and analytics and is Adjunct Professor at the Graduate and Undergraduate level.

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09 Charlotte Hogg

Chief Executive Officer, Europe

Visa

• Charlotte brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services, bank operations and management consulting to Visa.

• She served as chief operating officer for the Bank of England from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that role, she led retail distribution for Santander in the U.K. and previously worked at Experian as MD UK and Ireland.

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harlotte brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services, bank operations and management consulting to Visa – the world’s leader in digital payments. She served as chief operating officer for the Bank of England from 2013 to 2017.

Earlier in her career, Hogg was also the CEO of Goldfish Bank at Discover Financial Services, a managing director for strategy and planning at Morgan Stanley, and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, based in the US.

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Charlotte is currently a Non-Executive Director at RELX plc and a UK Finance Board Member.

Previously a Delegate and member of Finance Committee at Oxford University Press (2006-2017) and a Non-Executive Director at BBC Worldwide (2010-2013).

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08 Mariquit Corcoran Group Chief Innovation Officer

Barclays

• Mariquit has spent two decades in the financial services industry.

• Prior to joining Barclays, she led the team responsible for sourcing and closing deals for all strategic engagements of a newly launched FinTech, Marcus by Goldman Sachs.

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"Senior Executive with expertise in developingprofitable partnerships with thirdparty providers,working effectively with critical business partners across a complex banking organisation and launching new businesses and programs globally"

ased in New York, Mariquit has spent two decades in the financial services industry, holding positions and leading teams in businesses spanning across fixed income, operations, risk management, finance and banking.

Prior to joining Barclays, she led the team responsible for sourcing and closing deals for all strategic engagements of a newly launched FinTech, Marcus by Goldman Sachs.

Her current responsibilities include oversight of the global FinTech Accelerator program at Barclays, designed to fast-track the next generation of FinTech businesses, while bringing innovation and application opportunities to Barclays, and leading the Rise Platform.

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07 Ghinwa Baradhi Chief Information Officer

HSBC

• 25 years of experience across enterprise change management and operational within major international financial services environments.

• Excels in leading multi-disciplined, international, virtual resource teams across both the business and IT. • In recognition of her work she received the International Data Corporation (IDC) CIO Excellence Awards 2019 across MENA.

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ith more than 25 years of experience across enterprise change management and operational within major international financial services environments, Ghinwa Baradhi is considered one of the top CIO banking leaders globally.

She is an innovative and dynamic executive who excels in leading multidisciplined, international, virtual resource teams

across both the business and IT. She is HSBC's nominated member to the UAE Banks Federation (UBF) IT Committee and is also HSBC's nominated Sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion for Technology globally.

Her work in the international banking world, as well as her extensive Middle East experience, has led her to be fluent in several languages including English, Arabic and French.

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06 Ramandeep Nayar CFO, Global Risk

American Express

• Key Skills: Strategic Planning & Analysis, P&L Management, Business development, Relationship Management, Drive Agility, Card Lending & Risk Management, Consulting, Product Development, Big Data

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American Express launched an inaugural DE&I Report in 2021. This came one year after the unveiling of a US$1bn Action Plan to advance racial, ethnic, and gender equity.

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oined American Express as an intern in 2007 from positions in General Electric, graduated from Punjab University, India, and got her MBA in finance from the University of Rochester - Simon Business School in 2008.

“Data and Innovation focused finance & strategy leader with a strong focus on achieving bottom line performance through effective organization of talent and resources.

Established thought leader with experience in developing winning strategies for complex and diverse portfolios across various geographies and lines of business.

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05 Vanessa Colella

Head of Innovation and Digital Partnerships

Visa

• Vanessa received her Ph.D. from M.I.T.'s Media Lab as well as Masters degrees from both Columbia University and M.I.T and an S.B. degree in molecular biology from M.I.T. A charter member of Teach for America, she is a published author and lecturer, taught courses at the Santa Fe Institute, and previously served as a research fellow at Rockefeller University.

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"Vanessa specialises in Corporate Development, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile Payments, Emerging Payments, Entrepreneurship, Education, Venture Capital, Marketing"

n accomplished academic as much as a business leader, Vanessa Colella is Visa's Head of Innovation and Digital Partnerships.

Prior to her role at Visa, which began in March 2022, she led the Citi Ventures and Citi Productivity teams. Vanessa's goal is to accelerate and discover new sources of value by championing innovation so that Visa can compete more effectively in a world of technological, behavioral, and societal change.

She gained her Ph.D. from M.I.T.'s Media Lab and also holds masters' degrees from both Columbia University and M.I.T as well as an S.B. degree in molecular biology from M.I.T. She joined Citibank in 2010 from U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), where she was an entrepreneur-inresidence. Prior to USVP, Vanessa was Head of NA Marketing and then SVP of Insights at Yahoo, where she was responsible for developing and executing the company’s consumer data strategy. She was previously a Partner at McKinsey & Company and a junior high and high school science teacher.

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04 Cristina Junqueira Co-Founder

Nubank

• Founded Nubank in 2013 alongside Colombian David Vélez and American Edward Wible.

• Based in São Paulo, it proved so disruptive that by 2018 it had easily achieved “unicorn” status; in fact, with a valuation of over $10bn, it had surpassed it tenfold.

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"Inclusivity is important to Nubank, and the co-foundersarejustifi ably proud of the fact that of the bank’s 2,600 employees, over 40% are women and 30% identify as LGBT."

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unqueira grew up in Rio de Janeiro and moved to São Paulo to study industrial engineering. After graduating, she worked at Boston Consulting Group while completing her Masters in economic and financial modelling.

At 24, she was hired by Unibanco and in 2012, she was appointed portfolio manager for the Itaúcard but left, disillusioned, when her proposals were ignored.

She met David Vélez, who was working for Sequoia Capital. He was frustrated by Brazil’s banking system. He didn’t know the industry, but Junqueira did — and she shared his evaluation of it. The founders chose the name Nubank for two reasons: firstly, “nu” sounds like “new”, but also because in Portuguese it means “nude” — and they wanted to be a transparent organisation.

That, and its policy of treating customers like human beings, has proven a winning formula.

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Isabel Jimeno Fernández Corporation CIO

Santander

• She has been CIO of Santander for almost eight years.

• Prior to Santander, she was the Directora Infraestructuras at Produban, and also worked at Vodafone.

• She has an MSc from CUA University in Washington DC, and has a technical background following her first degree from the Universidad Complutense, Licenciada en Fisicas.

• Fernandez’s key skills include JavaScript, Management, Customer Service, Java, PHP and disaster recovery, among others.

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n impressive and innovative leader in her sphere, Fernández has been the CIO of Santander for almost eight years. Prior to Santander, she was the Directora Infraestructuras at Produban and has gained a market reputation as a dynamic decision-maker and a skilled negotiator.

However, her talents are not only to be found in the world of banking.

Keenly intellectual, Fernández’s background is in technology - and she

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holds an MSc from CUA University in Washington DC, while her first degree is from the Universidad Complutense, Licenciada en Fisicas.

Her key skills include JavaScript, Management, Customer Service, Java, PHP and disaster recovery, among others.

"Keenly intellectual, Fernández’s background is in technology - and she holds an MSc from CUA University in Washington DC"

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Klarna is the leading global payments and shopping service, providing smarter and more flexible shopping and purchase experiences to 147 million active consumers across more than 400,000 merchants in 45 countries.

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Linda Höglund Chief Operating Officer

Klarna

• International executive with 20+ years of experience in strategy, finance, and general management, as CFO / Chief financial officer, COO / Chief Operating Officer, and board member.

• Skills include driving and managing growth with a background in private equity-owned firms as well as listed companies such as Electronic Arts, Klarna, Grab, and Goldman Sachs. Industry focus on IT/software/tech, fintech, gaming, ecommerce, digital, and consumables.

• Expertise in managing digital businesses, optimising scaling and expansion, business planning as well as financial management and board. International markets include Europe (Sweden, UK, Spain, Germany, and others), the US, Asia/South East Asia, and Africa.

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orn and raised in Stockholm Sweden, Linda Höglund returned to Klarna as Chief Operating Officer in 2021, having left to work at Grab, the Singaporean superapp.

But she began her journey with the BNPL giant in May of 2011 as an executive after starting her career in finance as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.

When she joined as Klarna’s CFO, she split her time between Sweden and Singapore. As part of the management team driving the growth and strategy of the company, she was responsible for the global finance function of 50 employees, including business planning, corporate finance, compliance, and treasury as well as

the data, procurement, and pricing analytics teams.

In October 2013, she became Klarna’s EVP, overlooking new region evaluation and plans.

Linda has a strong passion for supporting growth and driving company development, both through the finance function and working close to the business and operations overall.

She has been part of several growth journeys building unicorns and knows what it takes to scale.

She has a Masters’ degree’ in economics and business administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and also specialises in accounting, finance, and international business.

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Choi is an angel investor who has taken part in a number of seed and Series A and B funding rounds for various financial organisations.

Aside from her interest in cryptocurrency, some of her primary business interests include consumer internet, software as a service, mergers and acquisitions, venture investments, corporate strategy, business operations, data analytics.

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Emilie Choi

President and Chief Operating Officer

Coinbase

• She’s an economics graduate from Johns Hopkins University

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n economics graduate from Johns Hopkins University, Emilie holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

A dynamic and innovative business leader, she helped build the Coinbase exchange alongside the company’s founder and CEO, Brian Armstrong. Choi is also a keen angel investor and has taken part in a number of seed, Series A and B funding rounds for anumber of successful fintechs.

Prior to Coinbase, Choi served as LinkedIn’s Vice President of Corporate Development, Overseeing more than 40 transactions at LinkedIn, including the acquisitions of Lynda, Bright, Newsle, Connectifier.

Her reputation as an advocate for founders through every step of the M&A process made her the perfect fit for Coinbase because she has an outstanding record of building strong relationships with founders and in creating environments where entrepreneurs can continue to execute on their vision within larger companies.

"We have largely a trading model that generates a ton of revenue for us, and we love that model and we’re totally OK with the volatility of it. And at the same time, we’re investing very heavily in the subscription and services model, and you’re seeing a lot of growth from that because it’s the thing that helps us control our own destiny.”

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"We have largely a trading model that generates a ton of revenue for us, and we love that model and we’re totally OK with the volatility of it"

and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

• She helped build the Coinbase exchange alongside founder and CEO Brian Armstrong.

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