Nina is the founder and CEO of Bloom Money, a fintech company that empowers diaspora communities with tools to build generational wealth.
A seasoned speaker, moderator, and panellist, she is passionate about delivering technology that can better customer’s financial lives.
She is a recipient of the Tech Women 100 award and proudly sits on the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Power List.
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Madhvi has a decade of experience working in international news and financial technology, and manages content and the editorial team at the major fintech news platform Finextra. She is also a proud member of the Women in FinTech Powerlist 2020 Standout 35.
A fintech journalist and commentator she’s covered a variety of issues from fund-raising start-ups to crypto, to feminism and equality within finance.
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Margot and Alexia founded Your Juno in 2020 with the goal to close the gender gap in financial literacy. They have developed a “Duolingo of Money” app, offering easy-to-digest courses on personal finance topics such as investing, salary negotiation or purchasing a home to help women and non-binary people gain financial confidence.
After raising over £2 million to build the platform and accumulating 25,000 users in its first few months, the sister duo was named Forbes 30 under 30.
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Gwera is a fintech and web3 expert with an interest in where both areas intersect and what kind of impact it allows.
She’s worked globally, building and scaling fintechs and now leads crypto at Africa’s largest payments gateway, Onafriq (formerly MFS Africa) to use new technologies like stablecoins and blockchain technology to unlock the next generation of African growth.
Gwera subscribes to the Crypto Mullet school of thought that sees fintech in the front facing user experience and crypto powering the back end.
After spending time in the trenches with her own African cross-border payments venture, she joined UK neobank Monzo to scale their financial crime operations and internal product as the company grew from 100k to 4M customers, obtained a banking licence and expanded to the US.
Gwera’s global expertise comes from her time at fintech consultancy 11:FS, where she worked with neobanks, advised fintechs, regulators and incumbents on building truly digital financial services. At 11:FS, she co-created the consultancy’s web3 advisory business that worked with leading crypto-native organizations, fintechs, regulators and global banks.
Gwera founded Women Who Build Africa and also hosts crypto@scale, Africa’s first crypto podcast focused on the utility of crypto.
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Ruby Hinchliffe is a Personal Finance Reporter at The Telegraph, following stints at FTAdviser and Fintech Futures. With a strong history in fintech journalism she’s a keen commentator on the industry and keeps a finger on the pulse of the wider landscape.
She was also recently named both ‘Protection Journalist of the Year’, and ‘Mortgage Journalist of the Year’ at the Headline Money awards 2022.
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Tessa Bryant is the Brand & Comms lead at Lightyear, the investment startup seeking to revolutionise the way people invest their money.
Having held previous PR roles at Robinhood and Seedrs, Tessa has a close understanding of the world of investments.
She is Lightyear’s first marketing hire, and is responsible for building their reputation.
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Flora is an expert in customer experience, and the methods needed to get the best insights for building products.
Having worked at major tech names like Bulb, and Robinhood, her work has helped design consumer facing apps with the customer at its core. She now leads UX research at investment at Lightyear, the investment startup seeking to revolutionise the way people invest their money.
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Olivia Minnock is Senior Partnerships Manager at mmob, and formerly the Editor of FinTech Alliance, the Government-backed digital ecosystem bringing together UK fintech.
She curated content to support and amplify a growing community of over 250 diverse companies, helping fintechs to access funding, build partnerships, grow their customer base, and tell their story.
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Mary Agbesanwa is passionate about how technology is transforming financial services, and supporting millennials to achieve their full potential. She spent 5 years as a Management Consultant at PwC (working with banks and fintechs looking to scale).
Now, at Seccl as their Fintech Growth Lead, she is focused on turbocharging the company’s growth and expanding their portfolio of fintech clients.
Outside of work, she blogs on her Medium blog ‘A Millennial’s Diary’ about careers and personal development for millennials and runs a female millennial self-development and entrepreneurial community called the Now You’re Talking Network which has over 800 members.
Recent accolades: shortlisted for Black Tech Achievement Awards ‘Fintech Professional of the Year 2022, MCA Young Consultant of the Year Finalist 2021, Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist 2020.
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Roisin Levine is Head of UK and European Partnerships at Wise Platform, previously Head of Banks at Flux. She is a 3 x Women in Fintech Rising Star.
As a fintech public speaker she has featured regularly as a panelist and interviewee for a range of events and podcasts.
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Nadia Costanzo is the Head of Banking for MEA & Latin America at Wise. A deeply informed payments expert, Nadia has extensive experience working on some of the most significant problems within international finance.
She was previously a consultant with the World Bank, and is a passionate advocate for inclusion within fintech.
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Harriet is a seasoned fintech consultant, with years of experience working with major challenger brands. She is passionate about fintech for good, and the ability that finance has to change people’s lives for the better.
She was Head of PR for Teya, and before this led the communications team at Starling Bank, having joined the marketing team pre-launch. She now runs her own consultancy, To Be Communicated, focused on supporting startups and scale-ups across brand, marketing and communications.
She has also written for the PR Week, Metro, Fast Company and UKTN, as well as being a regular fintech commentator. In 2015, she authored the insight report, ‘Fintech Underdogs Unleashed: 9 Ways to ensure your fintech brand is barking up the right tree’.
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