FTT Open Finance 2021 | VC Innovations | 15 November 2021 | Virtual

FTT Open Finance - A Virtual-First Festival. 1000 online attendees + 200 Financial Institutions + A rockstar speaker lineup + Featuring live streamed & pre-recorded sessions. What are you waiting for?

The future of finance is digital and most certainly more open. The journey to open banking may still be in its early stages but the plan is to accelerate and broaden that evolution. Open finance is coming whether through regulatory demand or market driven forces and the impact on the industry will be profound.

With a view towards improving the outcomes for consumers and businesses though more control over how their data is used and by whom, catalysing the creation of the next generation of products and services. Open finance must inform strategy decisions today for the future of all parts of the financial services sector.

Buckle up as we look at the present and future of the industry. Evaluate new business models and a fast-changing competitive landscape. Open your thinking to new partners and whole new ecosystems in a world of open finance.

2021 Speakers

Saket Saith
Chief Technology Officer, Barclays

Nick Fahy
Chief Executive Officer, Cynergy Bank

Gavin Kelly
Chief Executive Officer, Retail at Bank of Ireland

Felipe Peñacoba Martinez
CIO, Revolut Bank

Helen Bierton
Chief Banking Officer, Starling

Claire Calmejane
Chief Innovation Officer, Société Générale

Chris Worle
Chief Digital Officer, Hargreaves Lansdown

Christopher Kiew-Smith
Chief Compliance Officer, Zodia by Standard Chartered

Jeremy Balkin
Head of Fintech & Innovation, JP Morgan

Jamie Broadbent
Head of Digital, Innovation & Design, RBS International

Andrew Murphy
Group Operations Director, John Lewis Partnership

Kahina Van Dyke
Global Head, Digital Channels & Data Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank

Frank Cooper
Senior Managing Director & Global Chief Marketing Officer, BlackRock

Shaun O'keeffe
Senior Marketing Manager, Marqeta

Mercedes Clark-Smith
Head of Design & Validation, NS&I

Michael Anyfantakis
Chief Architect, Capital One

Ron Kalifa, OBE
Chairman, Network International

Marion King
Director of Payments, NatWest Group

Arka Sircar
Director of Strategy, TSB Bank

Kate Bohn
Innovation - Incubator & Accelerator lead, Lloyds Banking Group

Jemma Waters
Head of Responsible Transformation - ESG in Tech; Data, Design & Digital, Lloyds Banking Group

Dominic Simkus
Innovation & Strategy Manager, Lloyds Bank

Paola Miani
Head of Design Culture, Design Strategy & Operations, Group Transformation, Lloyds Banking Group

Teana Baker-Taylor
General Manager, UK, Crypto.com

Rabia Mahmood
Senior Software Engineer, Lloyds Banking Group

Ange Johnson De Wet
Head of Cloud & Technology Change Risk, Lloyds Banking Group

Richard Davies
Chief Executive Officer, Allica Bank

Charlotte Kanagasabapathy
Director, Innovation, Rise created by Barclays

Mark Homans
Senior Relationship Director, Santander UK

Rachel Vann
Senior Manager, Responsible Business, Lloyds Banking Group

Kwasi Affum
Impact Assessment, Group Strategy, Barclays

Scott Wilson
Commercial Vice President, Mambu

Ross Breadmore
Chief Product Officer, 4G Capital

Ellie Brown
Cyber Programme Delivery, Santander UK

Juliette Souliman
VC Investor, MMC Ventures

James Dickerson
Client Partner, Motive Partners

Julia Streets
Host of DiverCity Podcast & CEO, Streets Consulting

Natalie Ledward
Head of Vulnerable Customers, Monzo

Thea Loch
Head of Strategic Shaping, Lloyds Banking Group

Tom Bussey
Investment Director, Strategic Innovation Investments, HSBC Ventures

James Shafe
Head of General Insurance, Payments & Innovate, Consumer & Retail Policy Division, FCA

Rita Martins
Head of FinTech Partnerships, HSBC

Diana Carrasco
Managing Director - Head of Merchant services, Llyods Banking Group

Chris Scambler
Head of Customer Journey Design, Lloyds Banking Group

Will Hackett
Head of Fintech Practice, Pangea

Rene Michau
Head of Fintech Client Advisory, Standard Chartered Bank

Mathew Gardiner
Founder, A1 AI

Brendan Gilmore
Managing Director, BPG Strategy Limited

Nina Mohanty
CEO, Bloom Money

Meaghan Johnson
CEO, Digital Magss

Charlotte Crosswell
Chair and Trustee, Open Banking

Shân Millie
Founder, Bright Blue Hare

Andrew Larking
Lead UX & UI Designer, Vanquis Bank

Chris Pearson
Head of Intermediary Mortgages, HSBC

John Stewart
Global Head of Scouting and Research, Natwest

Ronan O'dea
Head of Product, Validis

Roland McCormack
Mortgage Distribution Director, TSB Bank

Hany Choueiri
Chief Data Officer, Aldermore Bank

Anna Porra
European Strategy Director, Marqeta

Monica Sah
Financial Regulation Partner, Clifford Chance

Laura Douglas
Senior Associate, Clifford Chance

Sergejs Vohrins
Product Lead - Open Banking, Monese

Andy Hirst
VP and Head of Financial Services EMEA North, SAP

Sabine VanderLinden
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing partner, Alchemy Crew

Henrik Rosvall
Chief Executive Officer, Dreams AB

Simon Cureton
Chief Executive Officer, Funding Options

Bailey Kursar
Found, Touco

Julie Sutton
VP Customer Success, Marqeta

Fabian Eberle
Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, Keyless

Ivan Mazzoleni
Cultural Energy Orchestrator & Chief Executive Officer, Flowe

Winston Pearson
UK Open Banking Product Manager, Goldman Sachs

Stephen Wishart
Director of Fintech, Transunion (UK)

Sachin Rajat Sharma
Chief Product Officer, nexus, Standard Chartered Bank

Joon Ian Wong
Consulting Editor, The Street

Karen Bradbury
Client Manager, Invest Northern Ireland

Tom Bentley
Chief Commercial Officer, Vodeno

Adnan Ahmed
Head of Strategy, Starling Bank

Kimberly Mescal
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Marqeta

Alex Reddish
Managing Director, Tribe Payments

Freddy Kelly
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Credit Kudos

Clare Reilly
Chief Engagement Officer, PensionBee

Jordan Shwide
Product Director (Business Banking), Monzo

Joe Parkin
Managing Director, Head of Banks and Digital Channels, BlackRock

Derek Smith
Head of Digital Solutions, Virgin Money

Charlotte Halkett
Chief Commercial Officer, Bought By Many

Jason Oakley
Chief Executive Officer, Recognise Bank

Georgy Sokolov
Co-founder & VP of Partnerships, Wirex

Ken Cregan
Head of Innovations, Unum

Julie Ashmore
Chief Executive Officer, Rapid Cash, NatWest

Ken Cregan
Head of Finance Policy, British Retail Consortium

Eddie Robb
Commercial Director, Zumo

Arthur Ceccotti
Payments Engineer, Monzo

Sarah Greasley
Chief Technology Officer & Architecture CoE Lead, Direct Line

Sol Enenmoh
Head of Digital Transformation, Vanquis Bank

Siri Børsum
Global VP Finance Vertical Eco-development & Partnerships, Huawei

Marita Cavalcanti
Chief Financial Officer, Proportunity

Mark Hipperson
Found & Chief Executive Officer, Ziglu

Cameron Orcutt
Co-founder, OnLadder

Derek Freel
Head of Fintech, Google Cloud UK

Kirill Evreinov
Solutions Engineer, Google Cloud UK

Paul Noble
Chief Commercial Officer, Tandem Bank

Paul Loberman
Chief Product Officer, untied

Joanne Dewar
Chief Executive Officer, Global Processing Services

Chris Harrison
Chief Executive Officer, Furness Building Society

Steven Habbi
Global Head of Brand Design and Management, HSBC

Stephen Watson
Head of Proposition, Cushon

Aymer Wilson
Head of Sales and eCommerce, Whistlefish

Will Smith
Co-Founder, Tred

Joe Katz
Chief Financial Officer, Mollie

Niamh O'Brien
Senior Solution Architect, Fivetran

Guy Kashtan
Co-Founder and CEO, Rewire.to

Ash Bhatia
Chief Executive Officer, Shipyard Innovation

Elizabeth Lumley
Technology and Transaction Banking Editor - The Banker, Financial Times

German Sibay
Senior Engineering Manager, Wise

Alan Chang
Chief Revenue Officer, Revolut

Josh Vazquez
Chief Technology Officer, ClubView

Jonathan Holman
Head of Digital, Santander Corporate & Commercial

Keshvi Radia
Head of Product - Payments, Allica Bank

Noorneet Singh
Strategy, Planning & Partnership Lead, Mettle

Tarun Sachdeva
Chief Strategy Officer, Ziglu

Natasha Jones
Early Stage Investor, Octopus Ventures

Nicolas Pelletier
Chief Executive Officer, Pledg

Douglas MacKenzie
Host & Deputy Editor, Fintech Finance

Mahmoud El-Azzeh
Head of Product - Payments, DAZN

Yasamin Karimi
Head of Product, Codat

Alexia de Broglie
Co-Founder, Juno

Vilmos Lorincz
Managing Director - Data and Digital Products, Lloyds Banking Group

Martin Threakall
COO, Yapilly

Daniel Drummer
CFO, AuxMoney

Nicolas Pelletier
CEO, Pledg

Robin Amlot
Managing Editor, IBS Journal

Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, Entrepreneur & Student Experience, IBM Z Systems

Nick Bennett
Chief Technology Officer & Operations Officer, Castle Trust Bank

Briony Krikorian‑Slade
Principle, Payments, UK Finance

Kumar Bhaskaran
Innovation and Technology Scout, Office of CTO, IBM Cloud

Terrie Smith
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, DIGISEQ

Tom Green
Commercial Lead, Cleo

Otabek Nuritdinov
Co-Founder and CEO, StormPay

Paula Singliarova
Head of Stewardship and Sustainability, Arabesque Asset Management

Francesca Carlesi
Co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance

Alexandra Bloomfield
Payments Industry Specialist, BT Group

Markos Zachariadis
Full Professor and Chair in Financial Technology (Fintech) & Information Systems, The University of Manchester

Kat Mann
Head of PR, Nutmeg

Daniel Gibbs
Enterprise & Climate Propositions & Engagement, NatWest Group

Stephen Lemon
Co-Founder, Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development, Currencycloud

Robin Amlot
Managing Editor, IBS Journal

Francesca Hodgson
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, GoodBox

Philip Andrew Sjogren
Sr. Product Marketing Officer, Very Good Security

Nafisa Feeney
Head of AML, Safenetpay

Derek Stewart
Found & Chief Executive Officer, Paysme

Svetlana Novikova
Finance, Data and Pricing Director, Cuvva

Maria Papadelli
Head of Product, Yulife

Ken Johnstone
CPO, Mettle

Victoria Sparey
Senior Workforce Capability Manager, Lloyds Banking Group

Toby Kernon
CEO & Founder, Wagonex

Emily Nicolle
Fintech Correspondent, Financial News, Dow Jones

Clare Mckeeve
Group CEO, Talenthouse, Zooppa, Ello, EyeEm, Jovoto & Quest, Talenthouse

Philip Briffett
Head of Partnerships, Wagestream

Karan Shanmugarajah
Chief Executive Officer, WealthKernel

Richard Maton
Managing Director, Aperio Strategy

Dylan Bourguignon
Chief Executive Officer, SO-SURE

Tasneem Harnekar
Global Head of Operation, Alchemy Crew

2021 Sponsors

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• Yapily

FESTIVAL SPONSORS:
• Marqeta
• Boss Insights
• Star
• Fintech Foundry by Shearman
• Untied
• LogMeIn