IFGS 2023 | Innovate Finance Group Summit (IFGS) | 16 April 2023 | Guildhall, 71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, UK

IFGS returns for its 9th year to the historic Guildhall in the City of London, and will welcome the brightest and best from the financial services and fintech ecosystem to discuss and debate the crucial issues facing the sector now and in years to come.

The UK continues to be a leader in financial innovation.

Its place at the centre of global financial services, with supportive regulation, access to world-class talent, and a rich investment landscape has made it a hotbed of startups and established fintechs. These new and exciting businesses are working to change and evolve the sector for the benefit of consumers and businesses alike.

IFGS 2023 will convene industry leaders ranging from innovators, institutions, regulators to policy-makers, startups and investors to one place for two-days of thought-provoking discussion. The agenda will shine a spotlight on the global fintech ecosystem, with an increased focus on the key areas that are enhancing, empowering and ensuring that fintech and financial services pave the way for economic growth, sustainability, and a financial system that caters for all.

2023 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

TS Anil
CEO, Monzo

Anne Boden MBE
Founder and CEO, Starling Bank

Julia Hoggett
CEO, London Stock Exchange plc

Charles McManus
Group CEO & Executive Director, ClearBank

Javier Pérez-Tasso
CEO, SWIFT

SPEAKERS:

Adam French
Partner, Houghton Street Ventures

Aidene Walsh
Chair, PSR

Alastair Douglas
CEO, Totally Money

Alex Cowan
CEO, Platform One Group

Alex Tonello
Chief Revenue Officer, Fido

Alia Mahmud
Global Regulatory Affairs, Comply Advantage

Ana Nishnianidze
Trade and Investment Commissioner, UK and Ireland, Austrade

Anand Sambasivan
Co-Founder & CEO, PrimaryBid

Andrew Rabbitt
CEO, Incuto

Anil Noonan
Corporate Strategy & Development, Paysend

Anisha Mohil
Impact & Sustainability Manager, Ecolytiq

Anna Brailsford
CEO, Code First Girls

Anne Boden MBE
Founder and CEO, Starling Bank

Anton Padmasiri
Co-Founder/CEO, WealthOS

Barnabas (Barney) Reynolds
Global Head of the Financial Services Industry Group, Shearman & Sterling

Bernie Hickman
Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Retail

Bryan Zhang
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the University of Cambridge Judge Business School

Bryn Coulthard
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Smart Data Foundry

Cate Pye
Partner Digital Trust and Cybersecurity, PA Consulting

Charles McManus
Group CEO & Executive Director, ClearBank

Chris Bradbury
CEO, Oazo

Chris Hayward
Chairman of the Policy Committee, City of London Corporation

Chris Steele
Partner, KPMG

Claire Small
Executive Producer, BBC StoryWorks

Claire Tunley
CEO, Financial Services Skills Commission

Conrad Ford
Chief Product Officer, Allica Bank

Cristina Bentué
Co-Founder and Head of R&D

Damien Shieber
Non-Executive Director and Board Member, Progress Together

Dan Shellard
Partner, Breega

Daniel Doll Steinberg
Co-Founder, EdenBase

Daniel Layne
CEO, QV Systems

Danny Lopez
CEO, Glasswall

David M. Brear
Founder & Group CEO, 11:FS

Detective Chief Superintendent Andrew Gould
City of London Police

Dirk Steller
Founder and Managing Partner, Seed Space Venture Capital

Don Hoang
Partner, Atomico

Dr. Jeremy Silver
CEO, Digital Catapult

Dr. Kay Swinburne
Vice Chair, KPMG

Dr. Lewis Z. Liu
Co-founder & CEO, Eigen Technologies

Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer
Partner, Gauss VC

Edie Lush
Executive Producer & Co Host, Global GoalsCast

Eleni Digalaki
Principal Analyst, Insider Intelligence

Elise Lockyer
Chief People Officer, Sonovate

Emma Joyce
Chief Executive Officer & Board Member, GBBC Digital Finance

Eric Mouilleron
Founder & CEO, Bankable

Erica House
Account Executive - Wealth, TrueLayer

Evgenia Loginova
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer at BPC Founder and CEO at Radar Payments

Ezechi Britton
CEO, CFIT

Frederick Bouverat
Founder and CEO, TPE

Gareth Cleverly
Sales Director, Wealth99

Gihan Hyde
CEO & Founder, CommUnique

Gilbert Verdian
Founder & CEO, Quant

Gurdeep Singh Kohli
SC Ventures, Standard Chartered

Gwyneth Nurse
Director-General, Financial Services, HM Treasury

Helen Child
Founder & CEO, Open Banking Excellence (OBE)

Hilary Smyth-Allen
Executive Lead, SuperTech

Ian Sutherland
CFO and Head of Net Zero, Tide

Iana Dimitrova
Chief Executive, OpenPayd

Ildefonso Olmedo
CDiO Customer & Innovation, Blockchain Lead, Santander

Ilyas Khan
Founder & CEO, Cambridge Quantum Computing

Ingrid Anusic
Marketing Director, Moneyhub

Jaidev Janardana
CEO, Zopa

James Bardrick
Citi Country Officer, UK; Cluster Head, UK, Jersey; CEO Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Janine Hirt
CEO, Innovate Finance

Jennifer Rigby
Director, Mozaic

Jessica Rusu
Chief Data, Information, and Intelligence Officer, FCA

Jonas Andrulis
Founder & CEO, Aleph Alpha

Josh Lipsky
Senior Director, Atlantic Council

Julia Hoggett
CEO, London Stock Exchange plc

Julia Streets
Founder and CEO, Streets Consulting

Karan Shanmugarajah
CEO, WealthKernel

Katharine Wooller
Business Unit Director, CoinCover

Katie Derham
TV Host

Kimberley Abbott
CEO & Founder, Vested Impact

Kirit Bhatia
Head of Business Development, Ripple

Kristy Duncan
Founder & CEO, Women in Payments

Kunal Jhanji
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Liam Gray
Strategic Account Manager, Plaid

Liam Green
Co-founder & COO, Capsule Insurance Services Ltd

Lisa Jacobs
CEO, Funding Circle

Liz Ward
Director of Programmes, Stonewall

Lloyd Wahed
Founder & CEO, Mana Search

Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE

Louis Taylor
CEO, British Business Bank

Louise Hill
Co-Founder and COO, gohenry

Louise Smith
Chair, Innovate Finance

Marion Laboure
Director, Senior Economist, Deutsche Bank

Mark Chorazak
Partner, Shearman & Sterling

Mark Little
Head of Strategy, Fraud & Identity, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Mark Mullen
CEO, Atom Bank

Mark Walker
Editorial Director & Chief Operations Officer, The Fintech Power 50

Martin Sokk
Co-founder & CEO, Lightyear

Mary Agbesanwa
Fintech Growth Lead, Seccl

Mary MacPherson
Innovation & Experience Design Director, Ernst & Young LLP

Matt Cooper
Co-CEO, Crowdcube

Matt Freeguard
Investing Product Manager, Shares

Matthew Peake
Global Director of Public Policy, Onfido

Merusha Naidu
Global Head of Partnerships (Scheme), Paymentology

Michael Saadat
Head of International Public Policy, Block

Michael Thomas
Partner FS, Hogan Lovells

Mike Bristow
CEO and Co-Founder, CrowdProperty

Mike Carter
Head of Platform Lending, 36H Group

Mike Eakins
Chief Investment Officer and Group Executive Committee Member of Phoenix Group plc

Christopher Hui
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

Myles Stephenson
CEO, Modulr

Nadia Edwards-Dashti
Chief Customer Officer, Harrington Starr

Nektarios Liolios
Co-Founder of The Future Farm

Nick Daley
Investor, FinCapital

Nicola Anderson
CEO, FinTech Scotland

Oliver Smith
Managing Editor and Head of Content, AltFi

Olya Parafiyanovich
co-founder and Head of Growth, Manigo

Parveen Kaur
Head Of Operations, Lloyd's

Paul Taylor
Founder & CEO, Thought Machine

Philippa Martinelli
Global FinTech & Innovation Specialist, Independent Advisor

Pranav Sood
GM, EMEA at Airwallex

Prof Markos Zachariadis
Professor and Chair in Financial Technology (FinTech) & Information Systems, Alliance Manchester Business School

Quentin Martin
Director of Product, Capital on Tap

Reuben Lim
Chief Operating Officer, Singapore FinTech Association

Richard Arundel
Chief Evangelist & Co-founder, Currencycloud

Richard Fenner
Director of Public Policy, Euroclear

Rob Straathof
CEO, Liberis

Robin Scher
Strategic FinTech Investing, Lloyds Banking Group

Ronan Carter
Client Partner, Payment Fintechs, Google Cloud

Ruhi Dang
Product Lead for Europe Markets, Stripe

Ryan Mendy
Chief Communications Officer, Zilch

Sam Edge
Global Head, FinTech Business Development, Startups & Venture Capital at Amazon Web Services / MBA, CA

Sam Everington
CEO, Engine by Starling Bank

Sam Seaton
CEO, Moneyhub

Sarah Kocianski
Freelance Fintech and Insurtech Strategist

Sarah Williams-Gardener
CEO, FinTech Wales

Shachar Bialick
Founder and CEO, Curve

Shân Millie
Founder, Bright Blue Hare

Shaun Port
Managing Director, Everyday Banking, JPMorgan Chase

Sherry Madera
CFA, SVP, Public Policy & Government Affairs, Mastercard Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance

Simi Shah
Project Director in Innovation and Growth, City of London Corporation

Simon Church
CEO, Maxive Cyber Security

Sonal Lakhani
Global Head of Programmes & Strategic Initiatives, Barclays

Sophia Bantanidis
Future of Finance, Citi

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief Fintech Officer, the Monetary Authority of Singapore

Stephen Dury
Vice President, Capgemini Invent

Steve Gibson
Partner, Element Ventures

Steve Naudé
Global Head of Wise Platform at Wise

Steve Toland
Co-Founder & CEO, TransFICC

Susanne Chishti
CEO, Fintech Circle

Sushil Kuner
Principal Associate, Gowling WLG

Taffy Jo Meyers
Global Proposition Leader of Commercial Insurance, WTW

Theo Blackwell MBE
Chief Digital Officer, London

Tiama Hanson-Drury
Chief Product Officer, Minna Technologies

Tim Levene
CEO, Augmentum Fintech plc

Tim McEwan
Founder and Managing Partner, GoldCrest

Tom Bull
EY UK FinTech Growth Leader, Ernst & Young LLP

Tom Eyre
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Loqbox

Tom Pope
SVP Payments & Platforms, Tink

Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-Founder, CFTE

Travers Clarke-Walker
Chief Marketing Officer, Thought Machine

TS Anil
CEO, Monzo

Valentina Kristensen
Director of Growth & Communications, OakNorth

Vanessa Roberts
Head of Strategy & Responsible Business, Leeds Building Society

Ylva Oertengren
COO, Simply Asset Finance

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Rise Created by Barclays
• Fintech HK
• Department for Business and Trade

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• EY
• Gowling WLG
• SC Ventures
• Fintech Foundry
• Smart Data Foundry
• Scube.co
• Tuum
• 0True Layer
• Cymru Wales

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Apex Fintech Solutions
• Enfuce
• Global Relay
• Start in Malta
• Swift
• Visa
• Very Good Security
• ZOPA

LEAD MEDIA PARTNER:
• CNBC