Women in Open Banking Meetup
We’re delighted to welcome Charlotte Crosswell, First Chair of CFIT (Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology) to the stage – who will reveal how she honed her negotiation skills to promote the benefits of Open Banking to banks, regulators and third parties – followed by a panel of experts who will debate the art of effective communication and how you can perfect it to advance your career.
Eline Blomme
Eline Blomme
Vice President Product Strategy & Ventures TrueLayerEline is Vice President of Product at Truelayer where she focuses on open banking for the eCommerce segment as well as developing relevant value-added services on top of payments. Eline has been working in the payments industry for almost a decade. Prior to Truelayer, she was responsible for the Digital Commerce product management team at Worldline, which is the largest merchant acquirer and payment processor in Europe and the 4th largest payment player worldwide.
Charlotte Crosswell
Charlotte Crosswell
Chair CFIT (Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology)Charlotte has been involved in capital markets, fintech and technology throughout her career – as CEO, Chair, Board Advisor and Non-Executive Director. Prior to CFIT, Charlotte was Chair and Trustee of Open Banking and was also CEO of the fintech industry body, Innovate Finance. In this role, she supported the work of Sir Ron Kalifa in delivering the strategic fintech review (“The Kalifa Review”). She works closely with entrepreneurs, financial services firms, academia, government and regulators on fintech advocacy and strategy. Charlotte received an OBE for her contribution to financial services in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021. She believes firmly in a diversity and innovation-first approach.
Ellie Duncan
Ellie Duncan
Head of Content Open Banking ExpoFormer Financial Times Group journalist Ellie Duncan has a decade of experience across financial services. While arguably best-known for her asset management work, she has also covered open banking, credit, private equity and entrepreneurship.
Fiona Fenn Smith
Fiona Fenn Smith
Head of Ecosystem Communications Open Banking Limited
Charlotte Wise
Charlotte Wise
Commercial Director American ExpressAs Commercial Director for Pay with Bank transfer, American Express’ Open Banking payments solution, Charlotte plays a fundamental role in defining the company’s Open Banking strategy within the UK market. During her time at American Express she has had a diverse career, having worked in 7 different roles across sales, marketing, product, business insights, strategy and planning, giving her varied learnings and experience, and making her well positioned to lead a cross-functional Open Banking team.
Angela Yore
Angela Yore
Founder & Chief Executive Officer SkyParlourAngela is an entrepreneur, PR leader and an influencer in the Fintech sector. Since co-founding SkyParlour in 2009, she has raised the profile of 100s of brands from dynamic scale-ups to market leaders in the fintech, tech and ecommerce sectors. Listed on the Innovate Finance Stand out 35 Women in Fintech Power list 2020, Angela is a Chartered Institute of Marketing MCIM.
Angela has sat on various Advisory Boards, past and present, including The Payments Association, Fintech Connect, The Merchant Payment Ecosystem and the European Women Payments Network, The Inclusion Foundation Executive Committee and is a Governor of Wilmslow High School. Her latest project is being part of DIGISEQ’s Non-Executive Board.
Angela is an international speaker and presenter with previous engagements at world class events including Money2020, Finnovate, Fintech Connect, Internet Retailing and Pay360.
She believes passionately in citizenship, the power of communities and striving to make the world that little bit better.
