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5 March 2025, 09:00 – 11:30
Balls Brothers, London
Women in Open Banking Meetup
The art of networking – how to network effectively and build your contacts
Join us on 5 March for our next in-person Meetup in London and learn how to hone your networking skills. Effective networking and being able to build your contacts are considered essential skills in business – and Open Banking is no exception.
At the Meetup, you’ll have the opportunity to take part in peer-led discussion groups to:
- Consider what can be gained professionally and personally from networking effectively
- Discover the skills required to be an effective ‘networker’ and how to develop them
- Take your networking ‘fails’ and learn from them
- Identify your networking goals and put them to work in 2025
- Learn how to overcome networking nerves – and even enjoy networking!
Speakers include
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.
Louise Beaumont
Louise Beaumont
Senior Vice President Global Open Banking & Open Finance Engagement MasterCardThe data sharing economy – powered by consumer-permissioned data – is transforming financial services around the world. Dr. Louise Beaumont leads Mastercard’s efforts to shape an ecosystem fit for innovators and incumbents to deliver Open Banking, Open Finance, and Open Data’s full potential – to the ultimate benefit of consumers, businesses, governments, and the economies and societies that they comprise.
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.
Agenda
Tea/coffee and networking
Welcome
Open Banking Expo
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.
Fireside Chat: The art of networking
Open Banking Expo
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.
MasterCard
Louise Beaumont
Senior Vice President Global Open Banking & Open Finance Engagement MasterCardThe data sharing economy – powered by consumer-permissioned data – is transforming financial services around the world. Dr. Louise Beaumont leads Mastercard’s efforts to shape an ecosystem fit for innovators and incumbents to deliver Open Banking, Open Finance, and Open Data’s full potential – to the ultimate benefit of consumers, businesses, governments, and the economies and societies that they comprise.
SkyParlour
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.
Peer group discussion
We’ll break into groups for peer-led discussions to help each other hone our skills in:
- Using social media to network – Why you don’t even have to leave your desk to build professional connections.
- Working the room – How to enter conversations with confidence, seamlessly navigate a room full of professionals, and leave a lasting impression. Sharing practical tips for making introductions, reading body language, and knowing when to move on to your next connection.
- Conversational starters – Practice conversation openers, build confidence, and overcome networking nerves.
- Building relationships – Top tips for creating meaningful connections that go beyond a quick introduction.
Networking
Close
Venue
Balls Brothers
Minster Exchange
3 Mincing Lane
London EC3R 7PP
