FinTech50 2016 Reception + Big Debate Hosted by Silicon Valley Bank (thank you), this event combines our London Reception for The FinTech50 2016 with a panel debate featuring four FinTech leaders - profiled below. We’ve called it the Big Debate because the discussion will focus on one of the year’s hottest topics: The EU Referendum. The Economist’s Business Affairs Editor, Andrew Palmer, will moderate, and we will follow the discussion with drinks to ‘toast’ this year’s Fantastic FinTech50 following our launch at Money20/20 in April. Event hashtag: #FT50DEBATE t:@thefintech50 / w:thefintech50.com
Andrew Palmer Panel Moderator
17.45 - Arrive 18.00 - Welcome 18.15 - Big Debate 19.00 - Networking Drinks
Business Affairs Editor, The Economist w: economist.com t: @palmerandrew
20.30 - Close Andrew Palmer is Business Affairs Editor overseeing the coverage of business, finance and science at The Economist. He was formerly Finance Editor (from 2009) and Banking Correspondent (2007-09), having joined The Economist as Management Correspondent in February 2007.
Peter Behrens
Mike Laven
Tom Blomfield
Co-Founder / CCO: RateSetter
CEO: Currency Cloud
Co-Founder / CEO: Mondo
Launched: 2010 (UK)/2014 (Australia)
Founded: 2012 - London, UK
Founded: 2015 - London, UK
Sector: Lending
Sector: Payments
Sector: Mobile Banking
w: currencycloud.com
w: getmondo.co.uk / tomblomfield.com
w: RateSetter.com / t:@RateSetter
t: @currencycloud
t: @getmondo / @t_blom As CCO, Peter leads the commercial team at RateSetter. Peter trained as a lawyer at Ashurst, before leaving to join RBS as a banker. “The success of peerto-peer feels inevitable,” he says. “The internet is breaking down all sorts of barriers and now it's given us an opportunity to change the way people interact with their money. The decision to use peerto-peer finance has become an easy one to make for those who take the time to consider it."
Over the last fifteen years, Mike has held leadership roles at a number of a FinTech firms. He joined Currency Cloud in 2011, growing the firm to processing over $10bn of international payments per annum. As COO at Traiana, Mike played a pivotal role in ICAP's $274m purchase of a controlling interest. Mike was previously CEO at Infinity Financial Technology, Cohera and Coronet, and Chairman at FRS Global.
Tom is CEO and co-founder of Mondo - a new smartphone-based bank. Mondo broke records in March 2016, raising £1m of crowdfunding in 96 seconds. Tom previously founded GoCardless, a FinTech startup that has gone on to raise $25m. In 2013, he was nominated one of the top 5 Entrepreneurs under 30 by the European Commission.
Janet Thomas Founder / CEO: TouchFX Offices: New York / London Sector: FX w: touchfx.com With 16 years+ experience at ABN AMRO, Citi & Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, Janet has created market-leading FX solutions, winning Best Global Product awards from FX Profit & Loss (2008 – 2013). The founder and CEO of TouchFX, Janet is also President of Women in Banking & Finance, one of the largest corporate women’s networks in Europe.
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