Corporate Affairs Director, Oaknorth Bank

Valentina is the Corporate Affairs Director at OakNorth, which she has been supporting since June 2015. With oversight of external and internal communications, events, content, ESG/sustainability, and OakNorth’s UK CSR/1+1% Commitment, she helps set the strategic direction for stakeholder engagement globally and is an observer on the Bank’s Executive Committee. She is also a Founding Editorial Board member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ multi award-winning member magazine, INFLUENCE; an Adviser to The Entrepreneurs Network - a think tank for the ambitious owners of Britain's fastest growing businesses and aspirational entrepreneurs, where she is also a Commissioner for a recently-launched Private Business Commission chaired by Steve Rigby to address the UK’s growing inability to scale and retain private companies; and a Board Advisor to ETA Technologies - a startup on a mission to empower investors with a sophisticated, quantified, and comprehensive analysis of the founding teams they plan to invest in. In 2018, she was named in the Standout 35 of Innovate Finance’s Women in Fintech Powerlist.