Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist celebrates some of the amazing women making an impact across the FinTech and Financial Services ecosystem. The highly anticipated WIF Powerlist 2023 will shine a spotlight on +250 women across 8 categories who have made a significant difference across the sector’s many facets.

Amongst those on the Powerlist are the Standout 45: a selection of women who are making an incredible, lasting impact in FinTech, over and above their day-to-day role.

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The Standout 45

Women in FinTech Powerlist 2023

Senior Leaders
Rising Stars
Professional & Financial Services
Technology Professionals
Policymakers & Regulatory Experts
Investors
Marketers & Communicators
Industry & Knowledge Champions

Senior Leaders

Senior leaders truly driving forward change within the FinTech space, above and beyond their day-to-day role. They have excelled in their career, but are also passionate about helping others make progress in theirs – through mentoring, setting up support groups to share experiences or voluntary work.

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Kimberley Abbott, CEO and Founder, Vested Impact

Ella Alkalay Schreiber, SVP, GM Fintech at Hopper, Hopper

Tracy Andersson, Co-Founder / Joint CEO, SendSpend

Basak Toprak, EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan, JP Morgan

Emilie Bellet, Founder, Vestpod

Tatiana Botskina, Founder, Deriskly, MintyCode

Maria Campbell, Chief Operating Officer, Griffin

Geeta Chauhan, Co-Founder & CEO, HiWi Pay

Afiya Chohollo, CoFounder, CloudFO

Chryssi Chorafa, Director - Former Founder, StarLiX

Zoë Chowney, CEO, Bacano.io

Claire Conby, Co-Founder, Head of UK, Chief Risk Officer, OneStep Financial and the Digital Pound Foundation

Sophie Condie, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Shieldpay

Jude Cook, CEO & Co-Founder, Share In Ltd

Charlotte Crosswell, Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT)

Rachel Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, Inicio.AI

Sabrina Del Prete, CEO and Founder, Kore Labs Ltd

Stefania Di Bartolomeo, President and CEO, Physis Investment

Iana Dimitrova, Chief Executive, OpenPayd

Liz Dionisio, Chief Product Officer, Kore Labs

Priyanka Dubey, director partnerships, fable data limited

Kristy Duncan, CEO, Women in Payments

Georgina Fairhall, Founder and CEO, WAC

Merve Ferrero, Chief Strategy Officer, Zopa Bank

Alex Ford, President, North America, Encompass Corporation

Anna Freeman, CEO/Founder, ZavFit.com

Vivi Friedgut, Founder and CEO, Blackbullion

Kelly Fryer, Executive Director (CEO), Fintech Sandbox

Hema Gandhi, CEO and Founder, LatentBridge

Shilpika Gautam, CEO and Founder, Opna

Leslie Gillin, Chief Growth Officer, Pagaya Technologies

Adina Grigoriu, Founder & CEO, Active Asset Allocation

Priya Guliani, CEO, EarthID

Nim Haas, Global Chief Marketing Officer, BPC

Lena Hackelöer, Founder & CEO, Brite Payments

Emma Hagan, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, ClearBank

Zahra Hassan, Founder, Eligible

Lindsey Haswell, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, MoonPay

Nicki Hinton-Jones, Chief Investing Officer, Timeline

Lara Hodgson, Co-founder, President & CEO, Now®

Ren Hooi, Founder and CEO, Lightning Reach

Laura Hutton, Chief customer Officer and Co-founder, Quantexa

Lauren Ingram, Founder, Women of Web3

Leica Ison, Founder & CEO, Skyjed

Amanda Jenkins, Chief Impact Officer, 10x Banking

Alison Jessup, CEO & Co-Founder, Canefin Ltd

Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO, Tapoly

Malini Kannan, CEO Office Leader, Thunes

Sandeep Kaur, Director BFS DLT Solutions Lead, Innova Solutions

Katherine Keddie, Co-founder, Adopter

Anna King, Chief Financial Officer, Mesh Payments

Emma Kisby, CEO, Cogo

Anna Kogan, CEO, Duckfund Real Estate Inc

Marta Krupinska, Cofounder and CEO Cur8.earth, Cur8.earth

Gabriella Kusz, Senior Fellow, AI2030

Corinna Lamberti, Chief Product Officer, Chip

Jenny Lee, Chief Commercial Officer, Zing by HSBC

Manjula Lee, Founder and CEO, World Wide Generation

Sharon Lewis, Sector Leader of Finance, Insurance, and Investment (FII) and Partner, Hogan Lovells

Alla Liberman, CFO/COO, Beacon Platform Inc.

Monika & Denise Liikamaa & Johansson, Co-CEOs & Co-Founders, Enfuce

Winnie Ling, General Counsel & Head of Legal, Blend Labs, Inc. (NYSE: BLND)

Corinne Lleti, General Manager of Southern Europe, Provenir, Provenir

Yi Luo, CEO and Co-Founder, Eunice

Lihi Lutan, Co-Founder and CEO, Opstream

Holly Mackay, CEO and Founder, Boring Money

Roisin McCarthy, CEO & Founder, Verifoxx

Sinead McHale, CEO, Satago

Miranda McLean, Chief Marketing Officer, LHV Bank

Neha Mehta, CEO, FemTech Partners

Clare Mitchell, Senior Vice President - FinTech Venture and Growth at HSBC Innovation Banking, HSBC Innovation Banking UK

Roxana Mohammadian-Molina, Chief Strategy Officer, Blend

Inga Mullins, CEO, Fluency

Isabel Naidoo, Chief People Officer, Wise

Amy Nauiokas, Founder and CEO of Anthemis Group, Anthemis

Tram Anh Nguyen, co-founder, CFTE

Crystal Noe, Sanctions Director, Head of Global Sanctions Compliance, Kraken

Ylva Oertengren, COO & Co-Founder, Simply Asset Finance

Ramona Ortega, Founder, WealthBuild

Princess Oti, Co Founder/COO, Kaoshi Network

Stephanie Pagni, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Monzo

Donna Parisi, Global Head of Finance, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Rebecca Park, Managing Director, Global Counsel

Maria Pasquale, Co-Founder, UpSpark

Rupal Patel, Founder, Women in Risk & Control (WiRC) & Acin

Michelle Pearce-Burke, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Wealthify

Ruth Pearson, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Ex LendInvest plc

Hephzi Pemberton, Founder, Honordex

Kate Phillips, Regional Director, Timeline

Melek Pirgon, Chief Product Officer, Modulr Finance

Laura Pomfret, Co-Founder, Financielle

Barbara Pozdorovkina, Chief Growth Officer, LMAX Group

Payal Raina, Global Head of Marketing, Torstone Technology & Founder of FinTech B2B Marketing Community, Torstone Technology and FinTech B2B Marketing Community

Uma Rajah, CEO, CapitalRise

Myrtle Anne Ramos, CEO, Block Tides

Katie Ramsey, Head of Fintech, Department for Business & Trade

Eve Read, Senior Director of Strategic Delivery, Smart

Jana Reid, Head of Commercial Bank Partnerships, TrueLayer

Fiona Roach Canning, Co-founder and CEO, pollinate

Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO and founder, AZA Finance

Betsy Samuel, Chief Marketing Officer, Thredd

Vicky Sanders, Chief Digital Officer, OpenFin

Roxane Sanguinetti, Head of Strategy, GHCO

Lisa Scott, CEO Europe, Banked

Joyce Segall, Global Head, Insurance Innovation & Strategy, Pattern Insurance

Amber Skinner-Jozefson, CEO and Co-Founder, ePOP AI

Mirna Sleiman, Founder and CEO, Fintech Galaxy

Ophelia Snyder, Co-founder and president, 21.co

Nadia Sood, CEO, CreditEnable

Gaye “Gaia” Soykok, Cofounder & CEO, Tokens of Appreciation (Toap.gg)

Noa Srebrnik, CEO, CitrusX

Emma Steeley, CEO, Aro

Louise Stewart, Founder and CEO, ProjectPay

Niv Subramanian, Chief Lending Officer, Allica Bank

Laurel Taylor, Founder and CEO, Candidly

Sophie Thurner, Co-CEO, beatvest

Valeria Vahorovska, CEO, Fondy

Sarah-Jayne van Greune, Chief Operating Officer, Payen Limited

Prema Varadhan, Chief Operating Officer and President, Product, Temenos

Ruth Vero, Vice President of Operations, GoHenry

Ash Viens, Founder, Eutony Consulting Inc.

Cristina Vila, CEO & Co-Founder, Cledara

Lorna Waldron, VP Marketing, Moneythor

Ruth Wandhofer, Fintech Professor, NED, Author, Speaker, Bayes Business School (formerly CASS)

Cynthia Wandia, Co-founder & CEO, Kwara

Rowan Whittington, Chief Operating Officer, Finding Somebody Ltd

Amanda Wick, Founder and CEO, Association for Women In Cryptocurrency

Sarah Williams-Gardener, CEO, FinTech Wales

Vicky Wilson, CEO and Founder, Settld

May Yang, President – Head of North America, Synechron

Zara Zamani, CoFounder and COO, Neoki

Rising Stars

From relative newbies determined to make their mark as a future FinTech leader or a role models for the industry, they have hit the ground running and gone beyond their job description. Their contributions to successful projects, innovative ideas and other standout achievements has set them apart.

Natasha Dawson, Product Manager, Zopa Bank

Katy Doan Doan, Vice President of finance, PMI Houston

Lorna Hutchman, Senior Marketing Manager, Blockchain.com

Elizabeth King, Site Reliability Engineer, GoCardless

Claire Mongeau, Fintech investor, Founders Factory

Alexandra Rivas-Gale, Head of Product for Europe, ClearBank

Neila Romdane, Product Manager, Life Moments

Wei Wang, Senior Legal Counsel, TRM Labs

Greta Akintoye, Head of Public Sector Strategy, Ecospend, a Trustly company

Clare Ambrosino, Senior Corporate Affairs Manager, Open Banking Limited

Chloe Barz, Director of International Government and External Affairs, Robinhood Markets

Lizzie Morgan, Director Fincrime Intelligence, Monzo

Elin Ng, Chief of Staff, Griffin

Chanelle Pattinson, Product Manager, Wealth Wizards

Emily Pilsworth, CEO, ESG Stream

Ann Ann Teh, Software Engineer, Zopa Bank Ltd

Ambar Vitelli, Innovation Lead, NayaOne

Catherine Xu, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Starlight

Professional & Financial Services

Professional and financial service professionals that are championing FinTech within their respective teams. They are the inhouse specialist, the go-to for the latest in FinTech trends and an influential voice on sector innovations and diversity in finance.

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Shruti Ajitsaria, Partner/Head of Fuse, Allen & Overy LLP

Kate Bennett, Director, Arbor Law

Andrea Blackie, Head of Risk, Share In Ltd

Charlie Bronks, Head of ESG, Crown Agents Bank

Marie Chowdhry, General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Lean Technologies

Suzanne den Breems, Principal, Practice Leader, VAT Compliance, Consulting and Recovery, Ryan

Seema Farazi, EY Partner, Global Immigration and head of Financial Services Immigration, EY (Ernst & Young LLP

Fiona Ghosh, Partner, EY

Rugile Gurrieri, Head of Risk, Lendable (Impact investing)

Charlotte Hill, Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Nathalie Hoon, Head of Legal and Compliance, Hokodo

Saira Khan, Head of Innovation & Partnerships, First Direct Bank

Angelina Kuznetsova, Partner, Head of Fintech, Deloitte LLP

Jessica Lazarus, Co-Lead of Legal Managed Services (UK) EY Law and Global Account Lead for FinTech, Ernst & Young LLP (EY)

Rachel Levi, Global Head of Innovation Engineering, Swift

Roisin Levine, Head of Partnerships, UK & Europe at Wise, Wise

Natalie Lewis, Partner, Head of Fintech, Market Infrastructure and Payments, Travers Smith

Natalie Linhart, porate and Regulatory Counsel, Consensys

Séverine Mas, Head of Legal, Edenred Payment Solutions

Victoria Matthews, General Counsel, Zopa Bank

Sue McLean, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Nicola Megaw, Group General Counsel, Amber River

Kate Moody, Strategy Director, 11:FS

Jennifer D. Morton, Co-Chair, FinTech and Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Helen Pantelides, Partner, White & Case LLP

Amy Parkinson, Legal Director - Fintech, Founders Law

Lauren Quigley, Innovation Programmes Lead, Barclays

Maria Clara Rezende, Head of UX Research and Design, Digital Disruptions

Nika Safonova, Product Specialist, Cogo

Nicole Scholvinck, Head of Talent, OpenFin

Kate Valdar, General Counsel, Allica Bank

Bryony Widdup, Partner, co-lead of the Sustainable Finance and Investment practice and a core member of Digital Assets and Blockchain practice, Hogan Lovells

Technology Professionals

These ladies are striving to make a contribution in the heart of the Tech part of FinTech. From designing or implementing complex software packages, to making a really innovative contribution to their firm’s systems or processes, they are taking technology to the next level.

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Sahra Abdille, Director, Digital Investing, Coutts

Vuokko Aro, VP of Design, Monzo

Rosa Del Rio Llorente, VP of Engineering, Acre

Eleni Fragkiadaki, Director of Engineering, Monzo

Ruwani Hewa, Product & Propositions Director, Open Banking, Nuapay

Maria Khan, Director of Product & Digital, Tandem Bank

Valerie Kontor, Product Manager, Funding Circle

Ashlyn Lackey, Director, Emerging Technology, Prudential

Genevieve Mattheus, Head of Implementations, Paymentology

Diana Moldovan, Security Engineering Manager, GoCardless

Hazal Muhtar, Director of Analytics, Global Product, Wise

Oge Opara-Nadi, Developer Experience and Operational Excellence Lead, 10x Banking

Vaishali Patel, Head of Engineering, Zopa Bank

Ravneet Shah, Chief Technology Officer, Allica Bank

Olivia Stannah, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Statement

Karrie Tilburn, Chief Executive Officer, KA Watson Consultancy Ltd

Lauren Wright, Head of Data, Advanced Analytics and Insight, Lloyds Banking Group

Policymakers & Regulatory Experts

FinTech is growing up and with adulthood comes responsibility! We are celebrating the women in regulation, government affairs and policy, who play a vital role in encouraging innovation.

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Yasmeen Al-Sharaf, Director of FinTech & Innovation, Central Bank of Bahrain

Jessie Apple, Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Airwallex

Laura Burley, Director of Government Experience, UK & EMEA, Xero

Flora Coleman, Director of Global Policy and Government Relations, Fintech

Alison Donnelly, Director, FSCom Limited

Meryem Duygun, Professor, Aviva Chair in Risk and Insurance, University of Nottingham

Jen Garcia, Associate - Global Innovation, Financial Conduct Authority

Cordelia Kafetz, Director of Financial Risk, Starling Bank

Crystal Noe, Sanctions Director; Head of Global Sanctions Compliance Program, Kraken

Kateryna Shcheglova-Goldfinch, Senior PM on fintech market, digital technologies and regulatory platforms development, EBRD / National bank of Ukraine

Investors

Playing a key role in changing the current funding environment for women founders and entrepreneurs, these ladies are encouraging companies to take their innovative ideas to the next stage.

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Galia Beer Gabel , Partner, Team8

Pauline Brunel, Investment Manager, BlackFin Tech

Melissa Frakman, CEO & Founding Partner, Emphasis Ventures

Amber Ghaddar, Founder and Managing Director, The 200Bn Club / AllianceBlock

Alina Klarner, Head of Ventures, Impact Shakers

Magdalena Krön, Global FinTech & Innovation Director, Barclays

Agata Nowicka, Founder, investor, Female Foundry

Katie Palencsar, Partner, Anthemis

Kirsty Rutter, Fintech Investment Director, Lloyds Banking Group

Sophie Winwood, Operating Partner, Foxe Capital

Mira Witzig Borja, Vice President, Citi

Rocio Wu, Principal, F-Prime Capital

Marketers & Communicators

From commanding the authoritative voice of their organisation, to sharing key insights that go beyond traditional media, these women play an important role in showcasing the value of FinTech to the world.

Anna Antimiichuk, Global Head of Communications, Clausematch (now part of Corlytics)

Amelie Arras, Marketing Director, Zumo

Nadia Benaissa, Global Head of Marketing, Paymentology

Ashvinder Bhamra, Head of Marketing, PayFuture

Dumpling Bullish, Educational Influencer, Coin Bureau

Aimee Cole, Head of Marketing, ClearBank

Becci Furnell, Head of Global Press Office, Open Banking Excellence (OBE)

Carina Glöckner, Head of Marketing, ndgit GmbH

Annie Gregory, Business Owner, Myself

Alexis Holland, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, OpenText

Amelia Isaacs, Senior Reporter, AltFi

Annemarie Kruijer, Head of Marketing & Marketing & Growth, Briqwise Nederland & Joanna Invests

Amelia Murray, Head of Content, Claro

Alexandra Nelless, Head of Public Relations, Smart

Araminta Robertson, Managing Director, Mint Studios & Fintech Marketing Hub CIC

Becky Sales, PR Manager, Paymentology

Jessica Schaefer

Uneesa Zaman, CEO, Uneesa Finance

Industry & Knowledge Champions

This new category is open to women who work in international and national hubs or ecosystems; non-governmental organisations; schools, colleges or universities. These people are examples of those who go the extra mile to link industry and academia; or who convene a community of FinTech innovators to create a responsible, diverse and inclusive culture.

Sponsored by

Ibukun Akinnawo, Manager, Enterprise Sales Enablement, Flutterwave

Emily Corfield, EMEA Head of Financial Institution Sales, StoneX

Sarah Corley, CEO, Alliance of Digital Finance & Fintech Associations

Hannah Duncan, Fintech Journalist and Copywriter, Hannah Duncan Investment Content Ltd.

Kate Graham, Process Manager: Vulnerability, Access & Inclusion, Monzo Bank

Ksenia Grant, Director of Ecosystem and Partnerships, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT)

Alessandra Guion, CEO, Fintech Belgium

Calypso Harland, Founder, Fintech Fringe

Maria Harris, Chair, Open Property Data Association

Danielle Haston, Head of Global Asset Management, Chainalysis

Lauren Jones, SVP, Global Advisory, Konsentus

Tatja Karkkainen, Lecturer, founder and author, Ulster University Business School

Drisha Kirkman, Global Head of Programme Management and Sustainability, Paymentology

Anastasiya Kizima, Head of Global Rise Ecosystem Partnerships, Barclays

Marion Laboure, Senior Strategist at Deutsche Bank & Lecturer at Harvard University, Deutsche Bank & Harvard University

Jamie Leach, Open Data Strategist / Regional Director / Founder, Raidiam, FDATA, Open Data Australia

Olga Miler, Founder & CEO, SmartPurse - Financial education platform

Merusha Naidu, Global Head of Network Partnerships, Paymentology

Abimbola Oladipo, Platforms and Banking-as-a Service Market Strategist, Stripe

Katja Palovaara, FinTech Manager, EY

Laura Rofe, Director - Account Management EMEA, Thunes

Tara Ryan, Director of People Experience, Monzo

Nashwa Joy Saleh, Associate Professor of Finance & Fintech, Kingston Business School London

Kelly Stanley, Co-founder & Director, Borough Bench Media, organiser of Open Banking Expo

Amna Usman Chaudhry, Financial Economist and Frontier Tech Strategist, Various, including Co-founder of Oxford Blockchain Foundation

Senior Leaders

Senior Leaders

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Kimberley Abbott, CEO and Founder, Vested Impact

Ella Alkalay Schreiber, SVP, GM Fintech at Hopper, Hopper

Tracy Andersson, Co-Founder / Joint CEO, SendSpend

Basak Toprak, EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan, JP Morgan

Emilie Bellet, Founder, Vestpod

Tatiana Botskina, Founder, Deriskly, MintyCode

Maria Campbell, Chief Operating Officer, Griffin

Geeta Chauhan, Co-Founder & CEO, HiWi Pay

Afiya Chohollo, CoFounder, CloudFO

Chryssi Chorafa, Director - Former Founder, StarLiX

Zoë Chowney, CEO, Bacano.io

Claire Conby, Co-Founder, Head of UK, Chief Risk Officer, OneStep Financial and the Digital Pound Foundation

Sophie Condie, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Shieldpay

Jude Cook, CEO & Co-Founder, Share In Ltd

Charlotte Crosswell, Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT)

Rachel Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, Inicio.AI

Sabrina Del Prete, CEO and Founder, Kore Labs Ltd

Stefania Di Bartolomeo, President and CEO, Physis Investment

Iana Dimitrova, Chief Executive, OpenPayd

Liz Dionisio, Chief Product Officer, Kore Labs

Priyanka Dubey, director partnerships, fable data limited

Kristy Duncan, CEO, Women in Payments

Georgina Fairhall, Founder and CEO, WAC

Merve Ferrero, Chief Strategy Officer, Zopa Bank

Alex Ford, President, North America, Encompass Corporation

Anna Freeman, CEO/Founder, ZavFit.com

Vivi Friedgut, Founder and CEO, Blackbullion

Kelly Fryer, Executive Director (CEO), Fintech Sandbox

Hema Gandhi, CEO and Founder, LatentBridge

Shilpika Gautam, CEO and Founder, Opna

Leslie Gillin, Chief Growth Officer, Pagaya Technologies

Adina Grigoriu, Founder & CEO, Active Asset Allocation

Priya Guliani, CEO, EarthID

Nim Haas, Global Chief Marketing Officer, BPC

Lena Hackelöer, Founder & CEO, Brite Payments

Emma Hagan, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, ClearBank

Zahra Hassan, Founder, Eligible

Lindsey Haswell, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, MoonPay

Nicki Hinton-Jones, Chief Investing Officer, Timeline

Lara Hodgson, Co-founder, President & CEO, Now®

Ren Hooi, Founder and CEO, Lightning Reach

Laura Hutton, Chief customer Officer and Co-founder, Quantexa

Lauren Ingram, Founder, Women of Web3

Leica Ison, Founder & CEO, Skyjed

Amanda Jenkins, Chief Impact Officer, 10x Banking

Alison Jessup, CEO & Co-Founder, Canefin Ltd

Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO, Tapoly

Malini Kannan, CEO Office Leader, Thunes

Sandeep Kaur, Director BFS DLT Solutions Lead, Innova Solutions

Katherine Keddie, Co-founder, Adopter

Anna King, Chief Financial Officer, Mesh Payments

Emma Kisby, CEO, Cogo

Anna Kogan, CEO, Duckfund Real Estate Inc

Marta Krupinska, Cofounder and CEO Cur8.earth, Cur8.earth

Gabriella Kusz, Senior Fellow, AI2030

Corinna Lamberti, Chief Product Officer, Chip

Jenny Lee, Chief Commercial Officer, Zing by HSBC

Manjula Lee, Founder and CEO, World Wide Generation

Sharon Lewis, Sector Leader of Finance, Insurance, and Investment (FII) and Partner, Hogan Lovells

Alla Liberman, CFO/COO, Beacon Platform Inc.

Monika & Denise Liikamaa & Johansson, Co-CEOs & Co-Founders, Enfuce

Winnie Ling, General Counsel & Head of Legal, Blend Labs, Inc. (NYSE: BLND)

Corinne Lleti, General Manager of Southern Europe, Provenir, Provenir

Yi Luo, CEO and Co-Founder, Eunice

Lihi Lutan, Co-Founder and CEO, Opstream

Holly Mackay, CEO and Founder, Boring Money

Roisin McCarthy, CEO & Founder, Verifoxx

Sinead McHale, CEO, Satago

Miranda McLean, Chief Marketing Officer, LHV Bank

Neha Mehta, CEO, FemTech Partners

Clare Mitchell, Senior Vice President - FinTech Venture and Growth at HSBC Innovation Banking, HSBC Innovation Banking UK

Roxana Mohammadian-Molina, Chief Strategy Officer, Blend

Inga Mullins, CEO, Fluency

Isabel Naidoo, Chief People Officer, Wise

Amy Nauiokas, Founder and CEO of Anthemis Group, Anthemis

Tram Anh Nguyen, co-founder, CFTE

Crystal Noe, Sanctions Director, Head of Global Sanctions Compliance, Kraken

Ylva Oertengren, COO & Co-Founder, Simply Asset Finance

Ramona Ortega, Founder, WealthBuild

Princess Oti, Co Founder/COO, Kaoshi Network

Stephanie Pagni, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Monzo

Donna Parisi, Global Head of Finance, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Rebecca Park, Managing Director, Global Counsel

Maria Pasquale, Co-Founder, UpSpark

Rupal Patel, Founder, Women in Risk & Control (WiRC) & Acin

Michelle Pearce-Burke, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Wealthify

Ruth Pearson, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Ex LendInvest plc

Hephzi Pemberton, Founder, Honordex

Kate Phillips, Regional Director, Timeline

Melek Pirgon, Chief Product Officer, Modulr Finance

Laura Pomfret, Co-Founder, Financielle

Barbara Pozdorovkina, Chief Growth Officer, LMAX Group

Payal Raina, Global Head of Marketing, Torstone Technology & Founder of FinTech B2B Marketing Community, Torstone Technology and FinTech B2B Marketing Community

Uma Rajah, CEO, CapitalRise

Myrtle Anne Ramos, CEO, Block Tides

Katie Ramsey, Head of Fintech, Department for Business & Trade

Eve Read, Senior Director of Strategic Delivery, Smart

Jana Reid, Head of Commercial Bank Partnerships, TrueLayer

Fiona Roach Canning, Co-founder and CEO, pollinate

Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO and founder, AZA Finance

Betsy Samuel, Chief Marketing Officer, Thredd

Vicky Sanders, Chief Digital Officer, OpenFin

Roxane Sanguinetti, Head of Strategy, GHCO

Lisa Scott, CEO Europe, Banked

Joyce Segall, Global Head, Insurance Innovation & Strategy, Pattern Insurance

Amber Skinner-Jozefson, CEO and Co-Founder, ePOP AI

Mirna Sleiman, Founder and CEO, Fintech Galaxy

Ophelia Snyder, Co-founder and president, 21.co

Nadia Sood, CEO, CreditEnable

Gaye “Gaia” Soykok, Cofounder & CEO, Tokens of Appreciation (Toap.gg)

Noa Srebrnik, CEO, CitrusX

Emma Steeley, CEO, Aro

Louise Stewart, Founder and CEO, ProjectPay

Niv Subramanian, Chief Lending Officer, Allica Bank

Laurel Taylor, Founder and CEO, Candidly

Sophie Thurner, Co-CEO, beatvest

Valeria Vahorovska, CEO, Fondy

Sarah-Jayne van Greune, Chief Operating Officer, Payen Limited

Prema Varadhan, Chief Operating Officer and President, Product, Temenos

Ruth Vero, Vice President of Operations, GoHenry

Ash Viens, Founder, Eutony Consulting Inc.

Cristina Vila, CEO & Co-Founder, Cledara

Lorna Waldron, VP Marketing, Moneythor

Ruth Wandhofer, Fintech Professor, NED, Author, Speaker, Bayes Business School (formerly CASS)

Cynthia Wandia, Co-founder & CEO, Kwara

Rowan Whittington, Chief Operating Officer, Finding Somebody Ltd

Amanda Wick, Founder and CEO, Association for Women In Cryptocurrency

Sarah Williams-Gardener, CEO, FinTech Wales

Vicky Wilson, CEO and Founder, Settld

May Yang, President – Head of North America, Synechron

Zara Zamani, CoFounder and COO, Neoki

Rising Stars

Professional & Financial Services

Technology Professionals

Policymakers & Regulatory Experts

Investors

Marketers & Communicators

Industry & Knowledge Champions

Meet the Judges

Hear from previous years’ Standout winners

“To find my name featured in the Standout 35 of the Women in Fintech Powerlist 2019 was a very humbling and pleasant surprise. It is an honour to feature amidst such talented individuals. Much progress has been made in gender equality but there is a long way to go. Such initiatives help showcase talent, create a supportive community and inspire future generations to follow suit and dream the dreams. Receiving this recognition also brings a strong responsibility to help others by paving the way and paying it forward by doing our part to build a more inclusive community within and outside the workplace.”

– Tribeni Chougule, Head Of Change Management – CFO Office, Visa

I am very grateful to be included in the Powerlist. I believe initiatives like this are useful to highlight profiles of women in Fintech that would otherwise not have a chance at being recognised, especially women in technical roles like myself, who often take the backstage. The work of organisations like Innovate Finance to promote and support women in technology and finance is never ending. There is a lot to be done and it is fantastic to see their reach and credibility in the financial services and the fintech world put to good use.

– Evelina Vrabie, Co-Founder & CTO, Touco

As one of the Standout #35 Women in the FinTech (2019), this pivotal initiative has facilitated my creating closer synergy between industry/academia, as follows. First, invites to speak about the National FinTech Network/FinTrust research at CogX/international conferences, universities and reviewing FinTech research applications. Second, increasing my industry footprint: input to organisational strategy, multiple panel invitations, commenting on policy/regulatory innovation around Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR)―named as a ‘Founder’ of the CDR movement led by Rob Price (formerly Worldline). Likewise, working with Moneyline and the Aster Foundation in addressing how FinTech can assist in alleviating financial exclusion in the UK/globally (funding: The Gates Foundation).

– Karen Elliot, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise/Innovation (FinTech), Newcastle University

Being listed in the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Power List and as a Standout 35 was an absolute honour and a real boost for my confidence. I would encourage everyone in the FinTech community to nominate women in your network. We all know a number of very talented females that aren’t always in the public eye, that aren’t always visible on social media, that aren’t always the first to speak up in meetings, that deserve the recognition for the valuable contribution they make to the success of the FinTech industry. And these women deserve to be rewarded and called out for their dedication and hard work.

– Lucy Heavens, Head of Marketing, Wealth Dynamix

– Tribeni Chougule, Head Of Change Management – CFO Office, Visa

– Evelina Vrabie, Co-Founder & CTO, Touco

– Karen Elliot, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise/Innovation (FinTech), Newcastle University

– Lucy Heavens, Head of Marketing, Wealth Dynamix

– Tribeni Chougule, Head Of Change Management – CFO Office, Visa

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Women in FinTech Powerlist 2023

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Professional & Financial Services

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