Economist specialising in macroeconomics and globalisation, providing the macroeconomic context for fintech adoption, including the way globalisation, growth and Asian markets shape financial change.
AI scientist and digital pioneer, covering the technology layer, including machine learning, financial data and the capabilities emerging digital systems can bring to financial services.
Founder of a mobile banking startup and author on the future of financial services, covering the development of fintech through changing banking models, digital services and the shift from physical to digital finance.
Fraud risk, online manipulation and behavioural vulnerabilities affecting users of digital financial services, informed by a cyberpsychologist whose work covers cyber fraud and the human behaviour behind it.
Connections between fintech and the demand side of financial services, including why customers switch providers and how expectations influence adoption, informed by work on customer behaviour and expectations in digitised industries.
Sinologist and tech entrepreneur tracking Chinese digital ecosystems and embedded finance. He looks beyond Western banking software to the super-apps, frictionless payment models, and state-backed digital currencies redefining retail transactions and consumer behaviour on a global scale.
Digital ownership, blockchain and the trust required around new forms of digital assets, informed by a game developer and metaverse designer who has worked on blockchain and digital asset projects with major auction houses.
Economist who ran an asset management business in Asia and served as a global chief currency strategist before advising the US President on financial markets, connecting fintech with monetary policy, regulation, currencies and market structure.
The social, political and economic implications of fintech, cashless payments and changing financial infrastructure, from a former broker turned financial activist and author on the shift from cash to digital payment systems.
Infrastructure finance, investment and the funding of large-scale energy projects, drawing on experience founding a clean energy research firm and works on the economics of the energy transition.
Financial services within a broader technology and operating-model agenda, connecting fintech with how large organisations structure digital change, informed by a technology research and insights lead at Deloitte and former Gartner VP of Research.
Machine ethicist, AI engineer, and global tech standard-setter tracking algorithmic transparency and autonomous systems. She looks at the deep protocols of machine trust, AI-driven economics, and decentralised governance models that dictate how tomorrow’s financial institutions must secure and audit automated value.
How consumers form trust in unfamiliar intermediaries, platforms and new financial services, informed by writing on how trust moves between institutions, platforms and individuals.
How financial innovation develops, how institutions interpret new products and how oversight responds as markets change, from a journalist and anthropologist who covered the credit derivatives market before the financial crisis.
Technology journalist who explains consumer technology to mainstream audiences, focusing on fintech adoption, including the factors that influence whether consumers trust, understand and use new financial products and platforms.
Global strategist and author tracking business model innovation and high-growth markets. He looks beyond payment software to the disruptive gamechangers, cross-industry blueprints, and customer-centric strategies that allow modern financial institutions to completely recode their value and brand positioning.
Financial technology within broader economic and political shifts, connecting fintech with changes in markets and the global economy, informed by a former Editor-in-Chief of The Economist.
Links between fintech and institution-building, market access and the infrastructure needed for trading and payments, informed by experience founding Ethiopia's commodity exchange, building market and payment infrastructure where little existed.
How incumbent banks respond to fintech challengers, new technology and the organisational pressures that affect the pace of change, from an entrepreneur and adviser on innovation inside established organisations.
Fintech within the wider context of digital infrastructure, AI, data and technology used in cities and public systems, drawing on advisory work with governments and corporates across Asia.
Founding editor of WIRED UK with a long view of startups and emerging technology, focusing on wider patterns in technology adoption, company growth and changing business models across financial technology.
FinTech can mean different things to a bank, retailer, investor, professional-services firm or technology company. A strong event brief identifies the part of financial services the audience actually needs to explore.
