Unthink Tank: Flipping Tradition (International Women’s Day Fintech Panel)

Description

Yolt’s Unthink Tank explores the concept of 'unthinking', inviting leaders and innovators from the tech, disruptor, and creative communities to discuss the issues that impassion and empower them.

In an International Women's Day special, five Fintech experts come together to share their experiences navigating an industry marked by old traditions, and how they’re driving change from within. Drawing from their personal experiences, topics include the products they’re building, the innovation they’re bringing to financial services, and who they aim to empower along the way.

Event details

• 6:00pm: Join us for food + drinks
• 6:30pm: Panelists take to the stage
• 7:15pm: Audience Q&A + networking
• 8:00pm: Event wrap up

About the Panelists:

Ghela Boskovich (@GhelaBoskovich)

Ghela has spent over a decade in BD for core insurance and banking system solutions, centered on financial services pricing governance functionality, which has leveraged her background in regulatory economics, cost modeling and rate of return regulation pricing models. Ghela founded FemTechGlobal to bridge the gender gap in fintech and financial services. Named one of Brummel's 30 Inspirational Women Innovators, and included in Innovate Finance's 'Women in Fintech Powerlist' 2016. Ghela also sits on the 'Banking Technology Awards' panel, and sponsors the Banking Technology 'Women In Technology' Award, and is an advisory board member to several fintech institutions. She is also Head of Fintech/Regtech Partnerships at Rainmaking, home of Startupbootcamp.

Megan Caywood (@MeganCaywood)

Megan serves as the Global Head of Digital Strategy at Barclays. She moved to the UK from San Francisco in 2016 on an Exceptional Talent visa for her work in FinTech to help start Starling Bank, where she served as Chief Platform Officer. Starling raised $70 million in their first round of funding and launched the first mobile-only current account in the U.K., and Megan has since been listed on Forbes 30 under 30. In January 2019, she joined Barclays as a Managing Director, where she now leads digital strategy across Barclays UK as well as Barclays International.

Clare Reilly (@Pensionbee)

Clare is Head of Corporate Development at PensionBee, the UK’s leading online pension provider. Clare focuses on helping PensionBee transform the pensions industry to better serve consumers, including by setting up the UK’s first Open Banking - pension integrations through Yolt and Starling Bank. She hopes one day everyone will be engaged with their pension and where it’s invested! Before PensionBee Clare worked in the charity sector, most recently in Corporate Relations for Citizens Advice.

Casey Lord (@thenutmegteam)

As head of product at Nutmeg, Casey is responsible for the delivery of strategic digital products that help Nutmeg reach new markets, including digital financial advice, product partnerships and global expansion. Since joining the company in 2016, she’s led the launch of a native mobile app, a new B2B platform product, and a partnership with a leading international bank.  

Pauline van Brakel (@paulinevbrakel)

Pauline is the Chief Product Officer at Yolt, a fintech venture by ING. A firm believer in tech's power for good, Pauline's work focuses on the intersection between product innovation and humanity as is the driving force behind Yolt's user-led approach to innovation. Prior to joining Yolt, Pauline worked for ING in marketing and innovation. She holds two master's degrees in Dutch Law and Business Administration.

About the venue

Rise exists to create the ultimate conditions for innovation and growth in financial services. Since 2015, Rise has focused on building a global community of the best minds in FinTech to disrupt, challenge and confront the way things are done in the industry. Follow Rise on Twitter: @ThinkRiseLondon

About Scriberia

Scriberia will be visualising the event live with their amazing graphical scribing.

Scriberia helps organisations to think, work and communicate in the age of visual communication. Through live scribing, animation, illustration and workshop facilitation, their award-winning team offer a fast, flexible, creative service. For more information visit: scriberia.co.uk

About Yolt

Yolt is a money platform built to give everyone the power to be smart with their money. Created to end multiple app juggling, users are able to view their accounts and credit cards in one clear app, allowing them to ‘unthink money’ and live life to the fullest. Download on the App Store or Google Play, or learn more at yolt.com