Arjun Kumar, Founder, Taxd
Arjun Kumar is Founder of Taxd, a fintech platform that simplifies tax filing for UK taxpayers and expats through automated technology combined with expert guidance.
Paul Holland, CEO, Beyond Encryption
Paul Holland is CEO and Founder of Beyond Encryption, a leading secure digital communications provider serving the financial services sector. He discusses his career trajectory from founding Webline in 1995 to launching Beyond Encryption, and explains how the company's flagship product Mailock...
Gary Ross, Founder & CEO, blip Insurance
Gary Ross is Founder and CEO of blip Insurance, a digital-first insurtech providing insurance solutions for small businesses with an innovative profit-share model. With over 30 years in the insurance industry, he founded blip to address gaps in how traditional providers serve small business owners.
Bruce Martin, CEO, Tax Systems
Bruce Martin is CEO of Tax Systems, the leading provider of tax compliance software across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. He discusses his background in technology and finance, his strategic leadership of the company serving 1,500+ customers including 40% of the FTSE 100, and Tax Systems'...
Gordon Tveito-Duncan, CEO, GaiaLens
Gordon Tveito-Duncan is CEO and Co-Founder of GaiaLens, an AI-powered sustainability analytics platform serving institutional investors and financial services companies.
Ben Swails, GM Northern Europe, Pleo
Ben Swails is General Manager for Northern Europe at Pleo, a venture-capital-funded business spend management platform offering smart company cards, automated expense reporting, and invoice management.
Jonas Wenke, Principal, CommerzVentures
Jonas Wenke is a Principal at CommerzVentures, an early-stage fintech fund that invests €5-20m in Series A and B startups across Europe, Israel and the US. With an investment banking background, Wenke sources and manages deals while developing investment theses for the €300m third fund.
Shawn Du, CEO, Revenir
Shawn Du is CEO of Revenir, a fintech that partners with banks and financial institutions to simplify VAT reclamation for international purchases. With a background in consulting, investment banking, and three prior startups, Du leads the company focused on removing friction from cross-border...
Incumbents at Parity?
An observer of fintech trends notes that incumbent banks have achieved feature parity with neobanks through regular mobile app updates, challenging assumptions that younger generations automatically prefer digital-first banking alternatives.
Ivan Maryasin, CEO, Monite
Ivan Maryasin is CEO of Monite, a financial automation platform offering embedded accounts payable, receivable, and B2B payment solutions to neobanks, payment providers, and vertical SaaS platforms serving SMBs.
Mark Burges Watson, CEO, Kaldi
Mark Burges Watson is CEO and co-founder of Kaldi Financial Technology, a fintech app that transforms savings habits for Gen Z and Millennials by auto-investing cashback from high street retailers into low-cost equity index funds at checkout.
Lisa Ashford, CEO, Ethex
Lisa Ashford is CEO of Ethex, a UK platform for ethical investment opportunities. With a background in energy policy, carbon markets, and financial strategy from Said Business School, Ashford discusses how she founded Ethex over a decade ago to use finance for positive social and environmental...