Susanne Chishti is the CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe’s first Angel Network focused on FinTech investments and the founder of the FINTECH Circle Institute, the leading FinTech learning and innovation platform offering Corporate Innovation Workshops to C-level executives, and providing FinTech courses. She is also the co-editor of the bestselling publications, The FinTech Book, The WealthTech Book, The InsurTech Book and The PayTech Book (all published by Wiley).
Susanne has received the following awards:
During her MBA, she started her career working for a FinTech company (before the term was invented) in Silicon Valley, 20 years ago. She then worked more than 15 years across Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley and Accenture in London and Hong Kong. Susanne is an award-winning entrepreneur and investor with strong FinTech expertise. She is a judge and coach at global FinTech events and competitions and a conference keynote speaker. Susanne leads a global community of more than 130,000 FinTech entrepreneurs, investors and financial services professionals globally (www.fintechcircle.com).
Ivana Bartoletti is a policymaker, international public speaker and media commentator.
In her day job, Ivana is head of privacy and data protection at Gemserv, where she advises organizations on compliance with privacy legislation, especially in relation to AI and blockchain technology. With an academic background in human rights and law, she has previously worked as adviser to the Minister of Human Rights in Italy and has held senior roles in privacy and information governance at Barclays, Sky and the NHS.
Ivana was awarded “Woman of the Year” (2019) at the Cyber Security Awards in recognition of her growing reputation as an advocate of equality, privacy and ethics at the heart of tech and AI.
In May 2018, she co-founded the Women Leading in AI Network, a thriving international group of scientists, industry leaders and policy experts advocating for responsible AI. Their 2018 report made waves among tech leaders, international institutions and the media, who backed many of their recommendations.
Ivana is a sought-after public speaker and media commentator for the BBC, Sky and other major broadcasters and news outlets on headline stories where technology intersects with privacy and data law and politics. Ivana’s own book, focusing on the socio-economic impact of AI, will be released by Indigo Press.
Anne Leslie is a senior managing consultant at IBM Security where her focus is on security intelligence and operations consulting, specializing in cyber talent management. She has spent her entire career at the intersection of financial services, regulation and technology, in pivotal roles in both sales and advisory. Prior to joining IBM, Anne was managing director of a blockchain startup specializing in digital identity and online privacy, after leading the France-Benelux RegTech practice at BearingPoint where she was engaged in complex data governance, regulatory transformation and cloud migration programs for systemic banks, global insurers and supervisory authorities. As co-author of The RegTech Book recently published by Wiley, Anne is passionate about responsible technology. She believes that technological innovation should be the result of a human-centred design process that serves the ethical and social purpose of enhancing human well-being for the many and not the few. She is a fervent advocate of inclusive dialogue and multidisciplinary engagement in order to have crucial conversations that count about topics that matter.
Originally from Ireland, Anne has lived in France for over 20 years and today lives happily in Paris with her three children and her partner. She participated as Co-Editor in a personal capacity.
Shân M. Millie specializes in practical innovation, supporting firms and high-performing individuals in value proposition design and incubation, business storytelling, and brand generation. Primarily focused on the insurance sector (since 2008), her work includes board advisory, training, facilitation, and 121 coaching. “I create value for individuals, teams and firms by engineering process and internal creativity, to unlock insight, shape purpose and convert intent into successful outcomes,” she says. Drawing on 25+ years of corporate leadership and brand-building, she works with corporate intrapreneurs, startups and scaleups alike. Clients include the leading insurance organizations in the UK – Association of British Insurers, Chartered Institute of Insurance and British Insurance Brokers Association – established firms including Lloyd’s of London, and leading InsurTechs, including digital claims specialists, RightIndem. Shân founded Bright Blue Hare in 2016, and is a founding associate of multidisciplinary London market consultancy, Green Kite. She is co-editor of the bestselling The InsurTech Book: The Insurance Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and FinTech Visionaries (Wiley, June 2018). Passionate about brilliantly run insurance as a social necessity, she serves as sector expert for the UK Disability Champion’s Access to Insurance Taskforce, and as board member, Insurance United Against Dementia.