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Look Who’s Making Their Finovate Debuts Next Month in London at FinovateEurope

Look Who’s Making Their Finovate Debuts Next Month in London at FinovateEurope

In addition to many of the familiar faces who will be returning to London next month for FinovateEurope, this year’s conference also will feature a sizable number of newcomers to the Finovate stage. Here’s a brief introduction and welcome to these FinovateEurope speakers to whet your appetite for what we have in store on both our Digital Kick Off Day of March 15th and during the conference proper on March 22nd and 23rd.


With more than 20 years of experience in advisory services within Swedish bank Handelsbanken, Malin Lignell currently works with the company’s Digitalization and Innovation team to enable greater innovation and focus on the bank’s digitalization journey. Having a keen eye on the way emerging technologies influence customer behavior and drive new business models, Lignell will lead a Fireside Chat as part of FinovateEurope’s Digital Kick Off event on March 15.

Author of The Fifth Industrial Revolution, Inma Martinez will provide FinovateEurope’s Keynote Address on Wednesday, March 23rd. Martinez is a digital pioneer and AI scientist, as well as a member of the Expert Group at The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), an AI-based initiative sponsored by the OECD and G7. An advisor to business and government leaders on how to turn digital transformation into competitive advantage and contribute to social progress, Martinez will share her insights on creating an exceptional customer experience via UX-led design. Borrowing from the successful experience of technology giants, Martinez will explain how financial institutions can pivot away from a product focus to a customer focus by “unlocking data” and enhancing customer engagement.

Here are some of the other newcomers who will be joining FinovateEurope as part of our Power Panels, roundtables, and Executive Boardroom sessions.

  • Radboud Vlaar. Founder and Managing Partner at Finch Capital, Vlaar will join our Future of Fintech power panel on our Digital Kick Off, Tuesday, March 15.

Our Executive Boardroom on Financial Inclusion on Tuesday, March 22 will feature five fintech experts, all of whom are newcomers to the Finovate roster.

  • Anette Broloes. Fintech analyst with Broloes Consult.
  • Natalie Ledward. Head of Vulnerable Customers, Monzo
  • Sanghamitra Karra. EMEA Head of Multicultural Client Strategy & Multicultural Innovation Lab at Morgan Stanley
  • Neha Mehta. Founder of FemTech Partners
  • Ahmed Karsli. Founder and CEO of Papara

Tuesday will also feature an Executive Boardroom on Financial Crime. Among the new faces on this panel are Jane Barber, Regulatory and Trade Association Lead, NatWest Group; and Nitzan Solomon, Head of Surveillance & Financial Crime Technology EMEA, Nomura.

Wednesday morning will feature a pair of Power Panels with a number of guests who will be appearing on the Finovate stage for the first time. Our panel on achieving digital acceleration includes newcomers Christoffer Malmer, Head of SEBx at SE; Gunter Uytterhoeven, Chief Customer & Innovation Officer at AXA Next; and Carol Hamilton, Senior Vice President of Global Solutions at Provenir. Making their Finovate debuts as part of our panel on fintech collaboration and partnerships are Janine Hirt, CEO of Innovate Finance, and Thea Loch, Head of Strategic Design with Lloyds Banking Group.


FinovateEurope 2022 is right around the corner. If you are an innovative fintech company with new technology to show, then there’s no better time than now and no better forum than FinovateEurope. To learn more about how to demo your latest innovation at FinovateEurope 2022 in London, March 22-23, visit our FinovateEurope hub today!


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