Finance & Banking

Experienced individuals involved in financial services, including banking, investment, insurance, and real estate

Georgina Armstrong

Georgina Armstrong

Georgina has been working in Data Science since 2011. For many years she was a coding data scientist in R, Python and PySpark, but for the last 7 years she's been leading international data teams.

She is now leads Software Engineers at Morningstar Credit, working on the sophisticated data products for Morningstar customers.

She's been through hiring cycles and layoff cycles, major tech stack overhauls, massive data science projects and forensic audits. She's figured out how to keep diverse, remote data teams happy, productive and collaborative, at least 80% of the time.

Georgina has been working in Data Science since 2011. For many years she was a coding data scientist in R, Python and PySpark, but for the last 7 years she's been leading international data teams. She is now leads Software Engineers at Morningsta... Show more

Alicia Tapia

Alicia Tapia

I am a Cloud Lead/Architect with a strong track record of successfully driven implementations. My experience spans multiple industries working with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and financial services ERPs.

I am a Cloud Lead/Architect with a strong track record of successfully driven implementations. My experience spans multiple industries working with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and financial services ERPs. Show more

Solomon Olalemi

Solomon Olalemi

Solomon Olalemi is Head of Product at VFD Microfinance Bank, where he leads the team building digital banking and lending products for Nigeria's underserved market. He has over six years of product management experience spanning cryptocurrency infrastructure, cross-border remittance, and digital banking across Africa and the UK.
Before VFD, Solomon led product at Polaris Bank, where the digital banking platform was named Digital Bank of the Year in Nigeria for three consecutive years. Earlier in his career, he helped build a remittance platform serving payment corridors across the continent and contributed to early-stage cryptocurrency infrastructure at Payercoins.
Solomon writes and speaks on product strategy, API-as-a-product thinking, fintech innovation in emerging markets, and building teams that ship in regulated environments. He has spoken at API Conf Lagos and contributes to Nigeria's growing product community.
Outside work, he's a committed reader — he finished 104 books in 2017 — and spends his off-hours with family and friends in Lagos.

Solomon Olalemi is Head of Product at VFD Microfinance Bank, where he leads the team building digital banking and lending products for Nigeria's underserved market. He has over six years of product management experience spanning cryptocurrency infras... Show more

Adelina Stanciu

Adelina Stanciu

Adelina is a seasoned technology leader with over 15 years of experience in agile software development across the full life cycle. Leading geographically dispersed teams across finance, e-commerce and cybersecurity, Adelina has successfully designed, developed and deployed complex, scalable applications. As an independent trainer in software architecture, Adelina is passionate about sharing knowledge through articles and thought leadership. With expertise in project planning, release management and stakeholder coordination, Adelina consistently drives high-impact results while ensuring seamless execution across teams and projects.

Adelina is a seasoned technology leader with over 15 years of experience in agile software development across the full life cycle. Leading geographically dispersed teams across finance, e-commerce and cybersecurity, Adelina has successfully designed,... Show more

Rob Litjens

Rob Litjens

I am a DBA since 1997 and have worked with SQL6, 6,5 and upwards. My interest are merely platform based, but also interested in performance and monitoring. With the requirements changing I am working in DevSEcOps for SQL for my employer. Security is getting more focus. That means I am trying to setup builds that are secure by designed and securely designed. Tools help with that.

I am a DBA since 1997 and have worked with SQL6, 6,5 and upwards. My interest are merely platform based, but also interested in performance and monitoring. With the requirements changing I am working in DevSEcOps for SQL for my employer. Security is ... Show more

Michał Smereczyński

Michał Smereczyński

12x Microsoft Azure MVP . Founder of the Polish Microsoft Azure User Group. Cloud Lead and Azure Lead Architect working with enterprises and gov also building Dynamics 365 Managed Environments for large business. Experienced in regulated envs like Banking and Insurance.

12x Microsoft Azure MVP . Founder of the Polish Microsoft Azure User Group. Cloud Lead and Azure Lead Architect working with enterprises and gov also building Dynamics 365 Managed Environments for large business. Experienced in regulated envs like Ba... Show more

Prakhar Gandhi

Prakhar Gandhi

Prakhar Gandhi is a Techno Functional Consultant working in the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Crime space, with hands-on experience designing secure and scalable mobile systems. He actively works with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Multiplatform.
He works in integrating Artificial intelligence intricacies with Deep Domain knowledge in embedded, Mobile systems.
With a passion for both beautiful UX and backend compliance, he bridges the gap between engineering and FinTech regulation.

Prakhar Gandhi is a Techno Functional Consultant working in the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Crime space, with hands-on experience designing secure and scalable mobile systems. He actively works with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Multiplatf... Show more

Oupa Laka

Oupa Laka

Most organizations don't have a people problem. They have a clarity problem.

Oupa Laka helps leaders and teams cut through complexity, align around what matters, and make confident decisions.

An international speaker and Business Analysis Consultant, Oupa is the creator of the AKILI Clarity Method and Story Weaver Model – frameworks that help leaders and teams uncover hidden problems, align stakeholders, and make confident decisions. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in banking, insurance and digital transformation, his sessions are known for blending sharp strategic insight, authentic storytelling, and just the right amount of humour.

Oupa delivers high-energy sessions that challenge assumptions, spark meaningful conversations, and equip audiences with tools they can apply immediately. Having spoken at global conferences across Africa and Europe, he is known for challenging assumptions and shifting perspectives.

If audiences leave with new knowledge, the session was useful.
If they leave seeing problems differently, the session was transformational.

Clarity changes everything.

Most organizations don't have a people problem. They have a clarity problem. Oupa Laka helps leaders and teams cut through complexity, align around what matters, and make confident decisions. An international speaker and Business Analysis Consu... Show more

Akash Chandra

Akash Chandra

Akash Chandra, Founder & CEO of InsightAI (FintechAI), brings over 10+ years of experience in industrial AI with a focus on financial analytics. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Texas at Austin, Akash is recognized for his expertise in fintech, large data pipelines, and AI-based fraud detection. As a public speaker on AI/ML and Graph Databases, he has contributed significantly to the field. Akash has shown his leadership in startup environments using his innovative approach to leveraging advanced AI technologies.

Akash Chandra, Founder & CEO of InsightAI (FintechAI), brings over 10+ years of experience in industrial AI with a focus on financial analytics. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Texas at Austin, Akash is recognized for his expertise in ... Show more

Vimaladhithan SMR

Vimaladhithan SMR

As a Certified SAP Cloud Technology leader with over 18 years of experience, I lead global SAP delivery at Gen Re, where I oversee high-availability SAP environments on Microsoft Azure Cloud. My role involves managing SAP installations, migrations, disaster recovery, and upgrades, while collaborating with cross-functional technical teams and business CIOs to optimize SAP workloads and support organizational goals.

With expertise in SAP Cloud architecture, digital transformation, and leadership, I am dedicated to creating scalable, innovative solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. By leveraging platforms like Azure and SAP's AI Core, I aim to empower organizations with cutting-edge enterprise solutions. Through my work, I strive to advance operational excellence and drive meaningful impact.

As a Certified SAP Cloud Technology leader with over 18 years of experience, I lead global SAP delivery at Gen Re, where I oversee high-availability SAP environments on Microsoft Azure Cloud. My role involves managing SAP installations, migrations, d... Show more

Khang Toh

Khang Toh

Khang Toh is Head of Engineering, Digital Operations, SRE and Cloud Infrastructure at Bank Jago / DKatalis, where he leads cloud, reliability, developer experience, and AI-enabled digital operations for a digital bank serving more than 16 million customers. He has over 20 years of experience across software engineering, architecture, mobile, cloud infrastructure, startup leadership, and digital banking, with more than 15 years leading technical teams in the US and Singapore. Khang started developing for mobile in 2009, founded the Singapore Android Developers Meetup in 2013, serves as Conference Chair for droidcon Singapore, and is the Developers Circle Lead for Facebook in Singapore. His current work focuses on how AI can transform enterprise engineering, SRE, cloud operations, and developer productivity.

Khang Toh is Head of Engineering, Digital Operations, SRE and Cloud Infrastructure at Bank Jago / DKatalis, where he leads cloud, reliability, developer experience, and AI-enabled digital operations for a digital bank serving more than 16 million cus... Show more

Kumar Chinnakali

Kumar Chinnakali

I help Financial Services organizations build trusted AI applications and data platforms that people actually use.
IEEE CertifAIEd™ Assessor and Capgemini's The MCP Forge Community Driver.

I help Financial Services organizations build trusted AI applications and data platforms that people actually use. IEEE CertifAIEd™ Assessor and Capgemini's The MCP Forge Community Driver. Show more

Saurabh Yergattikar

Saurabh Yergattikar

Saurabh Yergattikar is a software architect and engineering leader with 15 years building mission-critical systems at global scale, working at the intersection of financial services, platform engineering, and agentic AI infrastructure.
He currently leads seller financing platform engineering at eBay across the US, UK, and Germany, and previously served as technical owner of core billing and real-time fee-netting systems, building distributed financial infrastructure that handles money movement at marketplace scale.
Much of his work also centers on making AI agents safe, reliable, and production-ready.
He contributed to SAFE-MCP, a Linux Foundation and OpenSSF security project cataloguing 80+ attack vectors against the Model Context Protocol, and architects ShieldMCP, an open source runtime defense proxy for agent stacks.
He also builds GyroCompass-io, an architecture governance framework that keeps AI coding agents aligned with a system's intended design.
His research on AI agent security and infrastructure has been accepted at the ACL 2026 Industry Track and IEEE conferences.
Saurabh is a Senior Member of the IEEE and serves as a program committee member, reviewer, and judge across IEEE, ACM, and ICML venues.
He has spoken at SXSW, the MCP Conference, NEARCON, the Linux Foundation Member Summit, and Workato Summit,
with work featured in Inverse and The San Francisco Standard.
He speaks on agentic infrastructure, secure AI systems, distributed systems and platform engineering at scale, developer productivity, and the realities of running autonomous agents in regulated, high-stakes environments.

Saurabh Yergattikar is a software architect and engineering leader with 15 years building mission-critical systems at global scale, working at the intersection of financial services, platform engineering, and agentic AI infrastructure. He currently... Show more

Kamil Panfil

Kamil Panfil

Kamil Panfil er CFO, styreleder og foredragsholder med bred erfaring fra både oppstartsbedrifter og etablerte selskaper. Han kombinerer solid finansforståelse med praktisk innsikt i teknologi, automatisering og ledelse. Kamil har jobbet med å bygge selskaper fra idé til skalering, ledet digitale transformasjonsprosesser og hjulpet ledere å ta smartere beslutninger raskere. På scenen er han kjent for sin energiske, ærlige og inspirerende stil som gjør komplekse temaer konkrete og relevante – enten det handler om vekst, strategi eller menneskene bak tallene.

Kamil Panfil er CFO, styreleder og foredragsholder med bred erfaring fra både oppstartsbedrifter og etablerte selskaper. Han kombinerer solid finansforståelse med praktisk innsikt i teknologi, automatisering og ledelse. Kamil har jobbet med å bygge s... Show more

Tor Andre Breivikås

Tor Andre Breivikås

I over 25 år har jeg arbeidet med å forstå, håndtere og redusere risiko i møte med stadig mer komplekse trusler. Erfaring fra politi, forsvar, konsulentvirksomhet og finanssektoren har gitt meg et bredt perspektiv på hvordan etterretning kan omsettes til bedre beslutninger og reelle strategiske fortrinn.

Min styrke ligger i skjæringspunktet mellom etterretning, sikkerhet og forretningsforståelse. Jeg bistår beslutningstakere og ledere med å forstå hva som faktisk kan påvirke virksomheten, skille vesentlig informasjon fra støy og ta beslutninger på et bedre grunnlag. Det siste 15 årene har jeg særlig arbeidet med etterretning, risikostyring og bekjempelse av finansiell kriminalitet og sanksjonsomgåelser.

I over 25 år har jeg arbeidet med å forstå, håndtere og redusere risiko i møte med stadig mer komplekse trusler. Erfaring fra politi, forsvar, konsulentvirksomhet og finanssektoren har gitt meg et bredt perspektiv på hvordan etterretning kan omsettes... Show more

Sydnie Beckman

Sydnie Beckman

– Over 20 years’ experience with global investment banks, private banks, hedge funds and consulting covering governance, enterprise risk, information security, and project management.
– Strong experience in information security and enterprise risk from a management and leadership perspective as well as an appointed board member.
– Successful track record of delivering complex, high quality, robust and reliable solutions on time and on budget.
– Strong track record of review financial statements and valuing public companies.

CERTIFICATIONS: CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CISM, CCSK, and PMP

– Over 20 years’ experience with global investment banks, private banks, hedge funds and consulting covering governance, enterprise risk, information security, and project management. – Strong experience in information security and enterprise risk ... Show more

Ing. Alvaro Ricardo Valdez

Ing. Alvaro Ricardo Valdez

Alvaro Ricardo Valdez es Founder & CEO de AV Finance, holding que construye la infraestructura financiera digital para Bolivia y LatAm. Opera tres entidades cross-border (Delaware, Chile, Bolivia) con plataforma sobre Stellar mainnet y arquitectura AWS activa en producción.

AV Finance está en proceso de adecuación bajo el Decreto Supremo 5384 como Empresa de Tecnología Financiera ante ASFI, primera empresa boliviana bajo el nuevo marco regulatorio de activos virtuales.

Combina su rol de founder con el de ingeniero principal del stack — construye y mantiene ~34,000 líneas de código con Claude Code como copiloto de ingeniería. Apasionado por construir infraestructura financiera seria desde Bolivia con criterio técnico de nivel internacional y compartir el cómo con la comunidad regional.
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Alvaro Ricardo Valdez is Founder & CEO of AV Finance, the holding building digital financial infrastructure for Bolivia and LatAm. Operates three cross-border entities (Delaware, Chile, Bolivia) with platform on Stellar mainnet and AWS architecture active in production.

AV Finance is in compliance process under Supreme Decree 5384 as a Financial Technology Company before ASFI, one of the first Bolivian companies under the new virtual asset regulatory framework.

Combines his founder role with that of principal engineer of the stack — builds and maintains ~34,000 lines of code with Claude Code as engineering copilot. Passionate about building serious financial infrastructure from Bolivia with international-grade technical criteria.

Alvaro Ricardo Valdez es Founder & CEO de AV Finance, holding que construye la infraestructura financiera digital para Bolivia y LatAm. Opera tres entidades cross-border (Delaware, Chile, Bolivia) con plataforma sobre Stellar mainnet y arquitectura A... Show more

Abhishek Kakkar

Abhishek Kakkar

Abhishek Kakkar is a director-level Senior Technical Program Manager with over 2 decades of experience leading enterprise technology, data modernization, analytical transformation, and governance initiatives across financial services, healthcare, retail, and pharma. He has spent much of his career leading global GRC SaaS platform (MetricStream GRC) implementations, large-scale data modernization (to Snowflake) & analytics enablement, data modelling, and AI governance frameworks for regulated industries. He spent nearly a decade at MetricStream, leading global GRC implementations for Fortune 500 clients in a highly regulated environment. Abhishek is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), passionate about harnessing AI to make GRC proactive rather than reactive. Abhishek writes about the intersection of AI, data governance, and financial services risk management, drawing on his experience helping organizations improve operational resilience and decision-making, and build the governance foundations AI needs to be trusted at scale.

Abhishek Kakkar is a director-level Senior Technical Program Manager with over 2 decades of experience leading enterprise technology, data modernization, analytical transformation, and governance initiatives across financial services, healthcare, ret... Show more

Surya Rao Rayarao

Surya Rao Rayarao

Surya Rao Rayarao is a Lead Software Engineer at SS&C Technologies, where he leads engineering for the RICC/TRAC retirement-plan platform, a system managing over $1B in assets under management across 4,000+ retirement plans. He holds Senior Member grade in IEEE and has served as a judge or peer reviewer at 15+ technical venues, including an ACM SIGKDD-affiliated review and formally-refereed academic peer review (ICCASEET2025, with signed conflict-of-interest and ethics attestations). His talks draw on hands-on experience building and operating fintech infrastructure at scale, leading engineering teams, and evaluating technical work as a competition judge and peer reviewer.

Surya Rao Rayarao is a Lead Software Engineer at SS&C Technologies, where he leads engineering for the RICC/TRAC retirement-plan platform, a system managing over $1B in assets under management across 4,000+ retirement plans. He holds Senior Member gr... Show more

Shailesh Jayant Apte

Shailesh Jayant Apte

I’m a Chartered Accountant (ACA, ICAEW) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Solution Architect , a combination that lets me sit on both sides of a finance transformation: the standards and the system that has to honour them.

With extensive experience in finance management, D365 Business Central ERP implementation across finance and supply chain modules, and business transformation, I specialize in bridging the gap between finance and technology. As a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), I bring a strong grounding in financial management, compliance, and delivery.

My expertise lies in designing and delivering ERP solutions that streamline financial processes, enhance reporting accuracy, and drive operational efficiency, grounded in real journal entries and the accounting logic behind them, not just configuration.

I write bcforfinance.com, a web series on the intersection of Business Central and IFRS; translating standards like IFRS 15, IFRS 16, and IFRS 9 into practical BC configuration for finance-literate audiences. I also speak at Dynamics user groups, including D365PPUG UK, on IFRS in Business Central and BC solution-architecture topics.

I’m passionate about helping organizations modernize their finance functions through digital transformation, aligning technology with business goals to improve performance and enable informed decision-making.

I’m a Chartered Accountant (ACA, ICAEW) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Solution Architect , a combination that lets me sit on both sides of a finance transformation: the standards and the system that has to honour them. With extensive... Show more

Milan Cheeks

Milan Cheeks

Milan Cheeks is the founder and CEO of SELF Labs Inc., a technology company developing AI-powered products and infrastructure designed to improve how people live, work, create, and interact with technology.

He is leading the development of SELF OS, an AI-native operating environment designed to bring intelligent agents, decentralized applications, digital identity, and user-controlled computing into a unified ecosystem. He is also developing ESSENCE, a blockchain-based utility and economic layer intended to reward verified participation and contributions within the SELF network.

Through SELF Labs, Milan works across artificial intelligence, decentralized infrastructure, robotics, real estate technology, digital economies, and next-generation human-computer interaction.

His broader mission is to build technology that gives individuals greater ownership of their data, intelligence, devices, and economic value—helping move society from centralized digital platforms toward more personalized and user-owned technological systems.

Milan Cheeks is the founder and CEO of SELF Labs Inc., a technology company developing AI-powered products and infrastructure designed to improve how people live, work, create, and interact with technology. He is leading the development of SELF OS... Show more

James Wambua

James Wambua

James Mumo Wambua is a financial educator and the founder of Auctoritas Agency, which positions financial-sector leaders across East Africa.

He trained in actuarial science and spent his early career at KCB Bank Group, East Africa's largest bank by assets, working across microfinance and Sharia-compliant retail banking. He now publishes as @mumo_mumo_ to roughly 145,000 African professionals on YouTube and TikTok, covering crypto regulation, stablecoin adoption, and capital formation for African markets. He is a content partner with Binance.

Most of his work involves translating live regulatory change into practical guidance for the people it hits first: cross-border traders settling import invoices, small businesses holding savings in dollars, and retail investors navigating markets with no consumer protection layer. He covered Kenya's Virtual Asset Service Providers Act as it moved through Parliament and tracked how licensing changed user behavior on the ground.

Born in Kenya, based in Atlanta. He works across both markets.

James Mumo Wambua is a financial educator and the founder of Auctoritas Agency, which positions financial-sector leaders across East Africa. He trained in actuarial science and spent his early career at KCB Bank Group, East Africa's largest bank b... Show more

George Proorocu

George Proorocu

George is a seasoned IT professional with 15+ years of experience, evolving from technical roles to leading engineering teams in security-critical sectors. Passionate about coaching and empowering others, he combines hands-on expertise with strategic leadership.

A former professional chess player, George won the "Romanian Chess Champion" title with his club team in 2004. At 16, he founded and grew an ISP company in Bucharest to 600 clients before selling it at 18. He later pursued an Executive MBA at IMT Paris to strengthen his leadership skills.

Recognized in the Financial Times' "100 Faces of Innovation" in 2016, George is a sought-after Cybersecurity expert specializing in Fraud and Deepfakes. He has spoken at over 20 conferences all around the world, and his beginner’s Cybersecurity course has helped 150,000+ students start their careers in the field.

George is a seasoned IT professional with 15+ years of experience, evolving from technical roles to leading engineering teams in security-critical sectors. Passionate about coaching and empowering others, he combines hands-on expertise with strategic... Show more

Chantal Matthews

Chantal Matthews

Chantal Matthews is a highly sought after Finance Director originally from South Africa but now residing in the UK. After selling her accounting practice, Chantal now focuses on helping companies and individuals manage their financial future with intention and focus. She has years of experience in various financial and management roles in a range of industries. She loves to explain financial fundamentals in an easy-to-understand manner and empower people to take control of their finances. She is also an international author and affectionately known as ‘Hippy Mother’ by her two children. When she’s not number crunching she enjoys time in nature walking her dog or potting in the garden all while devouring books through audible or the latest podcasts episodes.

Chantal Matthews is a highly sought after Finance Director originally from South Africa but now residing in the UK. After selling her accounting practice, Chantal now focuses on helping companies and individuals manage their financial future with int... Show more

Vishwak Thatikonda

Vishwak Thatikonda

Vishwak Thatikonda is a Lead Full-Stack Developer at SDH Systems specializing in high-resilience, mission-critical systems. Known for building complex platforms from the ground up, his work ranges from contributing to ground-segment software for the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to architecting the master data platform for a Fortune 500 global retail enterprise with tens of thousands of locations, a foundational layer for its next-generation point-of-sale system.

A technical pioneer in both the startup and enterprise worlds, Vishwak was the founding full-stack engineer at AirWorks, an MIT-born GeoAI company, where he built the platform from zero through its $7.9M Series A. He has led industry-first credit and banking initiatives serving 18 million users and directed blockchain-logistics pilots for UPS. Vishwak bridges the gap between deep-tech research and large-scale production reality. His latest open-source project, LambdaForge, is a serverless algorithmic trading engine built on AWS Lambda and EventBridge that empowers engineers to run professional-grade financial automation with near-zero operational overhead.

Vishwak Thatikonda is a Lead Full-Stack Developer at SDH Systems specializing in high-resilience, mission-critical systems. Known for building complex platforms from the ground up, his work ranges from contributing to ground-segment software for the ... Show more

Enyo Sam

Enyo Sam

Enyo Sam is the Founder and CTO of Easner, a stablecoin-powered banking and payments platform designed to expand access to global financial services, particularly across emerging and underserved markets. Since founding Easner in 2025, Enyo has led the development of its technical architecture, stablecoin payment infrastructure and partner integrations while helping validate market demand through early real-world payment flows. He currently focuses on product and technical vision, engineering leadership, security and building infrastructure capable of supporting compliant, scalable cross-border payments. His multidisciplinary background spans International Management, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science. Enyo is committed to solving complex challenges in global payments and designing secure financial infrastructure that makes stablecoins practical and accessible for individuals and businesses worldwide.

Enyo Sam is the Founder and CTO of Easner, a stablecoin-powered banking and payments platform designed to expand access to global financial services, particularly across emerging and underserved markets. Since founding Easner in 2025, Enyo has led th... Show more

David Schwartz

David Schwartz

I am a hands-on Architect, with a proven record of delivering scalable, secure, and flexible enterprise systems. I am passionate about clean, readable, tested code and delivering excellent value to clients.

I currently serve as a Software Architect at One Zero Bank. Our company is the first digital bank, providing fast, reliable service to our customers using the latest AI technologies.

At my previous company (NI), I also served as the Lead of the Product Security Chapter, which focused on advancing NI's security posture using their SDL, Threat Modeling, Certifications, and lots of training.

I am a hands-on Architect, with a proven record of delivering scalable, secure, and flexible enterprise systems. I am passionate about clean, readable, tested code and delivering excellent value to clients. I currently serve as a Software Architec... Show more

Maria Gorrettie Namuddu

Maria Gorrettie Namuddu

I love technology. I have seen firsthand how access to technology/digital services has transformed a community. My mission is to harness and leverage community social capital to promote financial inclusion.

I am committed to driving the successful adoption and integration of technological solutions that empower traditionally underserved communities. With a solid foundation in Telecommunications Engineering, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise, leadership, and a customer-centric approach to my role.

Currently, I lead the implementation of Kanzu Banking, a core banking platform designed to streamline and enhance the operations of VSLAs, MFIs, and SACCOs. I ensure seamless onboarding, efficient data migration, and exceptional customer service.

Honoured by HiPipo as one of the 2024 “40 Women Under 40” pioneering change in the fintech space in Africa and beyond, my innovative strategies have significantly improved the customer experience and driven a product-led approach within our team.

I love technology. I have seen firsthand how access to technology/digital services has transformed a community. My mission is to harness and leverage community social capital to promote financial inclusion. I am committed to driving the successfu... Show more

Antonio Lopez

Antonio Lopez

Antonio has +20 years experience developing software solutions across 3 different continents. He has worked for organizations like Wise or the European Commission.
He started his career as a software engineer and held IC positions for almost 10 years before jumping into the leadership path.
For the last 10 years he has had multiple positions (from engineering manager to VP of Engineering or currently CPTO) in different companies and industries but the last 7 years he has focused on the fintech industry leading teams and solving problems in domains like cross currency transfers, trade financing or open banking.

Antonio has +20 years experience developing software solutions across 3 different continents. He has worked for organizations like Wise or the European Commission. He started his career as a software engineer and held IC positions for almost 10 year... Show more

Anamitra Majumdar

Anamitra Majumdar

I am Principal Architect at Intuit leading the security architecture and engineering for the Small Business Group, which includes the QuickBooks product line and Small Business APIs that accounts for nearly 2M transactions per day and is used by an ecosystem of 500000 external developers

I am Principal Architect at Intuit leading the security architecture and engineering for the Small Business Group, which includes the QuickBooks product line and Small Business APIs that accounts for nearly 2M transactions per day and is used by an ... Show more

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