FinTech Mix

Our final guest for season 1 of Fintech Mix is leader of the brand and comms team at Pleo Luke Richardson. 

Pleo helps teams across Europe simplify spending with smart company cards. They use Notion to break free from disruptive in-office work traditions like synchronous standups and immediate decision-making. Now, people can pause, think, and work more thoughtfully.

Luke is currently based out in Copenhagen and has lived out there 9 years and is the director of brand & comms overseeing one half of the marketing org: brand, field marketing, content, product marketing. 

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Chief Marketing Officer at Molo Finance  Dennis Volkmann joins us today to discuss marketing FinTech. 

Dennis is a senior marketer with international experience in startups and scale-ups. Committed to growth, blending brand marketing and performance.

Performance-driven mindset. Fluent with digital channels and at scaling growth by leading performance marketing in-house or via agency. Dennis also has experience in applying performance to offline channels and brand marketing outcomes, enhancing creative and content outputs in channels like social media, events, and partnerships.

Please welcome to the show Dennis!

Joining us this episode is the creative director at Tide Bank William Barraclough. 

William was hired to grow and lead the global design discipline at Tide in Jan, 2020. He oversees the strategic side of design at Tide driving their maturity and impact to create greater value for their members and the business. 

William is a UK based design leader, with a background in building multi-discipline teams. He has worked both agency and product side, with some of the world’s top brands including BBC, Betfair, Zoopla, Nike and Save the Children. He is cu...

This episode we're talking social trading with the UK head of marketing at eToro Stephanie Wilks-Wiffen.

 eToro is a global multi-asset investment platform with 20m registered users worldwide. Stephanie joined the company in 2018 and has spent a decade working in UK finance/fintech, with roles at Nutmeg and ClearScore. 

She has been instrumental in helping to shift perceptions of eToro from a CFD and crypto platform into a leading FinTech and social investing pioneer thanks to campaigns including 'Invest in the brands you love' and 'CopyTrader. Do two things at once' Most...

Joining us today is the chief executive at Honcho Gavin Sewell.

Honcho operates a marketplace that changes the dynamic in favour of the customer, helping them buy the right product, not just the cheapest whilst also driving true insight, product optimisation, price efficiency and competition between insurers. Gavin is the driving force behind the company and we can't wait to hear how his journey began!

Please welcome to the show Gavin!

https://gethoncho.com/

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Joining us today this episode is Damon Roberts from Atom Bank.

Damon is the director of digital banking at TSB Bank with a proven transformation track record in both FinTech and top four high street banks. He has designed and built substantial global teams from the group up to deliver large, complex, mission critical initiatives. Led the transformation of digital platforms and capabilities by designing and implementing hybrid cloud, DevOps, and agile software development at scale.

Please welcome to the show Damon!

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Today we are joined by head of communications at Thought Machine Asif Faruque.

Asif Faruque is Head of Communications for core banking technology company, Thought Machine. Previously Head of Communications for startup community Level39.

Asif began a journalism career in 2010 – covering local news and politics for a south London publication before moving into pharmaceuticals and transport news for a leading communicationsagency.

As a journalist, Asif covered the fintech and innovation beat of a global financial news service, producing video content and interviewing leaders of the world’s biggest...

Joining us today is Stuart Lowe, a design specialist with 25 years of experience delivering creative direction and brand leadership in a multi-platform digital landscape for Dext.

Stuart specialises in creative innovation and evolution, brand and style guide custodianship, executing effective B2B, B2C and internal communications, creating cohesion between brand and UX, cross-divisional consultancy and leadership, line management and people development.

Please welcome Stuart!

https://dext.com/uk/

Joining us for this episode is Kathryn Strachan, the managing director at Copy House, a content marketing agency specialising in technology and FinTech content. 

Kathryn has played a pivotal role in Copy House’s growth, having originally started the company as a freelance copywriter. Producing great content, delivering American-style customer service, and a natural entrepreneurial instinct has allowed her to turn a one man band into a seven person strong team, significantly increasing revenue and attracting clients from globally recognised brands.

Please welcome to the show Kathryn!

Joining us today for our inaugural episode is Harry Horsfall.

Harry's journey into FinTech began when searching for a role involving cryptocurrency. He initially joined Luno back in 2019 and has since gone on co-found his very own company TotemFi; an innovative DeFi prediction protocol which empowers individuals to earn native Totem and BTC rewards.

Please welcome to the show Harry!