2026 speaker list

Ana Carla Abrão is the CEO of the Open Finance Brazil. With more than 30 years of experience in senior roles across the financial and public sectors — including positions at B3, Tendências, Itaú, Oliver Wyman, the Central Bank of Brazil, and the Goiás State Treasury — she is an economist (UnB), holds a master’s degree from EPGE/FGV, and a PhD from FEA-USP. She is widely recognized in Brazil for her leadership in key debates on economics and public policy, combining long-term vision with consistent execution, always guided by governance, integrity, and positive impact for customers, shareholders, and the Brazilian economy.

She serves on boards such as SempreFEA, Fundação OSESP, Conecta, and RenovaBR, reinforcing her commitment to institutional strengthening and the country’s development. In academia, she has made significant contributions in the areas of financial regulation, credit, and banking spreads. She is also a columnist for O Globo, contributing to the public debate on the direction of the Brazilian economy and the efficiency of public management.

A dedicated mother, she is known for her collaborative leadership and her engagement with inclusion, women’s empowerment, and social and cultural causes.

Andrew Self is the interim Head of department for open finance and open banking at the FCA. He joined the FCA from the PSR, and brings a wealth of experience in open banking, having led the PSR’s work in this area since 2022. Prior to this, he was the senior manager responsible for access to cash and digital payments. Although he began his career in financial services, working on credit pricing and economic analysis, most of his experience is in regulatory policy. Before joining the PSR, he spent a decade at the energy regulator, leading teams in supervisory and policy roles across retail, wholesale, and regulated networks.

Anna Wallace is Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT), where she leads efforts to advance the UK’s role in shaping the future of global financial systems. She brings over two decades of experience across government, regulation and international development. At the UK Financial Conduct Authority, she founded and led the world’s first regulatory sandbox and helped establish the Global Financial Innovation Network, setting new standards for cross-border regulatory collaboration. She later contributed to global investment strategies in financial inclusion and regulatory technology, including through work with the Gates Foundation. She is recognised for combining deep technical expertise with policy leadership to drive systemic innovation in financial services.

Dan joined ElectraLink in March 2016 to focus on the development of the Data Transfer Service (DTS) – the core information system supporting the UK retail energy market. Since then, Dan has re-procured and delivered the new cloud-based DTS system and taken Energy Market Insights (EMI) from a loss-making project to a highly profitable business unit delivering sustainable growth.

Since becoming CEO in 2021, Dan has focused on both the strategic direction of the business as well as introducing a new behaviour-based culture ensuring that ElectraLink is at the forefront of the energy market’s drive to increase inclusion and diversity.

Dan is passionate about making ElectraLink an exceptional place to work which will ensure that the company thrives as it navigates large-scale industry change and maximises the opportunities that the digitalisation of the energy system brings for ElectraLink and businesses in finance, real estate and sustainability.

Daniel Rajčan is Co-Founder and CTO of Plectrum Engineering, a boutique cloud engineering company helping fintechs, banks, and regulated enterprises build infrastructure that can be trusted. His relationship with cloud technology started early in 2014, while most of the industry still treated private cloud as an academic exercise, Daniel wrote his master’s thesis on OpenStack at the University of Žilina and began building real cloud environments professionally that same year.

Over the following decade, he worked as a cloud engineer and architect inside some of the most demanding environments in financial services, across banks, fintechs, and global enterprises throughout Central Europe and beyond. In 2023, he co-founded Plectrum, where he leads technical vision and architecture across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, DevOps, and AI, while also driving strategy, partnerships, and the growth of the team.

Daniel is equally committed to the next generation of engineers through Plectrum Academy, Plectrum Incubator, and Plectrum’s podcast, he invests in educating the cloud and DevOps talent of tomorrow. His guiding philosophy: “Escape the imperfect real world, and build the virtual one to be perfect”.

Dr Richard Snape is co-director of our Smart Energy Data Service. He is a senior modelling consultant at Energy Systems Catapult.

Richard has worked with energy systems data for the past 15 years, latterly in the Dynamic Energy Systems Simulation group at the Catapult following ten years in academia. He has managed large projects and teams in application areas from software engineering to railway maintenance.

Although an engineer at heart, Richard enjoys combining social and physical systems’ data to generate new insights and maximise social value from collected data.

Gavin helps unlock data-enabled value at sector, national and international scale. He has created over a dozen companies, employing 100’s of people, and delivering $100M’s in measurable impact. He co-chaired the development of the Open Banking Standard, co-chaired the UK Smart Data Council, and was founding CEO of the Open Data Institute. He has mentored, chaired, and been a director of over 40 organisations across diverse sectors. He currently runs data governance organisation ib1.org to acceleratur Net Zero Future. Connect via dgen.net.

Hayden is a technology advisor, strategist, innovator and investor. He leads Ideal Interface, a technology & marketing consultancy based near Glasgow and has worked on many major digital, architecture & data projects across the transport & mobility sector. In 2019 Hayden founded The Open Transport Initiative, an organisation set-up to implement and encourage the adoption of “An Open Banking for Transport” based on interoperable customer account data sharing. More recently The Open Transport Initiative has been a finalist and runner-up in the UK Government’s Smart Data Challenge prize.

Henk was appointed CEO in January 2022 to implement an effective and appropriate governance and management framework for the organisation, and to manage the delivery of the CMA Roadmap and the operations of OBL.

He is now leading the next phase of the development of open banking as it moves to a new regulatory framework and Future Entity.

Henk joined OBL from Post Office Ltd, where he had over nine years’ experience in senior roles in innovation, including Managing Director of Digital Services and as Deputy CEO, Financial Services and Telecoms.

He has considerable expertise in managing profitable, consumer-focused blue chip and start-up firms, including senior roles at Egg PLC, Prudential UK, and Belgian internet bank Beobank.

Janusz Diemko is a seasoned payments executive and fintech innovator with over 26 years of experience scaling businesses across the EMEA region. Throughout his career, he has held prominent C-level roles, including CEO of First Data Poland (POLCARD) , where he managed regional operations generating up to $130M in revenues , and CEO of CRE Polskie ePłatności S.A.. As a visionary entrepreneur, he also founded Xelo Pay, a PSD2-based open banking solution.

A highly respected voice in the European payments landscape, Janusz has previously served as a judge for the MPE Awards and Fintech Futures Banktech / PayTech./ Open Bank ex He is a frequent speaker and panel moderator at major industry events, including MoneyLIVE 2025, MPE, and Open Banking Expo. His regulatory expertise includes serving as Chairman of the Acquirers Committee at the Association of Polish Banks and as a member of the Payment System Council at the National Bank of Poland.

Currently, Janusz is an active angel investor and mentor, having invested in over 15 startups across Europe over the last ten years. Born in England, he holds a degree from University College London , is a UK Chartered Accountant (ACA), and recently completed a Post Graduate Course in M&A at Columbia Business School.

Jit Ng serves as the Payment Industry Interface Manager at Transport for London (TfL). In this role, he oversees the integration and management of payment systems within London’s transportation network at TfL. His responsibilities include collaborating with payment industry stakeholders to enhance and streamline payment processes for TfL’s services. He emphasized the importance of understanding TfL’s distinctive challenges, such as #TransitPolicyNotProfit and #TransitSocialResponsibility in keeping transit systems running for the city and the cost implications and complex processes, and highlighted the need for the industry to recognize that #TransitIsNotRetail. Jit is an experienced Account Manager and Business Development Specialist with a history of working in the information technology, payment services industry and more recently in Transit. Skilled in Man-Management, Commercial Negotiations, Payments Processing, Merchant Services, and Mobile Payments.

Dr Joanna Michalska is Founder of Ethica Group Ltd, an independent strategic advisory firm focused on executive authority under automation. She advises boards and named accountable executives in regulated industries, financial services, insurance, healthcare, pharma, and critical infrastructure, who are caught between tightening regulatory demand and the competitive imperative to scale AI. Ethica gives them what they need to defend AI to a regulator and scale it safely: independently verifiable evidence that AI systems can be intervened in, in time. Ethica’s methodology is jurisdiction-agnostic, mapping to the EU AI Act, FCA, PRA, DORA, FINMA and equivalent frameworks. Jo holds a PhD in Enterprise Risk Management and brings two decades of senior leadership in global financial services, including JPMorgan and HSBC. Her expertise spans enterprise risk, AI governance architecture, and decision authority under automation, with direct regulator and cross-jurisdictional engagement.

As bunq’s Chief Evangelist and former Board Member & COO, Joe Wilson helps define the company’s voice in the world: connecting its global mission to the everyday needs of real users. With over two decades as a frontline founder and senior executive across startups, scale-ups and big tech, he tells bunq’s story with the authenticity of both an executive and a user.

At bunq, Joe has done it all: scaled international growth, led the expansion in the US, and shaped the user journey end-to-end. Before stepping in as COO, he served on bunq’s supervisory board, giving him a front-row seat to bunq’s evolution and mission. Beyond bunq, Joe is a parent, spouse, expat, and lifelong digital nomad who has lived and worked in seven countries across three continents. Along the way, he’s built and exited companies, launched a sustainability fund, led global developer relations as well as other major business units at Microsoft, and directly advised 100+ Dutch scale-ups.

Whether it’s about bunq’s growth, product innovations, an ownership-driven culture, the future of neobanks in a world without borders, or how AI is transforming finance into something simple, intuitive, and built around real life – Joe speaks with the energy of a founder and the clarity of a user.

John Penrose is the Founder of the Centre for Small-State Conservatives. He is also Chair of the Conservative Party’s in-house think tank (the Conservative Policy Forum or CPF); an Honorary Professor at Kings College London; a member of Onward think-tank’s Editorial Board; an Associate Fellow at Bright Blue think-tank; a founding Board member of the Council for Countering Online Disinformation; and a founding Commissioner of the Commission for Carbon Competitiveness as well. He is a prominent policy thought-leader on the centre-right of UK politics, as well as a former MP, Prime Ministerial anti-corruption Tsar and serial Government Minister.

osh D’Addario is Head of Consultancy at the Open Data Institute, where he leads work on Smart Data, open data, and data stewardship across sectors including finance, energy, and agriculture. At the ODI and as a member of the Smart Data Council he has supported the design and delivery of smart data initiatives such as Open Banking, open finance and the Smart Data Challenge Prize, working with governments, regulators, and industry to unlock the value of data while ensuring it is used responsibly. 

A creative thinker and thoughtful leader with over 15 years of experience in open data advocacy, research and development, innovation, strategy, and technology, alongside a stellar research and evidence-gathering background. Magdalena has led research programmes and the design and development of products and services across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors, as well as a startup environment (Smart Data Foundry, University of Edinburgh, Digital Curation Centre, BBC, Art Institute of Chicago). Entrepreneurial and a fast learner, Magdalena has held leadership roles in the media, higher education, and finance sectors. She is an alumnus of a prestigious Aurora women’s leadership programme, selected from hundreds of applicants to represent the University of Edinburgh in 2018. As Head of Research Growth at SDF, Magdalena manages successful relationships with senior stakeholders across UK universities, government funding councils, and independent charitable foundations to change how accredited researchers access private sector financial data and use it to drive evidence-based policymaking and decision-making.

Marion was appointed Chair and Trustee of OBL in February 2023. Her focus is on maintaining and protecting the CMA Order, and working with key stakeholders to support the continued adoption and growth of open banking in the UK.

As Chair, she oversees the transition to a Future Entity playing a central role in the move towards an economically sustainable and scalable open banking ecosystem.

Marion holds a portfolio of non-executive roles including Non-Executive Director at Bibby Financial Services, private bank C H Hoare & Co and Uber Payments UK Ltd.

She was previously Director of Payments at NatWest Group and President of MasterCard UK & Ireland. Prior to that, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Vocalink, a specialist payments partner to banks, corporate partners and government departments.

Matthew is Director of Data Enablement at Compare the Market, where he is responsible for data governance and quality, data privacy operations, business architecture, data risk and data ethics. His remit also includes the development of the organisation’s knowledge graph and its wider approach to the responsible use of data and AI.

Before joining Compare the Market, Matthew held senior global data leadership roles at Deliveroo, HSBC and Barclays, leading large‑scale data management and governance functions in complex, highly regulated environments.

His work in data management and AI has been recognised by Marketing Week, which named him one of its Future Leaders for 2026.

Professor Paul Longley is a director of our Geographic Data Service. He is Professor of Geographic Information Science at UCL.

Paul’s research interests are focused around socioeconomic applications of GIScience, in geo-temporal demographics, retailing, genealogy and urban modelling, latterly often using Big Data analytics.

He teaches Geographic Information Science and Systems and is a co-author of the best-selling book of that name.

Paul Longley has been involved in 61 research grants and three teaching grants; postgraduate supervision of 72 Ph.D. students. Publications include three books, 127 refereed journal articles and 79 contributions to edited collections.

His academic and editorial duties have included past editorship of two journals and current membership of five editorial boards.

Paul has held fifteen externally-funded visiting appointments. He has also taken strategic roles in two centres of excellence in teaching and learning and made major commitments to administration in four leading university departments.

Rebecca is a seasoned leader in financial innovation, currently leading the Innovation and FinTech practice at JLR Global Financial & Insurance Services, where she drives long-term strategy and innovation initiatives in partnership with a global mobility and FinTech ecosystem. Previously, she was the Head of APAC and Global Head of Data & Research at a Tel Aviv-based FinTech platform, enabling digital transformation for tier-1 global banks. With over a decade of experience in capital markets across the Asia Pacific region, Rebecca brings a wealth of expertise to her roles. Rebecca has also contributed to academia, designing and teaching the FinTech Entrepreneurship course for MBA students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and serving as a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Soeren Rode Jain Andreasen has held various leadership roles in the financial sector and is known for his expertise in digital transformation and driving the adoption of new technologies in the banking industry. Andreasen’s professional journey includes working at prominent financial institutions where he has played a pivotal role in leading transformative change and innovation. He spent over a decade at Danske Bank, where he served as the Chief Digital Officer and was responsible for the bank’s digital transformation efforts in the United Kingdom. During his tenure, he played a crucial role in implementing innovative solutions, launching Open Banking, and improving the backend systems of the bank. In 2024, Andreasen joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) as the Enterprise Digital and Innovation Officer. This appointment came after CIBC signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to migrate many of its operations to the cloud. Andreasen’s role at CIBC involves leading the bank’s digital strategy and driving innovation in the organization. Notably, Andreasen currently heads Daily Banking & Channels at Nordea, the largest bank in the Nordics. In this role, he is responsible for Digital Channels, Onboarding of clients, the origination and servicing of everyday banking products, digital money transfers, and the optimization of the retail payments experience. Andreasen is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events worldwide, where he shares his insights on topics such as open banking, customer experience, data & AI, and the paramount importance of enhancing backend operations in the banking sector.

Stephen Winyard is the Chief Sales Officer and Director at Salt Edge, a leading fintech company specialising in open banking. With over 30 years of experience, he has co-founded and managed several disruptive technology companies, generating millions in revenue and significant shareholder returns.

Stephen has been involved in open banking for several years and was part of the founding team of a UK-regulated PIS/AIS company. Additionally, he has served as a council member and key advisor to the UK government through the Digital Policy Alliance, which frequently convened in the House of Lords in Westminster.

Currently, Stephen leverages his extensive expertise in building sustainable relationships with financial institutions across multiple sectors, helping them implement the most effective open banking strategies.

Tim heads up D•One – the B2B open banking services division of the ClearScore Group. Tim is passionate about the ability of open banking to effect positive change within the lending industry, and as such set up D•One to help facilitate and accelerate open banking adoption for the benefit of both consumers and lenders alike.

Before joining ClearScore, Tim spent a number of years leading the HD Decisions business following its acquisition by Experian in 2014. Prior to that he spent his early career working in analytics at Capital One having previously studied engineering at the University of Nottingham. He is a keen sports and music fan.

Todd Clyde is the CEO of Token and an established operator of Silicon Valley software companies. He has an over twenty-year track record of bringing groundbreaking technologies to market, including e-learning, internet banking, mobile banking and now open API banking. Token is Todd’s fifth technology start-up, and he has navigated his previous four to successful exits, including one $2B exit. Todd joined Token in 2016 to modernise payments and drive a shift from traditional payment methods to account-to-account payments.

Vladimir Bendikow is the Chief Data Officer at FBN Bank Limited, with over two decades of experience in data management and analytics. He has transformed the bank’s data strategy, implemented self-service analytics, and established a comprehensive data governance framework. Vladimir is a thought leader who frequently shares his insights at industry conferences, advocating for a proactive approach to data management. He aims to drive innovation and help organizations optimize their digital ecosystems, with a vision of making FirstBank UK a data-centric, digital organization.