Speakers

Helen is the Founder of Open Banking Excellence (OBE), now the world's leading community of open banking and open finance pioneers from across the breadth of financial services. From this world class talent pool, our open banking advisory service was born. Known for global delivery of regulatory expertise and resourcing open banking projects around the world – helping business leaders, regulators, and governments get things done. We do it by advising on strategy, policy and delivery unlocking the power of open finance across all three. A strategic advisor to HMRC (His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs), Helen’s proud to share the importance of creating both the market momentum and market capacity required for sustainable industry growth with business leaders globally. Working with innovators, leaders and pioneers in the UK and across the world, Helen is committed to connecting changemakers to enable collaboration to maximise impact and growth. Throughout her career, Helen has always operated at the leading edge of innovation. After founding the first e-Money Licence Issuer in the UK to be awarded licences by both Mastercard and Visa, Helen moved into open banking as the UK’s world-leading ecosystem was taking shape. Helen sat on the Counsel of Lancaster University and is a founding member of the University’s InfoLab. Now working closely with Oxford University. During the rare quiet moments in an action-packed agenda, Helen enjoys cycling and running along beautiful Morecambe Bay.