Last April, we released our firstTop 100 Women In Fintech, and this year, we are back with a refreshed list for you for the year 2019. This effort reflects our commitment to female empowerment and thus focus on identifying the top leaders in Fintech globally.
Women continue to be underrepresented in both the financial services and tech industries. It is no wonder that female leadership in Fintech, a field at the intersection of both industries, remains wanting. Diversity is a cornerstone of successful organisations especially in these day and age where businesses are globalised, and gender diversity is undoubtedly an important aspect of it.
In coming up with this rendition of the Top 100 Women in Fintech list, we took care to provide a fair representation of women across different geographies and the roles they play in the Fintech ecosystem.
Key Highlights from the list
The 5 cities which saw the most number of female Fintech leaders in our list this year was: London (17), Hong Kong (12), New York (10), Singapore (8), and San Francisco (8)
44 women hold key management positions in Fintech and Blockchain startups;26 spearhead efforts in enablers such as accelerators, government agencies, support communities, or research institutes; 20 are fromcorporates; and 10 are Fintech or Blockchain focused investors
Also, 34 women on our list last year are on our list again for 2019
By showcasing and highlighting these ladies and their achievements, we also hope to inspire more women to increase their participation in building the global Fintech community into a more vibrant one.
A very warm congratulations to all ladies nominated!
This report was done in collaboration with LATTICE80, a global Fintech hub with more than 11,000 Startups and 200,000 Professionals on their database. Together with Miss Kaya, LATTICE80 remains committed to recognising and advancing the contribution of female leaders as a global community partner to the financial technology industry and its sub-categories like blockchain, insurance, lending, personal finance.
Disclaimer: The list has been arranged in alphabetical and not in rank. Also, in case you think we have missed someone or wish to suggest a correction, please drop us a line on hello@misskaya.com.
Top 100 Women in Fintech 2019:
Name
Position Company, City
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Amnah Ajmal
Group Executive – Products and Innovation Head, North America
Mastercard, New York
Amy Nauiokas
Founder, President, CEO
Anthemis Group, New York
Anju Patwardhan
Managing Director at Fintech VC / Fund of Funds
Creditease Wealth Management, San Francisco
Anna Friedrich
Head of Marketing and Communications
collectAI, Hamburg
Anna Maj
Fintech Leader
PwC
Anna Scally
Fintech Lead
KPMG Ireland, Dublin
Antoinette O’Gorman
Executive Advisor Crypto Fintech Compliance
San Francisco
Arifa Khan
Founder
Himalaya Exchange, London
Benedicte Nolens
Head Regulatory Affairs Asia and Europe, CCO Asia
Circle, Hong Kong
Blythe Masters
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Hyperledger Project, New York
Brit Blakeney Anghelakis
Executive Director, Head of Innovation & Ecosystems for Hong Kong
DBS, Hong Kong
Cao Yang
Director, AI in Finance
SenseTime, Shenzhen
Cat Rüst
Head of Innovation Technologies, GWM, Greater China
UBS, Hong Kong
Cecilia Repinski
Executive Director Stockholm Green
Digital Finance, Stockholm
Céline Lazorthes
Founder, CEO
MANGOPAY, Paris
Chie Ito
Founder
FINOLAB, Tokyo
Claire Calmejane
Chief Innovation Officer
Société Générale, Paris
Clare Gambardella
Chief Customer Officer
Zopa, London
Connie Gallippi
Founder, Executive Director
BitGive, San Francisco
Cordelia Kafetz
Head of Fintech Hub
Bank of England, London
Cristina Junqueira
Co-Founder, VP
Nubank, São Paulo
Daphne Ng
CEO
JEDTRADE, Singapore
Devie Mohan
Co-Founder, CEO
Burnmark, London
Dr Ayesha Khanna
Co-Founder, CEO
ADDO.AI, Singapore
Ekaterina Sannikova
Head of Russia Technology Centre
Deutsche Bank, Moscow
Elena Ionenko
Business Development
Turnkey Lender, Singapore
Elsa Qiu
Director, Assistant President
Blue Helix, Singapore
Emma Gutman
BD of Hi-Tech / Blockchain / Crypto / ICO
Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Tel Aviv
Emma Margetts
Head of European Operations
Visible Alpha, London
Fatema Ebrahim
Board Member
Women in Fintech Bahrain, Manama
Fernn Lim
Director
SC Ventures, Singapore
Gabrielle Inzirillo
Director, Fintech
Plug and Play Tech Center, Paris
Gal Landau-Yaari
Head of Research – The Hogeg Blockchain Institute
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Ghela Boskovich
Head of Fintech and Regtech Partnerships
Rainmaking Innovation, London
Gina Heng
Founder, CEO
Miss Kaya
Helene Li
Co-Founder
GoImpact, Hong Kong
Iren Tranvåg
CEO
Nordic Finance Innovation, Oslo
Isabella Carvalho
Strategy and Innovation
AIA, Hong Kong
Janet Cowell
CEO
Girls Who Invest, New York
Jekaterina Govina
Advisor to the Board Member
Bank of Lithuania, Vilnius
Jelena Ewart
Co-Founder, Partner
Upside Partners, San Francisco
Jenna Huey Ching
Digital Ninja
MyMy, Kuala Lumpur
Jude Cook
Co-Founder, CEO
ShareIn, Edinburgh
Julia Groves
Partner and Head of Crowdfunding
Downing LLP, London
Kathryn Petralia
Co-Founder, COO
Kabbage, Atlanta
Katia Lang
CEO
The Fintech Times, London
Katie Bomi Son
Global CEO
QARA, Seoul
Kaushalya Somasundaram
Managing Director, Head of Fintech Partnerships
HSBC, London
Kelcey Gosserand
Program Director, Developer Advocacy North America
IBM, New York
Kelly Loeffler
CEO
Bakkt, Atlanta
Kristy Duncan
CEO Co-Founder
Women in Payments, Toronto
Lisa Nestor
Head of Partnerships
Stellar.org, San Francisco
Lizzie Chapman
Co-Founder, CEO
ZestMoney, Bangalore
Louise Beaumont
Co-Chair Open Banking & Payments Working Group
techUK, London
Lucy Yueting Liu
Co-Founder, President
Airwallex, Hong Kong
Maaike Steinebach
CEO – Hong Kong and Macau
Visa, Hong Kong
Mai Fujimoto “Miss Bitcoin”
Founder
Miss Bitcoin
Martha Mghendi-Fisher
Founder and Chair to the Board
European Womens Network, Amsterdam
Megan Caywood
Managing Director – Head of Digital Strategy
Barclays, London
Melinda Roylett
Head of Europe
Square, Dublin
Meri Williams
CTO
Monzo, London
Mihriban Ersin Tekmen
Co-Founder, COO
Colendi, Istanbul
Mio Takaoka
Partner
Arbor Ventures
Misha Rao
CEO Founder
Haus of Fintech, London
Momina Aijazuddin
Global Head of Microfinance
International Finance Corporation, Washington
Natalie Miller
CEO
Green Fingers Mobile, Cape Town
Nisa Amoils
Managing Director
Republic Labs, New York
Ola Doudin
Co-Founder, CEO
BitOasis, Dubai
Olga Feldmeier
CEO
Smart Valor, Zurich
Olivia Wang
Head of US
ZhenFund, San Francisco
Rahav Shalom Revivo
Fintech and Cyber Innovations Manager
Israel Ministry of Finance, Jerusalem
Raja Al Mazrouei
Executive VP
Fintech Hive at DIFC, Dubai
Renu Bhatia
Co Founder
Asia Fintech Angels, Hong Kong
Rosaline Chow Koo
Founder, CEO
CXA, Singapore
Sarah Biller
Co-Founder and Member Board of Directors
Fintech Sandbox, Boston
Scarlett Sieber
Advisory Board Member
Village Capital, New York
Seema Khinda Johnson
Co-Founder, COO
Nuggets, London
Sheila Warren
Head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
World Economic Forum, San Francisco
Sinead Barry
MD – Financial Services and Programme Lead for Fintech Innovation Lab
Accenture, Dublin
Sinhae Lee
Partner
Global Blockchain Innovative Capital, San Francisco
Sofie Blakstad
Founder, CEO
hiveonline ApS, Copenhagen
Sonia Wedrychowicz
Head of Technology Transformation Consumer and Community Bank
JP Morgan, New York
Soulla Louca
Professor and Director – Blockchain Initiative
University of Nicosia, Nicosia
Stephanie Lau
Hedge Funds, Family Offices & Private Equity Consultant
Bloomberg, Hong Kong
Susan Oh
Co-Founder, CEO
MKR AI, New York
Susanne Chishti
Founder
Fintech Circle Institute, London
Tammy Ahn
Managing Partner
Jenga K, Singapore
Tanya Andreasyan
Managing Director & Editor-in-Chief
FinTech Futures, London
Theodora Lau
Advisory Board Member
Envel, Washington
Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-Founder
Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship, London
Val Ji-hsuan Yap
Founder, CEO
PolicyPal, Singapore
Valeria Kholostenko
Chief Marketing Officer
LUKSO, Berlin
Veronica Fung
Co-Founder, CEO
FoundYou, Hong Kong
Viola Llewellyn
Co-Founder, President
Ovamba Solutions, Maryland
Wendy Sun
Senior Product Director
Tencent, Hong Kong
Winnie Sun
Digital Financial Advisor Council
CNBC, Los Angeles
Yael Rozencwajg
CEO
Blockchain Israel, Tel Aviv
Yasmeen Al Sharaf
Head of Fintech & Innovation
Central Bank of Bahrain, Manama
Yolande Piazza
CEO
Citi Fintech, New York
Yosha Gupta
Consultant – Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion