LATTICE80 in collaboration with Miss Kaya presents the 2019 complete list of top 100 Women in Fintech you need to know and follow around the world.

Last April, we released our first Top 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 from corporates ; 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!

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.

This report was done in collaboration with Miss Kaya – a lifestyle driven financial platform for the modern woman – led by Gina Heng has been to ensure that the leaders identified are some of the best inspiration for the next generation of women in Fintech. Miss Kaya was created upon realising the remissness of platforms understanding and attending to the financial needs of women.

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 info@lattice80.com.

Top 100 Women in Fintech 2019:

Name Position

Company, City LinkedIn Twitter 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 International Finance Corporation, Hong Kong

Last updated: 26 March 2019