Everything you need to know about Women in Open Banking
In this special episode of Open Banking Expo Unplugged, Holly Coventry, VP, international Open Banking payments at American Express and Adam Cox, co-founder of Open Banking Expo, explain why they jointly launched the Women in Open Banking initiative and how it will champion women. They are joined by Bankifi CEO Mark Hartley, who has signed up as a Women in Open Banking mentor, to reveal what mentees can expect from the mentoring scheme. Finally, all three tell Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan about the main barriers to entry for women trying to enter Open Banking or move up the ranks.
Ellie Duncan
Ellie Duncan
Head of Content Open Banking ExpoFormer Financial Times Group journalist Ellie Duncan has a decade of experience across financial services. While arguably best-known for her asset management work, she has also covered open banking, credit, private equity and entrepreneurship.
Holly Coventry
Holly Coventry
Vice President International Open Banking Payments American ExpressHolly is responsible for continuing to grow the UK business and creating the future vision and roadmap for Open Banking Payments globally. Holly is an accomplished, well-respected leader who is strategic and commercially focused in her approach. She has an entrepreneurial and partner centric outlook and is highly adept at working in the emerging fintech Open Banking space.
Mark Hartley
Mark Hartley
Cheif Executive Officer BankifiFew voices can better understand and shed light on the cross section of business, technology and banking better than Mark Hartley.
Since the early nineties, Mark has held a wide range of general management, sales, innovation, and strategy roles in the technology industry for the financial services segment. Through his work, he’s able to speak on long-standing issues facing the sector, as comfortably as he can on emerging new trends. Notably, Mark also previously spent a decade in Australia, and is therefore able to help educate the industry on the picture of global banking too.
A renowned innovator and thought leader, Mark has dedicated much of his life’s work to helping develop the concept of Open Banking.
Notably, Mark has played an integral role in the creation of the Open Payment Hub. Likewise, he has also served as the strategic ‘Advisor to the Board of Nationwide Building Society.
He understands how to communicate with older, experienced professionals, but is also well-versed in sharing his experience with emerging figures in the industries he’s most associated with. Mark is a well-known face in the Open Banking sector and can articulate his unique insights across these subjects in a clear, informative and engaging manner.
One of Mark’s latest open banking innovations is BankiFi’s new app launch Revenu, in partnership with TSB. The launch made significant headlines across the industry, sparking exciting conversations around the real-world applications of embedded finance, and the implications for SMEs.
Adam Cox
Adam Cox
Managing Director Open Banking ExpoAdam is the Co-founder of Open Banking Expo, the largest global Open Banking community incorporating event platforms in the UK, Canada and Europe, alongside Open Banking Expo Magazine which is distributed worldwide. Adam has spent his career working for various B2B financial services events and publishing firms in London before founding his own business in 2013. With a huge passion for curating timely and pertinent content across the mix of media channels available, Adam truly believes the principles of Open Banking should be adopted on a global scale and utilised by all corners of society.
