Tech Talks

Nigel is CEO and co-founder of Railsbank, and considered one of the leading FinTech experts in Europe. Having worked in some of the largest financial institutions in the world, and sat on a panel of experts in the Telegraph, Nigel took that experience to co-found Railsbank and work with FinTech companies by enabling banks to access global banking via its platform.

Jan is the first Global Inclusion Director at Aviva and approaches diversity and inclusion with great clarity. Here we discuss how and why organisations must embrace a culture as diverse as their customers, and talk about Jan's journey to her role.

Frank is the Co-Founder and CEO at SmartUp.io, a micro-learning knowledge platform for a smartphone generation, and our podcast focuses on this venture and his experiences there. He has also previously represented Horizons Ventures HK on the boards of Spotify, Siri (prior to the acquisition by Apple in 2010), Summly among others, highlighting his vast experience of the tech and digital sector.

Roman is a Director at DataArt and founder of the healthcare and life sciences practise. DataArt are a global technology consulting business, and in this podcast Roman shares his views on outsourcing, and what makes a good partnership.

Ed Klinger CEO, Flock. Flock is a London-based startup using Big Data to quantify the risks of drone flights. Their platform aggregates and analyses real-time data to make drones safe in cities and provides pay-as-you-flight insurance. They have also recently secured partnership with Allianz.

Leanne is CEO and Founder of Everledger, a business providing an immutable ledger for diamond identification and transaction verification for various stakeholders, from insurance companies to claimants and law enforcement agencies. She shares her insight in building a startup, funding and the role of Blockchain moving forward.

Shachar Bialick is Founder and CEO of Curve, a business aiming to simplify how we spend our money. Shacher has over a decade of working in startup business, developing ideas into concrete businesses. Here he shares that experience, commenting on how the wider economic environment might affect the sector, and how he plans to influence fintech.

Marcus is the Global CTO for National Geographic Partners in Washington, DC. Prior to this role he was at Marks and Spencer. However in between the two roles he's written a book Future.Digital and this forms the basis of this podcast. The focus of our talk is how can we ease the tension between the CEO and technology, which is demanding greater resource with each passing year.

Adam Hale is EVP of Sage People, formerly Fairsail. He had been CEO prior to their acquisition by Sage growing the business from 15 to 135 members of staff. Here we discuss how you grow a business, how culture changes through that process, and how we can address the skills shortage in the UK.

Paul is the Co-Founder of Cybercroissant, a consultancy to bring people together and talk about issues related to cybersecurity. Given he’s a member of Google Campus he often finds himself consulting startups, a group often more concerned with generating sales than security. However that attitude is changing!