About Duncan Barrigan

Duncan Barrigan is responsible for both product development and growth globally at GoCardless, a leading fintech for account-to-account payments. He leads the drive to embrace the latest in open banking technology, and is at the forefront of developing payment methods that are faster, cheaper and more secure for businesses around the world. Before joining GoCardless in 2015, Duncan worked in strategy consultancy, advising PE/VC investors on fintech and financial services M&A at Oliver Wyman. He holds an MA (Cantab) in Natural Sciences Tripos and Management Studies from the University of Cambridge and Judge Business School. Duncan has been quoted in newspapers, including the Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, and written articles for publications such as Finextra.com and Open Banking Excellence discussing developments in the payments space. Founded in 2011, GoCardless is building a global network of recurring bank-to-bank payments, offering a solution for multiple direct debit schemes in Europe that will soon be launched in Australia. With its simple API and pre-assembled integrations with large software vendors, it enables businesses of all sizes to reduce losses, improve cash flows and save money. Winner in 2016 of the fastest growing FinTech business award at Deloitte Fast50, support 30,000 businesses and bill more than $ 3 billion per year with customers such as Box.com, TripAdvisor, Glovo and Podo. Its headquarters are in London and have as main software partners Zuora, Sage and Billin. Duncan Barrigan joined the business in 2015 and has been building product management from scratch. Prior to working in technology he was a strategic consultant advising PE / VC investors at Fintech and M & A financial services at Oliver Wyman. He holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge.