About Jekaterina Govina

Trying to make better world around me. I have spent almost 10 years working as a regulator of Lithuanian financial market, as well as a national representative in European regulatory authorities (EBA, ESMA, ECB). Curiosity and willingness rather to learn about the future than stick to the past opened me the wonderful world of Fintech and innovation. I was responsible for the development of crowdfunding regulation, Lithuanian central bank Fintech and innovation strategy implementation, establishment of Lithuanian AML competence center and many other (less visible) initiatives. I love to learn new things and share what I have learnt with others. I have spoken at many international conferences and moderated panel discussions/events. I teach about Fintech at university and write about financial innovations and investment in a local journal. Currently together with my colleagues at Response Legal I help new and established financial companies to navigate through labyrinths of European regulation and supervision. I continue my mission to mitigate risks of the financial sector by working with anti money laundering (AML) risk management solution provider Amlyze. Women empowerment is the topic I am especially passionate about. I try to help women around me to become more confident and contribute to building an equal world around us. Together with my friend we established a non-profit organization “We invest” where we teach women about investment. We seek to include more women in the investment world as it is still dominated by men.