About Maria Campbell

Maria Campbell is an award-winning leader building high-impact, mission-driven companies, from Series A to unicorn. Her career has been centered on scaling high-growth tech and fintech companies in the UK, initially as a People & Culture leader and now as Chief Operating Officer. She has played a key role as an early employee at tech unicorns like GoCardless, Monzo, and Snyk. Her sweet spot is helping tech companies establish the right cultural and operational environment to scale successfully and deliver meaningful value to both customers and employees. Maria Campbell  has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology in Europe by The Financial Technology Report, featured in Fintech Magazine’s Top 100 Women 2023 & 2024, and shortlisted for AltFi’s Woman of the Year 2023. Her insights have been featured in Fintech Magazine on diversity and innovation in fintech, Tech Funding News on payments innovation, Raconteur on equity in hybrid workplaces, and The Fintech Times on inclusion. Maria Campbell is a Seedcamp expert network member, an industry expert guest lecturer for the fintech track of the Executive MBA at Bayes Business School, and an industry judge for Imperial College Business School's MSc Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management program. Maria Campbell regularly speaks at industry events and conferences, including The Customer Conference, Culturevist, Sifted Summit, and Operations Nation cONference. She also writes about work and culture at lowercaseopinions.com. Maria Campbell is on a mission to change the world, one company and one person at a time. With over a decade of experience working in high-growth startups, she brings a unique perspective shaped by her background in philosophy and a deep love for reading. Maria Campbell is passionate about challenging the status quo and is unafraid to learn from her mistakes, which have taught her valuable lessons about running a successful company, personal growth, and the nature of work itself. She believes that work can offer more than it often does. Maria Campbell is committed to helping businesses run more effectively, encouraging people to be their best selves, and creating a more fulfilling work experience for everyone involved.