About Susanne Chishti

Susanne Chishti is the CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe’s 1st Investor Network focused on fintech investments & Founder of the FINTECH Circle Institute, a leading fintech learning platform offering Innovation Workshops to C-level executives. She is also the Co-Editor of the Bestseller “The FINTECH Book” which has been translated into 10 languages and is sold across 107 countries, The WealthTECH Book, The InsurTECH Book, The PAYTECH Book, The AI Book and The LEGALTECH Book (published by WILEY in 2020). Awards:

1) Top 32 Fintech Leaders in the UK (Business Leaders, Sept 2020)
2) Top 24th Fintech Influencer in the World (Onalytica, 2020) – among the Top 100 Fintech Influencers globally
3) Winner of the Fintech Champion of the Year Award 2019 (Women in Finance Awards)
4) Social Media Influencer of the Year 2018 (Investment Week)
5) Top 7 Crypto Experts globally 2018 (Inc Magazine)
6) City Innovator – Inspirational Woman in 2016
7) European Digital Financial Services ‘Power 50’, an independent ranking of the most influential people in digital financial services in Europe (2015)
8) Top 5 ESG Influencers Globally (Refinitiv, 2020) and top 100 Fintech Influencers globally (Refinitiv, Sept 2020)

She has also been a fintech TV Commentator on CNBC and a guest lecturer on financial technology at the University of Cambridge and Warwick Business School.

After completing her MBA she started her career working for a fintech company (before the term “fintech” was being invented) in the Silicon Valley 25 years ago. She then worked more than 15 years’ across Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley and Accenture in London and Hong Kong.

Susanne is an award-winning Entrepreneur and Investor with strong FINTECH expertise. She is a Judge & Coach at global FINTECH events and competitions and a conference keynote speaker. Susanne leads a global community of 200,000 fintech entrepreneurs, investors, financial services professionals globally (www.fintechcircle.com). Our advisory practise includes leading financial institutions as clients such as Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and UK’s innovation agency NESTA which appointed us as partner for the £5 million Open Up Challenge Prize to work on Open Banking initiatives for SME Banking in the UK. Follow Susanne on Twitter/Instagram on @SusanneChishti @FINTECHCircle @FTC_Institute @TheFINTECHBook @WealthTECHBook @InsurTECH_Book @Fintech_Bridge @PayTECHBook @TheAIBook @TheLegalTECHBook