STRATEGIC ADVISORS AND COLLABORATOR BIOS
Julia
Streets
Founder of Streets Consulting, a strategic business development, marketing and communications firm that works with startups and scaleups, global organisations, key industry bodies and technology incubators.
Streets Consulting’s vision is to continue to drive, inspire andcontribute change for a sustainable, successful financial services system – bringing new ideas that enable innovators to grow, scale and make an impact.
In addition, Julia is an imitable speaker, MC and host for many of the industry’s FinTech events, panels and awards ceremonies. Julia’s energy is inspiringly authentic, driven from her deep-rooted knowledge of the industry through to the breadth of activities performed day in and day out by her and the team.
Having founded this business 17years ago, Julia can proudly say that she and the team are recommended to new clients by boards and investors, industry influencers, media and existing clients. Helping clients grow and transform providing three 3 core services: Campaigns, Content, Coaching.
Adriana
Ennab
Adriana specialises in financial regulatory policy covering all Digital and Innovation topics.
Additionally, Adriana was responsible for tax and issues affecting capital markets. Her most recent role was Director of Public Policy at Credit Suisse. Prior to moving to policy, Adriana was a Repo trader and Global Product Manager in Cap Markets for Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs in Asia, London and New York.
She is a UK STEM Ambassador, sits on the advisory board of the Digital Dollar Project and is a public speaker on regulatory issues, financial integration, women in finance, returners and women in tech.
Adriana holds a BS in Management, Marketing and Finance from New York University and an MBA from Fordham School of Business Management.
Adriana has received several awards including the Women in Fintech Powerlist, Standout 45 and Women Returners award recognising her contributions advancing fintech in Europe & the EU.
Her career combines financial expertise with a passion for innovation, education and gender equality, positioning her as a significant influencer in finance and technology.
Annabel
Nelson
Annabel is a finance and sustainability expert with over 25 years’ experience in global financial service firms. She is a systems thinker, and her mission is to support the finance sector to embed sustainability into BAU and facilitate real-world positive change.
She is a Strategic Advisor to CDP on financial institutions, and the author of the Directors Briefing "Navigating Through Troubled Waters", which explains the systemic risks of the water crisis to global supply chains and the finance sector’s exposure to water-related financial risks. The briefing provides Financial Institution Boards with a practical roadmap for risk management and disclosure. It will be published in June 2024 alongside a short film on water risk within Taiwanese semiconductor production and global supply, to bring to life the systemic nature and scale of water-related financial risk.
Previously, she was Group Head of Sustainability Strategy and Policy at M&G plc, reporting to the Group Chief Financial Officer. She devised M&G’s policy on thermal coal across the whole value chain—from mining, infrastructure, and power generation—to implement a forward-looking approach that supports a just energy transition. She also led M&G’s work supporting CDP to refine their Water Disclosure framework, providing investment decision-ready corporate water data.
Annabel
Gillard
After 20 years in investment management building institutional businesses and advising strategic clients, Annabel completed an MA in AI and philosophy, and an MSc in Behavioural Science.
She co-founded 'Conversations on AI,' a cross-sector tech ethics network, and advises corporates on navigating AI ethics to build trust and sustainable businesses.
Annabel is leading and co-leading a number of initiatives to make AI ethics ‘real’, focusing on:
Developing ethical organisational culture
Strategy development
Developing policies and assurance
Training for Boards
Awareness, education, or advisory support
Isabelle
Chatel de Brancion
Driven by a steadfast commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice, leveraging a diverse background to deliver transformative, purpose-driven outcomes.
As a RIBA architect with an MBA from the prestigious London Business School, Isabelle has cultivated a versatile career that unites strategic vision with hands-on leadership across diverse industries, from architecture to technology.
Strategic and Operational Leadership – merging visionary thinking with practical, results-driven implementation, ensuring efficient and impactful execution.
Turning Opportunity into Reality – identifying potential and transforming it into tangible, innovative outcomes, adeptly converting challenges into valuable opportunities.
Adaptive Resilience – thriving in dynamic environments, driving sustainable growth and positive change across varied sectors through her ability to navigate complex landscapes.
Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships – creating, nurturing, and fortifying collaborative relationships with diverse stakeholders, leveraging these connections to achieve collective goals.
Expertise in the Built Environment, Architecture, and Geospatial Domains – leveraging deep technical knowledge and industry experience to deliver innovative, impact-driven solutions.
Richard
Peers
Founder of ResponsibleRisk Ltd and Contributing Editor at Finextra on Sustainable Finance.
Richard is a prolific contributor to professional media through his extensive network and his role at Finextra.
Creator and facilitator of SustainableFinance.Live, a series of workshops, conferences, and hackathons tackling the biggest challenges in sustainable finance.
Advisor to software firms in Sustainable Finance and payments: RTGS.Global, Earth Knowledge, Elastacloud, and Credit Nature. Member of the TNFD Forum and Data Catalyst, and consultant to WWF.
Previously, Microsoft Senior Director of the Global FSI Industry Strategy Team.
Created Microsoft’s first Sustainable Finance practice: identified this trend, built an incubation team, and helped secure two pioneer deals with LSEG and Citi Bank.
Defined Microsoft’s global strategy for Core, Open Banking, Challenger, and Fintechs to enable digital transformation. Developed the playbook, delivered field readiness, and was the executive sponsor for Barclays, RBS, Standard Bank, and Clear Bank. Served as SME for board engagement at global events and client meetings.
Richard was also involved with Redwood Bank, Alba Bank, and numerous Fintechs, playing a leading role in the London Fintech scene through Level39, Fintech50, Innovate Finance, and more.
Carolina
Minio Paluello, PhD
Carolina is a quant who transitioned into fintech to make institutional asset management accessible to a new generation of consumers, set to inherit $100 trillion over the next decade and demanding greater digitalisation, personalisation, and socialisation.
In 2022, she joined Arabesque AI and served as CEO for two years, leveraging data and technology to enable portfolio managers to construct customised portfolios of single stocks at scale.
Before Arabesque AI, Carolina was Global Head of Product, Solutions & Quant at Schroders, where she worked on various technology projects, including mass customisation and blockchain technology, aimed at delivering personalised investment tokens.
In 2013, she became Global Head of Solutions at Lombard Odier IM, where she pioneered sustainability initiatives before they became mainstream. She led the integration of ESG across asset classes and developed some of the first SDG-aligned thematic investment propositions.
Carolina has an extensive quantitative background and spent nearly a decade working in Bob Litterman’s quantitative team at GSAM.
Tristram
Hicks
Author of The War on Dirty Money (2023), anti-money laundering (AML) and criminal justice adviser.
Criminal justice AML expert providing international technical assistance (2009 to present):
Strategic advisor on the operational effectiveness of asset recovery and criminal justice AML regimes.
Regional experience includes EU, Africa, Caribbean, Balkans, Turkey, Jordan, China, and Mongolia.
Sample:
Subject matter expert on reuse of confiscated assets (Western Balkans), asset recovery law, strategy, and process mapping (North Macedonia), Manager trainer (Jamaica, Kenya).
Designed and delivered the first CEPOL AML courses.
Chairperson for Asset Recovery Office Seminars in Turkey, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia.
Paris
Jordan
Head of Responsible Investing – Charles Stanley & Co
Co-Founder of Virtuvest - The Responsible Investor Network
Kristoffer
Nilaus Tarp
Sustainability Director at Advice (Denmark’s premier strategic communications agency)
Previously: Head of Growth and Strategy at C-MORE, a Portuguese firm specializing in sustainability and ESG data solution
Nordic Director of Sustainability at NTT Data, Impact Board Member at DoLand, a sustainable investments platform
Senior Global Affairs Advisor for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, numerous UN Agencies, the World Bank, governmental & non-governmental organisations
David
Marriage
Disruption and Innovation Leader - Sustainability, PwC
Connector & Advisor for Rewired Earth – A not-for-profit providing organizations and governments a mandate for change
Professor
Karen Elliot
Chair (Full Professor) of Practice in Finance & FinTech
Director of UKFin+ Network, Leads Strablib Trustworthy AI, and co-leads Agency and INFINITY Hub projects (£12m funding).
Driving responsible growth, ESG and financial inclusion, judging the forthcoming FCA Tech Sprints for Financial Inclusion and appointed to The City of London Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce.
Advisory Board member to Incuto, championing access to fair and affordable finance.
Professor
Carsten Maple
Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering, WMG
Principal Investigator NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research
Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (North America)
University of Warwick
Fellow, Alan Turing Institute
Dr. Theodor
Cojoianu
Associate Professor in Sustainable Finance at Edinburgh University
Member UK Green Taxonomy Advisory Group HM Treasury
Co-Founder Romanian Sustainable and Finance Association
Dr Iwa
Salami
Reader (Associate Professor) in Law and Director of the Centre of FinTech at University of East London.
Published extensively in the field of digital currency regulation and, more broadly, on FinTech regulation.
Sits on national and international policy forums on the future of finance and money, which have resulted in the drafting of national and international regulation and standards.
Member of the Bank of England and HM Treasury CBDC Academic Advisory Group
Anne
Elkington
Board advisor with 20+ years’ experience driving investment performance and guiding strategic initiatives for asset management, investment banking, and smaller start-up and scale-up businesses.
Advisory on financial investments and recommendations for improved ESG reporting, strengthened governance, and shaping business strategy.
Alan
Blanchard
Business Development Director, TSO, Advisor to Change Gap
Industry speaker on RegTech and digitisation of regulation
ex FCA, Handbook publisher and editorial team leader
Michael
Collins
1st Chair of the IRSG* ESG Committee (*International Regulatory Strategy Group)
Previous roles include:
M&G plc as Director of Government Affairs
Chief Executive of Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors & their investors.
Managing Director for European Government Affairs at Citigroup
HM Treasury and in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office including UK Permanent Representation to the EU, where he served as Financial Counsellor, advising senior UK Ministers and officials on EU macroeconomic policy issues and on tax and financial services regulation.
Professor
Robert Wardrop
Founder & CEO of RegGenome, a commercial spin-out from a research project at the Cambridge Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
Robert was awarded the CJBS Teaching Award in 2022 and continues to teach one graduate level course while leading RegGenome.
In addition to his faculty role, Robert was the Founding Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the largest research centre in the business school employing 50+ researchers investigating how and why channels and instruments of finance emerge outside of the traditional financial system and how these developments impact regulators and the firms they regulate.
Jane
Jee
As a speaker, expert and collaborator across the industry, Jane is relentlessly committed to the cause for reducing financial crime and providing the best technology to regulated entities to enable this.
After qualifying as a barrister, Jane gained broad experience in all types of payments – vehicle financing, card-based, e-money, internet and mobile.
Jane held both commercial and legal roles in the payments sector before changing her focus to compliance.
Lead at Project Financial Crime for the Payments Association since the Project was formed in 2018.
Company Secretary at a Data Analytics company – Numitor Limited.
Jonathan
Frost
During his tenure at the City of London Police, Jonathan led the development of the UK National Fraud and Cybercrime Reporting system. He also contributed to the evidential workstream of the Contingent Reimbursement Scheme (CRM), the voluntary scheme for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud reimbursement.
Recently, he served as the Director of Technical Collaborations at Stop Scams UK, working with companies like Meta, Google, and BT to combat fraud at source. Jonathan also worked on several data science projects for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Home Office during his time with Faculty.ai.
Jonathan currently sits on the board of the Stop Scams Alliance (US 501(c)(3) nonprofit). He acts as an independent consultant to several organisations, assisting them to reduce fraud and cybersecurity risks.
Jonathan
Guppy
Jonathan is Head of Sustainability for an NHS Ambulance Trust and focuses on identifying and seizing opportunities offered by legislative change and new regulation, transforming them into business and financial benefits rather than viewing them as a pure burden.
Subject matter expert in the field of sustainability and developing strategic responses to Net Zero legislation, ensuring alignment of financial with environmental sustainability needs, and providing organisations with tangible implementation solutions that provide regulatory compliance.
Has led on the development, approval, and implementation of the Green Plan for the NHS Ambulance Trust, along with the implementation of multiple sustainability strategies across a wide range of sectors.
Rachel
Woolley
Rachel Woolley is an accomplished expert in financial services, specializing in AML/CTF, with experience spanning the funds industry, retail banking, and technology. Over her career, she has combined operational and technology-driven approaches to financial crime prevention, working closely with product and technical teams to develop innovative solutions that meet evolving regulatory requirements.
Rachel is the chair of the Financial Crime Working Group at Compliance Institute Ireland and acts as a strategic advisor to PAT Fintech. She leverages her deep regulatory knowledge to identify industry challenges, provide strategic insights, and help shape educational initiatives in financial crime compliance. Her work bridges the gap between regulatory requirements and practical, client-focused solutions, particularly in response to global legislative changes.
Recognized for her expertise and leadership, Rachel frequently participates in industry panels and discussions, sharing her insights on financial crime and compliance. Her contributions continue to impact the industry, as she advocates for robust, forward-thinking strategies that strengthen financial crime prevention.
Anthony
Gavin
Anthony is a seasoned SupTech specialist and strategy advisor with a wealth of experience spanning over four decades in banking and regulatory transformation. He has a proven track record in driving SupTech strategy, regulatory data solutions, and change management across key supervisory functions. Anthony’s expertise includes roadmap definition, program management, and vendor relations, with a focus on end-to-end realization of supervisory data solutions and operationalizing test-and-learn initiatives.
He spent over 35 years at Allied Irish Banks Plc, leading transformation programs across retail banking sectors. From 2014 to 2023, Anthony served as Lead SupTech Advisor at the Saudi Central Bank, where he spearheaded the development and implementation of SupTech strategies, frameworks, and a dedicated Supervision Transformation Office. In 2024, he founded Suptechspecialist, offering independent advisory services in SupTech and RegTech.
Dr. Mick
O’Connor
Mick is the founder of HAELO, a new start company pioneering development of a configurable digital twin GRC SaaS platform which combines genAI, situational awareness, and IoT to detect emergent threats in financial services organisations. He is also the Co-founder and Managing Director of Fire Arrow, a spaceflight company which enables governments and commercial organisations to launch spacecraft. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors and has forty years’ experience in space, aerospace, defence, aviation, shipbuilding, oil, petrochemical, utilities and consulting sectors for companies including BAE Systems, Airbus and QinetiQ.
Mick is an appointed Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University and holds a PhD entitled; emergence sense-making in complex organisational ecosystems.
Devraj
Basu
Devraj Basu is Senior Lecturer in Finance at Strathclyde Business School.
He has set up the Regtech Forum which brings together industry, academia, and government within the UK and internationally, to understand the fast-moving Regtech landscape and how the UK can position itself to become a leading player.