What can Financial Services learn about disruption from other industries?

Jason Maude is a coder, coach, and public speaker. He has over a decade of experience working in the financial sector, primarily in creating and delivering software. He is passionate about explaining complex technical concepts to those who are convinced that they won’t be able to understand them. He currently works at Starling Bank as their Chief Technology Advocate and host of the Starling podcast.

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Kushal is a partner in the Finance Disputes team in London specialising in Finance and FinTech dispute resolution. He is an experienced litigation and international arbitration practitioner. He is also an active member of the CMS India Desk. Kushal regularly assists clients to navigate complex issues, including cross-border disputes. He also helps develop risk mitigation strategies and obtain emergency relief from Courts and Tribunals.

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Louisa Williams is Head of Communications and Content at Apex Group with over 20 years’ experience in communicating change in the financial services, technology and professional services arenas.l

Before joining Apex Group, she served as Director, Corporate Communications at The Fitch Group with key responsibility for managing the Group’s reputation, devising thought leadership programmes and acting as senior communications counsel for Financial Institutions rating analysts in the banking, funds and asset management, leasing, Fintech, Islamic Finance, ESG and regulatory sectors arenas. Prior to her years at The Fitch Group, she held senior corporate communications and marketing roles in-house and agency side devising award-winning integrated B2B and B2C campaigns for leading brands including ABN AMRO, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, RKH/Hyperion Insurance and Wallstreet Systems. She started her career working agency side on global PR, re-branding, arts and sports sponsorship campaigns with leading TMT and motor brands including Ericsson, Entrust, Ford, FT.com, Jaguar Cars, NEC and Toshiba.

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Gurdeep is a member of SC Ventures at Standard Chartered Bank. As one of the founding members, he has been responsible for helping set up SC Ventures with a focus on building new business models, venture incubation and governance, and client co-creation. He has been instrumental in building a portfolio of over 30 ventures many of which have been successfully launched. He relocated from Singapore to London in 2021 to expand the SC Ventures mandate in Europe and the Americas.

Gurdeep has over 20 years of experience in financial services strategy, innovation and venture building. Prior to joining SC Ventures in 2018, he was a Managing Director in Standard Chartered Bank’s Group Strategy team and led a variety of strategic discussions for the Bank’s Management Team and the Board. He started his career with McKinsey & Co in India in 2001 before moving on to join Credit Suisse’s Corporate Development and Strategy Group in 2008.

Gurdeep holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business from Symbiosis Institute of International Business, India and a B.Com.(Hons) degree from Delhi University, India. He currently lives in London with his family. In his spare time, he likes to write – having published a children’s book for his daughters, he is now working on a book for the young professionals.

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