Chair: Peter Oakes, Founder of Fintech Ireland and Director of Regulated Firms
Panel:
- Ger O’Sullivan, Rob MacTighearnain
- Jason Coady, Finance Director, SAP Ireland
- John Irwin, General Manager, Modulr Finance Europe
- Valerie Plant, Programme Director IFMS/Assistant CFO, HSE
Bio: Peter Oakes is a non-executive director of leading regulated fintechs including TransferMate, Optal Financial and Susquehanna International and recently joined the board as Chairman of AWM Wealth Advisers. Collectively these cutting-edge fintechs operate in the MIFID, payments and e-money industries. Peter has also served as board adviser to Regtechs including currently, Mizen Group and fintechs in the banking and wealth management space. Peter established the Fintech Ireland network in 2013 to give a unique identity to the promotion and facilitation of the fintech scene in Ireland and to promotes the Irish fintech scene globally. Fintech Ireland is independent and is connected throughout the fintech ecosystem locally and internationally to fintech startups, C-Suite fintech professionals at traditional and challenger institutions, innovation hubs, accelerators, trade bodies, governments, embassies and investors. Following the success of Fintech Ireland, Peter has established Fintech UK which is supported by Kerman & Co. Peter is a Member of the Fintech50 Panel which curates the annual list of the 50 hottest FinTech companies in Europe. Peter consults on fintech/regtech, financial services regulation, enforcement and business strategy and advises the Irish operations of US law firm Clark Hill and UK law firm Kerman & Co on regulation, governance and fintech. Peter is speaks and moderates at international fintech and governance conferences in Ireland, the UK, the USA and UAE. Peter has 30 years experience working as a regulator, central banker, senior executive director and non-executive director in financial services, including Director (Enforcement & Financial Crime) at the Central Bank of Ireland (2010-2013) and Chief Risk Officer at Bank of America Merchant Services Europe