Judith has over 20 years’ experience, including senior management positions, in corporate banking, structured products and debt capital markets in New York, Chicago, Tel Aviv and London. She has been working as a partner in, and consultant to, start up and early stage businesses for 10 years to formulate strategic business plans, valuations, and financial modelling to prepare for and raise private investment as well as managing all commercial and legal counterparty workflows. She has extensive experience at board level and consulting for the third sector with specific emphasis on financial inclusion.

Steve is a serial entrepreneur, creative technologist and founders’ coach. From 2006 until 2014, he was Founder and CEO of Revelation, a market research software company that he took from idea stage to a multi-million dollar exit. He has taken a lap around the C-Suite and boardrooms in private equity backed companies, serving as CEO, CMO and Chief Innovation Officer. Over the course of is career his companies have served a myriad of world class clients including Facebook, Twitter, Proctor & Gamble, Pfizer, Phillips and many others. The consistent thread throughout his career has been a fascination with the creative application of technology. You can find his writings on Medium and LinkedIn.

Spiro has 12+ years of management consulting experience working with C-level executives across a number of sectors, including Insurance, Banking, Retail, and Government. Most recently, Spiro worked in the Business Technology Consulting practice at Forrester Research, where he helped large enterprise clients develop strategies around digital transformation, data management, and marketing technology. Prior to Forrester, Spiro worked at CIV Consulting, a boutique firm specializing in technology and analytics in the insurance sector. Clients that Spiro has served include John Hancock, Manulife, Amica, MassMutual, MetLife, Home Depot, the FDIC, FHI 360, and the Department of Transportation.

Asaf has been a tech product manager and programmer for the past decade in both start-ups and large corporate settings, most recently at Goldman Sachs’ Equities Engineering Desk. Asaf is a sought-after expert and advisor for blockchain companies. Asaf is founder of Solidus Labs, where he leads a team of former Goldman Sachs FinTech engineers who envision a healthy blockchain ecosystem where innovators and regulators work together to benefit consumers, markets, economies, and societies. Solidus is currently working on a plug-and-play compliance reporting solution for blockchain-based international remittances companies. A veteran of an Israeli Military special forces unit, Asaf enjoys rock-climbing, discussing tech ethics and policy and the marvels of hummus.

Andreiko is a New Zealand-born digital entrepreneur who connects insight, technology and business strategy to build optimal brand, product and service experiences for people. He lives between London and New York. Drako has been founder and principal in several award-winning start-ups. These include B2B currency exchanges (www.currencycart.com, www.regentfx.com), online consumer insight businesses (www.visionslive.com, www.teragence.com ) that service top-tier insight brands that include GfK, IPSOS, YouGov and Havas. Andreiko holds a number of patents for which he is principal inventor, including advanced haptics, computer security and peer-to-peer network technology. His work spans several industries which include Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Consumer Insight and computer security.

James is a creative change agent with over 12 years experience in marketing, ecommerce and digital transformation. A holder of multiple innovation patents including next generation e-payments, he has hands on experience across 3 continents building world class challenger brands from ground zero using technology to compete with larger competitors. James has worked with world class brands including Diageo, Budweiser, 3M, Tommy Hilfiger, Accenture and many more. Passionate about economic development, James was instrumental in helping transform Christchurch in New Zealand into a billion-dollar high-tech hub of innovation. James is a strong communicator adept at engaging the public, C-level executives, senior government, technical and non-technical stakeholders and is a past President of the chamber of commerce for Surry Hills, a City of Sydney precinct with one of the highest concentrations of digital creative businesses in the southern hemisphere.