The Global FinTech Awards – Meet the Esteemed Judges
Launching at FinTech LIVE London at the end of Day 1, The Global FinTech Awards will debut at the Convene 155 Bishopsgate on 22 October 2024.
The comprehensive programme will acknowledge companies, professionals and projects that have demonstrated exceptional performance, innovation and strategic thinking.
The Global FinTech Awards will serve as a prestigious platform to showcase innovative solutions in the finance and insurance technology industry, honouring companies, startups and individuals demonstrating exceptional creativity, technological advancements and industry leadership.
To enter the awards, you will need to register and pay the registration fee, which will give you access to the official submission form to enter as many categories as you like.
To enter The Global FinTech Awards, click here.
Meet the judges for 2024
Stephen Roche, CEO and Founder of Saphyre
With over 20 years of experience in business development, Stephen Roche specialises in IT solutions and infrastructure, fintech and regtech. With extensive experience working with both Fortune 1000 companies and startups, Stephen is experienced in B2B deal-making experience and is currently the CEO and Founder of Saphyre. Stephen is also a graduate of Seton Hall University with a degree in Marketing.
Daniel Yubi, CEO and Founder of Payable
With extensive experience working in payment solutions and law, Daniel Yubi specialises in technological startups, data, mobile apps, product development, banking, cloud, P2P, and marketplaces.
Before founding Payable, Daniel worked for On Deck, Checkout.com, Curve, Noble, Paybook, and PayClip to name a few.
Georgios Samakovitis, Professor of FinTech at the University of Greenwich
With an MEng in Computer Engineering, an MSc in Data Networks, and an MBA, Georgios Samakovitis, is currently a Professor of FinTech at the University of Greenwich.
Dedicating his early research to AI for 3D medical image processing and reconstruction, Georgios then dedicated his PhD at the University of Edinburgh to banking technology investment decisions in the dot.com boom.
Today, Georgios’ most recent work focuses on banking and payment systems technology, investigating the uses of AI in anti-money laundering and financial transaction fraud assessment, the investigation into developments in cryptocurrency markets, and supervising two PhD projects on anti-money laundering in blockchain-based transaction ecosystems, knowledge management in healthcare and mobile governance.
