The Future of Fintech in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is already recognised as the Fintech capital of the North and the local financial technology ecosystem and industry is evolving rapidly. The speed of growth means that, even within the city, many businesses are unaware of the scale of the sector, the barriers to growth and opportunities for new entrants to the market.
During this event, we will bring together fintech experts to offer their views and insights on the sector – locally, nationally and internationally.
Speakers include:
- AccessPay – one of Manchester’s best known fintech success stories
- Whitecap Consulting – authors of the FinTech North Manchester report (findings to be shared at the event)
- MIDAS – the inward investment agency for Greater Manchester
- MMU - home of England's first postgraduate Fintech course
About the Speakers:
With over 24 years of experience in the insurance industry, with the past 12 years specialising in technology, fintech, MedTech and financial institutions, Mark Robinson is a seasoned leader and innovator. Now, as Co-owner and Chief Commercial Officer at The Wrapped Brand Agency, Mark is spearheading the firm’s growth strategy, building on its reputation for excellence in creative and digital marketing, particularly in the fintech sector. Mark is well respected in the financial industry and regularly speaks at fintech conferences and events to share his knowledge, insights and experience.
Dan works both to lead and enhance our marketing and sales development operations. Responsible for brand development and lead generation, Dan strives to bring the corporate community’s attention to AccessPay’s industry leading integration platform.
Dan holds extensive experience in the field of marketing, having worked in various B2B and B2C roles for 15 years. Across his career, Dan has delivered a range of new products to market in the B2C space, as well as leading and developing teams in B2B technology firms. Prior to arriving at AccessPay, Dan spent four years building and leading marketing operations at Daisy SMB Services, a £250m turnover division of the Daisy Group.
Since joining AccessPay, Dan has overseen 3 years of consecutive marketing influenced revenue growth.
A graduate from the University of Manchester, Rachel joined MIDAS – Manchester’s inward investment agency in 2014. She is currently Business Development Manager for the Financial, Professional and Business Services sector and specialises in FinTech, recently working on projects with Fibonatix, Intrapay/Tappit and Wonderbill.
Through her work, Rachel has a strong awareness and understanding of what FinTech companies are looking for when setting up or expanding into Manchester.
Rachel sits on the pro-manchester FinTech committee.
Julian is a strategy consultant with proven commercial expertise across the financial services, FinTech and professional services industries.
Julian is a strategy consultant with over 25 years experience in financial services. Prior to joining Whitecap in 2012 he was marketing director at HML (now part of Computershare), and his career has also included roles at Boston Consulting Group, Nationwide Building Society, Mortgages plc, and Merrill Lynch. Whitecap is involved in two regional FinTech ecosystems, FinTech North and FinTech West, both of which it helped create and now manages. Via these initiatives, Julian is also involved in the FinTech National Network which was created by Innovate Finance, FinTech Scotland and FinTech North in 2019 to help link the national Fintech sector across the UK.
Niels Pedersen is Senior Lecturer on the MSc Financial Technology programme at Manchester Metropolitan University, England’s first post-graduate FinTech course.
As a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), Niels worked at PwC and the Financial Services Authority before coming to academia. He is the author of Financial Technology: Case Studies in Fintech Innovation
Interested In The Event?
If you’re interested in attending, you can book online here.
