How FinTech is changing the world
The second annual Platt Fisher Lecture will be presented by keynote speaker Lisa Jacobs
Guests are warmly invited to join the speaker for drinks and canapes in the Leverhulme Suite after the Lecture.
The Platt Fisher Lecture will be held in the Girls' Division Great Hall, but will also be available to watch via livestream. Should anyone wish to receive the livestream link closer to the time, please email [email protected]
Bookings are not essential but helpful in assessing seating requirements.
About our speaker:
Lisa Jacobs (née Griffiths, Class of 2003) is CEO of Funding Circle, the FTSE listed small business lending platform. During her time at Funding Circle, as UK Managing Director, she led the UK business through the COVID pandemic becoming one of the largest lenders under the CBILS government loan scheme; and as Chief Strategy Officer she led capital raising from Series C to IPO; and led the company’s international expansion with two acquisitions.
Prior to Funding Circle, Lisa was a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. She has also worked for NGOs in Tanzania and India. She holds a First Class Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. She was recognised as one of the top fifty women excelling in tech careers across Europe in the Inspiring Fifty Europe in 2022 and as AltFi’s CEO of the Year 2022.
She is a proud Old Girl, having made many long-lasting memories and friendships in the classroom, on stage and on the Lacrosse pitch and netball courts.
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