Susanne Chishti
Board Member
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Chair & Founder
2014 - Current
FINTECH Circle focuses on: 1) Seed stage Investments via FINTECH Circle's Angel Network - first angel network dedicated to fintech opportunities 2) Education with the bestselling FINTECH Book Series published by WILEY and Fintech Films in partnership with ITN Productions 3) Digital Transformation and corporate acceleration programs and Scale up Programs for Fintech Firms The FINTECH Book has become a global bestseller, sold in more than 107 countries across 10 languages. Visit us on www.fintechcircle.com and follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @fintechcircle Join our FINTECH Circle Group on LinkedIn.
Non Executive Director & Chair of the ESG Sub-Committee
2018
Crown Agents Bank (CAB Payments PLC) is a UK regulated wholesale provider of emerging market and G10 foreign exchange, international payments, cash management, cross-border pensions & payroll, trade finance & investment management services (via our sister company, CAIM). We aim to be the key link between our focus developing markets in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America & Asia Pacific and Governments, Supra-Nationals, Financial Institutions, NGO’s & select Corporates in OECD countries. CAB has 180 years of experience of providing practical, consistent and agile support to entities in emerging economies. We work with Central Banks, Commercial Banks & Regulatory authorities to improve compliance controls & banking standards, encourage economic growth and financial inclusion which is socially & politically sustainable. We partner with diverse wholesale institutions who have requirements to funnel “in-bound” flows of currencies, payments and trade into and out of our focus markets. Since 2023 I chair the ESG Sub-Committee for the Bank and I am also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Advisory Board Member
2024
Excited to join the Advisory Board of Elevator Ventures, the venture capital fund backed by Raiffeisen Bank International AG. The fund invests in Series A & B, with ticket sizes of 1-3 million in fintech & beyond banking. RBI Group is a leading European Banking Group with 45,000 employees, 19 million customers and 200 billion in total assets. With a new fund of 70 million, Elevator Ventures will make investments to drive innovation, shape the future of fintech and beyond banking to deliver value to its portfolio companies and its limited partners. Areas we are very interested in include: - Cybersecurity - Wealth Management - Energy & Climate Resilience - RegTech & LegalTech - Embedded Finance & Infrastructure
Non Executive Director & Member of the Audit, Remuneration, Nomination and Risk Committees
2022 - 2024
CMC Markets PLC (FTSE 250) was established in 1989 and is a leading global provider of online retail financial services complete with a comprehensive institutional offering. We enable clients to trade a broad range of financial instruments through our award-winning Next Generation trading platform, supported by sophisticated charting, competitive pricing and automated execution. Susanne has been appointed as the Global Workforce Engagement Director on the Board and member of the Nomination, Remuneration, Audit and Risk Committees.
Company Chair, Non Executive Director & Board Advisor
2017 - 2024
The leading Fintech Funding platform of Digital Commodities An Invoice Marketplace for digital commodities - including Voice, Data & Digital Content - which traditional finance does not understand. Where Lenders can earn interest on the entire Telecom Industry, and Clients can increase both revenues and margins thanks to better Cash Flows.
Member of the 2022-2023 Evaluation Committee
2022 - 2023
Member of the Evaluation Committee for Fintech startups for the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in India. IFSCA is a unified authority for the development and regulation of financial products, financial services, and financial institutions in the International Financial Services Centre in India. GIFT IFSC is the first smart city and the first international financial services centre in India. The main objective of the IFSCA is to develop strong global connections and focus on the needs of the Indian economy as well as to serve as an international financial platform for the entire region and the global economy as a whole. As part of this vision, IFSCA and GIFT City are designing the world's first Global FinTech Hub to be located in GIFT City. GIFT IFSC aspires to become India’s gateway for inbound and outbound requirements of international financial services.
Advisory Board Member
2019 - 2022
Enabling data-driven lending for our Partners & Investors, provided more than US$ 25bn in credit financing across 33 countries. Channel is an FCA regulated full-scope AIFM, with a pristine regulatory and compliance track record. Since 2014, we have financed over USD 12bn of cumulative asset backed financing flows, including trade receivables, revenue-based finance, loans, inventory, and supply chain finance. Channel employs proprietary systems using APIs, Open Banking and cloud-based technologies to identify, assess and risk manage investment opportunities across global markets. Our Magic Technology platform, built on Finley Technologies, enables efficient monitoring and risk management of each investment. Benefits to Borrowers: - Channel commands a global institutional investor base and manages its own fund suite with an investment focus for asset-backed credit - Channel offers bespoke working capital facilities with multiple year financing terms, tailored eligibility and off-balance sheet potential - We have extensive experience in financing assets from the e-commerce, SaaS, BNPL for B2B, technology and luxury sectors - Channel also provides investors digitalized (cloud-based, API centric) cash and program management services to provide aftercare reporting to global investors
Editor In Chief
2019 - 2022
The AI Book has been published by Wiley in cooperation with FINTECH Circle as part of the bestselling FINTECH Book range. The AI Book brings together top entrepreneurs, investors and AI experts, who exclusively share their visions and unique insights on the nature of AI, machine and deep learning, AI solutions for finance, regulations as well as ethical considerations and projections how AI will impact our lives and our jobs across financial services. This book is the latest in our bestselling #Fintech Book series in partnership with Wiley. We reached out to FINTECH Circle global community of more than 130,000 entrepreneurs, financial services representatives, investors, tech experts and invited them to apply to become a co-author of the Book.
Advisory Board Member
2018 - 2022
The British Blockchain Association (BBA) is the most powerful voice in the UK blockchain industry. It is a not-for-profit, membership funded, organisation that promotes the comprehensive adoption of Blockchain technology and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) across the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom and globally. The BBA is an advocate for both industry and education. It is the leading UK association for blockchain and DLT technologies. It is also home to the Journal of British Blockchain Association (JBBA), Europe’s first peer reviewed research journal on Blockchain and DLT ecosystems.
Editor In Chief
2018 - 2022
We published The FINTECH Book, The WEALTHTECH Book and The INSURTECH Book – all became global bestsellers. Now we are launching The PAYTECH Book and look for the best co-authors worldwide. Payment technology was always at the heart of fintech from the beginning but now we see the most rapid changes in our global payment industry and we want to share these new innovations, new technologies and new business & revenue models with those of you interested in the future of payments. Call for Co-Authors - Submit your 1 page proposal online by 15 November 2018: https://www.paytechbook.com/