FinTech North Newcastle Conference

8:45 am Welcome to FinTech North

Julian Wells - Director, Whitecap Consulting & FinTech North

8:50 am Welcome from Sage

Michael Office - VP - Product, Sage

9:00 am UK FinTech Overview

Chris Sier - FinTech Envoy, HM Treasury

9:15 am Innovate Finance & the National FinTech Ecosystem

Clare Black - Head of Communications and Diversity, Innovate Finance

9:30 am FinTech Innovations at Sage

Mark Norris - Director of Product Engineering, Sage

9:45 am Open Finance

Kevin Telford - Advisor, ThoughtWorks

10:00 am The Future of Lending

Richard Carter - Managing Director, Equiniti Credit Services

10:45 am Open Banking Innovation at TSB

Jason Wilkinson-Brown - Head of Digital Propositions & Partnerships, TSB

11:00 am Building a FinTech in the North East

Mark Mullen - CEO, Atom Bank

11:15 am Panel – Developing the North East FinTech Ecosystem

James Thwaites - Associate Director, Whitecap Consulting

Dawn Dunn - FinTech Cluster Manager, Dynamo North East

Mark Mullen - CEO, Atom Bank

Karen Elliott - Senior lecturer, Newcastle University

Sarah Slaven - Operations Director, Business Durham

Guy Currey - Director, Invest North East England

1:00 pm North East FinTech Showcase sponsored by MERJE – Part 1

Paul Lancaster - Founder / Director, Plan Digital UK

Grant Murray - Regional Manager, North, XE

Helen Pearson - Director of Product Management, Sage

Katherine Cullen - Senior Manager Digital Risk Management, TSB

Rob Newsome - Head of Development, Scott Logic

Aidan Dunphy - Chief Product Officer, hedgehog lab

Julie Wilson - Chief Product Officer, Blocknorth

Aaron Holmes - CEO, Kani

Sandipanee Samantaray - Product Manager, GPS

2:00 pm Funding Panel

Aaron Lawson-Clark - Investment Manager, NVM Private Equity

Nick Edgar - Senior Director - Growth Finance, CYBG

Rick Charnley - Investment Manager, Northstar Ventures

Kevin Telford - Advisor, ThoughtWorks

Jamie Fraser - Investment Manager, Maven Capital Partners

Jordan Dargue - Investment Director, NorthInvest

2:30 pm North East FinTech Showcase sponsored by MERJE – Part 2

Paul Lancaster - Founder / Director, Plan Digital UK

Martin Elliot - Software Developer & Technical Architect, Paid

Gavin Sewell - CEO, honcho

John Wilson - Sales Director, Stellium Data Centres

John Atkinson - Sales and Operations Manager, Caspian

Lindsay Whyte - Partnerships Manager, Yapily

Gil Okai - Associate, Guide & Protect Ltd

3:15 pm Champagne Keynote

Henri Murison - Director, Northern Powerhouse Partnership