Mr. Chris Skinner
Author and commentator, United Kingdom
Chris Skinner is known as the most influential person in technology in the UK. He is an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech, through his blog theFinanser.com. An author of the bestselling books Digital Bank, ValueWeb and Digital Human.
ValueWeb describes the impact of Fintech and how mobile and blockchain technologies are changing the face of finance in building an internet of value. As a result of the emerging internet of value, banks have to become digitalised, andDigital Bankprovides a comprehensive review and analysis of the battle for digital banking and strategies for companies to compete.Digital Human,released in March 2018, builds on these two themes but looks at the wider picture of digitalisation, and how this is a revolution as it allows everyone from the plains of Africa to the mountains of Tibet to be included.
Described by Seth Wheeler, Brookings Guest Scholar and Former Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House, as “one of the most authoritative voices on Fintech anywhere”, Chris has previously written many books covering everything from European regulations in banking through the credit crisis to the future of banking.
In his day job, he is Chair of the European networking forum The Financial Services Cluband Nordic Finance Innovation, as well as being a Non-Executive Director of the Fintech consultancy firm 11:FS, and on the advisory boards of various firms including Moven and Meniga.
He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking byThe Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, DeluxeandJax Finance), one of the Top 5 most influential people on BankInfoSecurity’s list of information security leaders, as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by theWall Street Journal’s Financial News and Thomson Reuters. He has been voted Game Changer of the Year 2018 byFinance Monthly,FinTech Author of the Year 2018 byAcquisition International,Most Influential CEO of the Year 2018 – UK byCV Magazine,Most Dynamic in Finance Advisory Services 2018 – France byGlobal Business Insight,Best CEO of the Year UK 2019by Lawyer International, Best Financial Markets Adviser of the Year UK 2019by M&A Today,Corporate America Today and Global 100 and Lawyer International,Most Influential Fintech Advisor UK 2019by CV Magazine,Best Fintech Keynote Speaker 2019 –by Global Business Insight,Ones To Watch in Financial Services UK 2019 –by Global Business Insight, Financial Markets Advisor of the Year UK 2019 byACQ5 Global Awards, The Global Venture Annual Awards 2019 and Global 100,Best Digital Finance Provider of the Year UK 2019by Global 100, Best FinTech Author 2019 – AI International Finance Awards 2019,Best Digital Finance Provider of the Year UK 2019by Lawyer Internationaland has been an advisor to the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.
Mr. Skinner is a regular commentator on BBC News, Sky News, CNBC and Bloomberg about banking issues, and is a Judge on many awards programs including the Asian Banker’s Retail Excellence Awards, as well as having worked closely with leading banks such as HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Citibank and Société Générale.