HAVING THAT 45 MINUTES TO MYSELF IN THE

MORNING HELPS ME TACKLE

THE DAY . the weekend I make sure we do something together . We ’ ll either go for a bike ride or to the playground and if the weather isn ' t great , we ’ ll go to swimming or to the gym .

What ’ s your go-to productivity trick ?

Waking up early and meditating before starting my day has really helped with my productivity , creativity and organisation . I ’ m constantly in and out of meetings , with us only being a start-up , so I like having time to myself in the mornings . I only started meditating this year , and I ’ m surprised by how much my productivity and energy have skyrocketed . Having that 45 minutes to myself in the morning helps me tackle the day .

What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment within the finance space ?

Definitely FinTech , and within the FinTech space , payments and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning . If you follow the focus of VCs and regulators , you ’ ll see hot talking points are cross-border payments , digital currencies and the use of AI and ML in supervisory and regulatory technology .

What are your predictions about future technologies emerging within finance ?

I think the financial sector will take a more sustainable approach – focusing on managing green finance , climate and environmental risks .

This is a fast-developing space , but still very fluid with regulatory frameworks being developed and finalised .

The use of technology to gather and analyse data on an institution ' s environmental footprint is something that will not only be beneficial in meeting the green agenda but also an extremely powerful use of technology . �

36 intelligent

. tech

Intelligent SME . tech