Matteo Rizzi is a polyglot executive with 20+ years of experience in technology and financial services.He spent 13 years at SWIFT – where he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm of the cooperative. There, he then launched the first global challenge for fintech entrepreneurs. Since 2013, he has a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs. In 2015, he co-founded FTSGROUP, a platform for Investors, Innovators, and startups to boost FinTech innovation globally. In 2019, Matteo founded Timepledge.org a global initiative to foster financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. He is the executive producer of Breaking Banks Europe. He is also the author of “The FinTech Revolution” and “Talents & Rebels”

Francesca Aliverti is the Head of Business Development at FTSGROUP, a startup mentor at Startupbootcamp FinTech & Cybersecurity, an Equity Partner of AVK2 Investments and a co-host at the Breaking Banks Europe Podcast. Previously she held a position as the Head of Strategy & Business Development at Holland Fintech, where she catalyzed its transformation from inception to a +400 members enterprise. She is highly fluent in the fintech European ecosystem with tangents across the world – in technology issues from a business point of view, from the traditional structures to the most innovative solutions in the market.