60 Seconds With... Innovate Finance's Lawrence Wintermeyer
We all know what they are experts on, but we want to know what makes our speakers tick. In this series, we sit down with some of our key speakers for 60 seconds to find out a bit more about them before they take to the stage at FundForum International in Berlin, 6-8 June 2016.
60 Seconds with...
Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO, Innovate Finance
1. What is your personal philosophy?
Life is short. Be inclusive, share and promote diversity. May you find peace, love, and happiness.
2. If you could do another job for just one day, what would it be?
Run a rock festival at Hyde park with the worlds' coolest bands to raise awareness for the UN’s ID2020 project, and the children who are enslaved with no formal identity.
3. Disruption is always on the tip of everyone’s tongue. In your opinion, what is going to be the ultimate game-changer for the finance industry?
Peer to peer payment and lending technology that enables the 2 billion people on the planet, who are outside of the financial system we enjoy in the west, access to affordable finance.
4. What's your favourite thing about Berlin?
David Bowie’s most prolific period – he sang Heroes in concert in Berlin knowing there were hundreds of thousands of East Germans listening on the other side of the wall – he was profoundly moved.
5. What are you most looking forward to at Fund Forum 2016?
Meeting all of the investment management fintech from around the world!
Lawrence Wintermeyer will be appearing in the FutureFinance Forum at FundForum International, taking place in Berlin, 6-8 June 2016.