Chris SkinnerChair at The FS Club
Profile
Chris Skinner is known as one of the most influential people in technology, and known as an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com. His latest book (sixteenth!) called Doing Digital, shares the lessons of doing digital transformation learned through interviews with BBVA, China Merchants Bank, DBS, ING and JPMorgan Chase. He chairs the Financial Services Club and Nordic Finance Innovate, is a non-executive director of 11:FS and on the advisory boards of various firms including B-Hive, Moven and Meniga. Mr. Skinner has been an advisor to the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, and is a visiting lecturer with Cambridge University as well as a TEDx speaker.
In recent years, he has been voted one of the most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal’s Financial News and Thomson Reuters, as well as:
- CEO of the Year 2020 – Corp Today Global Business Awards
- Ones to Watch 2020: Finance Advisory Services 2020: France – Corp Today Global Business Awards
- 50 Leading Companies of the year 2020 – The Silicon Review
- Most Outstanding Finance Blog 2020 Poland – CV Magazine
- Portal to the Knowledge Base of the Financial Services Club UK 2020 - M&A Today Global Awards
- Financial Markets Advisor of the Year UK 2020 - M&A Today Global Awards
- Best CEO of the Year 2019 - by Lawyer International and Global 100
- Best Financial Markets Adviser of the Year 2019 - by M&A Today, Corporate America Today and Global 100
- Most Influential Fintech Advisor 2019 - by CV Magazine
- Best Fintech Keynote Speaker 2019 – by Global Business Insight
- Ones To Watch in Financial Services 2019 – by Global Business Insight
- Financial Markets Advisor of the Year 2019 - by ACQ5 Global Awards 2019, The Global Venture Annual Awards 2019, Global 100 Awards 2019 and Lawyer International Global Awards 2019
- Best FinTech Author 2019 – AI International Finance Awards 2019
- Outstanding contribution representing The Finanser - CEO Today Magazine European Business Awards 2019
- Game Changer of the Year 2019 - by Finance Monthly
- FinTech Author of the Year - by Acquisition International
- Most Influential CEO of the Year - by CV Magazine