Trade group FinTech Australia has two new board members following its AGM, with Tiimely chief threat and compliance officer Jodi Ross and Tractor Ventures CEO and cofounder Jodie Imam signing on as administrators.
Chair Sarah Gorman stated the candidates nominated this yr had been all ladies 2024.
“Each Jodi and Jodie carry a wealth of expertise and differentiated experience to the Board, as we develop the worth we ship to our members, whether or not that’s supporting our members to assist unlock funding; supporting our members on their very own development journey, or how we develop our coverage influence towards a fancy and evolving regulatory surroundings,” she stated.
Ross is a pacesetter driving shopper empowerment by regulatory and expertise innovation, with greater than 20 years of expertise in lending, competitors, regulatory frameworks, compliance, regulation and threat administration, together with senior roles spanning the ACCC and federal Treasury. She additionally has experience in AI-driven lending applied sciences and the Shopper Information Proper regime.
Jodie Imam
Imam was appointed by the Board in informal emptiness. She has greater than 20 years’ expertise in entrepreneurship, enterprise capital and various income primarily based financing fashions for tech-enabled firms together with roles with Tractor, a enterprise debt funder. She has additionally held roles at SBE Australia, Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship, Startmate and Innovation Bay.
FinTech Australia CEO Rehan D’Almeida stated the board is a brains belief for the affiliation.
“Not solely do they handle our governance, however they proactively be certain that we preserve our positions as probably the most trusted and impartial voice of the fintech trade,” he stated.
“I stay up for working with each Jodie and Jodi in serving to the organisation higher signify its members and deal with a number of the key challenges dealing with the fintech sector.”
Ross and Imam be part of present board members:
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Sarah Gorman, Head of Progress & Advertising and marketing at DAS, Chair of FinTech Australia
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Brian Collins, Basic Associate and Co-Founding father of Triple Bubble, Deputy Chair of Fintech Australia
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Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, Founder and CEO of Monoova, Treasurer of FinTech Australia who has been reappointed for a second time period
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Vinnie D’Alessandro, Founder at Raishio
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Dominic Pym, Co-Founding father of Up, Euphemia
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Michael Saadat, Worldwide Head of Public Coverage at Block; together with non-executive administrators
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Harry Godber, Head of Coverage and Technique, Tech Council Australia
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Cathryn Lyall, Associate, Seed House VC and Director at Swyftx.