Jason Bates Co-founded Monzo and Starling, two new digital retail banks in the UK, where as Chief Customer Officer, he led product and proposition, researching customers needs, branding, designing the app, recruiting customers and defending the regulatory submission with the UK regulators.

He went on to cofound 11:FS a specialist Fintech venture builder, where In the last five years he has led projects developing new proposition for Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong (Mox), a new SME challenger bank proposition for Natwest (mettle), and worked with a variety of global FS players in the US, Europe, AsiaPac, and the Middle East.