Dr Ruth Wandhofer - NED & Financial Technology Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer operates at the nexus of finance, technology and regulation, passionate about creating the digital financial ecosystem of the future. After a distinguished career of over a decade with Citi, Ruth is now an independent Non-Executive Director on the boards of Permanent TSB and Digital Identity Net as well as a Partner at Gauss Ventures.

She is a Strategic Adviser of the European Third-Party Provider Association (ETPPA) and Adviser at Coinfirm. Until recently she has served as independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of the London Stock Exchange Group and Pendo Systems Inc. 

Ruth was named 2010s ‘Rising Stars’ by Financial News; named in Management Today’s 2011 ‘35 Women under 35’, identified as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance 2012 by Treasury Risk Magazine. She received the ‘Women in Banking and Finance Award for Achievement’ in 2015 and in 2016, 2017 and 2018 she was named on the global ‘Women in Fintech Powerlist’ of Innovate Finance. She is a 2018, 2019 and 2020 Top 10 Global Fintech Influencer (Fintech Power 50).