Andy Elphick  

Andy currently leads Fintech Strategy and Open Innovation for Barclays globally, with teams in India, New York and the UK, and has extensive experience of mentoring start-ups, supporting value proposition design and validation. He has 16 years of experience in financial services, working across innovation, strategy, HR and business management. Andy is responsible for the Rise Fintech Platform and Rise Academies, which enables him to work with fintech’s leading founders, helping their businesses to scale at pace. Andy is passionate about using experimentation to drive data driven open innovation and leads Barclays' external sandbox capability, with a focus on identifying enterprise-ready solutions that can add value to the bank. Andy is an Industry Fellow for the Centre of Fintech at University of East London, sitting on the advisory board for FinTech and Business. He is also on the Business Advisory Board for Anglia Ruskin University as a mentor on the Oxford CDL Fintech stream. Andy also leads on Barclays global IP strategy, incorporating portfolio development, licensing and enforcement of all patents across the bank.

Previous to this role, Andy held several senior roles in business management, providing a strong understanding of people, risk, finance and performance. He has founded his own business, which allows him to understand the fintechs with which he collaborates.