Francesca Carlesi

Powerlist Category: Senior Leaders

Founded Molo as a female founder/CEO and successfully built the company to exit.

Secured the UK Banking Licence for Revolut.

Become a trusted thought leader on payments innovation, fraud, fintech growth and female leadership.

Once Revolut exits Mobilisation, she will be the CEO of a bank with over 10 million UK customers - 1 in 6 adults in the UK. This will make it among the largest banks in the UK.

She is co-Chair of Innovate Finance's Unicorn Council, supporting the sector in its growth journey, despite Revolut being by far the biggest fintech in the UK and not necessarily needing as much support as other firms.

She joined the UK Finance Board in September 2024.

A thought leader who delivers regular speeches at schools, universities, roundtables, panels, conferences and dinners.

Francesca was one of the internal Revolut colleagues who pushed to create the Revolut Rev-Women in Engineering Grant - https://www.revolut.com/blog/post/rev-women-in-engineering-grant/

She has also pushed for Revolut to do more around financial literacy - helping secure our partnership with CISI.

She regularly meets with and supports female entrepreneurs, CEOs and senior leaders, supporting their growth journey.

She gives regular speeches to schools and universities, highlighting how she became a female CEO and founder.