Helen Child 

Helen is the Founder of Open Banking Excellence (OBE), now the world's leading community of Open Banking and OpenFinance pioneers from across the breadth of financial services. From this world class talent pool ‘Open Banking ina Box’ advisory service was born. Known for global delivery of regulatory expertise and resourcing open banking projects around the world - helping business leaders, regulators, and governments to get things done. 

Working with innovators, leaders and pioneers in the UK and across the world, Helen is committed to connecting changemakers to enable collaboration to maximise impact and growth. 

Throughout her career, Helen has always operated at the leading edge of innovation. After founding the first e-Money Licence Issuer in the UK to be awarded licences by both Mastercard and Visa, Helen moved into OpenBanking as the UK’s world-leading ecosystem was taking shape. A strategic advisor to HMRC.

Helen sat on the Counsel of Lancaster University and is a founding member of theUniversity’s InfoLab. During the rare quiet moments in an action-packed agenda, Helen enjoys cycling and running along beautiful Morecambe Bay.