Susanne Chishti

Independent Non-Executive Director

Susanne has over 25 years of industry expertise including at board-level, with a strong focus on organisational governance and the small and medium enterprise (SME) market. Her experience draws on 15 years in finance, having held senior positions at Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley and Accenture.

She is an Independent Non-Executive Director at CMC Markets PLC, a FTSE 250 company where she is also a member of the Risk, Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees and the CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe’s first Angel Network focused on fintech innovation.

A bestselling author, Susanne co-edited “The FINTECH Book” series, which has been translated into 10 languages and sold across 107 countries, in addition to six further fintech books published by Wiley. Her wealth of experience led her to being recognised among the “Top 10 global Fintech influencers in 2022” (Evening Standard), the Fintech Champion of the Year in 2019 (Women in Finance Awards) and in the European Digital Financial Services “Power 50” 2015, an independent ranking of the most influential people in digital financial services in Europe. Susanne holds an MBA from Vienna University of Economics and Business.