Shruti Khairnar is a business and financial journalist with over three years of experience. Prior to FinTech Futures, she wrote about covered bonds and sustainable finance for various publications including Sustainabonds and ESG Investor. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London.

Bino Gopal is a SASE Solutions Architect at Cloudflare. He has extensive experience in computer networking and applications from his time at NetScaler, and then Citrix Systems, for almost 20 years. He then spent time at ThousandEyes and strongDM before joining Cloudflare in 2022.

During his career as a Technical Evangelist for his organisations, he has worked with large ecommerce and service provider customers, as well as the top enterprises in the Global Fortune 500, and helped them find effective solutions to their technical challenges and problems as a Trusted Advisor. He is also practiced at speaking and presenting at internal and public conferences, webinars and internet podcasts.

He has a background iAn Astrophsyics and Philisophy from Columbia University, and applies that to his interests in Futurism and Science Fiction. And finally, he can usually be found with a nice single malt (peated) and Cuban cigar after hours.

Lorraine Bellon (she/her) is a Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at Cloudflare. She focuses on networking and security solutions in sectors including banking and financial services, government, ecommerce, gaming, and healthcare. She has worked extensively in the cybersecurity space with specific interests in cloud security, data privacy, and emerging technologies.

She is an author, presenter, trainer, volunteer, and mentor for people interested in the tech industry, especially those from marginalised or non-traditional backgrounds.