Greg Palmer has more than a decade of fintech experience working for Finovate, a fast-paced, demo-first showcase of the latest innovations and ideas in financial and banking technology. Greg is Finovate’s resident MC, hosting Finovate’s live events, podcast, and video pieces. He’s also an accomplished public speaking and demo coach.

These experiences have given Greg a unique bird’s-eye-view of the fintech industry as it has come to prominence. He’s seen thousands of demos and interviewed countless industry experts, watching not only individual innovations as they gain traction, but also the high-level trends that have shaped the industry. While he sometimes serves as a “fintech translator,” taking ideas and language from inside fintech and making it accessible to those “outside the bubble,” Greg’s true passion lies in pushing financial service providers to do more for the people all over the world who need new technologies to create a brighter financial future for themselves. A more diverse, inclusive, resilient financial ecosystem benefits everyone, and there’s nothing Greg likes more than providing a platform and a spotlight for fintech’s innovators and dreamers.

Catherine Porter is the Chief Business Officer for Tilia, the all-in-one payment platform for digital economies. She has more than two decades of experience leading strategy, sales, marketing, and business development for consumer and enterprise technology companies. Before joining Tilia, Catherine led global partnerships and fintech innovation at Meta, including building the Diem ecosystem in partnership with other Diem members, and building the traditional payments ecosystem for all Meta products worldwide. She has also worked at other category leading companies including OpenTable, LinkedIn, Google, and Oracle. Catherine has considerable international growth experience, with a concentration in Japan's internet and mobile ecosystem.

Charlie is responsible for researching and executing on investment opportunities and supporting portfolio companies post-investment, with a specific focus on Canada.

Serial Entrepreneur and Startup Investor, Author, Advisor, and Faculty at the University of California Berkeley, Tommaso has built four tech startups from scratch and has two exits under his belt.