The future of Fintech: a fireside chat with David Birch

David Birch
Author, advisor and investor in digital financial services

An internationally-recognized thought leader in digital identity and digital money, David Birch was one of the co-founders of Consult Hyperion in the 1980s and is currently a Director of the company.

David holds a number of board advisory roles and leads 15Mb Ltd (his advisory practice).

Ranking as one of the top 100 global fintech influencers of 2022 and a regular Forbes contributor, David is also the author of multiple widely-read books, including, Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin: From money we understand to money that understands us.

David has been named one of the top 15 sources of business information by Wired Magazine and was found to be one of the top ten Twitter accounts, followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson. He is also a non-executive director at Tillo.

Alex Preece
CEO & Co-Founder of Tillo

Alex Preece is co-founder and CEO of Tillo - a digital gift card platform powered by an award-winning API. Tillo connects the world’s most popular brands with fintechs and enterprises looking to acquire new customers, retain existing ones and unlock loyalty.

Alex started his career in the British Army and spent seven years jumping out of military planes and touring Bosnia and Iraq on active duty; since then, Alex has become a serial entrepreneur. He co-founded the UK’s first daily deal business, which he later sold to moneysupermarket.com, the world’s biggest comparison website. Along with his then-business partner, Gareth Gillatt, the pair co-founded Tillo in 2016.

Trading in 37 countries and across 16 currencies, Tillo is the industry innovator for digital rewards and incentives globally, processing more than $2 billion of digital gift cards to date.