Former central banker and fintech practitioner Oakes is the founder of Fintech UK, Fintech Ireland, USTechFin and other geographically focused fintech groups.
An international keynote speaker and media commentator, Oakes has presented to more than 10,000 professionals at events on various topics including corporate governance, regulation, regulatory risk, fintech and financial services. In addition, he is non-executive director of several innovative regulated fintech businesses including Susquehanna International (MiFID), TransferMate (payments institution) and Optal Financial Europe (e-money institution) and is Chairman of AWM Wealth Advisers (MiFID). He has assisted numerous fintech and regulatory technology businesses located in Australia, Ireland, U.K. and U.S. through serving on their advisory boards.
Oakes has previously held senior roles with the Central Bank of Ireland (Director, Enforcement & Financial Crime), U.K. Financial Services Authority (Enforcement Lawyer), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Senior Officer) and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (Adviser to Governor and Deputy Governor, Banking Supervision).
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