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Janet Thomas                                 exchange products for banks and corporates trading FX     Technology
                                                                  globally. Her systems allow companies to drastically
                     Managing Director of Infinity Capital Partners   reduce transaction costs and comply with new regulatory
                     and Founder/CEO, Touch FX                    obligations.
                                                                    Before setting up on her own, Janet held senior positions

                                                                  at leading investment banks including CitiGroup, Bank of
                     As co-founder and MD of Infinity Capital Partners, Janet is   America and Merrill Lynch. She is an in-demand public
                     responsible for creating its e-technology business across   speaker, regularly invited to speak at global conferences
                     the US, Europe and Africa.                   and events.
                      She is also founder and CEO of innovative foreign   In 2014, she was invited to the first US-Africa Leaders
                     currency exchange Fintech company Touch FX, and   Summit in Washington, hosted by then-President Barack
                     president of Women in Banking and Finance.   Obama. Janet sits on the Board of XSeed Capital, a private
                      One of the most respected women in the City, she   equity firm and has just enede a very successful stint
                     launched Infinity with her husband, fellow banker Ian   heading up Women in Banking & Finance, a very powerful
                     Greenstreet. The corporate finance firm specialises in   As well as the financial sector, Janet’s areas of interest
                     international banking, finance and e-technology in the   include gender equality in the City and fin-tech. She has
                     foreign exchange, oil and power markets.     recently been invited to chair the United Nations National
                      With Touch FX, she has created market-leading foreign   Committee in the UK.






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