Vice President @Zopa | Spokesperson | Board & ExCo Advisor | Innovate Finance Powerlist 2024, 2023 | PRWeek Movers & Shakers 2021 | Fulbright Scholar | Obama for America | Mentor @TechStars @Rise BarclaysSUMMARY I lead communications and external affairs at Zopa, the digital bank and tech unicorn founded in 2020 which raised $600 million from the investors of Uber, Slack, and Alibaba to build Britain’s best bank.Within six months, I established Zopa as the #1 most mentioned digital bank in the press by increasing its media coverage fourfold (+400%).I also developed the new narrative for its transition from a peer-to-peer lender to a fully regulated bank, managed a $300 million funding round from Softbank Vision Fund II, and led a 60-member industry coalition at pledge2025.org to combat the high cost of living.I bring 20 years of on-the-record media experience as a former journalist, political aide, and Associate Director at Milltown Partners, where I advised some of Silicon Valley's most iconic technology firms.Experience includes working for Google, Facebook (Meta), Microsoft, Dropbox, and the Obama-Biden presidential campaign in Washington DC and Virginia.I have previously developed WhatsApp's encryption safety narrative, created Plaid's EMEA expansion strategy, and coordinated Silicon Valley's response to the rapid rise of online child sexual exploitation.In my most recent in-house role, I launched cross-border payments platform WorldRemit to 45 new countries and boosted its global media coverage by 40% ahead of IPO, reaching 150 markets, 20 million customers, and $500 million in revenue.Prior to that, as a young journalist, I reported on the 2008 economic crisis for international media which flocked to Athens, Greece to cover the unfolding debt crisis.I started my career at the United Nations in New York where I helped implement the global counter-terrorism legislation introduced by the UN Security Council in the aftermath of 9/11.I was educated at Stanford Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University on a Fulbright scholarship sponsored by the U.S. State Department.I was born in France, raised in Greece, and lived in 7 capitals in the world. Based in London since 2015 🇬🇧***My book "10+10 Secrets to Survive the Economic Crisis" is available to buy online. Savalas Publications Κ.Α. 28198, ISBN 978‐960