FNA Talks Women in Fintech & Suptech with Jekaterina Govina, Bank of Lithuania

May 17th, 2021 · 21 mins 33 secs

About this Episode

Bank of Lithuania's, Jekaterina Govina joins host, FNA's Isabella Ivanov, to discuss women in the Financial industry, Jekaterina’s own personal experiences throughout her career as a lawyer within fintech and advice to young women interested in finance and fintech.

For four years, Jekaterina has developed policies for the fintech industry in Lithuania and prior to her appointment as Executive Director of Supervision Services, she worked as a coordinator of Lithuanian Fintech Strategy and Head of the Innovation Committee.

Jekaterina has previously worked as a lawyer across various divisions within the Bank of Lithuania. Responsibilities included insurance, payments, lending, peer-to-peer lending and crowd-funding regulations.

She holds various accolades and was awarded Public Sector Lawyer of the Year for developing the concept of crowdfunding regulation in Lithuania, and for preparing a dwarf law on crowdfunding. Jekaterina has also been acknowledged by Lattice80 as one of the Top 100 Women in Fintech.

With conversations and advice from influential women across the Fintech sector, the FNA Talks miniseries, Women in Fintech & Suptech, aims to bring awareness to the role women play within the financial industry and the importance of gender diversity within the sector.