With over 20 years on Wall Street, and one of the small number of women in leadership within Financial Tech today, Cecilia is an advocate for not only women in FinTech, but also for women aspiring to leadership anywhere.

Graduating from the prestigious Wellesley College, which counts Hillary Clinton as one of its alumnae, Cecilia was led to Wall Street by a chance careers day visit to Wall Street that her friend persuaded her to join. Once there, Cecilia was captivated by the energy and knew a career in finance was for her.

20 years later, she is now a tech start up founder, a senior women working in FinTech, and a champion of diversity in technology. Her previous roles include being the COO of Citigroup Markets and Securities Services Technology, and positions with Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and IBM Consulting.

Cecilia is the founder and chair of, Tech Women Today, a global network that seeks to advance women in technology across various sectors.  TWT meets its vision through connection, education and inspiration of women at all levels of their careers. Tech Women Today is also a resource for non-technical female entrepreneurs who need to leverage technology to grow their business.

Cecilia also moderates an event in London called “The Forum Network” that bring together corporate executives and business entrepreneurs to discuss relevant business and tech issues.  Cecilia also contributes though leadership on women in the workplace to media such as Thrive Global and Fairy God Boss.