Jeff Tijssen

Jeff is an experienced executive with an extensive background in the Financial Services and Consulting industry. He has worked with a large number of financial institutions including HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Nationwide, RBS, ING, ABN Amro, Rabobank and others and has led the delivery of large, complex business and IT change programmes.

Jeff heads up Consultancy at 11:FS!

He sits on the FinTech Advisory Board for the City of London, and is the Chair of the FinTech Working Group as well as the China Working Group at Tech London Advocates, an unrivalled collection of tech leaders, experts and investors uniting to form the most influential independent, private sector group in London.

Jeff advises a number of technology startups, is a mentor at several accelerator programmes such as Virgin Startup and Startupbootcamp, and sits on the Advisory Board of CodeFirst:Girls, a multi-award winning social enterprise with the aim to help increase the number of women in tech.

He is a Committee Member at the Institute of Directors in the City of London, the UK’s leading organisation for business leaders, and mentors a team of young professionals at BeyondMe, a UK-based charity empowering future leaders to create a better society.

He is a member of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, the 48 Group Club and the Aldgate Ward Club, and became Freeman of the City of London in 2015.

Jeff is also a regular speaker at technology events in the UK and abroad.