Intervenant

Brian RICHARDSON

CEO - WIZZIT International

Twitter Account: Brianwizzit

Professional Experience:Brian is listed in Who’s Who of South African Business as well as the International Biography of Distinguished Leaders. He is an Ashoka Fellow – a global network of social entrepreneurs. He has worked in the banking industry in the early part of his career and has since the age of 27 been an entrepreneur with a passion for human development and growing global businesses. He has a B.Com and an  MBA

He has lectured and presented at seminars and conferences throughout the world:

• was invited by the Clinton Global Initiative to present the WIZZIT model as a means to “Bank a Billion”;
• he has presented at SIBOS in Osaka Japan
• presented at SIBOS Africa – Hosted in Botswana
• at the G20 Financial Inclusion Summit in Mexico;
• at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
• at the Banking Associations of Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Honduras, South Africa, Botswana;
• has been the invited guest speaker at the Central Banks of Nigeria, India and South Africa;
• he has presented at FATF and was invited to be part of the subcommittees on financial inclusion and regulation.
•  He has also been invited to present at Harvard Business School on several occasions
• and is a key note speaker at many leading global conferences.

Company / Institution Profile: WIZZIT International are global pioneers in financial empowerment using mobile technology. WIZZIT operates across three continents, in 9 countries and has approaching 10 million customers – primarily from the ranks of the unbanked.