Simon Taylor is a Strategic Advisor at Sardine, where he helps shape the company’s content strategy. He previously served as the company’s Head of Content. He is best known as the creator of the Fintech Brainfood newsletter, one of the most widely read publications in financial technology, and as Co-founder of 11:FS, where he launched the popular Fintech Insider podcast and built the Ventures practice advising global banks, fintechs, and regulators.
Earlier in his career, Simon was VP of Blockchain R&D at Barclays, where he led some of the industry’s first enterprise blockchain initiatives, and VP of Mobile Delivery, overseeing mobile banking and payments. He also co-founded Global Digital Finance (GDF), an industry body setting global standards for digital assets.
Before Barclays, Simon worked at TSYS as an Innovation Lead, managing several high-profile payments projects, and began his career at BT Global Services as a Business Analyst, where he implemented the Software Development Lifecycle across the Infrastructure business and delivered significant efficiency improvements.
Simon studied Software Engineering at Bradford College, earning an HND degree.
