Cathryn Lyall

Co-Founder Seismic Foundry

Cathryn is an experienced markets infrastructure consultant and Non-Executive Director with a 30 year career in Capital Markets across multiple assets classes. She has nurtured, built and developed a number of start-up businesses including ADX in Sydney, CBOT in EMEA & Asia, BM&F Bovespa UK, Nasdaq NLX and CurveGlobal in London. She has held a number of NED and Trustee roles including over 3 years on the Deutsche Bank UK Bank Board, and is passionate about bringing good culture and governance to early stage FinTech businesses. She has held roles from Floor Trader to COO and is known for her deep industry knowledge and excellent network. Cathryn was named in the top 100 Women in FinTech in 2015 and is a founding Trustee of Futures For Kids and founding Board Director of Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD) where she is an active mentor to women in the early stage of their financial services careers.