Gillian Darko is an completed govt director, Board member, and C-suite, spearheading strategic initiatives and operational transformations throughout numerous industries.
Presently the Chief of Employees and Director of Technique at Yellow Card, she is main technique to make sure the imaginative and prescient and targets of the organisation are adopted via. Yellow Card is the most important and solely licensed stablecoin on/off ramp on the African continent. Working throughout 20 nations, they supply people and companies of all sizes throughout Africa with safe, liquid, and cost-effective entry to USDT, USDC, and PYUSD via their native forex immediately and thru their funds API.
Based in Atlanta by Chris Maurice (CEO) and Justin Poiroux (CTO), Yellow Card launched in Nigeria in June 2019 and since then, it has rapidly grow to be one of many fastest-growing fintechs in Africa, with a presence in 20 nations and over $3bn in transactions.
In 2023, Yellow Card was awarded the celebrated ‘Disrupter of the Yr’ award on the Africa Monetary Trade Summit (AFIS). The award acknowledges firms which have demonstrated resilience in difficult instances and whose innovation represents a market disruption.
Recognised as an ‘Excellent Girl in Tech Nominee for West Africa in 2021’, Gillian has curated a profession spanning technique and enterprise transformation roles at ICE Futures Europe, PWC (consulting at Goldman Sachs, HSBC, RBS, Citigroup and UBS), JP Morgan Asset Administration and JUMO.
Her management extends to driving large-scale tasks throughout a number of jurisdictions inside asset administration, wealth administration, capital markets and inside the digital property area.
As a catalyst for progress, Gillian is adept at main high-performing groups and crafting modern options. She is provided with an LLB (Hons) UEA, LLM (Company Regulation) Southampton College, LPC (Fairness Finance, Personal Acquisitions) from BPP Regulation College, and a Fintech programme certification from Mentioned Enterprise College, Oxford College.
Her experience lies in board governance, progress and new markets, technique, operations, strategic partnerships, regulatory navigation, and a robust monitor report in driving innovation and alter inside the fintech panorama. She has expertise sitting on govt boards in Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Moreover, her roles necessitate a nuanced understanding of cultural intricacies, guaranteeing strategic success in numerous ecosystems.
Based on Gillian, in 2025, Africa’s funds market is predicted to develop by 152%, and by 2050, one in 4 individuals on the planet can be African. She says that quite a few rising applied sciences are set to remodel our lives, subsequently, for Africa, it’s essential to deal with know-how that may proceed to leapfrog our monetary industries and actively promote monetary inclusion, and Yellow Card App is positioned to drive this transfer.
