BOARDS - FLAGSHIP (TIER 2) & ELITE (TIER 3)
Expert-led on-demand and live course. Join the world’s first fintech board programme: a finance- and fintech-specific curriculum designed to help senior financial services professionals build credible, paid portfolio careers.
3 hours/ week
Invest 3 months into your board career to be best positioned for success
Fintech CEOs
Join their Boards and Webinars building your own valuable personal network
Head-hunters
8 Leading board headhunter firms will share their best practise and top tips
Chairs/ NEDs
Almost 50% of all board seats are filled through their personal network.
What is included
Who should join
Programme tiers
Tier 1 · Digital
£999
For the board-curious
Tier 2 · Flagship
3 months
POA. Our core board programme
Tier 3 · Elite
3 months
POA. Maximum placement power
Invoices can be issued to individual members or to their companies. All our fees include 20% VAT.
Member outcomes
I secured my current FinTech Non-Executive Director role through an introduction from a FINTECH Circle member, which is testament to the fact that this community delivers real, tangible career outcomes. What truly distinguishes FINTECH Circle is their unrivalled ability to bring together the right people at the right moment, creating opportunities that simply would not exist elsewhere.
Michael BernsHead of AI | Board Member |
Author & TEDx SpeakerFINTECH Circle is a very valuable network of exceptional finance and technology professionals, investors and fintech founders. I am delighted that I found my Non-Executive Director Role via an introduction through FINTECH Circle. In my portfolio career I add 20+ years of executive experience in banking having worked in senior roles across Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and RBC globally.
Sonja LangNED and CEO, Mindful ClarityWhat you get
16 November 2026 · City of London
An exclusive, in-person gathering of fintech CEOs and the leading board headhunters in financial services. Not open to the public — reserved for programme members only.
Private peer network
Direct access to fellow senior professionals and programme faculty for ongoing exchange, deal flow, introductions and opportunities.
Personal marketing profile
We interview you and publish a written profile and video interview positioning your governance credentials — distributed to 260,000 fintech professionals via LinkedIn and our monthly newsletter.
Board WhatsApp group
Cohort members and lecturers share board and regulatory updates, live opportunities and event invitations throughout the programme and beyond.
Programme structure
Elite marks activities exclusive to the Elite tier; all other activities are included in both Flagship and Elite.
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Post-Programme
In-Person · London
Elite only
Additional benefits exclusive to the Elite tier
FAQs
Senior leaders across financial and professional services with at least 20 years of experience who are transitioning away from full-time executive roles. The course is built for those seeking portfolio careers and portfolio income — not mentoring or unpaid advisory work.
It is built exclusively for regulated financial services and fintech, it addresses fractional and advisory roles rather than board titles alone, it focuses on risk, sequencing and accountability, and it reflects how regulators actually interpret influence and behaviour.
Yes, particularly so. A core theme is that “fractional” does not mean “fractional accountability” in regulated environments. Experienced fractional leaders attend to re-evaluate exposure across multiple roles, clarify boundaries with founders and boards, and strengthen engagement structures and exit triggers.
The Digital programme is a 12-hour on-demand online course. Flagship and Elite are 3-month courses delivered live online and in person. Flagship cohorts start every month; Elite runs 3 cohorts per year (September–November, Mid January–Mid April, Mid April–Mid July). All three tiers include 12 months of access to the online board course.
The programme will be accredited for CPD from the end of 2026 onwards.
No prior fintech experience is required. Participants should have senior-level experience in regulated financial services combined with strong interest in technology and AI and a genuine interest in operating under financial services governance, growth and regulatory dynamics. The programme helps experienced professionals enter fintech safely rather than teaching fintech fundamentals.
Yes, but it assumes significant senior experience. It is not designed for early-career professionals or individuals seeking a career change into financial services. If you are unsure whether it is right for you, book a conversation with our team.
Participants complete the programme with clear judgement on which portfolio roles make sense next, a defensible framework for assessing fintech opportunities, greater confidence to accept, defer or decline roles responsibly, and a regulator-aware approach to building a sustainable portfolio career.
Yes. You can book a confidential, no-obligation 15-minute conversation with a member of the FINTECH Circle team to discuss readiness, role sequencing and whether the programme suits your situation.
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