Neira Jones

Neira Jones: keynote and technical speaker on financial services, fintech, mobile technologies, payments, cybercrime, infosec, and digital innovation. 

Neira Jones has more than 20 years experience in financial services and technology. She is regularly invited to advise organisations of all sizes on real-time payments, cyber-crime, information security, regulations (e.g. PSD2, GDPR, etc.), mobile data, 5G, and on digital innovation where she strives to demystify the hype surrounding technology today.

Neira is a Non-Executive Director for cyber security firm CYBER 1 and formerly for payments innovator Comcarde. She chairs the Advisory Board for mobile innovator Ensygnia and is a partner for the international Global Cyber Alliance. Neira is an Ambassador for the Emerging Payments Association and you’ll find her on the City AM FinTech Most Influential Power List, the City AM Powerful Women in the City List, the Richtopia Top 100 Most Influential People in Fintech and the Innotribe Femtech Leaders List.

Tripwire nominated Neira as “Top Influencer in Security To Follow on Twitter” in January 2015, CEOWorld Magazine nominated her as Top Chief Security Officer to Follow on Twitter in April 2014, she is the Merchant Payments Ecosystem Acquiring Personality of the Year 2013, SC Magazine Information Security Person of the Year 2012 and she is an InfoSecurity Europe Hall of Fame alumni since 2011. She was voted to the Top 10 Most Influential People in Information Security by SC Magazine & ISC2 in 2010. Neira has served on the PCI SSC Board of Advisors for 4 years and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society.

Neira Jones has previously worked for Barclaycard, Santander, Abbey National, Oracle Corp. and Unisys. Her clients span industry sectors, including financial services, fintech, retail, legal, consulting, information security and technology. Neira loves all things digital. And cars!

August 3 2021: Neira Jones was named Cyberscurity Woman Influencer of the Year at the Cybersecurity Woman of the Year Awards 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.