Valentina is the Director of Growth & Communications at OakNorth – the next-generation credit platform that’s redefining lending to lower mid-market businesses globally. She has been working directly with its co-founders since June 2015, helping to build the brand and grow its community. Today, the business is one of the fastest-growing and most well-capitalised fintechs in the world, having raised over $1bn from investors (including SoftBank’s Vision Fund) at a valuation of $2.8bn.