Danielle Treharne

Head of EMEA & APAC Remitly

Danielle has spent the past 14 years working in financial inclusion, and is Head of EMEA and APAC at Remitly, a global leader in digital cross-border remittances.

Prior to this, Danielle worked for several years in diaspora and emerging market consumer finance, and on the ground in numerous African nations. She led a DfID-financed private sector development programme in DR Congo; launched and scaled a mobile-enabled health microinsurance business in Uganda; as well as spearheading inclusive finance initiatives in Senegal and Egypt.

Danielle currently serves on the UK Financial Inclusion Commission, as an advisor to bMoneywize, a UK social enterprise promoting financial education for children, and as a Non-executive Director of Techfugees. In 2017, Danielle was named as one of Management Today’s 35 Under 35 Women in Management, and in 2022 she won the ESG award on the Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist.

She is passionate about the intersection of financial inclusion and fintech, particularly for the benefit of women and marginalised groups.