Will Ambert
Reports on the human end of the industry: industry veterans, departing CFOs, hackathon panel sessions, and the conferences at which all three converge.
Will Ambert covers the publication’s conferences and people beats. Their reporting follows industry veterans through their fourth and fifth advisory appointments, hackathon participants through their twelve-week pilot extensions, and departing CFOs through the press release describing the exciting personal opportunities they will pursue with effect from a date already in the past.
Will has attended eleven industry events in the last twelve months, has retained four lanyards, and has, on one occasion, been recognised by a vendor representative who could not remember why. Their conference notes are filed under a system that is currently being reviewed.
Their reporting style is generous in tone and clinical in detail. Where a panel session is described as “lively”, Will will note the panel composition, the running order, and which audience question the moderator declined to repeat into the microphone. Where an industry veteran returns to a previously held advisory role, Will will note which iteration of the role this represents.
Will writes anonymously, attends conferences at the publication’s expense, and accepts neither speaking honoraria nor preferential lounge access from any organiser, sponsor, or strategic partner.
Recent coverage by Will Ambert
Hackathon Participants Solve Real-Time Reconciliation Problem In 36 Hours; Procurement Indicates Build Will Take 14 Months
The annual fintech hackathon produced a winning prototype in 36 hours. Procurement has confirmed the production build will take 14 months. A new vendor will be required.
Industry Veteran Returns To Advisory Role He Has Held Four Previous Times; Bio Updated To Reflect Continuity
A senior fintech veteran has rejoined the advisory board of a payments network for the fifth time. His bio has been refreshed. Industry observers have welcomed the return as an indication of continuit