Lily Lapenna MBE is the founder & Chair of MyBnk. From 2007 to 2016, whilst CEO, MyBnk became the leading financial education provider in the UK. Lily and the MyBnk team created high impact financial education programs that reached over 200,000 young people in schools, prisons, youth groups, homeless communities and supported housing environments. They successfully lobbied government to bring financial education into the school curriculum which now allows 6 million young people to learn about money every year. Lily then advised the UK government on a ten- year financial inclusion strategy for the nation covering all age groups. The MyBnk program has been replicated in countries across the world from Italy to Turkey and Lily is now working to bring this work to the USA.

In 2017, Queen Elizabeth II honored Lily with an MBE in recognition of her work in financial services and entrepreneurship. The World Economic Forum appointed her as a Young Global Leader recognizing her system change leadership skills. Ashoka and Aspen made her a fellow in acknowledgment of her global social impact. Lily works as an adviser and coach for government, multinationals, and start-ups. She teaches Business and Social Impact at Occidental University in Los Angeles, USA and is an Industry Adviser at SAID Business School, University of Oxford, UK. 

You can connect with Lily via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilylapenna/

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