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In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby sits down with Tamsin Hobley, Group Head of Partners and Alliances at SIX, to unpack what high performance culture really looks like inside a global financial market infrastructure leader.
They explore psychological safety, leadership accountability, goal-setting, learning through failure, and how SIX maintains engagement and performance through growth, transformation, and acquisition, without losing its people along the way.
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In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded live at FinTech Connect 2025, Toby is joined by Sharif Bouktila (CEO)and Adam Bouktila (CSO) of RWA.io to explore how real-world asset tokenisation is quietly reshaping how capital moves, trades, and settles.
They dig into why the debate is shifting beyond TradFi vs DeFi, how institutions are already using stablecoins at real scale, and why we may be closer to a tipping point than most people realise. 
If you want to understand where financial infrastructure is heading, and what “gradually, then suddenly” really means for markets, this episode is a must-listen
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Clearing was built for a different era. Is it time for a reset?
On this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby is joined by George Davis, Co-Founder & CEO at Lorum (formerly Fuse), to unpack what’s broken in global clearing, and what modern infrastructure should look like instead.
From correspondent banking bottlenecks to scaling clearing across the Middle East, US, Europe and Asia, this conversation goes deep on:
·       Why legacy clearing models are holding FinTech back
·       What reliable, modern clearing actually requires
·       Why infrastructure, not just innovation on top — is the real unlock
If you’re building, scaling, or relying on payments infrastructure, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.
FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby is joined by Steven Petersen, Co-Founder of Stavtar Solutions Inc., to explore the real operational challenges that emerge as financial services firms grow.
Steven shares how a failed internal pitch became the catalyst for building a platform that sits above every other system, giving leaders a clear, real-time view of spend, complexity, and ROI. Drawing on years inside hedge funds and private equity firms, this conversation dives into leadership, conviction, scaling responsibly, and why broken processes often get accepted as “normal” in FinTech.
If you’re a founder, CFO, operator, or FinTech leader navigating growth, this episode offers practical insight you won’t want to miss.
FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com