Team

ILF Leadership Team

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  Briana Marbury

  President & CEO

  Briana Marbury is the President & CEO of the Interledger Foundation (ILF), a nonprofit organization committed to expanding digital financial inclusion to vulnerable populations. In her role, Briana leads the strategic vision of the organization and has grown ILF from a small team of three to a global workforce of changemakers. Having firsthand experience in the challenges associated with navigating inequitable and inaccessible financial systems, Briana understands how imperative it is to enable communities an opportunity to create and lead their own financial futures.

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  Alex Lakatos

  Chief Technical Officer

  Alex has spent the past 11 years working on the Open Web within Browser, Communications, and FinTech organizations. With a background in web technologies and developer advocacy, he's helped organizations build developer-friendly products while engaging with the developer community at large.

  As the CTO for the Interledger Foundation, he focuses on lowering the barrier to entry into the Interledger ecosystem and drive the adoption of the web standards powering the Interledger Protocol.

  An avid traveller, it's likely you'll bump into him at developer conferences around the world.

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  Chris Lawrence

  Chief Program Officer

  Chris is an experienced nonprofit professional who has spent the last 15 years as a dedicated educator, network builder, and advocate for non-profit organizations. Chris is currently the Head of Programs at the Interledger Foundation. He oversees all aspects of the programatic activity of the foundation.

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  Anna Sheard

  Communications Director

  Anna has a background working with open standards. As Communications Manager at Interledger Foundation she helps to connect technical capabilities with human impact stories. She is passionate about sharing stories of the transformative nature of open payments and the importance of inclusive, open working practices.

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  Chen Hui Jing

  Chief Operating Officer

  Hui Jing is a self-taught designer and developer living in Singapore, who loves CSS way more than the average web developer. With more than a decade of experience working on the web, her main focus is building performant and responsive frontend interfaces.

  As the COO for the Interledger Foundation, she makes use of her technical background to enhance internal processes and ensure the organisation's continued smooth operation, effectively supporting all other teams to achieve our goals. 

  And yes, Hui Jing is a two-word Chinese first name. She can often be found spanning routes in some local climbing gym.