Introducing…

Victoria Roberts, Founder and Lead Consultant at Victress Communications, draws on over 15 years experience across the public and private sectors to advise clients on policy and regulatory issues, political stakeholder engagement, policy advocacy, and thought leadership campaigns.

Her experience includes policy advisor positions in UK government departments including Department for Business, Cabinet Office, UK Trade and Investment, and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), as well as in the European Commission at DG Trade. Victoria has also served as Private Secretary to the UK Minister for Industry.

Within financial services, Victoria has led UK and EU public policy teams at a FTSE 100 financial services institution, and established a new public affairs function at a high-growth international InsurTech. Most recently she led government relations for the UK’s FinTech trade association - Innovate Finance, and delivered a wide-ranging suite of initiatives for HM Treasury’s FinTech Delivery Panel and InsurTech Board at Tech Nation.

Victoria features as a senior leader in the Standout 45 of the Women in FinTech Powerlist.

Victoria’s passion for politics and policy stems from her university studies where she completed an MA in Contemporary European Studies at Sciences-Po Paris and an MA in Modern Languages at the University of Oxford.