Business information and events specialist Ascential has announced the appointment of ex Emerald, UBM and Advanstar executive Jessica Blue as executive vice-president of leading fintech show, Money20/20 USA.
Most recently, Blue was executive vice-president at Emerald, responsible for a large portfolio of industry-leading events and conferences. She has over 25 years of experience in the B2B trade show and media industries, including 15 years in the UK, with UBM plc (now Informa plc) and Advanstar Communications. Blue relocated to the United States with Advanstar in early 2013 to grow the Global Licensing Group, launching internationally and expanding the domestic portfolio.
Money20/20 global president Tracey Davies (Byers) said: “I am so excited to welcome Jessica to Money20/20. Her remarkable track record and wealth of experience come at an opportune and expansive time for the brand. With her impressive event management experience and her empathetic, customer-focused leadership I am confident that Jessica will play a pivotal role in shaping Money20/20’s continued growth and success.”
“I'm thrilled to join the phenomenal Money20/20 team. Money20/20 brings together the industry's visionaries and innovators and I couldn’t be more excited to bring my events experience to the brand and the team,” said Jessica Blue.
Founded in 2011, Money20/20 creates destination shows where the innovative people in payments, fintech, and the broader financial services industry connect. The brand is known for its high-impact networking, with the USA edition, held in Las Vegas (27-30 October 2024) and the Europe edition, held in Amsterdam (4-6 June 2024).
Money20/20 also recently launched an Asia edition, due to run in Bangkok on 23-25 April 2024, and Twentyfold, a digital intelligence product containing the deepest and widest repository of fintech startup data in the world.
