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      Edward Bowles

      Edward Bowles

      Global Head of Government Relations & ESG

      Wise

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      Edward is Global Head of Government Relations at Wise plc, having joined in October 2023 from Meta, where he was Global Director of the Fintech Policy Team and a member of the Payments Leadership Team, which experience included the Libra/Diem stablecoin project. Edward joined Facebook (as it then was) in 2019, from Standard Chartered Bank, where he spent 12 years and held a variety of roles in compliance, corporate affairs and public affairs, with an emphasis on market access and the regulatory response to the financial crisis. Edward also served as a member of the European Commission's Advisory Group on TTIP, as well as on a number of trade association committees (BBA/UK Finance, AFME etc), the Board of Asia House and Hacked Off. Prior to his time in the private sector, Edward was a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice during the last five years of the Blair Government; he previously practised law as a Barrister and Crown Prosecutor, during which time he was Chair of the Young Bar. Edward holds an MBA from Imperial College and was Called to the Bar at Middle Temple.

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