Elliott Gotkine – Keynote Speaker

Elliott Gotkine is a polyglot journalist, Media Coach, Master of Ceremonies and Creator & Host of The F in Tech Podcast. In his two decades in broadcasting, Elliott has reported for some of the world’s most trusted news outlets, including CNN, the BBC, Bloomberg Television, CBS and NPR, covering business, finance, technology and politics, as well as general news in South America, Europe and the Middle East. He’s interviewed world leaders, including Hugo Chavez and Shimon Peres; billionaires, such as Sheldon Adelson and Patrick Drahi; and Nobel Laureates, like Mario Vargas Llosa. He currently freelances for CNN out of the Jerusalem bureau.

As a master of ceremonies, Elliott has hosted scores of business, technology, and fintech events (physically and online). These include: Fintech Abu Dhabi; The Paris Fintech Forum; The OurCrowd Summit (Jerusalem and Sao Paulo); The Crypto Valley Conference on Blockchain (Zug); The St Petersburg International Economic Forum; Hong Kong Fintech Week; The Regulation Asia Awards (virtual); Sea: The Future (London); and Digibank series of summits (virtual).

Elliott holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Nottingham. He speaks fluent Spanish, decent French and Hebrew, and passable Italian.