Simon Taylor leads market development at Tempo, writes Brainfood (formerly Fintech Brainfood) and hosts the Tokenized podcast. He advises Sardine and cofounded Global Digital Finance and 11:FS. His work focuses on payments, stablecoins and financial infrastructure.
Simon Taylor leads market development at Tempo, writes Brainfood (formerly Fintech Brainfood) and hosts the Tokenized podcast. He advises Sardine and cofounded Global Digital Finance and 11:FS. His work focuses on payments, stablecoins and financial infrastructure.
Career
Head of Market Development at Tempo from 2025-08 to PresentLeads market development for the payments-focused blockchain company.BFounder at Brainfood from 2019-05 to PresentFounded the newsletter, originally Fintech Brainfood; renamed Brainfood in October 2026.
GDBoard Member and Founder at Global Digital Finance from 2018-02 to Present
THost at Tokenized until Present
Strategic Advisor at Sardine until PresentMoved into an advisory role when joining Tempo, announced September 2025. Previously Head of Strategy and Content from June 2022 to September 2025.
Co-Founder at 11:FS from 2021-05 to 2022-04Co-founded the fintech consultancy and led venture-building work.
Blockchain R&D VP at Barclays from 2014-07 to 2016-06Led blockchain research and development after working in mobile delivery.TInnovation Lead at TSYS from 2010-03 to 2013-05
BGBusiness Analyst at BT Global Services from 2000-09 to 2008-07