Louise Hill is a pioneering fintech entrepreneur, financial education campaigner, and the founder of GoHenry, the award-winning financial services app designed to help children learn how to earn, save, spend, and invest responsibly. With over 500,000 customers and 250 staff, the company has served over 2 million young people. Passionate about equipping the next generation with essential money skills, Louise has become one of the UK's leading voices on financial education. Regularly engaging with policymakers at Downing Street and the House of Commons, she continues to champion the importance of improving financial literacy for young people. As a motivational speaker, Louise shares valuable insights into entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, and creating businesses with genuine social impact.
Louise began her career as Operations Manager at Alexander Proudfoot before developing her commercial expertise as a Business Analyst with The Innovations Group and Debenhams. She later became Operations Director at Scotts of Stow, refining her customer service and operational leadership skills before holding similar senior roles with The Cotswold Company and Findel Direct, where she oversaw large contact centre and warehousing operations across multiple retail brands. She then served as Transformation Project Lead for the Borough of Poole, delivering major organisational change and operational efficiencies. Drawing on this extensive experience, Louise co-founded GoHenry in 2012, creating a prepaid Visa debit card and app that empower children to develop healthy financial habits. Under her leadership, Louise grew GoHenry from zero to £95m in revenue and over £90 in ARR, expanded internationally through the acquisition of PixPay in France and later merged with Acorns to strengthen its presence in the United States. She also played a significant role in securing the introduction of financial education into the primary school curriculum from 2028. She serves on Innovate Finance's Unicorn Council for UK FinTech and is a Board Advisor for The Payments Association, contributing to the future direction of financial technology.
Recognised as one of the UK's leading fintech innovators, Louise was named among CrowdCube's top female fundraisers after GoHenry raised more than $136 million to support its growth. She won Leadership in Financial Literacy and Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2024 City AM Dragon Awards, was named City of London Entrepreneur of the Year 2024, Women in Tech - Woman of the Year 2023 and City AM Entrepreneur of the Year 2023, and GoHenry won the Better Society Tech for Good award, the Best Children's Financial Provider Award at the British Bank Awards, the Finder Provider of the Year Award for Best Kids' Card Provider for two consecutive years, and the FinTech Breakthrough Award for Best Financial Education Platform. GoHenry also ranked at #38 in Newsweek's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK.Her expertise has been featured across television, radio, podcasts, and digital media, while her profile grew further when she appeared as an expert judge on The Apprentice in 2025. She has also been invited to provide evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee during its enquiry into female entrepreneurship.
Louise is hired as a motivational speaker because she combines entrepreneurial success with a genuine commitment to creating positive societal change. Her presentations demonstrate how purpose-driven leadership, resilience, and innovation can transform ambitious ideas into organisations with lasting impact. Drawing on more than two decades of operational leadership and business growth, Louise offers practical strategies for leading through change, building high-performing teams, and creating customer-focused businesses. Whether addressing business leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, or policymakers, she inspires audiences to embrace innovation, think differently, and create meaningful change while preparing future generations for lifelong financial success.
