Valentina is the Corporate Affairs Director at OakNorth, which she has been supporting since June 2015. With oversight of external and internal communications, events, content, ESG/sustainability, and OakNorth’s UK CSR/1+1% Commitment, she helps set the strategic direction for stakeholder engagement globally and is an observer on the Bank’s Executive Committee. She is also a Founding Editorial Board member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ multi award-winning member magazine, INFLUENCE; an Adviser to The Entrepreneurs Network - a think tank for the ambitious owners of Britain's fastest growing businesses and aspirational entrepreneurs, where she is also a Commissioner for a recently-launched Private Business Commission chaired by Steve Rigby to address the UK’s growing inability to scale and retain private companies; and a Board Advisor to ETA Technologies - a startup on a mission to empower investors with a sophisticated, quantified, and comprehensive analysis of the founding teams they plan to invest in. In 2018, she was named in the Standout 35 of Innovate Finance’s Women in Fintech Powerlist.