Louise Hill

Louise Hill is an inspiring female entrepreneur, fintech pioneer, and passionate advocate for financial education. Best known as the founder of GoHenry, Louise has built one of the UK’s most influential financial technology businesses while championing greater opportunities for women in business and entrepreneurship. She is widely recognised for challenging barriers, promoting innovation, and demonstrating how purpose led leadership can create meaningful social change. As a motivational speaker, Louise empowers audiences with honest insights into leadership, resilience, and the realities of building a successful business from the ground up.

Louise’s career began in operational leadership, where she developed extensive commercial expertise across a range of organisations including Alexander Proudfoot, The Innovations Group, Debenhams, Scotts of Stow, The Cotswold Company, Findel Direct, and the Borough of Poole. Throughout these roles, she gained first-hand experience leading large teams, delivering organisational transformation, and improving business performance. Armed with this broad operational knowledge, Louise co-founded GoHenry, transforming an ambitious idea into a leading financial services platform that helps children and teenagers build positive money habits. Louise grew GoHenry from zero to £95m in revenue and over £90 in ARR as the company expanded into Europe through the acquisition of PixPay and strengthened its presence in the United States following its merger with Acorns. Louise established herself as one of the UK’s most successful female founders. Her work also helped secure the introduction of financial education into the primary school curriculum from 2028.

Alongside her role as Founder and Executive Chair of GoHenry, Louise continues to shape the future of financial technology through her position on Innovate Finance’s Unicorn Council for UK FinTech and as a Board Advisor for The Payments Association and JPMorganChase FinTech Forward programme. Her achievements have earned widespread recognition, including being named among CrowdCube’s top female fundraisers after helping GoHenry raise more than $136 million, beingShe won the 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. Frequently featured across television, radio, podcasts, and digital media, Louise further raised her profile when she appeared as an expert judge on The Apprentice in 2025. She has also shared her expertise with the Women and Equalities Committee during its enquiry into female entrepreneurship, reinforcing her position as an influential advocate for women in business.

As a female motivational speaker, Louise inspires audiences by sharing the lessons she has learned from building a market-leading business in a highly competitive industry. She speaks openly about overcoming challenges, leading with purpose, and creating opportunities where others see obstacles. Her experience navigating entrepreneurship, scaling a business internationally, and influencing public policy provides audiences with practical leadership strategies and renewed confidence to pursue ambitious goals. Whether speaking to aspiring entrepreneurs, established business leaders, or organisations committed to developing female talent, Louise delivers empowering keynotes that encourage resilience, innovation, and lasting success.