Lesley Smith is Vice President Communications and Public Affairs and joined Revolut in February 2020. She has been a senior director in corporate affairs and public policy in retail, ecommerce, technology, telecoms, transport, and education. Before joining Revolut, she led Amazon’s UK Public Policy function and its relationship and negotiation with the government. She has previously led group communications, corporate affairs, and IR functions at Cable & Wireless, Dixons Group plc, Railtrack, TSL Education, and Ark Schools. As a consultant with Burson-Marstellar her clients included BT and leading FTSE companies. She has an MBA from MIT.