Digital Finance Advisory Council

Edward Bowles

Edward Bowles is Global Head of Government Relations and ESG at Wise plc, having joined in October 2023. Edward is a member of the FSB LRS Taskforce, the CPMI PIE Taskforce, the Advisory Group to the FSB Forum on Cross Border Payments Data, UK Finance’s Payments Board and is Chair of UK Finance’s International Payments Engagement Committee.

Edward joined Wise from Meta, where he was Global Director of Fintech policy and member of the payments product group leadership team under David Marcus, which included the Libra/Diem project. Edward joined Facebook (as it then was) in 2019, from Standard Chartered Bank, where he spent 12 years in a number of roles, leaving as Managing Director for Global Public Affairs. During this period, Edward also served as a member of the European Commission's Advisory Group on TTIP for the duration of the negotiations, as well as on a number of trade association committees (BBA/UK Finance, AFME etc), the Board of Asia House and Hacked Off.

Prior to his time in the private sector, Edward was a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice under the Blair government, and previously practised law as a Barrister and Crown Prosecutor. Edward has an MBA from Imperial College and was Called to the Bar at Middle Temple.