EVENT REVIEW
Speaker spotlight: Driving the mortgage revolution: A founders story Stuart Cheetham, CEO of MQube, delivered an insightful keynote sharing his founder’ s journey of disrupting the mortgage industry. Stuart explored the challenges of modernising mortgage processes in a sector bound by regulation, legacy systems and entrenched practices. He detailed how MQube has leveraged digital tools to transform the traditionally frustrating borrower experience, prioritising speed, transparency and accessibility throughout the application-to-approval journey. The session covered practical realities of driving growth in a competitive market, sharing strategies that enabled MQube to gain traction alongside lessons learned from setbacks. Stuart addressed the broader industry transformation, explaining how technology enables faster decisions, more personalised products and improved accessibility for underserved borrowers. For aspiring fintech founders, the keynote offered valuable lessons in persistence, strategic focus and customer-centric innovation within heavily regulated sectors.
“ Right now has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur in the fintech marketplace”
Stuart Cheetham,
CEO,
MQube
86 November 2025