Monica is described by those who know her as being highly energetic and passionate about technology and the power it has to bring change to the world. As the first and only female CEO of South Africa’s long-established Central Securities Depositories, Strate, she is regarded as a formidable leader. She was the catalyst for Strate being one of the first Financial Market Infrastructures to embrace disruption and the new world that Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology offers. As Monica says, ‘If we don’t disrupt ourselves, someone else will. Embrace the technology, people!’