Santina Farinella

Santina Farinella is an experienced professional currently serving as the Head of International Platform Partnerships for Shopify since August 2021, where responsibilities include designing and executing partnership strategies in Europe and Japan, resulting in over 200 new partner integrations. Prior to this role, Farinella held positions such as Technology Partner Lead at Shopify, Principal Solutions Engineer at Oracle, Senior Marketing Consultant, Co-Founder and CEO of Unravel, VP of Commercial Development at Hostelworld.com, and Head of Ancillary Revenue at Ryanair. Educational qualifications include a Higher Diploma in Marketing Practice from Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, a Diploma in Business Finance from the Irish Management Institute, a Master of Arts in Italian Literature from University College Dublin, and a Higher National Diploma in Fine and Studio Arts from the National College of Art & Design.