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David Buckthought is the Technology Area Lead (TAL) for Payment Services at ANZ, where he leads the technology strategy, design and delivery of mission-critical payment platforms that power the bank’s institutional and retail operations. With over 15 years of experience in financial services technology, David has delivered transformative outcomes across Payments, Digital Assets, RealTime Data and Platform Modernisation. His leadership has been instrumental in launching: • Scalable, cloud-aligned platform for real-time domestic and cross-border payments • Modernised ISO 20022-ready infrastructure supporting regulatory and industry-wide initiatives • Integrated Digital Asset networks assisting in the uplift and connectivity of Payment market infrastructure • Agentic frameworks that improve developer experience, resilience, observability, and operational efficiency David works closely with engineering, product, and governance teams across Australia, India, and Singapore to deliver innovative, secure, and customer centric payment solutions. He is passionate about simplifying legacy systems, accelerating delivery through platform reuse, and embedding continuous innovation into the fabric of ANZ’s payments ecosystem. A regular contributor to industry forums, David speaks on topics including payment innovation, Digital Assets, operational resilience, and the future of digital transaction infrastructure. He is based in Melbourne.

Mauriceo Castanheiro (CFE, CAMS) is a dedicated Fraud Strategic Advisor at Nasdaq Verafin with over two decades of experience combating fraud in the financial sector. In his senior advisory role at Nasdaq Verafin, Mauriceo collaborates with global banks, including Tier 1 institutions, financial industry partners, and key influencers, strengthening Nasdaq Verafin's reputation as a thought leader and fostering industry-wide cooperation. Having held pivotal positions in fraud management at several of Canada's largest banks, encompassing roles in business intelligence, operations, analytics, and strategy, Mauriceo offers extensive expertise to Nasdaq Verafin and contributes significantly to the development of innovative solutions for financial crime prevention.

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.Charlotte Pardou joined SWIFT in 2013 to support the expansion of the Financial Crime compliance division of SWIFT. In 2016 Charlotte moved to the Business development division where she has been promoting SWIFT’s Financial Crime Compliance and Fraud initiatives, product suites and shared services across the European and African communities. She is now the Global Head of the Financial Crime Compliance & Fraud. Before joining SWIFT Charlotte worked in the service and pharmaceutical industries as Senior Consultant. Charlotte is based in SWIFT’s Head Quarters in La Hulpe, Belgium. She is fluent in French, Dutch and English. Charlotte holds a Teaching Degree in mathematics, a Master in Commercial Sciences from HEC Brussels and, a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management from EHSAL

Erwin Kulk is Head of Service Development and Management at EBA CLEARING, the leading private-industry provider of pan-European infrastructure solutions for euro payments. Erwin is responsible for the management of EURO1 (for large-value euro payments), STEP2 (for SEPA bulk payments) and RT1 (for instant payments) as well as for the development of new initiatives. He has been working in the domain of interbank payment processing since 1998 and joined EBA CLEARING in 2012.

Finologee is one of the leading Fintech/Regtech companies in Luxembourg, creating new experiences for the financial industry, building truly digital platforms and products, such as our fully digital platform that enables financial industry players to quickly onboard new customers and our access-to-account gateway providing banks with a ready-to-use and secure product to enable triggering of payments and data retrieval from their customers’ accounts.

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Sunday has over 25 years of experience in Corporate Banking, primarily in product management roles. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Sunday led digital products for Transaction Banking in Deutsche Bank, where she developed market leading digital banking solutions, including leading the design, development and launch of the global Cash Manager App on Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn platform. She is an advocate for innovation and believes successful products are borne out of collaborative team environments and believes diverse teams are high-performing teams. She takes an active lead in driving diversity & inclusion in the workplace

• Experienced Program Director focusing on large scale payments transformations • Business Process Outsourcing of payments processing incl. investigations and reintegration after a merger • Heading the SEPA (2014) and the ISO20022 (2023) Transformation for the Commerzbank Group • Implemented real time payments schemes; e.g. Instant Payments in Europe and Real Time Payments in Hungary • IT-Outsoucing of payments processing and sourcing SWIFT connectivity to a Service Buro. • Currently implementing a state-of-the-art ISO20022 transaction engine.

Angelica Alam is the Head of Correspondent Banking for the Wires and Clearing product team at Wells Fargo. Angelica is focused on USD Wires and Clearing services with a large focus on foreign financial institutions. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Angelica was at Meta, where she managed multiple strategic initiatives in the platform and systems team for Meta Fintechs Digital and Monetization Products. She was responsible for supporting the launch, scale, and maintenance of systems and platforms with a payments component. Angelica also supported the build, test, and launch of more than 20 products across Meta’s family of apps (Instagram, Facebook, Oculus, and WhatsApp). Before Meta, Angelica held positions at J.P. Morgan as a Product Manager and Head of Client Engagement within Global Clearing, building products with emerging technologies such as blockchain, crypto assets, and APIs. Angelica also had experience at Citigroup as a cross border payments specialist. With more than 15 years of experience across Finance, Technology and Media industries, Angelica has expertise in various areas, such as high-value payment services, product strategy, end-to-end product development, and providing client solutions through innovative technologies

As Head of Product Management, Elizabeth leads Global Transaction Banking’s (GTB) engagement with clients to identify product needs and opportunities, commercialize new products, drive innovation and new capability development, and provide thought-leadership in the industry. She is a key driver of the product roadmap and ensuring the capabilities and solutions delivered to clients address needs and new market developments across all client segments and products. Elizabeth has over 20 years in the industry with leadership roles in corporate banking, transaction banking, and capital markets. She has deep expertise in treasury, payments, FX, trade finance, lending and liquidity management. Elizabeth has held numerous senior roles in the industry leading strategy, transformation and product management. Prior to joining TD Securities, Elizabeth was at Citibank where she was Managing Director and Chief Transformation, Innovation & Strategy Officer for the Treasury & Trade Solutions (TTS) Business. She worked across Technology, Operations, Product Management, On-boarding, and Client Service to lead and execute on a large-scale innovation and transformation agenda. Elizabeth also spent 10 years at Oliver Wyman where she was a Partner in the Financial Services practice group, where she advised senior executives focusing on treasury, capital markets, commodities, payments, financial supply chain and working capital management issues. Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, Elizabeth spent time at Treasury Strategies where she led the Corporate Treasury Technology practice and assisted corporate CFOs and Treasurers in designing and implementing technology and banking solutions to meet key corporate objectives. She was also at the Fintech Selkirk Financial Technologies where she led product management and client delivery for payments, liquidity and working capital management software. Elizabeth has worked with organizations across numerous industries including banking, retail, manufacturing, energy, high-tech, and insurance. Elizabeth has worked across the globe including Canada, US, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Turkey, Switzerland, Thailand, Hong Kong, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Barbados. Elizabeth received the CertICM (Certified International Cash Management) Certification from the UK Association of Treasurers. She holds a joint honors degree in International Trade and Political Science from the University of Waterloo. Elizabeth is a frequent public speaker on wide range of topics related to innovation and best practices in Treasury Management and Wholesale Banking. She has also been published on topics related to culture & conduct as well as diversity & inclusion in the financial services industry: with appearances in the Financial Times Podcast, American Banker, Bloomberg Daybreak, Group of Thirty lead industry report, and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Blue Ribbon Commission Report. Elizabeth is an avid reader, world traveler and skier. She is a dual US-Canada citizen, fluent in English and French, and currently living in Chicago. She is an AFS exchange program returnee having spent one year of high school in Japan.

Tom Scampion is CEO of GSS, a global platform that brings financial institutions together to deliver higher standards in compliance, through defining standards and making them available to all. GSS was founded in 2021 and is now live delivering transaction screening for sanctions risk to global FIs. Uniquely, GSS has an integration partnership with Swift allowing Swift members to access GSS directly via the Swift API. He has over 30 years’ experience in the evaluation, design and delivery of compliance systems and controls, particularly in the field of financial crime risk. He has worked closely with financial institutions, regulators and law enforcement in the US, Europe and Asia. Previously, Tom ran the AlixPartners EMEA Financial Crime and prior to that, was Deloitte’s EMEA Head of Financial Crime & Global Risk Analytics Leader. He has led over 100 reviews of sanctions systems and controls. He also served as the former Head of EMEA for a US software firm, delivering cross-industry data management solutions to dozens of tier one clients.

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Patricia Sullivan is a Managing Director and Global Head of Institutional Cash Management (ICM) at Deutsche Bank since January 2024. In this role Ms. Sullivan oversees the unit and teams within the Corporate Bank delivering a wide range of payment, transactional FX and liquidity solutions to financial institutions (banks & central banks) and Deutsche Bank affiliates. Priorto leading the ICM business, since June 2021, Ms. Sullivan reported directly to the Deutsche Bank CB/IB CEO overseeing a global team to embed effective and sustainable financial crime controls and a strong risk management culture in the businesses and worked closely with ICM. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Ms. Sullivan spent 6 years at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) delivering the remediation and transformation of the US and Global Financial Crime Compliance program. At SCB Ms. Sullivan led financial inclusion initiatives and worked with regulators and policy makers to develop strong and consistent due diligence and control standards within correspondent banking. Ms. Sullivan has more than 20 years of experience in covering ICM, Criminal Prosecution, Litigation, Financial Crime Compliance and Core Compliance. Based in New York, she is a member of the Corporate Bank Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank USA Board sub-committee on Anti-Financial Crime, and the Supervisory Board Financial Crime Risk (FCR)Working Group. Ms. Sullivan also is on the Executive Board of Lawyers Without Borders and Chairs the Americas Chapter of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime.

Mike Jones is Head of Payment Operations Division at the Bank of England with responsibility for Bank’s Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) payment system, the CHAPS payment scheme and the Bank’s securities operations. Mike has previously undertaken a number of other roles at the Bank across its front, middle and back offices and in Prudential supervision.

Mark is a seasoned software solution development expert with a wealth of experience spanning the financial services sector. With a background that includes notable roles at Progress Software, Unicredit, Thomson Reuters, and R3, Mark boasts a robust track record in architecting, constructing, and managing mission-critical software systems. In his current capacity as the Head of Solutions at Chainlink Labs, he is dedicated to empowering the community in the realisation of cutting-edge digital asset solutions.

Abeetha is an Executive Director in the Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Team, leading the tokenisation initiatives. Prior to his current role, Abeetha was the EMEA head of Equities and Structured Credit Operations. Abeetha earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University College London.

Managing Director for Digital Assets at Santander

Kiet Gilliver is an Executive Director within the Goldman Sachs Client and Market Solutions team leading trade transaction visibility and document AI initiatives. Prior to this role she led global workplace digital transformation initiatives across Goldman Sachs. Kiet earned a BA (Hon) degree in Business Studies majoring in Operations Management, from the University of Greenwich.

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Managing Director CCP Austria, CSD Prague since 21 years in Risk Management and Development Department

Olivier currently serves as the Head of Settlement for Murex’s product division, where he drives the design of the settlement chain for cash and securities for all asset classes in Murex’s integrated platform, MX.3. He has recently focused on European regulation (CSDR), the migration to SWIFT ISO20022 and the move to T+1 in the US. Prior to this role, he managed numerous global implementations of Murex back office module. Olivier’s professional journey began with the implementation of regulatory impacts in an ALM context in the French banking industry. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lille and a master's degree in international business from Paris Dauphine University.

Mike joined Swift in February 2023 to work on enabling cross-border interoperability for domestic instant payment systems before taking on the role of Regional Head of Industry Engagement for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Swift, he spent more than 25 years delivering banking technology solutions across Europe and Asia. The opportunity to work on Project Ubin with the Monetary Authority of Singapore sparked a passion for the Future of Payments, leading him to Swift where he can make the future of payments a reality.

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Dougal is responsible for Scotiabank’s global payments platforms and client solutions teams. He has led the payments transformation business strategy and execution in support of Retail, Business, and International Banking while overseeing the roadmap and sequencing of investments of the $350MM payment modernization budget. • Dougal has 22+ years of experience in Transaction Banking across Product and Digital Channels from Scotiabank and CIBC. • Dougal represents Scotiabank in various industry forums including SWIFT, Payments Canada, and Interac, advocating on strategic payment topics. • Dougal holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science (Software) from Western University

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Rachel is the APAC & MEA Regional Head of Corporate Cash Management where she is responsible for the Cash Business across 18 diverse and highly regulated countries. Rachel is also the Global Head of Payments & Transactional FX Product Management for Corporate Cash Management at Deutsche Bank leading the strategic vision for the Payment & FX product offerings and strategic landscape development, working closely with clients and partners to build the next generation of product capabilities to support the future of cash management. She is very interested in new technologies and how these can be integrated together to support our clients to grow their businesses in a secure and scalable way. Rachel has 27 years industry experience and has been with Deutsche Bank in Singapore for 17 years and in London for 4 years, covering several roles including business strategy, business development, programme management and product management, working across both Corporate Bank in Cash Management and Investment Bank in FX, MM, Derivatives and Commodities businesses. Rachel is a qualified Associate Member of CIMA, qualifying out of Athlone institute of Technology, Ireland. She is passionate about building & leading strong, diverse & dynamic teams and is a diversity and inclusion advocate and pillar lead at Deutsche Bank. She is one of the founding members of the Deutsche Bank Women@CorporateBank which is grassroots initiative that supports the growth and development of future female leaders at Deutsche Bank.

Francois is Head of Payments Go-To-Market for EMEA at Swift, responsible for driving the rollout of the Swift’s payments strategy across the region. Francois has developed a deep expertise of the evolving global payments landscape, helping his customers to navigate an increasingly complex financial ecosystem and to drive innovation through strategic payments initiatives. Prior to his current role, Francois was involved in major payment market projects including the global adoption of ISO 20022 for payments, the European payments infrastructure renewal and the deployment of instant payment solutions. Francois joined SWIFT in 2016. Prior to joining Swift, he held various finance & treasury roles in the telecom industry as well as being a senior Auditor at PwC. He holds a Certificate in Corporate Treasury from the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers and a Master in Business and Economics from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.

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Susan’s team is leading the ISO20022 program and the digital IMT strategy execution for CBA. Susan is also responsible for the Commonwealth Bank’s correspondent banking network and is actively involved with the domestic ISO20022 Industry Migration Steering Committee, the domestic Cross-border Payments Advisory Council and the global Cross-border Payments Interoperability and Extension (PIE) Taskforce charged with providing faster, cheaper, more transparent and inclusive cross-border payments. Prior to joining Commonwealth Bank in 2017, Susan spent 16 years with Citigroup where she led specialist teams covering sales, product management and product development across Payments, Commercial Cards, Digital, Deposits and Trade.

Doug Carlson is a Senior Vice President and Head of Global Payments Product Management within PNC’s Treasury Management organization. In that role, Doug’s product management group is responsible for managing the product capabilities and strategy for Immediate Payments, ACH, Wire Transfers, EDI, SWIFT, Integrated Payables, and Canada and International treasury services. Doug has approximately 30 years of experience in financial services and treasury management. Prior to joining PNC in 2022, Doug held various product leadership positions with Santander Bank and with Bank of America where he worked for over 20 years. He represents PNC on both the Real Time Payments and CHIPS Business Committees with The Clearing House, as well as the Federal Reserve Payments Advisory Council for the 5th District.

.Charlotte Pardou joined SWIFT in 2013 to support the expansion of the Financial Crime compliance division of SWIFT. In 2016 Charlotte moved to the Business development division where she has been promoting SWIFT’s Financial Crime Compliance and Fraud initiatives, product suites and shared services across the European and African communities. She is now the Global Head of the Financial Crime Compliance & Fraud. Before joining SWIFT Charlotte worked in the service and pharmaceutical industries as Senior Consultant. Charlotte is based in SWIFT’s Head Quarters in La Hulpe, Belgium. She is fluent in French, Dutch and English. Charlotte holds a Teaching Degree in mathematics, a Master in Commercial Sciences from HEC Brussels and, a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management from EHSAL

Karyna Hutarovich is a Vice President in Corporate Bank at Deutsche Bank, serving as a senior Business Product Specialist representative within the SWIFT & Industry Engagement team. She plays a leading role in shaping the bank’s strategic positioning across key payments industry initiatives, with deep expertise in ISO 20022 standardisation, payment exceptions and investigations, and SWIFT Transaction Manager processing. Karyna is a member of the CPMI Cross-Border Payments Interoperability and Extension (PIE) initiative, where she contributes to Task Team 3’s mission of fostering harmonisation of ISO 20022 data requirements. In addition to her external engagements, Karyna heads the process performance monitoring stream within the Corporate Bank’s Business Architecture team, driving operational excellence and data-led insights. Since joining Deutsche Bank in 2016, she has held several roles across the Corporate Bank. Her earlier career includes experience in corporate treasury management at Aeroflot.

Joanne joined Standard Chartered in December 2021 where she holds the position of Managing Director, Regional Head of Cash Product Europe. She is responsible for the overall Cash product management for Financial Institution and Corporate clients in Europe, which covers currency clearing, payables, receivables, and liquidity solutions, and the delivery of these to clients supporting Sales and Coverage teams. Joanne has undertaken several leadership roles across Transaction Banking, and her career spans more than 20 years in financial services. Joanne serves on the Bank of England Strategic Advisory Forum for RTGS / CHAPs, and the UK Swift Board, and previously was a member of the European Payments Council (EPC) Board for SEPA participants driving SEPA strategy and adoption. She has comprehensive knowledge of the UK and European markets and has had regular engagement with payment scheme and regulatory bodies in the UK and across Europe to shape developments, policies and ensure compliance. In her role, she is an avid leader of business and technology change, directing teams to deliver capabilities against strategic priorities and client needs. Joanne is a keen mentor for junior talent, managing business internships and graduate programmes. She currently mentors in the Standard Chartered RISE programme supporting talent from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds to thrive, and to guide young people towards sustained and meaningful employment.

Frank Van Driessche joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York late 2018 to focus on the adoption of ISO 20022 by the Fedwire Funds Service. He joined the FedNow team in 2019 to lead the ISO 20022 implementation for the Federal Reserve Banks’ instant payments platform. Previously Frank held positions at SWIFT where he was responsible for the global adoption of ISO 20022 by payment market infrastructures, and at the European Banking Federation as senior advisor during the realization of SEPA. Frank is Belgian and holds a master’s degree of the Brussels Solvay Business School.

Courtney is a global payments and digital transformation leader within the financial services industry and leads KPMG’S global and U.S. payments practice. Her area of specialization includes driving large scale payments modernization / transformation efforts for global banking clients and financial institutions spanning business, technology and operating model strategies and solution development through end-to-end to end technical implementation.

Charles Bunnik has been working at ABN AMRO Bank since 1999 and is Head of Market Infrastructures at ABN AMRO Bank NV since January 2018. In this capacity he is responsible for advice on Market Infrastructures, related regulatory change, industry agreements and standards covering payments markets and securities. This encompasses traditional finance developments such as the move towards real time and ISO 20022 and new technology developments including digital euro and tokenised assets He chairs the Dutch NMG, is a member of the Advisory Council of the Dutch Payments Association and member representative of the Euro Banking association covering industry alignment and cooperation on infrastructure development with a focus on improving the end-user experience. Prior to this, he worked in various roles within ABN AMRO, in Global Transaction Services, Payments Operations, Network Management and contributed to large change and regulatory implementation programs such as ISO 20022, Target2 and Payment Services Directive (2).

Michinobu Kishi has over three decades of experience in central banking, public policy and commercial banking. He is the General Manager of the Transaction Business Planning Department at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Swift National Member Group Chairperson Japan since 2022. His responsibilities include the bank’s ISO 20022 migration, responding to G20/FSB cross border payments roadmaps, and conducting R&D on transaction banking. Since 2024, he serves as a Member of the Board of Directors, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Prior to joining SMBC, Mr. Kishi spent 31 years at the Bank of Japan building extensive experience with various parts of the central bank including Operations, Information System Services, and Personnel Departments; the Chief Representative Office in the Americas; and the General Manager of the Maebashi Branch. While at the Payments and Settlement Systems Department (2018-20), Mr. Kishi headed the BoJ team for joint DLT study with the ECB (Project Stella), contributed to “Central bank digital currencies: foundational principles and core features” (G-7 central banks and BIS, 09 October 2020), and “Wholesale digital tokens” (Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, December 2019).

Beth Geller (Kaweblum) is Executive Director, Industry Issues Executive (WHEM) for JPMorgan’s Payments business. In this role, Beth represents the Payments business with key market infrastructures and influences the strategic direction of the market through participation in industry dialogue. She focuses on the execution of key industry initiatives working collaboratively with Product Management and other business partners. Beth represents the US community on the PMPG which she also co-chairs. She is Chair of the CHIPS Business Committee, Vice Chair of the American Bankers Association (ABA) Payment Systems Administrative Committee and a member and former co-chair of the BAFT Payments Committee. She represents JPMorgan on the Federal Reserve’s Wholesale Payments Advisory Group, is a working group lead for the Payments Risk Committee and is a member of the US CBPR+ Mirror Group and the US National Group Cash and Trade Subcommittee. Beth has two decades of payments experience. Prior to joining the Industry Issues team in 2020, Beth ran the Global Clearing Strategic Programs team, responsible for ISO 20022 migration and managing complex products including Fraud, Channels, Dodd Frank 1073 Compliance and International Cash Letter.

David has extensive experience in digital delivery and transformational change within the payments industry and the wider financial services sector. David garnered his expertise through a number of leadership roles, including Chief Technology Officer for Payments at Network International in Dubai, UK and mainland Europe CIO of Fleetcor, and Executive Director for Digital Services at Visa Europe. David joined in April 2022, and brings significant expertise driving the delivery of large, complex high volume, high value solutions and products to the role of Chief Operating Officer at Pay.UK.

Mr. Maoyuan Yu holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Mannheim, Germany, and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the China Construction Bank Frankfurt Branch. With 18 years of experience at the branch, he has gained deep expertise in the overseas banking operations. He is a seasoned professional in both payments and technology.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieora/ Stephanie Ora has been fighting financial crime for over a decade and is passionate in this cause as she believes in the wider role this plays, such as in achieving financial inclusion. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and is the Global Lead for Financial Crimes Analytics at SAS Institute. ​ ​ In her current role, she works with financial institutions globally to adopt and implement artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to fight financial crime, including rule/scenario tuning, segmentation, predictive modeling, network analytics, text analytics and Generative AI. She also works with Product Management and R&D teams to identify and prioritize financial crimes analytics use cases and requirements to bring to the market.​ ​ Prior to her role at SAS, Stephanie worked as a financial crime investigator for global banks where she had first-hand operational experience on transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer onboarding & due diligence processes.​ ​ She has extensive management consultant experience where she led advisory and project management roles for financial crimes risk assessments, optimization and global AML compliance & fraud management system rollouts and process/policy improvements, working with financial institutions and regulators across APAC, EMEA and US. ​ ​ Outside of work, Stephanie loves to travel and is a big foodie. She has lived in the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Denmark and now in Sweden – and living and working in these countries has made her appreciative and even more curious about different cultures and in thriving in multi-cultural environments.​

Allison Shonerd is a managing director and Global Head of Clearing in the Global Payments organization of Global Payments Solutions (GPS) at Bank of America. In her role, Allison leads the strategic direction and execution of the bank’s global clearing and settlement capabilities. She leads a global team responsible for managing clearing infrastructure, optimizing cross-border settlement flows and delivering innovative product and network design. Allison partners across the organization to ensure the bank delivers scalable, resilient, and competitive clearing solutions that meet the evolving needs of a global client base. As an advocate for modernization, Allison drives critical efforts to future-proof the bank’s clearing capabilities through initiatives such as ISO 20022 adoption and real-time payment enablement. Prior to her current role, Allison was Head of Global Digital Disbursements, an emerging payment solution enabling Business to Consumer (B2C) payments via mobile phone and email, focusing on digital wallet and alias-based payment systems. In this role, Allison oversaw the product development roadmap and vision, and worked with cross-functional partners to bring next-generation payment solutions to market driven by client needs. In 2023 Allison was recognized by American Banker as one of the “Most influential Women in Payments: Next.” With over 17 years of experience in global payments, Allison held various product and network management positions with Western Union, PayPal and fintech Hyperwallet prior to her joining Bank of America in 2019.

Karen Birkel is the Head of the Market Infrastructure Development division of the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments of the European Central Bank (ECB). Her department is responsible for managing the projects and the evolution of the Eurosystem’s TARGET Services T2, ECMS, TARGET2-Securities and TIPS. Previously, she was the Deputy Head of the Market Infrastructure Management division of the same directorate, responsible for operating the TARGET2 system, TIPS as well as TARGET2-Securities. Before joining the ECB in 2009, Karen worked on projects in the area of capital markets at European banks and institutions since 1998.

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Head of Settlement Department

Sachin Mohindra has over 20 years of extensive experience at Goldman Sachs, where he has held a variety of cross-product post-trade roles including securities settlement, client middle office and post-trade business development. Sachin currently has oversight of the Client & Market Solutions team at Goldman Sachs, with a focus on global post-trade efficiency and accelerated settlement. Sachin is the co-chair of the AFME Post-Trade Transaction, Clearing & Settlement Committee and member of a number of FMI advisory boards. Sachin is an active lead member of the UK HMT T+1 Taskforce & Technical Group, ESMA EU T+1 Technical Workstreams and previously the SIFMA US T+1 steering committee. At AFME he has co-authored the T+1 Settlement in Europe paper, lead the publication of the industry-wide TARGET2-Securities (T2S) and Partial Settlements recommendation papers. Sachin holds an Honours degree in Computer Science and Management from the University of Edinburgh.

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Giles Elliott is Global Head of Business Development for the Capital Markets product division. He joined TCS in May 2016 and his role encompasses directing the sales focus, developing the strategic product direction, the M&A and partnership agenda, and building TCS’ profile in its target markets. Prior to joining TCS BaNCS Giles was Managing Partner at AlfaSec Advisors in Singapore advising financial institutions on strategy and worked with clients across the Investment Services supply chain. Giles spent over 20 years of his career in Banking, with leadership roles in several leading industry Securities Service providers, including Standard Chartered Securities Services, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase.

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Ludivine Assayag is in charge of : - Complex trade finance transactions structuring (LC, guarantees scope) - Global transversal issues (regulatory, legal, tax etc) which may impact trade finance activity - Innovation for trade finance (product development, trade finance applications relying on new technologies such as blockchain or not) - E-Trade Solutions : communication portals and solutions, Trade Finance platforms - Team management - Worldwide scope.

Patrick DeVilbiss is a subject matter expert in trade finance and supply chain finance, with a specialized focus on the areas of receivables and payables finance. He also delivers SaaS product management services to clients, defining client needs based on industry changes, platform metrics and user feedback, as well as implementing long-term product enhancements to Software as a Service platforms. In addition, he specializes in agile development, leveraging agile development methodologies to deliver large-scale SaaS platforms to top 10 global financial institutions.

Global Head of Trust & Securities Services and interim CEO of the Americas at Deutsche Bank

Mr James Fok is the Chief Commercial Officer of CMU OmniClear Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Exchange Fund. Since January 2025, CMU OmniClear has been carrying out the operations and business development activities of the Central Moneymarkets Unit on behalf of the HKMA. Previously, James served for a decade as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (SEHK: 388), where he played a major role in a number of landmark Chinese capital market internationalisation initiatives, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014), Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market's Listing Reforms (2018). In his earlier career, he worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia, specialising in the financial services sector. James has written and spoken extensively about market structure issues and the intersection between geopolitics and international finance. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Ardmore Shipping Corporation (NYSE: ASC), an Executive Board Member of the International Securities Services Association, and a Distinguished Nonresident Fellow of the University of Hong Kong’s Centre on Contemporary China and the World. He has also previously served on the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s Fintech Advisory Group (2023-24), as an International Member of Ireland for Finance's Industry Advisory Committee (2021-23), and on the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (2014-21).

Brian Steele is Managing Director, President, Clearing & Securities Services at DTCC where he is responsible for leading the firm’s clearing and securities services businesses, including Equity Clearing and Settlement, Fixed Income Clearing, Wealth Management Services, Asset Services, Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) and Repository & Derivatives Services (RDS). He is a member of the DTCC Executive Committee, Management Risk Committee and the Investment Management Committee. In addition, he serves as Chair of the ITP Board of Managers, Chair of the Deriv Serv Board, is a board member of the International Securities Services Association (ISSA) and participates as a member of the World Economic Forum Steering Committee. Brian has nearly 20 years of experience in financial services, serving in a wide range of senior-level roles including Goldman Sachs, where he most recently served as Managing Director of Americas Client Coverage Group and Global Head of Client & Market Solutions. Prior to that, he served as a senior leader in several key global markets and operations-related roles, including Global Head of Market Structure Solutions; Global Head of Equities Execution Services and Settlements; Global Head of Digital Transformation for the Operations Division, and Global Head of Market Solutions for Operations Division. In addition to his work at DTCC, Brian also served as a board member for Acadia, Traiana, Access Fintech and Droit. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree of Science in Marketing and E-commerce from the Ithaca College.

International Securities Services Association The International Securities Services Association (ISSA) is a global association that supports the Securities Services industry. ISSA’s members include Central Securities Depositories (CSDs), custodians, technology companies and other firms who are actively involved in all aspects of the Securities Services value chain. By connecting its members and facilitating collaboration, ISSA provides the leadership necessary to drive change in the Securities Services industry. The focus is on finding progressive solutions to reduce risk and improve efficiency and effectiveness – from issuer through to investor – as well as providing broader thought-leadership to help shape the future of the industry. Margaret is the Chair of ISSA. In this position, Margaret is responsible for managing and working with the ISSA Board to ensure oversight and the ultimate responsibility for the management and coordination of all activities of the Association. The Board collectively sets the strategy and agenda of the Association and supports the ISSA team in driving forward the ISSA agenda.

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Magali Van Bulck is the Head of Policy and Government Relations at Wise, having joined the company in 2016. In her time at Wise, she has been heavily focused on improving transparency in cross-border payments, lowering the cost of remittances and providing a pathway for non-banks to join the financial infrastructure. She sits on the board of the International Association of Money Transfer Networks (IAMTN) and PayBelgium, and founded Accept My IBAN, a platform to report IBAN discrimination which has successfully put this consumer protection issue on the political agenda.

Christian Stolcke is a Capital Markets and Transaction Banking veteran who has spent his career growing financial service businesses and executing global, large scale performance improvement programs across Shared Services, Operations and Technology. At Bank of America, Christian is Managing Director and head of Global Financial Institutions, Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Governments within Global Payments Solutions (GPS). In this role, Christian leads a worldwide team of sales and product professionals responsible for maintaining and strengthening relationships with clients across several industries, including banks, governments, investment managers, securities firms, insurance, paytech, private capital and specialty finance firms. Products span global cash management, trade and supply chain finance, foreign exchange, commercial card, liquidity, and investment solutions. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2022, Christian spent 16 years at UBS where he held a dual role as global head of Banks and head of Corporate Subsidiary Banking in the Americas, both within the Corporate and Institutional Client Business. During his tenure, he led a series of programs (global restructuring, divestiture, reengineering, and regulatory) that helped the bank to achieve its post-crisis turnaround and leadership position. Previously, Christian was at JP Morgan Chase & Co where he held leadership roles in Corporate Center Finance, Shared Services Reengineering, Retail Channel Strategy and Technology & Infrastructure. Prior to banking, Christian worked at EDS CoNext, an EDS/AT Kearney startup and strategic sourcing consortium where he was vice president for Product and Client Management. At the management consultancy AT Kearney, he was a principal in the Global Operations and Financial Institutions Group where he contributed to the launch and expansion of the firm’s Latin American franchise. For many years, Christian has been deeply engaged with BAFT, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade, at both board and execution level. He has an undergraduate degree in Business and Information Technology from the University of Mannheim and an MBA in Finance and International Management from the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, NY. He is based in New York.

Nikil Chande is a Senior Director in the Supervision Department at the Bank of Canada. Nikil leads the teams responsible for the registration and enforcement of retail payment service providers under the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA). A key figure in the development and implementation of this landmark legislation, Nikil has been closely involved with the RPAA framework from its early stages and continues to play a central role in its evolution. With deep expertise in both law and economics, Nikil brings a strategic perspective to one of the most significant transformations in Canada’s financial regulatory landscape. He has been instrumental in shaping a modern oversight regime that balances innovation, consumer protection, and market integrity—advancing the goals of safety and efficiency in the rapidly evolving world of retail payments. As jurisdictions around the globe explore the regulation of emerging payment ecosystems, Nikil's work offers valuable insights into designing frameworks that are agile, forward-looking, and globally relevant. His contributions align directly with SIBOS 2025’s theme, “The next frontiers of global finance,” making him a timely and impactful voice in shaping the future of financial services.

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Dr Alexandra Hachmeister is currently heading the General Directorate for the Digital Euro at Deutsche Bundesbank. She joined Bundesbank in 2022 where she headed up the Directorate General for Economic Education, University and International Central Bank Dialogue. Alex-andra held various top management positions at Deutsche Boerse AG, including Chief Regu-latory Officer and Managing Director for Market Data & Services. Alexandra Hachmeister holds a doctorate in Market Microstructure.

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Rishikesh R Tinaikar is the Global Head of Go-to-Market for Corporates and Trade at SWIFT. With over 20 years of experience in payments, treasury, and digital transformation, he leads strategic initiatives that shape adoption of B2B payments, digital treasury and working capital solutions by corporates and financial institutions worldwide. Rishikesh has held leadership roles across APAC, EMEA, and North America, and previously worked with IBM, Hitachi, and JP Morgan Chase.

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Stephanie is Head of Digital Assets Competence Center at Euroclear. She comes with an extensive experience building innovative solutions for Financial Institutions and Capital Markets. Before joining Euroclear, she served as CPO of Lemonway, an European Payment Service Provider, in charge of their core product and building their web3 strategy. Till 2020, Stephanie was COO of LiquidShare, a consortium founded by major European Financial Institutions in 2017 to develop and operate a blockchain-based settlement infrastructure for SMEs. Before that, Stephanie was Head of Post Trade Innovation at Calypso Technology (now Adenza, part of Nasdaq Group) where she spent 14 years in charge of Post-Trade Product Management, developed her blockchain expertise and developed various cross-asset post-trade solutions for leading Financial Institutions across the world.

Karin has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry and has been heading up different teams in Swift. She is an expert in standards and has recently been looking at digital assets standardisation. She has been involved in various industry groups such as the Securities Market Practice Group (SMPG), the Payments Market Practice Group (PMPG) and various ISO committees and ISSA working groups. Karin holds a Master of Business Economics degree from the Solvay Business School, as well as a Master in Marketing Management from the Vlerick Management School, Ghent, Belgium.

Thilo has worked for the German Stock Exchange for 25 years, of which he spent the last 20 years in their Post-Trade business at Clearstream. He has spent most of his career in client-facing and sales roles but also ran the Asset Servicing Product for Clearstream for several years. In his current role he is responsible for Business Strategy, Business Development and Commercialisation of Clearstream’s Issuer Services Business, covering traditional as well as digital and tokenized asset issuance topics globally.

Gabriel Callsen is a Senior Director, FinTech and Digitalisation, at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). He is responsible for ICMA’s digitalisation and standards initiatives to support the digital transformation of fixed income markets. This includes ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy (BDT) as well as ICMA’s collaboration on the FINOS Common Domain Model, two key initiatives to promote interoperability through common and open standards. He is secretary to ICMA’s FinTech Advisory Committee, ICMA’s overarching governance body focused on innovation in global bond markets, as well as ICMA’s DLT Bonds Working Group. He also represents ICMA at various international forums, including the European Central Bank’s New Technologies for Wholesale Settlement Contact Group (NTW-CG), the UK’s Industry Data Standards Committee (IDSC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian initiative. Gabriel has published various papers on FinTech, DLT, Big Data, AI, regulation and capital markets, and speaks regularly at industry conferences and educational events. Prior to joining ICMA, Gabriel worked for the European Commission and Tradeweb.

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Thomas Preston brings a blend of Financial Crime Compliance and Payments expertise, partnering with banks across the globe to deliver fast, compliant, and transparent cross-border payments. With a track record of helping institutions balance regulatory rigour and customer experience, Thomas is passionate about enabling the industry to move money safely, efficiently, and with confidence.

Isabel is the Executive Platform Owner for BNY’s Enterprise Payments Enablement Platform. The roughly 1,700 people strong Payment Enablement Platform, with teams located around the World, provides critical payment capabilities for businesses and functions across BNY globally in support of over $3 trillion in payment activity every day. Isabel is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in global cash management, driving strategic planning and business development and product & market management. She has a strong track record of driving change and generating sustainable bottom-line contributions while effectively managing risk. She has proven experience building and managing global, diverse, highly motivated teams. Prior to her current role, she co-led BNY’s Payment Product team in Treasury Services where she shaped and executed the product strategy and development for BNY’s Global Clearing and FX Payment product offering for domestic and global clients and our Asset Account Services solutions for NBFIs. Prior to joining BNY in 2019, Isabel led Deutsche Bank’s Cash Management product management function in the Americas and previously held a number of senior positions at Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan covering product management and business line leadership roles in Cash Management and Global Clearing. She started her career in banking at Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel in Strasbourg, France.

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Hari is the Head of Industry and Innovation, Transaction Banking at ANZ. Hari is responsible to conceptualise, design, and implement innovative products using emerging technologies that transform the bank's approach to payments, trade finance and data analytics. Hari has been leading ANZ’s work on Digital Currencies and Tokenisation including the recently concluded Pilot with Reserve Bank of Australia. Hari has been actively involved in CBDC consultations, Pilot across Asia Pacific including in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Hari led the two use cases in 2023 in Reserve Bank of Australia’s CBDC Pilot in 2023. He has been active speaker on this topic at various conferences and events, including SIBOS, Australia Crypto Convention to share his expertise and insights on Central Bank Digital Currencies.

Carmen Rey is VP, Head of Swift and International Payments at PagoNxt (a Santander company). With over 20 years of experience, she brings deep expertise in payments and cross-border infrastructure. From within one of the most established networks in finance, she’s driving innovation, resilience, and value at global scale. Carmen has held senior roles at Santander, Barclays and Accenture, and holds an Executive MBA from Chicago Booth.

Yoichiro Ushiro, Expert at Transaction Banking Division, MUFG Bank, responsible for the product strategy and development of cash management, trade finance and supply chain finance products in the bank. With over 20 years’ experience in the corporate banking industry, including 10+ years in digital and transaction banking area, producing new products and services within the bank. Leading trade finance products as well as cash management initiative.

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Jayna Bundy is Vice President and Treasurer at Microsoft overseeing global liquidity, capital structure, financial risk, investments, currency and business risk, global banking, collections, and cash management. Her team also provides credit & payment solutions to Microsoft’s global customers, partners, and vendors to support their digital transformation journey. Previously, Jayna led the Indirect Procurement organization at Microsoft where she was responsible for competitive sourcing of goods and services and contracting in a compliant and socially responsible manner. Prior to Microsoft, Jayna held roles at JPMorgan Chase and Safeco Asset Management. Jayna and her team have been recognized with several industry awards including Alexander Hamilton, Adam Smith, and Global Finance and Risk Magazine for leveraging technology and innovation in Treasury and Finance. A strong advocate for diversity and inclusion initiatives, Jayna serves as the executive sponsor of Women in Finance at Microsoft.

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Ben Ellis is SVP and Global Head of Commercial and Money Movement Strategy & Operations at Visa. Prior to his current role, he was the Global Head of Visa B2B Connect, where he led a multilateral network that leverages Visa’s expertise to deliver predictable, secure, and cost-effective B2B cross-border payments for financial institutions and their corporate clients. Ellis previously drove growth initiatives for the Global Solutions team at Visa and led strategy for Visa Commercial Solutions globally. He also served as the Head of Enterprise Risk Management. Before joining Visa, Ellis was a partner at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco, where he spent over 17 years advising financial institutions across the U.S., Canada, and Latin America on strategy, risk management, operational improvements, and organizational design. His earlier career includes roles as Sr. Manager of Partner Relationships at Ashford.com and a Summer Associate at Bridgewater Associates. With a robust background in financial services and risk management, Ellis continues to advance Visa B2B Connect, enhancing cross-border payment solutions for businesses worldwide.

Francisco Javier Fernández de Trocóniz is currently Head of Global Trade & International Banking and Responsible for GTB in UK, Continental Europe & Asia at BBVA Corporate and Investment Banking. With his over 25 years of experience in the financial sector, Francisco Javier has acquired an extensive product knowledge and expertise in servicing corporate clients globally. Prior to his current position, Francisco Javier was heading BBVA CIB in Spain & Portugal and before that, he held other relevant positions such as Head of Global Corporate Banking in Northern Europe and Head of Investment Banking in EMEA. Mr. Fernández de Trocóniz holds a Degree in Business Administration from Deusto University, a MBA from IE Business School and a Executive MBA from IESE.

Dominique Honoré is Global Head of Global Trade & Commodities (GTC) at Crédit Agricole CIB. This new product line brings together Trade Finance, Commodities Finance and Receivable & Supply Chain Finance Solutions (RSF) activities within the International Trade & Transaction Banking department. Dominique began her career at Crédit Lyonnais and then held various positions in Coverage, Export Finance Manager, Origination Trade & Supply Chain Finance within several financial institutions such as Barclays Capital, ANZ Investment Bank, ABN Amro, then Royal Bank of Scotland. Dominique joined Crédit Agricole CIB in 2015 as Head of Supply Chain Solutions, before taking charge of product development for Cash Management, Trade Finance and Receivable & Supply Chain Finance.

Enno’s primary role is to help Surecomp fulfill its mission to enable seamless, sustainable trade for everyone by removing barriers and fostering collaboration. He is responsible for driving Surecomp’s strategic direction to ensure product development is completely aligned with customer needs. A seasoned expert in the field of corporate banking with a focus on cash and trade, Enno joined Surecomp in March 2021. Prior to that he spent five years at leading global management consultancy firm McKinsey. He has also held senior positions at Commerzbank, one of the world’s top 20 trade finance banks. Enno’s command of the trade finance industry and his strong customer orientation are key to enabling customers drive growth through enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, fostering collaboration and improving customer service.

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Shaheen Budhrani, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Thunes Shaheen is the Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Thunes, where he leads Thunes' global channel sales strategy, collaborating with key ecosystem partners in core banking, BaaS, treasury management, and payment orchestration. Shaheen has over 12 years of experience in global B2B sales and partnerships across fintech, payments, accounting software, and hospitality. He has a proven track record in negotiating commercial agreements and managing the full lifecycle of partner relationships. He has led cross-functional teams and developed partnership playbooks.

Dharmesh Syal has over 30 years of experience heading up global product and engineering teams to build digital platform-based businesses. An experienced CTO, he has managed large technology platform and ecosystem-based product portfolios that use continuous user research and product/market fit processes in highly regulated industries. He joins Convera from BCG Digital Ventures where he was CTO and Managing Director. In addition, he has also held leadership roles with IBM, PwC, AT&T, and Mahindra & Mahindra group. Dharmesh lives in Seattle, Washington and holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from NIT, India and has completed several management education programs.

Francois is Head of Payments Go-To-Market for EMEA at Swift, responsible for driving the rollout of the Swift’s payments strategy across the region. Francois has developed a deep expertise of the evolving global payments landscape, helping his customers to navigate an increasingly complex financial ecosystem and to drive innovation through strategic payments initiatives. Prior to his current role, Francois was involved in major payment market projects including the global adoption of ISO 20022 for payments, the European payments infrastructure renewal and the deployment of instant payment solutions. Francois joined SWIFT in 2016. Prior to joining Swift, he held various finance & treasury roles in the telecom industry as well as being a senior Auditor at PwC. He holds a Certificate in Corporate Treasury from the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers and a Master in Business and Economics from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.

He has currently the bank’s representative roles including Chairperson of SWIFT User Group (Japan), BIS/CPMI PIE Task Force (-March 2024), BAFT - Global Payment Industry Council Member, Japanese Bankers Association - Working Committee Member - Payment & Transaction Banking, - Security Settlement, Asia Bond Market Forum Member. He leads the initiatives of the bank to cope with G20 cross-boarder payment improvement target by collaborating with internal & external stakeholders including public sectors. Before assuming above his current role, he served as the Head of Cash Management Business within the Global Transaction Banking Department for the Americas. For a decade, primarily based in New York, he led the strategic direction and management of the business, focusing on multinational corporate customers across the Americas. Under his leadership, the teams—which included Solution Sales, Onboarding, Customer Support, and Product Development & Administration Management—assembled the foundation of Mizuho's transaction banking operations in the region. Notably, he spearheaded the development of several innovative products, such as Cross-Border Cash Pooling, Multibank Cash Concentration, and a CMS Portal for Local Payment & Collection, Direct Connection, and Commercial Credit Cards. Moreover, he expanded the Global CMS Portal's reach to Canada and Mexico, forging strategic alliances with local banks in the US, Canada, and Mexico. In addition to his accomplished career in the US, he possesses extensive experience in cash management within the Asia-Oceania region. From Singapore, he led Mizuho's global cash management business, extending its services to include countries like Australia. There, he not only introduced Mizuho's global products but also played a pivotal role in supporting local business development. His efforts encompassed enhancing local CMS product capabilities and solution sales proficiency. The solutions he proposed addressed customers' liquidity management and repatriation needs in highly regulated environments. Furthermore, he established new banking service partnerships with local banks in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar. His significant contributions also include the establishment of Mizuho's first Transaction Banking organization in Singapore, achieved by recruiting a substantial number of new staff during the initial year.

Simone is the Global Head of Payment Platforms at Commerzbank. In her role, she is responsible for the product management, IT operations, development and delivery of Commerzbank’s global cash management activities for retail and corporate clients as well as for the corresponding banking network. Simone has close to 20 years of experience in wholesale Corporate Banking. She has held several management positions including Head of Corporate Banking in Commerzbank France as well as Head of International Platforms. In Commerzbank’s agile transformation, she drives technological development combined with a customer centric delivery approach. Simone and her teams represent Commerzbank in various German and European forums and working groups using in-depth payment knowledge, insights into customer requirements as well as technological development to provide thought leadership to the industry. She is a Board member at EBA Clearing and Board Observer at Fnality International.

Wolfgang Vitzthum is Managing Director and Head of the Sustainable & Transition Finance Advisory team at Commerzbank. The team advises corporate clients at the interface of strategy, sustainability and financial markets. Wolfgang has almost 20 years structuring and sales experience in various sectors and customer groups. He holds a master degree in economics (Dipl. Volksw.) and began his career in Debt Capital Markets / Structured Finance at Dresdner Bank in 2005.

Elena leads LSEG’s sustainable finance and investment data solutions and commercial strategy. She is responsible for driving the integration of ESG, green and sustainable data, insights and analytics into the different products, services and client propositions across LSEG’s Data & Analytics Division. Elena has worked in sustainable finance for 20 years holding a variety of industry positions, including her current membership at the EFRAG SR TEG and she was ex-rapporteur of the European Commission Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance. She was also a member of the ESG Working Group advising the CFA Institute on ESG standards for financial products. Previously, Elena led the global ESG business at Refinitiv, the former Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters. Her career began at Morgan Stanley and then, ASSET4, where she worked as a Senior ESG Analyst and later Head of ESG Data Quality. Elena holds an MBA and BA in Finance and International business from Stetson University, Florida.

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Global Head of Cross Border Payments Product With over 25 years of experience in payments, financial services, and automation technologies, Ryan is a senior product leader at Pega, where he serves as Global Head of Cross Border Payments Product for payment exception technologies. A certified Pega architect, he leads the design and delivery of Pega’s market leading solutions for managing retail and commercial payment fraud, disputes, and exceptions. Ryan worked in payment exception management at multiple large financial institution including HSBC, Barclays, and Lloyds.

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Dr Hubertus von Poser (60) is member of the board of management of PPI. PPI with several locations in DE, FR, IT and CH is specialised in payments consulting, payments software and payments outsourcing. We are a market-leading provider of payments products. Our TRAVIC product suite offers the complete payments process chain for banks by a single-source provider – from the customer-to-bank interface through core processing of payments up to interbank communication. The consulting offers of PPI include both strategic and bank-technical consulting as well as IT consulting relating to payments. We advise customers on topics including cross-border and high-value payments, SEPA, instant payments, Request to Pay, card-based payments and next generation payments and many more. Dr v. Poser is head of PPI's consulting and project unit for payments, leading a team of more than 120 payments experts in Europe. He started his career in the financial services sector in 1995 at Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG. In 2001, he started working in the consulting business. Before joining PPI, he worked for KPMG Consulting and Capgemini Consulting. For almost 20 years, Dr v. Poser has had his focus on the payments industry, covering all aspects from strategy and business to IT consulting. During his current assignments Dr von Poser is working as a project leader, interim executive manager, or steering board member.

Anton is a Partner and Head of Financial Services at KPMG in Singapore. He is also the Global Head of Fintech and Innovation, Financial Services at KPMG International.  He specializes in business, corporate and institutional banking, and provides advice to top tier global financial institutions, regulators, MNCs and FMI providers, on strategy, growth and client/ market development. Anton has 25 years of experience in new business model development, advising on innovation within global institutions, supporting scaling of technology led firms and working with investors and regulators to prove out new ways of working. Anton works across all key global markets supporting the next generation of ecosystem cross sector development.

CEO & Founder, FinTech Consulting | The Instant Payments Maven™ Marcia Klingensmith is a globally recognized authority on payments modernization, known across the industry as the Instant Payments Maven™. With over 20 years of experience at Fortune 500 companies including Visa, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and FIS Global, Marcia has helped financial institutions and fintechs bring innovative products to market and navigate transformational change. As the founder of FinTech Consulting, Marcia partners with banks, credit unions, and payment providers to deliver actionable AI-driven actionable product strategies around instant payments, ISO 20022, API enablement, and cross-border innovation. She’s a sought-after advisor, speaker, and facilitator—known for simplifying complex topics and turning vision into executable roadmaps. Through her Instant Payments in a Box™ workshops, executive roundtables, and webcast series, she helps institutions not only modernize—but lead—with confidence. Whether guiding go-to-market efforts or elevating her clients’ visibility in the space, Marcia brings unmatched insight, energy, and credibility to every engagement.

Leo has 20 years experience in the financial messaging industry, focused particularly on payments. After graduating as a Civil Engineer from Faculté Polytechnique in Brussels, he worked as a Business Analyst for Payments & Cash Management at BNP Paribas and ING. After few years, Leo founded Azzana, a consulting company focused on Payments & Corporate Treasury that grew to a size of 100+ consultants working with 60+ banks in Europe & Asia. After leading Azzana for 10 years, Leo decided to shift from consulting to actually build solutions for the financial community, which is where he founded DiXiO, a Swift partner and complementor working with more than 200 institutions across 60 countries. DiXiO is focused on helping the Swift community leverage better on the services offered by the network. Leo is also the chairman of the Swift Enablers User Group. He is a regular speaker at financial events and promotes a unique message: thanks to the capabilities offered by Swift, even incumbent banks could easily rival with the best fintechs in the payments industry.

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Juliette Kennel joined Swift in 2004 and is currently Global Head of Industry Engagement for Securities and Standards, based at Swift’s headquarters in Brussels. She represents Swift on several key industry bodies, including as a Board Member of the International Securities Services Association (ISSA), a member of the ECSDA Council and as a participant of the AMI-SeCo ISO 20022 Task Force. Over her tenure at Swift, Juliette has held a range of senior leadership roles, including Global Head of Standards, where she oversaw standards development across international payments, asset servicing, securities settlement, treasury and trade finance. She has also served as Head of Capital Markets and FX and Head of Market Infrastructures. Before joining Swift, Juliette built her expertise in financial markets through roles at Morgan Stanley in London, Société Générale in Paris, and Clearstream in Luxembourg. Juliette holds both French and British nationality.

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Valentino (Val) Wotton is Managing Director and General Manager of NSCC’s Equity Clearing, DTC’s Settlement Service and DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing (ITP). In this role, he oversees equity clearing for trades executed on major U.S. exchanges and other equity trading venues and the central securities depository which completes the transfer between trading parties of securities and cash. He also leads the firm’s global middle-office trade processing solutions, including CTM, ALERT and TradeSuite ID. Working closely with his global team, clients, industry organizations and his peers, Val focuses on setting business strategy, growing and enhancing services, and delivering increased value to clients, enabling them to meet evolving operational, risk and regulatory compliance demands such as global accelerated settlement efforts. Additionally, Val is the Regional Administrative Manager for DTCC EMEA, Chairman of the DTCC EMEA Operating Committee, and a voting member on the DTCC ITP LLC Board. Prior to this role, Val was Managing Director of Product Development and Strategy, Repository and Derivatives Services, where he was responsible for overseeing the firm’s Global Trade Repository (GTR), Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) and Report Hub services. Before DTCC, Val served as Global Head of Markets, Post-Trade Services and Europe Markets Operations at Barclays, with oversight for all post-trade processing including U.S. and internal securities settlement and asset servicing. Previously, Val held several senior roles at Citigroup. During his career, Val has served on several Boards and Committees, including DTCC’s Deriv/SERV Board, LCH OTC Deriv Net, and the International Swaps & Derivatives Organization’s (ISDA) Market Infrastructure & Technology Committee (MITOC). Val holds a Bachelor of Law (with French) degree from Nottingham Trent University.

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With almost 20 years of experience in the financial industry, a strong background in capital markets, and a deep knowledge of distributed ledger technologies, Stéphane supervises business operations as Chief Operating Officer of Societe Generale - FORGE, responsible for ensuring SG Forge’s services encompass all legal, regulatory, operational and technical constraints. Stéphane started his career as project manager in a major leading consulting firm. He joined Societe Generale group in 2006 and held various managerial functions in IT before being appointed in 2013 Global IT COO Advisor within Societe Generale’s corporate and investment banking division. In 2018, he co-founded Societe Generale – FORGE, a major provider of innovative end-to-end services to issue and manage digital-native financial products registered on the blockchain (security token). Stéphane holds a Master degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Nancy, France. Stéphane was a speaker at SIBOS 2022 in Amsterdam

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Engineer by training, Michela began working as a consultant in Accenture in the banking business and since then she has covered different roles as functional analyst, project manager and clients onboarding in many banks. After this experience Michela joined Euronext Milan, formerly Monte Titoli, the Italian CSD, where she gained a very deep knowledge of the Post Trading business. She joined Intesa Sanpaolo in 2017 and after a couple of years she was appointed as Head of the Financial Institutions Product team. Along with the standard product management duties, her team deals with regulations impacting the Post Trading industry at both national and international level, relevant internal projects impacting the business and innovative trends. Since 2023 she has been engaged in the Digital Assets Program of the Corporate and Investment Banking Division with the aim of developing new services in this new ecosystem.

As over 100 countries explore CBDCs, and as private stablecoins gain momentum, we stand at a critical juncture for digital currencies. Join our experts as they debate which digital currencies will become mainstream, what infrastructure and standards are needed to reach the tipping point for global adoption, and how these innovations will transform liquidity management for banks and corporates alike.

John Jackson is Head of the Payment Strategy Division, working in the Bank of England’s Payments Directorate. He is responsible for setting the long-term strategy enabling the Bank’s central bank money payment services to evolve in response to a changing world and to promote modernisation in the wider payments landscape.

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Raphael Barisaac, Global Head of Payments & Cash Management, UniCredit Since 2019, Raphael is responsible for Payments and Cash Management at UniCredit Group level, developing strategy for Innovative solutions within the payments, channels and liquidity management alleviating corporate clients experience and implementing digital transformation. Prior to this, Raphael headed the Trade Finance and Working Capital Solutions business globally for several years. Raphael joined UniCredit in 2015 as Global Head of Trade Products from Surecomp, a leading provider of global trade solutions, where he held various positions for over 15 years in Sales, Operations, Business Development, Account management and Client projects. Raphael started his career in banking at Mercantile Bank in 1994.

Emanuela is the Global Head of Cross Border Payments at Citi, she is responsible for the management of a very broad and competitively differentiated suite of cross border payments solutions into over 200 countries. She is accountable for the business strategy and execution, P&L, product development and the partnership with Markets. Recent innovation includes real time payments into bank accounts and into Alternative Payment Methods across borders and currencies and Global Beneficiary Services which allow clients’ payees to digitally track incoming payments.She has been with Citi for a number of years and held various roles within product management in payments as well as a role in Strategy and Financial Planning & Analysis in New York. Before joining Citi in 2003, Emanuela worked for five years at Goldman Sachs in New York in both M&A and Equity Research.Emanuela holds a Master’s degree in Economics from New York University (USA) and a degree magna cum laude in Economics and Commerce from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy). She served as a Non-Executive Director of Health Beacon plc prior to the company’s IPO, she sits on the EMEA Advisory Board of Women in Payments. In her personal life she is very enthusiastic about sport and a passionate Yoga practitioner. Emanuela is originally from Venice, Italy and currently lives in Dublin, Ireland with her husband Jim, a Boston native, they have two sons age 22 and 17.

Elise leads the Global Payments, FX and Liquidity business within Transaction Banking. Collaborating closely with ICB and UKC, focussing on our strategic investments globally. Elise has established a career in Institutional Banking spanning 30 years. Prior to joining Barclays in May 2023, Elise was Head of Transaction Banking Solutions within CBA’s Institutional Banking & Markets division. In that role, she was responsible for Transaction Banking specialist sales, client experience, client solution and integration teams, and the distribution arm of the Data & Analytics business, spanning the domestic and international markets. Prior to joining CBA, Elise held a variety of senior roles in Sydney, London and New York, encompassing operations, front-line client relationship management, strategy, large-scale business transformation, client research, and transactional and trade sales.

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Lead Payment Industry Representative, PPI AG since 2019 – a consulting and solution company, long standing Swift partner. Mario has more than 25 years of experience in the payment standards and automation in the interbank as well as in corporate-to-bank areas. His projects include SEPA, TARGET (from RTGS to ECMS), RT1/TIPS (from plain connectivity to liquid management) and the wide area of Swift issues, such as connectivity on-prem or SSB, FIN and FINplus / CBPR+ including translations and business-oriented subjects such as gpi, GO, CASE. Mario is next to the projects and product support of PPI also a co-convener in CGI-MP and co-chair of the EPC STP MSG, the scheme technical player multi stakeholder group in Europe. He is also part of several working groups in VDT (German Association of Corporate Treasures) and EBA (Euro Banking Association). He holds a PhD in computer science from University of Potsdam in 1995 after studies in Kaiserslautern and Chicago.

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Kerstin is head of ISO 20022 corporate-to-bank standardization and with more than 20 years of global experience in Cash Management at Deutsche Bank a recognized expert in ISO 20022 standardization for payments, status reports, and account statements. She provides strategic guidance and expertise to corporates navigating the ISO 20022 migration, ensuring seamless adoption and integration of the standard. As a format specialist, she has been driving the implementation of ISO 20022 corporate payments and account statements within Deutsche Bank, assuring alignment with industry standards. In addition, she leads since years the Payments Working Group within the Common Global Implementation – Market Practice (CGI-MP) community, contributing to industry-wide harmonization and best practices in the payments ecosystem by close co-operation between corporates, banks, Swift, ERP/TMS providers etc.

With over 17 years of experience in corporate finance and treasury, Johann Lee has developed strong expertise in optimizing financial processes for multinational corporations. He began his career at IBM, where he served as a consultant for six years, focusing on implementing in-house banks and payment factories that significantly enhanced treasury and finance operations for various international clients. Since 2013, Johann has been with Merck KGaA as Principal Expert for treasury and payment processes. He oversees the global payment factory, successfully rolled out across 57 countries. Currently, he is leading the implementation of SWIFT Instant Cash Reporting as a pilot corporate initiative, further advancing Merck’s financial capabilities.

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Jeff is the Global Head of Citi’s Asset Servicing Product. A key responsibility of this role is the management of Product Development agenda/roadmap for Asset Servicing across the Custody Business and the associated technology budget that supports it. Jeff started his financial services career in Midland Bank in 1980 before joining Citi seven years later where he initially worked in UK Settlements, moving to Global Custody Settlements in 1990. In 1995 he was promoted to Head UK Settlements overseeing the implementation of the Crest system and dematerialization of UK Securities before in 1997 joining the Direct Custody and Clearing franchise with responsibility for the UK Market. His role was subsequently expanded to incorporate On Exchange services in EMEA before his promotion to Head of Direct Custody and Clearing Product Development in the region. In his current capacity, Jeff leads the Asset Servicing product management team, who are responsible for market and regulatory change, product innovation and expansion, platform transformation and developing client solutions for Citi’s 63 Direct Markets and Global Custody. Jeff has represented Citi on the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Post Trade Board and been both Chair and Joint Chair of the AFME Trading, Clearing and Settlement Committee.

Fabian Vandenreydt is a globally recognised expert in capital markets infrastructure and fintech innovation. With over 30 years of experience, he has held senior roles at Swift, Euroclear, ADGM, Capco, and Motive Partners, where he led large-scale post-trade transformation and ecosystem initiatives. Fabian is known for bridging incumbent and emerging financial ecosystems, driving standardisation, interoperability, and innovation. He has advised regulators, FMIs, fintechs, and global investors on the future of post-trade, including digital assets, ESG reporting, issuance and corporate action harmonisation. He currently serves as a senior advisor and non-executive director to multiple fintechs and infrastructure platforms, with a global network spanning Brussels, Abu Dhabi, New York, and Singapore.

Magnus is a Partner in Oliver Wyman’s Frankfurt Office. He leads Oliver Wyman’s teams working in Capital Markets across Europe and our teams working in Financial Infrastructure globally. Magnus is an expert on public and private capital markets, working with all market participants across the buy-side and sell-side as well as market infrastructures, asset servicers and capital markets data and software providers. Magnus is a frequent author of whitepapers in Capital Markets, including Future of Finance – a vision for UK Financial Services (2019); Future of Securities Services (2020); European Consolidated Tape – Caught on Tape (2022); Outlook for Asset Management – Time to Evolve (2022); European Capital Markets - the Capital Flywheel (2024); Outlook for Wholesale Banking – Extending Credit (2024); Annual Review for the Financial Infrastructure, Technology and Services Industry (2025)

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Payments and Cash Management Business Lead

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I’m the Chair and CEO of Kyriba, a global fintech company focused on liquidity performance and giving CFOs the power to connect, protect, forecast and optimise their liquidity. I’ve worked in the tech sector for more than 20 years, starting my career in the US before moving to Europe. Before joining Kyriba, I’ve worked for a number of tech companies on both sides of the Atlantic – including IBM, SAP, Salesforce and was the CEO of SUSE. I now live in the UK with my family and am proud to call the UK my home. I truly believe the UK has what it takes to become an international technology superpower and am thrilled to play a small part in helping to make that happen through my role as Non-Executive Director to the Board of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology and membership of the Department for Business and Trade’s SME Digital Adoption Taskforce. I also serve on the Board of JPMorgan and Porsche AG and Mews Systems as part of my work with Notion Capital. Women in tech leadership roles remain few and far between – getting more women into tech is non-negotiable. I’m a passionate advocate for helping more women pursue STEM careers and an active mentor to women in business. We have a golden opportunity to be the generation of change and help dismantle the barriers many women face throughout their careers, but there’s a lot of work to be done! I founded Inner Wings with my husband, Darren, to help build confidence in children aged 6 to 12 through free programmes in primary schools. If we can improve children’s confidence, particularly girls, we open up a world of opportunities for them – the implication that has for closing the gender gap in STEM subjects and careers is clear.

Raouf Soussi works at BBVA, where he is in charge of payments strategy for companies. He has more than 20 years of varied experience in banking. He joined BBVA Group in 1993, participating in opening of BBVA subsidiary in Casablanca (Morocco), after, he held various positions in the IT Department (2002-2007), as Business Partner, Project Manager (2007-2011) and International Transaction Services in charge to develop global solutions for Corporate and Commercial Clients worldwide. He is a board member at European Payment Council (EPC) and at EBA Clearing. His main achievements are related to the global implementation of Electronic Banking Systems, in European Subsidiaries in Europe (France, Belgium and UK), the Global hub for corporates and Global payment solutions across the BBVA Group.

Aloysius spearheads PayNet’s anti-fraud strategy, which integrates technology, data, AI, and policy to combat online financial fraud and scams alongside the financial ecosystem. He is the lead architect of the National Fraud Portal (NFP) which serves as the central platform for Malaysia’s National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) for rapid fraud response and recovery efforts.

Romano Ramanti knows what it takes to fight fraud—not just react to it. As a fraud intelligence expert, he tracks criminal tactics, analyzes emerging threats, and fine-tunes defenses to keep customers protected. His work isn’t about chasing ghosts—it’s about understanding fraudsters’ playbooks before they even make their move.

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Lisa van Bussel is the General Manager of cleversoft Forensics, a cleversoft group company specializing in advanced financial crime prevention solutions, including KYC, AML, and fraud detection. With over eight years of hands-on experience in implementing and evolving forensic technology platforms, Lisa brings deep expertise in regulatory compliance, data analysis, and financial crime risk management. Before stepping into her leadership role, Lisa held key consulting and implementation positions at BusinessForensics, where she worked closely with financial institutions to deliver real-time fraud detection and forensic analytics solutions.

Ciara has over 15 years’ experience in banking in both relationship management and financial crime roles, and over 7 years’ financial crime experience across customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, AML policy and supporting capabilities. In her most recent role she has focused on delivering subject matter expertise through thought leadership content, including submissions to HM Treasury, webinars and international conferences, and the design of industry-leading certification content.

Julia McKenny commenced in the role of Chief Executive Officer of the International Securities Services Association on 16 June 2025. Julia has both a Bachelor of Education from Sydney University and a Bachelor of Laws from Newcastle University (Australia) and then went to the College of Law, Australia to complete her legal training, prior to being admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court in New South Wales. Julia's career in Securities Services began at JP Morgan in 2004, paving the way for impactful regional and global roles with Northern Trust, State Street, and Standard Chartered. After returning to London, Julia further expanded her expertise through leadership positions at TMF Group and Accenture and worked with the Prime Broking team at Morgan Stanley. Her career highlights include serving as General Legal Counsel, spearheading strategic advocacy initiatives, and ensuring regulatory compliance within complex international frameworks. Julia is also a well-regarded thought leader in the Securities Services industry, contributing regularly to Global Custodian and other leading publications.

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Ljubov (L.A.) de Heering Leads product and market initiatives at Swift, with a focus on Corporate Actions, settlement efficiency, and FX. She brings deep expertise in post-trade infrastructure and data coordination, shaped by global experience. Her background spans asset servicing, derivatives, FX risk mitigation, and market practice reform, combining technical knowledge with business insight. L.A. brings a user-first perspective to developing practical, interoperable solutions that deliver value and support industry alignment.

Mari Fumagalli is the head of the asset servicing product team responsible for BNP Paribas’ asset servicing offer for both global and direct custody, covering CA, income, proxy voting, class action and tax. Mari is also responsible for the regulatory adaptation of our custody service offer, currently working on CSDR and SRDII. Mari previously held various position within product and operational teams in the UK, after joining BNP Paribas in 2001. Mari is the co-chair of the UK and Ireland CA National Market Practice Group and also the co-chair of the SMPG Corporate Actions Working Group.

Alessio Mottola is a seasoned executive in the post-trading sector, serving as CEO and General Manager at Euronext Securities Milan since March 2024. In his role, Alessio drives client satisfaction, regulatory initiatives, product expansion, and sales, ensuring the seamless delivery of services and spearheading the transformation into a European CSD. He is a member of the ECSDA Board of Directors, co-chair of the Corporate Events Group of AMI-SeCo, and co-lead of the T+1 Technical workstream on Corporate Events for the EU. Previously, Alessio was Director - Head of Operations at Euronext Securities Milan, where he successfully integrated operations within the Euronext network. He also served as Director - Head of Asset Services at Monte Titoli SpA, overseeing custody operations and representing the Italian post-trade community in T2S industry groups. Alessio's career began at Clearstream Banking, where he progressed from junior officer to leadership roles, with a focus on client-centric services. Alessio holds a Master's in Banking and Finance from the Luxembourg School of Finance and a Bachelor's in Law and Economics from Università di Bologna

Angie is responsible for capital markets strategy and business development for Chainlink Labs. She has over 30 years experience in driving strategic sales of trading solutions, DLT infrastructures and other mission-critical platforms into enterprise, SaaS and channel partner clients in the investment banking, FMI and central bank verticals.

Michael McPolin, Managing Director, Market Advocacy & Business Change, Broadridge Financial Solutions Michael has responsibility for Market Advocacy & Business Change within Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions which requires him to work with our clients, industry bodies, market infrastructures, regulators, to drive innovation, efficiency, harmonisation and interoperability in the investor communication world. He has over 28 years’ experience in the Securities Services industry having undertaken a number of senior roles across Product, Operations, and Business Management with HSBC Securities Services, before moving to JPMorgan Securities Services in 2011 roles included UK & Ireland Country Manager, Head of Global Custody Product Management, Global Head of Asset Servicing Product and Product Development, Senior Industry Consultant before joining Broadridge in November 2020. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Financial Services and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB).

Senior manager of Global Custody Service Division, Custody Service Dept., ICBC. She joined ICBC Custody Dept. in 2011. Currently she is responsible for operation team of cross-boarder custody products. She has more than 10 years of custody operation experience, including QFI, QDII.

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Clare Rowley is the Head of Business Operations at the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) where she plays a pivotal role in steering global strategy, fostering international partnerships, and advancing the worldwide adoption of the Global Legal Entity Identifier System. In this capacity, she leads GLEIF’s global business development initiatives and oversees strategic partner relationship management programs. Collaborating closely with the GLEIF CEO and key stakeholders worldwide, Ms. Rowley is instrumental in shaping the future of legal entity identification and enhancing transparency across global financial ecosystems. Bringing a wealth of experience from the public sector, Ms. Rowley previously served at the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), where she led cutting-edge technology initiatives aimed at strengthening bank resolution frameworks. Ms. Rowley is a CFA® charter holder and holds a Master of Science in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University. With a strong track record in data-driven decision-making and financial system modernization, she is a recognized leader in the intersection of regulatory technology, financial stability, and global standard-setting.

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Dr. Stiene Riemer is committed to empowering financial institutions to harness the full potential of data-driven insights. As BCG’s global lead for AI developments in financial institutions, and the data science chapter lead for BCG X, Stiene guides industry players to adopt and effectively use transformative data analytics and AI solutions. Underscoring Stiene’s data expertise in the financial services context, she is a founding member of SmartBanking AI, a suite of customer-centric AI modules and financial services use cases.

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Francois Ionesco is the Global Head of Institutional Sales for HSBC’s Global Payments Solutions (GPS) business. In this role, he is responsible for leading the CIB Institutional Sales teams for GPS across all regions to position HSBC as an industry leader in this area. Francois and his team have been instrumental in building a strong sales force and driving robust business momentum across Banks, Paytechs, Insurances, Sponsors, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Asset Managers, Public Sector. Francois has been with HSBC since 2005, he has held various leadership roles focused on Transaction Banking for Institutional Clients. He brings a wealth of experience and deep understanding of the global payments and cash management.

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Baanu Ratneswaran Head, Enterprise Innovation at TD Invent Baanu is a global innovation executive known for delivering best-in-class inclusive experiences that exceed customers' evolving expectations. She currently leads the TD Invent Enterprise Innovation Centre of Excellence at TD, where she oversees a team that explores emerging markets and capabilities that are adjacent to the Bank's current business, including short and midterm disruptors like extended reality, generative artificial intelligence, and moonshots like decentralized finance (as part of Web3) and beyond. In support of the Bank’s forward-focused strategy, Baanu developed, launched, and scaled the Innovation Framework; a structured and repeatable process to develop innovation opportunities across the Bank. Her team’s successes include the award-winning MyTD experience, which uses artificial intelligence to deliver more personalized, contextual advice and information to customers in the TD app; scaling up the TD Accessibility Adapter, a browser extension that gives accommodation controls back to the user; and immersive experiences that leverage emerging technologies to deliver the next level of interactive engagement aimed at customers and new colleagues. Prior to this role, Baanu led a large team through a transformational journey which included the modernizing of TD's payments platform and developing the Bank’s strategic partnerships framework. With over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, Baanu has a significant track record in innovation, product management, capital markets sales and trading, commercial credit, and strategy. She prides herself on building and leading teams that put customers at the centre of everything they do. She has an MBA from Queen's School of Business and a Bachelor of Applied Science Honours degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo. When she’s not building the future of banking, Baanu is enriching the lives of her two little girls which led to her not-for-profit passion as the Chief Curiosity Officer at Dads for Daughters in STEM.

Bohani Hlungwane is the Interim Managing Executive of Transactional Banking at Absa Corporate and Investment Banking. He joined Absa in February 2018 to lead Sales for Trade and Working Capital Pan-Africa, and later Pan-Africa Trade and Working Capital in 2021, after spending over 6 years as Global Product Lead in the Global Trade Solutions business at HSBC in Hong Kong. With over 22 years of banking experience across multiple regions, including experience in Asia, Europe, America, and MENA, he brings deep expertise in corporate banking, trade finance, business development, and strategic business management. Bohani is a thought leader on Africa Trade, a speaker on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and business leader who has recently been recognised as one of the Global Top 100 - Most Influential People of African Descent in Export and International Trade by MIPAD. He holds a Senior Executive Leadership Program certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, an MBA (Strategy & Finance) from The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Financial & Monetary Economics from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Sid Nadella | Director, Financial Services Market Leader, Capital Markets Sid Nadella leads the Financial Services - Capital Markets practice in the Global Strategic Industries team at Google Cloud. In this role he helps global Capital Markets clients transform, innovate and scale their business leveraging the technological prowess of Google. Sid brings 20+ years of capital markets expertise, creating and scaling groundbreaking products and businesses. His professional journey began and predominantly unfolded at Goldman Sachs, where he served as a front office strat and trader. His role there involved spearheading projects that created pioneering products in a dynamic and regulatory intensive environment, offering him a distinct insight into the fusion of technology and innovation within a highly regulated industry. Later, he took on leadership roles at Symphony Communications and LiquidNet. Sid is available for customer engagements across all Capital Market segments, including buy-side (hedge funds, asset managers), sell-side (investment banking), exchanges, and ecosystem providers. He possesses deep expertise in quantitative research, trading, analytics, trade surveillance and compliance, trade ledgers, clearing and settlement systems, and AI/GenAI. Sid has a strong track record of cross-functional collaboration and is available for internal and external events with customers, partners, analysts, and ISVs.

Since joining ICBC in 2019, Wei Siqi has accumulated extensive expertise in both cross-border payment clearing and Exception & Investigation (E&I) processes. In recent years, she has been leading ICBC's ISO 20022 migration of E&I messages, successfully implementing several message types such as camt.056, camt.029, camt.105, and camt.106. Notably, over the past two years, Ms. Wei has driven the implementation of Case Management 2.0 within the organization. In the meantime, she has been actively exploring AI applications in E&I workflows. As project lead, she pioneered machine learning models for automated content recognition in E&I messages and leveraged large language models (LLMs) to establish a fully automated Chinese-English translation framework. These innovations have substantially improved both the accuracy and operational efficiency of ICBC's E&I processes. Ms Wei obtained her master’s degree in economics from Central University of Finance and Economics, one of the top finance and economics universities in China.

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Rachel joined Swift in 2019 and is currently the Head of AI. Rachel‘s team is responsible for accelerating and de-risking the adoption of AI at Swift, with the aim of leveraging the technology to deliver increased productivity in the company’s ways of working, drive engagement with customers, and generate powerful insights to drive the company’s strategy. Rachel is also responsible for enabling AI across the company, which includes increasing AI knowledge via education, creating AI ready processes, and defining the best fit tooling for the enterprise. Prior to this role, Rachel was the Head of Innovation Engineering at Swift, with previous experience at CLS, the world leader in FX settlement solutions. Rachel holds an MA Hons in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Rachel was named in the Innovate Finance 2022 Women in Fintech Powerlist within the Professional and Financial Services Category, and has been featured in a number of publications such as the FinTech Times.

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Kartik Ramakrishnan Capgemini’s Financial Services Strategic Business Unit new CEO. In this role, he is responsible for developing Capgemini's long-term strategy across banking and payments. He works directly with C-level executives at the world’s top financial institutions to help set business and technology goals. Capgemini is regarded as a Leader for Leaders working with 10 out of the top 15 banks worldwide. He brings deep expertise across banking, payments, financial crime and compliance and can speak intelligently to the state of the market today, and where it is headed. Kartik began his career as software engineer and later transitioned to delivering innovations for Capgemini’s banking and payments portfolio. This has ranged from launching new products and solutions that appeal across demographics to enhancing AML/KYC compliance standards that improve efficiency, client experience, and operational and financial crime risk management. Kartik is dedicated to helping clients stay ahead in an industry characterized by constant change and an ever-evolving cyber threat environment which can carry real business consequences. Kartik champions building diverse and high-performing teams focused on developing future-ready skills and capabilities. This is a critical requirement as he manages a borderless workforce across the Americas, APAC, Europe, and the Middle East. His global vision, experience, and case studies make him an ideal speaker at Sibos.

Frédéric Lebeau has relevant experience as a consultant in full-stack development and cyber security mainly in the Financial Industry. Frederic became the head of IT Innovation for BNP Paribas Fortis and Degroof Petercam being in charge of the banks’ whole tech Innovation strategy and development. Frédéric has been directly involved in the transformation of banks, with a special focus on DevOps, Security and APIs until he became the co-founder of Datavillage.

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Alexandra Johnson is the Chief Payment Officer at Nium, leading Global Banking and Payment Operations and shaping the company’s payment strategy. She previously led innovation in Global Transaction Services at Bank of America and held senior roles at JP Morgan, Hyperwallet (a PayPal company), and Choice Hotels. Alex began her career in economic consulting and serves on the board of Bottomless Closet.

Payments and Cash Management Business Lead

Daniel Stanton is a Managing Director and Global Head of Transactional FX, Cross Border RTP and Clearing Product Management within the Global Payment Solutions organization. Daniel leads a team of global product professionals who oversee the day to day management of the Transactional FX, Cross Border RTP and Clearing product suites; including the development and execution of the global product growth strategy, investment governance, PnL Mgmt, key product focus areas and business risk mgmt. Daniel works in close collaboration with global core product and sales partners to promote payment and receipt capabilities, establish the marketing/commercialization approach, pursue and deepen client relationships and assist with driving innovation along with technology to provide cutting edge capabilities to BofA’s clients. A strong advocate for communities of color, Daniel also participates within the EEIC- Diversity and Inclusion Council focused on developing a strategy to increase opportunities for POC talent within GPS. Daniel also established and serves as the Executive Sponsor for the Black Executive Leadership Council (BELC) for Northern & Central California focused on responsible growth/business integration, community engagement/Brand Awareness and growing/supporting diverse talent, in addition to being the Executive Sponsor for the Black Professionals Group (BPG) for Northern California. Daniel also serves as a board member at New Door Ventures in San Francisco focused on workforce development of the youth in the bay area, and as a board member of The Unity Council out of Oakland, California focused on community development. Joining the firm in 2003 Daniel started his career as a part-time phone agent within the Consumer Bank. Following this role Daniel navigated his way through the firm taking on roles in GT&O as a Dedicated Service Director for a short time and as an Operations Project Mgr for Global Foreign Exchange. In 2012 Daniel took on the role as a channel product manager within CashPro helping to develop the core suite of award-winning payment solutions for our treasury clients before taking on his current role within Transactional FX Product Mgmt.