Jinhong is a highly skilled cloud and platform architect, with a strong passion for DevSecOps practice and cloud-native technologies. She holds an MSc. in Software Development and Technology, and is certified as a Kubernetes application developer, administrator, and security specialist. Currently serving as the Chief Cloud Architect & Global Head of Cloud and Container Platform Engineering at Saxo Bank, Jinhong works to bridge the gap between platform and application teams, with a focus on strengthening infrastructure platform offerings, improving the developer experience and maximizing productivity. She is a strong advocate for sustainable and secure ways of developing and managing applications and integrations. Jinhong’s passion for open source technology and community building has led her to become the organizer for the Kubernetes Community Days and Cloud Native Copenhagen groups, where she helps to spread awareness of open source technologies and grow the cloud-native community in Denmark.

Kåre Kjelstrøm has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and +25 years of industry experience working in Denmark, Canada, and the United States as a software engineer and manager. His resume includes work at Uber, Cloud Kitchens, Concordium, and at the consulting company Silverbullet which he co-founded and where he helped digitize the Danish Public Sector for 10 years.

Ville Sointu is the Chief Strategist for digital currencies at Nordea Bank. With a career spanning since 2002 in fintech, Ville has held pivotal roles globally, innovating in financial services and connected devices. His expertise is recognized in influential circles, including the European Central Bank’s former Digital Euro Market Advisory Group, the board of Mobey Forum and the advisory board of GSMA’s Inclusive Tech Lab. Ville has also contributed to a number of key industry and policy organizations like the EBF, OECD and EBA and in his free time enjoys co-hosting the ‘Fintech Daydreaming’ podcast, sharing his insights into fintech’s evolving landscape.

Saira Khan is the Head of Innovation and Partnerships for First Direct Bank(HSBC), was recognised in Innovate Finance ‘Women in FinTech Powerlist 2023 & 2022’. Having led the creation of innovation teams and centres in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the United States, while building and testing data management and open banking through global hackathons, she has developed a unique vision and reputation for being a catalyst for transformation around the world on leading deliveries with commercial impact. She is known as a key connector and championing moves towards a digital-first culture, enabling greater collaboration and connectivity between startups and corporations with proven results. While her passion and advocacy for change sets her apart from her peers in the finance sector, it is her work mentoring and supporting global talent in Africa, Asia, and the United States that drives Saira as she focuses and champions efforts around diversity, inclusion, education, and sustainability.

Bio Annet Steenbergen After many years working in international border management Annet co-founded/co-initiated the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 that created the world’s first seamless passenger facilitation uniting the public and private stakeholder at the airport in one identity management system using a single biometric token. Ever since digital Identity and innovation for the travel eco-system have been at the centre of her work. She is currently a consultant for the travel and tourism industry and works on projects with focus on implementing digital identity and digital travel credentials to create true Seamless Travel while preserving data privacy and data protection. She is a participant in the EU Digital Identity Wallet Consortium. Annet has been actively involved in IATA OneID working groups and task forces and in 2020 she was awarded the Women in Biometrics Award. She is also often asked as a public speaker and moderator.

I had the chance to work in different industries (Retail, Manufacturing, Banking and Insurance mainly), coping with several challenges of complex IT transformation programs as Executive and Advisory. Since 2016 I’m sharing my experience and vision on Cloud Computing, helping Medium and Large Enterprises on their journey. Strongly convinced that IT should enable business, enhancing the potential of the underlying technology stack that must be a commodity.

Originally a Commercial Banker, Helene is an Associate Director with the Centre for Digital Banking and Finance in LIBF, an experienced FinTech Programme Director, exited entrepreneur, educator and author. Her career boasts a number of ‘firsts’, including the creation of the FinTech Scale Colab Programme for Rainmaking, the Inaugural Programme of Education and Events for Innovate Finance, the FinTech on the Entrepreneurship Masters’ for UCL. Board and advisory roles include the Spanish digital identity scale up, Biid, the UK safeguarding RegTech, Kalgera, and the SME payments company, TomatoPay.  Helene was named on the Computer Weekly 100 Women in Tech Award, the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Power List, and the Fintech Magazine 100 Women in Fintech list. She was also part of the FCA 2020 Data Sprint on SME Lending, and the recipient of the FT/Google Digital Pioneer Award. Her new book ‘Reinventing Banking & Finance: Frameworks to navigate global fintech innovation’ (Kogan) came out in November 2020, and was named the number one banking book for 2021 by Investopedia.

As Head of Banking Solutions, Giovanni works with global financial institutions to define strategic requirements and accelerate the adoption of advanced analytical capabilities for personalized pricing and decisioning using the Earnix platform. Giovanni joined Earnix in 2015 coming from an academia and for many years headed the Professional Services Banking Team, a global team of consultants responsible for the design, management, and delivery of implementation projects for different LOBs: from unsecured lending to mortgages, from auto lending to short- and medium/long-term lending facilities to businesses. Over the last decade Giovanni has designed and delivered projects that every month impact over €10bn in new lending contracts globally. Giovanni has also led strategic consulting projects with focus on advanced analytics and on change management processes and operations.

Rishi Chauhan is the Director of Product for Identity & Fraud at Veriff, where he drives the expansion of the identity and fraud detection capabilities. His current focus includes leveraging AI to enhance identity verification, tackling impersonation fraud such as deep fakes, and developing identity and fraud strategies for enterprise customers. With a forward-thinking approach to combating fraud in the AI era, Rishi brings years of expertise gained from various roles at prominent organizations such as Reach plc, Open Banking, Visa, eBay, and Mastercard. His insights into fraud challenges and innovative solutions position him as a thought leader in the industry.

André is a Crossjoin executive leading the architecture and development practice and responsible for developing business in the North America region. André has more than 16 years of experience in the IT area with a broad experience in delivering highly complex projects, both on-prem and cloud. In the last years André has been very focused on helping companies build highly Dependable Systems which they can rely on, while keeping their costs down.

Adam Preis is a seasoned Director of Product and Solution Marketing at Ping Identity, based out of the U.K. He leads go-to-market strategies in the financial services industry globally. With extensive experience in the B2B/B2B2C space, Adam’s mission revolves around unleashing the transformative potential of technology while driving user adoption at scale. As a keynote speaker, he has spoken at events such as Gartner, Identiverse, KuppingerCole European Identity Conference, and MoneyLive, among others.

After completing a degree in Cognitive Science at the University of Exeter, Jeremy embarked on a career in IT consulting that has kept him busy for the last 25 years.,  During that time he has run projects to consolidate and optimise data centre infrastructure, build and deploy transformative applications, and more recently has helped clients to migrate at scale to public cloud.

Since 2020 Jeremy has been a Managing Director at Refractis, a boutique consultancy specialising in IT Transformation.

Gabriela is Vice President of EMEA at Veritran, a global tech company devoted to simplifying banking experiences and driving digital transformation into the financial industry trough innovation.

She leads the expansion of the company in the region and is also member of the Learning Innovation Unit at IESE Business School, where she collaborates in Executive Programs, mostly focused on digital transformation and the financial industry.

Gabriela is a former banker, professor, researcher, and mentor, having contributed to several studies, publications and consultancy projects in Latam and in Europe.

She also served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Argentina as economic attachée by overseeing the promotion of international trade and investment between the country and Spain and supporting numerous tech companies to establish in the EU.

Gabriela holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and a Master’s degree in Finance from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, as well as a Master’s degree in Financial Markets from Universidad de Barcelona.

Udi Ziv is a seasoned CEO with a proven track record of leading companies to scale. His 30 years of leadership span both entrepreneurial ventures and overseeing large-scale operations as a senior executive at some of the largest global enterprise software companies. Before joining Personetics, Ziv served as CEO of Earnix, guiding the company through a landmark period of expansion. Prior to Earnix, he led Pontis to a successful acquisition by Amdocs, was President at NICE Systems, Managing Director at SAP, and the co-founder of TopTier which was later acquired by SAP.

Laurie has spent over 20 years in the commercial application of consumer and behavioural data, using insights to help brands drive revenue. Laurie is currently Director of Market Insights at Similarweb, deepening customer engagement with Similarweb data through the creation of inspiring and actionable insights-led narratives. Laurie has held leadership roles within the media, adtech and market research sectors, including at Spotify, LinkedIn, Quantcast and Forrester Research. She is a regular speaker at industry events and conferences.

Kurt leads the delivery of consulting engagements for the Channels practice. He has supported some of the largest banks, fintechs and insurance companies across the U.S. and Canada in a wide range of strategic projects. Kurt specializes in partnering with financial institutions to leverage consumer insights that inform effective growth strategies.

Russ is SVP of Go-To-Market for IDVerse, which provides online identity verifi cation technology for businesses of all sizes in the digital economy. Russ has spent more than 25 years building teams and delivering successful enterprise growth strategies across the UK, EMEA & US markets within fast-paced and high growth identity, online media, SaaS and data-driven technology solutions. His strong tech knowledge is coupled with deep experience building teams within advertising and marketing technology-driven revenue models. Russ was previously a key early member of the Google UK leadership team who grew the team from 25 to 3,000 people and the revenue from £10m to £1billion during his tenure. As SVP GTM he brings deep experience to the Product and Marketing teams to support international growth and product adoption. He has a passion for new market development, startup growth and cutting edge technology.

Spreading the word about products I’m passionate about and working for companies that value their people and growth.

Ludwig Mallia is a Fintech Expert and Digital Strategist with over 15 years of experience in IT leadership, focusing on the banking and finance sector. He has a comprehensive understanding of the industry’s nuances and has successfully implemented various digital projects. Ludwig has led the implementation of a Direct Digital Bank and a Corporate Challenger Bank. Ludwig has held senior managerial roles at two systematically important banks in Malta. He holds an MSc in Banking Practice and Leadership from The London Institute Banking & Finance , a BCom (Hons.) in Management, and a BSc in Business and Computing from the University of Malta. Ludwig is a Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist and Certified SCRUM Product Owner. He has been a featured speaker at several digital transformation conferences in Malta, London and Berlin.  Ludwig is currently heading the Agile and Value Streams Delivery at Bank of Valletta with the responsibility of leading the enterprise-wide transformation within the bank by fostering Agile practices to maximises value delivery.