Benjamin Pannier joined Zalando Payments in 2016. In his position as CTO he is responsible for all consumer payments, steers the technical strategy, development and research in close cooperation with business development and operations. Benjamin has several years of experience in successful product development. In his diverse roles before joining Zalando he has founded companies as well as developed and established products in areas such as e-mail security or maps search within Nokia. Ben joined the Payments community in 2014 and essentially helped rebuilding one of the biggest payment companies in the CEE region.