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Rav Hayer, Managing Director UK & Ireland, Thoughtworks
Rav Hayer is Managing Director for UK & Ireland at Thoughtworks and Head of their European Banking, Financial Services and Insurance practice. With 25+ years in consulting at Accenture, PwC, and Alvarez & Marsal, he specializes in helping financial institutions navigate systems integration and...
Bjarni Thor Sigurdsson, Chief Commercial Officer, PAYSTRAX
Bjarni Thor Sigurdsson is Chief Commercial Officer at PAYSTRAX, a European payment card acquirer and authorized Payment Institution. He discusses his career trajectory from IT sales to fintech leadership, PAYSTRAX's card payment solutions for e-commerce and POS merchants, and the company's...
Deepak Gupta, EVP at Volante Technologies
Deepak Gupta is EVP of Engineering, Product, and Services at Volante Technologies, a global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS). He oversees product development, delivery, and support while driving innovation in cloud-based payment modernisation for financial institutions worldwide.
Chris Mason, Co-founder and CEO of Orbital
Chris Mason is Co-founder and CEO of Orbital, a global cross-border payment orchestration platform that delivers secure, seamless, and compliant stablecoin and traditional payments for enterprises.
Henry Reynolds, CEO of Bite Stream
Henry Reynolds is CEO of Bite Stream, a fintech company that digitizes and automates access to private markets through an intelligent SaaS platform for financial institutions.
Jarek Sygitowicz, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Authologic
Jarek Sygitowicz is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Authologic, a global eID Hub that helps regulated businesses transition to digital identity verification while maintaining KYC/AML compliance.
Aaron Holmes, CEO and Co-founder of Kani Payments
Aaron Holmes is CEO and Co-founder of Kani Payments, a Newcastle-based fintech that provides automated data platforms for card payment companies to reconcile, report and analyse financial data.
Katherine Chan, Chief Executive Officer of Juice
Katherine Chan is Chief Executive Officer of Juice, a fintech platform providing non-dilutive capital and strategic guidance to e-commerce SMEs. With over twenty years in banking and risk management at institutions including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and Nomura, Chan leads Juice's mission to...
Amelia Lowe, Vice President of Operations of SquareTrade Europe
Amelia Lowe is Vice President of Operations at SquareTrade Europe, where she drives operational excellence across 15 European markets. She spearheads the company's mission to revolutionize insurance through radical customer centricity, digital transformation, and hyper-focused automation.
Flavia Alzetta, Chief Business Officer of Soldo
Flavia Alzetta is Chief Business Officer at Soldo, a spend management platform combining company cards with software to give businesses real-time control and visibility over spending.