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Paolo Sironi is the Global Research Leader in Banking and Financial Markets at the IBM Institute for Business Value, where he leads thought leadership research and provides strategic insights to senior leaders in the banking and financial services industry. He is a bestselling author, international keynote speaker, and host of the podcast The Bankers’ Bookshelf. […]
Yorick Naeff is a Dutch fintech leader best known as CEO and co-founder of BUX, the European mobile-investing platform serving over half a million clients. With a background at ING in corporate strategy, he helped scale BUX across multiple markets and launch many innovative ground-breaking initiatives. Following BUX’s acquisition by ABN AMRO, Yorick is the […]
Jérôme Léger is the Chief Architect of Groupe Crédit Agricole, serving as Head of Group Architecture & Design Authorities. He leads the bank’s global architecture function, guiding a community of more than 500 architects across 15+ European countries and over 30 international markets. In this role, he shapes Crédit Agricole’s enterprise-wide architectural vision, ensuring coherence, […]
Krista Luijten is Chief Data Officer for Finance & Risk at ABN AMRO, where she leads the bank’s transformation toward a fully data-driven Finance & Risk organisation. In this role, she is responsible for strengthening ABN AMRO’s Data & IT landscape, ensuring enterprise-wide data compliance (including BCBS239), and elevating the quality and accessibility of data […]
Vladimira Tomasek is Head of Core Banking Systems at VUB Bank, a.s., with experience across core banking systems. She manages complex backend platforms spanning mainframe and modern core solutions, and specializes in sustainable system transformation, vendor management, and long‑term banking architecture.
Damir Vodenicarevic holds a PhD focused on applying nanotechnology to accelerate on-chip AI. He spent four years at Treezor (Société Générale), where he worked on AI-driven fraud detection and played a key role in the design of the company’s in-house core banking system, with a specialization in KYC infrastructure. In 2020, he co-founded Massa Labs, […]
Michał Niedźwiecki is an IT Director at mBank, responsible for the development and maintenance of retail banking systems, including the core retail banking platform, digital channels, and customer-facing banking products. He leads a large IT organization comprising several hundred engineers, architects, and specialists, balancing day-to-day operational responsibilities with long-term technology transformation.Michał has over 20 years […]
Aleksandra Brdar Turk is Director of Banking Operations at OTP banka Slovenia and a recognized leader in digital transformation within the financial sector. With a PhD in Finance and certifications in risk and AI, she has led major initiatives integrating AI and Robotic Process Automation to optimize banking processes and enhance customer experience. Her leadership […]
Ohad Kotler is CEO & Co-Founder of Tweezr, an AI platform that helps financial institutions safely and incrementally evolve legacy systems. Tweezr maps business needs to the exact code, predicts impact, and delivers measurable results in weeks instead of years. Previously, Ohad led modernization at ING and witnessed both successful incremental updates and failed mega-modernizations […]
Alessandro is an enterprise architect and security-focused technologist specializing in cloud-native modernization of large-scale, regulated systems. He helps financial institutions transform legacy core banking applications into secure, scalable microservices platforms, combining Zero Trust principles, API-driven architectures, and cloud-native security by design. With a strong focus on AI-enabled automation and agent-based systems, Alessandro works at the […]
