Merijn Olsthoorn

Merijn Oltshoorn currently serves as Project Lead Generative AI at ING (since April 2024), focusing on strategic tooling innovation for ING’s wholesale bank Financial Crime Prevention. Previously, he was Head of Commercial/CCO for ING’s innovation venture team (2022-2024), where he played a key role in developing and commercializing Blacksmith RegTech, a KYC policy digitalization tool […]

Dinko Lucic

Dinko Lucic has served as President of the Management Board at Privredna banka Zagreb (PBZ), a member of Intesa Sanpaolo Group and one of Croatia’s leading banks, since February 2018. Under his leadership, PBZ has maintained its strong market position and continued to innovate in digital banking services. His extensive experience with PBZ spans over […]

Giorgi Shagidze

Giorgi Shagidze has served as Chief Executive Officer of Moldova Agroindbank (maib) since May 2021, where he has successfully led the bank’s digital transformation and maintained its position as Moldova’s market leader in loans, deposits, payment cards, and other key banking metrics. Under his leadership, maib has strengthened its position as Moldova’s largest bank while […]

Abdelhakim Benamara

Abdelhakim Benamara currently serves as Deputy Head of Retail Europe-Mediterranean at BNP Paribas, assuming this role in March 2024. Prior to this, he held several strategic positions within BNP Paribas, including Head of Retail Africa region (2023-2024), where he oversaw performance, transformation, and regulatory matters across African operations while also leading payments strategy and omnichannel […]

Michael Grela

Michael is passionate about everything digital, specifically in the financial services context. He works with banks, fintechs and insurers in the software and IT space, helping them with increasing predictability of delivery & shortening time to market. He strongly believes eliminating tech friction unlocks value to end customers. Michael hosts a podcast “Speedtalks: everything tech […]

Hanna Sundqvist

Hanna Sundqvist leads Moody’s Predictive Analytics division across Europe & Africa as Head of Growth and Analytics. Based in London, she drives innovation in wholesale and retail credit solutions while serving as a key subject matter expert and trusted client advisor. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2021, she spent four years at S&P and nearly […]

Ivo Camilleri

Ivo Camilleri serves as Chief Strategy, Transformation, and Data Officer at Bank of Valletta (BOV), Malta’s largest bank, where he leads the design and implementation of strategic initiatives and data-driven decision-making systems. With over three decades of experience at BOV, he brings deep expertise in banking technology and digital transformation. Throughout his career at BOV, […]