Our Leadership Board

Stephan has more than 20 years of senior-level experience leading large-scale industry transformation. He most recently served as Chief Digital Officer at Handelsbanken, a role he held for nine years. Prior to Handelsbanken, Stephan spent ten years at Ericsson, where he held roles including Director of Strategic Marketing and Networked Society Evangelist. Before joining Ericsson, Stephan was Senior Executive Vice President of Strategy and Sales Coordination at T-Systems in Germany, Deutsche Telekom’s ICT services provider. He also held several leadership roles within Deutsche Telekom, spanning sales, strategy and business development, and served as Executive Assistant to the CEO.

Anton Kornilov is a global payments executive and advisor with over two decades of leadership experience at Mastercard and American Express, where he worked across cross-border, account-to-account, cards, and instant payment models in Europe and global markets. He now runs his own advisory practice, Kernel Acumen, supporting banks, PSPs and fintechs on payments commercialisation, regulatory change and operating-model evolution.
Throughout his career, Anton has worked at the intersection of strategy, regulation and commercial execution, helping organisations translate policy and market change into practical payment propositions and scalable operating models. Alongside his work in payments, he is a Board Director at Volleyball England and an active coach, bringing a strong belief that payments, like sport, are a team effort — reliant on trust, clear roles, interoperability and coordination across many participants.

Steve Webster is a retail and ecommerce advisor with 25 years leading digital trading for businesses from £60m to over £1bn. Most recently Global E-commerce Director at Barbour, he has held seniorroles at Boohoo and Bensons for Beds, with international digital leadership at eXtra and LIWA in the Middle East. He advises boards and leadership teams on commercial performance in the agentic era, grounded in first-hand testing of how AI agents discover, select and buy from real retailers. He writes and speaks on the demand-side realities of AI in commerce for a senior retail audience.