Leadership IPS US

– Payments Systems,
– SEPA,
– PSD2,
– Instant Payments,
– Open Banking,
– Software Development with C/C++, Java
– Multithreaded Applications
– Databases: Oracle, SQLServer, MySQL
– Scripting in Perl, Tcl/Tk, Schell
– Version Management: CVS, Subversion (SVN)
– Multiple platform protable programming: Linux/Unix, Windows,
– Mainframe (zOS)
– Websphere MQ, Message Broker
– XML, HTML
– Flow Design (XGen, MessageBroker),
– Workflow Design (XGen),
– SWIFT Protocols,
– Alliance Light, CGI (Common Global Implementation),
– Project Management, Mapping Engine

Senior professional with over 25 years experience in the Payments Industry with a focus on Digital Commerce, Fraud and Identity Management, Payment and related Regulation Compliance. With a special passion for Payment Innovation, New Payment Models such as Marketplaces and Fintechs and Growth and Expansion Strategy.

Founder and Principal Consultant of Payment Options Ltd, Associate Specialist Partner at Be Shaping the Future, Global Expansion and Partnership Advisor at Thunes as well as NED at Trust Payments and at PaySME.

Held a number of executive roles: at Datacash (MasterCard) as an executive board member heading Strategy, Innovation, Partnerships and Marketing, earlier at Global Collect (Worldline) as a VP in charge of Partnerships and Alliances and prior to that at CyberSource (Visa) as a Head of EMEA, developing European markets and widening the payment product portfolio. Five years at Microsoft driving payments in the EMEA region as well as providing strategic direction to the Management in the USA.

Earlier in the career ten years at Visa International, across variety of roles from Relationship Management to Business Development in new digital payment technologies (smart cards and 3D Secure); working with multinational banks, processors, vendors and professional forums within Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region (CEMEA).

Gian has a strong background in payments solutions and is passionate about innovation in the Global Fin Tech ecosystem. He has worked successfully with many national and global partners: Andersen Consulting, PIPC, Lloyds Bank, Barclays, HSBC, BSkyB, MasterCard and Visa Europe to launch new FinTech products for them. He has also played key leadership roles with Fin Tech start-ups with IBOS, 10X Screen Trade, and Mastercard Open Banking. He also acts as an adviser to venture capital funds looking at investing in FinTechs. He is also a trusted advisor to a number of consulting networks.

Dr Ernst Stahl is Head of Payments at NTT Data and deals with all aspects of payments. His focus is on tracking and strategically evaluating key payment trends. Previously, he was a director and partner at ibi research for many years. Ernst’s consulting and project work focuses on the future of payments between innovation (CDBC and CBMT, ISO 20022, RTP, payment-trends) and regulation (e.g. PSD & RTS, RPS), as well as strategic management. He is also the author of numerous publications, a moderator and speaker at numerous events and congresses, and a lecturer at numerous training academies in the field of payments.