Joris Hensen
Open Finance Lead
Based in Brussels for the past 22 years, Monica Monaco is the owner and managing director of TrustEuAffairs. TrustEuAffairs advises its clients on Eu legislative relevant initiatives since 2013. Monica served as a Board Member of the Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP) between 2012 and 2015. Furthermore, she has served two mandates as Member of the European Commission Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG).
Monica’s areas of focus are financial services, payment systems and digital payments, including crypto assets.
Monica has been Senior Manager for EU Relations and Regulatory Affairs in the Legal Department of Visa Europe for more than ten years, being responsible for the relations with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council Working Group on Financial Services, as well as with various national regulators.
Before joining Visa Europe she has been working as a Consultant for both Andersen, Deloitte & Touche and the OECD in Paris, dealing with a variety of financial services matters. She also worked for the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, in the Committee on Parliamentary and Public Relations.
Monica holds a Master’s Degree in Economics, European Law oriented, from L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy.
Vincent Brennan is an industry authority on the future of banking, and payments, with an extensive executive leadership track record in transformation, operations and risk management. He has over 40 years’ experience in FS with 20+ working in banking payments and on industry bodies (including Euro Banking Association Deputy Chairman up to 2021), and more recently as a Transformation Director at Accenture and as a non-Executive Director.
