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She believe in transformation and innovation in the heart of every improvement, looking for better customer experience and boosting the personal growth for people in your team. With experience in transformational and complex projects, becoming a business-technology translator, managing multidisciplinary teams, and working effectively with the rest of the company areas or external third parties to accomplish business goals. With high experience developing products and services,...

Christian Schäfer has headed the newly formed Payment Department at the DSGV since February 1, 2024. Mr. Schäfer joins from the European Central Bank, where he was responsible for developing a payment scheme for the digital euro as Chair of the Digital Euro Scheme Rulebook Development Group in the Market Infrastructure and Payment Directorate. Prior to that, Christian Schäfer held various global and regional roles as Head...

A very long time ago Tim’s first job was to work out how to use smart cards and cryptography to build a payment system. Since then he’s worked with clients in over 70 countries and been involved in most major initiatives in retail payments including EMV, contactless and tokenization, with a sideline in other security related programs such as transit ticketing and digital identity. In...

Andrew Byrd advises the NATO Military Committee on cybersecurity and defensive cyberspace policy and operations. Andrew brings multiple decades of experience across NATO, U.S. military, and interagency cyber domains as a driving force in the evolution of intelligence-led cyber defense. He was recognized for his leadership excellence during NATO's Crisis Response Exercise and the European Defense Agency's Cyber Phalanx Exercise. As CTO for the U.S. Army...

I’m a Managing Director and Global Risk Executive with 25+ years of experience uniting compliance and business objectives across fintech, investment advisory, clearance & settlement, and banking. I’ve led multi-million-dollar transformations—some exceeding $90M—while seamlessly integrating IT, Operations, and Risk under cost-effective, future-proof frameworks. Whether it’s implementing front-to-back trading platforms, orchestrating RCSA programs, or remediating MRA/MRIA actions, I deliver solutions that satisfy regulators (OCC, FRB, NYDFS)...