Bjørn Krog Andersen

Alberto Di Iorio

Alberto Di Iorio joined the Secretariat of the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) in September 2023 on a secondment from the Bank of Italy. His portfolio of activities includes work on cross-border payments and research on retail payments and central bank digital currencies. At the Bank of Italy he worked in the Financial Risk Management before joining the Retail Payments Directorate. His main interests are financial innovation, consumer payment habits, cross-border payments and crypto-assets markets. He contributed to several working papers on these and other topics. He holds a PhD in statistics from La Sapienza university of Rome.

Brice Van de Walle

Passionate payments professional with wide-ranging experience driving transformative initiatives across multiple regions and markets. Enthusiastic team leader and influencer, business oriented, forging solid relationships with partners and building consensus across multiple organization levels. Held multiple roles in market development, sales, product management and business strategy. Developed thorough and international knowledge of key industry stakeholders: issuers, acquirers, merchants, digital wallets, governments, gateways, telco’s, processors as well as international and domestic schemes

Eric Ducoulombier

Eric Ducoulombier is, since 1 January 2019, Head of the Retail and Payments Unit in the European Commission (DG FISMA). Before that, he was in charge of the Unit dealing with Inter-Institutional affairs and Planning in DG FISMA.

Eric joined the European Commission in 1992, after having worked a few years in the private sector (consulting, law firm…). He holds a Master’s Degree in Law.

Alexandre Havard

Alexandre joined Deloitte Luxembourg in 2015 after 5 years as a Project Manager for an international banking group in Paris.
He is now acting as a Director in our Consulting department, working mostly on Banking Transformation projects. He is leading the payments practice in Luxembourg and supports banking clients on regulatory and transformation projects across EMEA. Alexandre is also leading several operational services at Deloitte Solutions, a supervised subsidiary of Deloitte Luxembourg, to provide banking and investment management clients with end-to-end solutions.

Vincent Richir

Philippe Delanoue

Gabriel Cumenge

Gabriel Cumenge is Deputy Assistant Secretary at the French Treasury (Ministry of Economy and Finance), in charge of Banking and Financing of General Interest Activities Division, since July 2021. He is in charge of all banking sector and payment policies, from the supervision and financial stability legal framework to retail and consumer protection. In this capacity, he is also deputy censor at the Banque de France governing council, and member of the oversight board of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. Before Summer 2021, he worked four years as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the French Treasury, in charge of Export Finance and Trade Promotion, and Head of the French Export Credit Agency, also sitting at the boards of SFIL and Naval Group.
An Alumni of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) and of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), he started his career at the French Treasury in 2008 as a deputy head of unit on European strategy and coordination issues, before moving to the unit in charge of banking regulation and oversight of the French banking sector. He then spent two years in Washington as an advisor to the French Executive Director at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund boards, then as the French Alternate Executive Director at the IMF board. Back in Paris in 2014, he served at the cabinet of French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, first in the capacity of advisor for European and international issues, then in the capacity of deputy chief of staff until mid-2017.

Faustine Fleuret

Krisztian Benyo

Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies, global head of regulatory affairs at ComplyAdvantage, is a veteran of the financial crime risk management world. Before joining ComplyAdvantage, he served as vice president of global market strategy at Fiserv. Andrew works with customers worldwide to design and deploy effective risk management solutions to mitigate financial crime risks.

Peter Theunis

Accomplished professional in the field of finance and fintech, driven by his passion for payments, fintech, digital banking, and embedded finance, with more than 25 years of extensive experience, Peter joined BPC ranks as SVP Europe to drive business growth and expansion across the European market.
Throughout his career, Peter has worked with customers in diverse regions, each with unique needs, gaining valuable insights into the global fintech landscape. His track record in business development and leadership is exceptional, having held key positions in internationally recognized fintech companies such as Pelican.ai, Rivero, Endava, Integri, Clear2pay, and TAS Group.

Steven Jacob

Steven is a Partner at Arkwright Consulting, where he leads the firm's Payments and Digital Banking practice.

Since 2018, he has worked as a management consultant in the payments industry, specializing in advising companies on growth strategies, operating models, and partnerships, including joint ventures.

Arkwright Consulting is an international firm with Nordic roots, operating globally from offices in Hamburg, Oslo, Stockholm, and London, with additional presence in the Middle East and the US.

Bjørn Krog Andersen

Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies, global head of regulatory affairs at ComplyAdvantage, is a veteran of the financial crime risk management world. Before joining ComplyAdvantage, he served as vice president of global market strategy at Fiserv. Andrew works with customers worldwide to design and deploy effective risk management solutions to mitigate financial crime risks.

Jacques Olivier SCHATZ

Experienced in structuring and managing a wide range of fast-growing businesses, Jacques-Olivier enjoys developing, scaling and growing companies and teams by combining technology, innovation, methods and processes, all underpinned by strong human values.

Thomas Friesleben

With over 20 years of experience in corporate and investment banking, Thomas excels in delivering value to clients. His expertise includes treasury advisory, foreign exchange,
interest rates, payments, commodities, alternative investments, and bespoke solutions for UHNWI, corporates, and financial institutions.
He also has a very strong track record of building high-level relationships, developing talent, and providing strategic guidance. Passionate about solving complex financial challenges and helping clients thrive in dynamic markets. Certified in Advanced Asset Management from INSEAD, he brings a wealth of knowledge to every endeavor.

Alexandre Stervinou

Alexandre Stervinou is currently Director in the Cash and Retail Payments Policy and Oversight Directorate at the Banque de France, a 50+ staff directorate in charge of strategic policy orientations for, and the oversight of, all types of retail payments, with a focus on fostering innovations in those fields (e.g. CBDC with the digital euro). The Directorate also has a direct responsibility on cash anti-counterfeiting matters. Prior to this, Alexandre held a Deputy Director role in the Market Infrastructures and Innovations Directorate and, between 2019 and 2021, he was a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Secretariat, where he mostly dealt with innovation related matters on the G20 agenda for financial services, and more specifically on cutting-edge topics such as cross border payments, cybersecurity, crypto-assets and stablecoins, BigTechs, cloud services, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Between 2015 and 2019, Alexandre was the Head of the Non-cash Means of Payment Oversight division at Banque de France, in charge of policy and oversight issues for cashless payments. In this role, he was the Secretary of the Observatory for the Security of Payment Means, chaired by the Governor of Banque de France, and Secretary of the National Payments Committee. To this end, he contributed to the development of a national and European retail payment strategy supported by Banque de France, in collaboration with the private sector.
Alexandre has represented the central bank since 2008 in various international (G20, G7) and European committees related to payments, cybersecurity and innovation, notably working on regulation, supervision and oversight frameworks, and is currently also a member of the digital euro project steering group. Alexandre started his career in the private sector, working in the financial services and telecom industry.

Peter Theunis

Accomplished professional in the field of finance and fintech, driven by his passion for payments, fintech, digital banking, and embedded finance, with more than 25 years of extensive experience, Peter joined BPC ranks as SVP Europe to drive business growth and expansion across the European market.
Throughout his career, Peter has worked with customers in diverse regions, each with unique needs, gaining valuable insights into the global fintech landscape. His track record in business development and leadership is exceptional, having held key positions in internationally recognized fintech companies such as Pelican.ai, Rivero, Endava, Integri, Clear2pay, and TAS Group.

David Dovale

David is a strategic sales leader with extensive experience in risk management software, data analytics, and regulatory solutions for global financial and insurance institutions. He has a proven track record in driving substantial revenue growth, developing and executing compliance efficiency programs, and leading high-performing teams. Additionally, he is an expert in managing complex sales processes and building long-term relationships with C-level decision-makers.

Neil Harris

Jean Louis Schiltz

Senior Partner, Schiltz & Schiltz, Professor at the University of Luxembourg, former Cabinet minister in charge of technology

Ménaïs Bruant Solska

Ménaïs is a Consultant at Deloitte Luxembourg, part of the Banking Consulting team and the Payments Practice.

Her work primarily focuses on payments projects in Luxembourg, with additional experience in France and Monaco, collaborating with experts across the EU. As part of the Payments Practice, she supports clients in ensuring compliance with EU regulatory frameworks such as PSD3/PSR and Instant Payments, assists in the implementation of payment systems and the development of payment strategies for key industry players. She also helps steer large-scale payment projects by coordinating with various stakeholders across the payments landscape.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Ménaïs has been directly involved in the FinTech industry, having been part of teams at FinTech firms in Paris, and was also engaged in the digital transformation initiatives of international companies.

Christopher Dembik

Christopher Dembik is Senior Investment Manager at Pictet AM, based in Paris, France. He was for 10 years Head of Macroeconomic Research at Saxo Bank. He is member of the French Society of Political Economic and board member of the listed Spanish company Substrate AI. Previously, he worked as analyst for an Israeli financial start-up and for the French Treasury. During the 2017 French presidential campaign, he was member of Emmanuel Macron’s economist team working on European economic issues and the impact of political risk on financial markets.
Dembik holds a master’s degree in international Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and an MBA from the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the co-author of The Greatest Contemporary Economic Debates (Ellipses, 2016) and Money: Functions, Monetary Transmission Mechanism and Evolution (Ellipses, 2017).