Speakers 2010

Lionel is IT Senior Manager OnStage Systems at Disneyland Paris. He has over 20 years of experience in leading critical operations and managing major transversal and transformation projects, as EMV implementation, PCI compliance and Contactless Payment rollout.

Nicolas Ancot is Vice-President at Visa Europe, in charge of V PAY Marketing and Business Development in the Benelux, France, Italy, Bulgaria and Poland. He is based in Milan.

Kevin Keen is Director Financial Services, Western Union. Kevin is responsible for strategic sales development and growth through the acquisition of key banking partners.
He has a solid track record in enterprise payment solutions, having previously worked at eFunds International, and S2 Systems International.

Patrice Hertzog, Manager, Payment Systems, at Credit Mutuel - CIC. His job includes strategic business plan, relation with schemes, and participation in industry work. He is Member of several boards and committees of Card Schemes, Industry Associations and the European Payments Council where he is focused on Cards, Mobile and Information Security.

Yves Huin is Director Europe for Kachingle. Having contributed to the initial concepts that led to Kachingle, he is leveraging 25 years of international business development experience, for U.S. and European companies, to introduce Kachingle in Europe.

Christian is currently CEO of Tradeshift Network Ltd. a company dedicated to delivering a new generation of infrastructure for B2B transactions. Christian was the Head of Division for the Danish Governments IT-Infrastructure Division and he sat on the steering group of the PEPPOL project.

James has been leading business, strategy and general management functions at leading mobile and mobile services companies for over fifteen years. Before coming to BOKU he was Vice President of Amdocs Interactive division in EMEA and Asia Pacific. Prior to Amdocs, he worked as Vice President, EMEA at the digital commerce software and services provider Qpass. James has also led business development for O2 Data Products in the UK, as well as the digital music community, Vitaminic, which he helped lead to a successful IPO on the Italian Stock Exchange in 2000. James began his career with a number of years at British Telecom, where he held senior positions in the cable TV and Internet service provider businesses.

Brendan is presently responsible for country product management for Deutsche Bank’s cash management products in United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Netherlands. Amongst other things, the product role is charged with developing and managing robust, innovative products for both the Financial Institution and Corporate segments.

Brendan’s 19 years of industry experience includes previous roles looking after multicurrency payments and receipts, specialist broker/dealer services and liquidity management tools.

Brendan was a member of the Heathrow Group at the formative stages of the euro and is a director of CHAPS Clearing Company Limited

Brendan has a first class honours degree in Mathematical Physics.

Harry started his career as a Management Trainee with Banque Paribas. Next, Harry became manager of the Commercial Development Department of ABN AMRO Bank's International Operations Group. After ABN AMRO he joined Leyer & Weerstra, as a Senior Management Consultant, before starting his own firm.
Harry is specialized in the corporate (B2B) and retail business areas. He has been leading in the development of, amongst others, (corporate) electronic banking, web- and mobile banking, new payment development, financial planning and employee & employer benefits services. He is a catalyst in helping financial institutions to develop strategies, the appropriate solutions and a successful (commercial) implementation.
Harry, as expert, has published many articles and specialized studies in leading European Journals and other publications. Harry is a well known speaker on strategies and developments in the financial services industry.

Douwe Lycklama à Nijeholt (1965) is director and co-founder of Innopay, an independent consultancy firm specialised in payments and related financial services. Innopay typically works for commercial business management, responsible for innovation and business development. Douwe Lycklama has been in Payments innovation business since 1999, after an international career with Philips Electronics for PC multimedia products and strategy consulting with Adstrat. He holds a masters degree Electrical Engineering with Delft Technical University.