Alexander Rolfe
Managing Director - Payments, Cards & Mobile


Alexander is the publisher of European Card Review, Mobile Payments World and Payments Cards and Mobile and a Director of Mobile Payments Consulting. He bought European Card Review in 2002 when he rebranded it as Payments CM.

Peter Scriven
Principal Consultant - Business Performance Consultancy

Peter established The Business Performance Consultancy in 2003 to advise financial service providers, Central Banks and regulators on retail banking, card payments and customer engagement strategies. Peter started his career at Barclays has also held senior positions at Citibank, National & Provincial and Visa International.

Samee Zafar
Director - Edgar, Dunn & Company London


Samee is a director of Edgar, Dunn and Company. He leads the firms advanced payments consulting practice advising banks, mobile operators, and payment service providers. He previously held leadership positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Scient Consulting and started his career at Visa International.

Berna Ülman
Regional General Manager Turkey, Israel,
Romania - Visa Europe

Berna Ülman joined Visa Europe in Turkey in 2000 becoming General Manager in 2003 and Regional General Manager in May 2008. She began her career at Tokai Bank in New York and was later Credit Cards Manager of Koç Finans before joining Visa.____ _____

Robert Courtneidge
Global Head - Cards and Payments, Salans


Robert is co-founder of the Prepaid International Forum. He has over 20 years experience in the cards and payment systems arena and is recognised as one of the top industry specialists in the e-money arena. Last year he was named by Paybefore Magazine as the 2nd most influential person in prepaid outside the USA!

István Lengyel
Secretary General - Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe

A career banker, Mr Lengyel has held senior positions at the National Bank of Hungary and Budapest Bank – a member of San Paolo Intesa Group. Until 1996 he was Secretary General of the Clearing Bank Association based in Brussels. He has served as Secretary General of BACEE in Hungary since then.

Robert Wright
Chief Executive Officer - Raiffeisen Bank
Kosovo

Robert started his banking career with HSBC in 1983 and also worked for Bank of Scotland and Abbey where he was Banking Director. In 2000 he joined Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank. In 2004 he joined Raiffeisen International as Retail Banking Director for their newly acquired operation in Albania before becoming CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo in 2009.

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