Join this executive dialogue between the US and Europe
Our Speakers
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Deborah Bianucci Berend de Jong Lanny Little Scott McBriair Frank Verkerk |
Roger Peverelli Peter Varenkamp Julie Story Hendrik Vanmaele |
 Deborah BianucciCEO BAI BAI is the financial services industry’s leading provider of breakthrough information and education for retail financial services executives, based in Chicago. For more than 80 years, BAI has offered a comprehensive range of services including BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo, ground-breaking strategic research, benchmarking and performance metrics, professional learning and development programs, and in-depth editorial coverage through BAI Banking Strategies. As BAI’s President and CEO, Debbie leads the BAI team to find new and innovative ways to provide high-value, objective information and education to the financial services industry. Debbie has been in financial services for over 30 years, including senior positions with Morgan Stanley, SunTrust and Wells Fargo. |
 Roger PeverelliAuthor of The Future of Finance Roger Peverelli (46) is a partner at VODW Marketing and an expert when it comes to innovation. He is and has been involved in the creation of a range of new products and service concepts, as well as entire new businesses for a number of blue chip financial services companies across the globe. Roger has worked in virtually every European country as well as the United States, the Middle East and Asia. ´The Future of Finance. Megatrends beyond the crisis´ is his second book, for which he interviewed dozens of bankers across the globe. He previously co-published (in Dutch) ´De marketeer in de wolken´, a book on how marketing should leverage IT. Roger is a board member for the Netherlands Film Festival and advisor to Warchild, the Microcredits for Mothers Foundation, and the More Than Football Foundation. Roger graduated with honours from the Eindhoven University of Technology and worked for a brief period in advertising. |
 Berend de JongManaging Partner Financial Services Gartner Consulting Berend de Jong is responsible for the top 5 Financial Institutions in the Benelux region. He is also Global Lead for the Financial Services Vertical in Gartner Consulting. He has more than 12 years of experience in Financial Services and Strategic Business and IT Consulting. His area of expertise is in IT Strategies for Banks, Insurance Companies and Investment Services organizations, with a focus on strategic sourcing, IT governance and IT performance management. Mr. Berend de Jong has carried out multiple projects in strategic sourcing, IT strategy and IT governance. Mr. Berend de Jong joined Gartner in January 2003. Prior to joining Gartner Consulting Mr. Berend de Jong was senior manager at KPMG/Nolan, Norton and Co. |
 Peter VarenkampFormer CIO, member of the board Aegon Nederland In September 2008 Peter Varenkamp left Aegon, having worked there for over 10 years in a number of functions across the board in Aegon Nederland from Chairman Division General Insurance, Chairman Consumer Division, etc. In the last three years Peter was responsible for all service centers at Aegon Nederland, all IT operations and Central Purchasing. In this role he pulled the customer satisfaction level across all areas above seven out of ten, not in the least due to the fact that he managed to clear up a longstanding backlog in administration. After that he focused on achieving the level of IT innovation Aegon still enjoys today. |
 Lanny LittleEVP Retail Banking, First Niagara Bank Lanny Little is Executive Vice President – Consumer Banking for First Niagara, one of the respected super-community banks in the U.S. Located in upstate New York, First Niagara is in an expansion mode, capitalizing on today’s environment by creating competitive advantage during these challenging economic conditions. Lanny has over 35 years of banking experience and is responsible for retail branch banking, residential mortgage, consumer lending, municipal banking and alternative delivery channel management. Prior to joining First Niagara in 2008, Lanny was Regional president of the Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan regions for Wells Fargo. |
 Julie StoryPresident Small Business Banking, BankAtlantic As President, Business Banking Sales for BankAtlantic, Julie has had responsibility for all sales and relationship management for this leading regional bank based in Florida. Julie previously held the role of Regional President for BankAtlantic where she led new market development, branch expansion and sales production. Prior to joining BankAtlantic in 2006, Julie held senior retail banking positions with SunTrust and Huntington Bank. |
 Scott McBriairEVP Retail Banking, Webster Bank After 22 years in various retail banking leadership roles with JPMorgan Chase, Scott joined Webster Financial Corporation as Executive Vice President and Director of Retail Banking in 2005. As one of the most progressive regional banks in the northeast, Scott led the retail expansion to include nearly 200 branches. Scott is well-known as a thought-leader in innovative retail banking strategies throughout the U.S. |
 Conny DorrestijnConference Chairman and Content Director Conny Dorrestijn has worked for nearly twenty years in the field of financial services, new technology and marketing. She started her career in this field with a long spell in the City of London, where she was marketing director at ACT Financial Systems, now part of the Misys Group. In 1996 she returned to the Netherlands focusing on importing knowledge about internet technology and banking into Europe as a partner of the world’s Atlanta (US) based first internet bank Security First Network Bank. In 1996 she co-founded a company Contacts Communications BV, which later transformed into Shiraz Partners, operating from both London and the Netherlands, concentrating on positioning and communications issues for players in the field of technology and finance. Her early virtual finance study trips brought many financial institutions from Europe to early adopters in the US and South Africa. In the Netherlands she established The Virtual Finance Monitor in co-operation with research company Trendbox and Roccade Finance. She also established “Beyond the Square Mile”- a UK debate cycle on “outside” issues concerning the financial industry. In 2008 Shiraz Partners and the European Centre for the Experience Economy initiated a study into the authenticity of the Dutch Financial Services industry (Motivaction). The results were presented at a number of events, including a keynote delivery at BAI’s Retail Delivery in Orlando together with Joseph Pine II. Conny often speaks on this topic at events and is also an independent consultant, working for clients across the globe, debate leader and narrator on a broad range of topics concerning the international financial services industry. |
 Hendrik VanmaeleProf. Hendrik Vanmaele is Chief Executive Officer for MÖBIUS, a consulting company, and a part-time professor at the Universiteit Gent and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. His specialization is situated in the domain of strategic management of process-driven organizations. With regards to the banking sector, he is currently running a research on branch performance, with the objective to maximize the potential of the banking distribution channels, focusing on the right products and executing the right activities. His unique experience as an academic combined with relevant business experience makes Prof. Vanmaele an interesting speaker on an international level. Also he has authored several publications in the field. |
 Frank VerkerkSince March 2009, CEO of MoneYou. Experienced marketing and sales executive level with past in both FMCG as Financial Services. Senior roles and positions in business strategy development, international concept and product development, brand strategies, sales management and ICT portfolio management. Multi billion profit and loss responsibilities for as well mass retail as niche customer segments and product lines. Multiple board member functions in Credit Services, Pension Fund and Netherland Institute for Marketing. |
