All 65 speakers

International Banking Summit

Banking Frontier 2026

Dates
23–27 November 2026
Venue
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam
Roster
65 speakers from 31 countries
Programme
89 sessions, 5 days, two rooms
Register Agenda

  1. Rita Gnutti

    Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy

    AI governance & model risk · Day 1, 23 November 2026

    Rita Gnutti, Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area

  2. Stephan Wolf

    Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide, LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation, Germany

    Corporate digital identity management · Day 2, 24 November 2026

    Stephan Wolf, Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide

  3. Domenico Scaffidi

    CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice, DS Payments Ltd, United Kingdom

    Instant payments and interoperability · Day 3, 25 November 2026

    Domenico Scaffidi, CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice

What the programme is asking

Four questions taken directly from the published day themes. The answers are the sessions, not this page.

  • What does trusted AI actually require of a bank?

    AI-native banking, governance, model risk, data foundations, and the path from pilots to enterprise value.

  • Where does real-time trust break down?

    Digital identity, fraud prevention, authentication, cyber resilience, and real-time trust across banking journeys.

  • What is money movement going to look like?

    Instant payments, wallets, tokenization, Open Finance, digital assets, and the future of money movement.

  • What is banking supposed to look like by 2030?

    Post-quantum readiness, sovereign AI, and the technologies shaping banking to 2030.

Five days, read straight through

Each line below is a published session. The name is the person the official timetable attributes it to; follow it to the full agenda. Times are Central European Time (CET).

Day 1: AI & Trusted Finance

23 November 2026 · 14 sessions

AI-native banking, governance, model risk, data foundations, and the path from pilots to enterprise value.

  • Rita Gnutti

    AI governance & model risk

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Gladson Baby

    Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Frans Vanbruggen

    Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance

    10:00–10:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Dr. Paul Dongha

    AI Governance: mitigating the risks of AI to unlock its true value

    10:00–10:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

Day 2: Identity & Cyber Resilience

24 November 2026 · 16 sessions

Digital identity, fraud prevention, authentication, cyber resilience, and real-time trust across banking journeys.

  • Stephan Wolf

    Corporate digital identity management

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Dr. Björn Lenzmann

    Digital trust in AI-led banking · risk, audit and cyber oversight at board level

    09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Nazima Kadir

    User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Lubin Reyes

    Custody, governance and operational controls for digital assets

    10:00–10:30 · Room A · Main Stage

Day 3: Payments & Digital Assets

25 November 2026 · 20 sessions

Instant payments, wallets, tokenization, Open Finance, digital assets, and the future of money movement.

  • Domenico Scaffidi

    Instant payments and interoperability

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Paul Walvik-Joynt

    The new payments landscape · instant, interoperable, invisible and built on trust

    09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Mihai Draghici

    Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Viktoria Soltesz

    Moving Money — how banks think · the new role of the Chief Payment Officer

    10:00–10:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

Day 4: Customer Growth & Platform Banking

26 November 2026 · 23 sessions

Omnichannel journeys, AI-assisted service, smart branches, SME banking, and platform-based growth.

  • Rudolf Stefanich

    Human-AI banking experience

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Speaker TBC

    AI-augmented service and product-led banking at scale

    09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Wan Halim

    Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking

    09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Tomas Reytt

    Omnichannel banking leadership and customer growth in Czech and regional banking

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

Day 5: Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030

27 November 2026 · 16 sessions

Post-quantum readiness, sovereign AI, and the technologies shaping banking to 2030.

  • Ulf Holmberg

    Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Naji Freiha

    Preparing banks for systemic threats: cyber, geopolitical disruption and operational concentration risk

    09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Christoffer Kok

    Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness

    09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Jayne Godfrey

    Payment systems regulation, consumer protection and future payment rails

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

The complete 89-session agenda

Six contributions in full

Name, role, organisation, and the session that person is published against — with the programme's own description of it.

Rita Gnutti, Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area

Rita Gnutti

Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy

AI governance & model risk

Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Define what trusted AI-driven finance means for banks in 2027–2030.
  • Link customer value, transparency and control to scalable AI adoption.
  • Address model risk, explainability and governance guardrails.

Rita Gnutti · Head of Internal Validation and Controls · Intesa Sanpaolo · Italy

Stephan Wolf, Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide

Stephan Wolf

Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide

LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation, Germany

Corporate digital identity management

Day 2, 24 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Position digital identity as core banking infrastructure, not a back-office utility.
  • Explore wallet-based identity, verified credentials and organisational identity.
  • Support cross-border onboarding and trusted customer access.

Stephan Wolf · Chair of the Board · Verifiable.Trade Foundation · Germany

Domenico Scaffidi, CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice

Domenico Scaffidi

CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice

DS Payments Ltd, United Kingdom

Instant payments and interoperability

Day 3, 25 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Frame the payments, wallets and digital-assets agenda.
  • Link market infrastructure, regulation and customer expectations.
  • Set priorities for payment leaders and banking executives.

Domenico Scaffidi · CEO & Founder · DS Payments Ltd · UK

Rudolf Stefanich, Senior Manager - Product Insights

Rudolf Stefanich

Senior Manager - Product Insights

Bitpanda / New Design University, Austria

Human-AI banking experience

Day 4, 26 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Show how AI changes service, sales, operations and advice journeys.
  • Define where humans remain essential for trust and empathy.
  • Explore AI agents, decision intelligence and workflow redesign.

Rudolf Stefanich · Lead UX Researcher · Bitpanda · Austria

Ulf Holmberg, Functional Lead and Senior Analyst

Ulf Holmberg

Functional Lead and Senior Analyst

Swedbank, Sweden

Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities

Day 5, 27 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

  • Assess geopolitical fragmentation and structural vulnerabilities in banking.
  • Link AI, funding costs, credit risk and stress testing.
  • Evaluate operational concentration and systemic resilience risks.

Ulf Holmberg · Functional Lead and Senior Analyst · Swedbank · Sweden

Gladson Baby, Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement

Gladson Baby

Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement

Fifth Third Bank, United States

Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

  • Link data enablement, intelligent automation and system integration to operational performance.
  • Identify automation opportunities that reduce manual work without weakening control.
  • Use AI-enabled workflows to improve consistency, speed and traceability.

Gladson Baby · VP & Director of Data & AI Enablement · Fifth Third Bank · US

The whole roster

All 65 speakers listed on the official roster, with the organisation and country published beside each name. No portraits here — the names are the point.

  • Rita GnuttiIntesa Sanpaolo, Italy
  • Gladson BabyFifth Third Bank, United States
  • Frans VanbruggenAI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL), Netherlands
  • Dr. Paul DonghaNatWest Group, United Kingdom
  • Alina TimofeevaPandoras Analytics / BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Saudi Arabia
  • Zsofia KovacsKBC Bank & Verzekering, Belgium
  • Hassan Omidi FirouziJPMorgan Chase & Co., United States
  • Dilek SüzalDilek Süzal Coaching & Training, Austria
  • Ramesh GopalDeutsche Bank, United Arab Emirates
  • Davor GašparacErste Digital, Austria
  • Tanja ImamovicRaiffeisen Bank International AG, Austria
  • Fabio TurelGenerali, Switzerland
  • Wolfgang StrobelAnadi Bank / Independent digital banking advisor, Germany
  • Rudolf StefanichBitpanda / New Design University, Austria
  • Stephan WolfLEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation, Germany
  • Dr. Björn LenzmannDenizBank, Turkey
  • Nazima KadirJPMorgan Chase & Co., United Kingdom
  • Carla SobralSociete Generale Securities Services, France
  • Zafer ErgezenGarantiBank International NV, Netherlands
  • Eran Goldman MalkaEuropean Depositary Bank SA, Luxembourg
  • Ricardo GalvaoNOVO BANCO, Portugal
  • Ezra DulbergBDO, United Kingdom
  • Alexandre KechGlobal Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), Germany
  • Ines GensingerGlobal Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), Germany
  • Ishtiaq AhmedHSBC, United Kingdom
  • Domenico ScaffidiDS Payments Ltd, United Kingdom
  • Paul Walvik-JoyntMastercard, Norway
  • Mihai DraghiciPayByFace, Romania
  • Viktoria SolteszPSP Angels, Cyprus
  • Ara SargsyanAmeriabank CJSC, Armenia
  • Kazim OguzDenizBank, Turkey
  • JP FabriSeed, Malta
  • Ulrich LoofDZ BANK AG, Germany
  • Arash MarandiZaver, Sweden
  • Sadik BasGaranti BBVA, Turkey
  • Yodaly SierraEco2wallet, United Kingdom
  • Vaida SaltenyteCXM / ifindbanks.com, Cyprus
  • Victor RiveraAluna Partners Ltd, United Kingdom
  • Thomas LangbeinTrever, Germany
  • Wendy DelmarCaribbean Association of Banks, Saint Lucia
  • Kathrin FortmannBX Digital, Switzerland
  • Lubin ReyesCustodial Management Solutions Ltd, United Kingdom
  • Wan HalimCrédit Agricole CIB, United Arab Emirates
  • Tomas ReyttmBank CZ, Czech Republic
  • Mantas JanaviciusInvestuotoju asociacija, Lithuania
  • Mohammad Jakirul IslamBRAC Bank PLC, Bangladesh
  • Istvan FetterCIB Bank, Hungary
  • Caroline PhilippeBNP Paribas, Belgium
  • Itir AydoganYapı Kredi, Turkey
  • Ender AydinZiraat Bankası, Turkey
  • Margus SimsonKomerční banka, Czechia
  • Justin PeschPAIR Finance, Netherlands
  • Stefan MoserVP Bank AG, Austria
  • Ulf HolmbergSwedbank, Sweden
  • Naji FreihaKonsilium, France
  • Christoffer KokEuropean Central Bank, Germany
  • Jayne GodfreyPayment Systems Regulator, United Kingdom
  • Xenia NeofytouCX Financia, Cyprus
  • Manuela ZuluagaThe Soltesz Institute, Italy
  • Jese Medina GutierrezTether.to, Spain
  • Michał NiwińskiComputershare, Poland
  • Corina MetternichDeutsche Bank, Germany
  • Jarkko MaensivuSaldo Bank, Finland
  • Othello JohnnyloneCentral Bank of Liberia, Liberia
  • Tunji AndrewsAwabah, Nigeria

Roles and biographies on the official roster

A full seminar room of delegates facing a presenter at a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23–27 November 2026.

Attending

  • In person

    Both rooms run at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, across all 5 days, 23–27 November 2026.

  • Online

    Online participation runs alongside the in-person summit. Passes, terms and any group conditions appear only on the official registration page.

Registration and current conditions

Previous Zenith Group events

Banking Frontier 2026 has not taken place yet. These are photographs of earlier events run by the same organiser.

Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23-27 November 2026.
Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23-27 November 2026.
Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23-27 November 2026.

Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers

Venue
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
Address
Hoogoorddreef 66a, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nearest station
Bijlmer ArenA · 4-min walk
From Schiphol
Train Schiphol → Bijlmer ArenA, approx. 15 min
Parking
P1 ArenA · paid, on-site
Accessibility
Step-free access; accessible WCs on every floor
Registration desk
Ground floor lobby, signposted on arrival
Published times
Central European Time (CET)

Travel and access on the official site

Questions and legal

How were the names on this page chosen?

One person is featured from each of the 5 programme days, taken in published order from the official timetable, plus one more from day one. The complete roster of 65 speakers is listed further up this page.

Are these quotations?

No. Nothing on this page is presented as words spoken by a speaker. The bullet points under each contribution are the session description as the official programme publishes it.

Does a name here imply seniority or ranking?

No. The order follows the timetable, not any judgement of importance, and no ranking, award or endorsement is implied.

Can I attend online?

In-person and online participation are both available. Current passes, terms and any group conditions are shown on the official registration page.

Where do I register?

Only on the official Zenith site. This page takes no payment and holds no booking.

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