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in product management, R&D and operations from the IT security industry. He is one of the authors of the original passwordless FIDO specification and a contributing editor to the W3C WebAuthentication and FIDO. Rolf is considered one of the leading experts on identity and authentication and has been a frequent speaker at industry events on topics like FIDO, IT Security, IoT, and Blockchain. He has also advised regulatory and Government bodies on the benefits and impact of modern authentication. Prior to Nok Nok Rolf Lindemann worked as Senior Director Product Management in the user authentication group at Symantec. Before Symantec's acquisition of TC TrustCenter, he was Executive Director Product Strategy at TC TrustCenter GmbH, a leading certification authority in Germany.

from 1 April 2023. He has extensive professional experience in digital financial solutions and innovative services, spanning multiple industries and executive roles. For over 15 years he has been working in telco sector, eventually serving as Director of Strategic Marketing at Ericsson South-East Europe, where he contributed to starting up the first mobile money program. Later, for over ten years, he served as a Managing Director at Accenture, working on digital finance, payments and open banking projects for Italian and European clients. Before joining the EPC, Giorgio was working at the European Central Bank (ECB) on the Digital Euro project.

Enthusiastic leader of the world's most influential trade association in payments, a lively public speaker and avid networker, Tony is passionate about payments and the difference it can make to lives everywhere. Tony shares his knowledge derived from 20 years in payments and his evangelical zeal for innovation when speaking and chairing conferences, publishing books and white papers, or enrolling payments leaders to join The Payment Association's collaboration network. Tony frequently invests in early-stage payments companies, helping them to win in a highly competitive payments ecosystem. He founded The Payments Association in 2010 to promote the UK as global hub for payments innovation and the interests of its 250+ members in the UK, EU and Asia, which include banks, card schemes, PSPs, issuers, processors, acquirers and legal experts, who all come together to drive collective industry change.

He is a prolific speaker at fintech industry events around the world including Money20/20 Europe, idNext, MyData, Digital Finance World. Mobile World Congress, Trustech, KuppingerCole EiC and FinTech Connect. John Erik has become known for his quirky examples and pop culture references in explaining topics at the intersection of identity and fintech. An authority on digital identity, John Erik will be able to speak to how digital identity is core to some of the hottest topics in the industry. He is currently director of innovation in Tietoevry Banking��s Financial Crime Prevention unit. He has previously worked for Signicat as VP of Identity of Innovation, Chief Development Architect for SAP Identity Management and taught ecommerce, identity services and security at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He was a board member of the EEMA, Europe��s leading digital identity think tank, and has received the EEMA Lifetime Achievement Award. He is currently an advisor for Global Trust Foundation.

Freddy is the Fraud Strategy Leader for EMEA at NICE Actimize, and has an extensive background over 10+ years in helping organisations solve wide-reaching customer decision-making challenges using technology, data and processes. He brings specialist knowledge in the identity, fraud and financial crime domains, with a passion in enabling his clients to exploit digital channels to deliver the best customer experience, balanced with friction-right fraud prevention and detection strategies. Freddy has worked with some of the largest global Financial Institutions, as well as a consultancy background with Central Government, Telco, and Gaming industries.

David is a payments industry veteran with a portfolio of investments, board advisory roles and directorships in a number of exciting UK and Global FinTech businesses. He Chairman of Tap Global Group plc and is also Chairman of the Board of Directors at The Payments Association, and brings a wealth of experience in start up, funding, growth and exit strategies, as well as a thorough understanding of the regulatory environments pertaining to payments services and electronic money. Prior to focussing on his board roles, David gained his significant payments experience, through successful periods leading businesses such as BT ePayments, ClickandBuy, Paysafecard, and latterly Ukash - where David drove significant growth, profitability, and international expansion, recognised with 4 Queen��s Awards before selling the business to the global Private Equity firm CVC Partners. Areas of expertise include eMoney, Card issuing / acquiring, payment services, cross border payments, digital currencies - inc stablecoins and CBDCs.