Adam Gable
Adam Gable is responsible for the product planning and execution of Temenos’ Enterprise product capabilities, which include Financial Crime Mitigation, Payments, and Regulation & Compliance. With a background in development, treasury, and trading, Adam previously worked for several international banks before moving into the software industry. Since then, he has built a strong track record in developing and bringing to market both core and specialist banking systems.His overarching focus is to help banks leverage technology to reduce overheads, mitigate risk and better serve their customers.
Adam brings over 20 years of experience in the banking and banking software industry.
Anders Olofsson
Anders is a distinguished and influential leader in the banking industry, with a particular focus on open banking, innovative payment methods and business models. With over 25 years of extensive international business experience, his expertise spans deep technology, transformation, and outsourcing domains. Anders consistently delivers impactful results for clients across retail, wholesale, cash management, and payment sectors, showcasing a proven track record of driving success in dynamic and competitive business landscapes.
Bo Knoblauch
Bo Knoblauch joined Visa in 2022 and is leading the Visa Direct sales in Scandinavia and the Baltics. With more than 25 years of payment experience he has obtained deep knowledge of all the different payment options that are available for both doing collections and disbursements on card as well as account rails. Bo has been involved in many fintech launces over the years, starting with making the world’s first internet card transaction in 1996 to the launch of an unattended deposit payout solution using Visa Direct to cards in 2024.
Bridget Meijer
Bridget is the New Markets Manager at SurePay and a seasoned payments expert with 16 years of experience at major banks. Driven by a passion for innovation, she leads the expansion of the Verification of Payee solution across Europe and beyond, collaborating with banks and financial institutions to combat fraud and streamline payments. With a customer-centric approach, Bridget is dedicated to delivering secure, frictionless payment experiences on a global scale..jpg)
Camilla Åkerman
Camilla Åkerman has 30+ years of experience in banking, specialising in payments and settlements. She leads NPC's efforts to harmonise Nordic payments, enabling seamless transactions, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency for the Nordic payment ecosystem through the implementation of Nordic rulebooks in new ISO 20022-based infrastructures, which in turn provides end-users with improved payment experiences, increased convenience, and greater control over their financial transactions
Carina OIsson
Christina Fransson
Christina Fransson is the Senior Payment Product Specialist of FIS in EMEA, focusing on Enterprise Payments and new payment methods. She comes with over 20 years of experience in the payment and transaction banking industry. She developed a strong knowledge of the EMEA payments market through different sales positions at major players in the market, interacting with European banks on their strategies, challenges and clients' needs. Her expertise covers instant, domestic and cross-border payments, real-time payments, ISO 200222 migration, PaaS and Verification of Payee.
Dan Axelsson
Responsible for business development within Nordea Transaction Banking. Long background within payment and payment infrastructure from multiple banks and Swedish mobile payment solution Swish.
Daniel Lexander
Daniel Lexander is since 2020 head of Payment Products in SEB. He has 20 years of banking and financial services experience with focus on Cash management and payments with roles in product management and business development. Prior to his present position, Daniel was in Nordea responsible for corporate channels in the cash management area. Earlier positions include Business Solution manager role for Accounts & Payments in SEB and Head of Business development in Bankgirot the Swedish Automated Clearing House for Payments. Daniel holds Master of Finance in business administration and economics from Stockholm University.jpg)
Debi Bell Hoskings
Debi Bell Hosking returns to the NextGen Nordics stage this year, keen to see where conversations land as regulation, technology and global business strategies continue to change and adapt at a rapid rate.Having freelanced for the Finextra TV team for well over 10 years, Debi has witnessed Europe’s Payments point of view first hand.
Outside of Finextra, Debi moderates events, panel sessions and roundtable discussions with leaders & innovators of AI in its various forms, discovering how they identify value and lessons learned along the way.
Leaning on her journalistic experience and performance training, Debi encourages all of those attending this year’s event to share their own experiences and be part of the discussion.
Emmie Silén
Emmie Silén has been working as Product Manager within the Payments Area at SEB since 2022. With a career at SEB spanning over a decade, Emmie has held various roles since joining the company in 2009. Prior to her current position in product management, she successfully managed multiple cash management projects as a project manager. Emmie is also actively involved in working with new payment regulations and product development, including the implementation of Instant Payments and Verification of Payee.
Fredrik Tallqvist
Regional Representative for Finland and the Baltic countries at EBA CLEARING, the leading provider of pan-European payment infrastructure solutions, owned by 48 of the major banks operating in Europe. Before joining EBA CLEARING, he worked as a payments consultant and a product manager at a Nordic bank.
Gary Wright
Gary Wright is the Head of Research for Finextra, the leading multimedia and content platform for the financial services industry. He leads the debate on the next generation of banking innovation, industry initiatives, global trends, and new business models. Prior to Finextra he worked for The Royal Bank of Scotland in many senior roles in global transaction services.
Dr. Igor Mate
Jonas Palm
Jon Påhls
Jon Påhls is Head of Engineering at Ericsson Mobile Financial Services. With a strong track record in driving complex fintech development at scale and nearly 20 years at Ericsson, Jon has led global teams across Sweden, China, and the U.S. to deliver secure, high-performing digital financial solutions. He has played a key role in the evolution of Ericsson’s financial services platform and now leads the transformation of its engineering into a cutting-edge fintech organization serving hundreds of millions of users. Beyond fintech, Jon brings deep expertise from roles in telecom R&D, product development, and large-scale systems integration.
Liam Xavier
Liam's experience at Finextra, the leading independent newswire and information source for the worldwide financial technology community, gives him a unique perspective on the forces shaping the future of finance.His role as reporter combined with a varied 10+ years' experience across lifestyle magazines, corporate content, and events, makes him the perfect moderator for this year's event.
Liam's expertise, honed through years of freelance and agency work, and his experience in blending lifestyle, theatre, and corporate elements, ensures insightful discussions that delve into the heart of the Nordic financial ecosystem, while keeping the conversation engaging.
Marilin Pikaro
Marilin Pikaro, Director of Innovation, Conduct and Consumers, oversees thematic and policy work on digital finance, payments, ICT and security risks, consumer protection, and AML/CFT. With extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, Marilin has served as a special advisor to the European Commission, Chief Compliance Officer, and a member of executive teams and management boards. She has also led fraud investigation and dispute services and worked as a senior investigator in criminal police. Marilin holds a postgraduate degree in Financial Strategy and has completed an EMBA program at Oxford University.
Martin Georgzén
Martin Georgzén is the Chief Commercial Officer at Bankgirot, where he leads the company’s client facing functions. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and a strong background in payments, he is passionate about driving Bankgirot and the Swedish payments sector forward in its modernization. As the industry transitions into a new mass payments infrastructure based on ISO 20022, Martin plays a key role in shaping its future.Prior to joining Bankgirot, he served among others as Nordic Head of Payments Development at Danske Bank and Head of Customers & Relations at P27 Nordic Payments.
Matthieu Mulot
Matthieu Mulot is an experienced professional in the mobile payment industry who has transitioned to the Worldline Open Banking department. Initially as an Account-to-Account Product Manager, he is currently responsible for overseeing products related to Verification of Payee and ensuring compliance with PSD2 and PSD3 regulations.
Mauriceo Castanheiro
Mauriceo Castanheiro (CFE, CAMS) is a Product and Industry Expert at Nasdaq Verafin with over 20 years’ experience fighting fraud in the financial industry. Having held key positions in fraud management at two of Canada’s largest banks, including roles in business intelligence, operations, analytics and strategy, Mauriceo brings a wealth of experience to Nasdaq Verafin and his work informing the development of innovative solutions to fight financial crime.
Nanna Bergmann
Nanna Bergmann is Managing Director of Moonrise, Lunar’s independent payment infrastructure unit, leading its expansion across the Nordics. With a background in fintech and commercial leadership, she brings experience from The Bank of London, Google UK, S360, and Arla Foods. Nanna is driving Moonrise’s mission to deliver real-time, API-first payments for fintechs, PSPs, and banks. She joined to unlock the region’s BaaS potential and scale a platform already processing €5B+ daily. Known for her strategic vision and execution focus, Nanna is passionate about building strong teams and long-term customer partnerships to reshape the Nordic financial ecosystem.jpg)
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Oskar Havland
With over 20 years in the financial sector, Oskar has held senior roles driving customer-centric services, operational efficiency, and complex transformations across the Nordics and beyond. He’s currently leading the development of ISO 20022-native payment solutions and explores how AI can unlock new opportunities.
Paulina Kudlacik
Paulina has 5+ years of experience working in payments and currently holds the role of Scheme Manager for the Nordic Confirmation of Payee scheme at the Nordic Payments Council. In her daily work she owns and manages the CoP/VoP scheme that is vital to the Nordic banking community in the times of payment infrastructure transformation and changing regulatory landscape in the EU.
Perttu Kröger
Perttu Kröger is a seasoned leader of digital payments business with over 15 years of experience from Retail banking, Payments & Fintechs. He currently serves as the Country Manager for MobilePay in Finland, overseeing the company's daily operations and implementation of strategic initiatives. In addition, Perttu works as Director of Open Banking for Payment Strategy area. Vipps MobilePay is the leading Mobile Payments company in Nordics with more than 12 million users and 450 thousand payment points, across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Sarah Fallström
Sarah Fallström is the Business Development Director for Money Movement Solutions at Visa, overseeing partnerships and initiatives in the Nordics and Baltics. With a strong background in financial services, Sarah previously led sales and client management teams at Swedbank Corporates & Institutions and held senior roles at Nordea, including Head of Commercial Cards.
Sarah Hager
Sebastian Siepen
Sebastian Siepen leads the intermediary proposition within the Digital Euro Directorate at the ECB. He holds responsibility in defining the digital euro's value proposition for banks and non-bank PSPs, covering key areas like compensation models, holding limits, rollout strategy, and integration within the broader payment ecosystem. Before joining the ECB, he worked in multiple roles within the Corporate & Investment Bank of Deutsche Bank in Germany, France and the US.
Ville Sointu
Ville Sointu is the Chief Strategist for digital currencies at Nordea Bank. With a career spanning since 2002 in fintech, Ville has held pivotal roles globally, innovating in financial services and connected devices. His expertise is recognized in influential circles, including the European Central Bank's former Digital Euro Market Advisory Group, the board of Mobey Forum and the advisory board of GSMA's Inclusive Tech Lab. Ville has also contributed to a number of key industry and policy organizations like the EBF, OECD and EBA and in his free time enjoys co-hosting the 'Fintech Daydreaming' podcast, sharing his insights into fintech's evolving landscape.
Ylva Palmqvist