ADVISORY BOARD

An inspiring payments expert with strong customer focus, commercial and delivery credentials. Global experience with deep understanding of market complexity, drivers and participants. As Managing Director at Payment Matters, Teresa helps customers to deepen client insight to steer strategy, enhance propositions and build compelling Thought Leadership programmes. Teresa is a highly regarded industry spokesperson, the primary author of the market leading World Payments Report and a strong advocate of diversity.

Beatrice Cornacchia is the creative force leading the company’s brand strategy across the region’s markets. After starting her journey with the company in 1991, Cornacchia went on to head strategic sales functions and numerous marketing teams in a succession of key roles including Head of Consumer Marketing, Europe; Head of Issuer and Merchant Marketing, Europe; and Head of Marketing, Italy and Greece. In 2022, she was listed among Arabian Business’ ‘50 Inspiring Female Business Leaders’ in the region and Campaign Middle East’s ‘Marketing Game Changers’.

Ronel is a business and sales leader with 20 years multinational experience in banking and fintech with P/L responsibility currently at FIS. She has led strategic change initiatives and expanded business operational capability in different regions including defining & executing growth strategy, championing innovation and expansion into new territories. Outcomes focused with strong cross-functional collaboration to achieve business goals. Inclusion & diversity champion as FIS Empower Global Steering Committee member responsible for Partnership Development.

Through diverse roles in Marketing, product development, and technology and payments over the past 20 years, the common thread for Kate is the delivery of great customer journeys and solutions. She has a strong focus on innovation, driven by consumer demand and global market movements. Kate now leads the Strategy and Standards team in Pay.UK with the purpose of driving innovation in the payments ecosystem, enabling a vibrant UK economy.

A banking and payments professional with over 17 years of extensive experience across the Middle East and Africa, Vaanathi is the business head for the MENA region at M2P Fintech. She has worked across verticals from product conceptualization to growth and P&L management.

She has worked expansively with fintech’s across the region and is committed to the cause of women entrepreneurship and leadership as well as inclusion and diversity.

Gabriela has 14 years of experience on the local and international market. Prior to founding Amrop Luxembourg, she started the local office of another leading executive search international network in Luxembourg.

She commands an extensive national, regional and international experience and Board and C-Level network, and is a trusted advisor for Boards, Chairs, CEOs and their executive teams, working across a range of leadership topics in Finance and Digital.