Here are the links to the bios and presentations from the speakers of our June 23, 2015 event in London, UK :

"Europe Meets the U.S. on Payments Trends"

Speaker and Moderator - Daniel Chatelain - The BayPayForum- Bio & Presentation

Speaker - Mark Beresford - Edgar, Dunn & Company - Bio & Presentation

Panelist - John McCarthy- Fexco - Bio & Presentation

Panelist - Christophe Bourbier- Limonetik- Bio & Presentation

Panelist - Brian Hanrahan- Sentenial- Bio & Presentation

Panelist -Mark Hartley- FIS- Bio & Presentation

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Mark Beresford, Director at Edgar, Dunn & Company

Mark's Bio:

Mark Beresford is a Director located in the London office. After graduating from Leicester University Mark spent thirteen years within EDS’s Financial Services practice in London where he provided consulting services to a range of clients within the Payment Services, Retail Banking and Investment Banking sectors. After EDS he was the Associate Director of the e-Commerce team within NCR’s Financial Services practice, here Mark worked closely with the R&D team to develop new payment solutions. At Scient, a leading e-Business strategy consultancy, over a two year assignment he held the position of the Client Engagement Manager responsible for all non-US consulting services provided to the world’s largest private label credit card issuer. Here he developed and delivered a major e-business initiative that significantly reduced operational costs and provided superior services for their cardholders. Mark joined EDC in 2003 and has worked on a number of client engagements including major retailers, supermarkets and online retailers across Europe. He also works on prepaid, retailer loyalty, and gifting initiatives in both the UK and mainland Europe. In doing so he has worked closely with the UK FCA to secure the appropriate e-money issuing licences. Mark has a working knowledge of the legal and regulatory landscape, which is increasingly a vital component for the design, and implementation of workable payment products and services. He has been instrumental in EDC’s response to support omni-channel and multichannel retailers, working with both suppliers and retailers in this evolving area of customer and payment services. Mark led a multi-national team to develop a migration strategy for the Japanese payments industry to adopt Chip & PIN. Other significant client engagements that Mark has provided consulting advice include online gaming operators, payment service providers, airlines, e-wallet providers and card schemes across Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Australia and the US.

Mark's Presentation:

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Christophe Bourbier, Chairman and Co-Founder, Limonetik

Christophe's Bio:

Christopje Bourbier is a serial entrepreneur and an executive with 14 years of experience in general management, product management, competitive & disruptive strategy, communication & PR, and fundraising.
Upon completion of his Master in Business and International Relations at the University of San Diego, California, he launches PlastiSynergy in 1999 (a MarketPlace dedicated to plastic surgeons), creates Cre@TV in 2001 and Onsite, an events company in 2005. In parallel with these entrepreneurial experiences, he performs as consultant in the CapGemini Group for 5 years. Finally, he co-founded Limonetik in 2007, with the aim to simplify online payments.

Christophe's Presentation:

Daniel Chatelain, Managing Director, The BayPay Forum

Daniel's Bio:

Daniel Chatelain is a payment industry executive focused on innovation in commerce and sitting on the board of directors or advisors of emerging companies. He started The BayPay Forum to help foster innovation in payment and commerce. The organization gathers today over 8,000 executives from over 2,800 different companies and organizes events for senior executives to understand new trends and network with peers. Prior to that, Daniel was CEO, President & COO of companies he started as an entrepreneur or within the Lagardere (Elle, Woman’s Day, Car & Driver, Hachette, Canal Satellite) and EADS group (Airbus, Ariane, Eurocopter) and Vice President of a VC backed companies giving him a wide experience of growing companies domestically and internationally in the banking, telecom and interactive media industries as an entrepreneur, corporate or VC backed senior executive.

Daniel's Presentation:

John McCarthy, Executive Director at Fexco & CEO at Taxamo

John's Bio:

John holds the position of Executive Director on the FEXCO Holdings Board and heads FEXCO’s Mobile payment strategy. FEXCO is Ireland’s most successful multinational financial and business solutions provider, established in 1981 with operations in 28 countries and employs over 2,000 people worldwide.  John previously held the positions of Head of New Revenue Streams and Innovation for FEXCO Group and spent two years in Asia Pacific developing FEXCO’s Dynamic Credit Card conversion and Multi-Currency Pricing products, solutions and services.  John is the founder and CEO of Taxamo.  Taxamo provides an EU VAT compliance solution to e-service merchants. John graduated with first class honours from Trinity College Dublin.

John's Presentation:

Brian Hanrahan, Chief Commercial Officer at Sentenial

Brian's Bio:

Currently Sentenial's Chief Commercial Officer (Group) and General Manager (Nuapay), Brian is part of Sentenial's founding team which has brought the company from concept to its current position as one of Europe's leading payment solution providers, processing billions of euro every month for clients including JP Morgan, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, AIB and ING plus over 1000 Corporates & SMEs.
Previously Brian led the company’s Sales & Marketing, Product Management and Business Development divisions. He is a regular contributor to payment industry journals and a speaker at industry events including SIBOS, Fintech Week, The Association of Corporate Treasurers and The International Payments Summit.

Brian's Presentation: