Cards & Payments 2012 - Speaker list

Rajat joined Attra in 2007 and looked after Business Development for the Australian and New Zealand market. In 2008, Rajat took over as the Head of the Australian business unit looking after sales and operations and has been responsible for doubling the revenue of the Australia unit in the first 12 months. Rajat now runs AUD10 million+...

17 years investment and retail banking both in NZ and in UK. End to end business responsibility for the personal finance business and joint responsibility for the housing business. 8.5 years at Kiwibank involved, after initial launch, in building the bank, growing market share and delivery of the brand promise. Held various marketing and strategy...

John Banfield is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of TNS’ Payments division in the Asia Pacific region. With over 25 years of experience, John brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in business development, business-to-business solutions, and client management. John’s broad strengths include strategic planning, merchant...

Lance Blockley is the Managing Director of Edgar, Dunn & Company. He has 30 years experience in senior management and consulting in the UK, USA, Asia and Australia. Lance has pioneered the use of transaction data to underpin marketing strategy development and market segmentation, and was the creator of the firm’s powerful Slice & Dice diagnostic ...

Russell Briant is the Strategy Principal Payments & E-Commerce at BNZ. He has been with BNZ since 1984 specialising in cards and payments.

Chris Broad was appointed Visa’s Head of Acceptance for Australia and New Zealand in November 2011. He is responsible for managing all industry, strategic and acceptance initiatives for Visa merchants in the Australian market. Chris brings a wealth of cards and payments experience to the role. Prior to joining Visa he had been with Citibank...

Jane Calder is a results orientated, strategic marketer with over twenty years experience encompassing both management consultancy and client side roles. Her current role is General Manager Marketing at Heritage Building Society, Australia’s largest building society where she is responsible for marketing communications, product development and...

Andrew Cheesman has been General Manager, Merchant Solutions with Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) since February 2010. In this role, Andrew is responsible for leading Australia’s largest Merchant Acquirer, with just under 200,000 terminals and around 30% market share of credit and debit volumes. Among its card payments initiatives, CBA has...

Nigel has been working with leading card issuers and payment providers in Canada since 2000. He is recognized within the card payment industry as an innovation leader having worked in the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA for payment clients including Telcos, the payment brands, retailers and card issuers. He led the initiative to establish the...

With Certegy and then FIS for 10 years. I am now in charge of pre-paid and mobile banking for FIA Asutralasia.

Richard Cooper is Vice President, Director of Marketing Strategy for FIS. His global remit gives him responsibility for defining and executing FIS’ marketing strategy in the company’s 100+ markets outside of North America. FIS is the world’s number one provider of banking technology to the financial sector, serving 13,000 clients worldwide. ...

Marcus has worked in the cards and payments sector for over 10 years and has worked in two of Australia’s largest Banks where he held various positions in their respective Merchant Acquiring businesses. More recently, Marcus has moved to the ‘client-side’ where he manages the card acquiring business for BP Australia. He is also responsible for...

Malcolm Edey was appointed to the position of Assistant Governor (Financial System) at the Reserve Bank of Australia in April 2009. He is responsible for overseeing the Bank’s work on issues related to financial stability and payments system policy. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Payments System Board. Dr Edey graduated from the University of...

Mr. Dag-Inge Flatraaker is General Manager and Head of Group Interbank Infrastructure and Payment system Strategy at DnB NOR Bank. Academical background includes; Master Degree in Economics (University of Oslo) 1986 and a mid-career program at Harvard University (Boston) in Public and Business Administration 1993/94. He holds key positions both in ...

Anil is founder and chairman of ATTRA, a global IT solution company in the financial services domain. He has been responsible for building a truly global organization operating in Australia, India, Asia, Middle East, UK and US. As chairman of ATTRA, a global IT solution company, Anil is deeply involved in understanding landscape of financial...

David joined GE Capital in August 2008 as the Strategic Marketing Director across the GE Money portfolio. In early 2009 he moved into the role of Marketing Director Retailer Solutions, the number one issuer of retail credit cards in Australia. In this role he leads the Marketing team across 14 credit cards and retail finance products. David has...

Shuan Ghaidan is head of Global Product with the International Division of UnionPay and manages Business Development for UnionPay in the South Pacific. In this position, he drives product development and management for payment products for UnionPay and sales for the Australasian markets. Shuan was formerly Group Head and Senior Vice...

Chris Hamilton has been Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) since 2006. APCA is the self-regulatory body and industry association for Australian payments. It provides the venue for banks, non-bank financial institutions, large merchants and many others engaged in the Australian payments system to work...

David Issa is a national account executive at Optus Singtel, working in the prepaid sales division; David has worked with Optus for over 13 years in various roles across the business and also had a recent stint in the UK with Car Phone Warehouse. David currently manages the recharge distribution strategy across the Optus Prepaid business, working...

Greg is the head of Aussies continuously growing portfolio of consumer products. Originally known for home loans, Aussie now offers consumers a viable alternative to the banks in credit cards, personal lending, life and general insurances, and of course home loans. Greg joined Aussie at the end of 2007 after spending 5 years with the...

Vipin Kalra is Visa’s Country Manager for Australia. This role encompasses many aspects in relation to Visa’s growth in consumer credit, debit and commercial payments in Australia. Vipin’s responsibilities include business development, product, marketing and managing relationship with clients and business partners in Australia. The growth in...

Joseph Lombardo is currently the Country Manager for the secure transactions business unit in Australia and New Zealand for Gemalto. With over 15 years experience in banking, Joseph joined Gemalto to be part of the exciting evolution and revolution happening in payment technologies. Joseph brings his banking insight and pragmatism to the world of ...

Dee McGrath is the Vice President - Financial Services Industry Group at HP Enterprise Services, Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Dee is responsible for setting the overall strategy and driving the growth of HP’s cards & payments and mortgage processing portfolio across the region. As part of her role, Dee leads the management and delivery...

Kelini Pin joined SPS in August 2006. Kelini has over 18 years experience in the financial services primarily in the areas of strategy, business development, marketing and project management. Prior to joining SPS Kelini held a number of Executive Management roles in retail Banking at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia including Internet...

Wiebe Ruttenberg (The Netherlands, 1967) started his career in 1994 as a Policy Advisor to the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands on Energy, Telecom and Infrastructure Issues. In 1999 he joined De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) to become Project Secretary for the National 2002 Euro Change Over Project. After finalisation of the euro change over he ...

Worked in the banking industry for over 20 years with more than 10 years managing card businesses for various Financial Institutions. History - Bendigo Bank - 12 years Members Equity Bank 4.5 years Fiserv Solutions Australia - 2 years Victoria Teachers Credit Union - 4.5 years

Cris Topfner-Rigby is a payment executive with over 20 years experience in the industry and a background in military research both in Australia and abroad. At Coles, Cris’ responsibilities include payment strategy and policy advice, operational excellence, maintenance and support of the payments eco-systems, sourcing and vendor management, as...

Natalie joined Hoyts in 2008 to manage their gift card program which was initially launched in the Australian arm of the business. Natalie is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies for engaging and retaining customers. This has been achieved through product enhancements and pricing across multiple sales channels which...