Friday 27th February 2015 – Day 2
Click here for the Day 1 agenda
08:00 - Registration & Refreshments
These will be served in the lobby of the hotel.
09:00 - Opening Keynote: Energy – Where Business, Technology and Politics Meet
Dick Benschop - President of Shell 
Dick Benschop was born in Driebergen in the Netherlands. He studied History at the Free University in Amsterdam. He filled a number of positions in the Dutch Parliament and in the Dutch Labour Party. In 1994 he founded his own consultancy firm. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Benschop returned to politics as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.
In 2003, he joined Shell and worked in Shell Energy Europe. He moved to Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of 2006, overseeing the Gas & Power business in Malaysia. In 2009, he took up the role of Vice President Strategy for the Royal Dutch Shell Group. As of 1 May 2011, he was appointed President Director of Shell Netherlands and Vice President of Gas Market Development.
(Source: The Hague Institute for Global Justice)
Dick Benschop was born in Driebergen in the Netherlands. He studied History at the Free University in Amsterdam. He filled a number of positions in the Dutch Parliament and in the Dutch Labour Party. In 1994 he founded his own consultancy firm. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Benschop returned to politics as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.
In 2003, he joined Shell and worked in Shell Energy Europe. He moved to Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of 2006, overseeing the Gas & Power business in Malaysia. In 2009, he took up the role of Vice President Strategy for the Royal Dutch Shell Group. As of 1 May 2011, he was appointed President Director of Shell Netherlands and Vice President of Gas Market Development.
(Source: The Hague Institute for Global Justice)09:40 - Panel Discussion: Security, Risk Management, and Defense in Emerging Markets
Lieutenant-General Sir Graeme Lamb - Special Advisor, G3 & Director, Aegis Defence Services
Cdr. Dave Martin – Former Head of Public Order and Operational Support
I retired in September 2014 as a Commander responsible for Public Order policing across London, having previously been responsible for Specialist Armed Policing. In addition to that I was the national lead for Command and Control and had worked within the Counter Terrorism environment for some time developing a range of policy and operational procedures, largely arising from the lessons learned from Stockwell. Part of that work also involved developing joint working between specialist police and military assets.
Prof. Paul Cornish - Strategy & Security Institute, University of Exeter
Paul Cornish is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter. He was educated at the University of St Andrews (MA Hons, Modern History) and the London School of Economics (MSc Econ, International Relations). He then trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and spent six years in the British Army in the 1980s, serving as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment. After completing his PhD – an assessment of British strategic thought in the early years of the Cold War – at the University of Cambridge, Professor Cornish spent two years as an arms control analyst in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
His research focuses on a variety of topics such as security and defence policy, national strategy, the ethics of armed conflict, cyber security, civil-military relations and US-European security and defence relations. Professor Cornish has been a member of the UK Chief of Defence Staff's Strategic Advisory Panel since 2009 and is an Oxford Martin Fellow in the Global Centre for Cyber Security Capacity Building.
(Source: University of Exeter, RUSI)
Col. (retd.) Phil Wilkinson - Associate Fellow, International Security
Philip Wilkinson served in the British Army for 32 years in the Far East, Middle East, Northern Ireland (6 years), Africa, Falklands and the Balkans. His final appointment was as an assistant director of the UK’s Defence Concepts and Doctrine Centre. He was the principal author of the UK’s and NATO’s Peace Support Operations manuals. In 1999, he left the British Army to become a senior research fellow at Kings College, London, where he specialized in civil, military and inter-agency approaches to peace and stability operations in conflict affected countries. He has worked for the British Government, UN and privately as a strategic security policy advisor at the highest levels of government in Bosnia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (18 months), Afghanistan (2 years) and Iraq (current). He obtained his MPHIL at Cranfield University and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.
(Source: Chatham House)
Chair: Christopher D. Kolenda - Senior Military Fellow, King’s College, London
Christopher D. Kolenda serves as the Senior Military Fellow at King’s
College, London. As President and CEO of Kolenda Strategic
Leadership, he consults on leadership, strategy, and human security. He
recently served as the Senior Advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Department of Defense senior leadership and has served four tours of duty in Afghanistan.
Mr. Kolenda graduated from the United States Military Academy and went on to serve in the United States Army with great distinction, to include leading large, complex organizations in the United States, Europe, and in combat in Afghanistan. He also served as an Assistant Professor of History at West Point.
In 2009 he was hand selected by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to develop a new U.S. strategy for the conflict, and was then ordered back to Afghanistan where he co-authored the groundbreaking McChrystal assessment, counterinsurgency guidance, and military strategy. He has since shaped every critical policy and strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. His advice has been adopted by three Secretaries of Defense and the President of the United States.
Lieutenant-General Sir Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb KBE CMG DSO is a retired British Army officer. He is a former Commander of the Field Army at Land Command, known for his contributions to counter-insurgency. Lamb currently serves as a special advisor to strategic advisory firm G3 and as director to private military company Aegis Defence Services. Educated at Rannoch School and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Queen's Own Highlanders as a second lieutenant on 8 March 1973. He has served in Northern Ireland and in various theatres of war including Bosnia. Lamb represented Sandhurst at modern pentathlon; won the army bobsleigh championship in 1975, also coming fifth in the British national championship and 31st in the Nations Cup; and is chairman of the army snowboarding association.
Sir Lamb has been credited with having exercised substantial influence over the evolution of counter-insurgency in Iraq from 2006 onwards. Recent contemporary histories of Iraq paint a favourable impression of Lamb as Senior British Military Representative, suggesting that he, influenced by his experiences in Northern Ireland, convinced his U.S. colleagues to adopt the principle of "limited war" — a process requiring "patience, subtlety, and a willingness to accept that Iraqis' own proclivities were going to drive much of the war's outcome", leading to Lamb's own "strategic engagement initiative' of 2006–2007. It was warmly reported that Lamb's departure in July 2007 left "a tremendous gap in the command's institutional memory".
In August 2009 it was reported that he would be heading for Afghanistan at the direct request of General David Petraeus of the US Army to head a programme designed to repeat the success of his efforts in Iraq whereby insurgents are persuaded to give up their arms, after which he retired from active service.
Cdr. Dave Martin – Former Head of Public Order and Operational Support
I retired in September 2014 as a Commander responsible for Public Order policing across London, having previously been responsible for Specialist Armed Policing. In addition to that I was the national lead for Command and Control and had worked within the Counter Terrorism environment for some time developing a range of policy and operational procedures, largely arising from the lessons learned from Stockwell. Part of that work also involved developing joint working between specialist police and military assets.Prof. Paul Cornish - Strategy & Security Institute, University of Exeter
Paul Cornish is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter. He was educated at the University of St Andrews (MA Hons, Modern History) and the London School of Economics (MSc Econ, International Relations). He then trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and spent six years in the British Army in the 1980s, serving as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment. After completing his PhD – an assessment of British strategic thought in the early years of the Cold War – at the University of Cambridge, Professor Cornish spent two years as an arms control analyst in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
His research focuses on a variety of topics such as security and defence policy, national strategy, the ethics of armed conflict, cyber security, civil-military relations and US-European security and defence relations. Professor Cornish has been a member of the UK Chief of Defence Staff's Strategic Advisory Panel since 2009 and is an Oxford Martin Fellow in the Global Centre for Cyber Security Capacity Building.
(Source: University of Exeter, RUSI)Col. (retd.) Phil Wilkinson - Associate Fellow, International Security
Philip Wilkinson served in the British Army for 32 years in the Far East, Middle East, Northern Ireland (6 years), Africa, Falklands and the Balkans. His final appointment was as an assistant director of the UK’s Defence Concepts and Doctrine Centre. He was the principal author of the UK’s and NATO’s Peace Support Operations manuals. In 1999, he left the British Army to become a senior research fellow at Kings College, London, where he specialized in civil, military and inter-agency approaches to peace and stability operations in conflict affected countries. He has worked for the British Government, UN and privately as a strategic security policy advisor at the highest levels of government in Bosnia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (18 months), Afghanistan (2 years) and Iraq (current). He obtained his MPHIL at Cranfield University and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.
(Source: Chatham House)Chair: Christopher D. Kolenda - Senior Military Fellow, King’s College, London
Christopher D. Kolenda serves as the Senior Military Fellow at King’s
College, London. As President and CEO of Kolenda Strategic
Leadership, he consults on leadership, strategy, and human security. He
recently served as the Senior Advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Department of Defense senior leadership and has served four tours of duty in Afghanistan.
Mr. Kolenda graduated from the United States Military Academy and went on to serve in the United States Army with great distinction, to include leading large, complex organizations in the United States, Europe, and in combat in Afghanistan. He also served as an Assistant Professor of History at West Point.
In 2009 he was hand selected by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to develop a new U.S. strategy for the conflict, and was then ordered back to Afghanistan where he co-authored the groundbreaking McChrystal assessment, counterinsurgency guidance, and military strategy. He has since shaped every critical policy and strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. His advice has been adopted by three Secretaries of Defense and the President of the United States.11:00 - Refreshments
This will be served in the lobby of the hotel.
11:20 - Keynote
Ahti Vilppula - Investor
Ahti Vilppula is a Finnish business man born in Finland. Vilppula lives abroad but has financial interests in Finland (2008). Vilppula started export between the West and the then USSR in Spain. He moved to Brussels, when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Mr. Vilppula bought up in the 1980s with Kai Mäkelä large holdings in provincial newspapers. He bought with private investor Taito Tuunanen shares in the Union Bank of Finland (SYP, today after mergers Nordea) and insurance company Sampo Bank. They sold a quarter of Sampo stock holdings with a considerable profit.
Together with Kai Mäkelä he has over the current decade been a major shareholder in companies such as Saunalahti, Alma Media, Talentum, and Ruukki Group. Mr. Vilppula sold a 10 per cent stake in Ruukki Group in 2008 spring to the Russian bank VTB.
(Source: Wikipedia, Helsinki Times)
Ahti Vilppula is a Finnish business man born in Finland. Vilppula lives abroad but has financial interests in Finland (2008). Vilppula started export between the West and the then USSR in Spain. He moved to Brussels, when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Mr. Vilppula bought up in the 1980s with Kai Mäkelä large holdings in provincial newspapers. He bought with private investor Taito Tuunanen shares in the Union Bank of Finland (SYP, today after mergers Nordea) and insurance company Sampo Bank. They sold a quarter of Sampo stock holdings with a considerable profit.
Together with Kai Mäkelä he has over the current decade been a major shareholder in companies such as Saunalahti, Alma Media, Talentum, and Ruukki Group. Mr. Vilppula sold a 10 per cent stake in Ruukki Group in 2008 spring to the Russian bank VTB.
(Source: Wikipedia, Helsinki Times)12:00 - Keynote: Emerging Markets; 'Hand in Hand'
Wiebo Vaartjes - CEO, Woox Innovations & Former CEO of Philips Electronics Hong Kong
Wiebo Vaartjes is the Chief Executive Officer of WOOX Innovations. Starting his career as a management consultant in the Netherlands, Mr. Vaartjes joined Philips in 1985, building extensive international experience in a range of leadership positions in the consumer electronics business across sales, marketing and operations. In 2006, he became CEO of Philips Lifestyle Entertainment and country CEO of Philips Hong Kong.
In 2013 he lead the transfer of Philips Lifestyle Entertainment to an independent company, named Woox innovations, which is part of Gibson Brands since mid 2014.
Mr. Vaartjes holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Rotterdam, and has recently been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Gibson Brands.
(Source: WOOX Innovations)
Wiebo Vaartjes is the Chief Executive Officer of WOOX Innovations. Starting his career as a management consultant in the Netherlands, Mr. Vaartjes joined Philips in 1985, building extensive international experience in a range of leadership positions in the consumer electronics business across sales, marketing and operations. In 2006, he became CEO of Philips Lifestyle Entertainment and country CEO of Philips Hong Kong.
In 2013 he lead the transfer of Philips Lifestyle Entertainment to an independent company, named Woox innovations, which is part of Gibson Brands since mid 2014.
Mr. Vaartjes holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Rotterdam, and has recently been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Gibson Brands.
(Source: WOOX Innovations)12:40 - Networking Buffet Lunch
Lunch will be served in the lobby of the hotel.
13.40 - Third Workshop Session
Strand E ‘Natural Resources: Aligning the objectives of stakeholders and mining companies in emerging countries’: Sabine Anderson - Principal Consultant, SRK Consulting
Sabine Anderson is a Principal Consultant with SRK Consulting (UK). She is a chartered mining engineer focused on independent technical evaluation of exploration and mining projects, in support of acquisitions, debt and equity finance, including stock exchange listings, where she has project managed numerous large commissions. She has experience in preparing scoping studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Commodity experience includes precious, base and rare-earth metals, industrial and bulk minerals, and precious stones. Ms. Anderson has worked throughout Africa, in Russia and the CIS, Europe and South America.
Strand F ‘Beyond Conventional Wisdom: Building a Brand and Accelerating Growth in Emerging Markets’: Ryan Patel - Vice President of Global Development, Pinkberry
Ryan Patel serves as the Vice President of Global Development for Pinkberry, one of the fastest growing retail brands globally. Since commencing at Pinkberry in 2011, the company has gone from less than 95 locations to over 260 stores in 22 countries and continuing to expand. An expert in growing brands, he has worked for publicly traded to private companies, and has helped build corporate to franchise stores throughout the retail to food segments, both domestically and internationally.
Mr. Patel has been vital in providing valuable strategy and leadership in developing international growth plans across multi-cultural and cross functional teams. He has been a key player at some of the world’s most innovative companies including Pinkberry, Wet Seal Retail, Inc (Arden B and West Seal), Jamba Juice, BJ’s Restaurants, Inc and Panda Express.
Mr. Patel is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities in the United States and around the globe, from college students to CEOs of organizations. He has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped companies grow into world-renowned brands. He received his Bachelors from University of California, Berkeley and received his MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine.
Sabine Anderson is a Principal Consultant with SRK Consulting (UK). She is a chartered mining engineer focused on independent technical evaluation of exploration and mining projects, in support of acquisitions, debt and equity finance, including stock exchange listings, where she has project managed numerous large commissions. She has experience in preparing scoping studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Commodity experience includes precious, base and rare-earth metals, industrial and bulk minerals, and precious stones. Ms. Anderson has worked throughout Africa, in Russia and the CIS, Europe and South America.Strand F ‘Beyond Conventional Wisdom: Building a Brand and Accelerating Growth in Emerging Markets’: Ryan Patel - Vice President of Global Development, Pinkberry
Ryan Patel serves as the Vice President of Global Development for Pinkberry, one of the fastest growing retail brands globally. Since commencing at Pinkberry in 2011, the company has gone from less than 95 locations to over 260 stores in 22 countries and continuing to expand. An expert in growing brands, he has worked for publicly traded to private companies, and has helped build corporate to franchise stores throughout the retail to food segments, both domestically and internationally.
Mr. Patel has been vital in providing valuable strategy and leadership in developing international growth plans across multi-cultural and cross functional teams. He has been a key player at some of the world’s most innovative companies including Pinkberry, Wet Seal Retail, Inc (Arden B and West Seal), Jamba Juice, BJ’s Restaurants, Inc and Panda Express.
Mr. Patel is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities in the United States and around the globe, from college students to CEOs of organizations. He has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped companies grow into world-renowned brands. He received his Bachelors from University of California, Berkeley and received his MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine.
14.40 - Fourth Workshop Session
Strand G Renewable Energy and Clean Technology – Martin Schoenberg - Head of Policy, Advisory, Climate Change Capital
Martin Schoenberg previously worked for the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety focusing on the European Council. At the ministry, he also prepared meetings of the EU Environment Council with a particular emphasis on climate-energy policy. Before that he worked for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) supporting the international climate negotiations. He also worked for the UN Environment Programme Liaison Office to the EU in Brussels during the creation of the integrated climate-energy policy for 2020.
Mr. Schoenberg holds a BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. (Source: Climate Change Capital)
Strand H Urbanisation and Infrastructure – Martin Perks - Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Mott MacDonald
I am passionate about changing the bottom line of companies through effective partnership with suppliers, buyers and the workforce. I apply my experience in behavioural contracting from the construction and infrastructure arena to improving the way businesses operate through efficient delivery and effective collaboration enabling them to do what they do for ever.
Through acquired skills I identify inefficient behaviour, practices and attitudes, and from training as a performance coach I seek to empower people to change. I understand the power of teamwork and the capability a team gains through mutual trust and cooperation, placing accountability through the roles and responsibilities allocated across the team. My leadership style is based on inspiring people to achieve and empowering the individual, as part of a team, to continuously improve towards efficient operation, taking out waste from processes to deliver optimal commercial performance.
When developing relationships with stakeholders, or participants, I change behaviour by positive “can do” actions combined with an upbeat and positive personality, promoting a collaborative delivery capability, identifying mutually beneficial agreements. In empowering people I use a naturally creative outlook to “lead by example” using motivation and performance improvement skills. I harness the combined knowledge, from a range of industry sectors, with essential technical skills in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management; master planning and strategic decision making; Commercial business case and cost management; Procurement and complex negotiation, successfully realising controlled beneficial outcomes in an environment of continuous improvement., Jo Baker - Transport Planner, Mott MacDonald
As professionals we face a huge challenge in trying to ensure that people in developing countries can benefit from appropriate solutions which enables safe and affordable access to education, employment, healthcare and fresh food. If we are to achieve this we need to adopt a robust and inclusive approach to the development of sustainable transport plans, and to the commitment of local stakeholders to delivering and enforcing those plans.
Over the last 15 years my work as a transport planner has increasingly focused on the interactions between transport and the society which is served by transport.
I have a particular interest in the development of socially inclusive transport as a mechanism to promote sustainable urban development and have explored such themes in research for the UK Government which led to policy guidance on Accessibility Planning, and on the Social Impacts of Public Transport. Previously I led research for the Commission for Integrated Transport on the relationship between sustainable transport and the retail sector.
I have also worked on a range of EU-funded research programmes, including the City of Tomorrow programme where I led studies looking at the interaction of Land-Use and Transport Research as well as Future Vehicles. and Clare Wildfire - Buildings and Infrastructure, Mott MacDonald
I am Urbanisation Director for Europe and North Africa. I am passionate about using cross disciplinary synergy and integrated systems thinking to enable more people to be accommodated in urban areas for less cost, consuming less energy, materials and water, emitting less CO2, and cutting waste, while achieving an enhanced quality of life.
I bring a practical understanding of development drivers and processes at both macro and micro level, gained through over 25 years as a low energy engineer in the built environment. Combining this with recent engagement at policy level I am able to bring insight into the technical, political, financial and behavioural aspects of sustainability, particularly in the areas of energy efficiency and thermal master planning in the built environment.
My role is often to lead stakeholders through a process of objective setting and risk assessment, where my ability to apply clarity and sensitivity in this fast moving area allows decisions to be taken in an informed manner despite a lack of precedent or future certainty. In particular, working for both developers and policy makers engaging with the low carbon agenda has given me a valuable understanding of how to align objectives and optimise outcomes.
Martin Schoenberg previously worked for the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety focusing on the European Council. At the ministry, he also prepared meetings of the EU Environment Council with a particular emphasis on climate-energy policy. Before that he worked for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) supporting the international climate negotiations. He also worked for the UN Environment Programme Liaison Office to the EU in Brussels during the creation of the integrated climate-energy policy for 2020.
Mr. Schoenberg holds a BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. (Source: Climate Change Capital)Strand H Urbanisation and Infrastructure – Martin Perks - Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Mott MacDonald
I am passionate about changing the bottom line of companies through effective partnership with suppliers, buyers and the workforce. I apply my experience in behavioural contracting from the construction and infrastructure arena to improving the way businesses operate through efficient delivery and effective collaboration enabling them to do what they do for ever.
Through acquired skills I identify inefficient behaviour, practices and attitudes, and from training as a performance coach I seek to empower people to change. I understand the power of teamwork and the capability a team gains through mutual trust and cooperation, placing accountability through the roles and responsibilities allocated across the team. My leadership style is based on inspiring people to achieve and empowering the individual, as part of a team, to continuously improve towards efficient operation, taking out waste from processes to deliver optimal commercial performance.
When developing relationships with stakeholders, or participants, I change behaviour by positive “can do” actions combined with an upbeat and positive personality, promoting a collaborative delivery capability, identifying mutually beneficial agreements. In empowering people I use a naturally creative outlook to “lead by example” using motivation and performance improvement skills. I harness the combined knowledge, from a range of industry sectors, with essential technical skills in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management; master planning and strategic decision making; Commercial business case and cost management; Procurement and complex negotiation, successfully realising controlled beneficial outcomes in an environment of continuous improvement.
As professionals we face a huge challenge in trying to ensure that people in developing countries can benefit from appropriate solutions which enables safe and affordable access to education, employment, healthcare and fresh food. If we are to achieve this we need to adopt a robust and inclusive approach to the development of sustainable transport plans, and to the commitment of local stakeholders to delivering and enforcing those plans.
Over the last 15 years my work as a transport planner has increasingly focused on the interactions between transport and the society which is served by transport.
I have a particular interest in the development of socially inclusive transport as a mechanism to promote sustainable urban development and have explored such themes in research for the UK Government which led to policy guidance on Accessibility Planning, and on the Social Impacts of Public Transport. Previously I led research for the Commission for Integrated Transport on the relationship between sustainable transport and the retail sector.
I have also worked on a range of EU-funded research programmes, including the City of Tomorrow programme where I led studies looking at the interaction of Land-Use and Transport Research as well as Future Vehicles.
I am Urbanisation Director for Europe and North Africa. I am passionate about using cross disciplinary synergy and integrated systems thinking to enable more people to be accommodated in urban areas for less cost, consuming less energy, materials and water, emitting less CO2, and cutting waste, while achieving an enhanced quality of life.
I bring a practical understanding of development drivers and processes at both macro and micro level, gained through over 25 years as a low energy engineer in the built environment. Combining this with recent engagement at policy level I am able to bring insight into the technical, political, financial and behavioural aspects of sustainability, particularly in the areas of energy efficiency and thermal master planning in the built environment.
My role is often to lead stakeholders through a process of objective setting and risk assessment, where my ability to apply clarity and sensitivity in this fast moving area allows decisions to be taken in an informed manner despite a lack of precedent or future certainty. In particular, working for both developers and policy makers engaging with the low carbon agenda has given me a valuable understanding of how to align objectives and optimise outcomes.15:40 - Refreshments
This will be served in the lobby of the hotel
16:00 - Panel Discussion: 'Mobile Financial Services in EM'
Gregory Reeve – COO, Mobile Financial Services, Millicom
Greg Reeve is the COO Mobile Financial Services at Millicom. Greg has considerable experience in this field going back to his time as Head of Mobile Payment Solutions at Vodafone. He is on the Board of Directors of Bima, which provides an end-to-end mobile insurance solution for mobile operators in emerging markets. Mr. Reeve is also on the Board of Directors for Circulo Payment, which is a joint venture between Millicom and Kalixa to develop a payments service provider to operate in Africa and Latin America, initially commencing in Colombia and Brazil.
As world leaders in Mobile Financial Services, Millicom helps millions with its convenient, safe and secure means of transferring money with a handset.
To date, Millicom has been among the first worldwide to offer customers the tools to send and receive international remittances and the first to offer cross-border mobile money transfer services with an integrated currency conversion.
(Source: Millicom)
Seema Desai - Head of Mobile Payments, GSMA
Seema Desai is the Head of Mobile Money and Director of Mobile Money for the unbanked Programme (MMU) at the GSM Association, responsible for the definition of MMU’s strategy and the overall quality of delivery by the programme. Prior to joining the GSMA in March 2009, Ms. Desai managed a large portion of the Retail savings P&L for one of the UK’s largest retail banks. She has also been a Manager at Accenture, within their strategy consulting division, where she focused mainly on Financial Services. Ms. Desai completed two secondments to Accenture Development Partnerships, a non-profit arm of Accenture that provides business consulting to NGOs and donor organisations, and has worked in Uganda, Trinidad & Tobago and India. Ms. Desai holds a 1st Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
(Source: Business Call to Action)
Lito Villanueva - Vice President and Head of Payments Innovation, Digital Ecosystem Build and Global Engagements, Smart Communications
Lito Villanueva is the lead in unlocking the huge potential of e-money by introducing innovations on payments, digital commerce experiences and a wide range of emerging digital payment platforms. This includes building a dynamic payments ecosystem. His task is to reimagine how consumers interact with their money for payments and commerce through innovative product and services. He also covers strategic alliances with both international and local entities that would best promote Smart’s business interests and accelerate market expansion and leadership.
Mr. Villanueva commenced his career at The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), then at the Land Bank of the Philippines, IFC of the World Bank Group to develop enabling mobile money opportunities in Mongolia. Followed by customer strategy and market activation lead for VISA global mobile products covering emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and EMEA.
(Source: LinkedIn, MEF Global Forum)
Selma Ribica - Commercial Strategy and Product Innovation, M-Pesa, Vodafone
Selma Ribica is a senior business development professional with 10 years of work experience in emerging markets. After growing up in Bosnia, she studied international economics in Prague and completed a master's degree in marketing in Paris. She has expertise in mobile financial services, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, and commercial real estate. She spent her early career working on various Real Estate projects in Italy and the Czech Republic. In 2007, she joined Jones Lang LaSalle Moscow as a Director, responsible for major projects in the Moscow Real Estate market. Ms. Ribica is currently leading commercial strategy across 10 M-Pesa markets: international remittances, interoperability, and deepening the financial inclusion through new relevant products for M-Pesa customers.
(Source: Pericles Law Center, LinkedIn)
Chair: Susie Lonie - Mobile Payments Consultant at SJL Consulting Services
Susie Lonie is one of the world’s leading experts in Mobile Payments in emerging markets. She has strategic and practical “hands on” experience of developing and operating mobile money services in emerging markets including Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, India, and Nigeria.
Ms. Lonie is one of the creators of the M-PESA money transfer service. In 2005 whilst employed by Vodafone Group she developed and ran M-PESA as a small pilot in Kenya working with the local Operator, Safaricom, then redeveloped this system to be suitable for national launch in 2007 whilst recruiting and training the local M-PESA team to run the service. She then facilitated the M-PESA launch in Vodacom Tanzania whilst supporting rapid growth in Kenya and developing new services to add to the M-PESA portfolio. M-PESA in East Africa currently has over 19 million active customers. Ms. Lonie was later seconded to Vodacom South Africa where she supervised the launch of their mobile money service then led a team to identify the technical and commercial requirements for interconnection with conventional financial services.
In 2010 she was the co-winner of “The Economist Innovation Award for Social and Economic Innovation” for her work on M-PESA in Kenya.
Ms. Lonie left Vodafone to set up her own business as a Mobile Payments consultant in mid-2011.
Greg Reeve is the COO Mobile Financial Services at Millicom. Greg has considerable experience in this field going back to his time as Head of Mobile Payment Solutions at Vodafone. He is on the Board of Directors of Bima, which provides an end-to-end mobile insurance solution for mobile operators in emerging markets. Mr. Reeve is also on the Board of Directors for Circulo Payment, which is a joint venture between Millicom and Kalixa to develop a payments service provider to operate in Africa and Latin America, initially commencing in Colombia and Brazil.
As world leaders in Mobile Financial Services, Millicom helps millions with its convenient, safe and secure means of transferring money with a handset.
To date, Millicom has been among the first worldwide to offer customers the tools to send and receive international remittances and the first to offer cross-border mobile money transfer services with an integrated currency conversion.
(Source: Millicom)Seema Desai - Head of Mobile Payments, GSMA
Seema Desai is the Head of Mobile Money and Director of Mobile Money for the unbanked Programme (MMU) at the GSM Association, responsible for the definition of MMU’s strategy and the overall quality of delivery by the programme. Prior to joining the GSMA in March 2009, Ms. Desai managed a large portion of the Retail savings P&L for one of the UK’s largest retail banks. She has also been a Manager at Accenture, within their strategy consulting division, where she focused mainly on Financial Services. Ms. Desai completed two secondments to Accenture Development Partnerships, a non-profit arm of Accenture that provides business consulting to NGOs and donor organisations, and has worked in Uganda, Trinidad & Tobago and India. Ms. Desai holds a 1st Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
(Source: Business Call to Action)Lito Villanueva - Vice President and Head of Payments Innovation, Digital Ecosystem Build and Global Engagements, Smart Communications
Lito Villanueva is the lead in unlocking the huge potential of e-money by introducing innovations on payments, digital commerce experiences and a wide range of emerging digital payment platforms. This includes building a dynamic payments ecosystem. His task is to reimagine how consumers interact with their money for payments and commerce through innovative product and services. He also covers strategic alliances with both international and local entities that would best promote Smart’s business interests and accelerate market expansion and leadership.
Mr. Villanueva commenced his career at The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), then at the Land Bank of the Philippines, IFC of the World Bank Group to develop enabling mobile money opportunities in Mongolia. Followed by customer strategy and market activation lead for VISA global mobile products covering emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and EMEA.
(Source: LinkedIn, MEF Global Forum)Selma Ribica - Commercial Strategy and Product Innovation, M-Pesa, Vodafone
Selma Ribica is a senior business development professional with 10 years of work experience in emerging markets. After growing up in Bosnia, she studied international economics in Prague and completed a master's degree in marketing in Paris. She has expertise in mobile financial services, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, and commercial real estate. She spent her early career working on various Real Estate projects in Italy and the Czech Republic. In 2007, she joined Jones Lang LaSalle Moscow as a Director, responsible for major projects in the Moscow Real Estate market. Ms. Ribica is currently leading commercial strategy across 10 M-Pesa markets: international remittances, interoperability, and deepening the financial inclusion through new relevant products for M-Pesa customers.
(Source: Pericles Law Center, LinkedIn)Chair: Susie Lonie - Mobile Payments Consultant at SJL Consulting Services
Susie Lonie is one of the world’s leading experts in Mobile Payments in emerging markets. She has strategic and practical “hands on” experience of developing and operating mobile money services in emerging markets including Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, India, and Nigeria.
Ms. Lonie is one of the creators of the M-PESA money transfer service. In 2005 whilst employed by Vodafone Group she developed and ran M-PESA as a small pilot in Kenya working with the local Operator, Safaricom, then redeveloped this system to be suitable for national launch in 2007 whilst recruiting and training the local M-PESA team to run the service. She then facilitated the M-PESA launch in Vodacom Tanzania whilst supporting rapid growth in Kenya and developing new services to add to the M-PESA portfolio. M-PESA in East Africa currently has over 19 million active customers. Ms. Lonie was later seconded to Vodacom South Africa where she supervised the launch of their mobile money service then led a team to identify the technical and commercial requirements for interconnection with conventional financial services.
In 2010 she was the co-winner of “The Economist Innovation Award for Social and Economic Innovation” for her work on M-PESA in Kenya.
Ms. Lonie left Vodafone to set up her own business as a Mobile Payments consultant in mid-2011.
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