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Kai Beckmann
Chairman of the Executive Board and Group CEO – Merck

Oliver Behrens
CEO – flatexDEGIRO

Robin Binder
CEO and Founder – NAO

Tanja Birkholz
CEO – SCHUFA

Peter Bosek
CEO – Erste Group

Mark Branson
President – BaFin

Isabelle Chevelard
CEO – TARGO Germany

Béatrice Cossa-Dumurgier
CEO Western Europe – Revolut

Dr. Viktoria Danzer
Senior Partner Financial Services – Roland Berger

Sven Deglow
CEO – DKB

Karim el Abiary
Chief Operating Officer – Creditplus Bank

Nurten Erdogan
Chief Financial Officer – ING Germany

Ralph Erhard
Global Lead Financial Services – Eraneos

Zoé Fabian-Frey
General Partner – Noteus Partners

Wolfgang Fink
CEO – Goldman Sachs Bank Europe

Julien Gherairi
Technology Strategist – Adobe

Thomas Gross
President – Federal Association of Public Banks (VÖB)

Rainer Größer
Partner – IBM Consulting Germany

Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister
Director General Digital Euro – Deutsche Bundesbank

Tilo Hacke
Member of the Board of Directors – DKB

Daniel Hellmann
Head of Payment Transactions – Federal Association of German Cooperative Banks (BVR)

Dr. Ingrid Hengster
Country CEO Germany, Global Chairman Investment Banking – Barclays

Heiner Herkenhoff
Chief Executive Officer – Federal Association of German Banks

Raphael Johnen
Founder & CEO – auxmoney

Fritz Jost
Chief B2B Officer – Sygnum

Albrecht Kiel
Regional Managing Director – Visa

Susanne Krehl
Chief Growth Officer – wealthAPI

Lisa Kreilinger
Manager Expert Solutions Consulting – Adobe

Jennifer Lassiter
Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets, Americas, UK and Europe – Standard Chartered

Katharina Lüth
Board Member and Chief Client Officer – Raisin

Andreas Mach
Board of Directors – msg for banking

Sonja Marten
Chief Economist – DZ BANK

Franz von Metzler
Board of Directors – Bankhaus Metzler

Prof. Rob Murray
Chair – DSRB Negotiations (Defence, Security and Resilience Bank)

Rainer Neske
CEO – LBBW

Petri Nikkilä
CEO – Santander Germany

Dr. Bettina Orlopp
CEO – Commerzbank

Nancy Plassmann
Deputy Chairwoman of the Board – Berliner Sparkasse

Dr. Matthias Ramser
Chief Investment Officer – Reichmuth & Co Private Bankers

Dr. Cornelius Riese
CEO – DZ Bank

Steven van Rijswijk
CEO – ING Group

Prof. Jörg Rocholl
President, ESMT Berlin – Member of the Pension Commission

Christian W. Röhl
Chief Economist – Scalable Capital

Simon Schneider
CEO – Sygnum Europe (SEAG)

Prof. Dr. Alexander Schroff
Head of Financial Services DACH – Publicis Sapient

Christian Sewing
CEO – Deutsche Bank

Eva Wunsch-Weber
Chair of the Board of Directors – Frankfurter Volksbank Rhein/Main

Steffen Zeise
Member of the Board of Directors – IKB Deutsche Industriebank
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