February 2012 Newsletter

EBF is delighted to announce that salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, will be the Headline Sponsor at the 10th anniversary of the European Banking Forum taking place at the 5 star Royal Garden Hotel London on the 8-10 May 2012.

The event will look at new ways of driving profit and performance at the leading Retail Banks in EMEA.

Presentations include the following:

Building Sustainability for a Retail Bank
Des Crowley, CEO, Retail Banking, Bank of Ireland
Global Payments: Innovations in Technology, Strategy and Development
Roel Wolfort, Senior Vice President, Visa Consulting
Embracing Virtualisation to Reduce Infrastructure Costs in the Increasing Complex Environment
Marc Guillouet, Head of production/ Information/ Infrastructure, Société Générale
Solving Security Requirements for Cloud Based Services in Addition to Business Social Networking Requirements
Ronny Khan, Head Security Solutions Internet Banking and Payments at DNB

EBF 2012 will begin with an evening drinks reception and canapés on Tuesday, 8 May followed by a full programme of business and social activities on 9 - 10 May 2012.

Delegates attending for meetings, seminar programme and networking so far include the following:

BANK	TITLE	COUNTRY
CITI	Head of Information Security EMEA	UK
HSBC	Head of Payment & Commercial Operations	UK
ABN Amro	Global IT Architect	Netherlands
RBS	Head of Retentions	UK
ING Bank	Director Internet Sales & Service	Netherlands
BNP Paribas	Head of SSC Internet and Mobile Banking	France
Barclays	COO, Technology	UK

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EBF Dining Club
In addition to the annual meetings, EBF also offers extended networking opportunities during EBF Dining Club customised events..

The next meeting will be a Breakfast Briefing exploring ‘New Strategies for Managing Mortgage Risk’ taking place in London on 29th March sponsored by Ordnance Survey.

To ensure you are up-to-date with the latest market drivers and strategies in the banking sector, we have attached (right) news from the industry. Please read through and let us know your thoughts. We will be happy to hear your feedback.

For more information concerning EBF 2012 or EBF Dining Club please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards,

Nadine Placzek
EBF Forum Director
T: +44 (0) 20 7936 6945
E: nadineplaczek@arena-international.com
W: www.ebfforum.com

Rex Pointon
EBF Forum Director
T: +44 (0) 20 7936 6702
E: rexpointon@arena-international.com
W: www.ebfforum.com