Archives: Speakers

Daniela is a clinical research executive leader with over 20 years’ Life Sciences experience in Research Institutes, Pharmaceutical companies and Contract Research Organisations. Daniela currently holds the Acting Managing Director role for Europe operations at Novotech and has strong expertise in clinical delivery, quality and compliance management, financial management, strategy, and people leadership across many global regions. Daniela holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Adelaide University and is a Board Member for ARCS Australia.

Michael Eilts is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive in the weather and earth intelligence industry with over four decades of experience. As the General Manager of Weather and Earth Intelligence at Spire, he’s dedicated to leveraging space-powered weather solutions to make the world safer, cleaner, and more prosperous.

With 18 years of experience as the President and CEO of Weather Decision Technologies, a company he co-founded, he grew it from a small team to 100 employees before its acquisition by DTN, where he led the Weather Business Unit. His expertise in SaaS business development and meteorology makes him a crucial asset to guide Spire solutions and growth.
With a strong educational foundation, including an MBA and B.S. and M.S degrees in Meteorology, Michael is committed to scaling Spire’s satellite-driven innovative weather and Earth intelligence solutions to helping businesses and organizations thrive in a changing climate.

Frank Wagner is a senior hospitality technology executive with more than 37 years of experience in the global hospitality industry. Over the past 25 years, he has held Director and Vice President leadership roles with leading hospitality technology providers including MICROS, Oracle Hospitality, and NCR, working closely with many of the world’s major hotel groups and restaurant brands across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Frank’s career spans large-scale enterprise technology transformations, including cloud migrations, multi-country PMS and POS rollouts, and the integration of complex hospitality IT ecosystems. He brings a rare combination of vendor, integrator, and operator-focused perspectives, allowing him to translate technology strategy into practical, scalable outcomes for hospitality organizations.

Today, Frank leads ACT International’s strategic expansion, focusing on the global delivery of hospitality technology services and solutions. He regularly speaks on global service models, cloud transformation, and the operational realities of hospitality technology at scale.

• Nick is a highly experience technology asset financer with over 25 years in asset finance. He was most recently Director – Funding & Strategy at Lenovo Financial Services & “As a Service”. In additional, Nick spent 10 years with CIT in various sales leadership & program positions on the Dell Financial Services program in EMEA & APJ, living in the UK, Ireland, and Singapore.
• More recently Nick held the newly created role of Global Strategy and offering development structuring solutioning and funding “as a service” usage and subscription type transactions.
• With technology acting as an enabler with changing customer needs and behaviour, combined with the changing business models of OEMs and vendors are all leading the move from traditional leasing business in the direction of more integrated service focused offerings.
• Nick strategic vision and his practitioners experience of developing and implementing such solutions of immense value to help support clients developing “as a service” and “pay per use” type offerings.

Colin is a board member of Hyperion Fintech – a Swiss asset management and fintech company. He is also the founder of Enablecode, a social enterprise based in Vietnam with the mission to create employment for people with disabilities. Enablecode is a global impact portfolio member of the World Bank’s Solutions for Youth Employment consortium. He is Chairman of the Human Resources committee of the World Bank’s Vietnam Business Forum, representing the private sector to the Vietnam government. He is a global judge of the United Nations Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge and various other competitions. Colin is a regular keynote speaker and media contributor on the topics of artificial intelligence, transformation, and the future of work.

Maria is an accomplished professional with a passion for driving sustainability and innovation within organisations. As an enabler who excels in building relationships and connecting people, she is dedicated to delivering value for individuals and businesses alike

Currently as Head of Sustainability for the Wealth Management and Insurance (WM&I) division at Santander UK, she plays a pivotal role in developing its Sustainability Strategy. She is recognised for her proactive engagement as a spokesperson on sustainability, both internally and externally.

Maria holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Business School, where she specialised in Strategy and has demonstrated her commitment to professional development through certifications in Sustainable Finance and Investment, from Yale University, Business Sustainability Management from The Institute for Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University and Disruptive Strategy at Harvard University. She is a versatile and reliable professional, always seeking collaboration and knowledge-sharing opportunities to promote a culture of growth and change.