Joe Lapierre is a Digital CEO, Technology and Customer Experience expert who helps large multinational corporations tackle the huge task of digital transformation and Fin-tech startups build an audience and get more paying clients online.
Joe is a sought after speaker, workshop facilitator, startup advisor and digital ecosystem consultant and thought leader. He is considered a digital technology expert and was on the May 2019 cover of FinTech Magazine.
Joe has been living and working in Berlin for the last 3 years and has worked extensively in the US, UK, Europe and Asia.
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Ranila is currently working as a distribution director at Scottish Widows and previously has lead the customer strategy for the SME market as Director of SME Solutions for Aviva in the UK. Before this she was Director of marketing for NEST Pensions where she had responsibility for customer strategy, propositions, distribution, and digital across commercial and retail markets. She has deep experience of delivering business growth and strategies in diverse sectors such as professional services, financial services and charities. She has also been on the board of international development charities and is passionate about gender issues.
John is a seasoned Finance professional with diverse sector experience including financial services, media and technology.
John holds a Masters degree in Finance from the University of Cape Town. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst and previously worked at PwC where he gained extensive experience in the insurance industry. He later took up a director role within Finance at Swiss Re Life Capital.
John also founded a number of businesses including an innovation incubator and a retail property asset management company. Prior to joining B3i, in 2013 he co-founded a B2B online marketplace for traditional advertising in South Africa.
Prof. Robert Somogyi is the Chief Commercial Officer at RotaChrom Technologies, he leads the Commercial department to give a boost to the fame of an exclusive Hungarian product and lead the commercial operation of this unique corporation. He has joined the company 3 years ago with a strong professional background in the health care industry, global business development and brand management.
Professor Somogyi has several-year-long experience in management consultancy as he liaised with leading German companies representing various industries.
He has also spent more than ten years as a Commercial Director at a Worldwide-known Premium brand. Following this, he joined the health care industry, he worked for a worldwide operating health care Swiss company as CEO. He stayed attached to the health-care industry as he created his own company dealing with premium air purification solutions. In the last couple of years, Prof. Somogyi has set his extended professional knowledge in the service of bringing pharma-grade certification to the cannabis industry. Since the growth of the cannabis market is strictly related to the health care, Mr. Somogyi is actively involved in the global market development as a C level expert.
Andrea Properzi is a chemist and works as a quality manager at the Fundación CANNA.
Born in the Italian Alps, he moved to Padua (UNIPD) to continue his studies (Inorganic Chemistry).
In 2013, Andrea moved to Barcelona and contributed to the development of systems that minimized health-related risks for both the operator and the consumer of biologically derived products.
In the last years, in Barcelona, Andrea has helped to manage the projects/programs out of routine analytical practices.
Steve Jenkins FCII
Development Director
Chartered Insurance Institute
Steve has over 35 years’ experience in financial services. Much of his early career was spend working in various roles within the AXA group in the life sector, latterly as Head of Bancassurance.
Steve joined the CII in 2006 with a brief to lead its corporate and market relationships. He played a leading role in shaping the CII’s response to the UK Regulator’s Retail Distribution Review, a key element of which was the promotion of professional standards. He has worked closely with the UK general insurance industry Taskforce defining and implementing the Aldermanbury Declaration, a framework of professional standards for insurers and insurance brokers. More recently Steve played a key role in the review of Corporate Chartered status.
Steve leads CII’s support for employers in the UK market and has played a key role expanding CII’s international presence where it is working with local regulators, major employers and education institutes.
Steve is a Chartered Insurance Practitioner
Yanna is a strategy and technology expert with extensive IT experience. Has successfully bridged the gap between business strategies and IT organisations. Has an established reputation in leading and delivering large-scale transformations.
CIO (Head of IT) for Generali UK and for Generali Corporate and Commercial.
