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The Future of Cards and Payments
Marketforce and the IEA's 3rd Annual Conference
7th & 8th July 2010, Le Méridien Piccadilly, London
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Speakers include:
Irmfried Schwimann
European Commission
Irmfried Schwimann
Director, "Markets and Cases III: Financial Services", European Commission
Biography
Since January 2009, Mrs Irmfried Schwimann is Director in the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition; she is responsible for antitrust, merger and state aid control in the financial services sector.
Previously, Mrs Schwimann was head of DG Competition's financial services antitrust unit (2006-2008) and head of DG Internal Market's Financial Services Policy unit (2003-2006). Mrs Schwimann also worked on retail financial services and payment issues within DG Markt (1999-2002) and was a member of Commissioner Bolkestein's Cabinet (2002-2003).
Mrs Schwimann studied law at the University of Linz/Austria as well as political science at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris.
Before joining the Commission Mrs Schwimann worked for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1984-1989) as well as for an Austrian Insurance group (1989-1999).
Mrs. Schwimann is married and has 3 children.
Marc O’Brien
Managing Director, Visa UK
Roger Lovering
Chief Executive Officer, Santander Cards
Martin Ott
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Moneybookers
Stuart McKeggie
Head of Cards, Sainsbury’s Bank
Bert Pijls
Country Business Manager, Consumer Bank UK, Citi
Conference overview:
The Future of Cards and Payments is an opportunity for senior figures from banks, issuers, card schemes and merchant acquirers to discuss strategies to deal with the fundamental change that the industry is facing. Leading speakers gather to analyse the competitive environment, regulatory developments, technological innovations and strategies to reduce costs and protect margins at this high-level strategic event.
