The Future of Consumer Finance - Sponsors

CGI has been providing solutions and services to the financial services market for over 30 years. During that time we have gained an enviable reputation, for both delivery of the highest quality solutions and our ability to advise clients on the use of the latest technology to deliver real business benefit.

Hitachi Consulting is the global business and IT consulting company of Hitachi Ltd, and a recognised leader with deep industry, business, and technology experience. From business strategy development through application deployment, Hitachi Consulting is committed to helping clients quickly realise measurable business value and achieve sustainable return on investment. The firm offers the agility of a smaller firm, the stability of larger firms, and the innovation that comes with being part of Hitachi. The UK Financial Services Practice focuses particularly on Operational Excellence, Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Distribution Effectiveness and Programme and Change Management. For more information, visit:

TSYS (www.tsys.com) is one of the world's largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, loans, credit, debit, healthcare, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.

With 12.5 billion transactions a year for more than 300 clients in 75 countries, TSYS offer strength through scalability, unsurpassed customer service delivery and excellence in implementation.

CarVal Investors™ is a global leader in opportunistic value investing and has managed the acquisition of more than $25 billion in assets in 3,600 transactions in 43 countries. The firm manages investments in management- and credit-intensive assets, including consumer, commercial, industrial, residential and retail loan portfolios. CarVal Investors' experienced team works with local asset managers to complete investments. For more information, call +44 1932 861 258 or visit: