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Existing banks remain dominant because of their brand, their scale and the trust that customers have in them. With the pace at which the market is moving, the greenfield option is a credible option but, many banks will continue to build their digital business from within.
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LeasePlan
Anil Nashier
Director - IT Transformation
"This crisis taught us to be agile with a fast turnaround, so if you are not agile and your turnaround time is not fast you will definitely be left behind."
Travel & Transport, Digital Transformation, Mindtree
E.ON Energy Markets
Stefan Kampshoff
VP Digital Technology
"People should be able to add value from both an IT and a business perspective. They really need to have both sets of skills - a
technical understanding coupled with an interest in how the technology will be used in business."
technical understanding coupled with an interest in how the technology will be used in business."
Banking & Finance, MapleRisk
Salesforce
Rob Klomps
VP Digital Transformation Financial Services
"The new normal in collaboration is there to stay. Enriched with face-to-face contact."
Telecommunications, Remote Access, BT Ireland
BT
Dr. Gilbert Owusu
Head of Business and Operational Transformation Research Practice
"Put simply, network innovations allow us to access more data, make sense of all of this information and, in turn, make better decisions."
Telecommunications, Cloud, Geospatial Systems, IQGeo
Tesco
Ninika Nanda
Product & Transformation Leader - Strategy & Propositions (Retail Platform)
"The need to serve the demanding nature of the market means you have to rely on the 3rd party vendors as strategy partners. It’s crucial to make your 3rd party vendors your long-term strategy partners and to incorporate the demanding nature of the business."
Banking & Finance, Fintech, Modulr
AXA
Tomasz Kurczyk
Chief Digital and Transformation Officer
"Whenever you face some issues, problems or challenges, at the same time there are opportunities appearing. From my perspective, one of them was ecommerce, especially the very beautiful potential of ecommerce. People switching to partially and majorly buying on the internet."
Digital Transformation, Mindtree
Royal Mail
Pooja Bagga
IT Director Royal Mail Operations (Transformation) - Delivery, Hubs, Logistics, Fleet and Equipment
"Data will play an even more important role for society and organisations in the future. At Royal Mail, we will increasingly use data to identify and mitigate any issues and risks that may emerge within our operations. Data will also play an enhanced role in managing performance across the business."
Travel & Transport, Digital Transformation, Mindtree
BT
Bernd Meurer
Chief Technology Officer
"When you’re working on the last mile, your field force is very expensive. In order for these “costly” workers to be effective, they need access to the most up-to-date information no matter where they are. They need to have the right software in place to optimise field force management."
Telecommunications, Geospatial Systems, IQGeo
Unilever
Tommaso Villani
Head of Transformation Programme - Information and Analytics
"One of the challenges is to make sure that you have accurate data that can be trusted. I get in a room with our business users around the globe and they give multiple different numbers, and that basically doesn’t give me the ability to make decisions because I don’t know which numbers to trust."
Data Storage, Infinidat
TWAICE
Marc Paczian
VP Solution Engineering
"With the shift to Virtual First, it is important to also create spaces for meaningful in-person collaboration. This model is a flexible and scalable approach based on the geographic distribution of employees."
Telecommunications, Remote Access, BT Ireland