Gigi Stone Woods
MC and Host

Gigi Stone Woods is an award-winning TV anchor, correspondent, and producer, known for her work with NBC, ABC, CBS, and Bloomberg. She’s interviewed top CEOs and leaders, covered major global events, and created the Inspiring Women in Business series. Gigi also coaches executives in public speaking and media strategy and serves on nonprofit and media advisory boards. She holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.

David Malpass
Day 1 keynote speaker

We’re thrilled to welcome David Malpass as keynote speaker at Payments Unleashed. As former President of the World Bank Group and U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs, Mr. Malpass brings deep expertise in global finance. A respected economist and Wall Street analyst, he has long championed modernizing payment systems to drive economic growth, trade, and inclusion. Drawing on decades of public and private sector leadership, he will share powerful insights into the pivotal role of payments in today’s digital economy.

Kevin Surace
Day 2 keynote speaker

We’re excited to welcome Kevin Surace as Day 2 keynote speaker at Payments Unleashed. A pioneer in AI since 1996, Kevin helped develop the first human-like virtual assistant and now leads innovation as Chairman and CTO of Appvance.ai. Named CNBC’s Top Innovator of the Decade and with over 15 TED Talks to his name, Kevin is a global authority on generative AI. He will challenge payment leaders to embrace the full potential of AI innovation - as a strategic foundation for future-ready payments software.

John Dawson
Former Bloomberg TV Prime-Time Anchor

Salvador Espinosa
CEO, PROSA

Douglas Campbell 
CEO, America's Car-Mart

Tom Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, Swift

Laura Gibson-Lamothe 
Executive Director, Georgia Fintech Academy

Alaeddin Elmajed
Chief Strategy Officer, HyperPay

Mark Gould
Chief Payments Executive,
Federal Reserve Financial Services

David Watson
CEO and President, The Clearing House

Lip Guan Teh
CTO, Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet)

Ana Ramírez 
Deputy Director for Retail Payments,
Banco de la República

Jessica Renier
Managing Director, Digital Finance,
Institute of International Finance

Gijs Boudewijn
Chair, European Payment Council

Monica Monaco
Founder and Managing Director, Trust EU Affairs

Elizabeth St-Onge
Head of Client Innovation and Advisory, Transaction Banking, TD Securities 

Ros Yusoff
Group CTO, CIMB Bank

Nicole Sandler
Chief Ecosystem Officer, Ubyx Inc

Jagruti Solanki
CFO, BitPay

Dr Ian Rehmert
CEO and President, Republic Finance

Aparna Mohan
Global Head of Partnerships, Citi Bank

Carsten Höltkemeyer
CEO, Solaris

Gary Cohn
Vice Chairman, IBM

Alaeddin El Majed
Chief Strategy Officer, HyperPay

Amy Morris
Senior Director, ACH Network Rules, NACHA

Bharath Raj 
Distinguished Engineer, Head of Engineering, 
National Australia Bank

Carrie Bradley
SVP Treasury & Finance, Credit One Bank, N.A

Casey Taylor
VP & GM HPE, HP Enterprise

David Tate
Director, Member Digital Strategy, BCBS

EdaBeth Brown
Head of Order to Cash, DirecTV

Henning Horst 
CTO, Comforte

Jack Pouderoyen
Director Digital Assets Strategy, Swift

James Carrigan
EVP North America, Verifone

Katherine Bodnar
Director of Compliance, Fair and Responsible Lending, 1st Franklin Financial

David Dove
EVP Brink's ATM Managed Services, Brinks

Keith Melton
Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, TCH

Kerry Hogan
VP of Customer Experience, Southern Company Gas

Kurt Merrick
Vice President, Membership Administration KPIF, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Kurt Timmermans 
IT Tribe Lead Payments, BNP Paribas Fortis

Malcolm Fisher
Director of Payments Strategy, Domino's

Mark Nerios
EVP Loan Servicing Exeter Finance, Exeter Finance

 Paul Fletcher
Principal Solutions Architect, Co-op

 Marius Bogoevici
Director, Chief Architect Team, Field CTO Organization, Red Hat

Cameron Lee
Director, Head of Solutions Engineering, Nomupay

 Niall Hodson
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Nomupay

Tanvi Patel
Payments Transformation Principal, PWC

Andrew Paur
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Woodforest National Bank

 Catherine York Powers
CEO, Constant

 Kenneth Wong
Head, Client Innovation, TD Securities

Vanessa Kaupp
Chief of Staff, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

 Tracy Armstrong
Head of Commercial Cards Products & Services, TD Bank

Lee Nagel
President, DataOceans

Otto Benz
Director of Customer Technology & Payments, Nationwide

 Theodor Niehues
CEO, net digital AG / ecardon payments

 Colleen Thiry
Director of Retail & Ecommerce Strategy, TransUnion