Our Team

Finastra Representative

Ben Abbassi

Managing Director, Large Enterprises, NA & EMEA

Ben Abbassi is a senior executive in Payments with experience in leading global teams that drive value creation and transform business operations. His track record covers Large Banks, Financial Intermediaries and Retailers across EMEA and North America.

Prior to joining Finastra, Ben Abbassi spent more than 10 years with ACI Worldwide where he held executive positions as Global Head of Services and Head of Sales Europe.

Matthieu Andrieu

Corporate Banking - Solution Consulting Director

As the Senior Director of the Solution Consulting Group, Matthieu Andrieu is responsible for ensuring Finastra provides the cutting-edge solutions to our clients with strong focus on corporate banking: trade finance, supply chain management, lending, liquidity, or cash management.

Matthieu has worked in the financial software industry for 25+ years building up a wealth of experience particularly in the channels applications around the corporate digital customer experience. Matthieu’ strong technical background and breadth of experience has enabled him to work across Finastra’ solution portfolio and with other vendors to help define and deliver solutions combining a variety of components.

Prior to his current role, he has started is carrier with BNPParibas and funded a successful start-up named NEOMAlogic (2000-2006)

Computer Science Engineer – National School of Telecommunication (France) and Machine Learning Diploma from MIT (USA)

Sylvie Boucheron-Saunier

Chief Revenue Officer, Payments

Sylvie Boucheron-Saunier is the global Chief Revenue Officer for Finastra’s Payments organization.

An experienced senior executive with a knack for recruiting and coaching top talents around the world to drive accelerated revenue growth. She has a strong technology background and deep knowledge of the financial services & payments industry, from various perspectives – successively worked for a bank, a card vendor, a processor & merchant acquirer, and software providers.

Sylvie joined Finastra from real-time payments solutions company ACI Worldwide where she has been for ten years holding a variety of leadership roles; showcasing strengths in rebuilding regions that had been neglected, diverse and highly complex. Sylvie is a strong advocate for the leadership and growth of women in the payments industry and continually looks for ways to provide mentorship, empower, while seeking inclusion and diversity in all roles. She is also passionate about giving back and helping to reduce poverty and inequalities particularly in Africa where she gives her time to NanoBNK, a FinTech offering digital banking solutions for unbanked populations in Africa, as well as a Board Member of the Anglo-African Group, present in several countries in Africa.

Sylvie has traveled the world and hold various degrees from her native country of France. She currently resides in Naples, FL where she pursues her passion of art and music. In her spare time, she enjoys visiting art exhibitions and going to rock concerts.

David Brown

Senior Principal, Solutions Consulting | Payments

As the Head of Payments Consulting across APAC for Finastra, I work with banks, partners, and industry players such as central banks to help them understand the shifting landscape of payment technology and compliance.

Having spent more than 30 years in the payments industry, including 11 years at Colonial State Bank as Head of Trade Operations and 15 years in the vendor domain, I’ve worked in senior strategic roles advising banks including MUFG, BOC, Citibank, HSBC, Barclays and many other banks in this region such as Westpac, BBL, ANZ and BDO. I regularly speak and participate on panels at industry events and was on the Australian SWIFT User group for 10 years, as well as the RTGS industry group.

With multiple variable cross-border payment initiatives rolling out across the Asia Pacific region, the use cases for alternate rails and real-time cross border functionality are becoming a reality. Requirements for complex world of payment, open APIs and ISO compliant real-time infrastructures require a scalable, modular cloud-ready solution to futureproof for these APIs and microservices. Thus enabling banks to increase revenues, reduce time to market and achieve ISO 20022 compliance delivered out of the box.

Within my own team, I enjoy sharing ideas and supporting new approaches that enable us to lead our clients, and the sector more broadly, with payment solutions that facilitate emerging challenges. By liaising between customers, industry partners, and our in-house experts, I ensure all stakeholders have access to the most up-to-date advice.

Andreas Helbling

Country Head Switzerland & Head of Sales, Payments Mid-Markets | Financial Messaging, Continental Europe

Andreas is Finastra’s Country Head for Switzerland and is responsible for Payments Mid-Markets / Financial Messaging sales in mainland Europe.

He brings more than 25 years of sales and management expertise in the technology industry, of which 14 years at Finastra.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen.

Shweta Jain

VP - Cloud and Fintech Ecosystem |Core Banking

A leader in the financial technology space, I bring a wealth of experience in product management, strategy consulting, and cloud operations. I have a successful track record of innovating and growing product lines, building and leading large global teams, and transforming go-to-market models.

As the Head of Cloud delivery and Operations, I am involved in driving technological innovation and operational efficiency within core banking cloud computing landscape.

I am based in Hong Kong, from where I engage with the Finastra Sales and Consulting teams on strategic engagements, globally.

Manish Joshi

VP & MD, APAC & EMEA, Corporate Lending

Manish B Joshi is the VP & MD, APAC & MEA for Finastra’s Lending business unit.

He has been with Finastra for over 10 years, spread between Singapore and Dubai, and is responsible for overseeing the business unit strategy in the Asia Pacific and MEA regions, playing a pivotal role in the business’ expansion in these markets.

With over two decades of diverse experience in the financial technology industry, Manish worked with Oracle’s FSGBU business for over a decade before joining Finastra in Singapore in 2013. With deep understanding of the region and industry, he is very passionate about delivering excellent customer service and ensuring Finastra’s continued growth.

Manish holds a Master’s degree in Management. He loves driving in the country side in India and spending time with his wife and daughter.

Arun Kini

Managing Director, Payments, APAC

Arun Kini is the APAC Managing Director of Finastra’s Payments business, where he leads the development and execution of the firm’s broad suite of integrated payment solutions to help banks modernize and future-proof their payments infrastructure.

Arun brings with him over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services and Software Industry, with strong domain expertise in transaction banking, payments and revenue management. With a strong track record across various roles in product, pre-sales and sales across the Asia Pacific region, Arun has played pivotal roles in the uptake of payment and cash management products by global brands and clients.

Before returning to Finastra in 2022 as Regional Sales Director, Payments, APAC, Arun was with SunTec Business Solutions leading the Client Facing Group for Asia Pacific.

Adam Lieberman

Chief AI Officer

Adam Lieberman, Chief AI Officer, leads the strategic enablement of artificial intelligence across Finastra’s lines of business.

Adam seeks to enrich the entirety of the organization through key AI capability, infrastructure, governance, and more to push the boundaries of what is possible and unlock new capability through AI technology.

Shengjing Liu

Global Solution Consultant - Trade and Supply Chain Finance

As solution consultant at Finastra, Shengjing Liu is a subject matter expert on Trade and Supply Chain Finance with over 20 years experience.
Prior to Finastra, he held a number of roles at China Systems. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Nanjing Agriculture University, China and a MBA from the University of Wales, UK.
LinkedIn profile: LinkedIn – Shengjing Liu

Simon Paris

Chief Executive Officer

Simon takes responsibility for Finastra’s strategic direction and growth. His leadership steers the company as it becomes the world’s leading ecosystem orchestrator for providers and consumers of financial services everywhere. With this clear strategic intent, he champions the company’s core technology solutions and open development platform in accelerating collaboration and innovation, to unlock the potential of people, businesses and communities.

A firm believer in the principles of doing well by doing good, Simon chairs the World Trade Board and is passionate about how technology and open trade can drive financial inclusion and improve people’s lives. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Everbridge, a critical event management (CEM) software company, and on the Board of Directors for Thomson Reuters.

An inspiring and trusted fintech thought leader, Simon speaks regularly at large-scale events including the annual World Trade Symposium, Paris FinTech Forum and The Milken Asia Summit. He is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, with refreshing and candid views on equality in the workplace. Featuring in Bank Innovation’s ‘Innovators to Watch’ list back in 2018, Simon has since been named a top 50 financial technology CEO by The Financial Technology Report two years running, as well as a top 20 CEO in Europe by the Software Report. He was also recognized in the CEO Today Awards 2021.

Simon joined Finastra (formerly Misys) as President in 2015, was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2017 and became Chief Executive Officer in June 2018. He brings more than 25 years of sales, management and global leadership expertise to the company, having previously held the role of President, Industry Cloud, at SAP. Prior to that he was a senior consultant with McKinsey & Company.
A firm believer in the principles of doing well by doing good, Simon chairs the World Trade Board and is passionate about how technology and open trade can drive financial inclusion and improve people’s lives. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Everbridge, a critical event management (CEM) software company, and on the Board of Directors for Thomson Reuters.

An inspiring and trusted fintech thought leader, Simon speaks regularly at large-scale events including the annual World Trade Symposium, Paris FinTech Forum and The Milken Asia Summit. He is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, with refreshing and candid views on equality in the workplace. Featuring in Bank Innovation’s ‘Innovators to Watch’ list back in 2018, Simon has since been named a top 50 financial technology CEO by The Financial Technology Report two years running, as well as a top 20 CEO in Europe by the Software Report. He was also recognized in the CEO Today Awards 2021.

Simon joined Finastra (formerly Misys) as President in 2015, was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2017 and became Chief Executive Officer in June 2018. He brings more than 25 years of sales, management and global leadership expertise to the company, having previously held the role of President, Industry Cloud, at SAP. Prior to that he was a senior consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Perry Phipps

Senior Principal Product Manager, Corporate & Syndicated Lending

Perry’s responsibilities include the shaping Loan IQ’s strategic product direction, aligning regional solutions with the global roadmap, and ensuring Loan IQ remains the leading global lending platform, in partnership with both internal Finastra teams and corporate clients and is based out of Australia.

He has over 28 years’ experience in corporate lending, 24 of which has been primarily involved with Loan IQ in both Europe and APAC for clients such as Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, SMBC, RBS, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Westpac, NAB, and Wells Fargo, in various positions within Operations, IT and Project/Program deliveries.

In summary, his executive profile is characterised by a profound understanding of the corporate lending space, a strategic vision for product development and innovation, while ensuring collaboration as to maintain and deliver a high standard product.

Jonathan Power

VP, Europe Sales, Corporate Lending

Jonathan and his team are responsible for driving sales and account strategy for the Europe region, nurturing, and strengthening our partner ecosystem in the region.

Jonathan brings over 20 years of experience in the fintech industry, in roles covering consulting, professional services, pre-sales, sales, sales leadership and P&L management. These positions have seen Jonathan work in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, continental Europe and the UK.

Most recently, Jonathan was Head of Sales, Europe for Backbase, the leading provider of digital / engagement banking solutions for retail, business and wealth management.

He previously led the European business for Temenos, focusing on core banking and has also been involved in sales covering payments, asset finance / leasing and credit risk / decisioning. Jonathan also spent 9 years at Misys in pre-sales and business development, working in Singapore and Paris where he ran European Solutions Consulting.
In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys supporting the sporting endeavors of his three children who play lacrosse, rugby and netball whilst enjoying the occasional game of golf.

Elena Sankova

Head of Lending and Trade Innovation Solution Expertise, Europe

Elena Sankova is a FinTech professional with 20+ years experience in banking software industry specializing in Trade and Working Capital Finance, with extensive knowledge of Lending, Corporate and Transaction Banking solutions.

Since joining Finastra (previously known as Misys) in 2002, Elena has held a number of key customer focusing positions making sure customers’ business strategy and requirements are translated into relevant solutions to deliver maximum value and benefits.

Proficient in Business Consulting, Sales, Business analysis and Implementation, Elena has a proven track record of supporting sales engagements and projects delivery across Europe, and she now leads European pre-sales team for Trade and Lending.

Khalid Shoukry

Senior Consultant, Universal Banking, Middle East and Africa

Khalid Shoukry is a senior consultant at Finastra for its Universal Banking solutions, covering the Middle East and Africa region. With over 15 years’ experience spanning application development, banking operations and finance, he combines deep industry knowledge and the understanding to articulate the value and benefits of our solutions to our clients and prospects. He specializes in Core Banking solution platforms and Islamic Banking.

Prior to his current role, he worked at Dukhan Bank for eight years as a senior core banking specialist, spearheading the bank’s financial application designs, projects and operations. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Administration Science, majoring in Management Information Systems from Sadat Academy for Management Sciences.

Radha Suvarna

Chief Product Officer, Payments

A Product and Business leader with over 27 years of diversified experience across Payments, Cards, and Consumer Lending for Consumer and Commercial client segments. Built and transformed various functions and businesses across multiple geographies including U.S. and Asia.

Currently the Chief Product Officer for Payments at Finastra, responsible for the overall strategy, execution and build-out of payment processing engines and Financial messaging solutions.

Prior to this, Radha was the EVP/Head of Enterprise Payments for Citizens bank, with responsibility for Enterprise Payment platforms, Consumer payment products, Treasury payments strategy, and Payments innovation. During this time, Radha was the Chair of Secure Token Exchange board at The Clearing House (TCH). Before joining Citizens, Radha spent over 20 years at Citi. He was the head of Digital Payments & Lending for US Consumer bank at Citigroup, with responsibilities for end-to-end mobile/ web products for money movement, digital commerce, unsecured loans, and associated industry partnerships with big-tech and fintechs.

Radha held number of diversified roles prior to that, including P&L ownership for Credit Cards/Loans/Merchant Acquiring portfolio for Citibank Singapore, Citi Asia Network relationship lead with Visa/ MC, and Credit Risk Manager at Citibank US.

Carlos Teixeira

Global Head, Business Strategy, Lending

As the Senior Industry Principal at Finastra, Carlos’ prime focus is on enabling our corporate banking clients to achieve the next phase of their transformation. He provides executive advisory regarding market trends and technology transformation across all areas of corporate banking on a global basis.

With more than 25 years of experience in transaction banking, Carlos has spent over a decade with major European banks in their transaction banking divisions. Since joining Finastra in 2005, Carlos has held roles with responsibility for driving successful trade services implementations across India, the Middle-East and Africa as well as providing technology and business insights on digital solutions.

He has a keen interest in cutting-edge developments across platform modernization, AI / Machine Learning, and blockchain to understand what these capabilities will help to deliver in terms of sustainable finance models, and how clients can cost-effectively adopt these technologies into their models.

Richard Zhu

Managing Director, Treasury and Capital Markets, Asia Pacific

Richard has more than 30 years of working experience, with over 20 years in leadership positions and broad domain knowledges in Financial & IT Services - as a business leader/entrepreneur, with full P/L responsibility coupled with strong business strategies, business development and solid track record in successful business turnaround and significant growth across Asia Pacific.

Richard has joined Finastra for more than 4 years and manages Treasury and Capital markets (TCM) business across Asia Pacific since June 2022, prior to this role, Richard managed the Strategy & Execution in Asia Pacific where Richard had signed the largest deal ($65m upfront) in Finastra’s history. Richard drives business strategies, market penetration & expansion, and customer retention, and partner eco-system in APAC.
Prior to joining Finastra, Richard was a Managing director and Chief Payments Officer for Dynamics Inc. Asia Pacific, where he built up the businesses & teams and set up operational facilities from scratch. Before working with Dynamics, he was President of SunGard China (acquired by FIS at end of 2015) where he played an instrumental role in turning around the business, positioning SunGard China as a key IT solutions and Services provider in China. Before moving to China, Richard was EVP of Sales and Marketing of SunGard Global Trading Business for Southeast Asia and India where he created successful businesses for the regions.
Before transitioning into IT services industry, Richard had extensive working experience in both Banking and Securities & Future industries, holding various senior executive positions in OCBC Bank, OCBC Securities and OUB Bank in Singapore.

Richard graduated and majored in Computer Science and Banking & Finance and married with 2 daughters.

PR

Caroline Duff

Global PR Director

Caroline oversees global public relations (PR). With over 15 years’ experience in financial services and technology communications, she is particularly passionate about generating consistently impactful and measurable results for the business. Skilled in strategic PR delivery, leadership of teams across continents, and cross-functional collaboration, as well as crisis management, she orchestrates campaigns which enhance the profile of Finastra around the world. These include the influential annual State of the Nation research initiative which harnesses the opinions of 1,000+ experts to explore transformation within the financial services sector.

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