The Intellect Oxford School of Wholesale Banking has built a strong reputation for attracting world-class speakers from across global banking, consulting, technology, and regulatory institutions.
Over the years, the programme has featured more than 50 distinguished leaders, including CEOs, global heads of wholesale and transaction banking, CIOs, COOs, and managing directors from some of the world’s most influential financial institutions. Past speakers have represented organisations such as HSBC, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, Santander, ING, Wells Fargo, Credit Agricole, Unicredit, and Kotak Mahindra Bank, among others.
The School also welcomes senior leaders from consulting firms, technology providers, and regulatory bodies, including McKinsey & Company, Accenture, Microsoft, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the European Banking Authority. This mix of perspectives ensures a well-rounded view of industry transformation, bridging strategy, execution, innovation, and regulation.
Each speaker brings deep real-world experience and strategic insight, offering participants practical takeaways and candid perspectives on the future of wholesale and transaction banking.
Expert Guests — Session Leaders from Previous Editions
| Speaker | Title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Stephen Green | Former CEO | HSBC |
| Ashok Vaswani | CEO, Barclays UK | Barclays |
| Charles McManus | CEO | Starling Bank |
| Lester Owens | Head of Operations | Wells Fargo |
| Suresh Viswanathan | COO | Lloyds TSB |
| Damaso Cebrian | Global CIO | Santander |
| Tracy Black | CEO | Payments Canada |
| Werner Steinmüller | Chairman, Deutsche Bank SPA Italy | Deutsche Bank |
| Andrew Bester | Head of Wholesale Banking, Member of the Management Board | ING |
| Hendra Lembong | CEO | CIMB Group |
| Etienne Bernard | Global Head of Transaction Banking | Credit Agricole CIB |
| Isaac Thomas | Head of Transaction Banking Group | Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| Vivek Ramachandran | General Manager, Head of Global Trade & Receivables Finance | HSBC |
| Ramana Kumar | Head Transaction Banking | National Bank of Abu Dhabi |
| Naveed Sultan | Former Chairman, ICG; Professor of Practice at Imperial College Business School | Citigroup |
| José Luis Calderón | Head of Transaction Banking, Santander Group | Santander |
| Michael Spiegel | Global Head, Transaction Banking | Standard Chartered |
| Vivek Gupta | President and Head Wholesale Banking Products | Axis Bank |
| Rohit Joshi | MD, Head of Global Liquidity and Cash Management | HSBC |
| Olivier Sfarmman | CIO CIB | Société Génale |
| Richard Jardim | CIO | CIBC |
| Matthew Fuellhart | Executive Director, Liquidity Management, Corporate & Investment Bank | J.P. Morgan |
| Mark Smith | Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions, EMEA | Citi |
| Aiedh Al-Zahrani | Chief Operating Officer | Arab National Bank |
| Sopnendu Mohanty | Chief Fintech Officer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| Peter Hazou | Head of Business Development, Financial Services | Microsoft |
| Joydeep Sengupta | Senior Partner, Leader of Asia Pacific Banking Practice | McKinsey & Company |
| Rhomaios Ram | Founder, Digital Bank; Global Head of Product Management TB | Deutsche Bank |
| Michael Harte | Head, Group Innovation | Barclays |
| Brendon Reilly | Head of Wholesale Banking Products | Silicon Valley Bank |
| Chris Ward | Head of Wholesale Payments | Truist |
| Davide Taliente | Managing Partner | Oliver Wyman |
| Ludovic Tran | Co-head Strategy & Consulting France | Accenture |
| Daniel Szmukler | Head, Innovation, Partnerships and Strategic Engagement | Euro Banking Association |
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