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Agenda of the SCHUMANN Conference 2024

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Channel 2 | English Language

All presentations, interviews and panel discussions will be conducted in English on this channel.


Opening

10.00 - 10.05 a.m.

Morning Briefing Robert Meters, Director of Global Business

Speaker
Robert Meters

Robert Meters is Director of Global Business at SCHUMANN. He studied Business Administration and International Management at the University for Economics and Management in Düsseldorf and Essen. He has been in the credit risk management industry since 1993 and has worked for leading information service providers as well as in the telecommunications industry.

He advises and takes care of customers in the automation of credit risk management for the financial services sector with excellent references in leasing, factoring, banking and trade credit insurance.

Director of Global Business, SCHUMANN

Meters Robert

Welcome

10.05 - 10.10 a.m.

Greeting by Evgeny Kulyushin, Managing Director of SCHUMANN

Speaker
Evgeny Kulyushin

As a Managing Director Evgeny is responsible for marketing and sales. He is also responsible for the business unit Credit & Surety.

Managing Director, SCHUMANN

Evgeny Kulyushin q

Keynote Speech: The Quest for Stability and Growth - an International View of the National Economies

10.15 - 10.40 a.m.

Global growth has generally been remarkably steady so far this year, despite ongoing political and geopolitical uncertainty, even though fears of a looming recession are rising in the markets.

The ongoing recovery in trade can be slowed by rising tariffs and subsidies. While the pace of decline in inflation has moderated this year, there has been enough progress for more central banks to start cutting rates, but the future path remains uncertain. Fiscal deficits remain high in many countries. The talk will focus on the outlook for the future, risks, and the factors affecting the economic environment for companies with international business.

Lecture by Fabio Balboni, HSBC

Speaker
Fabio Balboni

Before joining HSBC in August 2014 as a Senior European Economist, Fabio worked at HM Treasury, where he held a number of roles including Senior Economist responsible for Greece and Cyprus during the eurozone crisis, and head of UK fiscal forecasting.

Fabio holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a PhD from the University of Bologna. He also worked at the European Commission and United Nations Development Programme.

His areas of expertise are ECB, fiscal policy, eurozone periphery (particularly Italy, Spain and Greece) and EU politics. Fabio is regularly cited in the international press and newswires.

Senior European Economist, HSBC

Balboni Fabio

10.40 - 10.55 a.m. Short Break


The Future of CPRI under Basel Regulations for Banks

10.55 - 11.35 a.m.

Credit Risk Insurances (CPRI) is a fundamental risk mitigation tool for banks. It has been used for a long time to optimize risk allocation. We are looking at the interaction between banking regulation and insurance and how Basel IV may impact that in Europe and UK. The discussion will also be supported by statistical key figures, which were obtained by the Global Credit Data as part of the data pooling exercise.

Panel with various representatives from

  • TEXEL
  • Santander
  • Global Credit Data

Moderator Robert Meters, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Carol Searle

Carol is General Counsel and a Group Board Director at The Texel Group, a specialist credit and political risk insurance broker. She is responsible for overseeing the Group’s legal functions across its offices in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US. With over 30 years’ legal experience in the insurance sector, she is highly regarded and respected in the industry.

Carol joined The Texel Group in 2015 having previously been a Partner at a London based law firm, where she was responsible for the political risk and trade credit insurance group. She specialised in dispute resolution in court and arbitration, handled claims from multiple jurisdictions under a variety of political risk and credit policies and regularly advised on coverage issues and policy wordings.

Since 2016 she has been an active member of ITFA’s Insurance Committee and part of the Regulatory Working Group when it was formed to look at regulatory issues that impact banks and insurance as a wider market, such as the implementation of Basel IV in Europe and its impact on the credit insurance market. She chairs the ITFA Documentation Working Group, which was established in 2023.

General Counsel, TEXEL Group

Searle Carol
Speaker
Silja Calac

Silja Calac was born in Switzerland and studied in Paris, where she obtained a Maîtrise d’Ingénerie en Commerce International (Masters Degree in International Trade) at ILECI (Institute of International Economics and Commerce). She acquired her first taste of Forfaiting & Trade Finance when joining the secondary market distribution team of BDEI-Credit Lyonnais, Paris as a junior trader in 1996.

Before taking over in Munich the responsibility as Global Head of UniCredit Group's Center of Competence for Trade Risk Management, Forfaiting Financial Institutions and Secondary Market in 2007, Silja worked in Singapore where she assisted in the establishment of a new Forfaiting Department within Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank.

In January 2015, Silja joined Swiss Re as Senior Underwrite Surety with the Credit & Surety team, based in Frankfurt, where she had the responsibility to further expand Swiss Re's Surety product offer for banks.

Presently, Silja is heading the private debt mobilization team for documentary trade and supply chain finance for Banco Santander. She started this position in 2020 which is located in Banco Santander’s Frankfurt branch.

Silja Calac is a Board Member of ITFA, Head of the Insurance Committee and Treasurer. She was chairing the German Regional Committee of ITFA from 2010 to 2012. Further, she was also member of the ICC Consultative Commission for the Drafting of the URF and Chairperson of the ICC URF task force until 2014.

Head of Private Debt Mobilization Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Banco Santander

Calac Silja
Speaker
Dr. Jakub Tomczyk

Jakub Tomczyk has 15 years of experience in mathematical modelling and optimisation of industrial problems. His expertise in financial mathematics steered him to joining Australia's largest banks. Prior to joining GCD he worked as a Senior Manager in Model Risk and Assurance in Commonwealth Bank and as a Manager in Non-retail Credit Risk Modelling in Westpac in Sydney, Australia.

Jakub Tomczyk holds PhD in Financial Mathematics from the University of Sydney, Australia and two MSc degrees in Financial Mathematics and Mathematics for Industry and Commerce from Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland. His strong relationship with academia allows him to tap into the state-of-the-art techniques quickly and efficiently.

Risk Analytics and Insights Executive, Global Credit Data

Tomczyk Jakub
Moderator
Robert Meters

Robert Meters is Director of Global Business at SCHUMANN. He studied Business Administration and International Management at the University for Economics and Management in Düsseldorf and Essen. He has been in the credit risk management industry since 1993 and has worked for leading information service providers as well as in the telecommunications industry.

He advises and takes care of customers in the automation of credit risk management for the financial services sector with excellent references in leasing, factoring, banking and trade credit insurance.

Director of Global Business, SCHUMANN

Meters Robert

Credit Insurance in Challenging Market Conditions

11.40 a.m. - 12.20 p.m.

This panel will discuss the current state of the trade credit insurance industry. Challenges and opportunities for insurers and MGAs will be highlighted with a special focus on the possibilities of technological support within the underwriting process, especially in credit risk analysis.


Panel with various representatives from

  • Liberty Specialty Markets
  • Nexus
  • SCHUMANN

Moderator Lara Biermann, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Jesse Van Cleef

Jesse Van Cleef is Head of Multi-Buyer Trade Credit Europe at Liberty Specialty Markets in The Hague. Previously, he served as Regional Director Special Products at Atradius in Amsterdam and Executive Manager at Special Products.

He holds a Master's in Finance from TIAS Business School and a Bachelor's in Finance from Amsterdam Academy for Banking and Finance.

Head of Multi Buyer Trade Credit Europe, Liberty Specialty Markets

Van Cleef Jesse
Speaker
Samuel Fattahzadeh

Within the Nexus Group Samuel is responsible for the Trade Credit Insurance operation in German, Austria and Switzerland.

He has several years of experience as Credit Analyst and Credit Risk Underwriter, focussing on larger and more complex risks globally. Additionally, Samuel has been working as a Commercial Underwriter and Key Account Manager, focussing largely on international Top Up programmes and ‘Non-Can’ solutions for larger ‘Mittelstand’ clients.

Since early 2020 Samuel is heading up the German operation of Nexus Trade Credit.

Head of Trade Credit Germany, Nexus Trade Credit

Potrait Fattahzadeh Samuel
Speaker
Simon Barker

Simon Barker joined the London insurance market in 1989 a broker with C.T. Bowring (Marsh).

He set up and developed an independent Lloyd’s Broker called EBA Insurance Services which expanded into the MGA arena in the mid-2000s with particular focus on European construction and surety business.

EBA joined the Nexus group in 2015 and has become a key component of the group’s European strategy. Simon’s role cuts across a wide range of insurance products and roles including product design, capacity sourcing and binding authority design.

He is a fluent French and Italian speaker and was the architect of Nexus’ post Brexit structure.

Since the acquisition of the Kentro group by Brown & Brown, Simon is supporting the Brown & Brown’s London and Asian brokers on strategic development.

Managing Director, Nexus EBA

Barker Simon
Moderator
Lara Biermann

As Head of Sales Credit & Surety at SCHUMANN Lara Biermann is advising and supporting international credit risk insurer and surety bond provider in digitizing and automating their risk and business process management.

She studied business administration focused on finance, accounting and taxes and supervises international credit and surety insurance companies while implementing CAM Credit & Surety.

Head of Sales Credit & Surety, SCHUMANN

Lara Biermann q

Startups and MGAs - The Role of Technology

12.25 - 12.50 p.m.

We have more MGAs and start-ups in the credit and surety world than ever before. These organisations add colour and diversity to the market, and are a source of
innovation. This panel will examine the MGA and start up space, asking questions such as

  • Does the market need new MGAs and start ups in credit and surety at the present time?
  • Many teams attempt MGAs and start-ups – while many fail. What distinguishes those who succeed?
  • Why would technology planned by the start up/MGA be of interest to capacity providers and reinsurers?
  • How can start ups and MGA’s differentiate themselves in terms of reporting to reinsurers and capacity providers?

Panel with various representatives from

  • Aon Reinsurance Solutions
  • Vault MGA Limited

Moderator Mike Holley, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Nicholas Ayres

Nicholas Ayres is Chairman of Aon Reinsurance Solutions Global Credit reinsurance business, and is based in London. He began his career as a reinsurance underwriter in 1980, first becoming involved in the Credit market in 1989. He then moved into reinsurance broking, subsequently spent time as a Surety underwriter, before returning to reinsurance broking with Aon in 2008.

He works with clients across the global, including large corporate insurers, Lloyd’s Syndicates, MGA’s and Export Credit Agencies, across the spectrum of Trade Credit, Surety & Political Risks.

Chairman Global Credit, Aon Reinsurance Solutions

Ayres Nicholas
Speaker
Paul Philand

Paul Philand is the CEO and Founder of Vault MGA Limited, a London-based specialist MGA established in October 2022, focusing on surety, structured credit, political risks, and liability risks for financial institutions.

Before this, Paul served as Global Head of Surety at Howden Broking Group from 2016 to 2022. He previously founded PMG Financial Services Ltd, the largest independent surety broker in the UK, which was sold to Howden.

His earlier career includes key roles at Liberty Bond Services and AIG Europe, where he successfully established and grew their surety businesses across the UK and Europe.

CEO & Founder, Vault MGA Limited

Philand Paul
Moderator
Mike Holley

Mike is an innovative, entrepreneurial Chartered Director with a strong track record of creating and growing businesses across Europe, USA and emerging markets.

Mike has 39 years’ experience in trade credit and political risk insurance, as well as in trade finance. He has been at the forefront of innovation in the industry and has been active in the Dutch and German markets as well as the UK and the US. He was a founder and CEO of trade credit insurer Equinox Global Limited.

Mike’s recent activities include being a director at Nexus Trade Credit, a consultant at Charles Taylor Adjusting, a director of a motor insurance MGA; providing advice to the Irish Government on credit insurance, and acting as Deputy Chair of the London Handel Festival (of classical music).

Mike recently became a Chartered Director after studying with the Irish Institute of Directors.

Strategic Advisor, SCHUMANN

Mike Holley

12.50 - 1.20 p.m. Lunch Break


Opportunities for End-to-end Connectivity of Insurance Business Partners

1.20 - 1.45 p.m.

Within the credit and surety insurance industry, many market participants are involved, and especially the collaboration between clients, brokers and insurers is of particular importance for ensuring success.

In this session we will focus on the important role and influence of the broker on the overall market, evaluating the following questions:

  • What role do brokers currently play in the success and growth of the credit and surety insurance market?
  • What market challenges are brokers facing?
  • How important is the use of technology and software in the broker business?
  • To what extent could the use of technology change the broking business and which opportunities could this create for the entire insurance market?

Panel with various representatives from

  • Gracher
  • Howden

Moderator Lara Biermann, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Carl E. Hoestermann

Carl E. Hoestermann has been Managing Director and in-house lawyer at Gracher Kredit- und Kautionsmakler GmbH & Co. KG in Trier since summer 2019. Alongside co-managing director and company founder Alfons-Maria Gracher, he is responsible for the operational business and, in particular, the international activities and international expansion of the group. Gracher is by far the leading German and European specialist broker in the field of surety insurance. The credit volume currently managed by Gracher amounts to more than EUR 18 billion and is growing continuously by around EUR 2 billion every year. Gracher serves more than 1,000 customers, from family-run craft businesses to large multinational corporations with sales in the double-digit billion euro range. Its business activities are complemented by other services such as general corporate financing, debt advisory, factoring and WKV services. Gracher has offices in Trier, Cologne, Bremen, Mannheim, Mainz, Amsterdam, London and Sofia. A further office is currently being opened in Zurich, Switzerland. International co-operations, e.g. in the Surety Alliance, also give Gracher a global presence for its clients.

Prior to this, Carl E. Hoestermann worked as a freelance interim manager for treasury and corporate finance for several years. In this role, he advised both medium-sized companies and corporate groups on all treasury and corporate finance issues. In addition to advising on all financing issues, he also focussed on pension and asset management. Prior to this, Mr Hoestermann managed the entire global treasury and corporate finance activities of HOCHTIEF AG in Essen for almost 20 years. This included global responsibility for all financing issues, liquidity and cash management, collateral management, debt and equity capital measures and project financing. In addition, for 13 years he was the Board member with operational responsibility for HOCHTIEF Pension Trust e.V., the financing vehicle for the HOCHTIEF Group's domestic pension liabilities. Before joining HOCHTIEF, Mr Hoestermann worked for 8 years at Deutsche Bank AG, as part of a management trainee programme, as an assistant to the management and most recently for 3 1/2 years as a branch manager.

Carl E. Hoestermann studied law and is still admitted to the German Bar. He is married and has three children.

Managing Director and In-house Lawyer, Gracher Kredit- und Kautionsmakler

Carl E Hoestermann q
Speaker
Jay Hopkins

An experienced professional with a proven track record within the insurance industry as well as trade finance and general credit. Jay is tenacious, driven and personable with the ability to develop relationships quickly.

His analytical skills combined with his pragmatic approach has led to have a highly successful career within the insurance industry, as well as with leading trade associations such as ITFA.

Divisional Director Technology & Partnerships, Howden

Hopkins Jay
Moderator
Lara Biermann

As Head of Sales Credit & Surety at SCHUMANN Lara Biermann is advising and supporting international credit risk insurer and surety bond provider in digitizing and automating their risk and business process management.

She studied business administration focused on finance, accounting and taxes and supervises international credit and surety insurance companies while implementing CAM Credit & Surety.

Head of Sales Credit & Surety, SCHUMANN

Lara Biermann q

Housing Bonds in the Current Market Situation

1.50 - 2.30 p.m.

Housing bonds are a special product in the surety market. On this panel we will discuss the particular challenges of underwriting these products in the European market for MGAs. The following topics will be covered:

  • What exactly are housing bonds and what are the challenges within the underwriting process?
  • To what extent can the implementation of software help to scale the business?
  • Can regional differences be identified with regard to the product type?
  • What is the current market situation in the individual European countries?
  • How important is the role of insurance companies in the distribution and provision of housing bonds?

Panel with various representatives from

  • DUAL
  • Eurocaution
  • Nexus EBA

Moderator Lara Biermann, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Annet de Grooth

Annet joined Dual Europe in April 2023 as Head of Surety Europe. She is based in The Netherlands which serves as the central hub for surety operations in Europe. The hub is responsible for defining and disseminating guidelines, underwriting tools, and delegation of authorities.

With over two decades of experience in the surety industry, Annet has served in various capacities as a surety underwriter and reinsurance underwriter. In her previous role, she held the position of Head of Surety Europe at a credit insurance company. She has an MBA degree in Change Management.

Head of Surety Europe, DUAL Europe

De Grooth Annet
Speaker
Alessandro Rizzo

Alessandro Rizzo, who is a Luxembourg citizen, is the founder and chief executive officer of EuroCaution, a leading (re)insurance broker and product manufacturer, specializing in bonds and surety in Luxembourg and Belgium.

More than 700 customers have subscribed to innovative bond and surety solutions developed by Alessandro with the help of cutting-edge technology and the assistance of renowned (re)insurance companies.

Paperjam, the biggest business magazine in Luxembourg, lists Alessandro as one of the 100 people who count in real estate.

He regularly speaks at numerous national and international summits on real estate development, project financing, or insurance-related topics.

CEO & CUO, EuroCaution

Rizzo Alessandro
Speaker
Simon Barker

Simon Barker joined the London insurance market in 1989 a broker with C.T. Bowring (Marsh).

He set up and developed an independent Lloyd’s Broker called EBA Insurance Services which expanded into the MGA arena in the mid-2000s with particular focus on European construction and surety business.

EBA joined the Nexus group in 2015 and has become a key component of the group’s European strategy. Simon’s role cuts across a wide range of insurance products and roles including product design, capacity sourcing and binding authority design.

He is a fluent French and Italian speaker and was the architect of Nexus’ post Brexit structure.

Since the acquisition of the Kentro group by Brown & Brown, Simon is supporting the Brown & Brown’s London and Asian brokers on strategic development.

Managing Director, Nexus EBA

Barker Simon
Moderator
Lara Biermann

As Head of Sales Credit & Surety at SCHUMANN Lara Biermann is advising and supporting international credit risk insurer and surety bond provider in digitizing and automating their risk and business process management.

She studied business administration focused on finance, accounting and taxes and supervises international credit and surety insurance companies while implementing CAM Credit & Surety.

Head of Sales Credit & Surety, SCHUMANN

Lara Biermann q

Technological Innovations Driving Change in Credit & Surety

2.35 - 3.00 p.m.

In this interview, we’ll cover the state of the industry and latest developments and discuss, how can credit insurance play a pivotal role in mitigating risks associated with expanding trade and investment ventures? Taking into account what regulatory challenges like ESG, export restriction or supply chain regulations we’re facing to and where data standardization can help for this growth.

Interview with Richard Wulff, ICISA

Moderator Henning Rahlf, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Richard Wulff

After completing a master’s degree in economics, Richard Wulff started his career in 1989 as trade credit insurance underwriting manager and reinsurance director of NCM (a precursor of Atradius) in his native country, the Netherlands. He founded a reinsurance captive for the company in Ireland prior to moving on to Munich Re in Germany.

At Munich Re, he managed the non-European credit, surety and political risk reinsurance department until 2008. He then moved to India to become chief underwriting officer of HDFC-ERGO Insurance Company in India, a general lines insurance business.

Richard subsequently became group general manager, heading up the world-wide credit lines at QBE Insurance in Australia, before moving to Hong Kong in that role.

He returned to Holland in 2017 to found RW Consulting, a consultancy company for trade credit insurance, surety and political risk (re)insurance. In February 2021, Richard joined the International Credit Insurance and Surety Association (ICISA), an association with which Richard has been actively involved throughout his career in trade credit insurance, surety and political risk insurance, where he currently holds the title of executive director.

Executive Director, ICISA

Richard Wulff q
Moderator
Henning Rahlf

As a member of the executive board, the business information technology specialist is responsible for product- and business development for the business unit of Credit & Surety at SCHUMANN.

Commercial Director, SCHUMANN

Henning Rahlf q

3.00 - 3.15 p.m. Short Break


Factoring and Receivables Finance as a Growth Driver for Companies - a Global Look at Future Markets and Risk Mitigation Strategies

3.15 - 3.55 p.m.

Factoring and receivables finance are a steady growth market worldwide.

But what are the current risks and opportunities in the countries and regions of the world? Which financial instruments and digital processes, especially for smaller businesses, support the realisation of growth potential? What role do risk mitigation strategies with trade credit insurance play and how must future-oriented digital processes be implemented so that risk mitigation can be effective?

Forward-looking findings and prospects will be discussed in this discussion panel.

Panel with various representatives from

  • FCI
  • HSBC

Moderator Robert Meters, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Neal Harm

Neal Harm is the Deputy Secretary General at FCI (fci.nl), the Global Representative Body for Factoring and Financing of Open Account Domestic and International Trade Receivables. He has over 30 years of experience in working capital finance, having successfully led and managed complex and large commercial finance, international, and payments businesses at leading US Banks.

Neal is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina, USA where he joined Wachovia’s Leadership Management Development Program. At Wachovia (now Wells Fargo) he started his career in the Asset Based Lending division as a collateral analyst. This role led to his interest in working capital-based finance.

Neal later joined Bank of America’s factoring division taking on various leadership roles. He was responsible for all aspects of business operations to include client experience, partnerships with financial institutions, and product development ultimately becoming the President of Business Finance in 1999.

In 2005, he joined BB&T (now Truist) leading to his role as President of the bank’s international banking division to include Trade, FX, Factoring, and Correspondent Banking. While at BB&T, he was a member of FCI’s Business and IT Committee, serving as its Chairman from 2008 to 2012. He later became a member of FCI’s Executive Committee to include a role as Vice Chairman.

Neal is married to Bren and they have 3 boys (Jordan, Andrew, and Jeffery) living in the USA. Neal and Bren reside in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Secretary General, FCI

Harm Neal
Speaker
John Beaney

John Beaney is Global Head of Receivables Finance Product Management for HSBC. As such he is responsible for ensuring the receivables finance product meets the needs of the bank’s customers across the HSBC network and can be delivered safely and sustainably. That includes overall responsibility for the trade credit insurance programme as well as future technology requirements, product design, product performance and education.

John has devoted his career to HSBC and worked across many countries and territories. John has supported the industry association FCI through past membership of its technical and executive committees.

Global Head of Receivables Finance Product Management, HSBC

Beaney John
Moderator
Robert Meters

Robert Meters is Director of Global Business at SCHUMANN. He studied Business Administration and International Management at the University for Economics and Management in Düsseldorf and Essen. He has been in the credit risk management industry since 1993 and has worked for leading information service providers as well as in the telecommunications industry.

He advises and takes care of customers in the automation of credit risk management for the financial services sector with excellent references in leasing, factoring, banking and trade credit insurance.

Director of Global Business, SCHUMANN

Meters Robert

Enabling Investments through Leasing - a Look at the European Leasing Market

4.00 - 4.25 p.m.

Leasing is an important driver for future investments in Europe. The volume for necessary investments is enormous. Green and digital transformations do the rest for leasing companies to explore market opportunities and position themselves for the future.

The leasing market reacts sensitively to political conditions. Fluctuations in profitability in individual market segments require efficient processes and precise market orientation. A look at national markets and market segments presents the facets of the European leasing market.

Panel with various representatives from

  • Leaseurope
  • abcfinance

Moderator Robert Meters, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Malte Rüsing

Malte Rüsing has been a member of the Management Board of abcfinance GmbH and abcbank GmbH, a medium-sized financial services provider specialising in leasing, factoring and vendor finance, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, and part of the family-owned Wilh. Werhahn KG in Neuss, since May 2022. In addition to overseeing the foreign subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Austria, he is responsible for all back-office operations, risk controlling and the corporate sustainability department. Prior to his appointment as member of the Management Board, he was Head of Corporate Development & Strategy since joining abcfinance/abcbank in 2013, having previously worked for EOS in Hamburg.

Malte Rüsing holds a degree in business and economics and resides in Wermelskirchen with his wife and two children.

Managing Director, abcfinance & abcbank

Rüsing Malte
Speaker
Richard Knubben

Richard Knubben is Director General at Leaseurope, the federation representing the leasing and automotive rental industries at European level. He is also the Director General of Eurofinas, representing the consumer finance industry.

He has more than 17 years of experience in (corporate and political) interest representation at European and national level.

Director General, Leaseurope

Knubben Richard
Moderator
Robert Meters

Robert Meters is Director of Global Business at SCHUMANN. He studied Business Administration and International Management at the University for Economics and Management in Düsseldorf and Essen. He has been in the credit risk management industry since 1993 and has worked for leading information service providers as well as in the telecommunications industry.

He advises and takes care of customers in the automation of credit risk management for the financial services sector with excellent references in leasing, factoring, banking and trade credit insurance.

Director of Global Business, SCHUMANN

Meters Robert

Promising Applications of AI in Receivables Finance

4.30 - 4.55 p.m.

Adopting new technologies can be a daunting process.

In this panel discussion we explain the practical challenges that analogue-born businesses, such as many established insurers, face in the real world and make them hesitant in adopting AI. Join us as we discuss the key elements of effective AI implementation with examples in credit insurance.

Interview with Dimitri Zampetas, Atradius & Dr. Tobias Nießner, SCHUMANN

Moderator Micha Teweleit, SCHUMANN

Speaker
Dimitri Zampetas

Dimitri Zampetas joined Atradius in July 2005 in London as Head of Customer Segmentation and moved to Strategy & Corporate Development in 2010 as expert advisor. Dimitri and the team in strategy are originating, developing and implementing key strategic projects on growth & profitability, including AI. Throughout his career in Atradius, he has been exposed to almost every aspect of the organisation and has developed a wide and deep knowledge of the credit insurance business, products and markets. In recent years, as Atradius embraced technology in both the front and the back office, Dimitri had the opportunity to gain considerable experience on how new technologies and in particular AI can create value and increase productivity in the insurance world.

Dimitri started his career in finance and accounting and then as Head of Exports in steel products where he first used credit insurance as a tool to mitigate the credit risk in emerging markets. Prior to Atradius, Dimitri had exposure as a consultant to a variety of projects ranging from asset management in Allianz to the development of advanced data analytics software.

Dimitri graduated from the Economics & Business Administration University of Thessaloniki in Greece and holds a MSc from the Sloan School of Management at London Business School in the United Kingdom. He successfully completed an executive course in LBS London in Artificial Intelligence. He currently lives in London with his family.

Expert Advisor - Strategy & Corporate Development, Atradius UK

Zampetas Dimitri
Speaker
Dr. Tobias Nießner

Tobias Nießner holds a PhD in Business Information Systems from the Georg-August University of Göttingen. He studied mathematics and business information systems with a focus on data science. During his PhD, he worked on risk use cases in accounts receivable management.

He joined SCHUMANN in 2023 as Product Owner to enable the product landscape with AI capabilities

Product Owner AI, SCHUMANN

Nießner Tobias
Moderator
Micha Teweleit

Micha Teweleit is Sales Manager for Credit & Surety and works as a consultant for international credit insurance companies that want to digitalise and automate their risk and business process management systems.

He completed his Master's degree in Business Information Systems at the Georg-August University in Göttingen.

Sales Manager, SCHUMANN

Micha Teweleit

Closing

4.55 - 5.00 p.m.

Channel moderator
Robert Meters

Robert Meters is Director of Global Business at SCHUMANN. He studied Business Administration and International Management at the University for Economics and Management in Düsseldorf and Essen. He has been in the credit risk management industry since 1993 and has worked for leading information service providers as well as in the telecommunications industry.

He advises and takes care of customers in the automation of credit risk management for the financial services sector with excellent references in leasing, factoring, banking and trade credit insurance.

Director of Global Business, SCHUMANN

Meters Robert