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November 24, 2022 |
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9:00 – 11:30 AM |
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Amazon LHR16 office, |
About the event
According to Gartner, the cloud managed service market is forecast to reach $102 billion in 2025. However, can critical banking systems be reliably outsourced? What are the regulatory and pragmatic considerations? Growth will be driven by organizations demanding agility and supporting complex client demands while managing operational risk effectively.
We invite you to join this upcoming breakfast briefing in partnership with Amazon Web Services, where we are keen to share our insights on cloud managed services and hear about your experience and perspectives.
Agenda will include:
- State of the financial services market: Evolving the digital business
- Aligning with business outcomes
- Building a secure and compliant cloud strategy
- Managed services: A platform for innovation and differentiation
- Networking
Speakers:
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Chris Mills Chris has worked in financial services for over 20 years, always intersecting sales, strategic account management, and financial technology. After studying for a PhD in mathematics, he spent over eight years in software and fintech firms before moving to BlackRock. Chris helped to grow BlackRock’s managed service business with their largest European clients on the buy side. He then spent another eight years in the consulting market with global firms such as KPMG and Grant Thornton, before launching his own consulting startup focused on digital transformation. |
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Paul van der Heijden Paul van der Heijden has been with Amazon Web Services since 2018, where he started as a sales leader for enterprise modernization for Benelux, Nordics, and Central Eastern European regions. Starting in 2022, he leads the financial services technology relationships for EMEA and APAC, a team at AWS that supports its most strategic financial services ISVs. Paul van der Heijden holds an MSc (drs.) degree in Economics from Tilburg University and brings over 20 years of experience, 14 of which involve cloud computing. |
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Arvind Kannan Arvind Kannan is a Principal Compliance Specialist who guides financial service customers across EMEA on governance, risk, and regulatory compliance. Before AWS, Arvind directed enterprise-wide regulatory compliance programs as a financial services consulting lead at KPMG UK and a boutique risk consulting firm. He also led technology programs at Royal Bank of Scotland and ran the equities high frequency trading technology functions at Morgan Stanley. Arvind has a strong foundation in technology from his years working in the field of electronic design automation in California. |
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Julian Lee Julian Lee has worked in capital markets technology for over 25 years as an enterprise architect, strategic advisor, and program director. He was employed at a senior level by banks, brokers, and buy-sides. More recently, he has brought his experience to software providers and services companies to provide clients with product-led, control-oriented, and data-driven solutions. Today, Julian works for Finastra leading the transformation initiative – helping clients move from an installed instance of our products to Finastra Managed Services. |
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