Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards 2021 | Merchant Payments Ecosystem | 22 February 2021 |

The MPE Awards 2020 recognised the best payment companies in 13 categories, divided into 2 groups with different voting/judging process.

This year marked a major revamp of the MPE Awards categories to better align with new trends & technologies in payment acceptance, as well as opening up entries to a broader range of entrants. The newly structured categories included 3 new categories:

Best Technical & Service Provider, Organisation
Best PISP, AISP
Best PAAS Provider

Categories have also been expanded across the board to appeal to a wider range of entrants. This included the categories recognizing the achievements of professional services organizations like consulting firms, HR companies, PR companies, Legal companies, security assessors and new industry players like PISP, AISP and PAAS providers.

2020 Past Speakers

Amit Kurseja
Head - External Payments,Amazon Pay India

Chris Skinner
Author, commentator and troublemaker,

David Birch
Director of Innovation,Consult Hyperion

Paul Stoddart
President, New Payment Platforms,Mastercard

Rahav Shalom-Revivo
Fintech and Cyber Innovations Manager,Israeli Ministry of Finance

Ron Kalifa
Vice Chairman,Worldpay

Abhish Saha
General Manager,MerchantSuite

Alan Moss
Head of Fintech ,BlueSpecs

Zachary Powers
Director of Payments Strategy,FareHarbor & Booking.com

Alexia Hagen
Vice President, Mastercard Partnerships and Programmes,Mastercard

Alfredo Soria
Corporate Partnerships Fintech Europe at Plug and Play Tech Center,Plug and Play

Ana Vuksanovikj-Vanevska
Senior Product Manager Payment Security,Netcetera

Andras Habersetzer
Payments lead TAS EMEIA, EY-Parthenon

Andreas Melan
Head of IKEA Group Payments,IKEA Group

Andrew Cregan
Policy Adviser – Payments and Consumer Credit,British Retail Consortium

Andrew Greening
Managing Partner, Board & NED Practice,Greenings International

Andrew Mitchell
VP Development and Infrastructure Support,JCB International

Andrew Vorster
Innovation Catalyst,

Andy Diaz
Strategic Growth Manager,PPRO

Arik Shtilman
CEO,Rapyd

Arnaud de Cartier d’Yves
Investment Director,BlackFin Capital

Axel Rebien
Chief Financial Officer,Heidelpay Group

Axel Schaefer
Advisor - Payments,IKEA Group

Benjamin Kirschbaum
German attorney at law,WINHELLER law firm

Benny Tadele
Vice President Merchant Solutions,ACI Worldwide

Boris Griesinger
Head of Payment & Finance Projects,HUGO BOSS

Brian Hanrahan
Chief Commercial Officer,Nuapay

Bruce Parker
Founder & CEO,Modo

Carsten Muerl
Director Product Management,Mastercard

Charles Damen
SVP Payment Strategy,WorldPay

Christophe Bourbier
Chairman & Co-founder,Limonetik

Daniel Knottenbelt
Partner, Private Equity,KKR

Daria Rippingale
Chief Executive Officer,Bankingblocks

David Buch
Senior Product Manager E-Commerce,VR Payment

David Jeffrey
Director, Head of Product - Fraud and Security,Barclaycard

David Parker
CEO,Polymath Consulting

Derek Fattal
Senior Corporate Counsel,Bluesnap

Diderik Schonheyder
Managing Director,Schonheyder & Associates

Dimitri Farber
Co-Founder,Tiller Systems

Dimitri Gugunava
VP Banking & Acquiring,SumUp

Don Ginsel
Founder & CEO,Holland Fintech

Douglas Mackenzie
Head Series Producer/Host,FintechFinance

Edy Bruinooge
Co-founder ,ibanXS

Elad Cohen
VP Data Science & Research,Riskified

Emilian Stoilkov
CEO,QaiWare

Ergi Sener
Managing Partner,IdeaField BV

Eugene Palcheuski
CEO & Founder ,Tap2Pay

France Leduc
EVP of Engineering ,Mobeewave

Frank Meier
CEO & Founder,Bitbucks

Frederic Loos
Chief Merchant Officer,Worldline

Gary Munro
Principal Consultant,Consult Hyperion

Georgy Sokolov
Co-founder,Wirex

Ghela Boskovich
Head of Europe,Financial Data and Technology Association

Gilit Saporta
Head of Fraud Intelligence,Simplex

Guillaume Leclerc
Consultant,HPS

Guy Douek
SVP Business Operations,SafeCharge

Yoav Dror
CEO,PumaPay

Harry Corbett
Sales Manager, Partners & Alliances,Ravelin

Hen Pekar
Research Team Leader,Simplex

Hubert O’Donohue
VP, General Manager,AIB Merchant Services

Isabelle Clairac
CEO,MarketPay (Carrefour)

Isil Ugurlu
Head of Payment,elumeo SE

Ivan Glazachev
CEO,Yandex.Money

Jake Hershman
Executive Director,JP Morgan Merchant Services

James Booth
VP - Head of Partnerships, EMEA,PPRO

James O'Toole
Co-Founder ,ID-Pal

James Pinborough
Fraud Product Manager,Accertify

Jamie George
Enterprise Sales manager,Ravelin

Janusz Diemko
Payment consultant / angel investor,JD Payments Consulting

Jarkko Anttiroiko
Founder & CEO,Enterpay

Jaspers Goeman
Area Lead Sales & Alliances,Rabobank

Jennifer O’Neill
European Consultant ,CMSPI

Jeremy King
International Director,PCI Security Standards

Jeremy Nicholds
CEO,Judopay

Jodie L. Kelley
CEO,Electronic Transactions Association

Jussi Lindberg
Senior Vice President Global Business Development,Adyen

Kai-Christian Claus
Partner, Global Payments Leader, EY-Parthenon

Keren Aviasaf Migdal
Co-Founder & CEO,PaymentsOp

Kevin Gosschalk
CEO & Founder,Arkose Labs

Kyle Smith
Vice President of Business Development ,Ethoca

Laura Matukaitytė
Senior Associate,Sorainen

Lev Yakimov
Head of Global Payments and EMEA Fraud,Gett

Lieven Lambrecht
Head of HR,PwC Luxembourg

Louise Garratt
Senior Payments Manager,Easyjet

Lu Zurawski
Practice Lead, Retail Payments,ACI Worldwide

Manish Patel
Vice President - Merchants,ACI Worldwide

Manja Pfeiffer
Micropayments Specialist,

Mark Waring
Senior Associate,The Strawhecker Group

Martha Mghendi-Fisher
Founder,EWPN

Martin Sweeney
CEO,Ravelin

Mathias Lundoe Nielsen
Founder & CEO,Nustay

Maurice Jongmans
Chairman,VBIN - United Dutch Payment Institutions

Max M. Svendsen
Music Composer and Sound Designer,MM SVENDSEN

Mélisande Mual
Managing Director, Publisher,The Paypers

Miriam Wohlfarth
Founder,RatePay

Monica Eaton-Cardone
COO, co-founder,Chargebacks911

Neil Smith
Head of Business Development, EMEA,Forter

Neira Jones
Independent Advisor ,

Nicolas Adolph
Chairman,EPSM

Niklaus Santschi
CEO,PAYONE

Nilixa Devlukia
Founder,Payments Solved

Oscar Berglund
CEO,Trustly

Pascal Burg
Director,Edgar, Dunn & Company

Paul Adams
International Payments Director,Barclaycard

Paul Rawson
Senior Business Development Manager ,Zalando

Paul Rodgers
Chairman,Vendorcom

Paul Scholten
Chief Executive Officer,Buckaroo B.V.

Peter Kovacs
Sr. Product Manager,The New York Times

Peter Vesco
CEO EMEA,Rezolve

Petr Baron
CEO,TBIF (TBI Bank)

Rajat Hubli
Product Lead - Booking & Payments ,Omio

Ralf Germer
CEO and Co-founder,PagBrasil

Ralf Gladis
Founder & CEO,Computop

Raphael Tetro
SVP Merchants Services,SafeCharge

Rik Coeckelbergs
Managing Director,The Banking Scene

Risto Savolainen
Founder & CEO,iAxept

Rob Tuckwell
Director of Partnerships & B2B,Barclaycard

Ron van Wezel
Senior analyst,Aite Group

Rory O'Neill
Chief Marketing Officer,Planet

Ruca Sousa Marques
CEO,Switch

Sam Shawki
Chief Executive Officer,MagicCube

Sarel Tal
VP, EMEA,Rapyd

Sasha Pons
Product Innovation Director, Radar Payments by BPC

Sebastian Weyer
Co-founder & CEO,Statice

Shmuli Goldberg
CMO,Identiq

Silke Hubert
Presales Consultant Digital Payment,Netcetera

Simon Black
CEO,PPRO Group

Spencer McLain
VP and GM of EMEA,Ekata

Steven Bisoffi
Payments Specialist, Policy,Payment Systems Regulator (PSR)

Steve Cook
Specialist Biometrics and Fintech Consultant,Biometrics for eCommerce

Sunil Jhamb
Chief Executive Officer,Newgen Payments

Thijs Moser
Head of Global and DACH,PaymentGenes

Thomas Pernot
Online Business – Fraud and Billing Manager,Square Enix Europe

Tim van Delden
Partner,HPE Growth

Vanita Pandey
VP of Marketing,Arkose Labs

Victor Bergmann
Merchant Lead DACH,GooglePay

Volker Schloenvoigt
Principal,Edgar, Dunn & Company

Wei Zhihong
International Market Director and General Manager of Europe Branch,UnionPay International

Yimei Wenyang
Managing Director,Alipay Europe