Episode 86: Open Innovation Series: Collaboration models with startups and entrepreneurs

Open Innovation! A key concept for the financial services industry, in which several use-cases have been drawn for, on how innovation has been deployed and collaboration has been instaurated. To start this new series, Matteo Rizzi calls 4 stakeholders from different corners of the planet – absolute leaders in their regions: Diego Calascibetta (Grupo Santander, Spain), Noémie Ellezam (Société Générale, France), Edwin De Pauw (Euroclear, Belgium), and Gavin Payne (Bank FAB, United Arab Emirates) showcase their collaboration and growth stories in this week’s Breaking Banks Europe episode.

Connect with the guests:

Gavin Payne
Head of FABRIC, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinapayne/

Edwin De Pauw
Head of the Data Services and Innovation Division, Euroclear SA
Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwin-de-pauw-9956047/

Noémie Ellezam
Chief Digital Strategy Officer – Group Innovation Division, Société Générale
Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/no%C3%A9mie-ellezam-5b6b70165/

Diego Calascibetta
Managing Director Digital Business Development & Partnerships / Global Head of Fintech Station, Grupo Santander
Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcalascibetta/

Author, Co-Founder of FTS Group, BBE Executive Producer
About the Author
Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the industry. He spent 13 years at SWIFT - where he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm of the cooperative, launching the first global startup challenge. Since 2013, he has had a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs (20+ deals, 5 exits). In 2015, he co-founded FinTechStage (now FTSGroup.eu) - a platform for Investors and Innovators to boost FinTech innovation globally. In 2019, Matteo founded Timepledge.org a global initiative to foster financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. The same year he launched Breaking Banks Europe (as the Executive Producer). In 2023, he was appointed Senior Advisor for Elevandi (MAS). He is the author of "The FinTech Revolution" and "Talents & Rebels" and is fluent in 5 languages. X:https://twitter.com/matteorizzi Website: https://matteorizzi.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matteorizziofficial Linkedln:https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteorizzi/ Provoke: https://provoke.fm/author/matteo/
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