Oracle Announces Financial Services Global Leadership Summit

Published May 1st, 2008 - 10:22 GMT
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Oracle today announced that it will host a Financial Services Global Leadership Summit, May 7-9, 2008, at the InterContinental Hotel in Athens, Greece.
The summit will provide financial services industry professionals an opportunity to network with, and learn from, respected thought leaders in the banking, insurance and capital markets sectors – as well as explore how organizations are managing the challenges of increased regulatory pressure, complex global operations and rising demand for innovative customer service.

“Oracle’s Financial Services Global Leadership Summit provides industry leaders with a unique and highly personalized forum in which to meet with their peers and think creatively about challenges and opportunities in the financial services community.  We are pleased to host this important event designed to highlight successes and help members of the banking, insurance and capital markets sectors optimize long-term strategies for enterprise-wide success,” said Senthil Kumar, Vice President of Marketing, Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit.


Oracle’s Financial Services Global Leadership Summit will explore key industry topics, including creating a customer-centric enterprise; enabling organizational flexibility to respond to market needs; embedding an intelligent compliance, risk and performance management framework; and innovating for operational excellence across the enterprise.

The summit will feature presentations from industry leaders including: Mark Young, Head of Business Development, Old Mutual South Africa; Ben Taylor, Head of Operations, HBOS;  L. Todd Budge, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tokyo Star Bank, Limited; Dr. Walter Kirchmann, Chief Executive Officer, IZB; David Webb, Chief Operations Officer, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group; Steve Meadows, Head of Operations and Technology, Allied Irish Bank Group;Michael Blum, Vice President, Technology Solutions Group, World Wide Financial Services Industry, HP; Pablo E Suarez, Financial Services Sector Leader, South Western Europe, IBM; Charles Philips, President, Oracle; and Rajesh Hukku, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit.

For more information on Financial Services Global Leadership Summit Overview, please visit:
http://www.oracle.com/events/executivesummit/emeafinservices/index.html

For Summit Registration, please visit:
https://sslws018.alentus.com/oracleexecutivesummit/emea2/registration1.asp

For more information on Oracle in Financial Services please visit:
http://www.oracle.com/industries/financial_services/index.html

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