Previous Speakers

Open Banking & Instant Payments Summit

Javier Santamaría Navarrete

Chair of the European Payments Council

Javier Santamaría Navarrete

Javier Santamaría is the Chair of the European Payments Council since June 2012, and has been one of its members since its creation in 2002. During decades as a bank employee, Mr. Santamaría accumulated a broad and balanced expertise in the intertwined dimensions of payments – business-related, operational, technical – across different client segments and product lines, in the legacy and the innovative spheres, which he now further develops as an independent self-employed professional. Mr Santamaría is also Chair of the Iberpay Board. Former Head of Operations and Business Services, he was Senior Vice President at Banco Santander until December 2016. He was a member of the Board of the Euro Banking Association and a Director of the SWIFT Board until the end of 2016

Elena Gomez

Global Head of Domestic Payments, Director, Treasury and Trade Solutions

Elena Gomez

Elena Gomez is the Global Instant Payments Head at Citi, responsible for the global product strategy and commercialization of Instant payments at Citi.

Elena has over 19 years experience in Financial Services. Since joining Citi in 2004 she has held a number of roles within the bank – covering Network, Operations, Project and Product Management, among other functions. Through these roles Elena has supported and led multiple Payment and Receivables products and built a wealth of expertise in transactional banking. Elena also plays an active role in industry forums and working groups.

Elena holds a Bachelor degree in English Studies by UAM Madrid, and a Masters in Financial Services by University College Dublin.

Michael Knetsch

Global Head of Instant Payments Development

Michael Knetsch

Michael is Director Business Product Expert at Deutsche bank. He is responsible for driving delivery of Payment capabilities, innovating client proposition development for Retail, corporate, FI & NBFI client base, building Relationship; networking within intra-bank, corporate & industry fora within EMEA. He has deep knowledge of the complete end to end cash management value chain and related proposition and products