Agenda
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Welcome Coffee & Executive Networking
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Opening remarks
Welcome to Reimagine Banking
- Ralf Khoury, Senior Sales Executive, Teciem
- Rudy Kawmi, Vice President for Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific, Universal Banking, Finastra
- Francisco van Uden Chaves, Managing Partner, Innovation Makers
9:45 AM – 10:05 AM
Keynote
Digital Transformation in a Gen AI World
An executive look at global banking transformation and the real impact of Gen AI.Separating hype from practical value, learn how emerging technologies are reshaping strategy, operating models, and competitiveness for banks today and tomorrow.
Digital Transformation in a Gen AI World
- Siobhan Byron, Executive Vice President, Universal Banking, Finastra
10:05 AM – 10:25 AM
Market overview
Angola’s Banking Landscape: Challenges & Opportunities
Tackle the key regulatory, efficiency, and modernization pressures shaping Angola’s banking sector, and highlight the strategic priorities bank leaders must address to remain competitive.
- Carlos Tenreiro, Partner, Innovation Makers
10:25 AM – 10:55 AM
Banking Today (Panel Discussion)
Winning in a Hyper-Competitive World
Examine how Angolan banks can strengthen efficiency, compliance, payments connectivity, and customer experience, while exploring treasury trends, the evolving role of the treasurer, and priorities for competing effectively in today’s hyper-competitive environment.
- Duarte Matos, Country Manager, Angola, Finastra Universal Banking (Moderator)
- Belmiro Meirinho, Lead Technical Solutions Consultant, Teciem
- Frederico Augusto Viriato Lourenço, Head of Treasury and Capital Markets, Access Bank Angola
10:55 AM – 11:25 AM
Banking Tomorrow (Panel Discussion)
Cloud, Data Sovereignty and Regulation in Angola
Explore how Angola’s financial institutions can navigate a dynamically evolving landscape, including cloud adoption, data sovereignty requirements, and evolving regulatory expectations, while identifying practical approaches to ensuring compliance and secure modernization in the country’s digital banking landscape.
- Duarte Matos, Country Manager, Angola, Finastra Universal Banking (Moderator)
- Maria Miguel Pinto, General Manager, Raxio Angola
- Augusto Lacerda, Country Manager Angola, Bravantic
- Rolf Mendelsohn, Co‑founder and CEO of Internet Technologies Angola, S.A. (Paratus Group founding member)
- João Carlos Bastos Almeida, Chief Information Officer, Access Bank Angola
11:25 AM – 11:40 AM
Coffee Break & Networking
11:40 AM – 12:05 PM
Modern Treasury & Capital Markets in Angola
Risk, Liquidity and Profitability with our Treasury Platform
Learn how modern Treasury and Capital Markets capabilities can strengthen risk management, liquidity, and profitability for Angolan banks, and to demonstrate practical ways treasury teams can navigate volatility and integrate future-ready treasury solutions.
- Pruthvi KN, Solutions Consulting Lead, Teciem
12:05 PM – 12:30 PM
From Core Banking to Banking Ecosystems
The Essential Elements
How modular, scalable core banking architecture, enabled through the Essence Country Model, can help banks evolve from traditional core systems to flexible, ecosystem driven platforms that accelerate innovation and power growth.
- Narendra Mistry, Chief Product Officer, Universal Banking, Finastra
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Core Banking Migration Strategy
Enabling modern banking through scalable, future‑ready core architecture
Clear, low risk pathways for migrating to modern, scalable platforms. A practical view on ensuring operational continuity, regulatory alignment, and seamless integration across payments, cards, reporting, treasury, digital channels, and other key banking solutions.
- Carlos Tenreiro, Partner, Innovation Makers
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM
Core Banking as a Service
A new path to modern core banking
Examine a core banking-as-a-service model that lowers modernization costs, shortens time to market, and offers scalable capabilities designed to support growth, particularly for smaller financial institutions.
- Francisco van Uden Chaves, Managing Partner, Innovation Makers
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM
Special Address
A visionary and localized perspective on the future of banking in Angola
Forward‑looking perspective on the evolution of Angola’s banking sector, highlighting the strategic vision shaping the industry, the balance between regulatory expectations and innovation, and the pathways toward a more resilient and sustainably growing financial system.
- Mário Ferreira do Nascimento, President of the Board of Directors, Angolan Banking Association (ABANC)
1:20 PM – 1:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Thriving in the future of banking
Outlining the forward path for continued collaboration, engagement, and impact across Angola’s banking sector.
- Rudy Kawmi, Vice President for Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific, Universal Banking, Finastra
- Francisco van Uden Chaves, Managing Partner, Innovation Makers
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Networking & Lunch
