Benedicte Ollagnon is global alliance manager at Infosys Finacle. She has over two decades of experience in business development, particularly in growing strategic alliances with global partners. In her present role, Benedicte is responsible for growing alliances globally with GSI and global advisory firms.

Prior to her present role, Benedicte held various senior partnerships and alliances roles with global start- ups such as Masabi, Duetto and Infogrid as well as established brands such as American Express GBT, helping these companies scale their business with a strong alliances strategy.

Benedicte is passionate about the impact that successful alliances bring to a business, and works hard to find opportunities for both parties to be successful. Benedicte is based in London. When Benedicte is not working, you can find her swimming or hiking in English countryside.

Dennis is the Head of Financial Services for North America at Infosys, and part of the Global Financial Services Executive Leadership team. He brings experience across many business competencies, including sales, strategy, consulting, marketing and local leadership.

Dennis’ area of expertise is in Financial Services, where he brings significant experience in driving innovation at the intersection of business and technology. He specializes in leveraging power of technology to address challenges facing the financial services industry. His personal network includes a wide ecosystem of experts, start-ups and established industry players and he collaborates with this community to bring cutting-edge technology to established financial institutions to drive new products, services, and experiences.

Dennis is a truly global citizen, having lived and worked in APAC, Europe and USA where he currently resides in Charlotte, NC. He has a natural interest in culture, change and collaboration and has played an active role in the local communities in which he has lived. Prior to joining Infosys, Dennis has worked at Accenture and PWC.

For over 25 years I have worked within Cash & Liquidity Management. I joined Finacle in November 2020 as Lead Product Manager for Cash Management. Prior to Finacle, for 5 years I was head of Liquidity Management at Intellect Design Arena. Before joining Intellect I worked for JP Morgan in a number of roles including Portfolio Manager, Operations Manager and Product Manager. In my current role I am responsible for driving the product roadmap to achieve a product solution suited to regions and customers, drive business requirements and prioritisation, understanding competitive deficiencies and incorporating into the product strategy. With extensive in-depth experience of the Cash & Liquidity domains I am also responsible for the production of whitepapers, attend and support Finacle customer workshops and events.

Sanat Rao is a Whole-time Director at EdgeVerve. He is Chief Business Officer and Global Head of Finacle. Sanat has over 26 years of experience in international banking and technology led business transformations. His experience spans strategic partnerships with clients through their digital journey across multiple markets globally. In his present role, Sanat is responsible for growing the Finacle business and driving industry leadership with innovations in the banking space.

Having started his career at ANZ Bank, a global financial institution headquartered in Australia, Sanat has had stints with marquee global financial technology organizations. In his previous role as Vice President and Senior Partner at IBM, he was responsible for a portfolio of offerings including cloud consulting services, CIO Advisory, core banking, digital foundation and payments in the BFSI space. He was also deeply engaged with FinTech companies in identifying and nurturing new partnerships that could prove disruptive in the market.

Prior to that, for nearly 14 years till 2013, Sanat played a variety of global roles as part of the Infosys Finacle organization, helping build and scale the brand, with the last position as the Global Head of Client Services and Alliances. In this role, he was responsible driving global sales, client engagement, and strategic alliances for Finacle globally. Sanat’s expertise of the banking and financial technology industry is exemplary, having previously been responsible for Infosys’ global banking product strategy for the entire Finacle suite. Sanat is based in London but spends much of his time travelling globally to engage with clients.

Tarun Kishore Sonwalkar, is a Principal Product Manager for Payments at Infosys Finacle. He brings extensive expertise within the banking and financial services sector. In his current capacity, Tarun heads the product management and delivery of payment solutions for Corporate and Financial Institution clientele. His role centers around propelling payments modernization and guiding banks through their ISO20022 migration journey, as well as implementation of real-time payment systems. Tarun’s contributions have been instrumental in aiding numerous banks in their payments transformation endeavors; harmonizing their IT infrastructure with pivotal strategic imperatives of the payment industry like regulatory compliance, adapting to evolving business paradigms and tapping into emerging market opportunities.

Prior to his present role, Tarun started his career in banking with ICICI bank in Mortgages & Lending business as part of the credit risk and compliance organization where he worked in the portfolio analysis, risk assessment and credit underwriting business for retail and corporate banking customers of the bank.

Tarun has a master’s in business administration from Goa Institute of Management and is passionate about payments & fintech innovations like real time cross border payments, CBDC, distributed ledger technology and cash management business.