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Wilhelm Celeda: Charting the Future — with Clients at the Very Centre of Our Universe
Wilhelm Celeda, chief executive of Kathrein Privatbank, on the forces and values galvanising change at the institution. In an era defined by digital transformation, staying ahead requires continuous innovation and a keen understanding of evolving customer needs. At Kathrein Privatbank,
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BBE’s CEO & MD Victor van der Kwast: AI is Certainly Coming to Banking Sector — It’s All About Integration
BBE’s CEO and managing director Victor van der Kwast initiated an all-encompassing, digitally focused transformation journey in 2020. It has been challenging and intense for BBE at times, but the trajectory has been marked by impressive impacts on efficiency and
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You Can Take This to the Bank: Online Gaming is Here to Stay
B2B GAMING SERVICES: WINNER Best Online Gaming Platform Solution – Europe 2023 CFI.co in conversation with Gabriel Chaleplis, Founder of B2B GAMING SERVICES: Gaming forward in the innumerable ways people understand, use and enjoy technology. B2B Gaming Services (Malta) Ltd
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Social Activist-Turned-Chief Executive: Leader Showing True Commitment to Worthy Causes — and to Brazil’s People
CAIXA’s Maria Rita Serrano understands challenge and inequality, and strives to overcome both. Brazil is currently facing major political and economic challenges — and CAIXA has the tools to tackle those issues. At the head of the bank is CEO
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Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser
Jane Fraser, the CEO of Citigroup, is no stranger to glass ceiling and glass cliffs. Fraser, the first woman tapped to head a major US bank, has proven that she has the grit and gumption to lead a business through
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Quiet, Unassuming, Modest — and One of the World’s Most Powerful Women
Wealthy philanthropist and CEO of Fidelity Investments Abigail Johnson came up through the ranks of the family business ‘the old way’ By TONY LENNOX Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest women, Abigail Johnson cuts an unobtrusive figure on the
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Kathrein Privatbank: Investing Today in the Trends of Tomorrow — with Panache
For Kathrein Privatbank, 2021 was all about innovation. In addition to adopting a new brand identity, it worked intensively on expanding its product range. In troubled times such as these — overshadowed by war in Ukraine, supply chain problems, and
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Generali´s Josef Beneš Takes Decisions with Care Based on a Century of Experience
The chief executive of Generali Investments CEE, Josef Beneš, has held positions in the World Bank and London’s Standard Bank, and has investment experience in the Czech Republic, the US, China and the UK. “We are the region’s leaders in
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UniCredit’s Roberta Marracino: Banking with a Social Impact
Determined to help shape the post-pandemic ‘new normal’, UniCredit is stepping on the accelerator to redouble its efforts at sparking meaningful change in the lives of accountholders and in the wider society. UniCredit’s Social Impact Banking programme, first launched in
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Appreciation of ESG Values Has Increased During Pandemic, says Asset Manager of Goldman Sachs Sheila Patel
As a keen angler, Sheila Patel knows that the secret to hooking a big trout is to deliver the fly in a precise and careful manner. So when Covid-19 lobbed a rock into the financial world’s waters, one might have
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