Mariusz Zarzycki joined Poczta Polska SA as deputy CEO from February 2011 and is responsible in the Board of Directors for: corporate strategy, IT, infrastructure, operations and postal logistics.

He brings more than twenty years of experience in top management of leading Polish financial institutions where he was primarily responsible for Information Technology and strategic projects. Before joining Poczta Polska, Zarzycki worked at bank PKO BP as member of the Board of Directors and in BRE Bank S.A. as a director of several IT departments and projects and CIO. Prior to that, he took part in the consolidation process of Pekao SA Group and in the IT Solution Team of this Group.

Zarzycki is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at University of Łódź and Stockholm University (specialization: banking and finance).

In addition to his role as deputy CEO, he also holds the positions in Supervisory Boards of Postdata SA - IT subsidiary of Poczta Polska and PTUW insurance company owned by – Poczta Polska.

Experienced and skilled Master in Management of Technology specialized in LEAN production and TPM.

In my career, I have implemented certified quality- and environmental management systems EN/ISO9001 and EN/ISO14001, set up processes for management of improvements and changes and processes for management review. LEAN thinking, including VSM, Kaizen and maintenance through TPM has always been in my mind when I have coached my staff to develop processes and procedures.

As Head of Technology developments, I am currently working with a reinvestment program for Post Denmark’s technical production equipment and related business it systems. This implies heading the processes for scanning of the postal technology market, proposal of production strategies, purchasing of sorting machines including negotiating with suppliers, installation and commissioning, training and advice to operations and maintenance.

The results I have obtained primary relates to persistent focus on the goals, leadership through presence and motivation and my ability to see cases from odd angles.

Alex is the Executive Director of the Romanian Post, the national postal operator in the field of postal offices. Romanian Post is owned by the Romanian state, represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (75% of the shares) and Franklin Templeton – Property Fund (25% of the shares). Alex is running the Financial Services, Commercial & Partnerships, Logistics, Finance, Strategy and International Co-operation Divisions across 33,000 employees and 7,200 branches in Romania.
 
He is also the President of the Commission for Preparation and Monitoring of Romanian Post Privatisation Process, appointed via Order of the Minister for Communications and Information Society, as part of the agreement between IMF and the Romanian Government.

Previously London based, Alex has been driving banking  licencing and prepaid development in the UK and Europe for several years, from various positions in prepaid focused companies, most recently Raphaels Bank. He has a proven track record in business development, successfully leading implementation of Financial Services within the Post Office networks across a number of European countries, with strong knowledge of the legislation particularities regarding prepaid and general banking in each European country, delivering card to card money transfer, general prepaid/credit card and disbursement card solutions, covering key sectors as telecom, government, post office networks, retail, managing business processes while mitigating risk so that a competitive product or service can reach the existent and new prepaid markets.

For several years, Eva Savelsberg was head of a research group on national and international large-scale logistics projects at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. During this time, she also received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2002) and was subsequently awarded the title of "Privatdozentin" at the same university in 2007.

Since 2006 she has been working for the Logistics Division of INFORM GmbH in Aachen. 2008 she became head of the business unit “Intermodal Solutions”. Here she is responsible for software systems which optimize elaborate logistics processes in real time via intelligent planning and despatch decisions regarding distribution centres, maritime and hinterland ports.

In July 2011 Eva Savelsberg became Vice President of the Logistics Division.

She published three books and over 30 papers on topics concerning innovation in freight transportation.

Thomas Bissels is a father of two and was born in Germany. He has more than 20 years experience in the parcels sector, mostly in sales and marketing. He began his career at World Courier in Germany, before contributing to the set-up of the sales organisation of the EMS courier Post in Bavaria, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post. In 1994 he moved to UPS in Austria. From 1997 to 2003 he worked in different management positions for Deutsche Post in Austria, including Head of Sales in the parcel division.

For Austrian Post, Mr Bissels was Head of Sales & Marketing of the subsidiaries in South-East Europe from 2003 to 2007 and successfully spurred their further development. In 2007 he took on the position of Head of Sales & Marketing in the Parcel & Logistics Austria division of Austrian Post. His role has involved building an effective sales organisation as well as the successful launch of the B2B business in Austria.

Walter graduated as Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Science) in electrical engineering with concentration in automation and control engineering.

After his graduation he started working as an engineer focussing on semiconductor
production.

Prior to being appointed to his current role at KEBA, Walter worked as senior project manager and key account manager in various fields including banking automation, lottery systems and logistics solutions.

His interests include travelling, hiking, collecting mechanical watches and playing ice
hockey.

CEO of Postecom and PosteShop, companies part of Poste Italiane Group. PosteCom is a Certification Authority focused on web solutions development, digital communication, eGovernment and eCommerce.

PosteShop sales mass market products and services through a multichannel approach (web site, call center, catalogue and physical shops in the post offices).

He has a solid experience in Telco, IT and Media industries, developed over 15 years of business consultancy both in Italy and abroad (Australia), which led him to join Bain & Co Partnership in 2007.

He entered Poste Italiane in January 2011 as Director of the new-born Internet Unit, with the aim of defining the Group development path in the web and of seizing the opportunities arising from new technologies and solutions.

In September 2011 is appointed CEO of PosteCom, where he integrates his previous role in order to build up an entity with full decisional and production capacity about Poste Italiane web evolution and positioning.

In June 2012 PosteCom becomes responsible for digital activities of eGovernment, eCommerce and electronic communications, thus becoming the point of reference of the Group for the web evolution and the digital world.

In July 2012, Vincenzo was appointed CEO of PosteShop.

Arjen Heeres joined Quintiq as chief operations officer in 2000. He works closely with fellow co-owner Victor Allis and CFO Mike Coluzzi to manage the rapid growth and expansion of Quintiq. He is also a member of the Quintiq board of directors, alongside Victor Allis, Greg Case, Mike Donahue, Marc Lederman, Ed Blechschmidt and Paul Winn. As COO, Arjen Heeres's focus is on the European business units, marketing, sales & alliances, and human resources management. Arjen has almost twenty years’ experience in the IT industry. He is based in Quintiq’s European headquarters, in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Career Highlights:

• During Arjen’s twelve-year tenure as COO, he has seen Quintiq grow from a small group of computer scientists to over 300 employees in offices around the globe. Thanks to the continued hard work of Victor, Arjen and the Quintiq team, Quintiq reported record revenue of €34 million for 2010, the same year in which Gartner named Quintiq a Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning for Process Automation.
• Arjen Heeres started his career at Esso Benelux Head Quarters in Breda, the Netherlands, where he held business analyst and commercial functions. In 1994 he joined Bolesian, a daughter company of Capgemini specialized in developing advanced systems based on Artificial Intelligence. He was commercially responsible for the manufacturing markets and was promoted to country manager of Germany. It is here that Arjen first met the five co-founders of Quintiq: Victor Allis, Wido-Bart van Steenbergen, Seppo Pieterse, Patrick Frants and Paul-Erik Raué.
• After Capgemini, Arjen joined Imtech, a stock market listed technical service company with more than 20.000 employees, as Managing Director of its IT daughter company, Turnkiek IT systems.

Stéphanie has worked on Corporate Social Responsibility strategy at La Poste Groupe since September 2007. In her current role, she has participated in international sustainability workshops organised by Universal Postal Union (UN dedicated agency for postal sector), PostEurop and the IPC. She also coordinates cooperation with the national department of Sustainable Development to implement synergies with other posts (e.g. Japan Post).

Prior to joining La Poste, Stéphanie worked as a consultant for O2 France (3 years) and Ethicity (4 years), developing sustainable development strategies for clients including Coca-Cola, Yves Rocher and Kraft.

She studied Environmental Management at the University of Metz, holds a Masters in Marketing Communication from ESCP and is currently undertaking an Executive MBA at HEC.

Brian Moran is the global managing director of the Public Service Operations & Management industry, which focuses on helping our clients achieve excellence. In this role, he works with Accenture's clients throughout the world to enable them to become high-performing organisations -- projects range from corporate strategy to back office solutions to supply chain strategy.

Brian Moran has worked with leading postal organisations on a variety of projects including strategy, operations, back office solutions and large scale program management. He has worked for Accenture for 20 years across a variety of roles and industries with a specialty in supply chain management.

Javier Cuesta Nuin is a Civil Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds an MBA by the INSEAD of Fontainebleau, France.

He was Strategy & Business Development Director at Correos during 2003-2004. Until now, he was CEO of Bio-Oils Energy, a biofuels producing Company.

He began his professional career with the Schlumberger Group working in Venezuela, Brazil, France and Indonesia. Along his extensive career he has also worked for Mckinsey & Company, Jazztel, and several companies as member of the Board and CEO.

Mr Kärmas became Member of the Management Board of Estonian Post Ltd in November 2006. Since 2007, after restructuring the company, his main responsibilities as a board member were logistics and information logistics. Furthermore, Mr Kärmas holds the position of Head of Board in Estonian Electronic Mail Ltd and until May 2012 also in E-Invoicing Centre Ltd. In March 2012 Aavo Kärmas became the CEO and Chairman of the Board and now his main areas of responsibility are administration, business and finance.

Prior to Estonian Post, he held various positions in Viljandi Aken ja Uks, which is the largest producer of wooden windows and doors in the Baltic States. Starting his career as an Export Manager in 1996, he held various positions in the company and became Manager of Window Division in 2003.

Mr Kärmas graduated from Tallinn University of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in public administration in 2000.

Besides his professional career Mr Kärmas has been active in social activities with main interest in nature. He is one of the founding members of the Friends of Soomaa National Park that has played an important role in protection and survival of valuable Estonian nature since 1997. Mr Kärmas is a senior member of AIESEC Estonia since 1998.

Javier Cuesta Nuin is a Civil Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds an MBA by the INSEAD of Fontainebleau, France.

He was Strategy & Business Development Director at Correos during 2003-2004. Until now, he was CEO of Bio-Oils Energy, a biofuels producing Company.

He began his professional career with the Schlumberger Group working in Venezuela, Brazil, France and Indonesia. Along his extensive career he has also worked for Mckinsey & Company, Jazztel, and several companies as member of the Board and CEO.

Mr Kärmas became Member of the Management Board of Estonian Post Ltd in November 2006. Since 2007, after restructuring the company, his main responsibilities as a board member were logistics and information logistics. Furthermore, Mr Kärmas holds the position of Head of Board in Estonian Electronic Mail Ltd and until May 2012 also in E-Invoicing Centre Ltd. In March 2012 Aavo Kärmas became the CEO and Chairman of the Board and now his main areas of responsibility are administration, business and finance.

Prior to Estonian Post, he held various positions in Viljandi Aken ja Uks, which is the largest producer of wooden windows and doors in the Baltic States. Starting his career as an Export Manager in 1996, he held various positions in the company and became Manager of Window Division in 2003.

Mr Kärmas graduated from Tallinn University of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in public administration in 2000.

Besides his professional career Mr Kärmas has been active in social activities with main interest in nature. He is one of the founding members of the Friends of Soomaa National Park that has played an important role in protection and survival of valuable Estonian nature since 1997. Mr Kärmas is a senior member of AIESEC Estonia since 1998.

Peter Somers is member of the Executive Committee of bpost, the Belgian Postal Operator, and Chief Executive Officer of bpost Parcels & International.

Being responsible for the international mail & parcel business of bpost, he is now actively working on sustainable growth of bpost’s parcel business and international expansion. The declining mail volumes and increasing parcel volumes are a serious challenge that he believes calls for new strategic thinking, tactical action and operational conduct.

Peter Somers is a seasoned international logistics director with more than 20 years experience from executive positions in leading transport and distribution companies in Belgium, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. In the postal and logistics market, he has in-depth expertise in designing and implementing distribution systems, new market entry and innovation.

Peter joined bpost in December 2000 as Managing Director of DeltaMedia SA/NV, and as Director Press Distribution.

After having successfully redesigned and implemented a new and efficient distribution system for newspapers, magazines and non-addressed mail, he was appointed Managing Director of bpost international in June 2002. He became member of the Executive Committee in 2007 and recently added the domestic parcel business to his board responsibilities. 

Bpost Parcels & International is active in 10 European countries, United States of America, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

Declan was born on October 27, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland.  Declan graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering in 1988 from Dublin City University, Ireland. He started his career with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in Software Engineering. Declan spent 7 years with ABB (5 of which were based in Vienna) and held several positions of increasing responsibility. He completed his MBA in 1996 at INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France and then spent 3 years working in Management Consulting in Germany focusing on strategic and operations consulting to both industrial and services industries.

He worked for General Electric from January 2000 until August 2009. As Director Europe for Corporate Initiative he had responsibility for co-ordinating technology, productivity and branding initiatives. During this time he was based in Vienna and London. In March 2002 Declan assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer with GE Money Bank Switzerland. Declan also assumed the position of Managing Director, Indirect Channel with additional responsibility for the Insurance business as well as e-commerce for GE Money Switzerland.

In March 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of GE Money Austria. He served in this position for over 3 years preparing the bank for divestment which was completed in 2009.

Declan joined Western Union in October 2009 as Vice President for Central Europe managing 18 countries. In his current role he is responsible for Network Agents consisting of Banks, Postal and Retail organizations in 35 countries and is tasked with driving continued growth in some of Western Unions biggest and most important markets.

Declan lives in Vienna and has 3 children between the ages of 9 and 14.

Jeff is Transport & Logistics Director EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) for Honeywell’s Scanning & Mobility Division. With over 25 years experience working in and now with the Postal & Express Industry.

Jeff leads a team that is focused on providing Mobile Computing, Barcode Scanning & printing solutions to drive efficiency, enhance customer service and deliver new product development opportunity for Posts and Express Operators.

He is responsible for ensuring that Honeywell Partner with innovative solution providers focused on the specific business issues and drivers of the Postal Industry and sits on Honeywell’s product development committee which ensures future products meet the requirements of the Express Delivery Sector. Some of which you can see for the first time during this event

Jeff chairs a number of think tanks and advisory boards on future technology advances, assessing their suitability for mobility solutions of the future.

Nigel has extensive experience of enterprise mobility solutions and strong relationships within the market. Nigel joined Blackbay fresh from his position as Vice President at Sybase where he managed and led the Sybase enterprise mobility business in Europe. Previously, he was VP Europe for mobile specialist Pointsec where he drove significant market growth. He also served as Vice President World Wide Mobility for Extended Systems, another mobility specialist software company, where he grew the global business and was instrumental in the sale of Extended Systems to Sybase.

João Manuel Melo holds a degree in Electrotechnical Engineering (Telecommunications & Electronics) from IST Lisbon (1984). He then joined Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s Physics Department where he lectured and performed investigation work on Acoustics. In 1985 and till 1990 he joined Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal. (CTT) where he became Communications Network Manager of the DGC – Direcção Geral de Correios.

From 1990 till 1995 he joined Marconi (nowadays part of Portugal Telecom) where he was Project Manager (EDI, Homebanking, etc). During the time he worked for Marconi he also wrote a book on EDI, to boost its adoption by Portuguese Corporations. He was awarded Marconi’s Prize – Clube de Excelência 1990. In 1995 he was invited to return to CTT (nowadays the Public Postal Portuguese Operator and separated from Portugal Telecom, S.A.) where he has been leading the inception of several projects as Head of Development (of ICT based Projects) within Strategy & Development Directorate, including: Hybrid Mail, Internet Kiosks, MDDE (Electronic Postal Certification Mark), E-Commerce and GIS solutions. Since 2006 he has Chaired PostEurop’s Advanced Electronics Solution Forum. He holds pos-graduate diplomas from UCP – Catholic Portuguese University (PAGE and PAEGI) and AESE – Escola de Direcção e Negócios (PDE).

João Manuel Melo holds a degree in Electrotechnical Engineering (Telecommunications & Electronics) from IST Lisbon (1984). He then joined Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s Physics Department where he lectured and performed investigation work on Acoustics. In 1985 and till 1990 he joined Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal. (CTT) where he became Communications Network Manager of the DGC – Direcção Geral de Correios.

From 1990 till 1995 he joined Marconi (nowadays part of Portugal Telecom) where he was Project Manager (EDI, Homebanking, etc). During the time he worked for Marconi he also wrote a book on EDI, to boost its adoption by Portuguese Corporations. He was awarded Marconi’s Prize – Clube de Excelência 1990. In 1995 he was invited to return to CTT (nowadays the Public Postal Portuguese Operator and separated from Portugal Telecom, S.A.) where he has been leading the inception of several projects as Head of Development (of ICT based Projects) within Strategy & Development Directorate, including: Hybrid Mail, Internet Kiosks, MDDE (Electronic Postal Certification Mark), E-Commerce and GIS solutions. Since 2006 he has Chaired PostEurop’s Advanced Electronics Solution Forum. He holds pos-graduate diplomas from UCP – Catholic Portuguese University (PAGE and PAEGI) and AESE – Escola de Direcção e Negócios (PDE).

1986 Post office in Montreux

1987 – 1989 Berne letter post service with training in railway postal transport

1989 – 1991 Office Manager at for Berne letter post service, management of introductory and finishing courses for apprentices

1991 – 1993 Customer advisor for payment transactions at the District Postal Directorate in Berne

1993 – 1994 Specialist in advertising and sales promotion for Payments Business Customers at C 12

1994 – 1997 Sales Manager Payments Private Customers

1997 – 1998 Sales Manager PostParcels

1998 – 2000 Head of Sales Business Customers at Swiss Post

2000 – 2003 Head of Sales PostParcels

2003 - 2007 Head of Distribution PostParcels/PostLogistics

2008 - Head of Parcels & Express

Jeremy Belostock joined Neopost in February 2012 as the Director of Group Strategy to help the company embrace software and service opportunities adjacent to its existing mail and parcel business.  Since joining Jeremy has successfully developed a strategy to help Neopost address opportunities for its SMB customers.

Before joining Neopost, Jeremy spent 11 years at Nokia where he created the company’s NFC strategy and ensured the successful market introduction of its NFC offering. He played an instrumental role in driving the company’s early support of the NFC ecosystem, supporting Nokia’s participation in some 90% of all NFC industry projects globally.   Prior to this he worked in sales management roles for Microtouch Systems in France, UK, Switzerland and the United States. Jeremy is originally from Boston, Massachussets, but has lived in Paris for almost 20 years.

Pasi Ketonen has worked in IT business for 17 years. Last 10 years he has worked in Itella Corporation, Finnish USO postal operator, with emerging electronic postal services. He has also worked for software technology provider and telecommunications.

Ketonen has been working in Itella with

• E-invoicing and EDI services
• NetPosti, Itella’s electronic mailbox for consumers
• Itella Verkosto, which is Itella’s new web service for SMB customers.

Itella has grown from Finnish to international e-invoicing operator, NetPosti has been adapted by 16% of Finnish adult population who have received 10 M letters electronically to NetPosti in 2011. Itella Verkosto as a Itella’s new SMB service is growing monthly by 10%.

Pasi Ketonen has worked in IT business for 17 years. Last 10 years he has worked in Itella Corporation, Finnish USO postal operator, with emerging electronic postal services. He has also worked for software technology provider and telecommunications.

Ketonen has been working in Itella with

• E-invoicing and EDI services
• NetPosti, Itella’s electronic mailbox for consumers
• Itella Verkosto, which is Itella’s new web service for SMB customers.

Itella has grown from Finnish to international e-invoicing operator, NetPosti has been adapted by 16% of Finnish adult population who have received 10 M letters electronically to NetPosti in 2011. Itella Verkosto as a Itella’s new SMB service is growing monthly by 10%.

1986 Post office in Montreux

1987 – 1989 Berne letter post service with training in railway postal transport

1989 – 1991 Office Manager at for Berne letter post service, management of introductory and finishing courses for apprentices

1991 – 1993 Customer advisor for payment transactions at the District Postal Directorate in Berne

1993 – 1994 Specialist in advertising and sales promotion for Payments Business Customers at C 12

1994 – 1997 Sales Manager Payments Private Customers

1997 – 1998 Sales Manager PostParcels

1998 – 2000 Head of Sales Business Customers at Swiss Post

2000 – 2003 Head of Sales PostParcels

2003 - 2007 Head of Distribution PostParcels/PostLogistics

2008 - Head of Parcels & Express

Jeremy Belostock joined Neopost in February 2012 as the Director of Group Strategy to help the company embrace software and service opportunities adjacent to its existing mail and parcel business.  Since joining Jeremy has successfully developed a strategy to help Neopost address opportunities for its SMB customers.

Before joining Neopost, Jeremy spent 11 years at Nokia where he created the company’s NFC strategy and ensured the successful market introduction of its NFC offering. He played an instrumental role in driving the company’s early support of the NFC ecosystem, supporting Nokia’s participation in some 90% of all NFC industry projects globally.   Prior to this he worked in sales management roles for Microtouch Systems in France, UK, Switzerland and the United States. Jeremy is originally from Boston, Massachussets, but has lived in Paris for almost 20 years.

In addition to his function as the president of DDV, the German direct-marketing association (since 2005), he runs since 12 years his own Consultancy, focussing on Coaching and Strategy for owners or managing directors of a wide variety of companies. In 2010 he was also elected as chairman of FEDMA.

His business career started with MAGGI (Nestlé) followed by 14 years of German, US-American and European functions for RICHARDSO-VICKS (Procter&Gamble). Back in Germany he became Managing Director of KRAFT (Philip Morris), after 7 years he joined REEMTSMA Cigarettenfabriken as President of worldwide Communication and Marketing.

He holds a degree in Psychology, is married and has two adult daughters.

In addition to his function as the president of DDV, the German direct-marketing association (since 2005), he runs since 12 years his own Consultancy, focussing on Coaching and Strategy for owners or managing directors of a wide variety of companies. In 2010 he was also elected as chairman of FEDMA.

His business career started with MAGGI (Nestlé) followed by 14 years of German, US-American and European functions for RICHARDSO-VICKS (Procter&Gamble). Back in Germany he became Managing Director of KRAFT (Philip Morris), after 7 years he joined REEMTSMA Cigarettenfabriken as President of worldwide Communication and Marketing.

He holds a degree in Psychology, is married and has two adult daughters.

Neil Chapman is the founder and Managing Director of PostalSavingsExpert.com, the free internet guide for postal and related services. He has worked in various sales roles within the international air express and postal sectors for the last fifteen years. Neil’s international experience includes the Deutsche Post Star Programme where he deployed new sales initiatives across eleven European countries.

His postal experience began with DHL Global Mail as they entered the UK postal market and he formed part of the team who first set up DHL’s downstream access operation. Following 2 years with DHL he spent 6 years with TNT Post where he held the role of Sales Director working with many of the UK’s largest postal customers. Neil now provides independent advice to businesses that are looking to take advantage of the benefits offered by postal deregulation.

Neil is married with two children and enjoys the occasional round of golf.

Haico Meijerink (47) was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sandd per September 1st 2011. From 2005 till 2011, Haico was Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing of Wolters Kluwer Europe. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Haico held various senior management roles at Cisco Systems and Apple. Haico graduated in 1990 from the Royal Tax Academy and started his career as Senior Tax Inspector. In his role as CEO of Sandd, Haico has, amongst others, put focus on customer intimacy, innovation and the optimization of current business processes.

Werner Stengg was born 1968 in Friesach, Austria. He studied at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, gaining a Masters degree 1992 and a PhD 1995.  Following the completion of his PhD he held an Assistant Professor position at the university for four years.

Prior to his current role as Head of the E-commerce and Postal Services Unit in DG Internal Market and Services, he also held roles in the Directorates-General for Budget (Administrator in charge of Evaluation, 2002-2006) and Enterprise (Administrator in charge of negotiating bilateral textile agreements between the EU and third countries, 1998-2001 and Assistant to the Deputy Director General, 2001-2002).

Werner Stengg was born 1968 in Friesach, Austria. He studied at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, gaining a Masters degree 1992 and a PhD 1995.  Following the completion of his PhD he held an Assistant Professor position at the university for four years.

Prior to his current role as Head of the E-commerce and Postal Services Unit in DG Internal Market and Services, he also held roles in the Directorates-General for Budget (Administrator in charge of Evaluation, 2002-2006) and Enterprise (Administrator in charge of negotiating bilateral textile agreements between the EU and third countries, 1998-2001 and Assistant to the Deputy Director General, 2001-2002).

Péter Sümegi is Director of Public Affairs at Magyar Posta since February 2012. He is responsible for regulatory affairs, international relations and EU projects as well as keeping contacts with governmental institutions, authorities. His main task presently is linked to the implementation of the Third Postal Directive in Hungary.

 Péter has been working in the postal sector since 1999. Prior to his current position, Péter worked at Magyar Posta as Director of Legal Affairs, and in different leading positions in the legal and regulatory affairs area. Furthermore he also served as Member of the Board of the national regulatory authority responsible for postal affairs.

 Having graduated from the Law Faculty of University of Miskolc he began his career in the Ministry of Justice. He earned further education in different legal areas (EU Law, Civil Law, Codification). Besides Hungarian, he speaks fluent English.

EDUCATION

1986 – 1988 I.E.S.E. UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Master in Business Administration

1987 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN CHICAGO, IL, USA

J.L. KELLOG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
 MBA Exchange Program

1980 – 1986 UNIVERSITY POLITECHNIC OF CATALONIA BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Agricultural Engineer

EXPERIENCE

1996 UNIPOST, S.A. BARCELONA, SPAIN

2006 Managing Director

2004 President

2001-2003 Vice President

1996 Member of the Board of Directors.

2005-2006 TG+ (Express and Parcel) BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Managing Director
 Member of the Board of Directors

1992– 2004 NUTREXPA GROUP (Consumer Goods) BARCELONA, SPAIN

2003 – 2004 Strategy and Corporate Development Director

1998 – 2003 Regional Director Europe

1998 – 2001 Managing Director Nutrexpa Poland

1994 – 1997 Director of Planing and Controlling

1992 – 1993 Assistant to the Managing Director

1989 – 1992 McKINSEY & COMPANY (Strategy Consultants) MADRID, SPAIN
 Engagement Manager

Joost is a lawyer with additional specialisation in regulatory law and economics. Besides his position of director regulatory affairs at bpost, he is chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of PostEurop. Before his current regulatory function, he served bpost as deputy general counsel and senior counsel in competition law.

Previously, Joost has held legal positions in the electronic communications sector, whereunder legal director of Belgacom. He is also active on a more academical field where he is a frequent guestspeaker at university audiences as well as at policy conferences, complemented by writing of papers on regulation. Finally, Joost serves as Board member of FEDMA, the Federation of European Direct and interactive Marketing.

Marc Pontet, 45, joined Group La Poste in 1991. After graduating from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, Marc Pontet held various positions within the Group Headquarters - in the Finance and Strategy Departments - and in the International Mail Division. He held various leading and strategic management positions including Head of Marketing & Sales of the Mail Division before Asendia became his new home. If Marc Pontet is not in the office planning and creating the future of Asendia he likes traveling, reading and listening music or simply spending time with family and friends.

Anthony Millet is the Chief Operating Officer and a Director of ActivInstinct Ltd, the world’s largest truly global sports e-tailer. Having joined the company in 2008 from an Investment Banking background, Anthony has been responsible for ensuring that operationally the business has been able to execute its ambitious international growth strategy which has seen the company increase sales on average over 40% over the last 5 years.

Director of Aviation Security and Customs, I’m In charge of all questions dealing with Customs, Transport, Security, Counterfeited items, and EU discussions on E commerce for the all parcel Division of La Poste Group (Geopost, Chronopost, DPD, SEUR, etc…), postal and commercial. My main tasks are to deal with all the Customs, Trade and International authorities to help them better understand the industry and negotiate simplifications for different business units and shape the whole complete strategy of the Division and the Group on those questions. I ‘m also the Vice chair of the Transport and Energy Group of PostEurop (Union of the Public postal operators). I was formerly Corporate Head of the International Trade and Custom Department for the Group since years negotiating European Directives and coming from International Affairs Unit, where I was in charge of Africa and Middle East. I began my career at the Headquarters of the Group about twelve years ago by managing the big interdisciplinary projects involving the major business units at the Cabinet of the Board and leading after that some internal accounting team for subsidiaries of the Group around the world. I was elected from 2008 to 2012 as Vice chair of the Custom group of the UPU (united nation postal organization) and the WCO/UPU contact committee for four years. In this role I coordinate the answers of the sector regarding all trade, custom and anti-counterfeited product issues.

Anthony Millet is the Chief Operating Officer and a Director of ActivInstinct Ltd, the world’s largest truly global sports e-tailer. Having joined the company in 2008 from an Investment Banking background, Anthony has been responsible for ensuring that operationally the business has been able to execute its ambitious international growth strategy which has seen the company increase sales on average over 40% over the last 5 years.

Responsible for managing relationship with Postal Operators and Private Distributors for International cross-border Mail working closely with DHL Deutsche Post International Relations.  Recent focus has moved from Mail to Parcels and end to end tracked services dues to the increase in eCommerce demand with a focus on developing reliable solutions for key trade lanes.

Sam joined DHL Global Mail in June 2008 to Head Global Brokerage and board member of DHL Global Mail UK.  As Head of Brokerage key focus was to make significant changes in cross border postal procurement by setting global standards and developing key mail trade lanes.

Sam Samara has more than 30 years experience in Express and Mail industry.  Prior to his current position Sam worked for Spring Global Mail as Distribution Director with international experience having held various management positions in Europe, Asia and North America.

Inge Speiermann, Head of Innovation at Post Danmark, is responsible for the development and commercialisation of new ideas and concepts.

She is the daily leader of a multidisciplinary business unit where anthropologists, designers, market specialists, psychologists and business modellers are cutting the edge of existing business. Her aim is to identify new market trends and customer needs through customer involvement, strong leadership and open innovation.

With the implementation of an Innovation Governance model, Inge Speiermann has systemised innovation at Post Danmark, thus ensuring tempo, progress and value throughout the entire innovation process.

Prior to her present position, Inge Spiermann has been involved in several innovation projects where she has managed to seek out, nurture and bring to scale exceptional results for both the public and the private sector.

Javier Cuesta Nuin is a Civil Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds an MBA by the INSEAD of Fontainebleau, France.

He was Strategy & Business Development Director at Correos during 2003-2004. Until now, he was CEO of Bio-Oils Energy, a biofuels producing Company.

He began his professional career with the Schlumberger Group working in Venezuela, Brazil, France and Indonesia. Along his extensive career he has also worked for Mckinsey & Company, Jazztel, and several companies as member of the Board and CEO.

Marc Pontet, 45, joined Group La Poste in 1991. After graduating from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, Marc Pontet held various positions within the Group Headquarters - in the Finance and Strategy Departments - and in the International Mail Division. He held various leading and strategic management positions including Head of Marketing & Sales of the Mail Division before Asendia became his new home. If Marc Pontet is not in the office planning and creating the future of Asendia he likes traveling, reading and listening music or simply spending time with family and friends.

Mr Kärmas became Member of the Management Board of Estonian Post Ltd in November 2006. Since 2007, after restructuring the company, his main responsibilities as a board member were logistics and information logistics. Furthermore, Mr Kärmas holds the position of Head of Board in Estonian Electronic Mail Ltd and until May 2012 also in E-Invoicing Centre Ltd. In March 2012 Aavo Kärmas became the CEO and Chairman of the Board and now his main areas of responsibility are administration, business and finance.

Prior to Estonian Post, he held various positions in Viljandi Aken ja Uks, which is the largest producer of wooden windows and doors in the Baltic States. Starting his career as an Export Manager in 1996, he held various positions in the company and became Manager of Window Division in 2003.

Mr Kärmas graduated from Tallinn University of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in public administration in 2000.

Besides his professional career Mr Kärmas has been active in social activities with main interest in nature. He is one of the founding members of the Friends of Soomaa National Park that has played an important role in protection and survival of valuable Estonian nature since 1997. Mr Kärmas is a senior member of AIESEC Estonia since 1998.

Peter Somers is member of the Executive Committee of bpost, the Belgian Postal Operator, and Chief Executive Officer of bpost Parcels & International.

Being responsible for the international mail & parcel business of bpost, he is now actively working on sustainable growth of bpost’s parcel business and international expansion. The declining mail volumes and increasing parcel volumes are a serious challenge that he believes calls for new strategic thinking, tactical action and operational conduct.

Peter Somers is a seasoned international logistics director with more than 20 years experience from executive positions in leading transport and distribution companies in Belgium, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. In the postal and logistics market, he has in-depth expertise in designing and implementing distribution systems, new market entry and innovation.

Peter joined bpost in December 2000 as Managing Director of DeltaMedia SA/NV, and as Director Press Distribution.

After having successfully redesigned and implemented a new and efficient distribution system for newspapers, magazines and non-addressed mail, he was appointed Managing Director of bpost international in June 2002. He became member of the Executive Committee in 2007 and recently added the domestic parcel business to his board responsibilities. 

Bpost Parcels & International is active in 10 European countries, United States of America, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

Inge Speiermann, Head of Innovation at Post Danmark, is responsible for the development and commercialisation of new ideas and concepts.

She is the daily leader of a multidisciplinary business unit where anthropologists, designers, market specialists, psychologists and business modellers are cutting the edge of existing business. Her aim is to identify new market trends and customer needs through customer involvement, strong leadership and open innovation.

With the implementation of an Innovation Governance model, Inge Speiermann has systemised innovation at Post Danmark, thus ensuring tempo, progress and value throughout the entire innovation process.

Prior to her present position, Inge Spiermann has been involved in several innovation projects where she has managed to seek out, nurture and bring to scale exceptional results for both the public and the private sector.

Mariusz Zarzycki joined Poczta Polska SA as deputy CEO from February 2011 and is responsible in the Board of Directors for: corporate strategy, IT, infrastructure, operations and postal logistics.

He brings more than twenty years of experience in top management of leading Polish financial institutions where he was primarily responsible for Information Technology and strategic projects. Before joining Poczta Polska, Zarzycki worked at bank PKO BP as member of the Board of Directors and in BRE Bank S.A. as a director of several IT departments and projects and CIO. Prior to that, he took part in the consolidation process of Pekao SA Group and in the IT Solution Team of this Group.

Zarzycki is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at University of Łódź and Stockholm University (specialization: banking and finance).

In addition to his role as deputy CEO, he also holds the positions in Supervisory Boards of Postdata SA - IT subsidiary of Poczta Polska and PTUW insurance company owned by – Poczta Polska.

Experienced and skilled Master in Management of Technology specialized in LEAN production and TPM.

In my career, I have implemented certified quality- and environmental management systems EN/ISO9001 and EN/ISO14001, set up processes for management of improvements and changes and processes for management review. LEAN thinking, including VSM, Kaizen and maintenance through TPM has always been in my mind when I have coached my staff to develop processes and procedures.

As Head of Technology developments, I am currently working with a reinvestment program for Post Denmark’s technical production equipment and related business it systems. This implies heading the processes for scanning of the postal technology market, proposal of production strategies, purchasing of sorting machines including negotiating with suppliers, installation and commissioning, training and advice to operations and maintenance.

The results I have obtained primary relates to persistent focus on the goals, leadership through presence and motivation and my ability to see cases from odd angles.

CEO of Postecom and PosteShop, companies part of Poste Italiane Group. PosteCom is a Certification Authority focused on web solutions development, digital communication, eGovernment and eCommerce.

PosteShop sales mass market products and services through a multichannel approach (web site, call center, catalogue and physical shops in the post offices).

He has a solid experience in Telco, IT and Media industries, developed over 15 years of business consultancy both in Italy and abroad (Australia), which led him to join Bain & Co Partnership in 2007.

He entered Poste Italiane in January 2011 as Director of the new-born Internet Unit, with the aim of defining the Group development path in the web and of seizing the opportunities arising from new technologies and solutions.

In September 2011 is appointed CEO of PosteCom, where he integrates his previous role in order to build up an entity with full decisional and production capacity about Poste Italiane web evolution and positioning.

In June 2012 PosteCom becomes responsible for digital activities of eGovernment, eCommerce and electronic communications, thus becoming the point of reference of the Group for the web evolution and the digital world.

In July 2012, Vincenzo was appointed CEO of PosteShop.

Werner Stengg was born 1968 in Friesach, Austria. He studied at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, gaining a Masters degree 1992 and a PhD 1995.  Following the completion of his PhD he held an Assistant Professor position at the university for four years.

Prior to his current role as Head of the E-commerce and Postal Services Unit in DG Internal Market and Services, he also held roles in the Directorates-General for Budget (Administrator in charge of Evaluation, 2002-2006) and Enterprise (Administrator in charge of negotiating bilateral textile agreements between the EU and third countries, 1998-2001 and Assistant to the Deputy Director General, 2001-2002).

Joost is a lawyer with additional specialisation in regulatory law and economics. Besides his position of director regulatory affairs at bpost, he is chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of PostEurop. Before his current regulatory function, he served bpost as deputy general counsel and senior counsel in competition law.

Previously, Joost has held legal positions in the electronic communications sector, whereunder legal director of Belgacom. He is also active on a more academical field where he is a frequent guestspeaker at university audiences as well as at policy conferences, complemented by writing of papers on regulation. Finally, Joost serves as Board member of FEDMA, the Federation of European Direct and interactive Marketing.

EDUCATION

1986 – 1988 I.E.S.E. UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Master in Business Administration

1987 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN CHICAGO, IL, USA

J.L. KELLOG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
 MBA Exchange Program

1980 – 1986 UNIVERSITY POLITECHNIC OF CATALONIA BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Agricultural Engineer

EXPERIENCE

1996 UNIPOST, S.A. BARCELONA, SPAIN

2006 Managing Director

2004 President

2001-2003 Vice President

1996 Member of the Board of Directors.

2005-2006 TG+ (Express and Parcel) BARCELONA, SPAIN
 Managing Director
 Member of the Board of Directors

1992– 2004 NUTREXPA GROUP (Consumer Goods) BARCELONA, SPAIN

2003 – 2004 Strategy and Corporate Development Director

1998 – 2003 Regional Director Europe

1998 – 2001 Managing Director Nutrexpa Poland

1994 – 1997 Director of Planing and Controlling

1992 – 1993 Assistant to the Managing Director

1989 – 1992 McKINSEY & COMPANY (Strategy Consultants) MADRID, SPAIN
 Engagement Manager

Director of Aviation Security and Customs, I’m In charge of all questions dealing with Customs, Transport, Security, Counterfeited items, and EU discussions on E commerce for the all parcel Division of La Poste Group (Geopost, Chronopost, DPD, SEUR, etc…), postal and commercial. My main tasks are to deal with all the Customs, Trade and International authorities to help them better understand the industry and negotiate simplifications for different business units and shape the whole complete strategy of the Division and the Group on those questions. I ‘m also the Vice chair of the Transport and Energy Group of PostEurop (Union of the Public postal operators). I was formerly Corporate Head of the International Trade and Custom Department for the Group since years negotiating European Directives and coming from International Affairs Unit, where I was in charge of Africa and Middle East. I began my career at the Headquarters of the Group about twelve years ago by managing the big interdisciplinary projects involving the major business units at the Cabinet of the Board and leading after that some internal accounting team for subsidiaries of the Group around the world. I was elected from 2008 to 2012 as Vice chair of the Custom group of the UPU (united nation postal organization) and the WCO/UPU contact committee for four years. In this role I coordinate the answers of the sector regarding all trade, custom and anti-counterfeited product issues.

Pasi Ketonen has worked in IT business for 17 years. Last 10 years he has worked in Itella Corporation, Finnish USO postal operator, with emerging electronic postal services. He has also worked for software technology provider and telecommunications.

Ketonen has been working in Itella with

• E-invoicing and EDI services
• NetPosti, Itella’s electronic mailbox for consumers
• Itella Verkosto, which is Itella’s new web service for SMB customers.

Itella has grown from Finnish to international e-invoicing operator, NetPosti has been adapted by 16% of Finnish adult population who have received 10 M letters electronically to NetPosti in 2011. Itella Verkosto as a Itella’s new SMB service is growing monthly by 10%.

João Manuel Melo holds a degree in Electrotechnical Engineering (Telecommunications & Electronics) from IST Lisbon (1984). He then joined Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s Physics Department where he lectured and performed investigation work on Acoustics. In 1985 and till 1990 he joined Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal. (CTT) where he became Communications Network Manager of the DGC – Direcção Geral de Correios.

From 1990 till 1995 he joined Marconi (nowadays part of Portugal Telecom) where he was Project Manager (EDI, Homebanking, etc). During the time he worked for Marconi he also wrote a book on EDI, to boost its adoption by Portuguese Corporations. He was awarded Marconi’s Prize – Clube de Excelência 1990. In 1995 he was invited to return to CTT (nowadays the Public Postal Portuguese Operator and separated from Portugal Telecom, S.A.) where he has been leading the inception of several projects as Head of Development (of ICT based Projects) within Strategy & Development Directorate, including: Hybrid Mail, Internet Kiosks, MDDE (Electronic Postal Certification Mark), E-Commerce and GIS solutions. Since 2006 he has Chaired PostEurop’s Advanced Electronics Solution Forum. He holds pos-graduate diplomas from UCP – Catholic Portuguese University (PAGE and PAEGI) and AESE – Escola de Direcção e Negócios (PDE).

Andy Barber is the General Manager for imail, UK Mail’s innovative hybrid mail solution. He took responsibility for imail at its inception in 2009 and has built the service to become one of the UK’s leading service providers and the fastest growing area of the UK Mail business, handling tens of millions of mail items a year.

Andy has been with the UK Mail Group since 1996, spending a number of years in sales and marketing functions across the parcels and mail areas of the business. His current role draws on his extensive sales & marketing background and his love of technology in order to create successful hybrid-type products which are blurring industry boundaries.

Andy is married with two young girls and holds an MBA with the Open University.

Thomas Bissels is a father of two and was born in Germany. He has more than 20 years experience in the parcels sector, mostly in sales and marketing. He began his career at World Courier in Germany, before contributing to the set-up of the sales organisation of the EMS courier Post in Bavaria, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post. In 1994 he moved to UPS in Austria. From 1997 to 2003 he worked in different management positions for Deutsche Post in Austria, including Head of Sales in the parcel division.

For Austrian Post, Mr Bissels was Head of Sales & Marketing of the subsidiaries in South-East Europe from 2003 to 2007 and successfully spurred their further development. In 2007 he took on the position of Head of Sales & Marketing in the Parcel & Logistics Austria division of Austrian Post. His role has involved building an effective sales organisation as well as the successful launch of the B2B business in Austria.

1986 Post office in Montreux

1987 – 1989 Berne letter post service with training in railway postal transport

1989 – 1991 Office Manager at for Berne letter post service, management of introductory and finishing courses for apprentices

1991 – 1993 Customer advisor for payment transactions at the District Postal Directorate in Berne

1993 – 1994 Specialist in advertising and sales promotion for Payments Business Customers at C 12

1994 – 1997 Sales Manager Payments Private Customers

1997 – 1998 Sales Manager PostParcels

1998 – 2000 Head of Sales Business Customers at Swiss Post

2000 – 2003 Head of Sales PostParcels

2003 - 2007 Head of Distribution PostParcels/PostLogistics

2008 - Head of Parcels & Express

Péter Sümegi is Director of Public Affairs at Magyar Posta since February 2012. He is responsible for regulatory affairs, international relations and EU projects as well as keeping contacts with governmental institutions, authorities. His main task presently is linked to the implementation of the Third Postal Directive in Hungary.

 Péter has been working in the postal sector since 1999. Prior to his current position, Péter worked at Magyar Posta as Director of Legal Affairs, and in different leading positions in the legal and regulatory affairs area. Furthermore he also served as Member of the Board of the national regulatory authority responsible for postal affairs.

 Having graduated from the Law Faculty of University of Miskolc he began his career in the Ministry of Justice. He earned further education in different legal areas (EU Law, Civil Law, Codification). Besides Hungarian, he speaks fluent English.

Stéphanie has worked on Corporate Social Responsibility strategy at La Poste Groupe since September 2007. In her current role, she has participated in international sustainability workshops organised by Universal Postal Union (UN dedicated agency for postal sector), PostEurop and the IPC. She also coordinates cooperation with the national department of Sustainable Development to implement synergies with other posts (e.g. Japan Post).

Prior to joining La Poste, Stéphanie worked as a consultant for O2 France (3 years) and Ethicity (4 years), developing sustainable development strategies for clients including Coca-Cola, Yves Rocher and Kraft.

She studied Environmental Management at the University of Metz, holds a Masters in Marketing Communication from ESCP and is currently undertaking an Executive MBA at HEC.

In addition to his function as the president of DDV, the German direct-marketing association (since 2005), he runs since 12 years his own Consultancy, focussing on Coaching and Strategy for owners or managing directors of a wide variety of companies. In 2010 he was also elected as chairman of FEDMA.

His business career started with MAGGI (Nestlé) followed by 14 years of German, US-American and European functions for RICHARDSO-VICKS (Procter&Gamble). Back in Germany he became Managing Director of KRAFT (Philip Morris), after 7 years he joined REEMTSMA Cigarettenfabriken as President of worldwide Communication and Marketing.

He holds a degree in Psychology, is married and has two adult daughters.

For several years, Eva Savelsberg was head of a research group on national and international large-scale logistics projects at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. During this time, she also received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2002) and was subsequently awarded the title of "Privatdozentin" at the same university in 2007.

Since 2006 she has been working for the Logistics Division of INFORM GmbH in Aachen. 2008 she became head of the business unit “Intermodal Solutions”. Here she is responsible for software systems which optimize elaborate logistics processes in real time via intelligent planning and despatch decisions regarding distribution centres, maritime and hinterland ports.

In July 2011 Eva Savelsberg became Vice President of the Logistics Division.

She published three books and over 30 papers on topics concerning innovation in freight transportation.

Brian Moran is the global managing director of the Public Service Operations & Management industry, which focuses on helping our clients achieve excellence. In this role, he works with Accenture's clients throughout the world to enable them to become high-performing organisations -- projects range from corporate strategy to back office solutions to supply chain strategy.

Brian Moran has worked with leading postal organisations on a variety of projects including strategy, operations, back office solutions and large scale program management. He has worked for Accenture for 20 years across a variety of roles and industries with a specialty in supply chain management.

Alex is the Executive Director of the Romanian Post, the national postal operator in the field of postal offices. Romanian Post is owned by the Romanian state, represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (75% of the shares) and Franklin Templeton – Property Fund (25% of the shares). Alex is running the Financial Services, Commercial & Partnerships, Logistics, Finance, Strategy and International Co-operation Divisions across 33,000 employees and 7,200 branches in Romania.
 
He is also the President of the Commission for Preparation and Monitoring of Romanian Post Privatisation Process, appointed via Order of the Minister for Communications and Information Society, as part of the agreement between IMF and the Romanian Government.

Previously London based, Alex has been driving banking  licencing and prepaid development in the UK and Europe for several years, from various positions in prepaid focused companies, most recently Raphaels Bank. He has a proven track record in business development, successfully leading implementation of Financial Services within the Post Office networks across a number of European countries, with strong knowledge of the legislation particularities regarding prepaid and general banking in each European country, delivering card to card money transfer, general prepaid/credit card and disbursement card solutions, covering key sectors as telecom, government, post office networks, retail, managing business processes while mitigating risk so that a competitive product or service can reach the existent and new prepaid markets.

Walter graduated as Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Science) in electrical engineering with concentration in automation and control engineering.

After his graduation he started working as an engineer focussing on semiconductor
production.

Prior to being appointed to his current role at KEBA, Walter worked as senior project manager and key account manager in various fields including banking automation, lottery systems and logistics solutions.

His interests include travelling, hiking, collecting mechanical watches and playing ice
hockey.

Jeff is Transport & Logistics Director EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) for Honeywell’s Scanning & Mobility Division. With over 25 years experience working in and now with the Postal & Express Industry.

Jeff leads a team that is focused on providing Mobile Computing, Barcode Scanning & printing solutions to drive efficiency, enhance customer service and deliver new product development opportunity for Posts and Express Operators.

He is responsible for ensuring that Honeywell Partner with innovative solution providers focused on the specific business issues and drivers of the Postal Industry and sits on Honeywell’s product development committee which ensures future products meet the requirements of the Express Delivery Sector. Some of which you can see for the first time during this event

Jeff chairs a number of think tanks and advisory boards on future technology advances, assessing their suitability for mobility solutions of the future.

Nigel has extensive experience of enterprise mobility solutions and strong relationships within the market. Nigel joined Blackbay fresh from his position as Vice President at Sybase where he managed and led the Sybase enterprise mobility business in Europe. Previously, he was VP Europe for mobile specialist Pointsec where he drove significant market growth. He also served as Vice President World Wide Mobility for Extended Systems, another mobility specialist software company, where he grew the global business and was instrumental in the sale of Extended Systems to Sybase.

Jeremy Belostock joined Neopost in February 2012 as the Director of Group Strategy to help the company embrace software and service opportunities adjacent to its existing mail and parcel business.  Since joining Jeremy has successfully developed a strategy to help Neopost address opportunities for its SMB customers.

Before joining Neopost, Jeremy spent 11 years at Nokia where he created the company’s NFC strategy and ensured the successful market introduction of its NFC offering. He played an instrumental role in driving the company’s early support of the NFC ecosystem, supporting Nokia’s participation in some 90% of all NFC industry projects globally.   Prior to this he worked in sales management roles for Microtouch Systems in France, UK, Switzerland and the United States. Jeremy is originally from Boston, Massachussets, but has lived in Paris for almost 20 years.

Neil Chapman is the founder and Managing Director of PostalSavingsExpert.com, the free internet guide for postal and related services. He has worked in various sales roles within the international air express and postal sectors for the last fifteen years. Neil’s international experience includes the Deutsche Post Star Programme where he deployed new sales initiatives across eleven European countries.

His postal experience began with DHL Global Mail as they entered the UK postal market and he formed part of the team who first set up DHL’s downstream access operation. Following 2 years with DHL he spent 6 years with TNT Post where he held the role of Sales Director working with many of the UK’s largest postal customers. Neil now provides independent advice to businesses that are looking to take advantage of the benefits offered by postal deregulation.

Neil is married with two children and enjoys the occasional round of golf.

Haico Meijerink (47) was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sandd per September 1st 2011. From 2005 till 2011, Haico was Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing of Wolters Kluwer Europe. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Haico held various senior management roles at Cisco Systems and Apple. Haico graduated in 1990 from the Royal Tax Academy and started his career as Senior Tax Inspector. In his role as CEO of Sandd, Haico has, amongst others, put focus on customer intimacy, innovation and the optimization of current business processes.

Anthony Millet is the Chief Operating Officer and a Director of ActivInstinct Ltd, the world’s largest truly global sports e-tailer. Having joined the company in 2008 from an Investment Banking background, Anthony has been responsible for ensuring that operationally the business has been able to execute its ambitious international growth strategy which has seen the company increase sales on average over 40% over the last 5 years.

Responsible for managing relationship with Postal Operators and Private Distributors for International cross-border Mail working closely with DHL Deutsche Post International Relations.  Recent focus has moved from Mail to Parcels and end to end tracked services dues to the increase in eCommerce demand with a focus on developing reliable solutions for key trade lanes.

Sam joined DHL Global Mail in June 2008 to Head Global Brokerage and board member of DHL Global Mail UK.  As Head of Brokerage key focus was to make significant changes in cross border postal procurement by setting global standards and developing key mail trade lanes.

Sam Samara has more than 30 years experience in Express and Mail industry.  Prior to his current position Sam worked for Spring Global Mail as Distribution Director with international experience having held various management positions in Europe, Asia and North America.

Declan was born on October 27, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland.  Declan graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering in 1988 from Dublin City University, Ireland. He started his career with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in Software Engineering. Declan spent 7 years with ABB (5 of which were based in Vienna) and held several positions of increasing responsibility. He completed his MBA in 1996 at INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France and then spent 3 years working in Management Consulting in Germany focusing on strategic and operations consulting to both industrial and services industries.

He worked for General Electric from January 2000 until August 2009. As Director Europe for Corporate Initiative he had responsibility for co-ordinating technology, productivity and branding initiatives. During this time he was based in Vienna and London. In March 2002 Declan assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer with GE Money Bank Switzerland. Declan also assumed the position of Managing Director, Indirect Channel with additional responsibility for the Insurance business as well as e-commerce for GE Money Switzerland.

In March 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of GE Money Austria. He served in this position for over 3 years preparing the bank for divestment which was completed in 2009.

Declan joined Western Union in October 2009 as Vice President for Central Europe managing 18 countries. In his current role he is responsible for Network Agents consisting of Banks, Postal and Retail organizations in 35 countries and is tasked with driving continued growth in some of Western Unions biggest and most important markets.

Declan lives in Vienna and has 3 children between the ages of 9 and 14.

Arjen Heeres joined Quintiq as chief operations officer in 2000. He works closely with fellow co-owner Victor Allis and CFO Mike Coluzzi to manage the rapid growth and expansion of Quintiq. He is also a member of the Quintiq board of directors, alongside Victor Allis, Greg Case, Mike Donahue, Marc Lederman, Ed Blechschmidt and Paul Winn. As COO, Arjen Heeres's focus is on the European business units, marketing, sales & alliances, and human resources management. Arjen has almost twenty years’ experience in the IT industry. He is based in Quintiq’s European headquarters, in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Career Highlights:

• During Arjen’s twelve-year tenure as COO, he has seen Quintiq grow from a small group of computer scientists to over 300 employees in offices around the globe. Thanks to the continued hard work of Victor, Arjen and the Quintiq team, Quintiq reported record revenue of €34 million for 2010, the same year in which Gartner named Quintiq a Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning for Process Automation.
• Arjen Heeres started his career at Esso Benelux Head Quarters in Breda, the Netherlands, where he held business analyst and commercial functions. In 1994 he joined Bolesian, a daughter company of Capgemini specialized in developing advanced systems based on Artificial Intelligence. He was commercially responsible for the manufacturing markets and was promoted to country manager of Germany. It is here that Arjen first met the five co-founders of Quintiq: Victor Allis, Wido-Bart van Steenbergen, Seppo Pieterse, Patrick Frants and Paul-Erik Raué.
• After Capgemini, Arjen joined Imtech, a stock market listed technical service company with more than 20.000 employees, as Managing Director of its IT daughter company, Turnkiek IT systems.