Angola Reimagine Banking Forum

Welcome Coffee & Executive Networking

Opening remarks

Welcome to Reimagine Banking

• Rudy Kawmi, Vice President for Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific, Universal Banking, Finastra
• Francisco van Uden Chaves, Managing Partner, Innovation Makers
• Ralf Khoury, Senior Sales Executive, Teciem

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.

• Siobhan Byron, Executive Vice President, Universal Banking, Finastra

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

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)
• Nuno Veiga, CEO, Pay4all
• Belmiro Meirinho, Lead Technical Solutions Consultant, Teciem
• Frederico Augusto Viriato Lourenço, Head of Treasury and Capital Markets, Access Bank Angola

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.

• Gabriela Teixeira, Solutions Consultant, MEA, Finastra Universal Banking (Moderator)
• João Carlos Bastos Almeida, Chief Information Officer, Access Bank Angola
• 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)

Coffee break & Networking

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Networking & Lunch