With more than 35 years of technical/ commercial experience in the cash and payments industry, Gonzalo forged much of his background in specialty knowledge & technical innovation, more recently in commercial roles at key industry companies, culminating as Vice President of CR. Much of this experience has translated into promoting market efficiencies, corporate strategies and overall cost savings at a global level. All by means of sharing best practices, trends and innovations through networking, expert dialogue, debate, speeches and panel moderation at premier conferences. A strong operational skill-set, dependability, objective driven and fostering multi-cultural relationships are prevalent qualities accompanied by an exemplary work ethic. In parallel to the focus on relevant content within the overall organization of premier-quality conferences, seminars and other educational events, he is a frequent keynote speaker and panel moderator.Since 2013, he was promoted to VP of Payments and now oversees this business stream to ensure sustained business development and growth. The Central Bank Payments Conference (CBPC), the Central Bank Payment News (CBPN) e-publication, the Digital Currency Conference (DCC) and the regional Global Payment Summits (GPS) form the bulk of the initiatives under his remit.Specialties/ Keywords: - Team Leadership/ Corporate Strategy/ Communications- Conferences / Content / Seminars / Educational events / Networking- Cyber-Security, mCBDC, Digital ID, Faster/Instant Payments, Open Banking- Consulting / Best Practices / Re-engineering- CRM / Business / Customer Development- Negotiations: Complex Solution Sales/ Distributor Management- Other: Dual nationality/passport and fluent in Spanish, English and French. Working knowledge of Portuñol (!)
Listed skills include Business Development, Strategy, Crm, Strategic Partnerships, and 32 others.