Luciano Scalise
Managing Director, Decision Analytics, EMEA

Luciano Scalise Biography
Luciano Scalise is the Decision analytics Managing Director for APAC and EMEA at Experian.
After his master’s degree in economics at the University of Buenos Aires he joined Banco of Columbia as Risk and Portfolio manager with responsibility across Credit products and Risk management. Luciano joined Experian in 2008 and in his career, he has developed a strong understanding of the Financial Sector in South America covering the role of Director of Consulting practice in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil as well as VP for Innovation and Knowledge in Spanish latam. In 2015 he was appointed Country Manager for Argentina, Chile, and Central America. In 2020 he moved to Europe to lead the Decision Analytics Business line for the EMEA region and more recently also for the APAC region. He is a member of the Regional Board where he leads the Products, Analytics and Data Strategy for Experian across Europe, Africa, India, and Asia. Paul Heaton
Head of Product and Propositions Marketing EMEA & APAC, Experian

Paul Heaton Biography
Paul is Head of Product and Proposition Marketing at Experian where he leads the development of value propositions that help deliver on client needs. He has over 10 years marketing experience within financial services having previously served as Enterprise Marketing Director for the world’s largest payments company, Worldpay. Leandro Guerra
Head of Data Science and Analytical Platform, Experian EMEA

Leandro Guerra Biography
Leandro Guerra is the Head of Data Science and Analytical Platform for Experian EMEA. He has 11 years of experience with deep interest and know-how for machine learning ad IA model development.
His recent experiences includes:
- Development of machine learning models for risk management, marketing, fraud prevention, HR, Health Care and Retail
- Development and implementation of the overall Data Science/Machine Learning business goals
- Management of Data Consultancy Projects applied to the business of Credit, Marketing, Fraud, Insurance, HR Analytics, Health Care and CRM
- Development of machine learning explainability frameworks
Leandro holds a B.S Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from State University of Londrina and Data Science Specialization from The Johns Hopkins University.
Efi Antoniou
Associate Manager of Customer Analytics and Decisioning, Hellenic Bank, Cyprus

Efi Antoniou Biography
Efi Antoniou is currently Associate Manager of Customer Analytics and Decisioning at Hellenic Bank, Cyprus. In her 13 years with the bank, she has held several positions in the data analytics, data management and credit systems and processes space. Her professional interests include credit scoring, credit decisioning automation, customer management and processes optimization. Before joining Hellenic Bank, Efi worked in academia as a lecturer at Frederick University Cyprus and special scientist at the University of Cyprus. Efi has a Ph.D in Statistics from Penn State University. Mariyan Matakiev
Head of Southern Europe Regulatory Analytics, Experian

Mariyan Matakiev Biography
Mariyan has 15+ years experience in the Banking and Finance world in the Credit Risk Management, Data, Analytics and Regulations subjects. At Experian He has lead many of the initiatives around Best Practice Guidelines for Early Warning, IRB 2021, IFRS9 developments. Self-driven Professional with vast experience across customer credit lifecycle, passion for Data and Analytics Products and Services and Innovations, motivated to solve complex and demanding client issues and create real value for clients and customers. Raúl Clemente Landaluce
Model Risk & Credit Systems Director at Banco Santander España

Raúl Clemente Landaluce Biography
Raúl has a Degree in Mathematics. He has been working at Banco Santander España for 15 years, in Madrid. Raúl is responsible for Engines and Architecture, and he has developed his career at Risk, linked to the definition and implementation of decision and pre-approval strategies. Antonio Romero
Strategic Client Director, Experian

Antonio Romero Biography
Graduated in Business Administration from Complutense University at Madrid, Antonio has spent 25 years in Experian occupying different positions from the Analytical and Consulting areas to the General Management of Experian Decision Analytics for Iberia and later for Southern Europe. For the past 10 years he is managing the Santander Group account, one of Experian's Strategic Customers worldwide. Jim Nowell
Senior Training Consultant at Experian

Jim Nowell Biography
After graduating from Leeds University in 1990 with a BSc Honours Degree in Data Processing, Jim started work at GE Capital where he covered the role of Portfolio Risk Manager, responsible for the Storecards Portfolio. In 1993, Jim worked on the implementation of the Beta version of Strategy Manager and in 1998 left GE Capital and joined the Strategy Management Consultancy team at Experian, where he designed New Business and Customer Management solutions for a wide range of clients and markets, both in Europe and North America.
Since 2007, Jim have been delivering “SimRisk”, a set of interactive Business Game in which analysts are trained what to look for when developing a Credit Strategy. Jim's courses help users to smoothly deliver strategies within automated systems, and effectively make the best use of "Simulation" and "Assisted Design Strategy" for Reporting and Strategy Development.
Jim today is a well reconised Powercurve "Guru" and his courses are attended every year by hundreds of users worldwide either in person or in remote fashion. Peter Sorenti
Head of Product Management, EMEA Decision Analytics

Peter Sorenti Biography
Peter is Head of Product Management for Experian’s Decisioning software solutions for EMEA and Asia Pacific. He has over 20 years product management experience, and is responsible for ensuring that enhancements to the core PowerCurve applications deliver meaningful value to clients and for developing and launching new decisioning propositions based on this core software, Experian’s other assets and partner solutions, including its Credit Bureaux where available, Open Banking solutions and analytics capabilities.