TWIST Members and Sponsors
TWIST MEMBERS
TWIST members are committed to support the design, propagation and implementation of TWIST’s non-proprietary standards. TWIST members all support the pragmatic, modular and co-operative TWIST Approach, focused on high quality delivery of open standards for all market participants.
The current TWIST members, and their TWIST principal contacts, are listed below, per category, in alphabetical order.
| Corporate Users | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| British American Tobacco | David Swann |
| GE | Paul Burstein |
| GlaxoSmithKline | Adrian Bates |
| Nokia | Markus Kortmann |
| Richemont | Celine Hug-Sapin |
| Sara Lee / D.E. | J Schets |
| Tesco | Keith Richardson |
| Banks & Financial Institutions | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| ABN AMRO Bank | Len Schwartz |
| Barclays | Pip Evans |
| Citigroup | Eric Sepkes |
| Clearing House Payments Co. | Vincent DeSantis |
| Deutsche Bank | Heike Matzner |
| EFiS AG | Armin Gerhardt |
| HSBC | Mark Sutton |
| JPMorgan Chase | Robert J Blair |
| Nordea | Olli Kähkönen |
| Polish Nat’l Clearing House Co. | Tomasz Jonczyk |
| SEB | Lars Millberg |
| Standard Chartered | Chris Furness |
| Service Providers | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| Activation Capital Partners | Shane Maine |
| Bolero | Arthur Vonchek |
| BT Radianz | Chris Pickles |
| Citadel Commerce UK | Stefan Burkwood |
| CityCompass | Dick Hales |
| City Networks | Steve Noulton |
| Currenex | Bill Specht |
| Earthport plc | Patrick Mason |
| eConsilium | Charmaine Stewart |
| EDGE International | Tom Buschman |
| Eiger Systems | Jim Conning |
| Equens | Pierre Karsten |
| Ernst & Young | Steven Hartjes |
| Fintricity | Ian Fullerton |
| Global Settlement Network | Roy Hatfield |
| ICAP | Mike Swift |
| InterComputer Corporation | Scott Volmar |
| London Market Systems | Mike Bennett |
| NET2S | Frederico Ponzo |
| NFS | Kenneth Andersson |
| Ni-Hao | Luc Migeot |
| PriceWaterhouseCoopers | Seamus Desouza |
| Simplex Consulting | Bill Peters |
| Swiss Risk Financial Systems | Stephen Dell |
| Taylor Associates | Francesca Taylor |
| Visa Commerce | Johnson Lau |
| Voca | Tim Lambertstock |
| Weiland Financial Group | Steve Weiland |
| Solution Providers | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| Burns eCommerce Solutions | Bob Blower |
| Bottomline Technologies Europe Ltd | Christopher Peck |
| City Financials | Larra Servas |
| Cognotec | Tim Madeley |
| EBS FX Solutions | Peter Collins |
| EURObase Banking Solutions | Roy Hutchinson |
| Eurobase Systems | Carl Martin |
| EuroConnXion | Frank Favretto |
| Exidio | Lauri Heiskanen |
| FireStar Software | Michael Donnelly |
| HP | Hedi Ezzouaoui |
| IBM | Neil Burton |
| IdenTrust | Joe Norburn |
| Integra SP | Sven Thiele |
| Int’l Asset Transactions LLC (IAT) | Edward Tittmann |
| Invensys | Mike Read |
| LogicaCMG | Garry Young |
| Molan Corporation | Lanre Amos |
| Reuters | Richard Kiel |
| Riskcare | Alex Grundy |
| SAP | Andreas Knopf |
| Sensima | Tony Leigh |
| SimCorp | Jesper Gadegaard |
| TapX | Wim Overeynder |
| TriSyn Group | David Mitchell |
| TransactTools | David Litner |
| Trema | Michele Fitzpatrick |
| Wall Street Systems | Michael Thrower |
| XRT | Bart Parren |
| Government & Industry Associations | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| Assoc. of Corp. Treasurers (Singapore) | Sam Ong Eng |
| Assoc. of Corp. Treasurers (UK) | Keang |
| Dutch Assoc. of Corp. Treasurers | Richard Raeburn |
| European Assoc. of Corporate | Albert Hollema |
| Treasurers | Gianfranco Tabasso |
| Finance and Treasury Assoc. – Australia | Jillian Walker |
| Individuals |
|---|
| Slobodan Babic |
| Robert Bol |
| Jack Large |
| Chris Skinner |
| Gianfranco Tabasso |
Gold Sponsors
| Organisation | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| ABN Amro | Len Schwartz |
| Citigroup | Eric Sepkes |
| General Electric | Paul Burstein |
| HP | Sarah Jones |
| IBM | Neil Burton |
| IdenTrust | Joe Norburn |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Chris Furness |
Silver Sponsors
| Organisation | Principal contact |
|---|---|
| Bolero | Arthur Vonchek |
| CB.Net | Fiona Spencer |
| IAT | Edward Tittmann |
| InterComputer | Scott Volmar |
| NFS | Kenneth Andersson |
| Simplex Consulting | Bill Peters |
ABN Amro is one of the world’s largest banks with total assets of more than USD 620 billion and a presence in over 60 countries. Its activities are grouped into three strategic business units: Wholesale Clients, which provides integrated corporate and investment banking services to corporate, institutional and public sector clients worldwide; Consumer & Commercial Clients, which focuses on retail and SME clients in a number of core markets; and Private Clients & Asset Management, which focuses on private banking and fund management clients. For more information, please visit : http://www.abnamro.com
Bolero. For more information, please visit http://www.bolero.net
CB.Net is a data provider dedicated to the delivery of reference data solutions to the global banking community. Established in June 2000 by a group of ex-bankers and IT professionals. London-based CB.Net recognises the importance of reliable reference data in being a major contributor to cost savings and greater efficiency in international payments and compliance requirements. The strategic focus of CB.Net is to develop products and solutions for the international payments industry.
CB.Net’s flagship product, BankSearchPlus™, is the global payments reference database, which delivers complete international and domestic operational payments data in one single source, both as a web-based query tool and, as a data feed, directly into back office systems. For integration into payments and back office systems BankSearchPlus™ data is available through the Payment Reference Data Service to help make payments more efficient and to reduce the risk in payment operations. The service delivers accurate and timely bank co-ordinates and other related payment data to enable users to identify and validate information. Updated daily, BankSearchPlus™ is SEPA ready and compliant to offer complete data solutions for the payments environment today and in the future. For more information, please visit: http://www.cbnet.info
Citigroup. For more information, please visit: http://www.citigroup.com
General Electric. For more information, please visit: http://www.ge.com
HP. For more information, please visit: http://www.hp.com and HP TWIST page
IAT is dedicated to providing liquidity through securitization, investment and trading solutions for illiquid obligations worldwide. For more information, please visit: http://www.iatllc.com
IBM. For more information, please visit: http://www.ibm.com
IdenTrust. For more information, please visit: http://www.identrus.com and IdenTrust TWIST page
InterComputer. For more information, please visit http://www.intercomputer.com
NFS is a global leader in the provision of specialized systems and business process consultancy for treasury, cash, borrowing/lending, reserve, fund and risk management solutions across all types of industry: corporate treasuries, government institutions, banks, central banks and asset managers. From service hubs in Asia/Pacific, continental Europe and the Americas, NFS expertly manages projects in over thirty different countries across the globe.
NFS is committed to knowledge sharing both with its clients and among the industry at large and remains abreast of market developments and new technologies, investing a large portion of revenue each year in the development of innovative solutions and improved methodologies.
NFS’ mission is to enable its customers to derive maximum value from their technology investment. By leveraging NFS’ technological capabilities, industry expertise and knowledge of a niche market, NFS’ customers consistently realize optimal operational environments and unparalleled return on investment.
For more information please visit http://www.nfs-group.com
Simplex Consulting is one of Europe’s leading consultancies focusing on systems implementation and STP within the Asset Management and Cash Management marketplace. For more information about Simplex Consulting , please visit: http://www.simplexconsulting.com
Standard Chartered is a London-based, international bank focused on the emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. It has significant operations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and in sub-Saharan Africa. Key businesses are Consumer Banking – primarily credit cards, mortgages, personal loans and wealth management – and Wholesale Banking, where the Bank specialises in the provision of cash management, trade finance, treasury and custody services. The Group has a network of 571 offices in 56 countries and assets of approximately US$90 billion. With a presence in Asia and Africa that goes back nearly 150 years, Standard Chartered has an in-depth understanding of, and a long-term commitment to, the emerging markets. For more information about Standard Chartered, please visit: http://www.standardchartered.com and Standard Chartered TWIST page