Intergraf Currency High __ Tuesday 04/03/2025
Fabio
Bruno
Assistant Director, Applied Innovation - Pro tempore
INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation
Singapore
Maureen
Carroll
Managing Director Currency
Bank of Canada
Canada
Monica
Fernandes
Head of the Quality and Counterfeit Analysis Division, Issue and Treasury Department
Banco de Portugal
Portugal
Beat
Grossenbacher
Head of Cash
Swiss National Bank
Switzerland
Sarah
John
Chief Cashier and Executive Director of Banking
Bank of England
United Kingdom
Michael
Kasch
Managing Director
Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd.
Switzerland
Bernd
Kümmerle
Managing Director, Banknote Solutions Division
G+D Currency Technology GmbH
Germany
Luca
Pierini
Deputy Head of Unit - Euro protection and euro cash, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
European Commission
Belgium
Dieter
Sauter
Vice President & General Manager Value Printing
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Germany
Doris
Schneeberger
Director Banknotes
European Central Bank
Germany
Carl
Schwartz
Head of Note Issue
Reserve Bank of Australia
Australia
Fabio
Bruno
Assistant Director, Applied Innovation - Pro tempore
INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation
Singapore
Tuesday 04/03/2025 09.25-09.45
Joint High
Presentation
Currency+Identity
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Fabio BRUNO is currently Acting Assistant Director of Applied Innovation at the INTERPOL Innovation Centre in Singapore, seconded by the Italian State Police. He joined the Italian Police in 1999 and is an experienced cybercrime investigator and digital forensics analyst. He worked at the Postal and Communication Police in Palermo and Catania.
Fabio started his secondment in Singapore as Digital Forensics Analyst in February 2020 and got promoted to Head of Digital Forensics Lab on 2022 and Assistant Director (pro tempore) on 2023.
Beyond illusions: unmasking the threat of synthetic media
Maureen
Carroll
Managing Director Currency
Bank of Canada
Canada
Tuesday 04/03/2025 14.00-14.20
Currency High
Presentation
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Maureen Carroll was appointed Managing Director of the Currency Department, effective September 1, 2018. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of the Bank of Canada’s Currency function, including research into and development of new bank note designs and security features, and the supply and distribution of bank notes. She previously served as Deputy Managing Director of the department.
Maureen joined the Bank in 2003 and served as Assistant Director of Retail Debt Program Management in the former Department of Banking Operations. In 2008, she took a secondment as Director of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, a consortium of 35 central banks mandated to develop and implement anti-counterfeiting technologies to protect the currencies of member countries.
In 2012, she became Deputy Managing Director of the Information Technology Services Department, where she contributed to shaping the Bank’s IT strategy and architecture. She also has extensive experience in leadership roles in strategic planning and business development in the private sector.
The Canadian counterfeit experience
Monica
Fernandes
Head of the Quality and Counterfeit Analysis Division, Issue and Treasury Department
Banco de Portugal
Portugal
Tuesday 04/03/2025 16.30-16.50
Currency High
Presentation
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Mónica Fernandes joined Banco de Portugal in 2000 to monitor the quality of the euro banknotes produced for Banco de Portugal and was appointed Head of the Quality and Counterfeit Analysis Division of the Issue and Treasury Department in 2017.
The Division oversees the monitoring and acceptance of euro banknote production for Banco de Portugal, conducts quality control of banknote sorting, analyses counterfeit euro banknotes and coins, performs IBNS testing, develops training materials, and conducts studies on euro banknotes and coins.
Additionally, she represents Banco de Portugal on Eurosystem working groups focused on euro banknote production and quality.
Cash in Australia: State of play
Beat
Grossenbacher
Head of Cash
Swiss National Bank
Switzerland
Tuesday 04/03/2025 16.10-16.30
Currency High
Presentation
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Beat Grossenbacher has been Head of Cash at the Swiss National Bank (SNB) since 2013 and a member in many international committees related to cash aspects.
He joined the Swiss National Bank in 2010 as a consultant for the 9th Banknote Series. Prior to that, he served as an advisor for Corporate Governance Services at KPMG and held various roles within the Kurz Group, where he was responsible for banknote and document security.
Beat has an MBA and a Bachelor of Microtechnology & Optics degree.
Creating and launching the new Swiss Banknote Series
Sarah
John
Chief Cashier and Executive Director of Banking
Bank of England
United Kingdom
Tuesday 06/03/2025 10.45-12.10
Currency High
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Chair
Sarah John is Chief Cashier and Executive Director of Banking at the Bank of England. She is responsible for the issuance and circulation of banknotes as well as managing the Bank’s customer banking and settlement operations.
Sarah joined the Bank in 1999 after completing a degree in economics at Cambridge. She has worked in a variety of risk management and policy roles and has been heavily involved in designing and implementing the Bank’s sterling market operations since the financial crisis, most recently as Head of the Bank’s Sterling Markets Division. Sarah has also worked in the Bank’s Financial Stability area, focusing on European macro-prudential policy issues.
Currency High
Michael
Kasch
Managing Director
Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd.
Switzerland
Tuesday 06/03/2025 13.40-14.55
Currency High
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Chair
Michael holds a Diploma in Organic Chemistry from Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, where he gained a PhD in Organic Synthesis and worked as a Scientific Assistant from 1994 to 1996.
In 1997, Michael became R&D Manager at the Consortium for Electrochemical Industry (Central Research Company of Wacker Chemie AG) in Munich and took over responsibility for the development of organic effect pigments for coatings, paints and (security) printing inks.
In 1999, he was appointed Laboratory Head Technical Marketing at Wacker Chemie AG in Burghausen, where he overlooked business development and product management for organic effect pigments for security printing, cosmetics and automotive coatings.
Michael then joined the security ink specialist SICPA in 2005, heading their operations in Germany as Managing Director, and in 2010 became responsible for Western Europe and Canada as well, as Regional Business Director Banknote.
Since January 2019 Michael has been Managing Director of Orell Füssli’s security printing division.
Currency High
Bernd
Kümmerle
Managing Director, Banknote Solutions Division
G+D Currency Technology GmbH
Germany
Tuesday 04/03/2025 15.30-17.05
Currency High
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Chair
Bernd holds a degree in Business Studies and International Trade from the University of Reutlingen and has over 20 years' working experience in international banknote and government business at Giesecke+Devrient in Munich, Germany.
Originally from a sales background, Bernd has been a member of G+D’s global management team for the past 12 years in various positions, amongst others heading the Government Solutions Business and the Operations of the Banknote Business.
As a member of the Board of G+D Currency Technology, Bernd has been heading G+D’s paper, printing and security solutions business since 2017.
Currency High
Luca
Pierini
Deputy Head of Unit - Euro protection and euro cash, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
European Commission
Belgium
Tuesday 04/03/2025
Currency High
Presentation
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Luca has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Parma and a bachelor’s degree in security science from the University of Roma Tor Vergata. From 1999 to 2005, he was an Officer of the Carabinieri in their specialised unit dedicated to combating currency counterfeiting, overseeing international investigations. Subsequently, he held positions as the Head of the Anti-fraud Unit of the Carabinieri in both Rome and Parma.
Since joining the European Commission in 2007, he has played a pivotal role in developing and executing European policies aimed at safeguarding the euro from counterfeiting, including the current legislative and administrative frameworks within the EU.
Currently serving as the Deputy Head of Unit within the Euro Protection and Euro Cash Unit at the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, he oversees the Pericles programme, the EU initiative aimed at safeguarding the euro from counterfeit activities. In this capacity, he collaborates closely with relevant authorities both within and beyond the EU to combat currency counterfeiting.
The relevance of anti-counterfeit training to protect the euro
Dieter
Sauter
Vice President & General Manager Value Printing
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Germany
Tuesday 04/03/2025 09.00-09.05
Joint Session __ Intergraf Identity/Currency High
Currency+Identity
Aqua 1-2
Chair
Dieter studied Physics at the University of Tübingen and the University of Stuttgart. From 1996 to 2000, he worked as a Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, University of Stuttgart and joined the Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin as a Project Manager, Research & Development Division in 2000, becoming Product Manager, Process Engineering at Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen in 2002.
Between 2005 and 2006, Dieter worked as a Patent Coordinator in the Banknote Printing Division of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, München. In 2007 he took over as Regional Sales Director of the Southern & Eastern Africa Banknote Printing Division.
From 2011 to 2018, Dieter was Head of Research & Development at Orell Füssli Security Documents Ltd, Zurich. He also was appointed Head of Security Printing Division and Chief Technology Officer of the Orell Füssli Group on 1 April 2014.
Dieter took over as Chairman of Intergraf's Committee of Experts in October 2016. In 2019, he became Vice President & General Manager of the Business Unit Value Printing at the Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin.
Joint Session __ Intergraf Identity/Currency High
Doris
Schneeberger
Director Banknotes
European Central Bank
Germany
Tuesday 04/03/2025 15.30-15.50
Currency High
Presentation
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Doris Schneeberger has been the Director Banknotes at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt since February 2022.
From 2015 to 2022, she was the Head of the Currency Management Division within the Directorate Banknotes at the ECB.
Before joining the ECB, Doris held various roles at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank.
Innovations in euro banknotes: the ECB's vision for the third series
Carl
Schwartz
Head of Note Issue
Reserve Bank of Australia
Australia
Tuesday 04/03/2025 13.40-14.00
Currency High
Presentation
Currency
Aqua 1-2
Speaker
Carl Schwartz is Head of Note Issue at the Reserve Bank of Australia, responsible for the provision of secure and reliable banknotes in Australia. Prior to taking this role Carl led the RBA’s Domestic Markets department in implementing monetary policy and analysing domestic financial markets.
Carl has held senior leadership positions in all major policy areas of the RBA, including payments and economics, and he has also worked as a financial stability adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
His active involvement in financial markets and central bank policy issues has included time leading the RBA’s New York office and a senior leadership role in the RBA’s financial stability department during and after the global financial crisis.
Cash in Australia: State of play