Runs it.

Co-founder and managing director of RedSnap Inc. Brian has built a proven track record in commercial roles within the global tech and financial services industry. He worked as a board member for a FinTech 50 startup as well as an executive in (at that time) the biggest technology company in the world, both in Europe and Asia.

Brian’s specialism is developing and implementing business development strategies within technology scale ups.

He is passionate about sports and currently occupied with training for the triathlon.

Ernst Roelofs:

Drives it.

Co-founder and digital director of RedSnap Inc.. During his career, Ernst made the switch from thinking in terms of just digital marketing to “marketing in a digital world”.

Ernst is convinced that the best marketers in this digital world are people with a digital-heavy DNA. He has over 15 years experience, among others with Five Degrees. Ernst was a presenter at the prestigious Finovate Europe 2016 conference.

Before that, Ernst founded Soyuz Digital, a one-stop, online & social marketing boutique for technology firms. 

Conny Dorrestijn
Demand Generation

BankiFi's Founding Partner Conny Dorrestijn has worked in the international financial technology industry in a wide range of marketing and business development roles. She is known for strategic positioning with a sharp eye for creativity and content: finding the Why, What and How is her mantra. Starting with the Why. She is an Advisory Board Member to Holland FinTech, Non-Executive Board Member at Arches Capital and Blanco Services and Associate of the Digital Insurance Agenda (DIA) and the Blockchain Innovation Conference (BIC2019) and a Global Innovation Awards Judge at BAI (US) and Jury Chair of the Dutch NRC FinTech Live Awards. She frequently chairs, moderates and keynotes at leading industry events, most recently at Money20/20 around the topic of Purpose and FinTech.

With inclusion across gender, age and culture high on her agenda, she is an Advisory Board Member to Money20/20 RiseUp and a keen supporter of and contributor to the EWPN - European Women in Payments Network. Her passion for generation Y and Z is translated in active student mentoring and her voluntary work for the Global Give Back Circle: www.globalgivebackcircle.org, where she is also active as a mentor for Kenyan students.

Joute Meinema
Winning Deals

Joute has a relevant and successfull commercial track record in the Dutch/ Pan European IT market. He is a transparent, positive and engaging individual who should be able to quickly build solid, trust based relationships with key stakeholders.

As a leader he is capable of taking charge and takes responsibility if needed. It is likely that he will set challenging yet appropriate goals and targets for himself and his team. In light of his leadership profile, it is likely that team members will generally respect and enjoy working with him. His flexibility and solutions-focus should allow him to ensure a consistent, high level of services to customers. In addition his drive should lead him to keep his word and deliver against key objectives.