Global Mentorship Council

Anne’s mission is to provide integrated advice and advocacy to enable great business outcomes. She speaks frequently on payments law and policy issues relevant to the future of payment systems. Anne received her LL.B from Queen's University Faculty of Law in 1995 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Volunteer Ottawa, and the YMCA/YWCA of the National Capital Region, and is a mentor with the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association.

Marianne Bregenzer is a senior vice president at Nets, a nexi group company, the European PayTech. In her current role she is the country director for Switzerland and Austria. Marianne oversees all activities related to merchant acquiring and payment solutions, including the strategic setting and the leadership of both entities. Before joining Nets in 2018, Marianne was leading the international key account management of SIX Payment Services, now Worldline. She started her career in the travel industry at Kuoni Travel, holding several positions in corporate development and operations.

Marianne obtained a master degree in strategic management from Zurich University of Applied Sciences. She is currently member of the Diversity & inclusion Board of Nets, the Swiss card committee and the ep2 board. Marianne is a native French-(Swiss) German speaker and fluent in English.

JEANNETTE L. BUGG is a senior leader with Bank of America’s Global Transaction Services (GTS) division. Specifically, Jeannette oversees the development, deployment, and ongoing strategy for complex integrated products behind CashPro® – Bank of America’s flagship digital platform for businesses. Traditionally a Treasury Management solution, CashPro has evolved globally to provide streamlined access to Treasury, Credit, and Investment capabilities through a variety of channels (online, mobile, file to file, and via API).

With over 25 years in the payments industry, Jeannette has a wide range of expertise regarding the financial needs of clients of all sizes – Small Business to Commercial and Large Corporate/Global – holding prior roles in product development, product marketing, risk management, and digital strategy. She joined Bank of America’s Global Transaction Services division in 2012, and moved to the CashPro (Digital Channels) leadership team in 2019. Jeannette and her team of experienced product managers regularly work with clients, product and servicing partners, technology, and Fintechs to establish innovative ways to build value to organizations and the payments industry as a whole.

Jeannette earned her Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and her MBA from Georgia State University. She has a passion for Mentoring. As such, Jeannette has served as Mentoring Co-Chair for Bank of America’s largest employee network, LEAD for Women. She helped launch a group mentoring program which has impacted hundreds of bank associates and is still running strong today. Currently, Jeannette is a Senior Sponsor for the bank’s Treasury Management Associate first year program (TMAP) and sits on the TMAP Advisory Council. Jeannette also serves as the US representative for the Women In Payments industry network Global Mentoring Council.

Vanessa is an innovative and experienced former CTO at Itaú Unibanco based out of the New York Office, with international expertise in originating/launching and managing successful global business IT innovations, including distributed ledger (blockchain), quantum computing, and 5G strategies. Vanessa leads connectivity between the Fintech and Startup ecosystem in the United States with Itaú business and IT areas in Brazil.

Most recently Vanessa was named CEO of Itau Digital Assets, a new line of business being launched with the objective to change the infrastructure of the financial industry through tokenization of assets.

Susan Nicholson is Head of Business and Government Financial Services at Australia Post and is accountable for delivering Australia Posts payments platform capabilities to Business and Government clients to connect them with their customers; through digitising their payments and supply chain processes; to help them to deliver efficiencies within their internal processes and better customer experiences.

Before Australia Post, she was at WEX Inc, a US owned B2B payments company, where she was Director of Marketing and Product for the Asia Pacific region. Susan has held senior roles at GE in both the consumer and commercial businesses. Susan spent over 13 years at Wesfarmers (formally Coles Myer) working across the retail group with deep experience in all the companies’ major card and loyalty programs.

Susan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from La Trobe University and a Masters in Marketing from Monash University.

Sharon Toh is Head of ASEAN region for SWIFT in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She leads the relationship management team in ASEAN region, supporting existing customers and expanding businesses in this fast-growing region.

With more than 18 years’ experience in financial services industry, Sharon has developed deep client relationships across the ASEAN region, with strong connections with banks, corporates, regulators and market infrastructures.

Prior to joining SWIFT, Sharon was Sales Director, Indochina at Thomson Reuters, overseeing Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. Previously, she was Regional Head of ASEAN for the Client Specialist team, responsible for the region’s sales, marketing and client training.

In addition to her successful sales career, Sharon has worked in various roles across content acquisition, marketing and client support at leading financial information providers.