Simone Suriano

Simone Suriano currently serves as the Sales Director for Digital Payments at Thales, focusing on the business development of the Thales D1 card issuing platform in Italy and Malta, achieving substantial growth and client acquisitions. Prior experience includes roles at HuffPost as an Editorial Contributor and various positions at Reply, culminating as Partner and Co-CEO of E*Finance Consulting Reply, where notable revenues of 10M€ were generated. Suriano has also led the AI Practice at Reply, fostering innovation across multiple sectors, and has extensive experience in digital banking and payments with previous roles at BdM Banca and Noverca Italia under the Intesa Sanpaolo group. An academic background in Marketing and Business Administration is complemented by teaching roles at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.