Webster Bank

Ann Meade is EVP and Chief Technology Officer at Santander US, part of Banco Santander, S.A. Meade is a member of the CNBC Technology Executive Council and The Wall Street Journal CIO Network, and serves on the board of United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut.

Christopher Motl is Head of Commercial Banking at Santander US, where he leads the bank's commercial business and growth strategy. He spent more than 20 years at Webster Bank, joining in 2004 as co-founder of its Sponsor & Specialty Finance Group and most recently serving as Senior Executive Vice President and President of Commercial Banking, a role that expanded after Webster's 2022 merger with Sterling National Bank; he previously held the position of Vice President at CoBank. Motl serves on the boards of the Connecticut Bankers Association and the Travelers Championship, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Elzbieta Cieslik is Chief Audit Executive at Webster Financial Corp., where her work centers on internal audit functions and audit strategy. Her background includes experience in banking and broker-dealer environments, along with audit committee and senior management reporting. She has knowledge of broker-dealer regulations across multiple jurisdictions, including those overseen by US FINRA and the CFTC, the UK's FSA, France's AMF, Hong Kong's SFC, Singapore's MAS, Japan's JSDA, Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy, and Dubai's DFSA.

James Griffin is Chief Risk Officer at Webster Bank. He previously held roles at Ally Financial, serving as Chief Risk Officer and Chief Audit Executive after joining as Executive Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, and earlier led FP&A and investor relations during LendingTree's spin-off from IAC and co-founded the identity authentication company AuthenticatID. He serves on the board of CAP Technologies and as Board Chair for the Allegro Foundation, and has spoken at Federal Reserve Board of Directors and ABA conferences.

Jason Schugel is Chief Risk Officer at Webster Bank. He previously held roles at Ally Financial, where he served as Chief Risk Officer and, earlier, as Chief Audit Executive and Executive Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, during the company's post-Global Financial Crisis period and IPO; his earlier career included leading FP&A and investor relations during LendingTree's spin-off from IAC and co-founding AuthenticatID, an identity authentication technology company. He serves on the board of CAP Technologies and as Board Chair of the Allegro Foundation.

Jason Soto is Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Risk Officer at Webster Bank. He has more than 25 years of experience in credit risk management, corporate finance, and leveraged lending.

Kristy Berner is Chief Marketing Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation. Her background spans the technology, software, consumer electronics, and crypto sectors, with experience in digital strategy, marketing strategy, entrepreneurship, and strategic partnerships.

Martin Anderson is the founder of Rcube Asset Management, where he serves as CEO and CIO. His stated areas of focus include blockchain, decentralized finance, and liquid absolute return strategies.

Neal Holland serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Webster Bank, where he provides legal support to the board of directors, executive team, and business units. His experience includes financial regulatory and compliance matters, mergers and acquisitions from initiation through integration, and SEC filings and public company matters. He has also recruited and developed legal staff across his roles.

Vikram Nafde is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Santander US, part of Banco Santander, S.A. He is a member of the CNBC Technology Executive Council and The Wall Street Journal CIO Network. Nafde also serves on the board of United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut.

An entrepreneur based in Central-Eastern Europe who founded Superbet, a European market-leading betting business that attracted a €175M investment from Blackstone. A former junior chess player, he is founding partner of Mozaik Investments and built his family office early-stage venture arm, D Moonshots, and holding company D Craig Holding.

Tanzeer Khan is Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Banking at Webster Bank, where he sits on the Executive Management Committee and oversees a platform of approximately $12 billion in assets, $27 billion in deposits, and around 200 branches spanning business banking, private client, digital, lending, and marketing. His career has focused on mergers and acquisitions integration, system conversions, and restructurings across institutions ranging from $15 billion to $80 billion in assets under management, including the growth of a combined organization from roughly $35 billion to $80 billion in assets. His board service has included Junior Achievement of New York and the Child Center of New York.