The speakers
Koen Vanderhoydonk
The Connector
CEO & Founder
Koen Vanderhoydonk has a passion for innovation in the banking industry and he is a FinTech and RegTech influencer with a large international follower’s base. He is the author of “The RegTech: BlackBook” and released the sequel in 2022.
In 2022, Koen started “The Connector” which is a unique ecosystem that helps startups and businesses grow by providing access to a sales team with connections in the financial industry, localisation in Europe and scaling services. They mutualise the cost of scaling for individual companies, an offer an alternative for in-house salespeople for a fraction of the cost. With the Connector, you unlock exclusive and meaningful conversations with buyers that shorten the sales cycle.
Koen is the host of “The Connector” podcast, where he has an ongoing conversations with other influential people and companies in the financial industry, regularly recording live from conference all over the world.
Koen has been working at large market infrastructures Euroclear, where he was director of Customer Experience & Global Marketing and for many years, he headed the account management and client relationship team covering all Euroclear Bank clients in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Central Europe. Before he was General Manager at Binck Bank (now Saxo bank) Professional Services Belgium, delivering innovative banking solutions to financial institutions in the Benelux. Before he launched his own business, he was CEO Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany for the fast-growing WealthTech scaleup Blanco.
Overall, he has over 25 years of experience of successfully growing and managing B2B businesses in the global financial landscape.
In 2022, Koen started “The Connector” which is a unique ecosystem that helps startups and businesses grow by providing access to a sales team with connections in the financial industry, localisation in Europe and scaling services. They mutualise the cost of scaling for individual companies, an offer an alternative for in-house salespeople for a fraction of the cost. With the Connector, you unlock exclusive and meaningful conversations with buyers that shorten the sales cycle.
Koen is the host of “The Connector” podcast, where he has an ongoing conversations with other influential people and companies in the financial industry, regularly recording live from conference all over the world.
Koen has been working at large market infrastructures Euroclear, where he was director of Customer Experience & Global Marketing and for many years, he headed the account management and client relationship team covering all Euroclear Bank clients in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Central Europe. Before he was General Manager at Binck Bank (now Saxo bank) Professional Services Belgium, delivering innovative banking solutions to financial institutions in the Benelux. Before he launched his own business, he was CEO Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany for the fast-growing WealthTech scaleup Blanco.
Overall, he has over 25 years of experience of successfully growing and managing B2B businesses in the global financial landscape.