Course Tutors

Dr. Günther Philipp joined the Issue and Circulation section in the Currency Management Division of the European Central Bank at the beginning of 2015, as Senior Banknote Issuance Expert. Currently his interest is in CashTech and FinTech, covering topics such as digital currencies, crypto-assets and  their interaction with cash. Before that he was working in banknote research and development, in the ECBs Currency Development Division, and in various organizations outside the banknote world.  A PhD  physicist, Günther holds a joint major  in physics and electrical engineering having studied  at the University of Erlangen, Germany and  the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Sabine Haase serves as Chief Digital Officer at G+D Currency Technology, a role in which she is developing new digital business models and products to drive innovation and adaptability of the currency cycle. With her team she creates new digital and software products in the space of IoT, cash cycle management and payment using cutting-edge technologies such as Digital Twins, Machine Learning, AI, or cloud-based services.

She looks back upon more than 20 years of professional experience in digital management positions covering a range of industry sectors such as retail, media, finance, production industry and IT. During her career she has developed, grown and transformed digital businesses, ranging from dynamic start-ups to digital business in larger corporates. Before she joined G+D Currency Technology Sabine served as one of the CEOs in the Management Board of Scout24, a German-based online classifieds group. In this role she was responsible for delevoping the portal FinanceScout24 as well as start-up and incubation business.

Lee has been a member of the cash community for nearly 30 years, 20 as the Managing Director of 7 Layer Solutions. He has consulted on, conceived, functionally designed and implemented solutions for central banks, commercial banks, CITs and retailers throughout the world.

7 Layer Solutions are a specialist software development company. Formed 20 years ago they have conducted projects globally across the entire cash logistics supply chain. Their developments are deployed across thousands of sites but frequently as the company behind the big name, they are unseen experts in cash processing software.

Ronald joined DNB in 2012 as Business Analyst at the Cash Department. He currently works at the Business Intelligence Competency Centre (BICC) of the Cash Operations department. The BICC is responsible for the information provisioning of both the Cash Operations and Currency Policy department of DNB. In his role he is also actively involved in the development of new data driven initiatives on National and International level.