Larry Howell
Chairman, CRIF High Mark and CRIF Solutions
Larry Howell, currently also Chairman of CRIF Corporation, has over 40 years of association with Global Credit Bureau industry. He has previously worked with TransUnion, a USA based credit bureau, for 35 years and led expansion of its businesses in Asia, Europe, Mexico and other countries throughout the world. He was also instrumental in setting up of India’s first credit bureau (CIBIL) and served as its Director for many years. He was Vice President & General Manager of the New York Credit Bureau and has directly managed bureaus in other major cities in the United States. He has also been the Managing Director of bureaus in Mexico & Canada, Chairman for the largest credit bureau in South Africa & Hong Kong and Director for bureaus in many emerging markets such as Czech Republic, Russia, India, Italy, Thailand etc. Larry now lives in Bologna, Italy.
Navin Chandani
MD & CEO, CRIF High Mark
With 23 years of experience in the Financial Services & FinTech industry from Credit Information to Payments and partnering various Banks, NBFCs & Insurers and Masters’ degree in International Business, Mr. Navin Chandani is a veteran of financial services in the digital era.
He has previously worked as Chief Business Officer at Bankbazaar, Managing Director- marketing services and business information at Experian, Leader- Global Customers, Asia Pacific at Dun & Bradstreet, Senior Director & Head- Segment Solution & Consumer Experiences, India & South Asia at Visa.
He has been recognized amongst “The 100 top most Influential BFSI Leaders” by World BFSI Congress & ET Now, and has been the recipient of the “Problem Solver Award” at Visa, “Kim Vismale Leadership Award” at American Express.
Ubaldo Tambini
Region Director, Analytics and Solutions
Ubaldo Tambini, currently based at Dubai, is the Region Director of Asian Competence Center for CRIF Credit Solutions with direct responsibility of business development for India and UAE since August 2015.
Ubaldo joined the CRIF Group in Bologna in 2006 to startup a new management consulting business line focused on supporting Banks and Financial institutions in improving and optimizing their credit processes. In 2010 Ubaldo was appointed as Director of Business & Analytics Consulting, leading a team of 50 people with the responsibility of business development and delivery for risk management, process management and predictive analytics business lines for Europe, Russia and North Africa.
Before joining CRIF, Ubaldo was the Director of Business Development and Strategic Marketing of TASNCH, an European Company with headquarters in Bologna Italy, a leader in inter-banking payment systems and electronic money software solutions. In this position he was directly responsible of strategic projects with the European Central Bank and European Banking Association for SWIFT network and EMV microchip introduction. Ubaldo began his career at The Boston Consulting Group in Italy, being involved and leading multiple strategy consulting projects for large international players, initially in the consumer goods and automotive industries and later in the financial services.
Ubaldo holds a degree with Honors in Physics from the University of Ferrara, PhD in Nuclear Physics from University La Sapienza, Roma, and a MBA in General Management from Alma Graduate School of Bologna.
Lamberto Barbieri
Director
Lamberto Barbieri, based at Singapore, is the CRIF ASIA Managing Director to develop and grow the presence of CRIF Group in the Region since 2015.
He joined the CRIF Group as Business Analyst of CRIF Credit Bureau in June 1998, to guide the development of the Credit Bureau Solution for the Italian Market. In 2001 he was appointed as Director of Credit Bureau Department for Domestic and International Market. He drove several Credit Bureau projects all over the world (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tajikistan, etc.). In 2009 Lamberto has been appointed as Director in Credit Information Bureau of Tajikistan "CIBT" LLC; in 2010 has been appointed as Director of CRIF CORPORATION (Philippine), and in 2011 Commissioner in PT CRIF Indonesia. In 2012 Lamberto has been appointed as Director in CRIF NM Credit Assure Limited Jamaica.
Before joining CRIF, from 1988 to 1998, Lamberto had a career in the Italian Insurance Industry (Universo Assicurazioni Bologna) covering several different roles. He holds a Diploma, Scientific High School: N. Copernico, Bologna, Italy.
Mr. Vinay Hedaoo, with 29 years of Banking experience with IDBI and SIDBI covering areas of development banking operations viz., Branch Management, Credit, Recovery, Audit, Risk Management etc. . He is presently working as Chief General Manager with SIDBI. He is having Bachelor’s degree in Textile Technology from VJTI, Mumbai University and Post Graduate Diploma in Textile Engineering from IIT, Delhi. Also, a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking.