Central Banking Summer Meetings

Rianne Luijendijk is Team Lead Responsible investing at the Dutch Central Bank. She is responsible for the development and implementation of DNB’s responsible investing approach for the own-account portfolios. She also chairs the sustainable and responsible investment workstream in the Network for Greening the Financial System, in which central banks and supervisors collaborate to advance their efforts to further integrate sustainability considerations in central bank’s portfolio management. Since 2020, the workstream has published a number of reports to assist central banks in their adoption of sustainable and responsible investment practices.

Accomplished, results-driven senior business leader with multifaceted experience driving finance sector transformational change. I am an analytical, critical thinker, always curious and eager to learn, and adept at developing strategy and innovative solutions that bridge business and digitalisation. 

I embrace a collaborative leadership style and have built top performing teams and business areas. I am a skilled communicator with strong people skills enhanced by having lived, worked, and studied in 5 countries, across 3 continents. I am fluent in English, French, Swedish and Danish. 

My career journey has been from fixed income trader/market-maker to head of desk and eventually responsible for global trading as well as the global franchise. I am passionate about transformation, in particular the challenge and opportunities of digitalisation, and have driven that transformation journey, most recently at SEB, overhauling the entire IT setup, enabling my teams to reach #1 in electronic trading, improve risk control, pricing, compliance, and customer offering.

Filipa Lima is Deputy-Head of the Information Systems and Technology Department of Banco de Portugal since 2020, after working almost 20 years at the Bank’s Statistics Department. She has also worked at the European Central Bank (2001) and the Bank for International Settlements (2006). 

Filipa Lima holds a PhD in Economics from NOVA University of Lisbon. 

Since June 2020 Filipa Lima is a member of the Information Technology Committee of the European System of Central Banks. 

Filipa Lima is responsible for the teams at Banco de Portugal that have led projects in the areas of artificial intelligence, integrated information management and innovation applied to Banco de Portugal's business areas. 

Of particular note is the development of the ALYA project, which was awarded the Portugal Digital Awards 2023 for the best digital transformation project in the public administration sector ("Best Government Project").

As the chief payments executive for Federal Reserve Financial Services, Mark Gould is responsible for the Federal Reserve System’s full portfolio of retail payments, wholesale payments, instant payments, and cash services provided to financial institutions across the United States. Mark is based in San Francisco with diverse teams in each of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks, and he is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences around the world. 

Mark has provided executive leadership to a range of Federal Reserve Bank and System functions at the intersection of payments, technology, strategy, and operations throughout his career. On the way to his current role, he previously served as CIO, COO, and interim CEO for the San Francisco Fed, and led the Fed’s national cash business. 

Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Pacific Lutheran University and a master of science degree in applied economics from Seattle University.