Executive Board

Francois Dutray François joined Welcome in January 2008 as the CEO. He has an extensive track record in the payment industry, serving at top level executive positions with major international organizations including First Data Corporation, Visa International, Motorola, and Sligos, one of the largest IT companies serving the banking industry in France, where he served as Executive Vice President.
François Dutray
CEO
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Julien Juttet Julien joined Welcome Real-time in September 2001. In his last 8 years, his roles within the Finance team has spanned from Cost Controller to Financial Controller, both in France and Singapore,

Julien was promoted to VP Finance in September 2008. In this role, Julien is heading Welcome Real-time’s Finance department globally. Julien has been based in Singapore since 2004.

Julien Juttet
Vice President Finance
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Sebastien Slim Sebastien joined Welcome Real-time in 1999. He started as Project Manager and carried out several successful implementations for the company across Europe and Latin America.

He was promoted to VP Pre-Sales with global responsibilities in 2008 and then further promoted to VP Global Pre-sales & Product Marketing in 2009. Sebastien brings with him an extensive knowledge and experience in the loyalty space for retail banks, having work with Fortune 500 banks in across 30 countries, helping them to be more successful in their loyalty offering.

Sebastien Slim
Vice President, Global Pre-Sales & Product Marketing
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Thierry Reginato Thierry is Vice President, Global Sales & Business Operations, leading the sales team worldwide. His responsibilities also encompass managing the partner relationships worldwide. Prior to this, Thierry was heading up worldwide project implementations and customer support at Welcome Real-time. He joined the company in 1997 as Technical Director and led the POS & Card Product teams for several years.

Thierry contributed significantly to developing Welcome Real-time’s customers base, supporting key programs implementation & operation across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining Welcome Real-time, Thierry acquired significant expertise in the payments industry as software architect and consultant for Gemplus and MasterCard.

Thierry Reginato
Vice President, Global Sales & Business Operations
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Philippe Bontemps Philippe has over 20 years of experience in the banking, smart card, payment and software solutions businesses. He held various consulting, management and business development positions at Bull Smart Cards & Terminals in Spain and the US, at Genuity (Verizon Communication Group subsidiary) and software providers.In particular, he participated as consultant to the first nationwide smartcard program with the GIE Cartes Bancaires in France before moving to the Management of International Sales and Business Development programs with Bull and Genuity including the set up of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships in sectors like Information Systems, Telecommunications, Internet, Security, Software and Services.

Philippe joined Welcome Real-time in 2005 as Sales Director EMEA and moved on to the position of Vice President Business Development in 2008 to take care of all the Welcome Real-time’s key accounts and partners worldwide.

Philippe Bontemps
Vice President Business Development
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