Cloud Excellence Circle

Demand for cloud solutions is growing and the need for information is increasing. Our Cloud Excellence Circle brings together experts in cloud strategies with bank executives and division managers for active exchange. The focus is on exclusive insights, top speakers and confidential discussions at top management level on cloud and digital sovereignty – the key topics in banking of the future.

Cloud

Digitisation

Future Banking

Your speakers

Mustafa Isik

Susanne Kochwagner

Dr. Ivan Monahov

Christoph Prellwitz

The Cloud Excellence Circle is designed for all banks and addresses the latest challenges facing the industry. You will gain exclusive insights and practical inspiration on topics such as the cloud, digital sovereignty and innovative business models in banking.

The focus is on confidential exchanges at top management level, inspiring keynotes and discussions on current challenges and opportunities for banks in the cloud era.

Agenda highlights:

Keynote: Digital sovereignty – strategic importance for banks | Christoph Prellwitz | Member of the Executive Board | msg for banking
Impulse: IT strategy in a multi-cloud environment | Dr Ivan Monahov | Head of Digital Transformation | msg for banking
Best practice: Sovereignty arises in operation – insights from the European Sovereign Cloud | Mustafa Isik | Chief Technologist Sovereignty | AWS
Panel discussion: Digital sovereignty in a multi-cloud environment
Networking & peer exchange: Confidential exchange among decision-makers

With our unique combination of in-depth banking know-how and comprehensive cloud expertise – particularly in the area of regulation and compliance – we are your platform-independent and neutral partner for your transformation to the cloud.

The Cloud Excellence Circle is aimed at bank executives (especially CIOs and COOs), division managers, IT managers, CDOs and those responsible for banking operations, digitalisation and innovation.

We welcome executives who work at the interface of technology, business models and transformation and are actively shaping current challenges in banking – from ESG, FIDA and AI to process automation, new value creation models, platform strategies and ecosystems in the beyond-banking environment.

The number of participants is limited.

Look forward to exciting presentations by industry experts who will provide you with practical insights into cloud computing and digital sovereignty.

To the agenda

Mustafa Isik

is the Chief Technologist Sovereignity of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. He has a proven track record in leading teams to develop and successfully ship digital SaaS products. Strong business development professional with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science from Technische Universität München / TU Munich.

Susanne Kochwagner

is responsible for business development and cloud transformation in the regulated banking and FinTech environment. She brings with her many years of experience as SVP and managing director, as well as in-depth expertise in regulation, governance and cloud architectures. Her focus is on the structured classification of complex cloud issues and their translation into controllable multi-cloud models.

Dr. Ivan Monahov

is an expert in IT strategy and enterprise architecture management. Together with his team of enterprise and cloud architects, he advises msg for banking customers on various architecture, strategy and digitalization topics, for example on the selection of core banking systems, the modernization of complex application landscapes or the selection and introduction of SaaS services.

Christoph Prellwitz

is a member of the Management Board of msg for banking ag and is responsible for the Banking Digital Services division, which includes the Savings Banks Finance Group, Cooperative Financial Group and Commercial Banks business divisions. He is also responsible for Business Development Cloud.

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Do you need help?

Isabel Menrath

Events & Trainings

events-banking@msg.group +49 721 6674 1880

Registration

Price

free

Date

24.03.2026

Registration deadline

10.03.2026

Conference

Frankfurt am Main

The number of participants is limited.

Good to know

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