Accenture Payment Services

Massimo Proverbio is the senior managing director of Accenture Payment Services in Italy, Greece, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East and is responsible for the sales and revenue results of Accenture Financial Services in the region. Proverbio has extensive experience in the banking industry, joining Accenture in 1988 after working at IBM/Olivetti. In his 25-year career with Accenture, he has designed operating models for both small and large organizations, and led transformation projects from inception to implementation. Proverbio has also executed major merger & acquisition projects and has mobile experience in banking, payments and commerce.
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Jeremy Light is the lead for Accenture Payment Services in Europe, Africa and Latin America. He specializes in strategy, operating models, and architectures that are focused on cards, payments and back-office operations. Light is responsible for deploying and sharing Accenture’s strategy, systems integration and outsourcing propositions to clients across the region, including cards issuing and acquiring; domestic, international, retail and corporate payments; and front-, middle- and back-office payment functions.
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Jim Bailey is the lead for Accenture Payment Services in North America, and has experience in management consulting, systems integration, technology consulting, application outsourcing, infrastructure outsourcing and business process outsourcing. In addition, he is the lead for the payments & services client service group and the lead for Accenture Mobility Services for financial services. Since joining Accenture in 1988, Bailey has worked in financial services, products, and communication media & technology.
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Matthew Friend is a senior executive with Accenture focused on banking and payments, where he is responsible for helping drive payments industry perspectives, from thought leadership to the growth of key payments assets. Prior to joining Accenture, Friend was a principal with Booz Allen Hamilton’s financial services group, focusing on strategic technologies and innovation. Friend has worked closely with several treasury bureaus, the Federal Reserve and multiple government agencies, as well as several leading financial institutions involved in payments, collections, accounting and business process reengineering. Prior to joining Booz Allen, Friend served as director at the US Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service. Friend also served as an attorney-advisor for the National Association of Federal Credit Unions on tax, electronic banking and accounting issues and clerked for the Honorable Eugene Lerner, Circuit Court of Maryland.
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