NOT JUST A CONFERENCE. A COMMUNITY.

18 - 21 May 2026 | Estoril Congress Center, Estoril, Portugal

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Mauro Portela

Managing Director, Global Master Data Stewardship & Operations One Danone Business Services

Mauro Portela is Managing Director of Global Master Data Stewardship and Operations at Danone, with over 20 years driving business transformation across Europe, Americas, and APAC. His cross-functional experience spanning Operations, Finance, Procurement, and Business Services across Portugal, France, the Netherlands, and Poland gives him a unique 360° perspective on organizational change. Winner of the 2024 ABSL Diamond Award for his V.A.U.L.T. fraud prevention program and Asana's 2025 Most Transformational Leader, Mauro specializes in breaking silos and connecting dots in data governance and business services transformation. He authors Connecting. The.Dots newsletter and speaks regularly at major industry conferences.

SSOW Pavilion Stage - The Innovation Studio (20th May)

4:10 PM ACHIEVING ZERO FRAUD AT SCALE: HOW DANONE SECURES 100% PAYMENT EFFICIENCY THROUGH GLOBAL AUTOMATED ACCOUNT VALIDATION

Facing growing payment fraud risks across a global ecosystem of 75,000 suppliers, Danone launched the Vault Project to secure and standardise vendor bank data at scale. In this session, Danone shares how it replaced manual, time-consuming controls with global automated account validation in partnership with Trustpair. Most importantly, Danone achieved its objective of zero successful fraud incidents while reaching 100% payment efficiency. This session offers concrete lessons for GBS leaders looking to secure payments without slowing operations.

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