User Group 2001

This year's User Group took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus from the 2nd - 5th October 2001.

"The theme of the this year’s User Group is “Clear Vision”. The programme has been designed to help us all to rise above the cloud of chip and e-commerce information upon us; to make these technologies work for us to increase profitability." 
Jaffar Agha-Jaffar
Managing Director, Card Tech Ltd

The event was a huge success, despite the difficult times around the world, and was attended by 55 delegates representing 30 institutions using CTL technologies.

Magdalena Semsch and Krystyna Józefiak, GE Capital Bank S.A.
"The User Group was impressive, educational and friendly at the same time.
We could feel that we belonged to one big family, where everybody
individually offered personal input."

Peter Egan, Bank of Ireland
"...my thanks to you for the very generous hospitality and good fun I experienced while at the conference, in addition to the updates on the business and the insights to the future. I hope CTL as a business also found it worthwhile and a success."

Neil Cullum, Smith & Williamson Investment Management Ltd
"As someone new to the card industry, I found the CTL User Group of immense help in focussing my mind on the key issues. [...] All in all, a very worthwhile use of my time"

Edward Quinn, Saambou Bank Beperk/Limited
"Just a word of thanks for the most interesting and enjoyable 2001 User Group recently attended in Cyprus. [...] thank you for you kindness and hospitality during the week....looking forward to next year's User Group."

Ron Boddy, Barclaycard International
"I thought it was a great conference with some very impressive content,
delivered in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere."

Guest Speakers

Ron Boddy, Commercial Director, Barclaycard International, spoke about "Managing Credit Cards for Value", a fascinating and useful insight into the strategies employed by Europe’s largest credit card company.

Mr Boddy has worked for Barclaycard for over 20 years. Most of his career has been spent in Marketing; he has been involved in all major product changes within the business in recent times, including the introduction of Annual Fees and the implementation of Visa and MasterCard dual issuing and acquiring.

More recently he conceived and implemented Barclaycard Gold, one of the most successful Gold credit card launches ever, and was the architect of Barclaycard's European Expansion Strategy.

Mr Boddy is a full Member of the Barclaycard International Board, and is currently responsible for Barclaycard's businesses in Spain, France, Greece and Italy.

If you want to see some photos from this year's User Group, let the slideshow run by itself or use the control panel under the pictures.