Financial Services; Banking and Insurance

We spoke to Xristina Giannopoulou at Piraus Bank about how Convene has improved operational effectiveness and streamlined administrative processes.

"We find the Document library particularly useful; it is great to have the ability to make annotations or add comments on existing documents, and to be able to log action items to be followed up on subsequent meeting agendas. For remote working, Convene is proving to be very beneficial since you can access the platform on a range of offline devices, so it’s possible to work effectively no matter where you are or what time it is."

Image: Dimitris Mavroyiannis, COO

Chris Spanias, Solution Architect at Tesco UK, talked to us about why Tesco chose Convene and how it has helped them save time and money.

'Once they switched over to Convene, our board stopped using paper. Now the only cost left is the license per person, per year. The study found that we save so much money on printing and paper alone that Convene has almost paid for itself every year, which is quite impressive."

Image: Sir John Kingman, Chair

We spoke to Afonso Cardoso de Menezes, Company Secretary of Bison Bank, in Portugal to discuss the ways Convene has helped the bank move from a more traditional approach towards the digital sphere.

"Bison Bank underwent large scale transition from its position as a country-specific bank, to one with a strong international focus. With Convene, information is now accessible to board members internationally in an instant... in essence, Convene facilitates and encourages the vital international collaboration which is critical for success."

Image: Mike Downing, President

Noticeable Savings and Reduced Paper usage with Convene.

The ICSA did release a calculator a year or two ago which you can run your figures through. These are then processed, and the system breaks down the time and materials spend. Convene has saved LME something in the region of 40-50K per annum. If we had to print and bind, it would be saving us closer to 100K per annum.

We have a green initiative at the LME. There is now a green working group in operation here, and actions are being taken to reduce print volumes among others.

Image: Gay Huey Evans, Chair