Joined Sopra Banking's team in 2019 as an expert in Payments, Core Banking and Open Banking by helping banks from defining the right strategy to the implementation of it. Due to his experience with numerous Open Banking projects and view on the market he is profiled as thought leader on this.

Prior to joining Sopra Banking Software, Jurgen Balink worked for many years in the consulting area, entered the Financial Services industry when working for ConQuaestor and Atos Consulting where he was an advisor for clients on digitalisation, data analytics and efficiency business operations.