Edith Rigler is senior consultant with international consultancy the Payments Advisory Group (PAG) and has been active in the international payments arena for many years. She held managerial positions in product management and sales at several US banks (Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Chemical Bank, Chase Manhattan) in New York, then at Citibank in London and Zurich. In 2000 she moved to Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt where she was global account payables and receivables head. She started the SEPA program for HSBC in London and wrote a guide on the Payment Services Directive for the Euro Banking Association (EBA).
She is now an independent consultant focusing on international payments and banking regulation and has published and spoken widely on the subject.