ATMIA Consultant - John Winchcombe

John Winchcombe

Reconnaissance International Ltd John Winchcombe

John Winchcombe

Reconnaissance International Ltd

Currency & Payments Consultant

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John leads the Reconnaissance International consulting team with its extensive experience tracking, understanding and shaping the end-to-end cash industry. 

With its databases of cash in circulation and cash specifications, comprehensive technical knowledge of coin and banknotes and deep understanding of every part of the cash cycle, Reconnaissance is well placed to work with organisations wanting to grow, make changes to their businesses and innovate.

Reconnaissance understands central banks, the full spectrum of industry suppliers and the processes and management of cash.  It has a strong technology base, including looking at CBDCs and the future of cash.

Expertise:

  • Central Bank policy and operations
  • Recirculation and recycling policy and implementation
  • Cash in circulation worldwide
  • Coin and banknote specifications worldwide
  • Sustainability in the cash industry
  • Future of Cash – access, acceptance, availability, authentication, affection
  • Payment development and their impact on cash
  • Centra Bank Digital Currencies

Professional Qualifications:

  • MBA (Durham)

Bio:

  • 2011-2015 Product Management and Marketing Director, De La Rue Currency
  • Industry consultant since 2016 working with substrate manufacturers, and projects such as data analytics, coin forecasting, banknote market size
  • Editor Cash, Payments and CBDC News
  • Steering Committee, Cash Essentials
  • Programme Director, Cash Sustainability Forum
  • Author ‘Cash: a Roadmap to Sustainability’, ‘What Goes Round Comes Round – repurposing unfit cotton banknotes’, ‘Cash Cycle Recycling and Recirculation’ (to be published 2024)
  • Creator ‘Cash ESG’ – a physical and a digital Environmental Sustainability Game
  • Agenda committee Optical Digital Documents Security

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