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Akira Shibata heads Weights & Biases for Japan and Korea, accelerating ML in development and in production for a wide range of industries including LLM and autonomous driving. Akira is a renowned entrepreneur and data scientist with a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of London. Akira specialized in business value creation with data and AI for over a decade and held positions such as CEO of DataRobot Japan and COO of Qosmo, Inc. Personal blog: https://ashibata.com
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Alan is the head of the Financial Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence Office at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He is responsible for developing Singapore’s digital financial infrastructure and strategies to foster responsive innovation in AI and digital asset. Prior to this, he held various leadership roles in the private sector including managing consulting and development teams across Asia Pacific.
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Amanda Wick is the author of "The Catalysts: The Accelerating Forces Forging the New World Financial Order" (May 2025). She served as a US federal prosecutor for nearly a decade, specializing in crypto money laundering. After detailing at FinCEN, she served as the Chief of Legal Affairs at Chainalysis. She returned to government service to work as Senior Investigative Counsel for the US House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. She then launched the Association for Women In Cryptocurrency, a professional association for women and allies that is building a global network that advocates for the equal inclusion of women in the future of digital finance. She is also a Principal with Incite Consulting, providing expert and litigation advisory services principally focused on business planning, risk, and compliance strategy.
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As an AI advocate, my focus is on helping industry leaders transform their productivity through the implementation of AI solutions. My expertise spans across various domains including Digital & Business Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Business Operations Simplification, New Business Creation, Startup Mentoring, Innovation and Ecosystem Engagement. I am a regular speaker at industry events, where I share my insights and engage in discussions on the latest technology advancements and their applications. Additionally, I offer coaching to individuals to help them plan their career paths and navigate their professional journeys.
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Dr Amlan Roy is a Global Thought Leader & Keynote speaker specialising in Macroeconomics & Demographics. His book “Demographics Unravelled” was mentioned by the FT as one of the best new books in Economics. His Investment Advisory stretches across all asset classes and from Asset managers, central banks, SWFs, hedge funds, endowments across 35+ countries. He is currently Investment Partner at LCP, an Investment Consultant, a Research Associate at two LSE Research Centres—the Financial Markets Group and Systemic Risk Centre. He is also an elected Honorary Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
He founded Global Macro Demographics in July 2021. Previously he was Head of Global Macro Research and Senior MD with State Street Global Advisors (3rd largest global asset manager). Prior to that he was Chief Retirement Strategist. He was MD and Head of Global Demographics & Pensions Research with Credit Suisse Investment Bank 1998-2016. In a prior role within CS, as a global EM strategist, he developed global risk & allocation models as an expert on Financial Architecture during the Asian & Russian crises.
Amlan spent a decade in academia with a distinguished teaching career in the US and UK. He was UK ESRC Research Fellow, Ponders Fellow, a Boston University Doctoral Scholar and a Government of India National Scholar. He has a PhD and MA in Financial Economics from the University of Iowa, an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an undergraduate Economics with Honours degree from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.
www.globalmacrodemographics.com
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Ananya Kumar is the deputy director for future of money at the GeoEconomics Center. She leads the Center’s work on the future of money and does research on payments systems, central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets. Her analysis has been cited by the Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Kumar previously worked in research assistant capacities at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She has also worked as a legal analyst at Sidley Austin LLP in New York City. She holds a MA in strategic studies and international economics from SAIS, where she was a Merrill Center fellow. Kumar graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in economics and political science.
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Angela leads Asia Pacific public policy and strategic partnerships for TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company that helps financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses and public agencies detect and investigate crypto-related fraud and financial crime.
A former regulator, Angela spent over a decade at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), where she was most recently Deputy Director in charge of licensing for payment service providers. As part of the pioneering team for Singapore’s payments regulatory regime, she oversaw the development of the licensing framework, and the assessment of several hundred payments and digital asset license applications. Prior to this, Angela held a diverse range of roles at MAS including in regulatory policy, business development and consumer education, giving her deep insight into the full gamut of policymaking considerations for global financial regulators.
Angela was recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance in Asia for her thought leadership on digital asset developments in the region. She holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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B.G. Mahesh - Mahesh is the CEO of Sahamati, a not-for-profit industry alliance of participants in the Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem. At Sahamati, Mahesh oversees all programs and works to establish productive relationships between market participants, policymakers, and the citizenry.
He’s been leading the implementation of the Account Aggregator framework, a Digital Public Infrastructure for Data empowerment. AA is a techno-legal framework that gives individuals & small businesses control of their data. It’s being rolled out in India and is the largest implementation of Open Finance globally.
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Camilla is an entrepreneur, connector, and influencer in the global payments industry. She leads critical discussions, speaks at industry events, and represents EPAA members on global platforms. Under her leadership, EPA Asia has cultivated a robust community dedicated to enhancing interoperability and harmonization of regulation. Through her work, she connects vital industry players, encourages collaboration, and amplifies innovation opportunities and business growth for members. Prior to her role at EPAA, she spent 14 years at the LSEG group in various roles.
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Carrie Suen is the Vice President at Ant International, where she is responsible to drive our global strategies and thought leadership of Ant's international strategic partnerships and policy objectives to bring more inclusive, green and sustainable changes to the ecosystem.
Prior to this Carrie was the Head of Legal of Ant International from 2017-2021. Under her leadership, Ant’s International Legal team grew fourfold, supporting over 100 markets/regions. Since joining Ant in 2014, Carrie has been at the forefront of the global digital payment and regulatory development, and has been involved in regular direct communications and dialogues with regulators/government and international organizations, to raise awareness the importance of financial inclusion and help shape the policy landscape globally.
Carrie is an advisory board member of Emerging Payments Association Asia and sits on the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Legal, Regulatory and Supervisory industry taskforce to further the G20’s objective in promoting more inclusive cross-border payments landscape.
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Cartan McLaughlin is the founder and CEO of Nihon Cyber Defence (NCD), a Japan based cyber security company. NCD brings US and UK cyber expertise to the cyber market in Japan.
Cartan has worked for 30 years in Japan in the financial technology and cyber security sectors. Starting as a programmer, he contributed to key projects like the Tokyo/Osaka Stock Exchange’s transition to electronic trading. He later moved into the financial sector, delivering secure banking applications and specializing in SWIFT and international payments systems. He has worked with major Japanese financial groups both in head offices and their international branches, implementing technology solutions across the world.
His expertise lies in integrating technology with industry insights, particularly in financial and government sectors, with deep knowledge of banking technology, cyber security, AML, and KYC. He believes the future of corporate governance lies in uniting financial technology, regulatory technology, and cyber security. He is seen as a thought leader in these areas.
He has an BSc honors degree in Computer Science from Queen’s University Belfast.
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Mr. Leiming CHEN has been our Senior Vice President since March 2016, responsible for International Public Policy and Government Affairs of Ant Group. He also leads the ESG initiatives and the implementation of the sustainable development strategy of Ant Group’s international businesses.
Mr. Chen joined us in March 2016 and served as our General Counsel from March 2016 to May 2020. In his day-to-day responsibilities, Mr. Chen undertakes a broad range of regulatory engagement in connection with our Group's international business activities. Prior to joining us, Mr. Chen was a partner and head of China practice at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a New York-based international law firm, where he worked on a variety of equity and debt offerings and mergers and acquisitions involving primarily PRC companies, including his lead role in advising Alibaba in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014. Mr. Chen has extensive experience in corporate governance and regulatory matters. Mr. Chen is qualified to practice law in the State of New York and is a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. Mr. Chen obtained a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in Toronto, Canada.
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Chihiro currently leads the planning and organizing of Japan Fintech Week, focusing on fostering innovation within the financial sector. Her role involves engaging in international relations and conducting comprehensive research on technological and business trends both in Japan and globally.
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Chrysty Esperanza is Chief Legal Officer at Block, Inc., where she leads the legal, regulatory, public policy, communications, and compliance teams. A longtime leader of Block’s legal team, Chrysty provides strategic counsel on managing risk on a broad spectrum of issues. She previously held positions at Electronic Arts Inc., served as a Deputy Attorney General at the California Department of Justice, and also as an associate at Farella, Braun and Martel. Chrysty holds a BA from UCLA and JD from UC Law SF (formerly Hastings College of the Law).
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Daniel Riedel is an entrepreneur with a strong track record of founding multiple companies in the media and technology sectors. He has extensive experience in building large-scale, secure technologies and businesses, with a broad background in engineering, operations, security, analytics, and product development. He is particularly passionate about the intersection of technology and user experience, creating engaging solutions that blend excellent UX/UI design with media and entertainment, all while ensuring security and privacy are maintained.
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David Katz is the Vice President for Strategy and Public Policy for the Asia Pacific region for Circle, the global leader in regulated, licensed digital assets and issuer of the USDC stablecoin. David is a member of Circle’s global and APAC senior leadership teams. His focus is on strategic planning for markets and engaging APAC governments and stakeholders on policies related to Circle’s signature USDC stablecoin.
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Deborah Algeo is a seasoned strategist with over a decade of experience in the financial services sector, specialising in digital assets, RegTech, and custody solutions. Currently, she leads the enterprise strategy and solution at Zodia Custody, where she is instrumental in developing innovative products and services that empower businesses to explore and capitalise on opportunities in the digital assets space.
With a strong background in financial technology and regulatory technology (RegTech), Deborah is passionate about driving innovation while ensuring compliance with evolving regulatory landscapes. Her contributions to the RegTech sector are further underscored by her role on the advisory board of the RegTech Association, where she provides strategic insights to advance the industry's growth and development.
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Dipen Mehta is the Executive Vice President and General Manager for SoftServe’s Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, where he leads the charge in driving digital transformation and technological innovation across multiple industries. Under his leadership, SoftServe delivers cutting-edge solutions tailored to meet the diverse needs of clients throughout the APAC market, driving business growth, operational efficiency, and enhanced customer experiences.
With over 25 years of experience spanning technical and business leadership roles, Dipen has proven expertise in market creation and scaling businesses. His focus is on empowering clients to harness the potential of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other digital technologies to transform their business models, streamline operations, and optimize customer engagement.
Before joining SoftServe, Dipen held key leadership roles at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he worked closely with financial services organizations, guiding them through large-scale digital transformation initiatives. In his role at AWS, he also led the industry solutions team focused on public sector organizations, pioneering strategic collaborations to drive innovation across government, healthcare and educational sectors.
A seasoned leader in the Asia-Pacific market, Dipen has spent over 15 years in the region, where he has worked in both early-stage tech companies, such as crypto.com, and global enterprises like Standard Chartered Bank, where he led the digital disruption team and co-founded their innovation lab. Dipen also led the mobility practice at Accenture Digital, helping clients across APAC accelerate their digital journeys.
Dipen is passionate about entrepreneurship, advising startups, and investing in innovative ventures across the US and Asia-Pacific. He also serves as a STAR Advisory Board Member at Airbus, where he provides strategic guidance on the company’s innovation roadmap for the aerospace industry.
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Kimmo Soramäki is the Founder and CEO of FNA. Kimmo started his career as an economist at the Bank of Finland where he developed in 1997 the first Simulator for interbank payment systems. In 2004 while at the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he was among the first to apply methods from network theory to improve our understanding of financial systems.
During the financial crisis of 2007-2008 Kimmo advised several central banks, including the Bank of England and European Central Bank, in modeling interconnections and systemic risk. This work led him to found FNA in 2010 to develop technology for solving important issues around financial risk and for exploring the complex financial networks that play a continually larger role in the world around us.
FNA now helps financial authorities, institutions, and market infrastructures around the globe to make the financial system safer and more efficient.
Kimmo holds a Doctor of Science in Operations Research and a Master of Science in Economics, both from Aalto University in Helsinki.
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Eleanor is the General Counsel for Binance, where she leads the company’s legal affairs. She also works closely with the global compliance team to support Binance’s commitment to responsibly grow the industry in close collaboration with regulators and policymakers globally.
Eleanor has 15 years of experience in both private practice and in-house roles. Before joining Binance, Eleanor spent more than ten years at US law firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, where she focused on litigation and contentious matters. Eleanor graduated from University of Cambridge with First Class Honors.
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Elise is the Executive Director of Global Digital Finance (GDF), board member, and also board advisor to several start-ups on policy & regulatory issues.
Previously, she was at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), leading Digital Assets and Data Strategy work, and prior to that she worked at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), across both their Technology, Resilience and Cyber Division. and International Division.
Named ‘Next Generation Leader of the Year’ at the 2022 Women in Finance Awards UK, Elise’s dual public and private sector experience positions her to lead both regulatory advocacy and contribute technical knowledge to support the growth of the digital assets ecosystem.
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Based in Singapore, Fiona Murray is Managing Director of APAC for Ripple and leads the company’s business operations and execution of strategic initiatives in Ripple’s Asia Pacific headquarters.
Fiona first joined Ripple in 2018 in London, and moved to Singapore in 2020 to lead the APAC sales team where she played an instrumental role in onboarding financial services companies interested in adopting enterprise-grade blockchain and crypto solutions globally.
Fiona’s career is grounded in technological experience across both sides of “bi-modal” IT strategies, and her extensive product knowledge and expertise in the digital payments space has been pivotal in driving growth at Ripple.
Prior to Ripple, Fiona held business development positions within large enterprises, including Oracle, Fiserv and Misys (now Finastra), and has been helping financial institutions innovate in payments across Europe and Asia.
Fiona holds a Master of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford. In her spare time, she enjoys chasing her toddler around Singapore and indulging in the occasional round of Muay Thai boxing.
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Gary Liu is the Co-Founder & CEO of Terminal 3, a company building Web3’s most powerful user identity and data oracle. Terminal 3’s decentralized data platform and zero-knowledge applications allow fully private data to be freely composable, enabling verifiable identities that remain publicly anonymous. Gary is also the Chair of Web3 Harbour, an industry association dedicated to advancing the decentralized internet and economy across Asia. As a recognized industry expert, Gary sits on the ICT Services Advisory Board for the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council and also serves on the Education, Promotion, and Talent Subcommittee of the Hong Kong Government’s Web3 Task Force. Gary is also the Founder & Board Director of Artifact Labs, a historical NFT company.
In his previous role as CEO of the South China Morning Post, Gary oversaw an extensive transformation of the century-old publishing group, expanding its global audience reach and influence, establishing new revenue channels, and cementing SCMP as Asia’s leading news media company. Previously, Gary was CEO of Digg, Head of Labs at Spotify, and has also worked at AOL and Google.
Gary is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, was the chairman of the WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific Committee and also a member of INMA’s global board. He has been featured across global news publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Business Times, Business Insider, Nikkei Asian Review, and was a Tatler Asia honouree for the region’s ‘Most Influential’ leaders.
Born in the United States, Gary grew up in Taiwan and New Zealand, before returning to America where he lived and worked for 20 years. He now resides in Hong Kong with his wife and son. Gary is an Economics graduate from Harvard University.
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Hugo Coelho is coordinates and leads on the research on digital financial policy and regulation and delivery of technical assistance programmes. Previously, he worked as political advisor to the President of the Eurogroup, as partner at political research firm Forefront, and as director of EU policy at cryptoasset exchange Binance. He started his career as a political journalist and authored several books, chapters and op-ed, news articles. He holds a Masters in European and Comparative Social Policy from the London School of Economics.
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As the lead of the Content function within Elevandi, I help convene global thought leaders from the world of financial services at our platforms like the Singapore Fintech Festival and the Point Zero Forum.
Previously, I was a Corporate Venture Builder on a mission to identify problems, solve them and scale these solutions. I built Blacksmith - a KYC Venture at the ING Innovation Lab at Singapore. Blacksmith was acquired by Encompass Corporation.
Prior to joining ING, I was a Manager at Rainmaking Innovation's Singapore office, focused on Corporate Innovation and Venture Building. I worked with corporates to establish their innovation strategy and implement this vision via stage-gated ventures built utilizing lean design thinking techniques. I founded Tablepointer: an AI solution focused on energy efficiency for the F&B industry. Rainmaking APAC Venture Studio was acquired by Bain & Company.
Before joining Rainmaking, I was a Business Consultant focused on Portfolio Management Platforms at Private Banks including Standard Chartered, ABN AMRO, UOB and BPI. I graduated with First Class Honors from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as an Aerospace Engineer with a minor in Business.
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Jason Allegrante is the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Fireblocks, a market-leading provider of technology solutions to enable businesses to easily and securely support digital asset use cases.
Jason began his career in the Financial Institution Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He later practiced law at the international firms Linklaters LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Since 2018, Jason has served as senior legal counsel to early stage fintech and SaaS companies and advised on critical matters at the intersection of financial services and the emerging blockchain-based ecosystem.
Jason holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Columbia University and a Certificate in Global Business Law and Governance from Sciences Po / Paris I - Pantheon Sorbonne.
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Javier Pérez-Tasso was appointed Chief Executive Officer at SWIFT in July 2019. In this position, he has led the company’s new strategy for instant and frictionless payments and securities processing. Prior to this role, he was Chief Executive, Americas & UK region since September 2015. In this position, he significantly deepened SWIFT’s engagement model with global transaction banks and successfully delivered business development results in high-growth markets.
He was also an Executive sponsor of SWIFT’s Customer Security Programme from 2016 to 2018, helping to formulate and lead SWIFT’s response to the growing cyber challenge facing the community. Javier joined SWIFT in 1995 and held a number of positions, including Chief Marketing Officer. Earlier in his career, he held a number of technology and leadership positions in business development in regional offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Based in Tokyo, Jean-Charles Cabelguen, PhD, is Head of Quantum Adoption and Impact at Pasqal, a quantum computing company using neutral-atoms technology for real-world applications. With 15+ years of experience in research, M&A, and international business development, he drives deep tech companies from lab to market. His work bridges quantum technology with practical industry adoption, positioning quantum computing as a catalyst for next-generation breakthroughs across industries.
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Responsible for the Sales, Trading, and Research products in Japan. Prior to joining Jefferies was Head of Execution Services for JPMorgan Securities Japan. He also spent time at Goldman Sachs, Nomura, and Lehman Brothers.
Jeff received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Jessica Renier is Managing Director of Digital Finance at the IIF. She previously served as Program Associate Director at the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President at the White House where she oversaw a range of Federal Government agencies, including the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, Commerce, and the Small Business Administration. She also served as Senior Counselor for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes and Senior Advisor for Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, leading financial technology and innovation policy. She additionally previously worked at the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Dallas, J.P. Morgan Securities, the Hoover Institution, and Deloitte Consulting, and holds an MBA from Stanford GSB.
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Joichi “Joi” Ito is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer, and scholar focusing on the transformation of society and technology. He served as director of the MIT Media Lab from 2011 to 2019 where he lead the establishment of the Digital Currency Initiative in 2015. He has served on numerous boards, including at The New York Times Company and Sony Corporation. He was a senior independent advisor to Japanese Financial Services Agency from 2016-2019. He is a member of The Digital Society Council of the Digital Agency of Japan.
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Kelvin is the Head of Platform Tech Business Unit of Ant International. Since joining Ant Group in 2016, Kelvin took a number of leadership roles in our Global Funds & Treasury team where he led the team in building the world’s leading next-generation global liquidity and treasury system leveraging cutting-edge in-house developed DLT and AI technology to support the growing needs of our corporate clients in a more scalable and sustainable manner. Under Kelvin’s leadership, together with our major partner banks including JP Morgan, Citibank, SCB, HSBC and Barclays, we were able to propel transformation of FX and liquidity management framework connecting five global treasury hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, New York and London, covering more than 100 currencies. Ant Group was awarded the Adam Smith Awards Asia in 2021 as the winner in the best liquidity management solution.
Prior to joining Ant Group, Kelvin was the Head of Corporate Solutions Group for the Citigroup China from 2010-2016. He was also the Head of FX of JP Morgan China from 2009 to 2010. Kelvin was an alumni of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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Kenta Sakakibara is Country Manager for Japan at Circle, where he oversees the company’s business strategy and operations in Japan, driving the adoption of USDC and bridging the gap between traditional finance and Web3 in the region.
Prior to joining Circle, Kenta held leadership roles in partnerships and business development at Google Payments. He played a pivotal role in forging first-of-its-kind collaborations with leading payment entities in Japan, driving product partnerships and strategy development, and successfully leading market launches in Australia and New Zealand. Kenta also led the acquisition and post-merger integration of a local fintech company, strengthening Google’s fintech presence in Japan.
Before his tenure at Google, Kenta served as Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and JRI America in New York, where he held roles as Product Manager, Project Manager, and Software Engineer. In these capacities, he managed the company’s global cash management system across the Americas region and led its market expansion into Brazil.
Kenta earned a bachelor's degree in Policy Studies from Nanzan University and holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD.
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Kirit Bhatia is the Head of Business Development, International at Ripple. Based in London, Kirit is responsible for leading the growth of the company's crypto solutions for financial services outside of the US.
Prior to joining Ripple, Kirit spent 12 years with JPMorgan and 3 years with RBS in Product and Sales leadership roles within the Capital Markets, Securities Services and Transaction Banking businesses.
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Lee Kai Yang is a seasoned financial professional with over 23 years of experience in fund management and investment strategies. As the co-founder and CEO of DMZ Fintech Pte. Ltd., he leads strategic innovations in tokenization and blockchain finance. Previously, he served as CEO at CMBI Singapore, establishing its first international operations, and as CIO at RHB, significantly enhancing investment products and performance. With expertise spanning traditional finance and fintech, Lee has consistently delivered excellence across diverse cultural and institutional landscapes, earning industry accolades such as Asia TopGun Investment Minds.
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Louis de Koker holds a chair in law at La Trobe Law School (Australia), where he leads the La Trobe LawTech team. Since 2009, he has served as the senior financial crime policy consultant to the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an independent think tank housed at the World Bank that promotes financial inclusion. He is also currently an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Commercial and Labour Law at the University of the Western Cape.
A former director of the Centre for the Study of Economic Crime at the University of Johannesburg, Louis has advised on a range of financial crime laws and financial technologies in countries such as Fiji, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Samoa, South Africa, Uganda, and Vietnam. Louis has served on various drafting and project teams of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and his research has been cited in publications by various international bodies, including the World Bank, the IMF, the FATF, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
His recent books include:
• Financial Technology and the Law: Combating Financial Crime (Springer, 2022), edited by Goldbarsht and De Koker
• Financial Crime and the Law: Identifying and Mitigating Risks (Springer, 2024), edited by Goldbarsht and De Koker
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Law and Compliance in South Africa (LexisNexis South Africa, 2025), co-authored by De Koker et al.
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Louise collaborates with public and private sector stakeholders across the financial services eco system to diagnose industry challenges & help reshape the landscape for good. She brings 20 years experience in Financial Services; a decade in the East & a decade in the West.
Louise joined Swift following a 15-year career in International Banking. She has a strong international track record across multiple continents & various disciplines including strategy, innovation, business development spanning payments, global trade and ESG.
Industry roles include BAFTs Asia & Sustainability Councils & as Vice Chair for The International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Banking. She has lived & worked in Asia for the last decade & her most important role is as a mother of two high energy little boys.
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Milind is the Founder & CEO of XWeave, a fintech infrastructure startup blending the web2 and web3 universes to solve for global cross border money movement. Xweave is building an orchestration layer that utilises blockchain rails to enable cost-effective transactions with atomic settlement capabilities.
Prior to starting Xweave, Milind headed Meta’s APAC Payments business, where the team scaled the regional ads processing business while also launching conversational commerce across multiple Southeast Asian markets.
A commercially driven leader with over 25 years of experience in launching and scaling payments businesses across APAC, MENA and North America with Meta, PayPal, Ezetap, Visa, OCBC as well as Chase.
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Mukund is a capital markets professional with over 28 years of experience in Fixed Income secondary capital markets which includes ten years at UBS in Japan as a market-maker/dealer in JPY Interest Rates and FX derivatives. After graduating from IIT Bombay, he started off as a programmer and joined Lehman Brothers Japan Fixed Income technology team for Cash and Derivatives.
He is an ardent fan of the Bollywood genre of music and loves to teach about capital markets and math.
Currently, as Chief Operating Officer of TP ICAP Japan, he is part of the leadership team to expand TP ICAP's Japan footprint. TP ICAP Group is the leading interdealer broker in OTC Secondary Capital Markets. The group operates 5 brands across 25 countries and specializes in OTC price discovery and trade facilitation across Fixed Income, Rates, Currencies, Equities, Energy, and Commodities.
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Nick is the Head of the Cambridge Regulatory Innovation Hub & Lead in Regulation at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. Nick leads research programs with domestic and international regulatory and policy making bodies in both emerging and developed markets. Prior to joining the Centre, Nick worked at the Financial Conduct Authority in London for over a decade, latterly heading up the FCA’s regulatory sandbox.
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Bringing over 18 years of experience in Private Equity, M&A, Advisory, and Fintech across Southeast Asia, Nikhilesh’s expertise includes debt and equity financing across diverse sectors, as well as portfolio management and value creation for SME companies. He founded the M&A Advisory practice at Taipan Partners, focusing on consumer and tech sector deals across Southeast Asia. Prior to Validus, he led M&A transactions for Masan Group and developed key expertise in portfolio management and capital raising as an Investment Manager at Avigo Capital Partners.
At Validus, Nikhilesh oversees business operations, plays a key role in driving successful fundraising rounds, and has established strategic partnerships with major industry players such as Visa and Temasek Holdings' Vertex Ventures.
Nikhilesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree and an MBA in Finance. He is a regular speaker at Fintech and SME conferences, sharing insights in Alternative Lending, Small Business Financing and Peer to Peer Platforms. He is also the winner of Top FinTech Leaders at Singapore FinTech Awards 2019 and 2020, and 2023.
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Noboru Takahashi is a technology executive and co-founder of M-DAQ Global Pte. Ltd., which was founded in 2010. As CTO, Noboru was instrumental in overseeing the development of the company's financial technology platform, spearheading research and development efforts for FX solutions, and contributing to the overall strategic direction and growth of the M-DAQ Group. As part of M-DAQ’s business expansion plan, he has been serving as M-DAQ Global's country head for Japan, overseeing operations conducted through its subsidiary, M-DAQ Japan K.K., where he has also served as a representative director since 2022.
Prior to M-DAQ, he spent 19 years at JPMorgan as a business technologist, rising to Senior Vice President, and leading technology initiatives in FX trading and systems transformation.
His professional expertise spans technology leadership, fintech innovation, software development, and strategic project management in financial services.
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Building the FinTech ecosystem across South Asia, Africa, and Europe at a national and industry level. Following a stint leading the International FinTech Office at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Pat led the delivery of Elevandi - now known as the Global Finance and Technology Network (GFTN) — --– a company set up by the MAS, to foster an active dialogue between the public and private sectors to drive FinTech in the digital economy. GFTN organises convening forums, offers advisory services on innovation ecosystems, provides access to transformative digital platforms, and invests in technology startups with the potential for growth and positive social impact through its venture fund. Prior to MAS, Pat led Money20/20's growth into Europe, Singapore, and China, following stints in the payments and insurance sectors.
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Pavle is Head of the Market & Infrastructure Observatory at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge, where he leads research on the convergence of digital finance and digital public infrastructure. He focuses on providing critical insights and empirical analysis on how technological innovations reshape the global financial services ecosystem.
Prior to CCAF, Pavle established the first Emerging Technologies Hub at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), where he developed new approaches to technology research and regulation. As a thought leader in regulatory innovation, he has shaped global discourse on critical topics, including international approaches to quantum security resilience and the application of privacy enhancing technologies in financial crime prevention.
He holds a MSc in Information Systems and Digital Innovation from the London School of Economics and has co-authored over 25 publications, including papers for the Harvard Data Science Review and the Alan Turing Institute.
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Pieter Franken is a passionate global Fintech Pioneer and a Deep Tech Innovator with many industry firsts under his belt. Career spanning well over 30+ years in the Financial Industry, specializing in technology leadership, FinTech, Financial Inclusion, GreenTech, AI, Cyber Security, digital innovation and large-scale digital transformations. C-level and executive positions with industry leaders such as Citigroup, Shinsei Bank, Aplus, Monex Group, Union Digital Bank and ModuleQ, and senior advisory/board positions including Elevandi (SFF), RegGenome Ltd., EmeradaCo and SAFECAST.ORG, a global NPO critically acclaimed for citizen sourced, open environmental data. Pieter is a member of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) and a Founding Member of the ASEAN Innovation Network (AFIN, now Synfindo), a nonprofit company founded by MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore), IFC/World Bank and ABA (ASEAN Banking Association) to accelerate digital transformation across Asia and other developing regions to foster Financial Inclusion and bridging the gaps between FinTechs and Financial Institutions and operator of the APIX Platform. In 2023, Pieter co-founded the Japan Fintech Festival in collaboration with Japan Financial Supervisory Agency and Bank of Japan. Pieter holds a MSc in Computer Science from Delft University and currently is a Guest Professor and Senior Researcher at Keio University, an Adjunct Fellow with Griffith University Asia Institute (GAI) and MIT Media Lab alumni. He contributes to research in FinTech in Asia, Financial Inclusion, Citizen Science, IoT and Digital Assets.
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Professor Lam Khin Yong is NTU Singapore’s first Vice President (Industry), driving strategic industry partnerships and fostering innovation. Previously, as Senior Vice President (Research) (2014–2022), he managed NTU’s research ecosystem, overseeing an annual budget exceeding S$700 million. He has held pivotal leadership roles, including Acting Provost, Chief of Staff, and Dean of the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
A strong advocate of the Triple Helix framework, Prof Lam has established partnerships with industry leaders such as Continental, Alibaba, and ExxonMobil, as well as global research collaborations with institutions like the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Cambridge. Before NTU, he held senior positions at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), where he founded key research institutions such as the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC).
Professor Lam’s numerous awards include the French Legion of Honour (2017) for fostering academic and industry collaborations that strengthened bilateral relations between France and Singapore, the honorary title of Senior Advisor to the Hungarian Minister of Culture and Innovation for his contributions to Hungary’s higher education and research-innovation-enterprise ecosystems, and, most recently, the title of Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Munich for his scientific achievements, academic leadership, and support of TUM in Singapore. In 2018, he received Singapore’s President’s Science and Technology Medal (PSTM) for his distinguished contributions to R&D management and development.
Currently, he co-chairs governing boards for NTU’s major partnerships and oversees NTU’s flagship initiatives. Prof Lam holds degrees from Imperial College London and MIT and attended Harvard’s Advanced Management Programme.
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Qin En Looi is a Partner at Saison Capital where he actively leads early-stage direct and fund-of-fund investments across fintech, commerce and web3.
Qin En was previously the Co-Founder and COO at Glints, the leading talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia (Series D). During his tenure, he was recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneurs 27 Under 27 for being one of the youngest founders to have raised venture capital in Southeast Asia.
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Rachita Gulati joined the Asian Development Bank Institute as a Research Fellow in May 2024. Rachita is also a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. Prior to that, she held the Subir Chowdhury Visiting Fellowship 2017-2018 from the India Observatory and the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). She also worked at the Indian Institute of Management Kashipur and handled projects by the Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India. Her research work focuses on banking and financial institutions, financial stability, regulation and supervision, corporate governance, inclusive banking, bank digitalization, applied econometrics, and efficiency and productivity analysis.
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Rahul is the Head of Public Policy, APAC at Ripple. Rahul is responsible for leading Ripple’s engagement and advocacy with regulators and policymakers in the Asia Pacific region to support and develop regulation that promotes responsible innovation in digital assets and blockchain technology.
Prior to joining Ripple, Rahul spent over 12 years in financial services, most recently as the Head of Public Policy, Asia Pacific at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Prior to that, Rahul worked with Bloomberg L.P. in their offices in Mumbai, Singapore, and Hong Kong in multiple roles across valuations, business development, and sales for both exchange-traded and OTC derivative products.
Rahul is the Chair of the Blockchain Association of Singapore Stablecoin and CBDC Subcommittee.
Rahul holds a Master in Public Policy from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.
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Rei Murakami Frenzel is the President of the Murakami Family Foundation and a Founding Partner at Kadan Capital. She began her career at Mitsubishi Corporation before stepping into leadership at her family foundation, where she led a new initiative to tackle Japan’s gender gap. Driven by a sharp strategic vision and a passion for innovation, she later launched Kadan Capital, accelerating the growth of Fintech, B2B SaaS, and AI startups across Southeast Asia and beyond.
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Mr. Ritesh Shukla as CEO – NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), will be responsible for formulating business strategy, leading business development and driving profitability by deploying NPCI's technology and solutions in International Markets. His responsibilities include engaging and collaborating with traditional as well non-traditional players in payment eco-system to drive business strategy and achieve growth.
Ritesh has over 20 years of work experience with expertise in areas of managing country business, leading business development and relationship management.
Prior to joining NPCI, he was part of Mastercard’s business in Middle East and North Africa. During his 6 years with Mastercard he performed a wide array of roles in sales, business development and P/L functions. His previous stints include working with Visa Inc. and leading financial institutions such as Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI Cards in payments business. He holds MBA in International Business.
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Salim Dhanani is CEO & Co-Founder of Pave Bank, a digital bank built for a new financial world with programmable money and regulated digital assets. Prior to Pave Bank, Salim co-founded and was the CEO of BigPay, one of the largest Southeast Asian neobanks raising over US$165m in capital and with 1.3m users, was responsible for the EMEA division of Carta Worldwide, a digital payments platform, and worked for the World Bank Group in South America.
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Sandra is a proponent for ‘human-centric tech’. From investment banking and currency markets to blockchain technology, she is an early angel investor and advocate of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. She currently serves as the CEO of Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the world’s largest leading
Swiss-based non-for-profit association with more than 500 institutional members, 301 ambassadors, across 117 jurisdictions and disciplines.
In 2023, she was appointed onto the CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham’s Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC), Digital Asset Market Subcommittee (DAMS) and cochairs the Taxonomy and Tokenization Infrastructure workstreams within the subcommittee. She was previously appointed as the Senate representative of the New York State Digital Currency Task Force, and serves on the AIFC Fintech Council (Kazakhstan), World Economic Forum’s Digital Currencies Governance Consortium, International
Securities Services Association’s DLT & ISO Standards, GI Trust FATF Travel Rule Standards Task Force (South Korea), GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative, Blockchain for Climate (BxC) Board, Salesforce’s AI Advisory Board, Filecoin Foundation Advisory Board, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator Advisory Council, and several government Convergence AI working groups and councils as well as Board director of several fintech start-ups. Whilst at CME Group, she headed FX & Metals Research & Product Development and founded a new business unit, Digitization. Sandra and her team created the CME CF Bitcoin pricing index and reference rate, CME Bitcoin Futures, and post trade, clearing and settlement solutions. Previously, she was a London-based derivatives banker at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in the foreign exchange and interest rate markets.
Sandra holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from London Business School, studied Computer Science at Columbia University, School of Continuing Studies and earned a double B.A. degree from Yale University in History (Military) and Studies in the Environment.
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Before joining Bloomberg, Sebastian was a senior researcher at Google, where he worked on the development of multiple large language models, including BLOOM, PaLM and PaLM 2. His research interests range from natural language generation to model evaluation.
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Sharanjit has brought you the news from Asia on BBC, Bloomberg and the CBC for a quarter of a century. She spent eighteen years with the BBC’s global television news channel, covering business and politics, presenting from its Asia bureau and from London's Broadcasting House. She regularly anchored on location on breaking stories from the Asia Pacific region while contributing to the BBC’s radio and online platforms. A Singaporean native, she's presented and produced documentaries about her city.
Educated in North America with undergraduate degrees in Journalism and a Masters in English, Sharanjit has lived and worked in Washington DC, London, Tokyo, Vancouver and Singapore, bringing a truly global perspective to her work. She now regularly moderates high-level debates for the United Nations, the ADB and other multilateral and financial institutions while balancing a board career and advising companies and educational institutions on diversity, inclusion, environmental and media strategy. She is board certified and sits on several company boards internationally.
In May 2024, she made history as the first Singaporean Chancellor of a British University at Bath Spa University, succeeding Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons. She now divides her time between her homes in Singapore and Bath, UK.
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Takeshi is a serial Fintech entrepreneur, and Co-founder & CEO of Elevandi Japan, actively leading ecosystem building and international partnerships.
Additionally, he serves on the committee for the Government of Japan's Regulatory Sandbox and is a member of the experts group at the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry for cross-border data transfers.
Before starting his own startup, Takeshi worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch, gaining expertise in capital markets. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he worked at Boston Consulting Group.
He also held the position of Vice-chair at Fintech Association of Japan, where he played a pivotal role in navigating international collaborations for 6 years.
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Tram Anh Nguyen, a trailblazer in upskilling the finance and technology industries, co-founded CFTE, a global platform, in 2017 to bridge the skills gap in financial services and Fintech through education at scale. Championing lifelong learning and inclusivity, she collaborates with governments, regulators, and experts to advance financial education in the digital era. Tram Anh is an instrumental authority in creating transformative Fintech and Finance programs, empowering professionals to thrive with cutting-edge knowledge, skills, and mindsets. Globally recognised as a thought leader in Fintech, she frequently speaks at international forums, notably on adult education and lifelong learning. With 18 years of experience at SC and UBS, she has navigated between the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds, working in capital Markets and wealth management for major financial institutions in New York, London, and Asia.
An advocate for diversity and inclusion, Tram Anh empowers individuals in finance. Co-author of the Fintech Job Report, she serves as a Non-Executive Director and advisory board member, including Elevandi in Japan. She is an Executive Committee Member of 100 Women in Fintech advocating for unlocking women's professional potential to strengthen the global finance industry.
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With a professional experience spanning over 20 years, Vishal Sacheendran is the Head of Regional Markets at Binance, where he oversees a vast territory including MEASA, Europe, APAC, CEE and LATAM. Leveraging his deep understanding of the regulatory landscape and capacity for strategic planning, he directs government relations, regulatory licensing initiatives, and regional expansion operations. He has been with Binance since February 2022.
Before joining Binance, Vishal spent close to 7 years at the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as the Capital Markets Authorisation Senior Manager. His responsibilities involved authorizing intermediaries such as fund managers, asset managers, crypto asset brokers, and custodians into ADGM, as well as leading ADGM's Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab).
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He holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Engineering, combining technical knowledge with strategic management to deliver exceptional results in complex, high-growth environments.
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Additionally, Yuki serves as a director of the Blockchain Promotion Association (BCCC) and is an organizer of Japan Blockchain Week, contributing significantly to the growth and adoption of blockchain technology in Japan.
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