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Bruce has over 25 years’ experience in successfully building sales teams and growing the sales of those companies. He was part of the sales team at World-Check that successfully grew sales to a point where they were subsequently acquired by Thomson Reuters. Prior to that he was part of ABN where he ...

Lt Col Mustaffa bin Ahmad (Retired) is the Senior Vice President, Outreach and Capacity Building Division of CyberSecurity Malaysia(CSM) – an agency under the purview of Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia.Prior to joining CyberSecurity Malaysia in 2007, he has served more than 18...

Junis Alico is a Project Leader at the American Society for Microbiology, where Junis leads all Software Development aspects in the organization, including Federated Single-Sign-On, system integrations, migrations, feature development and optimizations.Junis has worked at the American Society for...

Johnny Ang holds duel role as Regional Senior Director, Business Development, Value Added Services and Regional Senior Director, Innovation and Partnership in Asia Pacific and responsible for developing, executing loyalty and payment innovation in the region. Johnny earned a BSc Honors in Business...

Long-term experience in SEB Bank in business development and electronic channels, including implementation strong authentication and digital signing solutions. Member of the work group created for launching ID-card in Estonia in 2001. Involved with Estonian eID since that time. From 2008 until 2014 ...

Richa Arora is a National Lead for Digital Identity Strategy Practice within Deloitte. She has over ten years of experience delivering a number of strategy engagements and implementation programs exploring issues across the three core pillar of a secure digital experience, including...

Regis is a commercially astute leader who is passionate about identity solutions and leading high-performing teams. Throughout his career, Regis has been responsible for the implementation of large scale national identity programs in Australia, India, Albania, and the UAE resulting in tangible...

Natasha Beschorner is a Senior Specialist in the World Bank’s Digital Development Department, based at the World Bank Office in Manila. Natasha works on several areas of digitally-enabled development, primarily on programs in China, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and the...

David Black is a consultant with ID Crowd who specialise in mitigating business and technology risks relating to identity, thereby helping clients understand how they can better trust their customers and businesses they transact with. He has developed a reputation for the successful delivery of...

Adam Bradley is a Digital Identity Architect with demonstrated proficiency delivering innovative solutions. He has expert skills in Identity and Access Governance and Security backed with Architectural, Cloud Infrastructure and Development skills which allow rapid prototyping of forward-looking...

Francesco currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Onfido. He joined the company in 2015 as VP of product and operations and have been instrumental in building the company's core identity verification capabilities and top-tier operations team.Prior to Onfido, Francesco held a variety of...

Mr. Cheng Chun Chung, Andrew, serves as Chief Technology Officer at Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited and has been its Executive Director since November 15, 2011. Mr. Cheng has over 20 years' experience in IT-related business, covering internet security, domestic and international supply...

Leonard Cheong is the Managing Director for AdNovum Singapore. He is responsible for driving business development and sales both locally and regionally. Leonard joined AdNovum Singapore in March 2018 and took over the role of Managing Director on May 2018.Leonard Cheong is an accomplished manager...

Mohsin has over 20 years of experience in Information Security from diverse sectors including Investment Banking, Defence & National Security, Central Government, Big 4 Audit Firms, Nuclear and Global Health Organisations. He is responsible for all areas of Information Security from defining...

Andrew Churchill has over 20 years experience working in security within Government, Industry and Academia, in particular cyber security and financial crime. He has led the cyber crime task force and co-ordinated security technology requirements for HMG, acted as subject matter expert on a European ...

Debora Comparin is the Chair of the Secure Identity Alliance’s ID4All Workgroup.Debora is a strong advocate of integrated ID ecosystems: sustainable and holistic solutions embracing and connecting foundational and functional registries benefitting governments and citizens alike.She has mobilized...

Michael Cope is President of Queensland Council for Civil Liberties.

Devika Daga is a creative partnerships and strategy leader with nearly 10 years of global business experience. She is passionate about building and growing tech-enabled platforms that improve human welfare and transform economies.  Devika spent 7+ years at Google in San Francisco and Nairobi. In...

David has been the Founder and CEO of several successful FinTech, SaaS, and mobile startups. He previously spent over a decade in senior roles at global investment banks (Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Nomura & SCB). David’s presented keynote speeches at Global Forum on Innovations in Agriculture 2018...

Mitchell DeYoung is a contrarian thinker and veteran of the ID Industry gained through 20 plus years of experience working on eID and passport projects; both in the US and Abroad. From managing the transition of several traditional high security printers to biometric forms of ID, he is keen to...

Dr. Nayana Dehigama is the Founder Chairman / Managing Director of EPIC Technology Group, one of the renowned and leading technology solutions providers in the region with a proven track record of over 21 years. Under his leadership, EPIC has implemented many mission critical eGov, information...

Sanjay Dharwadker is currently Head of Global ID Consultancy at WCC, The Netherlands, and has over thirty years’ experience in identity and identification across Asia, Africa and Europe. His current focus areas are civil registration, evidence of identity, electronic travel...

Pam Dixon is the founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a respected public interest research group focusing on data privacy. Dixon is an author and researcher known for her pioneering work in the area of data brokers, predictive analytics, identity, and biometrics, among other...

Dr. Ted Dunstone has been involved with biometrics and authentication for over twenty-five years, both academically and commercially, he is regarded internationally as an expert in biometric systems particularly for immigration, border control, and government systems. He has been involved in the...

Tunji has been a software developer since the 1980s, having had the privilege of developing the world’s very first electronic handheld version of the London Underground Tube Map. He has been a Linux advocate since the late 90s and has more recently served as Systems Integrator and Sr. Technical...

Fabian is a Co-Founder of Keyless, a universal biometric authentication and identification platform that redefines how we interact with the digital world. He previously worked in management consulting, where he managed strategy and digital transformation projects at global scale. He holds an MBA...

Ethan Fu is Technical Marketing Manager at BCTC. He joined BCTC in 2012 and participated in the formulation of PBOC facial recognition standards. Besides having rich experience in FIDO and PBOC biometric recognition testing, he is an expert in EMV technologies for smart cards and terminals. Ethan...

Mr. Sascha Fuls is the General Manager of OVD Kinegram (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd in Singapore, wholly owned by OVD Kinegram AG (Switzerland), Member of the KURZ Group. OVD Kinegram is a market leader in the development and production of foil-based diffractive optically variable image devices...

Grace Goh comes with a wealth of knowledge in the Airport Transport Industry with more than 18 years working with the aviation community.  Grace joined IDEMIA in 2018 as Business Development Director for the Identity and Security businesses in Asia Pacific.  Having the extensive knowledge working...

Terry leads the business for Cognitec (the face recognition company) in Asia Pacific.  He is an internationally recognized authority in the identity industry, and led the global government effort post 9/11 to design and publish international standards for electronic passports and biometrics...

Anthony Hay has accumulated professional experiences from working in the Biometrics, Securityand Identity space since 1996. He has worked on a variety of different of security technologiesfrom smartcards to tokens and identities management systems and is a familiar face in thebiometrics...

Nishant Kaushik is the CTO of Uniken, the first security platform that drives fraud to zero through a unique customer-first security model that delivers amazing security and a phenomenal customer experience. He brings almost 20 years of experience in the identity management industry architecting...

Liew Chee Khai is the Sales Manager for OVD Kinegram, a world leading foil-based optical security device for the protection of banknotes and government documents, with responsibilities for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining OVD Kinegram, he worked for 7 years as Account Manager in the...

Yusuf is seasoned IT professional and his technological forte is in the area of Identity and Access Management, Digital Identity, Digital Signatures and its legal binding, PKI and Trust services, Enterprise Integration and middle-ware platform design and implementation.He is the Solutions Architect ...

Younkyung (Youn) Kim is currently responsible for IATA’s Baggage, Passenger Experience and Facilitation initiatives in Asia-Pacific. She has been with IATA since 2015 and has been involved in Fast Travel, One ID, Baggage Tracking and Border Management. Youn has about 12 years aviation experience...

Joanne Knight is a Senior Advisor in the Service Innovation unit of the Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tari Taiwhenua (New Zealand).She was heavily involved in the development of New Zealand’s Evidence of Identity Standard, including being part of the original development working...

Kevin Lee brings 13+ years of experience in the risk and fraud management space to his role of Trust and Safety Architect. From fake news, to payment fraud and ATO, Kevin has had to face and mitigate against various types of online abuse that have impacted billions of people. Prior to joining Sift...

Henry Leung is the market development manager for Covestro, leading the company’s security segment initiatives in Asia Pacific with responsibilities including market penetration, strategic development, ecosystem assessment and best positioning the company’s globally leading Specialty Films to...

Guy Marong is Global Information Security Director at Sony Electronics.

Jonathan Marskell is an Operations Officer with the World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative, which helps countries realize the transformational potential of digital identity through a combination of thought leadership, technical assistance and financing, and global...

Niall McCann is Policy Advisor and Project Manager, Legal ldentity for UNDP, based in New York. He has worked in electoral assistance projects for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (2005), and for UNDP in both Sierra Leone (2007-2008) and Kenya (2010). For the European Union, he provided...

Damian has over 15 years of experience in KYC and general compliance for regulated financial businesses. Damian began his career in payments and worked with some major financial institutions such as Barclays Merchant Services, Omnipay, and MasterCard. Damian is a risk management specialist and the...

Markus Mingenbach is head of Covestro’s Specialty Films business in Asia Pacific and global sponsor of the unit’s activities in the Government Security Document segment. Markus is located in Hong Kong.Born in Leverkusen, Germany, Markus studied International Business at Maastricht University in the ...

Isabelle has been working with the Biometrics Institute since May 2002 and, after almost 10 years in Australia, she is now based in London.She has played a key role in the establishment of the Biometrics Institute, the independent and international impartial membership organisation established to...

Paul is Business Development Manager for Phonexia, a cutting edge Czech company from Brno that has many years experience in developing voice biometrics and speech analytics technologies. Having grown up in the UK and studied European Studies and German at Manchester University, he moved to Central...

Robert Mungovan is a senior General Business Manager and Vice President at Aware, Inc., one of the leading US based providers of biometric software technology and solutions. Over the last twenty two years Mr. Mungovan has led the operations at Aware and has helped establish Aware as a global...

Mohammed Murad is the Vice President of Sales and Business Development and a Board of Director for Iris ID Systems. Highly accomplished international business and technical leader with exceptional decision-making skills.  Offer a unique combination of market knowledge and leadership experience...

Steve Ng is a strategic visionary leader with a career in embracing new technologies and solutions to transforming organisations. In his current role as Vice President, Digital Platform Operations with Mediacorp, Steve evaluates new approaches and solutions to make data-driven decisions to solving...

Giang Le Ngoc is an experienced Legal and Policy Specialist who cut his teeth across the public and private sector. He spent a number of years at private companies with engineer position before being recruited by Government of Vietnam to work for the Competition Authority of Vietnam (2009), then...

Katherine is CEO of Sphere Identity, a global blockchain-based identity platform for identity storage and on-boarding. As a firm believer that automation needs to do more than mirror manual ways of doing things, Katherine applies distributed technologies to architect and build new...

Gil Perry, the founder and CEO of D-ID, has broad experience as a manager and senior developer. During his army service in an elite Israeli Special Forces unit, Gil experienced firsthand some of the negative implications of facial recognition and the risk it holds to people’s privacy. Gil decided...

Jennifer Pham is currently with Aware, Inc., one of the leading US based providers of biometric software technology and solutions. She is leading Aware’s business development and sales activities in Asia Pacific in bringing world-class biometrics technologies to local governments, banks and...

Mr. Boonsun is currently a CEO of National Digital ID Co., Ltd. (NDID). NDID’s shareholders are major banks, finances, asset management, insurance, Thailand eMoney, The Stock Exchange of Thailand, and Thailand Postal serviceMr. Boonsun has recently joined NDID. He possesses a strong background in...

Quek Sin oversees the National Digital Identity (NDI) programme, one of Singapore’s five Strategic National Projects. The NDI programme aims to develop a trusted digital ecosystem, centred around a universal identity, to facilitate data flow and service journeys across the boundaries of...

Karthik Ramanathan is the Senior Vice President of Cyber and Intelligence (C&I) Solutions, Asia Pacific. In this role, he oversees the wide range of products, platforms and capabilities that ensure the safety, security and experience of our products and solutions for...

Abhishek Ranjan completed his engineering from Birla Institiute of Technology Mesra and then worked on several Goverment projects including the public distribution system & elections management system prior to joining the Aadhaar project where he worked as a member of the core technology team...

Tom Rapkoch, Director of Seller Solutions for Visa, has worked in the payments industry for nearly 25 years. In addition to working to bring new products like biometric cards and dynamic CVV2 to the industry, he continues to support Visa’s chip and contactless payments initiatives around the...

Victoria has been working with payment and identity technologies for over 20 years. She has advised a range of organisations, from start-ups to major banks, on the business implications of emerging payment and identity technologies. She is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at Australian Payments ...

Amanda Robinson is the Head of Social Innovation at Australian Red Cross and has a keen interest in emerging technology particularly for helping to solve complex social problems and drive humanitarian outcomes at scale. Prior to Australian Red Cross Amanda has held senior roles developing and...

John is the Managing Director of Brands Australia the leader in Biometric Retail Capture systems. John is also a member of ISO Standards Committee IT 032 SC 37 writing Photo Capture requirements for Biometric Image capture requirements. John also consults to government authorities on Photo Capture...

Even Sandum is a Police Inspector and specialist document examiner at the National Police Immigration Service Norway (NPIS), with a background from the Norwegian Police University College in Oslo. Before becoming a specialist document examiner, he was an investigator in the identity and return unit ...

Andreas Schilling joined the Optical Technology Group of OVD Kinegram AG in 2001, where he developed visual security devices and machine readable features for the KINEGRAM® in ID-document and banknote applications. From 2010 till 2016 he was heading the Design & Origination department and...

Arun Sharma is working as Director, DBT Mission in Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, which is responsible for driving the world’s largest identity linked social benefits delivery program across the country. He works on policy, regulatory and supervision aspects of Aadhaar (India’s Unique...

Allen Storey is Chief Product Officer at Intercede.

Libor Šustr is Technical Director at OPTAGLIO. He joined R&D department at OPTAGLIO Company right after graduation in Physics and Nanotechnologies and recently manages activities focused on innovations in anti-counterfeit technologies for government documents (e.g. passports and ID cards). He...

Noriaki Takamura joined RealNetworks in 2017 as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Takamura lead the go-to-market strategy in Asia Pac for RealNetworks’ new growth initiative product SAFR™ —the world’s premier facial recognition platform for live...

Nuha Tanko Kutana is a Document  Analyst and Disaster Risk Manager and currently a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration at Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).He is the Head of Operations of the Document Fraud Unit (A forensic investigative Unit) of the NIS Headquarters, with 31 years of experience.Mr...

Andre has more than 30 years of experience in the document security field. He worked all that time for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee at Schiphol International Airport Amsterdam. He started as an employee/team leader of the Forgery Desk on this Airport. For the the last 15 years Andre was head...

Jonathon Thorpe joined the Digital Transformation Agency in January 2018 to head the delivery of a whole-of-economy Digital Identity system.In April 2019 he was appointed as Assistant Secretary for both digital identity and myGov.Jonathon is currently Assistant Secretary for Digital...

Amos Toh is Senior Researcher, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights at Human Rights Watch.

Siva is an experienced senior IT audit manager with strong regional IT audit experience in East Asian and South East Asian regions while based in Hong Kong, Singapore and India. He has gained immense technology risk and audit experience directly from different streams of financial industries such...

Colin is the Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, the global ‘commons’ non-profit consortium passionate about giving control of personal data back to people, through industry innovation, standardization and good practice. Attracting established and emerging organizations, governments and...

Emmanuel worked as a consultant for the French government, on the introduction of the biometric passport back in 2008.Since 2010, he has been working at IDEMIA, delivering large scale biometric border control solutions for governments, notably for the European Commission and the EU-LISA...

Damian has worked extensively with private, not for profit and the public sector organisations throughout the Australasian and Pacific region.  Damian has held key senior roles across a number of state and federal government departments; he has oversighted numerous complex projects, change...

Dr. Raymond Wong is an expert on identification and border management.  He served the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China over 35 years, retired from the service in October 2007 as the head of Information Systems Branch.   Raymond was responsible for ...

Grace Yang is Business Development Director, Asia Pacific at IDEX Biometrics. She joined IDEX in  2017 and has a strong track record of working in sales, business development and new market development. Grace’s experience in biometrics spans over 3 years as before joining IDEX she worked for...