Bhavin P Kapadia | Senior Advisor
Independent

Worked at Wall-Street investment banks: Deutsche Bank in New York and Wells Fargo in San Francisco. And one of the biggest European investments company, Natixis. Subject expertise background in multi-asset derivatives and building out corporate large-scale institutional front-office trading platforms. 10+ years serving as a Senior Advisor in the Financial Services Industry, consulting on AI within: Security-Cyber, Data, Fraud-Identity, and Regulatory. Bhavin has been recognised by media publications in New York and Washington DC. A frequent Speaker and Moderator in high-profile Central London Conferences. Most recently, Bhavin was invited as a Conference Panellist Speaker at Imperial College London.

Appearances:

Identity Week Europe 2025 Day 1 @ 16:10

Panel: Combatting online fraud: Securing digital identities

Discuss the role of telcos in combatting online fraud
Investigate the top technologies businesses can integrate to keep customer identities safe
Build a cooperative identity landscape focused on security and interoperability

Andrzej Ochocki, Head of Identity Management, Deutsche Telekom AG

Aditya Kumar, SME, Vodafone IoT

Juan Camilo López, Senior Fraud Data Analyst, N26

Kaarel Kotkas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Veriff

Session led by: veriff

Gurcharan Chhabra, EVP & Head Fraud Prevention & Intelligence Division, Mashreq Bank

Moderator: Bhavin P Kapadia, Senior Advisor, Independent

Identity Week Europe 2025 Day 2 @ 14:20

Panel: Elevating the core of BFSI’s security, IAM

Integrate modern IAM solutions with legacy systems within the bank
Move away from perimeter-based security to a “never trust, always verify” approach, ensuring every user and device is authenticated
Enable secure, seamless access between financial institutions and third-party services via identity federation

Moderator: Bhavin P Kapadia, Senior Advisor, Independent

Harris Ismail, Head of Identity & Access Managment, Commercial Bank of Qatar