Nkahiseng Ralepeli | VP of Product: Stablecoins & Tokenisation
Absa

Nkahiseng is a seasoned leader in the payments, fintech and digital assets spaces. He has a deep passion for leveraging emerging technologies to drive transformative and meaningful change.

Having worked in various startups (leveraging emerging technology in payments) across EMEA and the US, he now serves as the VP of Product for Digital Assets at Absa (CIB), where he spearheads the product development, strategy, and execution for both the tokenisation and stablecoin workstreams across the bank's markets. He also sits on the board of the Cloud Security Alliance (South Africa) as its Director of Research looking at cloud security, infrastructure and the application of AI across various sectors in a responsible but scalable manner.

Nkahiseng holds a Master's in Public Policy, and a Master's in Law (BCL) from the University of Oxford. He also holds a LLB, and Diploma in International Arbitration from the University of the Free State. He also holds a number of licenses and certifications including the RE1 and RE5.

He writes extensively about product management, emerging technology (AI and Blockchain) and financial services across multiple platforms including Finextra, LinkedIn, Ledger Insights, FintechAO, etc.