2017 Confirmed Speakers

Borann was appointed as CEO of AMK in 2012. He has been with AMK over ten years since 2004 in different roles, and has held various leadership roles throughout the development of the organization, such as Finance Manager, CFO and Deputy CEO. Before joining AMK, he worked for another MFI as the...

Karen has been with LEAP201 since 2014. She leads the development of programme strategy, focusing on agriculture value chain development and financial inclusion initiatives. Her role involves pre-engagement with partner organisations, conducting due diligence and field research, project...

Roger was formerly a Member of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post AG (DeutschePost DHL) and Global Chief Executive Officer, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Division from 2011 until 2015. The division had revenues of around €15bn, with approximately 45,000 employees and operated in more then 200...

Vasyl Davydko is the VP for Operations at First Circle and leads the day-to-day operations of the company. Vasyl optimises work-flow processes and is responsible operational efficiency improvements and workforce planning. Prior to First Circle Vasyl working as Project Manager at Amazon Spain...

Tom is chief executive and founder of AMP Credit Technologies (formerly known as ‘Advanced Merchant Payments’). AMP enables banks and other business service providers to profitably offer short-term unsecured loans to under-served small businesses – whether by leveraging AMP’s technology platform...

As the Commercial Director for Juntos, Ahhisheik is responsible for building the partnerships for the company with financial institutions and mobile money companies in South East and Central Asia region Juntos is an award winning financial conversation platform that serves as a bridge between...

Gigi is Grameen Foundation USA’s Country Director, Philippines and concurrently the Regional Director for Asia (Digital Financial Services). Gigi leads the country office programs, working towards financial inclusion of rural households and smallholder farmer resiliency. She is also working closely ...

An award Winning Fintech Entrepreneur, Founder & Investor. Jens has founded and developed several companies. Previous working experience as stock broker, trader and advisor for SMEs and wealthy individuals. In 2005 he was hired as Executive Vice President for Optimum ASA and was head of...

Adrian possess over 18 years foreign and local banking experience in retail and wholesale, and strong specialization in Islamic Finance, with last 6 years experience as Managing Director - Retail Banking for Indonesia's second largest Islamic Bank with over 35% of market share. Extensive...

Richard has more than 20 years of experience in the payments and consumer financial services industry, primarily in the Asia Pacific region. Following work in retail banking in California and a short stint in government, Richard was part of the team that started up retail banking for Citibank in...

As a Co-founder, Ben is responsible for developing the overall strategy and direction of KoinWorks' initiatives, including our product development and strategic partnerships. Ben also takes the lead in recruitment and in liaising with our Legal consultants. Before founding KoinWorks, Ben was...

Sreeram Iyer is the Chief Operating Officer for ANZ Bank’s International & Institutional Banking business. Sreeram is responsible for supporting ANZ’s business strategies across several countries; generating value for customers through Technology and by driving Operations in all the regions of...

Vikas has extensive experience in consumer banking, SME lending and alternate financing having worked for some of the largest global banks and MNCs across Asia. He has led large product portfolios spanning across banking products and been instrumental in developing innovative and disruptive...

Jeannie E. Javelosa is an advocate for culture, sustainability and gender and speaks internationally on these topics. She is a Co-Founder of the pioneering and multi-awarded retail store and social enterprise ECHOstore Sustainable Lifestyle (ECHO=Environment Community, Hope, Organization), and...

Prathap Kasina leads IPA's Asia and Latin America portfolio that includes Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Philippines, Peru, and Colombia. Prior to joining IPA, Prathap was the Associate Director of Research at J-PAL South Asia where he oversaw the execution of numerous randomized control...

Malik is a senior global banker, FinTech expert, Futurist, thought leader and acclaimed author. In his 18 year long career, he has managed global roles in leading Multinational banks, run billion dollar businesses in different markets and driven key innovations in the FS industry. Most...

Rajesh Chakrabarti, ex CMO, CIO, Business Head and Head of Economic Intelligence at Reliance Capital turned entrepreneur in August 2014. Rajesh started out with ABP Ltd. where he was responsible for Ad revenues and Content driven sponsorship.He moved to BVTI, where he led all Internet Initiatives...

Lindsey Lim is committed to a career in international development with emphases on women and financial inclusion. She is currently the Philippine Country Manager of BIMA, a Swedish microinsurance startup, with operations in 16 developing countries. BIMA uses mobile technology to provide low-cost...

David Margendorff leads a fintech startup called PawnHero, the 1st Online Pawnshop in Southeast Asia. PawnHero won e27's title "Most Promising Startup 2015 in Asia" at Echelon. In emerging markets countries like the Philippines only 2 out of 10 people have a bank account and less than ...

Shruti Mishra is Senior Sales and Business Development Manager, South East Asia in Software Group, a global technology company that is specialized in delivery channels and integration solutions for institutions that provide financial services. Shruti has over 10 years of techno-commercial...

Ivan Mortimer-Schutts is Regional Leader for Retail Payments and Mobile Banking in East Asia. Ivan is a specialist in financial services development, with business and policy experience, having worked in the private sector, in economic and regulatory policy and with Microfinance NGOs. Ivan joined...

As the CEO and Partner for mybanker.dk., John's key account responsibilities include• Responsible of sales and marketing Mybanker.dk.  • Liable for the Mybanker Group overall strategy• Accountable for the PR in The Mybanker GroupSkills: Banking, Consumer Finance, Finance, International roll...

Abhishant Pant is a Mumbai based Fintech expert and has more than a decade of hands-on experience of payments landscape. He is extensively covered by Media both India (TOI, HT, ET, Zee News, India News , Mid-Day etc ) and abroad (BBC, Dagnes Nayhter, Fin Radio) For his cashless journey...

Zach is Co-Founder and Partner of Intrepid Ventures. Intrepid Ventures is a venture development company that invests in, designs and builds Blockchain powered companies. Zach is an innovation, digital transformation and venture investor / growth executive based in Singapore and Hong...

Mr. Ataur Rahman is currently leading the USAID’s Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research (mSTAR) project in Bangladesh at FHI 360, which is helping USAID implementing partners to transition from cash to digital payments towards financial inclusion; through awareness raising, technical...

An electronic banking expert with more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning, product development and systems strengthening. A valued industry practitioner leading financial regulatory dialogues, development of digital security measures, and establishing common industry policy and...

Nagaranjan is currently handling Product Deployment for Asia Cards & Payments for Citibank. He posses about 12 years’ experience in this Industry at various positions primarily handling technology.His field of expertise within Cards & Payments Domain are in the below order Core Credit...

Mark Ruiz is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, and a former executive at a consumer goods company. In the mid-2000s, he began to work with Bam Aquino, Co-Founder of MicroVentures, on social enterprises; their third effort resulted in the formation of Hapinoy. Ruiz deepened his knowledge of ...

John Samuel worked in very senior positions in Government of India,including Member of the Postal Board in the Ministry of Communications andInformation Technology and Chief Post Master General. As Member of thePostal Board, he was responsible for managing the largest postal network inthe...

After spending nearly a decade in banking and private equity, Neel believes he has found his niche with Juntos, a Silicon Valley based tech company which specializes in the last mile delivery of financial literacy and engagement. Since joining Juntos, Neel has been driving business and partnership...

Leo Shimada is the Co-Founder and CEO of Crowdo, a Fintech Startup offering a full portfolio of Equity Crowdfunding (investment.crowdo.com) and P2P Lending (p2p.crowdo.com) solutions. Crowdo is one of SE. Asia’s largest and longest running Crowdfunding operators with over  23,000 members with...

Mr. Jaiveer Singh is a senior technology executive having more than two decades of industry experience globally (UK, USA, North Africa, Japan, Malaysia & Singapore. He has served many financial services companies like GE Capital, Orix Finance, Axis Capital, National Housing Bank, Deutsche...

Isvary is Senior Manager at MicroSave and has a regional focus on the Mekong region. She has more than 10 years of experience spanning both the public and private sectors. She started her career at the Singapore Economic Development Board, as part of the team responsible for building and for...

Atyab offers nearly 2 decades of achievement driving organizational growth, performance and profitability for incredibly diverse, multi-national organizations in highly competitive markets. He is experienced in leading global teams executing concurrent strategy engagements and achieving...

Subramanian Venkataraman, based in Singapore, currently leads the global effort to develop and implement Data Policies for Deutsche Bank. In recent years, Subra has also led other data management initiatives, e.g. developing an overall Data Strategy for the Asset Management business and co-managing ...

Juanita Woodward is the Principal at Connecting the Dots, a boutique consultancy firm providing market and product strategy, research, and project management services in the area of digital financial services and payments, migrant worker remittances, and financial inclusion for FinTech startup...

Yolanda Yun Zhu is based in Beijing. Since she joined IFC in 2013, Yolanda has advised China Financial Inclusion program focusing on digital finance, micro/rural finance, and gender finance, with the objective of achieving both business sustainability and developmental impact. Her clients include...