Speakers
Speakers
- H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri was appointed Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the new government structure approved in July 2020. He is the Chairman of the General Civil Aviation Authority, UAE International Investors Council, and CSR UAE Fund’s Board of Trustees.
- H.E. ABDULLAH
- BIN TOUQ AL MARRI
- Cabinet Member & UAE Minister of Economy
- UAE
- Marko Primorac holds a PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb. Before becoming a Minister of Finance of the Republic of Croatia in July 2022, he was pursuing his academic career as an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Department of Finance.
- H. E. Marko
- Primorac
- Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
- Minister of Finance
- Croatia
- Following the legislative elections of 8 October 2023, Gilles Roth was appointed Minister of Finance on 17 November 2023 in the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Democratic Party (DP).
- H. E. Gilles
- Roth
- Minister
- Ministry of Finance - Luxembourg
- Luxembourg
- Former: US Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs; Managing Director, The Lindsey Group, an economic advisory firm, Washington DC. As Undersecretary, was the Administration's point person on international financial issues, including exchange rate policy, G7 meetings, and IMF and World Bank issues. Regularly interacted with counterparts in key emerging markets including China, India and Brazil. Currently, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of International Finance (IIF), which represents more than 500 global financial institutions, including many of the world's largest banks, investment banks and asset management firms. Has travelled extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
- Timothy
- Adams
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Institute of International Finance (IIF)
- USA
- He is a holder of numerous awards bestowed on him for his achievements as Governor of Narodowy Bank Polski by Polish and international media, including, “Gazeta Bankowa”, “Parkiet”, “Polska Press”, “Capital Finance International”, as well as the “Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland” and the “Special Award” bestowed under the “Economic Award of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship”. In 2020, Mr Glapiński ranked 6th in the ranking of the 200 most influential people in the Polish economy of RMF FM, Money.pl and 300Gospodarka. In 2021, he ranked 1st in the ranking of the 50 most influential people in the Polish economy in 2020 of “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”.
- H. E. Adam
- Glapiński
- Governor
- National Bank of Poland
- Poland
- Mr. Vineet Mittal, an accomplished alumnus of Harvard Business School, is a visionary serial entrepreneur and the Founder of Avaada Group. Renowned for his transformative contributions to renewable energy and IT services, Mr. Mittal is a trailblazer in sustainability, driven by a deeprooted belief in nurturing the Earth, inspired by India’s Vedic wisdom and cultural heritage.
- Vineet
- Mittal
- Founder & Chairman
- Avaada Group
- India
- Justin Grooms is the CEO of Bolt, a leading checkout technology company. Bolt ignites retailers’ brands by unlocking access to a universal shopper network of 80 million shoppers—enabling merchants to offer a seamless shopping experience to customers at every touchpoint in their journey.
- Justin
- Grooms
- CEO
- Bolt
- USA
- Dawn joined Lloyd’s in 2022 and oversees Lloyd’s global network across the Americas, Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa (APMEA) and European Regions. She is responsible for our Global Network governance, market development, strategic engagement with key trading partners, and New Entrants into the Lloyd's Market. She also leads on Strategy & Innovation at Lloyd’s, including the Lloyd’s Lab and Academy. Dawn is a member of the Lloyd’s Executive Committee and is a director of Lloyd’s Insurance Company in Europe.
- Dawn
- Miller
- Chief Executive Officer
- Lloyd's Americas
- USA
- Mr. Abraham has over 30 years of banking experience, with experience in both developed and emerging markets. Before joining the Bank as Group CEO in June 2016, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Banking Group Indonesia since 2008. Mr. Abraham graduated with an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and has worked in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ghana, the United Kingdom and India in various banking roles and has a successful track record covering general management, corporate banking, strategy, product management as well as acquisitions and integrations.
- Joseph
- Abraham
- Group Chief Executive Officer
- The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.)
- Qatar
- As the Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of the Republic of the Philippines, Atty. Ivan John E. Uy is at the helm of the nation’s drive to establish itself as a regional leader in ICT advancement.
- H. E. Ivan
- John E. Uy
- Secretary
- Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of the Republic of the Philippines
- Philippines
- Hashim Shawa joined Bank of Palestine in 2007 as Chairman and CEO, leading its transformation through financial inclusion, digitization, and sustainability. Under his leadership, the bank achieved global recognition, earning the title of the world’s best bank for financial and digital inclusion by the Financial Times’ The Banker.
- Hashim
- Shawa
- Chairman
- Bank of Palestine
- Palestine
- John Caplan is the CEO and Director of Payoneer. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he served as co-CEO of Payoneer from May 2022 to March 2023. Previously, he was President of North America and Europe at Alibaba.com, the cross-border B2B business unit of Alibaba Group. In this role, he helped lead its transformation into one of Alibaba Group’s fastest growing and most profitable business units. Caplan joined Alibaba’s team in 2017 following its acquisition of OpenSky, an SMB software platform he founded in 2009, which empowered ecommerce SMBs to optimize their distribution across marketplaces. Mr. Caplan was also previously Chief Executive Officer at Ford Models, Inc., a fashion talent agency, and CMO of About.com, an internet publishing business. Mr. Caplan has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Rochester (1991).
- John
- Caplan
- CEO & Director
- Payoneer
- USA
- Teddy currently serves as the CEO of JINGDONG Coinlink Technology, where he oversees overall planning and strategies, global expansion, and the implementation of its fintech, Web3 and stablecoin business. Teddy held the position of Vice President at JD Technology, the technology subsidiary of JD.com Group.
- Teddy
- Liu
- Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
- JINGDONG Coinlink Technology Hong Kong Limited
- Hong Kong
- Monica is an investor and entrepreneur, having launched a number of investment vehicles and products aimed at broadening financial inclusion. Monica spent her formative years in Silicon Valley, where she helped launch a $50 million multi-bank lending intermediary to finance small businesses. Monica also worked at Calvert Ventures and Anthuri Ventures—early-stage equity vehicles based in Bethesda, Maryland and Cape Town, respectively. While living in South Africa, Monica founded Anthuri Catalysts to prepare early-stage companies for investment.
- MONICA
- BRAND ENGEL
- Co-Founder & Managing Partner
- Quona Capital
- USA
- Ian Cramb joined UBP in November 2009 as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Executive Committee. Before joining UBP, Ian Cramb, was EMEA Consumer Chief Operating Officer with Citigroup. During his career with Citigroup, where he started working in 1992, Ian Cramb held several high-level positions, including Risk Manager, Head of Human Relations, Chief of Staff and COO. Mr Cramb holds a modern languages degree from Durham University.
- IAN
- CRAMB
- Chief Operating Officer
- Union Bancaire Privée (UBP)
- Switzerland
- Monica Long is President at Ripple. She leads the company’s two business units - Ripple Payments, Ripple’s flagship product, and RippleX, the team supporting an open-source community of blockchain developers. Most recently, Monica served as General Manager, and before that as SVP of Marketing and Design, having joined Ripple in 2013 as the company's first marketing/communications hire. She also supports the Women at Ripple Employee Resource Group as its Executive Sponsor. Throughout her career, she’s helped technology companies drive fundamental change in the financial services industry and was recognized among the Bay Area's Most Influential Women in Business in 2020.
- Monica
- Long
- President
- Ripple
- USA
- Stefan
- Lindstrom
- Ambassador - Digitilization & New Technologies
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
- Finland
- Richard Teng is an experienced executive with over three decades of financial services and regulatory experience. Richard joined Binance in August 2021 as CEO of Binance Singapore. Soon thereafter, he held roles looking after the MENA region, the European region, and ultimately all regions outside of the U.S. as the Head of Regional Markets at Binance. In this role, he led regional teams to secure strategic partnerships, foster an ecosystem of innovation, and expand the cryptocurrency ecosystem within the respective regions.
- Richard
- Teng
- Chief Executive Officer
- Binance
- Singapore
- Mr. Renat Bekturov assumed the role of the Governor of Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in January 2023. Previously, he held senior positions at Astana International Exchange, National Investment Corporation of Kazakhstan's Central Bank and Development Bank of Kazakhstan.
- Renat
- Bekturov
- Governor
- Astana International Financial Centre
- Kazakhstan
- Sabry
- Salman
- Managing Director - Global Head of Financial Institutions & Fintechs
- Barclays
- UK
- Diana
- Guzmán
- Chair of the Prudence Foundation & Chief Sustainability Officer
- Prudential plc
- Singapore
- Yazeed AlDomaiji is the Chief Executive Officer of Wamid, Saudi Tadawul Group's innovation-focused company, driving technological advancement to boost economic growth across Saudi Arabia’s financial ecosystem. He has over 17 years of experience working in capital markets, corporate finance, fintech, strategy, and project management.
- Yazeed
- AlDomaiji
- Chief Executive Officer
- Wamid
- Saudi Arabia
- Ashish Mehrotra is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of our Company. He also serves as the Non-Executive Chairperson of Pragati Finserv, rural finance arm of Northern Arc Group and is the member of the board for Northern Arc Investment Managers, that houses our Alternate Investment Fund and Portfolio Management Service. Ashish has over 25 years of experience across Retail & Commercial Banking, Wealth Management and Insurance. In his last role, he was the MD & CEO of Niva Bupa Health Insurance (previously known as Max Bupa Health Insurance). Before that, Ashish spent over 20 years at Citibank. He was previously a Managing Director and also the Retail Bank Head for Citibank India.
- Ashish
- Mehrotra
- Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
- Northern Arc
- India
- Mr. Tony Elumelu is the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa(UBA), which operates in 20 countries across Africa, the United Kingdom, France, the UAE & United States. He also chairs Nigeria’s largest quoted conglomerate, Transcorp whose subsidiaries include Transcorp Power, one of the leading producers of electricity in West Africa and Transcorp Hotels Plc, Nigeria’s foremost hospitality brand. Mr. Elumelu is the founder and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, his family-owned investment company, committed to improving lives and transforming Africa through long-term investments in strategic sectors of the African economy, including financial services, hospitality, power, energy, technology & healthcare.
- Tony O.
- Elumelu
- Chairman of United Bank for Africa
- Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation
- Nigeria
- Vishal Garg is the Founder & CEO of Better.com, the leading online mortgage originator. To date, under Vishal’s leadership, Better.com has provided over $100 BN in home financing and provided over $35BN in cumulative coverage through Better Cover and Better Settlement Services, the insurance divisions of Better.com. Better.com has raised over $1.75 Bln in equity capital and is backed by SoftBank, L Catterton, Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs, Ally Bank, American Express, Citi, IA Ventures and other investors.
- Vishal
- Garg
- Founder & Chief Executive Officer
- Better.com
- USA
- Prof. Dr. Göksel Aşan, born in 1966, is a Turkish economist and academic. He has held positions at Istanbul Bilgi University and became President of Türkiye's Finance Office in 2018, shaping national financial strategy.
- Prof. Dr. Göksel
- Aşan
- President
- Finance Office of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
- Türkiye