Current Speakers

Payment Transformers

Barbara Crane

Managing Director - Financial Services

Barbara Crane

Barbara is currently a Managing Director within Financial Services at Accenture. Prior to Accenture, Barbara led the Data-Driven Transformation practice at KPMG. She started her career in Transaction and Investment Banking working within Operations and Business, both primary and secondary market, in North America, Europe and Asia for a total of 16 years. She has led Sales teams across Technology and Cloud covering Financial Services and other Industries bringing all these experiences together in her current role.

Barbara holds a Master’s Degree in Organisational Transformation, a post-graduate in Education (qualified lecturer), a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Business and Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages (Italian, French and Spanish). Barbara has recently published a book with some fellow professionals on Sales Transformational practices. She is married and a mother of two and spends her free time with her family. Barbara is an also a para-counsellor and a promoter of mental well-being and diversity in the workplace. She loves reading, triathlon disciplines, travelling and culture.

Atul Bhuchar

Head of Transaction banking Product APAC

Atul Bhuchar

Atul is the Head of Transaction Banking at SMBC, where he is at the forefront of shaping the future of global market infrastructures in payments, FX, liquidity, securities, and digital assets. With a career spanning multiple domains of financial services, Atul operates at the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), bringing transformative digital strategies to the banking landscape.

Previously, Atul served as Executive Director and Group Payments Head for GTS at DBS, where he pioneered innovative digital initiatives and redefined customer journeys. He was instrumental in developing the “3i” payments strategy—instant, intelligent, and integrated—to create a seamless, “invisible” banking experience for customers.

Atul’s extensive cross-functional experience spans product development and management, product sales, relationship management, and operations. His expertise also covers cash management, trade, supply chain financing, securities services, corporate banking, and treasury. Known for his leadership in product innovation, Atul specializes in product management, P&L management, and transaction banking, consistently advancing the digital transformation of commercial banking.

Eric M. Pascal

Global Head, Digital Currencies

Eric M. Pascal

Eric is Global Head, Digital Currencies in SCB-TB Cash Management. He has responsibilities to operationalise the Bank’s strategy for Digital Currencies. Eric has delivered EUR payments at scale on DLT with live clients, expanding to USD. In addition Eric has developed the product set for monetization of DLT based Payments.

Prior to this role, Eric was in the SC VENTURES business where he was driving FinTech Investments across a spectrum of Bank related
problem statements as well as Venture Building. In this role Eric was deeply involved in the Group Risk Frameworks/Policies in enabling
Ventures’ positioning in the financial regulatory fabric.

Eric, re-joined the Bank post work in the Crypto, DeFi, DEX and alternative lending space after management consulting and a diverse
spectrum of Corporate Banking roles in SCB, Citi, Wells, Deutsche, Nomura and DBS. Eric also holds a CFA, FRM, a number of accounting
designations and is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Gary Yeoh

Chief Marketing Officer

Gary Yeoh

Appointed as Chief Marketing Officer in early 2024, Gary Yeoh brings nearly three decades of leadership across the retail, finance, and payments sectors. Respected for his strategic vision and industry expertise, Gary is steering PayNet’s marketing with a focus on expanding brand influence and driving growth.

Gary’s career is marked by transformative achievements. As a founding member of Boost, he played a key role in establishing one of Malaysia’s leading e-wallets. He also pioneered Malaysia’s first coalition loyalty program (Bcard) under Berjaya. His leadership extended to roles as Country Manager of Fave and General Manager at BNPL leader Atome, where he built impactful partnerships and led innovative marketing strategies.

A law graduate from the University of Westminster, UK (Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn), Gary’s unique blend of legal insight and commercial acumen has been a major asset in his career. His ability to align business goals with consumer needs has consistently driven success.

As PayNet’s Chief Marketing Officer, Gary is poised to lead with a forward-thinking approach that strengthens PayNet’s position in the rapidly evolving payments landscape.

Prashant Shrivastava

Strategic Alliances & Fintech | Group Channels & Digitalisation

Prashant Shrivastava

Prashant Shrivastava is a seasoned expert in strategic alliances and fintech, currently leading Group Channels and Digitalisation at UOB. With extensive experience in driving digital transformation and fostering innovation, Prashant plays a pivotal role in shaping UOB’s fintech strategy and enhancing digital channels. His expertise lies in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to streamline operations and create impactful partnerships in the financial sector.

Jorden Seet

Head of Blockchain

Jorden Seet

Maxim Afanasyev

Financial Services Industry Head for JAPAC, Google Cloud

Maxim Afanasyev

Maxim has 15+ years of experience and proven track record in big data, AI/ML and digital transformations at scale for financial institutions globally. Before joining Google Cloud, he worked as AI Success Director at DataRobot helping major companies in the APAC region with data and AI transformations and as Managing Director in charge of AI, Data and CRM across 50+ markets at Standard Chartered Bank. His client engagements in APAC received multiple Digital and AI awards. Before relocating to Singapore, Maxim worked at McKinsey and Company where he delivered data strategies and AI use cases for clients in Europe and at Royal Bank of Scotland in London, UK as a derivatives trader. Maxim holds PhD in Operations, Information and Technology from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Peter Hoogervorst

Managing Director - Transaction Banking

Peter Hoogervorst

Peter Hoogervorst is the Managing Director of Transaction Banking at Crédit Agricole, where he leads strategic initiatives to enhance the bank’s global transaction services. With extensive experience in financial services and a proven track record of driving innovation in transaction banking, Peter is instrumental in shaping Crédit Agricole’s approach to modern banking solutions. His expertise encompasses cross-border payments, digital transformation, and optimizing transaction processes to meet evolving market demands.

Rupa Mankad

Managing Director, Liquidity Management

Rupa Mankad

Rupa leads the Liquidity Management business for South Asia & Singapore. Her role spans across managing the profitability of the balance sheets for the South Asia cluster of countries and liquidity products business management. Over the last few years, she has been leading the real-time & 24*7 liquidity management product innovation, digital assets solutions roll out and liquidity product platform modernisation and digitisation. She is based out of Singapore.She has over 20 years of experience in Banking spanning across Liquidity & Payments Product Management, Sales and Credit & Risk Operations. She has been responsible for the design, launch and commercialization of several new payment products & services for Citi in Asia. In 2013, she registered a patent for Citi in the big data and payment analytics space.
Prior to moving to Singapore, Rupa was with Citi in India as a Cash & Trade Sales Manager managing a diverse portfolio spanning across non-banking financial institutions, large global and local corporate(s) for nearly 6 years.
She started her career in India with Arthur Andersen as a Business & Tax Advisory Consultant.
In terms of qualification, Rupa is a certified Chartered Accountant and holds a Master’s Degree in Finance & Accounting from the Mumbai University in India. She is a mother of two boys and loves traveling, cooking and sketching with them.

Rakesh Pandey

Head of Payments, Wealth and Personal Banking

Rakesh Pandey

Rakesh Pandey is the Head of Payments, Wealth, and Personal Banking at HSBC, where he leads the development and implementation of innovative payment solutions and strategies. With extensive experience in banking and financial services, Rakesh drives growth and transformation in HSBC’s payments and personal banking sectors, focusing on enhancing customer experiences and leveraging cutting-edge technologies. His leadership and expertise in the field make him a key figure in shaping the future of payments and wealth management.

Jessica Fon

Executive Director, Structured Solutions Development for Cash

Jessica Fon

Jessica has over 20 years of banking and finance experience gained from working with Standard Chartered and leading companies such as PwC, Shell Shared Service Centre, Schering-Plough (now known as MSD), Syngenta and AET Tankers.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered, she led the financial planning and analysis for the GBS team in APMEA at The Nielsen Company.

In corporates, Jessica was a critical member of several successful global finance transformation and shared service centre (SSC) projects across various countries in Asia. Her success stories include implementing global streamlined Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash processes, Global SAP system, Primary Bank Project, Straight Through Services Project.

She is a member of CPA Australia and MIA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (major in Accounting) from The University of Adelaide, Australia.

Dipankar Dutta

Head Transaction Banking, India

Dipankar Dutta

25+ years winning record of accomplishment | Extensive knowledge on Transaction Banking products and client requirements. Defining the strategy for the Bank on TxB products & building it from grounds up. Spearheaded the Products development for the Bank & drove the Business end to end across all segments.
Strong Client management and relationship building with Global corporates and large Indian corporates. Relationship with more than 100+ Large corporates, MNC clients across diverse industries (e.g Steel manufacturing, Automobiles, construction, Telecom, retail, Oil & Gas) & geographies. Product Development, Revenue Growth with focus on managing all Strategic Partnerships & Conversations for various banking products across network client.

Nishka Thadani

Senior Product Manager - Global Payments Solutions

Nishka Thadani

With over 16 years of experience, have held various roles with HSBC’s Global Payments Solutions cash & liquidity management, from client onboarding to technical bank integration for treasury transformation project to complex liquidity optimization post-sales implementation projects. Most recently, in the last two years have been part of payments & receivables product team, with a strong expertise in Asia payments landscape and evolving use cases, co-creating digital innovative solutions for corporates who are increasingly transforming the way they engage with their customers leveraging technology and specifically mobile led with a focus in providing speed, convenience and seamless user experience.

Saurabh Dalmia

Head - Cash Management & Supply Chain Finance

Saurabh Dalmia

Cecelia Vallance

Payments Strategy and transformation

Cecelia Vallance

Cecelia is a TopVoice in payments and financial services consulting. She excels in enabling Financial Services and FinTech organisations to create delightful and simple customer experiences with highly available, secure, globally compliant, real-time technology driven solutions.

Cecelia has over 25 years of experience leading projects and teams achieve building on her clear vision and solution focussed style, and strong managerial, analytical and technical skills.

Vikas Rajpal

Partner -Payments, Transaction Banking, DX

Vikas Rajpal

With over 20 years of experience, Vikas Rajpal specializes in payments, digital transformation, partnerships, digital banking, and commercial cards, driving growth and innovation for banks and non-banking financial institutions in the Asia Pacific region. He is passionate about developing high-performing teams and delivering exceptional customer experiences, consistently exceeding client expectations and creating value for stakeholders.

Vikas’s core competencies include product strategy, product management, go-to-market strategic enablement, large-scale transformation, commercialization, and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships within the financial services industry. He has successfully led numerous large-scale payment and digital transformation projects, network expansion initiatives, B2B payments growth strategies, and solution sales and business development efforts.

Balaji Natarajan

MD - Payments and Cash Management, Asia

Balaji Natarajan

Joanne Flinn

CEO & Founder

Joanne Flinn

Joanne Flinn is a renowned sustainability strategist and business mentor with a passion for driving impactful change. As the Chair of the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Institute, she collaborates with global leaders to develop and implement sustainable strategies. Jane’s expertise extends to addressing nine critical challenges for achieving credibility and value in sustainability initiatives.

With a successful track record mentoring highly accomplished leaders, Jane understands the importance of balancing financial success with meaning. Her impressive accomplishments include delivering billion-dollar projects, advising NGOs recognized by the World Health Organization, and receiving praise for her work on global impact and sustainability strategies.

Joanne’s extensive international experience, including living on four continents and being trained at Oxford, brings a diverse cultural perspective to her work. She has held leadership roles in prominent organizations, including serving on the IT Executive Committee at DBS, one of Asia’s largest banks.

Having weathered crises and revolutions, Joanne has developed a formula for keeping leaders calm, productive, and focused in times of ambiguity and complexity. She specializes in helping high-performing teams make better decisions to future-proof their organizations and sustainably grow revenue.

Gaurav Zutshi

Payments Advisors

Gaurav Zutshi

Global Executive in the digital financial services space with 20+ years of leadership experience across – product management, product commercialization & business development.

Culturally sensitive, having worked in global roles & lived across Asia Pacific region in India, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia.

Strong product knowledge of banking products – transaction banking, retail liabilities and financial products (insurance, investments, loans). Subject matter expert in payments – cards, mobile wallets, NFC/contactless. Consummate skills in selling at CXO level at clients across Banks, NBFI, Fintechs, Retail and Telecom

Gallup Signature Themes:
Innovator, Activator, Maximizer, Strategic & Woo

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