Current Speakers

Payment Transformers

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.

David Brown

Head of APAC – Payments Solution Consulting

David Brown

As the Head of Payments Consulting across APAC for Finastra, I work with banks, partners, and industry players such as central banks to help them understand the shifting landscape of payment technology and compliance.

Having spent more than 30 years in the payments industry, including 11 years at Colonial State Bank as Head of Trade Operations and 15 years in the vendor domain, I’ve worked in senior strategic roles advising banks including MUFG, BOC, Citibank, HSBC, Barclays and many other banks in this region such as Westpac, BBL, ANZ and BDO. I regularly speak and participate on panels at industry events and was on the Australian SWIFT User group for 10 years, as well as the RTGS industry group.

With multiple variable cross-border payment initiatives rolling out across the Asia Pacific region, the use cases for alternate rails and real-time cross border functionality are becoming a reality. Requirements for complex world of payment, open APIs and ISO compliant real-time infrastructures require a scalable, modular cloud-ready solution to futureproof for these APIs and microservices. Thus enabling banks to increase revenues, reduce time to market and achieve ISO 20022 compliance delivered out of the box.

Within my own team, I enjoy sharing ideas and supporting new approaches that enable us to lead our clients, and the sector more broadly, with payment solutions that facilitate emerging challenges. By liaising between customers, industry partners, and our in-house experts, I ensure all stakeholders have access to the most up-to-date advice.

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.

Naleen Edirisinghe

Chief Executive Officer

Naleen Edirisinghe

Jorden Seet

Head of Blockchain

Jorden Seet

Saurabh Dalmia

Head - Cash Management & Supply Chain Finance

Saurabh Dalmia

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.

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.

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.

Sandip Patil

Head - Liquidity Management and Digital Assets

Sandip Patil

Sandip is JANA Cluster Head of Liquidity Management Services for Citi’s Services business. Services is Citi’s core business, offering award-winning integrated liquidity and working capital solutions to Asian Clients, Multinational corporations, Financial institutions and Public sector organizations across Citi’s Global network.

Based in Hong Kong, Sandip is responsible for providing an integrated suite of Citi’s Liquidity and Investments solutions across JANA countries. These services are at the core of supporting clients’ Commercial and Treasury activities with an aim to optimize Liquidity and Vehicle using Innovative Solutions. This business oversees USD 150 Bn of Client Deposits across Citi’s network and $85 Bn of on-shore deposits in JANA. In addition, Sandip is also leading Digital Assets Client strategy for Services and works closely with different stakeholders to bring digital assets and DLT based solutions to the market.

Sandip started with Citi as a Management Associate and in the last 28 years, he has held numerous positions in India, Thailand as well in Citi’s regional office in Hong Kong. His experience spans across Sales and Client Management, Product Management, Risk Management as well as eBusiness Development functions both, locally and regionally. Prior to current role, Sandip was the Asia Sales Head for Financial Institutions Business as well as Asia Business Head for Payments, Receivables and Channels Services for TTS Asia.

Sandip holds a Master of Management Studies as well as a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering Degree from University of Mumbai, India. He was a Government of India’s National Merit Scholar and has received numerous awards including Citi’s prestigious Global Chairman’s Club award.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rajesh Ranjan

Vice President, Solutions Architect- Digital, API and Payments

Rajesh Ranjan

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.

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.

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