Dr.Peter has 35yrs of work knowledge/exp; started his career in Bank&Fin, mainly in Shared Serv, Fin Serv, Oil&Gas, Automotive & Mfg in GLC, MNC & Regional/Global IT roles, inclusive of Biz Processes Improv( BPI ) & Cont Improvem( CI ), Consulting, Advisory, Transformation, Digitisation, CyberSec, FinTech, Blockchain & start/setup’s.
He’s in Senior Mgmt team since 2010 engaging Gartner, Pikom & CIO World for Tech solutions. Having strong People, Leadership &Team Mgmt skills, Resources & Talent Dev + R’ship/Service Delivery & Acct Mgmt, Projects/Program, Tender/RFI/RFP, IT Roadmap, Architecture & Strategy.
He has 25+ years of broad knowledge in IT Ops, Data Center/System/Enterprise Ops & Support role with combination of Apps (Banking/Cards/SAP/Trading) & Infrastructure including DC Migration/Relocation/Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Biz Continuity, Security/Risk, Governance/Policy/Compliance/Audit, SDLC, SLA, SoW, Vendor & Senior Stakeholders Mgmt.
Rajat Mehta is a highly accomplished business leader with a wealth of experience in the financial services industry. He currently holds the positions of Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Finsight Global Consulting, as well as Managing Partner for Hong Kong at Payments Consulting Network.
With a career spanning several years, Rajat has gained a broad range of skills and expertise in digital and automation in payments, FX, and cross-border businesses. He has extensive experience in delivering Global Markets products across various asset classes to corporate, institutional, and wealth businesses. Rajat specializes in transformation, business strategy, and development, utilizing automation, digital, and data analytics to achieve objectives.
Dr.Peter has 35yrs of work knowledge/exp; started his career in Bank&Fin, mainly in Shared Serv, Fin Serv, Oil&Gas, Automotive & Mfg in GLC, MNC & Regional/Global IT roles, inclusive of Biz Processes Improv( BPI ) & Cont Improvem( CI ), Consulting, Advisory, Transformation, Digitisation, CyberSec, FinTech, Blockchain & start/setup’s.
He’s in Senior Mgmt team since 2010 engaging Gartner, Pikom & CIO World for Tech solutions. Having strong People, Leadership &Team Mgmt skills, Resources & Talent Dev + R’ship/Service Delivery & Acct Mgmt, Projects/Program, Tender/RFI/RFP, IT Roadmap, Architecture & Strategy.
He has 25+ years of broad knowledge in IT Ops, Data Center/System/Enterprise Ops & Support role with combination of Apps (Banking/Cards/SAP/Trading) & Infrastructure including DC Migration/Relocation/Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Biz Continuity, Security/Risk, Governance/Policy/Compliance/Audit, SDLC, SLA, SoW, Vendor & Senior Stakeholders Mgmt.
Martijn de Jong is a seasoned Digital Transformation Leader and an independent consultant with a passion for creating value in the global financial services industry. With expertise in FinTech, Banking, Insurance, Payments, Asset Management, Private Equity, and Venture Capital, Martijn combines his digital and technology proficiency with a deep understanding of customer needs and business acumen. He has a particular focus on driving global digital transformation initiatives across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East regions.
As a strategic C-level executive, e excels in building successful long-term business and delivery teams from the ground up. He has a proven track record of setting long-term digital directions, leading change management, and managing complex multimillion-dollar projects. He leverages his skills in consultative sales and marketing to capitalize on opportunities and achieve breakthrough results. He thrives in multidimensional roles where he can contribute directly to an organization’s growth and development, finding personal satisfaction and a sense of achievement in leading strategic growth and team-building efforts.
Martijn’s career journey began in the fast-growing field of mobile telecoms, where he witnessed the expansion of telecom companies into areas like mobile payments, fintech partnerships, and data monetization. This propelled his career into financial services and FinTech, recognizing the sector’s vital role in efficient functioning economies and its ability to blend his experience in consumer and corporate markets with high-tech services.
Driven by curiosity and a sense of adventure, Martijn has always aspired for a career beyond his home country of the Netherlands, knowing it would require hard work and dedication. This experience has instilled in him perseverance, resilience, and a commitment to following through on promises and commitments.
Currently, He serves as a FinTech Venture Partner and Senior Advisor in Private Equity and Venture Capital, providing strategic advice and consultancy services on potential investments and value enhancements. He specializes in financial services, FinTech, and deep tech startups, offering board advisory, fundraising, revenue growth, and partnership expertise.
He is also a Limited Partner and Advisor at MoreThan Capital Advisors, a private equity advisory firm and investment fund focused on supporting early growth companies with global ambition and high potential to scale up. He contributes by sourcing investment opportunities and performing due diligence on potential targets.
Previously, he held prominent roles at renowned organizations. He served as the Chief Digital, Product & Marketing Officer for a digital asset brokerage company, where he built and led a team responsible for product management, platform strategy, business development, marketing, and customer experience for digital asset trading solutions worldwide.
Throughout his career, he has achieved remarkable milestones, including revenue growth, product launches, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, and the establishment of collaborative partnerships. His expertise in digital transformation, innovation, customer acquisition, and stakeholder management has been instrumental in his success.
Senior professional with over 25 years experience in the Payments Industry with a focus on Digital Commerce, Fraud and Identity Management, Payment and related Regulation Compliance. With a special passion for Payment Innovation, New Payment Models such as Marketplaces and Fintechs and Growth and Expansion Strategy.
Founder and Principal Consultant of Payment Options Ltd, Associate Specialist Partner at Be Shaping the Future, Global Expansion and Partnership Advisor at Thunes as well as NED at Trust Payments and at PaySME.
Held a number of executive roles: at Datacash (MasterCard) as an executive board member heading Strategy, Innovation, Partnerships and Marketing, earlier at Global Collect (Worldline) as a VP in charge of Partnerships and Alliances and prior to that at CyberSource (Visa) as a Head of EMEA, developing European markets and widening the payment product portfolio. Five years at Microsoft driving payments in the EMEA region as well as providing strategic direction to the Management in the USA.
Earlier in the career ten years at Visa International, across variety of roles from Relationship Management to Business Development in new digital payment technologies (smart cards and 3D Secure); working with multinational banks, processors, vendors and professional forums within Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region (CEMEA).
Experienced network leader and analyst in financial services and IT.
Focus on strategy, innovation and development with strong combination of innovation theory and practice including an industrial PhD in collaborative innovation. Practised event moderator with large Danish and International network in the Fintech Area
Background in economics (master in economics and e-mba) and experience in financial services, digitization and IT.
Digital leader with 25+ years of experience working with Board, CxOs and senior leadership working in hands-on roles within diverse industry segments like FMCG/Mfg (Nestle, PMI, Abbott, Dyson, Techdata), Retail (M&S, Luxottica, Tesco, LVMH), Pharma/Healthcare (NHS, Abbott, Reckitt), Financial Services (DWS-Deutsche Bank, AXA, LBG, Barclays, VISA, USAA), Travel & Transport (Gatwick Airport, Singapore airlines), Media & Technology (BT, Vodafone, BSkyB), Energy (BP, E-ON, EDF) & Public Sector (DfES, Defra, SMMT, NHS).
Worked with the best with creative agencies and tech providers ranging from no.1 Digital agency (Accenture Digital), Top Tier-1 consulting firm (Deloitte) and digital technology platform vendors (HCL, TCS).
Christopher is PA Consulting’s Global Head of Digital Banking and Operations and Co-Head of Financial Services-Cloud, focused on accelerating Financial Services’ adoption of novel digital catalysts e.g. Cloud-based products or Fintech capabilities in Financial Institutions. He leads on: 1) redefining Financial Services’ (Banks’, Asset Managers’) customer value propositions and business operations through Cloud, 2) simplifying application of innovative digital technologies in Financial Services, 3) reinventing banking processes through application of emerging technologies. His primary clients are based in the US and Europe.
Christopher leads engagement across the C-suite, solving mission-critical Financial Services’ challenges at leading global institutions through the application of effective and practical Cloud transformations, Enterprise Architecture and business-technology operating model change, and digital platforms & Fintech solutions. He enables creation of: 1) new client-facing digital platform and services, 2) streamlined operations (including across 3rd party risk management and Economic Crime), and 3) Cloud and AI, MLOps-enabled cost take-out.
Alongside advising C-suite leaders and leading PA’s Financial Services Digital Banking & Operations and Financial Services Cloud businesses globally, he is a hands-on architect and software development leader, with experiences spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, PHP 8.x, Java, alongside Cloud-native & microservice platform development, Agile and CI/CD & DevOps delivery, and alliance & digital ecosystem partnering – including with leading Fintechs.
Creagh is a strategic business and technology leader with over 25 years of international leadership experience and a passion for driving business utilising technology and digital innovation to empower business and drive organisational goals focusing on business growth, competitive edge and continuous improvement.Experienced across multiple industries, including Financial Services, Insurance, FMCG, Wholesale/Retail and Education, Creagh has led both major organisations and small to medium sized businesses through periods of significant transformation and into the digital future.
“Bridging the gap between Business & IT“ and “not technology for technology’s sake” are Creagh’s catch cries as he focus on the “why” behind digital and technology initiatives, rather than just the “what/how”.
Rajat Mehta is a highly accomplished business leader with a wealth of experience in the financial services industry. He currently holds the positions of Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Finsight Global Consulting, as well as Managing Partner for Hong Kong at Payments Consulting Network.
With a career spanning several years, Rajat has gained a broad range of skills and expertise in digital and automation in payments, FX, and cross-border businesses. He has extensive experience in delivering Global Markets products across various asset classes to corporate, institutional, and wealth businesses. Rajat specializes in transformation, business strategy, and development, utilizing automation, digital, and data analytics to achieve objectives.
Dr.Peter has 35yrs of work knowledge/exp; started his career in Bank&Fin, mainly in Shared Serv, Fin Serv, Oil&Gas, Automotive & Mfg in GLC, MNC & Regional/Global IT roles, inclusive of Biz Processes Improv( BPI ) & Cont Improvem( CI ), Consulting, Advisory, Transformation, Digitisation, CyberSec, FinTech, Blockchain & start/setup’s.
He’s in Senior Mgmt team since 2010 engaging Gartner, Pikom & CIO World for Tech solutions. Having strong People, Leadership &Team Mgmt skills, Resources & Talent Dev + R’ship/Service Delivery & Acct Mgmt, Projects/Program, Tender/RFI/RFP, IT Roadmap, Architecture & Strategy.
He has 25+ years of broad knowledge in IT Ops, Data Center/System/Enterprise Ops & Support role with combination of Apps (Banking/Cards/SAP/Trading) & Infrastructure including DC Migration/Relocation/Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Biz Continuity, Security/Risk, Governance/Policy/Compliance/Audit, SDLC, SLA, SoW, Vendor & Senior Stakeholders Mgmt.
Martijn de Jong is a seasoned Digital Transformation Leader and an independent consultant with a passion for creating value in the global financial services industry. With expertise in FinTech, Banking, Insurance, Payments, Asset Management, Private Equity, and Venture Capital, Martijn combines his digital and technology proficiency with a deep understanding of customer needs and business acumen. He has a particular focus on driving global digital transformation initiatives across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East regions.
As a strategic C-level executive, e excels in building successful long-term business and delivery teams from the ground up. He has a proven track record of setting long-term digital directions, leading change management, and managing complex multimillion-dollar projects. He leverages his skills in consultative sales and marketing to capitalize on opportunities and achieve breakthrough results. He thrives in multidimensional roles where he can contribute directly to an organization’s growth and development, finding personal satisfaction and a sense of achievement in leading strategic growth and team-building efforts.
Martijn’s career journey began in the fast-growing field of mobile telecoms, where he witnessed the expansion of telecom companies into areas like mobile payments, fintech partnerships, and data monetization. This propelled his career into financial services and FinTech, recognizing the sector’s vital role in efficient functioning economies and its ability to blend his experience in consumer and corporate markets with high-tech services.
Driven by curiosity and a sense of adventure, Martijn has always aspired for a career beyond his home country of the Netherlands, knowing it would require hard work and dedication. This experience has instilled in him perseverance, resilience, and a commitment to following through on promises and commitments.
Currently, He serves as a FinTech Venture Partner and Senior Advisor in Private Equity and Venture Capital, providing strategic advice and consultancy services on potential investments and value enhancements. He specializes in financial services, FinTech, and deep tech startups, offering board advisory, fundraising, revenue growth, and partnership expertise.
He is also a Limited Partner and Advisor at MoreThan Capital Advisors, a private equity advisory firm and investment fund focused on supporting early growth companies with global ambition and high potential to scale up. He contributes by sourcing investment opportunities and performing due diligence on potential targets.
Previously, he held prominent roles at renowned organizations. He served as the Chief Digital, Product & Marketing Officer for a digital asset brokerage company, where he built and led a team responsible for product management, platform strategy, business development, marketing, and customer experience for digital asset trading solutions worldwide.
Throughout his career, he has achieved remarkable milestones, including revenue growth, product launches, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, and the establishment of collaborative partnerships. His expertise in digital transformation, innovation, customer acquisition, and stakeholder management has been instrumental in his success.
Danny Teo is a versatile professional with expertise as a Management Consultant, Corporate Trainer, Professional Speaker, and IT Practitioner. He is officially recognized as a Registered Management Consultant by Enterprise Singapore, enabling his clients to benefit from the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) that covers up to 70% of the total fee for management consulting projects.
Using the Business Excellence Framework, Danny effectively guides his clients in defining project scopes and pinpointing crucial areas of concern. His extensive experience encompasses various management consulting projects, such as Business Transformation (including Organizational, Business Process, Management, Information, Data, or Digital Transformation, as well as Cultural Transformation), Branding, Marketing, Franchising, Business Strategy Innovation, Human Capital Development, Financial Management, and process automation.
Danny’s commitment to Business Excellence is evident through his continuous pursuit of knowledge and diverse certifications in areas such as data science, cloud computing, blockchain, cybersecurity, neuroscience, nutrition, exercise science, and more. By adopting a holistic approach, he assists business owners in achieving excellence throughout their Business Transformation journey.
Cecelia is a transformational leader in financial services, with more than 20 years of experience leading projects and teams, I am looking to find a challenging and rewarding role that utilises and advances my solution focussed managerial, analytical, and technical skills to drive excellent business outcomes and great customer experience.