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A highly experienced global financial services executive with a strong transformational leadership track record across Asia. In his relentless passion and pursuit to transform insurance, George co-founded an industry-wide innovation ecosystem in Singapore. Through InsurTechAsia, he aims to effectively attract, cultivate and rapidly scale entrepreneurial ideas in insurance; and ultimately contribute to the next wave of global revolution in insurance.4 Articles

Bosky S. is the Regional Head of Banking as a Service (BaaS) in APAC and is instrumental in driving the agenda for BaaS in APAC region. Bosky brings more than 2 decades of consulting, industry and entrepreneurial experience. Prior to joining Finastra, Bosky co-founded and grew startup in the Digital Marketing and CX space that won several accolades and growth milestones including the Best Start up in Asia 2019 from the largest ASEAN bank, Best CX platform Singapore 2020 and Disruptive Innovation awards 2017. Bosky was a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company and also worked with other leading firms like BCG, PwC and SAP.4 Articles

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Wissam Khoury is Finastra's Senior Vice President and General Manager for APAC and MEA. Finastra is building an open platform that accelerates collaboration and innovation in financial services, creating better experiences for people, businesses and communities. Supported by the broadest and deepest portfolio of financial services software, Finastra delivers this vitally important technology to financial institutions of all sizes across the globe, including 90 of the world’s top 100 banks. Our open architecture approach brings together a number of partners and innovators. Together we are leading the way in which applications are written, deployed and consumed in financial services to evolve with the changing needs of customers. Learn more at finastra.com.4 Articles

Patrick Schueffel is professor at the Institute of Finance of Fribourg’s School of Management. His research interests focusses on the areas of Entrepreneurship in Banking & Finance, Innovation, Strategy and International Business and thus on Fintech. He has published widely in academic as well as practitioner journals in Switzerland and internationally. Prior to his academic career professor Schueffel served as the Chief Operating Officer of Saxo Bank (Switzerland) and was a member of the Senior Management of Credit Suisse.4 Articles

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Managing Partner at Life.SREDA VC. One of TOP35 most influence fintech-persons in the world and TOP100 fintech leaders in Asia4 Articles

The founder and CEO of UQPAY, founding partner of venture capital fund UQ Capital, early Bitcoin player and miner, blockchain angel investor and preacher, senior fintech technical expert, pioneer in the application of blockchain technology to cross-border payment, serial entrepreneur. Li graduated from the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University and obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore and master’s degree in digital currency (blockchain technology) from the University of Nicosia. Li is currently a PhD candidate in business administration at Singapore University of Social Sciences. Author of the book3 Articles

Jan heads KPMG Digital Village, he is also the co-lead for KPMG Global Innovation Network. He is helping organizations in co-creating radical new or optimizing existing business models that help corporate clients outpace the competition and create lasting impact. Jan is a published author specialising in the areas of Fintech and emerging technology.3 Articles

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Colleen leads the KPMG Innovation Lab part of KPMG Global Innovation Network, has more than 15 years of experience through the complete innovation life cycle, including strategy and investments. She has a deep understanding of trends across consumer-oriented industries, including consumer markets, financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare and telecom & media. The KPMG Innovation Lab focuses on sensing and understanding signals of change from an outside-in perspective, using a people-first lens.3 Articles

Dmitry Yatskaer is the Chief Technology Officer at OpenWay, with over 25 years of experience in the payment industry. He oversees the Way4 product development strategy and actively participates in OpenWay’s most sophisticated projects. He advises clients on the optimal payment solution architecture, new business line development, and large-volume card and merchant portfolio migrations. Dmitry has contributed to the successful launch of CMS platforms for ACB, Borgun, Comdata, Equity Bank of Kenya, equensWorldline, Halyk Bank, Network International, Nets, SIX Payment Services, and others.3 Articles