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Building a Practitioner's Guide for Tokenization in Finance: Oversight Panel Convening

Tokenization is reshaping financial infrastructure across many economies. The decisions that are being made now on architecture, standards and governance will determine whether that infrastructure serves developed and emerging and developing economies, or leaves some behind. Ensuring that outcome requires senior public sector voices at the centre of these conversations.

This session brings both working groups and the public sector Oversight Panel together for the first time. Working group leads will present their confirmed problem statements on what the evidence shows, and receive feedback and recommendations that working groups will pursue to build the practitioner's guide that will publish at Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2026.

About the initiative

GFTN is launching _Tokenization in Finance: Evidence and Implementation Pathways_, a structured, multi-stakeholder initiative convening two working groups drawn from leading financial institutions, infrastructure providers, and market participants to assemble a practitioner-oriented evidence base spanning spanning digital money and payment rails through to tokenized real-world assets, securities, funds, and capital markets infrastructure. At Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2026, the initiative will publish a practitioner guide designed to give financial institutions a structured basis for sequencing their digital asset strategies, and to equip regulators and finance ministries in emerging and developing economies with implementation pathways they can draw on directly.

Speakers

Dr. Abbas Albasha

Dr. Abbas Albasha

Senior Strategy Consultant CBDC, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D)

Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister

Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister

Director General Digital Euro, Deutsche Bundesbank

Alisha Chhangani

Alisha Chhangani

Associate Director, Future of Money, Atlantic Council

Amira Karim

Amira Karim

Head of International Public Policy, Payments & Financial Services, Amazon

Aqsa Zubair

Aqsa Zubair

Deputy Director, FinTech Supervision, Bermuda Monetary Authority

Arena Fernandez

Arena Fernandez

Head of Digital Regulatory Initiatives, Amazon

Ariadne Plaitakis

Ariadne Plaitakis

Deputy Director, Regulation, Policy, & Research, Gates Foundation

Bilal Bin Saqib

Bilal Bin Saqib

Chairman, Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority

Bridget Rose Mesina-Romero

Bridget Rose Mesina-Romero

Director, Payments Policy and Development Department, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Chad Harper

Chad Harper

Head of Coinbase Institute, Coinbase

Daisuke Terayama

Daisuke Terayama

Deputy Director-General, Head of Fintech Center, Bank of Japan

Emma Joyce

Emma Joyce

Chief Revenue Officer, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

Ivan Mortimer-Schutts

Ivan Mortimer-Schutts

Global Head of vLEI, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)

Kevin Cowan

Kevin Cowan

Member of the Board, Central Bank of Chile

Dr. Mark Staples

Dr. Mark Staples

Chief Technology Officer, Digital Finance CRC

Matilda Asante - Asiedu

Matilda Asante - Asiedu

Second Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana

Michael Maurer

Michael Maurer

Research Engineer, MIT Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)

Mo Jalil

Mo Jalil

Head of Institutional Privacy, Ethereum Foundation

Natalya Thakur

Natalya Thakur

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Knova

Pallavi Thakur

Pallavi Thakur

Director, Digital Assets Industry Engagement, Swift

Peter Kerstens

Peter Kerstens

Advisor, DG FISMA, European Commission

Sébastien Van Campenhoudt

Sébastien Van Campenhoudt

Director, Innovation & Digital Assets, Tokenized Cash Lead, Euroclear

Steve Vallas

Steve Vallas

Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain APAC

Sunayna Tuteja

Sunayna Tuteja

Former Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System

Tang Wei

Tang Wei

Head of Public Policy, Southeast Asia & Greater China, Stripe

Toh Wee Kee

Toh Wee Kee

Global Head of Insights, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

Wee Kiat Goh

Wee Kiat Goh

Open Innovation Lead, Julius Baer

Moderator

Jael Tan

Jael Tan

Head of Government Programmes & Special Projects, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Maha El Dimachki

Maha El Dimachki

Chief Executive Officer, GFTN Solutions, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)