Speakers

Mr Heng Swee Keat is Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.

Mr Heng chairs the tripartite Future Economy Council which oversees the on-going restructuring of Singapore’s economy, through upgrading the skills of workers and transformation of industry, to create better career prospects for Singaporeans. He leads a team to oversee the design and implementation of national strategies in areas such as skills and capabilities development, innovation and productivity as well as the internationalisation of companies.

He is also the Chairman of the National Research Foundation, which sets the direction for Singapore's research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) strategies. Mr Heng is overseeing the closer integration of Singapore’s RIE and industry transformation efforts.

Mr Heng served as Minister for Education from 2011 to 2015. He also led the year-long Our Singapore Conversation from 2012 that helped to engage more than 47,000 Singaporeans from all walks of life through dialogues.

He also served as Minister for Finance from 2015 to 2021, overseeing ten national Budgets including an unprecedented five Budgets to support Singaporeans and businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Mr Heng has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University. He also holds a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Karin Keller-Sutter was born in 1963 and is from the Canton of St. Gallen. She attended school in Wil and Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Karin Keller-Sutter is a trained translator/interpreter and secondary school teacher. Between 1989 and 2000 she worked as a freelance translator, and also taught at a vocational school.

Karin Keller-Sutter began her political career in 1992 as a member of Wil town council. In 1996 she was elected to the cantonal parliament of St. Gallen. In 2000 she entered the cantonal government of St. Gallen where she headed the Justice and Security Department. In 2011 Karin Keller-Sutter was elected to the Council of States where she represented the canton of St. Gallen. She held the presidency of the Council of States in 2017/2018.

Prior to her election to the Federal Council, Karin Keller-Sutter held a variety of positions: chair of the board of Pensimo Management AG; president of the board of trustees of the Pensimo Investment Foundation; vice president of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies; board member of Bâloise Insurance Group and the ASGA pension fund in St. Gallen; president of the Swiss Retail Federation, and board member of the Swiss Employers Association. Between 2012 and 2016 she was also a board member of the NZZ Media Group. Following her election to the Federal Council in 2018, Karin Keller-Sutter stepped down from all of these posts.

Adrienne A. Harris was confirmed by the Senate as Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services on January 25, 2022.

Superintendent Harris began her career as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York City representing a number of U.S. and non-U.S. based corporations in various forms of litigation and regulatory matters, before accepting a position at the United States Department of the Treasury under President Obama.

While at the Treasury Department, Superintendent Harris served as a Senior Advisor to both Acting Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller, and Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin. Her work ranged from financial reform efforts to identifying solutions to the student loan crisis, analyzing the nexus between foreign investment and national security, and working to promote financial inclusion and health in communities throughout the country.

Following her time at the Treasury Department, Superintendent Harris joined The White House, where she was appointed as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, as part of the National Economic Council. In this role, she managed the financial services portfolio, which included developing and executing strategies for financial reform and the implementation of Dodd-Frank, consumer protections for the American public, cybersecurity and housing finance reform priorities.

After leaving the White House in January 2017, Superintendent Harris went on to serve as General Counsel and Chief Business Officer at States Title, Inc. (now DOMA), which provides a more simple and affordable closing experience for homebuyers.

Prior to joining DFS, Superintendent Harris served as a Professor and as Faculty Co-Director at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Center on Finance, Law and Policy at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Advisor at the Brunswick Group in Washington, D.C.

Since taking over at DFS, Superintendent Harris has taken decisive actions on defining issues such as climate change, financial inclusion, and New York’s continued leadership on digital currency regulation.

Born in Genoa on 13 August 1961. Member of the Governing Board and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy from 10 May 2019 (Presidential Decree of 3 May 2019). In this capacity, she is also a member of the Joint Directorate of the Insurance Supervisory Authority (IVASS).

She sits on the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the European Central Bank.

Since 2021, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Bambino Gesù children' hospital in Rome and a member of the Advisory Board of the FinTech and InsurTech Observatory of the Polytechnic University of Milan. She was previously Italy Country Manager for Barclays Bank and sat on the Boards of Directors of Monte Titoli SpA, A2A and ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanese).

She worked in Intesa Sanpaolo as Head of International Regulatory & Antitrust Affairs and as CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo Eurodesk. She began her career as a lawyer at leading law firms in New York and Brussels, specializing in the fields of banking law, financial services and public utilities.

She is a member of the New York State Bar.

In Italy, she was a founder and chair of Valore D, an association that aims to help propel talented women to corporate management roles. She also founded and directed the Gemma Project, set up to support female talent within the Intesa San Paolo group. In the course of her career, Alessandra Perrazzelli has received widespread recognition and awards for her work on diversity and inclusion, and for the promotion of technological innovation in the financial industry.

In 1986 she graduated with honours from the University of Genoa with a degree in law. In 1988 she obtained a Master of Laws in Corporation Law from New York University School of Law.

She has been an alumna of the University of Stanford Business School since 2018.

In 2021, she was awarded a Knighthood in the Order of the Merit of the Italian Republic.

Christian Mumenthaler started his career in 1997 as an associate at Boston Consulting Group. He joined Swiss Re in 1999 and was responsible for key company projects. In 2002, he established and headed the Group Retro and Syndication unit. Christian Mumenthaler served as Group Chief Risk Officer between 2005 and 2007 and was Head of Life & Health between 2007 and 2010. In January 2011, he was appointed Chief Marketing Officer Reinsurance and a member of the Group Executive Committee and became Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance that October. In July 2016, Christian Mumenthaler was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer.

Mary L. Schapiro is the Vice Chair for Global Public Policy of Bloomberg, the global financial technology company that was founded in 1981. She has been at Bloomberg since October 2018, and also serves as a Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman.

Ms. Schapiro oversees Bloomberg’s public policy and regulatory priorities globally. Her service as the 29th Securities and Exchange Commission Chair culminated decades of regulatory leadership. She was the first woman to serve as SEC Chair, and the only person to have served as chair of the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). During her four years as SEC Chair, Ms. Schapiro presided over one of the busiest rulemaking agendas in the SEC’s history, during which the agency also executed a comprehensive restructuring program to improve protections for investors and pursued aggressive enforcement of the federal securities laws.

Ms. Schapiro oversees Bloomberg’s public policy and regulatory priorities globally. Her service as the 29th Securities and Exchange Commission Chair culminated decades of regulatory leadership. She was the first woman to serve as SEC Chair, and the only person to have served as chair of the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). During her four years as SEC Chair, Ms. Schapiro presided over one of the busiest rulemaking agendas in the SEC’s history, during which the agency also executed a comprehensive restructuring program to improve protections for investors and pursued aggressive enforcement of the federal securities laws.

Ms. Schapiro also serves as an advisor to Bloomberg in multiple capacities, including as the leader of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD. The TCFD has developed and garnered widespread support for a voluntary framework for corporate disclosure of climate-related risk information to help investors, lenders, and underwriters make informed financial decisions. She is also the vice chair of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative created at the request of the UN Secretary General to work on scaling climate finance. Ms. Schapiro is also the Vice Chair for the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, a practitioner-led coalition working to increase the financial sector's ambition on climate change and accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.

Before becoming SEC, Chair and working for Bloomberg, Ms. Schapiro served as chief executive officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the largest nongovernmental regulator of securities firms.

Ralph Hamers has been Group CEO of UBS Group AG and President of the Executive Board of UBS AG since November 2020. Before joining UBS, he served as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of ING Group. During his time as CEO of ING, he steered the bank to profitability after the financial crisis and supported the firm’s digital transformation. He also played a leading role in driving sustainability efforts in the financial industry, and firmly continues to do so.

Professional experience

2020 – date: Group CEO of UBS Group AG and President of the Executive Board of UBS AG

2013 – 2020: CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, ING Supervisory Board member of NN Group (2014 – 2015); Management Board Banking and Management Board NN Group (2013 – 2014)

2011 – 2013: CEO of ING Belgium and Luxembourg, ING

2010 – 2011: Head of Network Management for Retail Banking Direct & International, ING

2007 – 2010: Global Head of the Commercial Banking network, ING

2005 – 2007: CEO of ING Bank Netherlands, ING

2002 – 2005: General Manager of the ING Bank branch network, ING

1999 – 2002: General Manager of ING Romania, ING

Mr Ravi Menon was appointed Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 2011. He was previously Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade & Industry and Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Finance.

Mr Menon began his career at MAS in 1987. During his 16 years in MAS, he was involved in monetary policy; econometric forecasting; organisational development; banking regulation and liberalisation; and integrated supervision of complex financial institutions. Mr Menon spent a year at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, as a member of the secretariat to the Financial Stability Forum. A recipient of the Singapore Government's Meritorious Service Medal and Public Administration (Gold) Medal, Mr Menon has served on a variety of boards in the public, private, and people sectors in Singapore. On the international front, Mr Menon chairs the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System as well as Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero APAC Network Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Steering Committee. Mr Menon holds a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Thomas J. Jordan is Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB). He received his PhD in economics from the University of Bern in 1993. Following a three-year post-doctoral research position at the Department of Economics at Harvard University, he joined the SNB as an Economic Advisor in 1997. The University of Bern appointed him lecturer in 1998 and honorary professor in 2003, and he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel in 2017. In 2007, the Federal Council appointed Thomas J. Jordan to the position of Member of the SNB’s Governing Board. In 2010, he was appointed Vice Chairman and in 2012 Chairman of the Governing Board. He is Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Switzerland and member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel. Thomas J. Jordan represents Switzerland in the Plenary and the Steering Committee of the Financial Stability Board (FSB). He is also Chair of the FSB’s Standing Committee on Budget and Resources (SCBR).

Urban Angehrn (1965) has been FINMA’s CEO since 1 November 2021. In this role he is responsible for the operational management of FINMA.

From 2015 to 2021 Urban Angehrn was a member of the Executive Committee and Group Chief Investment Officer of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich). In this role he was responsible for the Group’s entire investment portfolio as well as for the sustainability strategy and for the operations, including digitalisation, in investment management. In addition, from 2016 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Life Insurance Company, most recently serving as Chairman, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Insurance Group Swiss Pension Plan from 2015.

From 2007 to 2015 Urban Angehrn was Head of Alternative Investments at Zurich, prior to that Head of Strategy Implementation and prior to that Regional Investment Manager Europe. Before that, from 2005 to 2007 he worked as Head of Allocation & Strategy in Asset Management at Winterthur (now AXA), from 1999 to 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston in Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing and from 1994 to 1999 at JP Morgan in Fixed Income Sales and Derivatives Marketing.

Urban Angehrn holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University and a Master of Science in theoretical physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).

Economist, graduated at Corvinus University, Budapest. Joined the central bank in 2001. She is responsible for promoting digital transformation in the financial sector as well as within the central bank, including the implementation of cutting edge technologies and research on CBDC. She is member of the Financial Stability Council.

Anita Angelovska Bezhoska is Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia. She assumed office of Governor in May 2018, after almost twelve years of work experience in the institution, first as a chief economist, and almost eight years after, as a Vice-Governor in charge of the monetary policy, research and statistics. She is also a Governor for the Republic of North Macedonia on the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and member of the Steering Committee of the Vienna Initiative 2, as representative of the six countries Western Balkan economies. By the end of 2019, she was also a member of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel.

Previously, Angelovska Bezhoska worked at the IMF in Washington DC, USA, as a member of the IMF negotiation missions with member states, and providing technical assistance. She started her career in the Ministry of Finance, first as a head of the project for establishing a treasury system and then, as a state treasurer and state secretary. As a state secretary in the Ministry of Finance, she coordinated processes related to the European integration, budget reforms and negotiations with international financial institutions. Her contribution to the development of public finances was acknowledged with an award granted by the US Embassy in Skopje in 2004. In 2015, Angelovska Bezhoska received her doctorate in economics at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia. She is the author of several expert and research papers. During her career, she has been engaged as a lecturer by many domestic and international educational and scientific institutions.

The Honorable Caroline D. Pham, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Honorable Caroline D. Pham was sworn in as a CFTC Commissioner on April 14, 2022. Commissioner Pham is an internationally recognized leader in financial services compliance and regulatory strategy and policy. Her substantial experience spans key global issues such as prudential regulation and systemic risk, financial markets, fintech and digital assets, ESG, implementation of global regulatory reforms, and addressing the impact of major disruptions like the 2008 great financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner Pham is the sponsor of the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee.

Previously, Commissioner Pham was a Managing Director at Citigroup where she held various senior roles, including Head of Market Structure for Strategic Initiatives on the Institutional Clients Group Business Development team; Head of Capital Markets Regulatory Strategy and Engagement; Deputy Head of Global Regulatory Affairs; and Global Head of Swap Dealer and Volcker Compliance. She was a member of firmwide governance forums and has held leadership roles in many industry and professional organizations.

Commissioner Pham is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has received various awards. She has a B.A. from UCLA and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, where she has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council for Business and Finance Law and was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Law, Economics and Finance.

Christoph Baumann is Envoy for Sustainable Finance at the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF). In this role, he leads the Swiss government's sustainable finance activities, ranging from negotiations in multilateral bodies (such as the G20) to domestic regulatory projects. Before joining SIF, he worked in executive positions at financial institutions and fintechs. He is a Policy Fellow at the University of Cambridge, holds an LLM in public international law from the University of London, a master's degree in economics from the University of Zurich, and is both a CFA and FRM charterholder.

Clara Durodié is a leading technology strategist specialising in the governance and business application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the financial services industry.

Clara advises boards, regulators and governments on best practices in the adoption, selection, and implementation of AI systems. She also mentors fintechs on product development and works with data scientists to design human-centric AI.

A former asset management professional, Clara authored “Decoding AI in Financial Services” the first book on the business and governance of AI , writes a popular weekly DecodingAI® Board Briefing, hosts a biweekly podcast DecodingAI®, and founded Cognitive Finance Institute® – the pre-eminent AI learning platform for financial services professionals. 

Daniela Stoffel (born in 1968) took up her role as State Secretary for International Finance at the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) on 1 March 2019.

In 1998, Daniela Stoffel entered the diplomatic service of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). In 2005, she took over as Head of Public Relations and Culture at the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. and in August 2009 she moved to the Swiss Embassy in Berlin as Head of Economic and Financial Affairs. There she was appointed Deputy Head of Mission in 2012. In 2015, Daniela Stoffel assumed a staff function in the General Secretariat of the OECD in Paris.

From 2015, Daniela Stoffel was on detachment to SIF with the title of Ambassador, latterly as Head of Political Staff. From 2016, she was also the Diplomatic Advisor to the Head of the Federal Department of Finance (FDF). In these functions, Daniela Stoffel was involved in safeguarding and dealing with current financial policy issues and challenges and in the corresponding international negotiations and contacts.

Daniela Stoffel graduated from the University of Zurich in 1992 with a degree in Philosophy, Economics and German Linguistics. Accompanying her work as a University Assistant at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Zurich, she wrote her thesis in 1996. She is a citizen of Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich, and is the mother of an adult daughter.

Dante Disparte is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle, responsible for overseeing company strategy, communications, policy and public affairs. Since joining Circle in 2021, his leadership in driving market expansion, regulatory engagement, and more have been integral in furthering the company’s mission to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value.

Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading policy, communications, membership and social impact. He also brings two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative. He also served as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council. Currently, he is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additionally, he is co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan 2016).

He earned a bachelor’s degree from Goucher College, is a PLD graduate of Harvard Business School, and has an MSc in risk management from NYU Stern School of Business. Outside of work, Dante enjoys speaking and commentating, such as in media outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, BBC, Forbes and Diplomatic Courier.

Darko leads the Law and Digital Law teams in Switzerland for financial services clients and is based in Zurich.

For over 13 years at EY, Darko has been advising clients in setting up various financial institutions. Accompanying them during license application procedures with various regulators/authorities as well as bringing the operating model to live. He also has been advising various companies regarding digitization, blockchain, digital assets, tokenization and Web3/metaverse, including interaction with regulators. Further, he advises on corporate/M&A and performs legal/regulatory due diligence as well as legal managed services.

He is an Attorney-at-law and Notary Public, and has a law degree from the University of Zurich (UZH), a Certificate of Advanced Studies UZH in Financial Market Law, and a LLM UZH in International Banking and Finance Law.

How Darko is building a better working world:

In leading the Law and Digital Law teams for financial services at EY in Switzerland, Darko combines his passions to build the future of legal and compliance services and a better working world for all stakeholders. 

As an inclusive leader, Darko believes that only exceptional and diverse teams can help create long-term value for EY clients. In times of uncertainty, the importance of trusted relationships increases considerably. 

David Newns was made Head SIX Digital Exchange in October 2021 with a mandate to lead SDX in building the next generation fully regulated digital market infrastructure and establish SDX as a leader in global institutional Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency services.

David is an entrepreneur and financial services professional with over 20 years of experience in capital markets. Prior to SDX, he was Senior Managing director at State Street and Global Head of GlobalLink Execution Services. In this role he was responsible for the award winning Currenex and FX Connect independent multi-asset class trading platform businesses.

Previously, David was Global Head of Currenex and SwapEx. Before that, he held the roles of Chief Operating Officer for State Street Global Exchange Trading & Clearing and State Street eExchange EMEA.

In 2001 David joined Currenex as a founding member of Currenex’s London operation. Before joining Currenex, David held several positions in technical services at MicroStrategy, a leading global provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence.

As Deputy Executive Director at Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA), Gerrit especially leads the work on one of GDFA's strategic pillars, the Every Action Counts (EAC) Coalition. EAC was founded in 2021 and is a global network of leading players in digital finance and commerce, with combined access to 2.7bn customers, and joined around the pledge to empower 1 billion people to shift towards more carbon-efficient and nature-positive lifestyles by 2025. Other work at GDFA covered the climate impact of food consumption and its change potential, as well as energy-efficient mortgages. Earlier, Gerrit had been leading the Swiss business of F10, a global incubator & accelerator network for the financial services industry. In this capacity, he initiated a climate fintech-focused program, co-authored the Green Fintech Action Plan for the Swiss finance ministry, and served as a board member at F10’s investment arm. Prior a banker for 10 years, mostly with ABN AMRO Bank, he became an entrepreneur in 2010, co-founded, led, and worked with - mostly FinTech - start-ups over the past 12 years, and led mobile payment projects at Swisscom. Gerrit holds an MBA from IMD International in Lausanne and a BBA in Banking & Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Dr Jan-Alexander Posth is a Professor of Asset Management at the Institute for Wealth and Asset Management at the ZHAW School of Management and Law, with a research focus on GreenTech and AI in finance.

He has more than 12 years of professional track record in the financial industry, where he gained extensive expertise as a risk manager, quant and portfolio manager.

Starting at Deutsche Postbank as a credit risk manager, Alexander moved on to Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, where he led the fund derivatives trading desk.

Joining STOXX Ltd. in 2012, he was responsible for developing smart-beta equity indices before becoming Head of Research and Portfolio Management at a start-up hedge fund in 2015.

Alexander changed to ZHAW in 2017; he holds a PhD in theoretical physics.

Janine Hofer-Wittwer has been with SIX since 2014. She has been responsible for creating the ESG Data proposition ever since SIX entered the field of ESG and sustainability several years ago. This enables her to contribute to more sustainability in finance and economy, which is a topic close to her heart. Her role comprises analyzing market trends, strategy definition and leading the creation of innovative services for the wealth, asset and risk management industry. Prior to that she was driving the development of risk and analytics services.

Before joining SIX, Janine Hofer-Wittwer worked at UBS in Private Banking and at the Investment Bank both in Switzerland and abroad. After UBS she joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London where she was a Risk Manager for several years. Janine Hofer-Wittwer has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Berne and is a CFA charter holder. She also holds a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

Jessica joined the FCA as Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer in June 2021.

As CDIIO, Jessica is leading the transformation of the FCA’s ability to analyse and use the data, intelligence and information we receive to effectively oversee the 50,000 firms we regulate. Jessica is building and evolving our relationship with big tech companies, fintechs and the wider data science community.

Jessica was the Chief Data Officer of Chetwood Financial limited, a digital native, start-up bank, where she spearheaded the use of machine learning. Before moving into fintech, Jessica was Senior Director of Finance & Analytics at eBay in Europe where she built out their advanced analytics and customer insight function.

She previously worked in credit analytics at Ford Motor Company and Stress Testing at GE Capital. Jessica has a degree from Penn State University in Management Science and Information Systems and an MBA from University of Michigan. More recently, she completed the Oxford Said Business School’s Artificial Intelligence programme.

Jorge Familiar, a Mexican national, has more than 20 years of leadership experience in economic development, finance, and corporate governance. As Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank, he leads a global team of professionals in the prudent management of debt and asset portfolios for institutions in the World Bank Group (WBG) and over 70 clients. He is responsible for capital markets operations and oversees annual funding programs of US$60 to 70 billion through bonds issued by IBRD and IDA.  He also leads the World Bank Treasury’s capacity building, advisory and capital market intermediation services in financial analytics, asset management, and financial solutions for its clients. As Pension Finance Administrator of the World Bank Group, he supervises the investment and administration of the WBG pension plans with almost US$40 billion assets under management invested in a diverse pool of asset classes. Before joining the World Bank Treasury, he served in multiple roles in the World Bank Group: as a member of the Board of Executive Directors; Vice President for the Latin America and Caribbean Region; WBG Corporate Secretary; and Vice President for Finance and WBG Controller. Starting January 2022, Mr. Familiar is a Trustee at the IFRS Foundation, a public interest organization established to develop a single set of high-quality, understandable, enforceable, and globally acceptable accepted accounting and sustainability disclosure standards. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in finance from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where he graduated with honors.

Joseph Joshy is the Chief Technology Officer at International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), a unified financial sector regulator for IFSCs established as a statutory authority by the Government of India. He is a Senior Technology Leader driving FinTech, Supervisory Technology (SupTech) and other strategic initiatives including contributing to the FinTech Agenda at India UK Financial Partnership, India US Financial Regulatory Dialogue, India - Japan Macroeconomic Policy Dialogue, Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), Inter Regulatory Technical Group (IRTG) on FinTech under the Financial Stability and Development Council - SubCommittee (FSDC - SC), FinTech bridges with Overseas Regulators [like Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)] among others. He is the architect of the unique FinTech Entity Regulatory Framework which provides regulatory authorization to FinTechs and TechFins at GIFT IFSC.

Prior to this stint, he was part of the Management team (Sr Vice President and Vertical Head) that co-founded Reserve Bank Information Technology (ReBIT), the IT Subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India, India’s Central Bank. Joshy had worked on RBI’s Technology Vision with the Information Technology Sub-Committee of the Central Board of the RBI. He was associated with numerous Technology Projects and Initiatives for the Reserve Bank of India across 25+ Departments spanning across Inspection, Supervision, Enforcement, Risk Monitoring, Currency Management, Foreign Exchange, Consumer Education and Protection among others. He was member of more than 20+ Technical Advisory Groups, Committees and SubCommittees at Reserve Bank of India.

He is an experienced professional with more than 2+ decades in technology, consulting and delivering transformational technology projects for Government/Regulators and Fortune 100 clients with stints in the US, Canada and Mexico. During his tenure with a Tier-1 IT MNC, he had managed a portfolio size of more than 100+ MUSD with 450+ team size across different time zones and geographies spread across US, UK, LATAM (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua), Philippines, China and India. He was also involved with the Start-up Ecosystem and has experience in setting up a Technology Business Incubator as its CEO.

Keith is a Fellow at the Centre for Alternative Finance, part of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. He is focused on research and industry collaboration in Digital Assets and Fintech innovation. He chairs the Cambridge Digital Asset Research programme, supported by 14 global institutions, and teaches on the Cambridge Digital Assets course for Regulators.

Previously, Keith was responsible globally for the strategy, development and execution of IBM’s business in Financial Markets, working extensively with global clients on major transformation programmes. 

Keith serves on the Advisory Board of 5 Fintechs, as a Board Member at DFNS (a Web3 wallet infrastructure provider), as a lead mentor at the Techstars ABN Amro and Web3 accelerators, as a member of the Technology and Operational Resilience Committee at the LME, as a member of WEF’s Expert Council, and also sits on the BoE’s CBDC Technology Forum.

Marina Markezic is a board member of the Blockchain Think Thank Slovenia, facilitating the discussion between the regulators and the blockchain industry.

Marina has been a leading adviser in a blockchain accelerator and has advised blockchain projects since 2017. She contributes to initiatives like the Token Engineering Community, COALA and Dgov.

Mathias Ruch is a driving force in the development of the global blockchain startup ecosystem. As co-founder and CEO of CV VC he manages a portfolio of over 50 startup investments and as co-founder of the Swiss Blockchain Federation he leads the internationalization of Switzerland’s expertise. As an entrepreneur he has founded, managed, and successfully exited several companies.

Michael Gloor is the CEO and co-founder of the climate-risk startup Correntics. Before starting Correntics, he was the Climate Change Lead at the global reinsurer Swiss Re. Michael holds a PhD from ETH Zurich and is also a lecturer at the University of Zurich where he teaches modules on Fintech and Sustainability.

Naveen Mallela is the global head of the Coin Systems team at Onyx by J.P. Morgan, which focuses on building innovative payment products and infrastructure based on digital currencies and blockchain technology. Most recently Naveen led the pilot launch of Tokenized Deposits for J.P. Morgan as part of Project Guardian – a flagship industry initiative anchored by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He was previously the chief designer and product lead for JPM Coin, which is a cornerstone product offering of Coin Systems.

Prior to his current role, Naveen was the Digital Payments lead for JPMorgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank in the Asia Pacific region and as part of his role he spearheaded the co-founding of Partior, a Singapore based technology company seeking to provide a first of its kind multibank ledger solution for payments clearing and settlement.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Naveen was a technology strategy and transformation consultant for a global consulting firm, providing advisory and transformation services to global banks across Japan, U.K. and Singapore.

Naveen is also a certified Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute, and holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).

Oi-Yee was appointed CEO of ADDX in March 2022. She has 20 years of capital raising and M&A advisory experience.

Before joining ADDX as Chief Commercial Officer in January 2020, Oi-Yee was with UBS for 6 years, and was Head of Investment Banking for UBS Singapore. She joined UBS from Morgan Stanley, where she was Head of Singapore Investment Banking. Prior to Morgan Stanley, she ran the Southeast Asia real estate investment banking franchise for Nomura Singapore. She started her investment banking career with Citigroup, covering Singapore corporate and real estate clients.

Between 2006 and 2008, Oi-Yee was Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, for Parkway Holdings, the largest healthcare company in Asia, and helped create the Parkway Life REIT.

Oi-Yee graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Accountancy. She also has a Master of Business Administration from Manchester Business School.

Oliver Bussmann is a globally recognized technology thought leader and driver of large-scale transformation at multi-national organizations and portfolio companies of private equity firms. The Founder and CEO of Bussmann Advisory AG, he advises enterprises and private equity companies looking to stay ahead of the digital disruption curve in the financial services and high-tech industry.

He is a Non-Executive Board Director at Bank of America Europe, BSI Software, AD Ports Group Digital Cluster, Board Chairman at xSuite Group and Advisory Board member of the largest European Asset Manager Amundi and Advisor to the Board of Nationwide and Royal London.

In addition, he also holds important mandates in industry associations, including Board Member at Elevandi as part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and at ID2020 Digital Identity Alliance. Oliver was Co-founder and former President of the Swiss Crypto Valley Association which is the largest blockchain ecosystem with over 1’000 startups in Switzerland.

From 2013 to 2016 Bussmann was Group Chief Information Officer of UBS, where he successfully led a major Business and IT transformation effort, instituted a new group-wide innovation framework and established UBS as a pioneer in the development of blockchain for use in financial services. Prior to joining UBS Bussmann was Global Chief Information Officer at SAP, where he also spearheaded significant technology transformation and integration of company acquisitions, and before that CIO for North America & Mexico at Allianz. Previous roles have included executive positions at Deutsche Bank and IBM.

Bussmann's achievements and thought leadership have been widely recognized. He was named COO/CTO of the year by Financial News/The Wall Street Journal, European CIO of the Year by INSEAD/CIONET, Top FinTech Influencer to follow by Onalytica, Swiss FinTech Award, received the Elite 8 Award, which is given to the most innovative leaders in technology working in capital markets by Wall Street & Technology Magazine, and has twice been included on the Financial News ""FinTech 40"" list of innovators shaping the future of finance.

Dr. Oliver Marchand is Global Head of ESG Research & Development at the MSCI Climate Risk Center, where he is responsible for all research activities in the field of climate risks analysis.

Dr. Oliver Marchand founded the Zurich-based fintech startup Carbon Delta AG and was the CEO until 2019, when the company was acquired by MSCI Barra SA. Prior to founding Carbon Delta and joining MSCI, Dr. Oliver Marchand gained extensive experience in IT management, financial portfolio management and IT systems development at Fisch Asset Management.

Dr. Oliver Marchand holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from ETH Zürich.

CTO of Digital Ventures and InnovestX - both companies are subsidiaries of Siam Commercial Bank. Interested in DLT, Blockchain and Digital Currency. Involved in CBDC pilot with the Bank of Thailand.

Infrastructure finance specialist that is passionate about end-to-end digitalization of sustainable infrastructure finance to help solve the climate funding gap.

Founder and CEO of Frigg, a Swiss-based start-up focusing on making sustainable finance accessible, efficient, and composable by tokenizing renewable energy projects.

Mr. Ronadol Numnonda was appointed Deputy Governor in October 2018, in charge of Financial Institutions Stability consisting of three groups: Financial Institutions Policy, Supervision, as well as Payment Systems Policy and Financial Technology.

Mr. Numnonda has a vast experience of more than 10 years in banking examination and supervision. He has a profound understanding on macroeconomics and financial markets as he has been actively involved in the setting up of the Bank of Thailand, New York Representative Office. He has also worked as the Executive of the Reserve Management Office in 1997. Furthermore, he holds strategic perspectives and in-depth knowledge in various subjects given that he directed the Financial Risk Management and Operations Department, Human Resources Management Department, and the Office of Corporate Strategy prior to his current position.

Mr. Numnonda obtained a Master’s degree in Finance, Investment and Banking at University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics at Saint Olaf College, USA. In addition, he earned the Chartered Financial Analyst in Finance and Banking.

Sigal Mandelker joined Ribbit Capital in April 2020. Ribbit is an investment firm focused on financial services and technology. Prior to Ribbit, she served as Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and as Acting Deputy Secretary.  As Under Secretary, Sigal supervised four main components of Treasury (OFAC, FinCEN, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes).  Before serving at Treasury, Sigal was a partner at Proskauer in New York.  Sigal also previously served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Counselor to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. Sigal is also an Advisor to Chainalysis, is on the Boards of the Crypto Council for Innovation and the Financial Technology Association, is Co-Chair of the Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) task force on FinTech, Crypto, and National Security, and is Member of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.  

Stefano Ferrazzini is a Digital Banking Trend Analyst & Consultant in FinTech at e.foresight. With their extensive expertise in analyzing market trends and emerging technologies, they are helping financial institutions transform their businesses by adopting digital solutions. e.foresight regularly publishes reports and speaks at conferences about the latest trends and innovations.

Stephan is the Head of Sustainable Finance Switzerland and a Partner at EY. He brings along a broad array of experience in regulatory and governance-related transformation projects. Before joining EY in 2011 he started his career as an attorney-at-law at a large asset manager and a big 4 company. 

Thammarak Moenjak is Chief Representative, Bank of Thailand (BOT) London Representative Office, and Senior Advisor to BOT’s Central Bank Digital Currency Team. 

A career central banker, Thammarak has been deeply involved in the areas of monetary policy, reserves management, corporate strategy, and financial institutions policy.

Thammarak is the author of Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability, published by John Wiley and Sons in 2014, which has also been translated into Mandarin and released in China. 

Thammarak has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Melbourne, Australia, Master in Public Management from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and B.Sc.(Econ) from the London School of Economics, UK.  He was a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2013, and Assistant Chief Representative, Bank of Thailand New York Representative Office in 2008-2009.

Thomas Puschmann is Founder and Director of the Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich, Founder and Executive Director of the Global Center for Sustainable Digital Finance, a joint initiative from Stanford University and the University of Zurich, Co-Founder of the Association Swiss FinTech Innovations, Co-Founder of the Swiss Green FinTech Network Association, Co-Founder of Extreme Tech Challenge Switzerland, Member of the Swiss Innovation Council Innosuisse and professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada. He serves as an advisor for strategic national and international initiatives and is an advisory board member of various institutions to foster innovation and develop an innovation and start-up ecosystem.

Thomas was a visiting scholar at Stanford University and MIT Sloan School of Management. Before his current position he was heading a financial services research project at the Universities of Leipzig and St. Gallen. Prior to this, Thomas spent five years in consulting and software development, where he was a member of the executive board at ESPRiT Consulting (now Q_Perior) and The Information Management Group.

Umar Farooq is the Global Head of Financial Institution Payments and CEO of Onyx by J.P. Morgan. Onyx is a J.P. Morgan business unit that leverages cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain to develop innovative products, platforms and marketplaces.  Prior to this Umar was the Global Head of Digital Wholesale Payments and Head of Blockchain for the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). Previously he was the CFO responsible for financial oversight and business management across CIB Technology, Operations, and Controls. Umar has also held leadership positions in Chase Bank in the past including Head of Small Business Segment and National Sales Manager for Chase Business Banking.  Umar holds a B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Economics and M.Engg. in Computer Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Umar received his JD from Yale Law School.

Velina Peneva was appointed as Group Chief Investment Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee, Swiss Re in April 2023.

Velina Peneva commenced her career at Bain & Company in 1998 where she became Partner in 2011. During her tenure with Bain, she worked with General Partners (fund managers) and Limited Partners (investors) supporting investment due diligence, supporting M&A (mergers and acquisitions) processes, and advising on investment strategy and asset allocation topics. She led the private equity practice in Zurich and was a Member of Bain’s eight-person global investment committee, which evaluates investment opportunities with leading private equity firms for Bain’s co-investment funds.

Velina joined Swiss Re's Group Asset Management as Head Private Equity in June 2017 where she developed and executed the investment strategy for the Private Equity portfolio. She subsequently became Co-Head Client Solutions & Analytics in 2019 and was responsible for implementing Asset Management's entire investment portfolio across Business Units and Legal Entities, supporting the Asset Liability Management and Strategic Asset Allocation processes, and led and supported multiple strategic topics.

Velina Peneva earned a magna cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from Wellesley College, USA and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.