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Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Pat Patel
Chief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & Forums
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Pat Patel is the business CEO driving GFTN’s growth in the USA, LATAM, Middle East and Africa and jointly leads on GFTN’s Forums around the world.
During his time at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) between 2019-2022, he led the spinout of Elevandi Ltd in 2021, the first iteration of GFTN, building the strategy, plan, team and securing the seed capital. At MAS he led the International FinTech Office, a team which was responsible for building relationships in different jurisdictions between the public and private sectors and driving both FinTech and investment growth.
Pat serves on the board of Mojaloop, an open-source software project of the Mojaloop Foundation. It was created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Level One Project in 2017.
Prior to MAS, Pat led the growth and launch of Money20/20 into Europe in 2015 to become the most the successful and profitable FinTech event in the region and subsequently led the product launch into Singapore and China. In his early career he worked at VocaLink on the world’s first national retail real-time payments system, the UK Faster Payments Service, and built the international strategy for the product and drove opportunities across Asia and Europe.
A seasoned international leader with experience of building products, teams and launches into new markets and leveraging networks to drive positive outcomes.
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4:00–5:30pmTue 23 JunBoardroomBoardroom, Level 00, Ground FloorInvite-OnlyModerator
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[Invite-only] Who Supervises a Global Stablecoin? Navigating the Multi-Issuance Frontier - Powered by Stripe
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & ForumsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
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Sam Hinton-SmithHead of International Public PolicyStripeModerator
About this session
Stablecoins are global by design, yet their regulatory oversight remains stubbornly local. As regulations evolve across jurisdictions, a multi-issuance model is emerging — where a single global stablecoin is issued by separate, supervised entities in multiple markets. While token holders experience seamless fungibility, regulators grapple with fragmented reserves, unclear redemption chains, and the potential for systemic run risk.
This GFTN Select Boardroom moves beyond national and institutional silos to ask: what would a credible, proportionate cross-border regulatory framework look like if designed for this reality — one that ensures both interoperability and local financial stability?
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10:00–10:30amWed 24 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1OpenModerator
Blueprint for Digital Assets
A Blueprint for High Growth and Open Economies: From GEL₮ to Programmable Banking
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Marco Dal LagoChief Expansion OfficerTether
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Hon. Natia TurnavaGovernorNational Bank of Georgia
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Salim DhananiChief Executive OfficerPave Bank
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & ForumsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Necessity is the mother of invention! Last month, Georgia announced that it will put its national currency on blockchain rails in partnership with one of the world's largest stablecoin issuers — and the world is watching closely. This session extracts the blueprint: what decisions were made, what was left unresolved, and how programmable banking turns a bold issuance moment into lasting financial infrastructure.
Hear from the central bank Governor that took the leap, the private issuer leader that made it possible, and the founder of a programmable bank that shows what comes next. Three perspectives, three urgent questions: how to manage risks, what are the trade-offs and what happens next?
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11:30–11:50amWed 24 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1OpenModerator
Blueprint for Digital Assets
The Exchange as Settlement Layer: How Tokenization Rewires the Role of a Crypto Platform
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Ben ZhouCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerBybit
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & ForumsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Tokenization of real-world assets is no longer a proof of concept - it is becoming load-bearing infrastructure. This session examines what that transition demands of exchanges: not incremental product updates, but a fundamental rethink of how clearing, custody, and liquidity are architected when the underlying assets are programmable.
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2:25–2:45pmWed 24 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1OpenModerator
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10:40–11:00amThu 25 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1OpenModerator
Others
Two Roads to Programmable Money: Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, and the Future of Rails
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Sir Howard DaviesChairman of the Supervisory BoardQivalis NV
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Timothy AdamsPresident & Chief Executive OfficerInstitute of International Finance (IIF)
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & ForumsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Programmable money is moving from white paper to live infrastructure: banks are building regulated stablecoins, while central banks and major institutions are testing tokenized deposits and reserves for real-value settlement. This session examines what programmable money changes for banks, regulators, and the international monetary system, and why the choice of architecture may matter as much as the technology itself.
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