Featured speakers
Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Shayan Hazir
Chief Digital Officer, Asia (xHK) & MENAT
HSBC
Shayan Hazir
Chief Digital Officer, Asia (xHK) & MENAT, HSBC
Shayan brings with him 18 years of banking experience across HSBC’s global markets, with stints in Hong Kong, UK, Malaysia, the UAE and Singapore, where he is now based. Throughout his international career, Shayan has been committed to making financial services more efficient, transparent and inclusive for all.
As Chief Digital Officer for Asia (excluding Hong Kong) and MENAT at HSBC, Shayan spearheads the bank’s digital strategy and transformation across a broad and diverse set of growth markets.
Prior to this, he served as Chief Digital Officer for ASEAN, where he supported the bank’s digital strategy across Southeast Asia – a region marked by rapid fintech innovation, mobile-first customer behaviours, and growing demand for cross-border financial solutions.
Before his role as Chief Digital Officer, Shayan held leadership roles within the group’s Commercial Banking, Transaction Banking and Strategy divisions.
A true trailblazer, Shayan’s philosophy is focused on what he calls the 4Cs – creativity, collaboration, compassion and consistency – to create a client-centric innovation strategy.
He deeply believes in taking on a holistic approach when it comes to reinventing finance, and actively works with thought leaders, change agents and regulators to experiment with cutting-edge technologies, including blockchain, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Beyond the bank, Shayan is a certified life coach and a Lego Serious Play practitioner. He also serves as the Chair of the Finance and Fintech Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, where he continues to drive meaningful change in the industry.
As a leader on global innovation, he often leads the dialogue on fintech ecosystems and startups at conferences worldwide. He is also passionate about sharing his knowledge and grooming the next generation of leaders, taking time to advise tech startups and mentor young founders with his own brand of authentic leadership.
Over the years, Shayan continues to hone his expertise and has attained qualifications at world-renowned institutions such as Harvard Business School, INSEAD, MIT, London Business School and the University of Cambridge.
Speaking at
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2:00–3:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 1, Ground FloorOpen
Roadmap for AI and Quantum
AI Pathfinders: The Agentic Frontier
GFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 1, Ground FloorOpen
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Charlotte WoodGlobal Head of AI & InnovationSchroders
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Imam HoqueCo-FounderQuantexa
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Kelvin LiGeneral Manager of Platform TechAnt International
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Marcus HackettGroup Chief Technology OfficerSeviora
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Maria ApazoglouGroup Head of AI Engineering & PlatformsZurich Insurance Group
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Nivesh PawarHead AI & Data, Managing DirectorPartners Group
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Shayan HazirChief Digital Officer, Asia (xHK) & MENATHSBC
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Till BohmerHead of the Central Analytics (Data, Analytics and AI)Munich Re
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Tim SykesChief Executive Officer for EMEABlue Fire AI
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Tobias SchweigerCo-Founder and Chief Executive OfficerHawk AI
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Kenneth GayChief FinTech OfficerMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
The Roundtable discusses financial sector AI adoption and development as financial institutions move into Agentic AI. Hear from leaders in leading financial institutions and the AI innovation space on practical financial sector enterprise AI, considerations of collective AI toolkits and the transformational impact on new AI native business models.
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11:50am–12:30pmWed 24 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Next-Gen Transactions
The Agentic Checkout: When AI Becomes the Buyer
Forum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
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Mamerto TangonanDeputy GovernorBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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Saira ZahidDirector, Agentic PaymentsAmazon
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Sam Hinton-SmithHead of International Public PolicyStripe
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Shayan HazirChief Digital Officer, Asia (xHK) & MENATHSBC
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Nicole SandlerChief Ecosystem OfficerUbyx IncModerator
About this session
AI agents are already booking travel, managing subscriptions, and initiating B2B purchases - without a human clicking confirm. As agentic commerce scales, the payments infrastructure built for human decision-makers faces fundamental questions: how do you authenticate a machine, assign liability for an autonomous transaction, and prevent fraud when the buyer never sleeps? This session examines the emerging architecture of machine-to-machine commerce and what it means for every layer of the payments stack.
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