Featured speakers
Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Hon. Sunil Sabharwal
Operating Partner, Blackstone Growth Equity Fund & Member of the Board, Securitize.io
Blackstone Growth Equity Fund
Sunil Sabharwal is a highly successful, experienced fintech executive, and currently is an Operating Partner with the Blackstone Growth Equity Fund. In addition to Securitize, he is also on the boards of Thunes, TookiTaki (both Singapore) and the newly established Botswana Sovereign Wealth Fund. Mr Sabharwal was Chairman of Earthport, a regulated cross-border payments company, which he sold to Visa. He also served as the US board member at the IMF across two administrations, a position requiring Senate confirmation, and received US Treasury’s Distinguished Service Award. Mr Sabharwal was also Chairman of Ogone, a leading European payment services company, subsequently sold to Ingenico. Before setting up his own firm, he had a career with GE Capital, First Data Corporation, the EBRD, Coopers and Lybrand and GTE.
Mr Sabharwal has a deep engagement with the Olympic movement as a civic leader, and is currently President of the International Fair Play Committee, one of the longest standing International Olympic Committee recognized organizations, is member of the Executive Board of World Athletics, and previously served in the same function at the International Fencing Federation (FIE).
Speaking at
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10:00–10:30amTue 23 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Empowering Entrepreneurship
Capital With Direction: How Smart Money is Reshaping the Map of Global Finance
Forum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
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Mohammed Al-EmadiExecutive Director of Incubation & InvestmentQatar Development Bank
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Stefan KlestilGeneral PartnerSpeedinvest
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Hon. Sunil SabharwalOperating Partner, Blackstone Growth Equity Fund & Member of the Board, Securitize.ioBlackstone Growth Equity Fund
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Anthony ThomasChief Strategy & Growth OfficerGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
From the Gulf to Southeast Asia and beyond, a new generation of fintech investment is being guided by something more deliberate than returns alone - it is about which corridors get connected, which populations get served, and which infrastructure gets built to last. Fintech's most seasoned global investors share what they are backing, why, and what the next chapter looks like.
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9:20–10:00amThu 25 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Digital Assets at the Crossroads: A CEO Dialogue
Forum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
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Dr. Adam BackCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerBlockstream & BSTR
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Boris Bohrer-BilowitzkiChief Executive OfficerConcordium
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Christian SchmidSenior Partner & Global Leader | Global Banking & CIBBCG
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Simone MainiChief Executive OfficerElliptic
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Hon. Sunil SabharwalOperating Partner, Blackstone Growth Equity Fund & Member of the Board, Securitize.ioBlackstone Growth Equity Fund
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Emma JoyceChief Revenue OfficerGlobal Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)Moderator
About this session
For the first time, the industry has what it spent years demanding - regulatory clarity, with MiCA enforced, the GENIUS Act signed, and market structure reform unlocking institutional tokenisation at scale. Yet the tailwinds arrive alongside real headwinds: a fractured macroeconomic order, geopolitical realignments reshaping capital flows, and AI competing for the infrastructure investment and boardroom attention once directed squarely at digital assets. This gathering of industry CEOs takes an honest look at where the industry truly stands.
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