ContributorsDarren Sugden![]() Darren Sugden is CEO, Monitise Asia Pacific. Latest Post: Contact Information
Peter Metcalfe![]() Peter Metcalfe has spent 28 years working with major 'blue chip' Consumer Goods businesses and has a passion for delivering best practice integrated business processes to ensure efficient bottom-line success. Latest Post: Abdul Rahman![]() Abdul Rahman is the Academic Director at International Academy of Retail Banking - a Division of the Lafferty Group. Latest Post: Contact Information
Adil Ahmad![]() Mr. Adil Ahmad was previously the CEO at Kuwait International Bank. Latest Post: Contact Information
Aditya Gadge![]() Aditya Gadge is CEO of Association of International Wealth Management of India. AIWM India primarily focuses on broader and strategic role of developing a more robust and forward-looking training infrastructure for private banking and wealth management sector and to promote more active industry involvement and collaboration in training and continuing education matters. Latest Post: Contact Information
Ajay Kotkar![]() Ajay Kotkar, CEO Asia Pacific and head of global banking and finance practice in Omnitech. Latest Post: Alaistair Chan![]() Alaistair Chan is an economist in the Sydney office of Moody’s Analytics. He covers economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region, focused mainly on China. Latest Post: Contact Information
Alicia Garcia-Herrero![]() Alicia García-Herrero is the Chief Economist for Emerging Markets at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) since December 2007. Together with a team of over 60 staff located in 10 different countries, she analyzes economic developments in the emerging world, with particular attention to Latin America an Asia. She is also a member of the advisory board of the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research, a professor at the Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and advisor to the European Commission on China. Latest Post: Contact Information
Ananda Gudimetla![]() Ananda Gudimetla is with Polaris Center of Excellence- Investment Banking team and is currently managing delivery of application software for a leading Clearing& Settlement organization of USA. Ananda is a seasoned software professional, managing application development& maintenance services for investment banking applications of Global Bank and Financial majors in USA, UK and India. Latest Post: Contact Information
Andrew Neeson![]() Andrew Neeson is Head of World Cards Intelligence and Consumer Finance Research at Lafferty Group. Andrew joined Lafferty Group in 2007 and, with over ten years’ research experience, has an excellent track-record in payment cards and consumer finance research as well as conducting bespoke client-based research. Latest Post: Contact Information
Anirvan Saha & Srivatsa Subbanna![]()
Anirvan Saha is the Head of Core Banking Consulting at Cognizant in Asia Pacific.
Srivatsa Subbanna is a Manager of Consulting at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Latest Post: Azam Ali![]()
Azam Ali is Ex.Senior Economist at State Bank of Pakistan. He is an Economist, Management, Organizational Capacity Building & Training and Organizational Latest Post: Contact Information
Basil Hwang and Selina Wong![]() Basil Hwang is the founder of Dechert’s Asia practice and the managing partner of its Hong Kong office. He is a leading “go-to” expert in the region for financial services laws and regulations. Selina Wong is a trainee in Dechert’s Hong Kong office and an avid hockey player and outdoor enthusiast. Latest Post: Contact Information
Ben Elliott![]() Ben Elliott is Managing Director, Asia Pacific Decision Analytics at Experian. Latest Post: Contact Information
Blaik Wilson and Günther Peer![]() Blaik Wilson is a Solutions Consulting Manager at Reval in the Asia Pacific region. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an international instructor and consultant specializing in financial instruments, hedge accounting and treasury policy. Günther Peer is Regional Vice President, Solution Consulting EMEA at Reval. His focus is on the provision of thought leadership with regards to cash, liquidity and risk management. Latest Post: Contact Information
Chong-Win Lee![]() Chong-Win Lee is the Director of Avaya Contact Center Solutions across Asia Pacific and is based in Singapore. He is responsible for the overall strategy, growth and profitability of Avaya’s contact center business in Asia Pacific. Latest Post: Chris Andrews![]() Chris Andrews is the Head of Funds Management at La Trobe Financial Services. Latest Post: Chris Mead![]() Chris Mead, Regional Director at one of the world’s leading recruiting company. Hays in South East Asia Latest Post: Contact Information
Christian Rauch![]()
Dr. Christian Rauch, Assistant Professor Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Finance Latest Post: Contact Information
Christina NgChristina Ng is Associate Director of the Banking & Financial Services division at Robert Walters Singapore. Robert Walters is an award-winning business and one of the leading international recruitment consultancies Latest Post: Contact Information
Christine Wright![]()
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Cyril VilleminCyril Villemin is a Marketing Director at Secure Transactions-Gemalto. Latest Post: Contact Information
Damien Wong![]()
Damien Wong is the General Manager for ASEAN at Red Hat. He is responsible for overall sales and business management for the ASEAN region, including short and long term sales objectives, channel relations, business office operations and staff training. Latest Post: Contact Information
Darren Webb![]() Darren Webb is Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Cable&Wireless Worldwide. Latest Post: Contact Information
David BatrouneyDavid Batrouney is an Associate Partner at IBM GBS – Financial Services. Latest Post: Contact Information
David Eads![]() David Eads is the Founder & CEO of Mobile Strategy Partners, the world's leading consulting firm specializing in mobile strategy. Mobile Strategy Partners helps organizations optimize their mobile channel. Latest Post: Contact Information
Dean Young![]() Dean Young is a vice president of product management for SunGard’s Banking business. He is responsible for providing product direction for retail core banking, customer management and channel solutions. Latest Post: Contact Information
Dennis Phua![]() Dennis Phua is Executive Director of Azione Capital, a leading Asia-based company in delivering venture capital services and solutions. He is also Chief Operating Officer at Ave&Partners, a management consulting and private equity firm. Latest Post: Contact Information
Dick Harryvan![]() Dick Harryvan is the former CEO of ING Direct and Co-Chairman of the International Academy of Retail Banking (IARB). Latest Post: Diptiman Chakraborty![]() Diptiman Chakraborty is Manager at the National Payments Corporation of India. Latest Post: Contact Information
Diptiman Chakraborty and Romadeep Chakraborty![]() Diptiman Chakraborty is Manager at the National Payments Corporation of India. Romadeep Chakraborty is Assistant Manager in National Securities Depositories of India. Latest Post: See all posts from Diptiman Chakraborty and Romadeep Chakraborty » Contact Information
Eugene Chen 陳仲漁![]() Eugene Chen 陳仲漁 is currently the Managing Director and co-owner of Grand Aspect International, a consultant company. He is also one of the Turn Around Managers of European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He is an expert in Green Energy and Trade Finance. Latest Post: Contact Information
Finian Toh![]() Finian Toh is the manager of the financial services division at Robert Walters Singapore. Robert Walters is an award-winning business and one of the leading international recruitment consultancies. Latest Post: Contact Information
Fran Thompson![]() Fran Thompson is Head of Client Relations, Asia at DST Global. She is responsible for the account management of key clients as well as managing the Sales and Relationship Management Team. Latest Post: Contact Information
G.Bin Zhao![]() G.Bin Zhao is an economist, co-founder of Gateway International Group, a global China consulting firm focus on economic policy. He is also executive editor at the publication China’s Economy & Policy, and a popular columnist. Latest Post: Contact Information
George McFerran![]() George McFerran is the Managing Director at eFinancialCareers Asia-Pacific. Latest Post: Contact Information
Guy Sheppard![]() Guy Sheppard is the Senior Product Manager for Counterparty KYC Solutions at BankersAccuity and has been in the Information and Data Publishing Industry for almost a decade in the risk management and compliance verticals. Latest Post: Contact Information
Hanel Topada![]() Hanel Topada is Head of Investor Relations at Bank BJB, biggest regional bank in Indonesia. He is responsible for the bank’s communication with public/government shareholders and ad-hoc economist. Latest Post: Contact Information
Henry Balani![]() Henry Balani is the Managing Director at BankersAccuity. Latest Post: Contact Information
Ioannis Lagouis, Olli-Pekka Hilmola and Albert Wee Kwan Tan![]() Dr. Ioannis N. Lagoudis is Assistant Professor specializing in transportation logistics and supply chain management. PhD Olli-Pekka Hilmola is working as a Professor in Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), in research branch unit located in Kouvola, Finland. Dr. Albert Tan is currently the Director for Education in MISI and associate researcher at MIT CTL.
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Jacqui Chin![]() Jacqui Chin is the Global Advisory Council, International Academy of Retail Banking - a Division of the Lafferty Group. Latest Post: Jean Philippe Desbiolles![]() Jean-Philippe Desbiolles is a Lead Partner, Business Analytics, Singapore in IBM Global Services. Latest Post: Jean-Jacques Foglino![]()
Jean-Jacques is Gemalto’s Asia Vice President of Business Development for the ebanking and ecommerce business lines. He is responsible for setting-up and implementing a strategic plan to address banks and emerchants with an end-to-end solution that secures access to their remote services for ASPAC and Australia. Latest Post: Contact Information
Joel Teo![]() Joel Teo is a corporate lawyer in Singapore with a focus on private equity and equity capital market transactions. He covers mainly mineral, oil and gas transactions mainly from China. Latest Post: Contact Information
Johnny McGinley![]() Johnny McGinley is a talented Public Relations professional from Ireland who has written internationally on Public Relations and Social Media in various business magazines. He also lectures casually within the Further & Higher Education sector in Ireland on Public Relations and Marketing. You can contact this journalist directly through Linkedin. Latest Post: Contact Information
Jon Golding![]() Jon Golding ATT TEP is UK Tax and Trusts adviser with Globaleye, Malaysia. Latest Post: Contact Information
K Balakrishnan![]() K Balakrishnan is the Managing Director and CEO at Servion Global Solutions . Latest Post: Contact Information
Keith Noyes![]() Keith Noyes is the Regional Director for Asia-Pacific at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc (ISDA). Latest Post: Contact Information
Leong Chee Tung and Emily Loo![]() Leong Chee Tung is the lead consultant in Gallup Singapore. He manages consulting teams who work on improving businesses and governments across South-east Asia. Emily Loo is a consultant with Gallup and works extensively with Gallup's financial services clients across Asia. Latest Post: Contact Information
Liew Nam Soon![]() Liew Nam Soon is Partner, Financial Services Advisory Leader, Asia Pacific at Ernst and Young Solutions LLP. Latest Post: Madalene Soon![]() Madalene Soon is business manager, reference data at Interactive Data (Asia) based in Singapore. She focuses on the reference data market in Asia Pacific and product development strategy for the region. Latest Post: Contact Information
Mark Buchan![]() Mark Buchan is a Partner on Financial Services at Ernst & Young. Latest Post: Mark Young![]() Mark Young is a Managing Director heading up the Asia Pacific region in Fitch Ratings’ Financial Institutions Group. Prior to moving to Singapore in 2011 Mark had 11 years of experience in ratings covering developed and developing markets at Fitch based in London. Previous to this he was based in Fitch’s South African office. Latest Post: Contact Information
Martin Smith
Martin Smith is a Senior Markets Analyst for East & Partners, based in Sydney. He provides in-depth research and analysis to Asian and Australian banks across institutional, corporate and business banking markets in addition to formulating and implementing thought leadership initiatives. Latest Post: Contact Information
Matthew Talbot![]() Matthew Talbot is senior vice president of Mobile commerce for Sybase 365 Latest Post: Md. Touhidul Alam Khan![]() Md. Touhidul Alam Khan is Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Assets & Client Origination. He is also the Team Leader-Green Banking Unit at Bank Asia Limited. Latest Post: Contact Information
Michael Lafferty![]()
Michael Lafferty founded Lafferty Group in 1981 when he left the Financial Times, where he had been responsible for coverage of the banking industry. He had previously worked on the paper’s LEX team, the City Desk and been accountancy correspondent. Latest Post: Contact Information
Michelle Katics![]() Michelle Katics is a retail banking risk executive with internationally tested leadership and management skills. More recently, Ms. Katics has focused on sharing risk management and regulatory best practices with executives across the region through training and coaching. In 2010, Ms. Katics founded BankersLab™ , a company which is providing simulation-gaming based risk management training for retail bank executives. Latest Post: Contact Information
Mobasher Zein Kazmi![]() Mobasher Zein Kazmi is a research analyst covering geo-economic issues based in Shanghai, China. Latest Post: Contact Information
Mohit Mehrotra & Anurodh Pandey![]() Mohit Mehrotra is a Partner and Regional Head of Financial Services, Strategy & Operations at Deloitte. Anurodh Pandey is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting. Latest Post: Contact Information
Moorad Choudhry![]() Professor Moorad Choudhry is at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University. He is author of The Principles of Banking (John Wiley & Sons Asia Pte Ltd 2012). Latest Post: Contact Information
Mykolas Rambus![]() Mykolas Rambus is the CEO of Wealth-X. Latest Post: Nathan Chow Hung Lai (周洪禮)![]() Nathan Chow Hung Lai is Vice President, Economist Group Research at DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited since May 2011. He is responsible for monitoring the market development of offshore RMB businesses and the macroeconomic conditions in Greater China. He conducts economic/ investment seminars on a regular basis for the public and internal staff across Asia, spanning from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei to Shanghai and Beijing. He also provides training for internal staff with an aim to support sales programmes. Latest Post: Contact Information
Nicholas Lim![]() Nicholas Lim is the IFRS & Regulatory Compliance Leader of IBM’s Banking & Financial Markets Center of Competence. Latest Post: Contact Information
Nicholas Tan![]() Nicholas Tan is an Adjunct Professor at the Singapore Management University. He spent over twenty years working in banks such as Citibank, Standard Chartered and OCBC covering various fields from Treasury to Retail Banking to Private Banking/ Wealth Management. Latest Post: Contact Information
Nick Quin![]() Nick Quin is the Regional Director at SimCorp Asia and worked in finance markets in the UK, and software sales in ANZ & Asia for 20+ years. Latest Post: Contact Information
Nithya Sridharan![]() Nithya Sridharan holds an MSc in Financial Engineering from Imperial College London and has a passion for in-depth financial journalism and developmental economics. Her writings have been published extensively and received several accolades. Latest Post: Contact Information
Peter Kinahan Peter Kinahan is the Director for the Editorial and Research at Lafferty Group and he also established Kapito, a website offering presentations on financial freedom through the social media. Latest Post: Philip Whitchelo![]() Philip Whitchelo is Vice President of Product Marketing, EMEA & APAC at IntraLinks, Inc. Latest Post: Rajini Bala![]() Rajini Bala is a Functional Consultant with Polaris Financial Technology Limited. She has rich experience in implementing Portal solutions for Corporate Banking Customers. She also has expertise in different banking domains including Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Wealth Management. Latest Post: Contact Information
Ravishankar Iyer![]() Ravishankar Iyer has international experience working in Securities Houses/Investment Banks and Consulting firms. His experience covers management and delivery of Enterprise-wide Business and Technology Solutions in the Capital Markets, Asset & Investment Management and Wholesale Banking areas. Latest Post: Contact Information
Reto Gruenenfelder PhD![]() Reto Gruenenfelder PhD is a distinguished Engineer. He is also the Chief Technology Officer of Financial Services at IBM Asia Pacific. Latest Post: Richard Farmer![]() Richard Farmer is the Director of Randstad – Professionals. Latest Post: Contact Information
Robert Andriessen![]()
Robert Andriessen is a Managing Partner at Andriessen Consulting. Latest Post: Contact Information
Rocky Scopelliti![]() Rocky Scopelliti is the National General Manager Industry Development at Telstra Enterprise & Government. He is responsible for leading the thought leadership team accelerating the awareness of Telstra’s emerging technology solutions across industries including Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Mining, Construction, Utilities, Resources, Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics. Latest Post: Contact Information
Sandeep Aggarwal![]() Sandeep Aggarwal is a banker, based in New Delhi. Latest Post: Contact Information
Shekar Ganesh![]() Shekar Ganesh, formerly a senior banker from Asia is the founder of SAS Consulting and Learning Solutions, providing consulting and training solutions to banks in Asia and Middle East Latest Post: Contact Information
Shripad Vaidya![]() Shripad Vaidya heads the Global Retail Banking Practice at Polaris Financial Technology Ltd. He has many years of experience in Retail Banking and new generation Online Banking Channels including social media. Latest Post: Contact Information
Sisi Liao![]() Sisi Liao is a Senior Financial Researcher at the Lafferty Group. Latest Post: Contact Information
Sofia A. Johan![]() Sofia A. Johan is an Adjunct Professor at Schulich School of Business and Extramural Research fellow at Tilburg Law and Economics Center, University of Tilburg Latest Post: Contact Information
Sriram Natarajan![]() Sriram Natarajan is currently Chief Operating Officer of Quattro Risk Management. He is a payments industry expert with more than 22 years of experience in Credit and Risk with a focus on Cards/Payments, Retail Banking and Consumer Lending across various global markets. Latest Post: Contact Information
Stephen Rosling![]() Stephen Rosling is Co-Founder and Director of TCF Matters, a new international training and consultancy firm specialising in the audit and implementation of consumer protection regulations. He has worked in the financial services sector for over 25 years. Latest Post: Contact Information
Stuart HarmanStuart Harman is a partner at Oliver Wight and has spent 20 years working in key change agent roles in major manufacturing organisations around the world Latest Post: Suresh Sankaran![]() Suresh Sankaran, Principal Operations Officer - International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group Washington DC, United States of America Latest Post: Tapan Agarwal![]() Tapan Agarwal is a Senior Vice President at Polaris Financial Technology Limited and currently heads the Retail Banking Product Management Group. Latest Post: Contact Information
Theo HildyardTheo Hildyard is a Product Manager for the Decision Analytics business unit, with particular focus on Capital Markets, at Progress Software. He is responsible for the development of Progress Apama’s risk and compliance solutions and leads the product management of its Market Surveillance and Monitoring solution. Latest Post: Contact Information
Tony George![]() Tony George is ex-Partner of, and now a Consultant at, Ince & Co LLP. Latest Post: Contact Information
Tony Singleton![]() Tony Singleton is Managing Director Asia Pacific at Reval. He possesses a wealth of software sales, business development and general management experience which he uses for the company’s expansion through Australia and Southeast Asia. Latest Post: Contact Information
Tun Musa Hitam![]()
Tun Musa Hitam is the Chairman of World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation and former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. Latest Post: Contact Information
Udayan Goyal![]() Udayan Goyal is the Founder and Managing Partner of Anthemis Group. Latest Post: Contact Information
Velayoudam Kuberan![]()
Velayoudam Kuberan is a technology architect with Polaris Financial Technology Ltd., specializing in CBX technology. Latest Post: Contact Information
Vishal Prabhakar![]()
Vishal Prabhakar is Vice President with MasterTrust Group, one of India's top financial services organisations. He is holding an MBA in Finance with 17 years in Banking and Financial Service having started his career with Standard Chartered Bank. His other interests are travelling, reading and adventure sports. Latest Post: Contact Information
Vito Henjoto![]() Vito Henjoto is a Technical Analyst at GFT focusing on the Asia Pacific region. He is well versed on a variety of technical indicators, but favours Ichimoku Kinko Hyo as his style of analysis and trading. Vito has run trading workshops in Australia and Asia throughout his trading career. Latest Post: Contact Information
Zhongdong Chen![]()
Zhongdong Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Finance Department, College of Business Administration, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Latest Post: 余雅倫 (Sun East 孫東)![]()
余雅倫 (Sun East 孫東) is Dr. Sun Yat Sen's grand nephew who worked as a real estate investment consultant and studied global financial affairs. Latest Post: Contact Information
余雅倫 (Sun East 孫東)![]() Sun East 孫東 (余雅倫) is Dr. Sun Yat Sen's grand nephew; (Retired) Managing director of Baycliffe Investment and Financial Services Ltd. Latest Post: Contact Information
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