Contributors

Emma Scales

Emma Scales is Managing Director for Publicis Sapient in ASEAN. She is a member of the Publicis Sapient Global Leadership Team and her role is to drive growth in ASEAN.

Based in Sydney, Australia, Emma has been with Publicis Sapient since 2007, and brings with her over two decades of experience across three continents leading teams, driving growth and delivering transformative change for clients, teams and businesses.

With her people-oriented expertise and growth mindset, Emma has led global, regional, and country-level change initiatives that affect 10,000’s of people. She has also partnered with executives across markets and industries to pivot their APAC businesses towards a global strategy, or to navigate through disruptive transformation in their local context.

Emma is passionate about financial inclusion and the role governments, financial institutions, and consultancies can play in supporting a brighter financial future for the people in ASEAN. 

Prior to her current role as Managing Director, ASEAN, Emma was the People Strategy Lead for Asia Pacific where she worked with the leadership team to define a strategy that truly reflected the organisation’s ambition. She was also previously the Global Lead for Talent and Learning for SapientNitro while based in London, United Kingdom.

Erich Gerber

An experienced senior executive with over 25 years in the information technology industry, Erich Gerber is responsible for TIBCO Software’s business across international markets, which consist of Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Erich has wide experience covering global markets, direct and indirect sales, as well as Infrastructure and BI software. Having led various organisations in senior leadership positions with American- and German-driven company structures, Erich is an adept and adaptable leader with a keen focus on developing global customer relationships and bringing to market timely solutions that deliver value.

With his extensive experience and track record for overachievement, Erich has built teams that have delivered significant growth by fine-tuning business operations and successfully managing profitability.

Having joined TIBCO Software in 2009 as the Regional Vice President for the Central and Eastern European, and Nordics region, Erich doubled the licensing revenue for the markets under his purview between the financial years of 2009 and 2012. Under his stewardship, the total revenue of these markets had also increased by 75%, which constituted approximately 10% of the company’s overall revenue.

In late 2014, Erich was appointed as the Vice President for Global Sales Operations at TIBCO Software’s headquarters in Palo Alto, US, where he spearheaded the company’s transformation initiatives, in addition to his global revenue and sales responsibilities.

Erich then continued the journey as the General Manager for Asia Pacific Japan in 2016 where he led the sales function by executing a strategic go-to-market plan that fosters deeper customer engagements, strengthens partnerships, and builds a greater network of alliances in the region.

Prior to TIBCO Software, Erich was the Senior Vice President for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at WebGain and the Vice President for EMEA Operations at BEA Systems, subsequently acquired by Oracle.

Erich has a Bachelor’s degree in Management from BPIH, Switzerland and a Master’s degree in Marketing from the Swiss Federal Institute.

 He is married, a father of two, and is a sports and fitness enthusiast who engages in skiing, as well as cycling, in his spare time.

Ernest Saudjana

Ernest Saudjana is a Managing Director & Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and the Head of BCG Southeast Asia. He joined BCG in 2006, and is a core member of their Financial Institutions practice. He has worked with major institutions and regulators in Southeast Asia and the US. His work covers strategy, corporate-wide transformation, and new business build. He is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ethan Grunt

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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.

F. Edward Lopez

F. Edward Lopez is the Executive Vice President at at SunGard.

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.

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.

Frederic Bertholon-Lampiris

Frederic is an Executive Director within Deloitte Southeast Asia’s Financial Services Industry practice, leading risk management and Basel advisory services and covering more than 40 banks in Singapore and Southeast Asia. He has over 17 years of multi-disciplinary experience in risk management, regulatory compliance and internal/external audit in the banking and asset management industry, essentially within international audit and consulting firms, as well as in risk management for a large bank with assets under management of more than USD 100 billion.

Frederic Bertholon-Lampiris and Nadège Grennepois

Frederic is an Executive Director within Deloitte Southeast Asia’s Financial Services Industry practice, leading risk management and Basel advisory services and covering more than 40 banks in Singapore and Southeast Asia. 

Nadège is Partner and intrapreneur in Deloitte’s French Risk Advisory practice, in charge of Credit Risk Advisory services including: Rating methodologies, Stress testing, IFRS9 methodologies and models, Credit scoring, Pricing models, NPL strategies, Model Risk management, Advanced modelling and Climate risk scenario analysis.