Contributors

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.

Olivier Carcy and Brenda Lau

Olivier Carcy is the Global Head of Asset Management at Indosuez Wealth Management. He began his career in Paris with Paribas (now BNP Paribas) before moving to Rothschild. He joined the Crédit Agricole Group in 1997, where he worked in structured asset financing, a role that took him from Paris to Singapore, then to Jakarta. He relocated to Geneva in 2000, where he set up a dedicated private equity asset management platform, making Indosuez one of the first private banks to incorporate this specific asset class into wealth management. Until 2019, he was heading the private equity business line across all entities of the Group Indosuez.

Brenda Lau is the Head of Private Equity, Asia, at Indosuez Wealth Management.
 

Olivier Grimonpont

Olivier Grimonpont is the General Manager and Regional Head - Asia-Pacific at Euroclear Bank. He has extensive financial experiences, having successfully taken positions as mid-office treasury manager, fixed income trader, COO of an investment bank's branch in Russia, product manager and currently exercising a general managment role for the APAC region.

Pan Zaixian

Mr. Pan Zaixian is  currently the General Manager of Kerry Consulting. He also became an Associate Director (Financial Services & Legal Division) at Robert Walters. 

Pascal Gautheron

Pascal Gautheron is the Managing Director for Accenture’s Banking Practice in Asia Pacific.

Pascal Gautheron, Jordan Griffiths and Christopher Loh

Pascal Gautheron is the Managing Director for Accenture’s Banking Practice in Asia Pacific.

Christopher Loh is the Director for Accenture’s Risk Management Practice in Southeast Asia.

Jordan Griffiths is a Banking Senior Executive in Australia.

Pat Patel

Pat Patel currently works to build collaborative FinTech ecosystems across South Asia, Africa, and Europe at a national and industry level. Following a stint leading the International FinTech Office at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Pat led the launch of Elevandi, a company that was set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, to foster an active dialogue between the public and private sectors to drive FinTech in the digital economy. 

Prior to MAS, Pat led Money20/20's growth into Europe, Singapore, and China, following stints in the payments and insurance sectors.

Patrick Chan

Patrick covers a broad range of civil and commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation matters including shareholder and corporate governance disputes, personal and corporate insolvency, multi-jurisdictional fraud and asset tracing cases, claims for breach of contract and matters related to employment such as immigration issues, terminations, personal injuries and employees’ compensation. He has considerable experience in acting for defendants in a wide range of white-collar crime cases such as HKMA, ICAC and SFC investigations. In addition, Patrick also advises extensively on work on matrimonial law and related matters, including complex and high net worth divorce cases.

Patrick Hanna

Patrick Hanna, Financial Services Partner, Ernst & Young Solutions LLP Patrick specializes in the provision of transaction advisory services for entities in the financial services sector. Through his 16 years of working in the financial sector, Patrick has garnered extensive experience in the Insurance, Banking, and Asset management space. Patrick is advising clients about how to strategically manage capital and transactions, in particular in the ever changing landscape of developing markets in Southeast Asia.

Patrick O'Neill

Patrick O’Neill is Head of Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions in Thailand and Market Manager for Citi’s Non-presence countries of Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. He has held both these roles since September 2014. Patrick has been with Citi for 20 years, holding roles with increasing responsibilities in Dublin, London, Mumbai, Moscow, Kiev, Delaware and New York. Prior to his current roles, Patrick was part of the Treasury and Trade Solutions Liquidity and Investment Sales unit based in New York.

In his role as Treasury and Trade Solutions Head for Thailand, Patrick supports multinational corporations, financial institutions, top-tier local corporates and public sector organizations, providing award-winning integrated cash management and trade solutions. He holds a BSc. Honors Degree in Information Systems from Trinity College Dublin and a Certificate in Business Studies from the Dublin Institute of Technology.