Contributors

Nikita Anand

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.

Oce Sjaiful Bur

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. 

Pang Lee and William K. Pao

Pang Lee is Partner at Cooley who specialises in partnership, corporate and securities law matters related to the organisation and investment in private funds and strategic investments in the tech industry. He regularly advises private fund managers and institutional investors on United States and Hong Kong regulatory, corporate governance, and risk-related matters.
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William K. Pao is a Partner at Cooley who is a trusted adviser and creative strategist who excels at high-exposure commercial, consumer, and securities litigation. He works closely with emerging technology companies, spanning global markets, including advising cryptocurrency and blockchain pioneers on securities, regulatory, and litigation issues.

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.