Contributors

Azam Ali

Azam Ali is Ex.Senior Economist at State Bank of Pakistan. He is an Economist, Management, Organizational Capacity Building & Training and Organizational
Development Consultant.

Bashar Al-Natoor

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.

Ben Elliott

Ben Elliott is Managing Director, Asia Pacific Decision Analytics at Experian.

Benoit Gabelle, Kari Pahlman, Kimberley Webb

Kari Pahlman is a Partner, Asia Pacific Leader on Global Transfer Pricing Services at KPMG China. 

Kimberley Webb is a Transfer Pricing Manager at KPMG.

Benoît Gabelle is currently the Manager - ITS - Transfer Pricing at Ernst & Young Société d'Avocats. Formerly, he was a Manager, Global Transfer Pricing Services at KPMG.

Bernhard Kotanko

Bernhard Kotanko is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, based in Hong Kong, and one of the leaders in the Insurance Practice. Over the past 18 years Bernhard has been advising insurance clients globally across the full spectrum of strategy, operations, capital and risk management. He is co-author of various articles on the broader life insurance agenda, product innovation, customer experience and distribution as well as a regular speaker at insurance industry and company conferences.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Bernhard was a Partner at Oliver Wyman where he led the EMEA Insurance Practice and then the Asia-Pacific Region. He graduated from Harvard Business School and the Vienna School of Business Administration.

Bernhard Kotanko, Vishal Kaushik, and Joydeep Sengupta

Bernhard Kotanko is a Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Hong Kong office, Joydeep Sengupta is a Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Singapore office, and Vishal Kaushik is an Associate Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Singapore office.

Bernhard leads McKinsey's insurance work in Asia, serving financial services companies across Asia–Pacific, mainly in Greater China, Singapore, India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and Korea.

Joydeep focuses on helping leading institutions around the world transform the performance and health of their businesses. He has deep expertise in architecting and leading multiyear business transformations with a large variety of institutions across Asia and Europe.

Vishal has over 17 years of deep expertise in the affluent banking and wealth and asset management industry.

Betty Wilkinson

Betty Wilkinson is Director for Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department at Asian Development Bank. She has over 30 years of professional field experience in the financial sector development and public management.

Bharath Vellore

Bharath Vellore is the general manager, APAC, for Provenir.

Bien Nguyen

Bien Nguyen is a Director of Strategic Partnerships and member of Strategy Committee at a Vietnamese leading retail bank. He is also a seasoned management consultant and an expert in Strategy, Market Access, JV/M&A, and Retail. Mr. Nguyen received an MBA with honors from Golden Gate University in 2005 and several bachelor degrees from prestigious Vietnamese universities. He can be reached at [email protected].