Asian Banking & Finance Summit 2023

Sumit is a Managing Director & Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Kuala Lumpur. He is a core member of the Financial Institutions practice with expertise in digital bank build, crypto/web 3.0, front-to-back digitization, big data, and analytics in financial services space.

He has worked extensively with BCG clients in Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia on digital bank builds/crypto venture builds, large scale digital transformation, big data and advanced analytics, and digital culture build.

Prior to joining BCG he has set up a digital mortgage business in America.

He is a Computer Science engineer by education and is very passionate about helping clients create long term advantage using digital, technology, big data and analytics.

Sebastian is a management consultant with more than 15 years of experience in the Financial Services sector in areas including ESG, sustainable finance, risk management, compliance, regulatory requirements and related IT implementations. He is the Director of the Singapore Office and APAC Sustainability Lead at Aurexia, a FS-focused management consulting firm headquartered in Paris with offices in France, UK, Luxembourg and a fast-growing presence in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Before joining Aurexia, Sebastian worked with a Big-4 consulting firm where he delivered projects in Europe, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Southeast Asia region.

Silvio Struebi heads Simon-Kucher’s banking practice in APAC. He has over 15 years of consulting experience in providing growth, pricing, and sales strategy advice to various national and international Wealth and Asset Managers, Retail and Corporate Banks, and leading FinTechs, Neobanks and Payments companies. Silvio advises clients on a broad range of commercial strategies and product management as well as assisting in market-specific implementation of growth and sales strategies. Recently, he has been focusing on the implementation of pricing software to increase revenues and to respond to regulatory developments in key markets in Asia.

Young Yang is the General Manager for the Southeast Asia market of ZA Tech Global Limited (‘ZA Tech’). He has led the development of SEA business since 2018 and formed different partnerships with some of the biggest ecosystems and insurers in the region.

Established in May 2018 in Hong Kong and headquartered in Singapore, ZA Tech is a Singaporean technology venture founded by ZA International and backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund 1. It aims to redefine the insurance value chain and the internet ecosystem through technology and fulfil the diversified demands of the customers by offering them comprehensive and innovative digitised solutions.

Obtaining both Master of MIT, and Bachelor of University of Science and Technology of China, Yang started his career as an engineer in PayPal and has over a decade experience in online payment, bank, and insurance industry.

Lucose Eralil is Security Bank’s Head of Enterprise Technology and Operations. His main responsibility is to drive the Banks strategy utilizing the Bank’s Operations, Technology, Cyber Security, and Customer Contact Groups by maximizing technology usage and operational excellence.

Together with Security Bank’s Senior Leadership, Lucose oversees the short- and long-term strategies of the Bank, aligning initiatives with its overall mission and vision. He facilitates the organizational structure of the Bank—including KRAs, recruitment, and performance management—ensuring that these support the organization’s goals. He is also responsible for co-creating roadmaps and implementing strategic initiatives together with the Bank’s CFO.

With his core expertise in Technology, Strategy & Transformation, Lucose is tasked with uplifting the Bank’s technology and cybersecurity footprint through transformation and change. At the same time, he is also leading efforts to reinvent how the Bank interacts with its customers, stitching back to the organization’s customer-centricity strategy.

Lucose brings with him more than 32 years of experience in of Technology & Transformation in the Financial Services Industry, with a track record in driving transformational change. He worked in  multinationals such as the NIIT and Credit Suisse, across various executive leadership capacities, both internationally and regionally.