Contributors

Apu Pavithran

Apu Pavithran is the Founder and CEO of Hexnode, the enterprise software company behind Hexnode UEM, Hexnode XDR, Hexnode IdP and Hexnode UEM MSP. 

With over 15 years of experience in enterprise software and cybersecurity, Apu has transformed Hexnode from a small startup into a global leader trusted by organizations in over 130 countries. 

Apu frequently shares insights on leadership, enterprise IT, and the evolving future of work.
 

Arin Ray

Arin Ray is an analyst within Celent's Securities & Investments group and Asian Financial Services group and is based in the firm's Bangalore office. Mr. Ray's expertise lies in financial services industry in Asia. Mr. Ray has covered topics extensively on capital markets, asset and wealth management markets, brokerages, exchange trading, market data and technology systems in capital markets. His recent consulting work has involved advising clients on market entry and growth strategies in the domains of brokerage, banking, asset management and derivative trading businesses in different Asian markets. Follow Arin Ray on Celent blog.

Arnaud De Bruyn

Arnaud De Bruyn is a marketing professor at ESSEC Business School. His research focuses on marketing analytics, direct and interactive marketing, and marketing engineering. He has been published in Marketing Science, Management Science, Information Systems Research, amongst other journals. He has multiple scientific prizes for his work on viral marketing. Arnaud is Distinguished Visiting Research Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets. He has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, where he has accompanied more than 40 non-profit organizations to help them optimize their direct marketing. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Penn State University.

Arun Kini

Arun Kini is the APAC Managing Director of Finastra’s Payments business, where he leads the development and execution of the firm’s broad suite of integrated payment solutions to help banks modernise and future-proof their payments infrastructure.

Kini brings with him over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services and Software Industry, with strong domain expertise in transaction banking, payments and revenue management.

With a strong track record across various roles in product, pre-sales and sales across the Asia Pacific region, Kini has played pivotal roles in the uptake of payment and cash management products by global brands and clients.

Before returning to Finastra in 2022 as Regional Sales Director, Payments, APAC, Kini was with SunTec Business Solutions leading the Client Facing Group for Asia Pacific.

Arunima Ashok

Arvind Subramanian

Ashley O'Reilly

Ashley is a Deloitte Southeast Asia Consulting Manager with more than eleven years of experience in the global financial services industry. Ashley has worked with leading financial institutions and has gained international experience working across the buy and sell sides in Asset Management, Private Banking, Prime Brokerage, Investment Banking, and Hedge Funds. Ashley specialises in business strategy, regulatory transformation, and operational excellence.

Asma Khatoon

Avi Rembaum & Daniel Wiley

Avi Rembaum, Director of 3D consulting, and Daniel Wiley, senior security consultant at Check Point Software Technologies, wrote a short paper offering 4 major tips for banks to mitigate or defend against DDoS attacks.
 

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.