Contributors

Michel Lowy

Michel Lowy is Co-founder, CEO, and Co-Global Portfolio Manager of SC Lowy, a Hong Kong–based specialist asset manager focused on non-investment grade credit. 

Born in Belgium, he began his career in Asian distressed investing after the 1997 financial crisis, working at Cargill before joining Deutsche Bank. 

In 1999, he founded and led Deutsche Bank’s Asia-Pacific distressed products group, spending a decade building its regional platform. In 2009, he co-founded SC Lowy with Soo Cheon Lee. Originally a boutique investment bank, the firm has evolved into a global asset manager overseeing more than $1.6b in assets.

Michelle Katics

Michelle Katics is a retail banking risk executive with internationally tested leadership and management skills. More recently, Ms. Katics has focused on sharing risk management and regulatory best practices with executives across the region through training and coaching. In 2010, Ms. Katics founded BankersLab™ , a company which is providing simulation-gaming based risk management training for retail bank executives.

Mike Huang

Mike Lee

Mike Lee is CEO of the ATM Industry Association.

Minh Ha Truong

Minh Ha Truong, a payments industry veteran, is the Head of Growth, APAC at Paymentology. She drives forward advanced payment products, utilising cloud-first technology and delivering market-leading experiences to consumers and businesses.  

Minh Ha advises central banks and payment schemes on local payments technology and policy alongside her role at Paymentology.

Minh-Ha Truong

Minh-Ha Truong, an industry veteran (ex-Visa, BPC), is the Head of Growth, APAC at Paymentology. She addvises central banks/payment schemes on local payments technology and policy alongside her role at Paymentology.

Mobasher Zein Kazmi

Mobasher Zein Kazmi is a research analyst covering geo-economic issues based in Shanghai, China.

Mohamed Damak

Mohit Mehrotra & Anurodh Pandey

Mohit Mehrotra is a Partner and Regional Head of Financial Services, Strategy & Operations at Deloitte.

Anurodh Pandey is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting.

Mohit Mehrotra and Gaurav Arora

Mohit Mehrotra is the Regional Head of Financial Services Strategy & Operations Practice at Deloitte Consulting Pte. Ltd.
Gaurav Arora is a Senior Consultant (Strategy & Operations) at Deloitte Consulting Pte. Ltd.