Anusha was previously Allianz’s Regional Chief Executive Officer, Life & Health for Asia Pacific, where she was responsible for the profit and loss and functional development of Allianz’s Life & Health business in Asia.

Prior to joining Allianz Asia Pacific in December 2019, Anusha held the position of Chief Executive Officer at AIA Bhd. In addition to its three main business lines – Agency, Partnership Distribution and Corporate Solutions, Anusha oversaw AIA Malaysia’s Takaful, General Insurance, Pension and Asset Management, and Health Services units.

Anusha was also the first female President of the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia, Chairperson of the Malaysian Insurance Institute as well as the first female CEO in the AIA Group when she was appointed to head AIA Malaysia in June 2015.

Prior to this appointment, she was the General Manager of BOC Globalisation Office and Risk Management Department. Ms Shi joined Bank of China in 1993, and held various managing positions including Assistant General Manager and Chief Risk Officer of Corporate Banking Division, as well as Deputy General Manager of Financial Institutions Department in BOC Head Office, and Deputy General Manager and Chief Risk Officer of BOC London Branch.

Ms Shi graduated from Renmin University of China with a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degrees in Economics. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from City University of New York.

Deborah is a member of the Asia Pacific Steering committee and a member of the Asia Pacific Executive committee. Globally, Deborah represents BlackRock Asia Pacific on the human capital committee, which is the most senior leadership group ensuring the implementation of leadership and culture priorities of the firm. Deborah is a recognised champion for gender and cultural diversity both within the firm and in the finance industry. She is a global executive committee member of BlackRock’s global women’s initiative group.

Deborah is passionate about developing leaders in the financial services sector in Asia. She is active in contributing to the development of the financial industry in Singapore. She represents BlackRock on FCAP, MAS’ financial centre advisory panel which consists of the most senior representatives of the top financial institutions in Singapore. She is most recently focused on the development of ESG investing at BlackRock and is a steering committee member of the ESG working group at FCAP.

Deborah is on the investment committee of the LKY fund for Bilingualism. She is a Board member of the Singapore Land Transport Authority and sits on the Advisory Board for the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at the Singapore Management University.

Before assuming his current role, Mr. Banerjee served as Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore for nine years until his retirement in December 2012. He spent over 30 years with the firm in various leadership roles in Singapore, India and East Asia.

Mr. Banerjee is an independent director on the Board of Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore Telecommunications and GIC Private Limited.

Mr. Banerjee is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Warwick University in 1977 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) by the same university in 2014. Mr. Banerjee was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2007 to 2009 and was awarded the Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government in 2014.

Appointed to the role in September 2023, Amol is responsible for the leadership of Citi’s business in six Southeast Asian markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), and three Subcontinent markets (India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). Prior to this, Amol served as the ASEAN Head and Citi Country Officer (CCO) for Singapore since 2016.

Asia South is an important growth area for Citi, having been in the region since 1902. As a leading financial institution, Citi brings the strength of its global network across its key business areas in Services, Markets, Banking and Wealth. Amol is based in Singapore also focuses on creating greater connectivity cross Citi to deliver the full capability of the firm to clients.

Amol is a 35-year Citi veteran and has held a number of senior positions globally. Prior to moving to Singapore from Hong Kong, he was the Region Head for the Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) business in Asia Pacific from 2012-16. He was based in New York from 2007–12 as the Region Head of TTS, North America and was based in London from 2003–07 as the Head of Payments for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Before that, he ran the Cash Management business for Western Europe. Prior to moving to EMEA, he was the Head of Transaction Services business for the Indian sub-continent. Prior to joining Transaction Services, Amol was with Citi’s Consumer Business in India where he held roles in sales, product management and treasury.

Amol holds a Master of Business Administration from Bombay University.

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, headquartered in Singapore. Recognised for its global leadership, DBS has been named “World’s Best Bank” by several global publications like Euromoney and Global Finance. The bank is at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, and was also named “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney. In addition, in 2019, DBS was listed among the top ten most transformative organisations of the decade by Harvard Business Review.

Prior to joining DBS, Piyush had a 27 year career at Citigroup, where his last position was Chief Executive Officer for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Piyush is Vice-Chairman of the Institute of International Finance, Washington. In addition, he is a member of the Singapore’s Advisory Council on the Ethical Use of AI and Data, the Bretton Woods Committee - Advisory Council, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Executive Committee. He also sits on the boards of Enterprise Singapore, Singapore’s National Research Foundation, and the Singapore’s Council for Board Diversity. Piyush is a term trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA).

Piyush has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, India and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Piyush was named one of the world’s top 100 best-performing chief executives in Harvard Business Review - 2019 edition of “The CEO 100”. In 2020, he was awarded the Public Service Star by the President of Singapore for his meritorious services to the nation. He was named Global Indian of the Year by the Economic Times in 2021, Singapore Business Awards' Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year in 2016, and Singapore Business Leader of the Year by CNBC in 2014. In his personal capacity, he takes a keen interest in nature, and is a Co-Chairman of the BirdLife International Advisory Group.

In her role, Chandra is responsible for regional business strategy, risk management and achieving operational efficiencies across the Bank. She plays a key role in focusing on the region’s diverse, evolving and complex regulatory environment, and is an expert in Asia’s emerging markets capital markets regulation.

Chandra has been instrumental in championing women in finance. She is a prominent advocate of a gender-diverse workplace and a recognised leader in promoting the value of women in leadership positions.

Previously, Chandra was appointed as the interim Regional Head of HR APAC from April 2021 till June 2022. She was also the Chief Operating Officer of Corporate & Investment Bank, Asia Pacific. Prior to this, she was Business Manager in Trading and Sales, Asia at Bankers Trust.

Chandra has also worked with The Consulting Group and with Cargill in Minneapolis in their Strategic Investments Unit. She spent 11 years at the Monetary Authority of Singapore in various roles in banking supervision and financial centre development. 

Chandra has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Singapore and a Diploma in Banking and Finance.

Jenny graduated from San Diego University with a BS in Business Administration degree (major in Finance) Summa Cum Laude. Jenny is actively involved in a number of industry bodies that are working to positively influence the asset management industry. In addition to being an FCAP member, Jenny serves on the Executive Committee of the Investment Management Association of Singapore. Jenny is also a member of the Institute of Banking and Finance’s Fund Management Working Group, and a board member of the Finance Accreditation Agency in Malaysia.

Before joining General Atlantic in 2012, Sandeep served as a Partner and Co-Head of India for Apax, leading investments in the healthcare, financial and business services and retail and consumer sectors. Earlier in his career, he was Global Marketing Manager at Medtronic Inc., a scientist at Mayo Clinic, and a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is also the Co-Founder of InfraScan Inc., a medical device business focused on detecting bleeding inside the brain using a handheld device. Sandeep was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and has served on the Global Agenda Council of New Order of Economic Thinking.

Sandeep holds a BTech in Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Mumbai, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Medical College of Virginia and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

James oversees all of the firm’s activities across South East Asia and is co-chair of the Singapore Leadership Group. He is a member of the Global Banking & Markets Operating Committee, Global Banking & Markets – Public Inclusion and Diversity Committee, Asia Pacific Inclusion and Diversity Committee and Asia Pacific Global Banking & Markets – Public Best Execution Committee. James joined Goldman Sachs in 2015 as a partner.

Prior to joining the firm, James worked at JP Morgan for his entire career, most recently as Head of Global Foreign Exchange (FX) Options and Asia FX Trading.

James earned a BSc in Economics from London School of Economics in 2000.

Prior to this appointment, he was Deputy General Manager of International Business Department, ICBC Head Office from September 2021. Dr Yang joined ICBC in 2004, and held various managing positions including Country Head of ICBC Prague Branch and Deputy Country Head of ICBC Phnom Penh Branch.

Dr Yang holds a Master's Degree in Finance and a Ph.D. in World Economics from Sichuan University.

Wai Mei joined JPMorgan Singapore in 2007, where she was instrumental in building the Corporate Banking franchise in Singapore. Prior to joining JPMorgan, Wai Mei was with ABN AMRO where she was the Head of the Coverage team covering the Healthcare sector for Asia Pacific. She had also held several roles with ABN AMRO including Relationship Banking role with the Oil & Gas team where she was responsible in managing the relationships with the major Oil & Gas clients across Asia Pacific. Wai Mei also spent several years with the ABN AMRO Structured Finance team focused on Project Financing and Advisory business with the Oil & Gas clients across Asia Pacific.

As the country head, he has principal responsibility to correspond with the local authority and has oversight of MUFG Singapore’s governance in risk management, operations, and compliance matters. He is also responsible for identifying, promoting, and deepening client businesses for Japanese corporates in 13 markets in this region.

Mr. Hikita has 27 years of banking experience. Prior to his current role, he was Global Chief Auditor and Head of the Bank and MUFG Group’s Internal Audit Division since 2021. He also held senior positions in the Corporate Planning Division where he had oversight of the bank’s global operational strategies, the Investor Relations Office, and Transaction Banking Division.

Mr. Hikita also worked in MUFG’s New York branch in 2007, where he was based for five years. Prior to that, he was with the Human Resources Division between 2002 and 2007. He began his career in 1995 with the then Sanwa Bank in Tokyo’s Machida Branch.

Mr. Hikita obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1995.

Helen has more than 36 years of banking experience, having started out as a Management Trainee in OCBC Bank and was its first China Desk Manager, based at the Hong Kong Branch. She has vast experience in Greater China, covering a wide range of roles in capital markets, syndicated finance and corporate banking.
 
Before returning to OCBC Bank, Helen spent 27 years at HSBC, where her last role was as its Chief Executive for Greater China, which she was appointed to in 2015. She became the President and CEO of HSBC China based in Shanghai in 2010, and was promoted to be Group General Manager in 2011 to recognise her responsibility for the business operations and strategic expansion in China. 

She also held non-executive directorships at Baoshan Iron & Steel from 2012 to 2015, and at Bank of Communications from 2016 to 2019. Helen holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Partners Group, he served as Asia Regional Director and Chief Financial Officer at the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), overseeing MIGA’s finance, investments, portfolio management and risk analytics functions. He holds a PhD in international finance and public policy from New York University.

Ms. Tan serves as a member of international advisory panel for Health and Biomedical Sciences (HBMS) and HBMS International Advisory Council (IAC) of Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Seoul International Business Advisory Council (SIBAC) and Shenzhen Advisory Committee. She also represented Ping An as one of Co-Chairs for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos event in China.

Before joining Ping An, Ms. Tan served as a global partner at McKinsey. In her 13 years with McKinsey in the USA and Asia, Jessica has worked with global and Asian leading financial companies and regulatory authorities in 15 countries, focusing on strategy, innovation, operations and technology. She graduated from MIT with Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and two bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics (with GPA 5.0 out of 5.0). Ms. Tan is Singaporean, married and mother of two daughters.

Over the years, Mr Loh has played a key role in the development of Southeast Asia’s capital markets, having held a number of senior advisory positions. Apart from his directorship on the SGX Board from 2003 to 2012, he has been on the Boards of GIC Pte Ltd since November 2012, Economic Development Board Singapore since February 2017 and the World Federation of Exchanges since September 2017. He is also Chairman of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board and Co-Chair of the Council for Board Diversity.

With a career in the financial industry that spans three decades, Mr Loh was most recently Deputy President and Head of Asia Pacific Global Markets at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch from December 2012 to May 2015. He was also the bank’s Country Executive for Singapore and Southeast Asia and a member of its Asia Pacific Executive Committee. From 1995 to 2012, Mr Loh was with Deutsche Bank AG, where he held various leadership roles including Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for Asia Pacific and Head of Global Markets for Asia.

Mr Loh is a council member and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore and a council member at the Singapore Business Federation. He was also previously Chairman of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee, as well as Deputy President of ACI Singapore. 

Mr Loh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National University of Singapore.

Before assuming this role, Patrick was CEO Singapore, and Head of Global Banking, Singapore, where he was responsible for the Bank’s corporate and institutional client businesses.

Before joining Standard Chartered in 2012, Patrick was Managing Director, Head of Southeast Asia Investment Banking at Nomura. Prior to that, he was Head of Singapore/Malaysia Investment Banking at UBS and Executive Director, Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley. He has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, including corporate and investment banking, product and sector coverage, and has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong and London.

Patrick is a Co-Founder and Board Director of Leap Philanthropy Ltd, a Singapore-based charity active in the region. He is also a Board Director of Clifford Capital (established as a specialist provider of structured finance solutions). He is an Executive Committee member of Singapore Trade Data Exchange Services Pte Ltd (SGTraDex), and serves on the Board of Climate Impact X Pte Ltd as an Alternate Director.   In 2022, Patrick was named an ‘IBF Distinguished Fellow’ by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Singapore for his contributions to the growth and development of the financial sector.

Patrick graduated with BA (First Class Honors) and MA in English from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Dilhan has held various leadership roles in Temasek, including Head of the Investment, the Portfolio Management and the Enterprise Development Groups. He has also led the Temasek market teams in Singapore and the Americas.

Dilhan serves as the Vice Chair of FCLTGLOBAL and is a board member of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is also a member of the Financial Centre Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, the Singapore Judicial Service Commission, the Singapore Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, the China Securities Regulatory Commission International Advisory Council and the Future Economy Advisory Panel.

He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws and obtained a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge.

Kee Joo has more than two and a half decades of experience in the banking industry in Singapore, UK, China, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Prior to his appointment as CEO of Singapore in June 2021, Kee Joo was HSBC’s Asia Pacific Regional Head of Global Liquidity and Cash Management and led the bank’s delivery of integrated cash management solutions to multinational corporations, mid-market enterprises, small businesses and financial institutions across the region.

Before that, Kee Joo was Head of Global Liquidity and Cash Management for China and prior to that, Thailand. In both markets, he was responsible for leading the execution of HSBC’s growth, investment and emerging markets strategy.

Kee Joo is active in the community:

• Chairman of National Youth Achievement Award’s Board of Trustees and Advisory Board member of National Youth Achievement Award Singapore
• Co-Chairman of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association
• Second Vice Chairman of the Association of Banks in Singapore
• Council member of Singapore Business Federation and Vice Chairman of its Internationalisation Action Committee
• Council Member of The Institute of Banking and Finance
• Member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Financial Centre Advisory Panel
• Advisory Board member of Climate Governance Singapore
• Advisory Board member of Singapore Green Finance Centre

*Also an Executive Director of HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited Board

He joined UBS in February 2012 as Group Managing Director, heading the UBS Wealth Management South East Asia and Asia Pacific Hub. Edmund, a Singaporean, is also a member of the UBS Global Wealth Management Executive Committee.

Edmund has more than 30 years' experience in senior roles in financial services. Prior to UBS, he was at Taiwan-based Ta Chong Bank where he served as President and Director from 2008 to 2011. From 2001 to 2008, he was Managing Director and Regional Head, Consumer Banking of DBS Bank in Singapore. In 2001, he became CEO of Alverdine Bank; two years earlier he held the same position for Prudential Assurance, both companies based in Singapore.

Edmund holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Toronto, Canada.

A career banker with 40 years’ experience, Mr Wee holds directorships in several UOB subsidiaries including United Overseas Insurance, United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) and United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company. He is Chairman of United Overseas Bank (China) and President Commissioner of PT Bank UOB Indonesia.

Active in industry development, Mr Wee is the Chairman of The Association of Banks in Singapore, and the Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Baning & Finance. He is a member of the Indonesia-Singapore Business Council and Board of Governors of the Singapore-China Foundation, as well as an honorary council member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He was previously deputy chairman of the Housing & Development Board and a director of the Port of Singapore Authority, UOL Group and Pan Pacific Hotels Group. In 2013, he was awarded the Public Service Star for his contributions to the financial industry.

A keen art enthusiast, Mr Wee is the Patron of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He is also a director of the Wee Foundation.

Mr Wee holds a Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) and a Master of Arts (Applied Economics) from American University, Washington, DC.

Prior to joining Vickers, Dr. Chi was a Corporate Finance Specialist and an Executive Director at Pegasus Capital, where he managed engagements for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors. He was a Senior Consultant with the Monitor Group from 2001 to 2002.

Dr. Chi’s operational background includes working on the management team of an engineering and construction group where he oversaw operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Indonesia from 1992 to 1998. As the Managing Director, he guided the group into tripling its revenue in a mere 3 years, which helped the group clinch a spot in the Enterprise 50 awards in Singapore.

Dr. Chi graduated from the University of Cambridge with a First Class Honors in Engineering and has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Douglas joined Ant Group in 2016 to spearhead the company's globalization strategy. Today, as President of Ant International, Douglas spearheads the company’s strategy and expansion efforts, and promotes digital capabilities for sustainable growth. Through strategic collaboration and partnerships with local fintech players, Ant International contributes to the advancement of mobile wallet platforms and nurturing of payment ecosystems to enable more MSMEs to tap into digitalization. He also engages Ant International's public and private sector partners across areas such as cross-border payments, sustainability security, and emerging technologies like digital assets.

Douglas contributes to the tech and business evolution in emerging markets, through his board-level positions that span a range of global fintech enterprises, across emerging markets in Asia and South America: from advising strategic growth at bKash in Bangladesh, DANA in Indonesia, and GCash in the Philippines to steering financial inclusivity initiatives at TrueMoney in Thailand and Telenor Microfinance Bank in Pakistan. He also contributes his expertise to the financial landscape in Malaysia through his board role at TnG Digital, as well as in Brazil with Dotz. His leadership has been pivotal in building close collaboration between Ant International and the partners across diverse regulatory environments and market dynamics.

Prior to joining Ant Group, Douglas worked at Goldman Sachs for 22 years, serving as a Managing Director from 2004 through 2016. In Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, he led the Financial Institutions Group in Asia Ex-Japan and then in the Americas (U.S. and Latin America). He graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in June 1988, and he received an MBA from Harvard Business School in June 1994.

Ms. Wong Sze Keed is the Chief Executive Officer of AIA Singapore. She assumed this role on 1 July 2020 and is responsible for overseeing and managing AIA's operations in the market to champion the concept of healthier, longer, better lives for all Singaporeans. Sze Keed has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in Singapore and has held a broad range of senior management roles during her career.

Sze Keed joined AIA Singapore in March 2013 as Chief Partnership Distribution Officer and was responsible for maximising distribution through strategic relationships with bancassurance, brokers, and financial advisories through product expansion, enhanced service levels, and ongoing sales initiatives.

In December 2014, she took on the role of Chief Distribution Officer and was instrumental in strengthening the agency force, boosting the quality, expertise, and productivity of AIA Financial Services Consultants as part of a strategy to help families in Singapore meet their protection, savings, and investment needs. Under her leadership, AIA Singapore’s agency business has gone from strength-to-strength achieving the highest number of MDRT-registered members in Singapore for five consecutive years. Sze Keed also played an instrumental role in setting up our proprietary financial adviser firm, AIA Financial Advisers (FA), in 2017 and developing it to become one of the leading FA firms in Singapore.

Sze Keed graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics & Mathematics.

Clifford Chance is one of the world's pre-eminent law firms with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. As the Office Managing Partner in Singapore, Valerie leads a team of over 120 lawyers across all practice areas. She began her career with Clifford Chance as an intern in 1999 and has since worked in both the London and Singapore offices. From 2019 to 2022, she also served on the firm's global Partner Selection Group, which is the governance body responsible for making recommendations on partner promotion and recruitment.

Specialising in corporate M&A, Valerie has extensive experience advising financial investors and multinational corporations on complex cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestments across Southeast Asia and other emerging markets. She is dual-qualified to practise law in England & Wales and Singapore, and is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in various legal directories including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 and IFLR1000.

Valerie graduated with first-class BA (hons) in law from the University of Cambridge and completed her Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School with distinction. She is passionate about championing the culture of inclusion and collaboration and ensuring the firm's continued success as an ethical and responsible business.