Kevin Lam became the head of UOB's TMRW Digital Group in Oct 2020. He has worked for several large international foreign banks and technology companies in Singapore, U.S., and Hong Kong for more than a decade before joining UOB group. In his 30 years of experience in the banking industry, he has held a range of positions in the areas of strategic planning, business management, product development, sales and distribution, technology and banking infrastructure development and other areas of corporate services. Lam has been with UOB group since 2005 and served at various important positions including head of secured loans, head of sales and distribution, head of personal financial services. He also served as deputy CEO in UOB Malaysia from 2013 to 2016 and was appointed as President Director of UOB Indonesia in 2016 until Oct 2020. Currently, he holds senior functional responsibility for the management of UOB’s TMRW Digital Group and digital banking teams across the UOB group.

Voranuch Dejakaisaya has over 40 years of experience and expertise in innovation and technology, focusing on banking and finance. She is currently the executive chairman of KBTG. She played an instrumental role in the bank’s transformation readiness for digital banking and agile solution delivery. Under her leadership, the bank was able to integrate complex technology into its operations, supporting the group’s growth strategies. She also championed the development of solutions utilizing emerging technologies and improved analytics. Before joining KBTG, she held key positions in several leading banks in Thailand, including chief information and operations officer (CIOO) at Siam Commercial Bank, as CIOO at Bank of Ayudhya, as well as CIO of GE Capital (Thailand).

Bryan Carroll has extensive banking and digital experience in Europe, Russia, Middle East, US and Asia. He held senior roles at Rabobank International, Alfa-Bank Russia, Bank of Ireland, Royal Bank of Scotland, MSB Bank Vietnam, First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Ernst & Young, among others. He began his digital career in 1994 and over the years has received industry recognition for the expansion of digital only banking, digital transformation, data science, digital marketing, infosec, and enterprise architecture. He has helped co-found three fintechs and currently sits on the board of two fintech firms, namely Xtremepush, based in Ireland, and adprov.io based in the US.

Nick Wilde is the managing director for Asia Pacific at Thought Machine and is responsible for building the company's business in the region. He has over 20 years of experience in banking technology enterprises across markets in Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Africa. Prior to Thought Machine, Nick was chief sales officer at Fiserv and led the establishment of an Asia Pacific digital identity and fraud business for Experian and the creation of Fiserv's integrated Asia Pacific business which profitably grew to over $100 million.

Gunneet Singh Bally is a retail banking business head with over 23 years of experience in diverse economies spanning the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Asia Pacific. Throughout his career, he implemented short and long-term strategies to achieve business growth. Gunneet serves as retail channel head for Security Bank, Philippines. Before that, he worked with Vietnam Prosperity Bank (VPBank) for nine years in various roles, including head of consumer lending, head of cards business, head of products, payments, and customer engagement at Ubank, a new digital bank powered by FECredit and VPBank. He was also the business head of consumer cards in American Express (AMEX) and likewise held various roles at ICICI Bank.

Mahesh Ranade is the chief information officer of Bank Danamon. He has more than two decades of experience in strategy, solution architecture, program/project management, application and sourcing management. He has developed solutions that meet time-to-market needs for new business models as well as for sustaining existing business strategy. He has also executed major banking transformation programs in which he assembled high performance teams focused on digital transformation. Prior to joining Bank Danamon, Mahesh held key positions in other large banks such as CIMB, Bank Mandiri and UOB.

Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung has more than 35 years of experience in the Vietnamese banking industry and holds a PhD in Economics. He is a former General Director of Department of Credit for Economic Sectors as State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and held many senior management positions in different banking and financial institutions of Vietnam. He has been appointed as Secretary General of Vietnam Banks’ Association for Term VII as at 10 December 2020.

Mobasher is responsible for the research business function at The Asian Banker across all subject matter areas retail banking, technology innovation, transaction banking, risk management and financial markets in the APAC/MEA regions. Prior to joining The Asian Banker, Mobasher Zein Kazmi served as Consulting Director – Asia at the RFi Group. He has an MBA (Investment Management) from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and holds a Diploma in Islamic Finance from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Neeti Aggarwal manages the financial technology and innovation research at The Asian Banker. With over 18 years’ experience, she specialises in banking, technology and fintech developments across APAC and MEA. She regularly engages the financial services community on critical transformational issues, speaking and moderating at various events. Previously she worked as research analyst with The Economic Times, India. She holds CFA from CFA Institute, USA and MBA (Finance) from India.