Speakers & Panelists
PeiSi Lai
CEO
GXBank
Johri Shikha
Partner
Alvarez & Marsal
Sazulhisyam Samsuri
CTO Digital Banking
KAF Investment Bank
Leong Kwan Seng
CTO
SEA-YTL Digital Bank
Irfan Ismail
CISO
ACS Digital Berhad
Khurram Pirzada
Partner
KPMG in Malaysia
Mohd Prasad Hanif
Secretary General
Association of Development Finance Institutions of Malaysia
Enoch Rajendran
Associate Director (Information and Cyber Security)
Standard Chartered Bank
Tanvinder Singh
Director - Cyber Security
PwC
Herman Shah Shahbuddin
Head - Process & Operations, Centre of Digital Experience
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
Nik Izham Azmizal Ibrahim
CISO
Bank Rakyat Malaysia
Nisha Paramjothi
Head, Digital Banking
Kearney
PeiSi Lai
As the current CEO designate of Grab Malaysia's digital bank project, Pei Si Lai brings extensive experience and deep customer centricity honed over 25 years in retail banking, wealth management, corporate finance, product and business management, as well as governance, in both local and international markets. Prior to her current role, she was Managing Director and Country Head, Consumer, Private and Business Banking for Standard Chartered in Malaysia.
Johri Shikha
Shikha Johri brings more than 15 years of experience in Financial services across wide breadth of sub-sectors ranging from Banking, Payments, Asset management to Insurance. She has deep expertise in large transformation programs focused on delivering tangible value for clients including strategy implementation, new business build, merger integration and digitalisation. Prior to joining Alvarez and Marsal, she worked for Oliver Wyman and Kearney serving clients from Southeast Asia, India and Australia. She has authored several papers and speaks regularly on latest topics and trends in Financial services including Fintech festivals, Banking Forums, Digital Banking conferences.
Sazulhisyam Samsuri
Over 23 years’ experience in Technology and Digital transformation and more than 14 years in financial industry, notably Investment and now on Digital Banking. Previous success includes implementation of the first e-wallet in Malaysia that provides daily interest, which amassed millions of customers and hundreds of millions Ringgit investment, within a short period. Graduated in France, his passion is in making banking and investment available to the mass and underserved. His past working experience includes various industries such as asset management, oil and gas, technology outsourcing and technology consulting. Currently he is setting up the digital banking technology eco system in the digital bank consortium led by KAF Investment Bank
Leong Kwan Seng
Leong Kwan Seng is the Chief Technology Officer for the Sea x YTL Digital Bank consortium. He has 20 years of experience in strategy, solution, and execution of technology projects, and in driving digital transformation and innovation. His areas of expertise include digital strategy, enterprise architecture, solution delivery, technology governance and cybersecurity.
Prior to joining the digital bank, he was the Chief Operating Officer at the Consumer Credit Oversight Board Task Force where he led the digital enterprise operating model initiative. He was also the Director of Digital & Technology Department in Bank Negara Malaysia and was pivotal in shaping the central bank's digital transformation, IT modernisation and cloud adoption.
Leong has a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Oxford, and is a member of ISACA and TOGAF.
Irfan Ismail
Irfan is an accomplished IT leader with 23 years of expertise within multinational companies in the Oil and Gas and Financial Services sectors such as Shell Plc, Standard Chartered Bank and Tokio Marine Life.
His extensive knowledge encompasses numerous areas from IT infrastructure and Service Management, to Business Continuity, Applications Management and Information Security - all combined with a deep understanding of strategy, operations, governance and risk management.
His broad skill set has been nurtured with roles in various countries across Europe and Asia. Currently, much like a magic carpet ride, he is undertaking an exciting journey as CISO of ACS Digital Bank, and wants to inspire the next wave of information security practitioners at its foundations.
Khurram Pirzada
Khurram Pirzada, a Certified AML Specialist (“ had initially joined KPMG in Malaysia on a secondment from KPMG Hong Kong, however now he is permanently based in Malaysia Khurram has over 22 years of experience with more than 11 years of working
experience in the Banking Sector across various jurisdictions with extensive exposure to AML/CFT, Sanctions, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Trade Finance business and Operations.
Khurram has presented in various countries at multiple forums, conferences, seminars and workshops and conducted trainings for Board and Senior Management regarding AML/CFT trends and developments Lately, Khurram has been presenting to various banks, insurance companies, e wallet and other companies on topics relating to AML/CFT, Sanctions, CDD/EDD, TBML, Identifying Red flags, Risk Management and Operational Controls.
He also presented papers on TBML Trends and Managing AML in Banks in The International Conference on Financial Crime and Terrorism Financing (IFCTF 2022 two papers on the topics of TBML Detection and Insights on Proliferation Financing (IFCTF 2019 and Combating the Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction for The South East Asian Central Banks (" He also hosted a seminar at KPMG and shared regional insights and conducted an interactive poll and addressed challenges in TBML to
more than 75 participants from various local and foreign financial institutions and conducted talks in EWHA Womans University in South Korea on TBML and Sanctions.
Mohd Prasad Hanif
Engr Hj Mohd Prasad bin Hanif is a highly accomplished and integrity-driven professional offering over 20 years of professional success on national and international levels with strong concentration and success in project management, business development, and human capital development.
He is also recognized as a savvy, charismatic leader with strengths in reengineering business processes, defining continuous improvement, conducting lively brainstorming sessions, achieving consensus, recognizing and accelerating peer’s strengths, delegating purposefully and building powerful teams that exhibit unwavering determination and stoic resolve. Also, he is acknowledged as a business focused professional with diverse business knowledge, experienced in various industries and propensity to fuel positive change.
Mohd Prasad has been praised, commended and awarded for innovation, bravely exploring “uncharted waters”, rising during to the occasion during tough times. I capitalize on strong business acumen and natural leadership talents to steer the business and team towards excellence and new directions.
Enoch Rajendran
Enoch Rajendran joined Standard Chartered Malaysia as an Associate Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence team and is currently part of Technical Controls Testing for Information and Cybersecurity (ICS). Before joining Standard Chartered, Enoch served at IBM Malaysia as a Project manager responsible for cybersecurity projects spanning across Asia and North America. Enoch has consulted for many multinational corporations across the globe, namely, IBM, HP, AIA, BP and SHELL. He was an officer in State Bank of India (a public sector Enterprise) before he moved to consulting in the Private sector. Enoch has travelled extensively on business and has completed assignments across India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong. He has over 20 years of Information Technology work experience in the areas of Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas. Enoch has several industry certifications under his belt, some of them include, PMP, CISM, CISA, ITIL, COBIT and AWS CSS. Enoch is an Honours graduate in Software Engineering from Coventry University, UK and has a master’s in public administration. He also holds a diploma in Environmental Law and Governance from United Nations. Enoch is also the CEO of Global Technology Allianz which provides Cybersecurity Consulting & Audit services across the globe.
Tanvinder Singh
Tanvinder is a Director within the Cyber Security practice of PwC Malaysia. He has 18 + years of cross industry experience in defining, developing, and executing change and cybersecurity strategies in large organisations.
He has a proven track record as a thought-leader with broad subject matter knowledge in
information security domains and success in developing and implementing cybersecurity
technologies for large institutions.
Tanvinder is adept at managing both projects and people, as seen through his experience in formulating technology strategy and platform architecture while leading large change initiatives across cybersecurity.
Herman Shah Shahbuddin
Herman is an avid Lean Six Sigma and Design Thinking practitioner with more than 15 years of extensive experience in the deployment of continuous improvement and enterprise-wide transformation programs.
He had vast exposure working in various industries with proven technical know-how in implementing innovative solutions and leveraging emerging technology to optimise business operations and customer experience. His expertise includes operational excellence, operation management, and business process documentation.
In his current capacity. Herman is working to grow the Centre of Digital Experience (CDX) to revolutionize the banking industry, where he played a pivotal role in architecting and establishing Malaysia's 1st fully cloud-native digital bank by Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad.
Nik Izham Azmizal Ibrahim
Nik Izham Azmizal bin Ibrahim, CISSP, CBRP, is currently the Chief Information Security at Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad. His over 22 years of experience in the field of technology risk management and cybersecurity is founded on the 12 years spent in Bank Negara Malaysia conducting supervisory reviews, IT examinations and risk management advisory, as well as developing prudential regulations and guidelines for financial institutions and payment operators in Malaysia.
He began his transition to Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad in 2014 in the field of operational risk management, where he immersed himself in the diverse aspects of operational and IT risk management, including capital adequacy, risk management processes, internal control systems, cybersecurity, outsourcing, fraud management as well as crisis management and business continuity. Subsequently in 2019, he embraced the role of Chief Information Security to spearhead the Bank’s initiatives to be in line with Bank Negara Malaysia’s Policy Document on Risk Management in Technology (RMiT) and embarks on a transformative journey to safeguard the institution from the ever-evolving spectrum of cyber threats.
Nik Izham Azmizal bin Ibrahim holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Multimedia University and a B. Sc. (hons) Computer Science from University of Manchester.
Nisha Paramjothi
heads Digital Banking & Transformation at Kearney.
Nisha has over 20 years of experience in banking, digital financial services and ecosystem platforms. She has designed, built and launched new ventures and DigiBanks across the region. In addition, she has also overseen large scale strategy development and transformation initiatives for leading Financial Institutions, with a focus on reimagining customer journeys and embedded finance, leveraging cutting edge technology to deliver the data dividend.
Nisha was previously at Oliver Wyman and PWC.
Prior to consulting, she spent 12 years at CIMB’s Group Strategy building out their regional platform, driving their digital innovation and fintech partnerships.
Nisha brings to the table a unique blend of strategy development and execution capabilities, enhanced with deep industry expertise.
Nisha holds an MBA from INSEAD and a degree from the London School of Economics
Neeti Mahajan
Global Head and Asia Head of Transformation Services, Digital Business Services
HSBC
Richard Booth
Vice President of Sales
BioCatch
Andreas Neidhart
Head of Sales Engineering, APAC
ThoughtMachine
Fozia Amanulla
Deputy CEO of Boost Credit
CEO Designate of the Digibank
Ungku Liza
CEO
Boost Life
Harvinder Singh
SVP -Sales, APAC
Onfido
Sijukumar Kumaran
Director of Industry Solution Architecture - Data & AI/ML, APAC
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
Pavel Bulowski
Co-Founder & CPO
Meiro CDP
Neeti Mahajan
Neeti Mahajan is currently Global Head of DBS and ASP Transformation Services.
She joined HSBC in 2001 within Payment Operations and has since held a number of key roles in the Group’s operations in multiple geographies, including postings in India, United Kingdom and Malaysia.
Before her appointment as Global Head of DBS and ASP Transformation Services in 2023, she was Global Chief Administrative Officer, WPB COO & Digital Transformation since 2021, and was Managing Director for GSC Malaysia & Global Head of Workforce Management from 2017 – 2021.
Neeti is a business professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning Operations, Change and Transformation, Operational Excellence & Lean Six Sigma.
In HSBC, Neeti’s passion for Gender diversity and balance at the workplace has led her to pioneer the “Career Comeback” programme in various Global Service Centers, helping female professionals resume their career post-sabbatical.
Neeti has also received multiple industry accolades and rewards as a P&L owner leading a multi-country GSC transformation that lowered the cost by 20% and successfully managed COVID-19 responses through effective design and implementation of Future State: Work from home, Workforce, and Workplace.
She relishes the opportunity to align commercial processes to Board-mandated objectives and is a passionate leader and guide for emerging talent.
As a commercial strategist and catalyst for growth and change, Neeti has a proven track record in delivering successes both as a front line operating executive and as a Board Member of the HSBC Malaysia Global Service Centre (2017 - present) and as a Diversity & Inclusion Leader in HSBC GSCs (2016 - 2018).
She also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Punjab Engineering College (India) and is a Graduate of an Executive Leadership Program at Cranfield University (UK).
Richard Booth
After more than 20 years’ working in the digital security space and more than 13 of those focused on financial crimes and digital fraud, Richard Booth brings a wealth of experience and understanding of the business impact of modern fraud.
Richard leads the BioCatch business across Asia Pacific and Japan. As a result, he has first-hand exposure to the challenges presented by financial crimes targeting e-commerce channels, digital banking and the growing omni-channel strategies adopted by many businesses today. Working closely with customers across the entire Asia Pacific region, Richard and the BioCatch team have helped drive digital adoption, reduce fraud losses, improve end customer experiences and ultimately increase revenue for their clients. Prior to BioCatch, Richard held several roles at RSA in both their Asia and European businesses across 13 years with RSA.
Richard’s passion for trust in a digital world is demonstrated outside of work too, where he is an active campaigner for creating a safer internet for children and youth. Regularly volunteering to speak at schools, work places and parents groups, Richard shares a deep sense of responsibility in sharing his knowledge with others.
Andreas Neidhart
Andreas leads the Sales Engineering function for APAC in Thought Machine. Sales Engineering covers the entire pre-sales process of an opportunity from qualification to success. Living in Asia for over 8 years, Andreas joined Thought Machine in 2019 as one of the first employees to grow the business in APac. Andreas spent over 15 years in consulting, IT management, solution and integration design, development & supporting (L1, L2) of complex systems, using high graded multi-tier architecture across Europe, Asia and Australia.
Fozia Amanulla
Fozia is currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Boost Credit, and CEO Designate of the Digibank. Boost Credit is the AI based micro-financing business at Boost, the regional full spectrum fintech arm of Axiata.
Prior to joining Boost Credit, Fozia was the Chief Business Development Officer of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, leading the transformation into digital ecosystems and partnerships for the bank.
Prior to that she was the CEO of Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad and has throughout her career held several leadership roles within the banking industry in Malaysia, covering aspects of investment banking, corporate & commercial, SME, consumer and Islamic banking. Fozia also previously served as a board member of the CIIF (Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance and AllianceDBS Research.
Fozia holds a BA Degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Humberside, Hull, England. She is also a Chartered Banker with the Asian Institute of Chartered Banker and a Fellow Chartered Member of the CIIF.
Ungku Liza
Since 2021, Ungku Liza has been the CEO of Boost Life, a leading all-in-one fintech app of Boost, the regional full spectrum fintech arm of Axiata. Her all-rounded experience, spanning Finance, Marketing, as well as Product & Operations enabled Ungku Liza and her team of hundreds to drive product innovation to serve and excite over 10 million users (and counting).
Ungku Liza joined Axiata in 2010 as the Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Business Planning & Performance across Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Cambodia markets. In 2014, she co-founded Axiata Digital Services (ADS), where she was the Head of Finance. She was then appointed as the Director of Finance and Operations of Boost in 2017, and further channelled her passion in innovation and product development when she assumed the role of Director of Product and Marketing in 2019.
Prior to joining Axiata, Ungku Liza cultivated over 10 years of finance expertise from her experience in Audit & Advisory at Anderson, and in Financial Accounting & Reporting across Asia Pacific at IBM World Trade Corporation. She is part of Boost’s Board of Directors and holds a directorship in a fintech company in Sri Lanka. She is also the acting President of the Electronic Money Association in Malaysia (EMI), a body that consolidates and pushes all non-Banks’ industry agenda in Malaysia.
She graduated from University Tenaga Nasional (UTM) Malaysia and holds a certification from INSEAD Finance. She is also a member of Harvard Business Schools for Executives Alumni.
Harvinder Singh
Harvinder Singh M.D. APAC & ANZ, Onfido Ltd.
Harvinder Singh is the Managing Director for APAC & ANZ at Onfido Ltd. In this role, he holds the responsibility for overseeing commercial expansion and business operations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Australia-New Zealand (ANZ) regions. With over two decades of experience in the IT industry, Harvinder is recognized as a seasoned and thoughtful leader in SaaS based solutions and Identity Lifecycle Management.
Harvinder has been an integral part of Onfido Ltd for over 5 years, demonstrating his
commitment to the company's growth and success. Throughout his career, he has
established a strong foundation, having previously worked with industry giants such as IBM, TCS, and Oracle Financial Services.. His expertise spans across various sectors and includes a deep understanding of Digital KYC, Remote Onboarding, Fraud Mitigation and Identity Lifecycle Management.
Sijukumar Kumaran
Siju is the Director of Industry Solution Architecture for Data and AI/ML in Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, focusing on the APAC region.
Siju is a digital transformation leader with over twenty years of project execution and solution architecture experience. He worked with banking and financial technology for fifteen years with Barclays Bank, Thomson Reuters and Society General Investment Bank. Siju has been with cloud service providers Alibaba and Huawei for the last six years.
In the current role with Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Global Solution Team, Siju helps customers drive their Data and AI-driven cloudification journey.
Pavel Bulowski
Pavel Bulowski is the Co-Founder and CPO of Meiro, a self-funded mar-tech startup that empowers businesses to leverage their first-party customer data to maximize the efficiency of marketing strategies and drive growth. Established to guide businesses through digital transformation and increasing customer data management complexity with the Customer Data Platform (CDP), Meiro enables business users to access data and take action without requiring help from their IT department.
Before founding Meiro, Pavel spearheaded Asia expansion for Socialbakers, a leading solution in marketing analytics originally from Europe. Before starting Meiro, Pavel started a successful, profitable boutique data analytics firm in Singapore.
He is also a Co-Founder and active contributor at She Loves Data, a non-profit organization that inspires women around the globe to become active contributors to an increasingly data-driven world. She Loves data training more than 14,000 women from all walks of life and backgrounds, including non-tech individuals and mid-career changers. Their expanding global presence includes chapters in 17 countries across four continents supported by 160+ volunteers.
Pavel is a born and bred Czech and is currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.
Eliza Hanim Ibrahim
Head Business Banking Modelling & Analytics
UOB
Andrew Chang
Advisory Solution Consultant, Security and Risk
ServiceNow
Fareez Shahfiqar Bin Mohd Fauzi
Consulting Trainer
Jezreel Teng
Senior Account Executive, SEA
CleverTap
Kugan Mariappan
Technical Consultant
ManageEngine
Chow Kheong Wai
Head of Sales, Asia
Boomi
Eliza Hanim Ibrahim
Eliza Hanim binti Ibrahim is currently serving as the Head of Business Banking Modelling & Analytics at United Overseas Bank (M) Berhad. With an impressive career spanning over 22 years, Eliza has cultivated a diverse skill set across various facets of the banking industry particularly in the role of analytics, including marketing, finance, product portfolio management, customer segmentation, branch transformation project, sales performance management, credit performance analysis, and credit risk modelling. Her extensive expertise encompassing a broad spectrum of Personal Financial and Business Banking segments.
Her passion for analytics dates back to her youth when she achieved the prestigious title of Chess National Woman Master. This passion endures today as she actively contributes to the chess community as a National Instructor chess coach and committee member in the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF).
Eliza holds a Master of Data Science (MDS) from Sunway University, complementing her academic qualifications, which include a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology (IT) with a specialization in Multimedia Technology and Management from Multimedia University. She is also certified in Islamic Banking Law from the International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Andrew Chang
Andrew has over 20+ years of professional experience in the IT industry. Currently, he is the ServiceNow Advisory Solution Consultant for Security and Risk portfolio for Asia. Andrew has domain knowledge on various security and risk topics such as enterprise risk management, third party risk, business continuity, regulatory compliance, internal audit, IT security management, SIEM, SOAR, and endpoint security.
He had completed the following certification process which includes Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and ARiMI Certified Risk Analyst.
Fareez Shahfiqar Bin Mohd Fauzi
With over a decade of experience in Sales and Business Development, Fareez is a seasoned professional who has successfully engaged in various initiatives, demonstrating a strong passion for connecting with individuals from diverse backgrounds and fields. His exceptional people skills have played a pivotal role in driving growth in Sales and Business Development.
Fareez’s expertise extends to various industries, including retail marketing, account management, and B2B and B2C engagements, covering sectors such as telecommunications, investment, IT (including cloud and infrastructure services like SAAS, IAAS, and other platforms), as well as training and development. This diverse background has equipped him with a broad skill set and a profound understanding of different business dynamics.
As a corporate trainer and coach, he has set my heart on empowering individuals and organizations to reach their full potential and take pride in fostering success through effective team building, exceptional sales expertise, and impactful communication skills. Moreover, he has strong dedication to elevating presentation skills and nurturing a passion for continuous learning. Fareez is a subject matter expert in Sales Communication, Sales management, LinkedIn Profile Optimization and Team Building Activities
He is as a certified professional trainer registered trainer with the HRD Corporation of Malaysia, focusing on teaching principles of Sales and Communication. As a corporate trainer, he has trained staffs of various companies which includes PLUS, PNB and Various Small Business Enterprises
Jezreel Teng
Jezreel is the Enterprise Account Executive for CleverTap in the SouthEast Asia region, where he helps Enterprises to better delight their users through detailed analysis, advance segmentation, and personalized omnichannel engagement.
He has almost a decade of experience in technology platforms, where he first started at Zendesk helping Customer Experience teams and now helping the Marketing and Growth teams at CleverTap.
Kugan Mariappan
Kugan is a highly experienced IT professional with over 20 years in the field. He is driven by a commitment to quality and technical excellence, making him an ideal choice for decision-makers and end-users in the BFSI industry. With a deep expertise in both hardware and software implementation, Kugan has a proven track record of delivering top-tier solutions. His specialization lies in managing complex deployments of ManageEngine solutions. He excels in helping organizations tackle real-world IT challenges, particularly in IT Service Management and compliance. What sets Kugan apart is his influence in guiding organizations to make the right choices when it comes to IT solutions. He understands the unique needs of the BFSI sector and can tailor solutions to fit those requirements. Trust Kugan to be your go-to expert for achieving IT excellence and compliance in the BFSI industry.
Chow Kheong Wai
Head of Sales, Asia
Boomi
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