Jerry Ng is the Founder and Chairman of Bank Jago. Prior to this, he spent over ten years leading the transformation of Bank BTPN from a small pension bank to the 7th largest bank in Indonesia and a leader in mass market and digital banking in SE Asia. He has held roles at Citibank, Bank Central Asia, Bank Danamon, Astra Financial Services, and the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, a…
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Monica Brand Engel – co founding Managing Partner of Quona Capital -- is a wife and mother of twins, as well as an investor and entrepreneur, who has launched funds and products aimed at broadening financial inclusion globally. Engel (neé Brand) spent her formative years in Silicon Valley, launching and building alternative financing companies targeted at near-bankable businesses. Longing…
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Mrs. Sheila M’Mbijjewe MBS, ACCA (UK) has served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya since 2015. She holds a BA degree in Accounts and Finance and is a Chartered Accountant, England and Wales. Mrs. M’Mbijjewe has had a long career in accounting and audit. She worked in senior positions in the banking sector and was the first woman to be appointed executive director of a publicly…
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Koba Gvenetadze has been serving as Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia, Governor since 2016. Prior to that, he worked as Senior Economist at the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Washington D.C. during 2002-2014, including positions of the Resident Representative of the IMF in Azerbaijan and the Kyrgyz Republic (2008-2014). He…
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Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch took charge as Chairperson, Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai on March 2, 2022. Ms. Buch has served as Whole Time Member, SEBI till October 04, 2021. She has handled Market Regulation Department, Market Intermediaries Regulation & Supervision Department, Integrated Surveillance Department, Investment Management Department, Department of Economic &…
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Norman Loayza is Director of the Global Indicators Group in the Development Economics Vice-Presidency of the World Bank. From 2015 to 2020, he led the Asia hub of the Development Research Group. He was director of the World Development Report 2014: Risk and Opportunity – Managing Risk for Development. He joined the World Bank in 1994 and served most of his career in the Development Research Group…
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Antonio Zappulla is CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters and an independent charity registered in the UK and US.
Since his appointment in 2019, Antonio has re-aligned the Foundation’s strategic focus around three main areas of work; fostering inclusive economies, advancing media freedom and promoting human…
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Dr. Sara Saeed Khurrum has over 7 years of experience in the field of Digital Healthcare as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sehat Kahani.
She is not only a Reiner Arnold Fellow but also a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. Dr. Sara has been recognized for her work with Sehat Kahani and has won multiple awards such as the Rolex Awards 2019 Associate Laureate, TIAW…
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N'Guessan is a tech entrepreneur who is defined by her passion for technology and works as a product and innovation specialist. In 2018, N'Guessan launched her startup, BACE Group, and led the development of the BACE API, a secure remote identity verification software using facial recognition to combat online identity fraud and strengthen the digital identity system in Africa. This solution won…
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Since January 2020, Lahlou has served as the Vice-President and the President of Human Capital Commission of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM). Following the completion of her education in 1994, she worked in several positions at the ONA Group, an industrial, financial, and services company. She later joined SAHAM GROUP, an African investment company, where she held…
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