Mr. Motazé is the Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development of Cameroon. He holds a Specialized Higher Studies Diploma in International Transport. Before his appointment as minister, Motazé was the Director General of the National Social Security Fund. Previously, he was Secretary General of the Prime Minister's Office.
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Mr. Romer is the World Bank’s Chief Economist. Before joining the World Bank group, he was Professor at New York University (NYU) and Director of the Marron Institute of Urban Management which deepens the study of cities to improve urban management; in addition, he was the founding director of the Urbanization Project at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, which researches the many ways in…
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Mr. Duncan was appointed Prime Minister, Head of Government, in addition to Minister of Economy and Finance in 2012. From 1970 to 1973, he served as Deputy Director of Interventions and External Economic Relations at the Ministry of Economy and Finance; from 1973 to 1974, he held a position in analysis and fiscal policies and was a “Special appointee” at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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James Lim took on the role in Visa as Head of Products for Southeast Asia in July 2015. In his current role, James leads Visa’s product teams and is responsible for providing strategic direction for the growth of Visa’s core and emerging products in Southeast Asia. Prior to this role, James was the Head of Consumer Products for Visa in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He was responsible for…
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Mukhtar first joined the HSBC Group in 1982 as a Graduate Trainee in Midland Bank International. After close to 11 years of working in the HSBC Group's London offices, he then held numerous posts in Dubai including CEO of HSBC Financial Services (Middle East) Limited from 1995 to 2003 and established the initiative to create the first foreign investment bank in Saudi Arabia for HSBC. In 2003, Mr…
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David Katz is the Deputy Head of Global Government Relations and Head of Asia Pacific Government Relations for PayPal Inc. He manages PayPal’s global government engagement, with a particular focus on geo-expansion into new markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa and leads on strategic relationships with international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. David also…
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Leo Shimada is the Co-Founder and CEO of Crowdo. Leo brings a wealth of investment and business building experience in Asia and has a proven track record working in world class institutions. He spent 8 years at McKinsey & Company working with senior management of Fortune 500 clients to launch new businesses and services across Asia. Subsequently he joined Diageo as its Strategy Lead for Asia…
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Sebastian-A Molineus, a German national, is currently a Practice Director for the World Bank Group’s Finance & Markets Global Practice. In this role, he is responsible for delivering the Practice’s financial, advisory and knowledge, and convening services across the Africa, East Asia and Pacific, and South Asia regions, in addition to the global agenda on Financial Inclusion and Access.…
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Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. He held the position of Kenya's Central Bank Governor for eight years, from 2007 until March 2015. He is credited with paving the way for the mobile banking evolution in Kenya, which has had a dramatic impact on financial inclusion: in 2006 just before ‘M-PESA’ was launched, only 26% of Kenyans had access to financial…
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As Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & CIS, Molly Shea is responsible for the global expansion of the Digital consumer to consumer business in the region including strategy and operations. Molly brings over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry including significant international experience. Prior to taking…
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