SCxSC Fintech Conference 2019

Our
Speakers

Eli Broverman

Co-Founder,

Betterment

Tarah Wheeler

Cybersecurity Policy Fellow,

Chief Product Officer,

Wahed Inc.

Kareem Tabbaa

Chief Product Officer ,
Wahed Inc.

Kareem leads and develops Wahed’s product offering and growth strategy. He joined Wahed in its early days, prior to the company having a live product or any clients. Back then, he was focused on heading the company's launch efforts both from a product and client acquisition perspective. As the company grew Kareem helped build several teams and functions across different verticals, allowing for smooth internal operations across multiple jurisdictions.

With a passion for building digital products, he leads the product and design teams while working closely with the tech team to create game changing platforms, most recently Wahed's international robo advisor.

In addition, Kareem also manages the user acquisition, digital marketing, and client support functions. The company became the US's largest halal robo advisor by client count and is currently expanding globally.

Prior to Wahed, Kareem worked in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs in London where he collaborated on executing multi-billion dollar corporate actions. He also previously ran his own business in Jordan in the retail and distribution space. Kareem graduated with honors from Cass Business School in London where he focused on Banking and International Finance, and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honors society for business school students.

Angelina Kwan

Chief Executive Officer,

Stratford Finance Limited

Angelina Kwan

Chief Executive Officer ,
Stratford Finance Limited

Ms. Angelina Kwan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company providing focusing on the financial services and digital assets sectors. Most recently, Ms. Kwan was the Chief Operating Officer of the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX) and had responsibility over BitMEX’s operations around the world. She previously established and ran the Regulatory Compliance Department and the HKEX Foundation Limited at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. Ms. Kwan has extensive experience in Asia Pacific and the United States in running businesses, business development, as well as investor and stakeholder relations. She is currently a Hong Kong Government appointed Member of the Women’s Commission, the Council for Sustainable development, the Administrative Appeals Board, and the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Securities Industry Development Corporation of Malaysia, Vice Chair and Governor of The Women’s Foundation, an Honorary Fellow and Director of the Hong Kong Securities Institute, and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accounts and the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. Ms. Kwan is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and a graduate of the University of Southern California. Her MBA is from Pepperdine University and LLB from the Hong Kong University and the Manchester Metropolitan University.

Clare Joy

Region Lead (South East Asia),

Onfido

Adrian Gunadi

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,

Investree

Adrian Gunadi

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer ,
Investree

https://www.investree.id/en

Having graduated from the University of Indonesia Faculty of Economics, and thereafter earning his MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, Adrian started his career as a Management Trainee at Citibank, before proceeding to manage Islamic Finance at Standard Chartered, Saadiq, Dubai, UAE. Eventually, he became Head of the Sharia Division at Bank Permata, and finally prior to his present job, he worked as the Director for Retail Banking at Bank Muamalat. Throughout the past 20 years in both local and international banking, Adrian has been busy building business models for banking companies within the conventional sphere in areas such as sharia finance and SME platforms, as well as in microfinance and e-banking in the retail sector.

His experience working in a variety of leading financial institutions made Adrian see firsthand how the difficulties faced by Indonesian people to gain access to finance, especially in this case for SMEs. Departing from this, Adrian implemented the idea to build a digital container that can connect Borrowers and Lenders, namely Investree.

For his continuous efforts to build the fintech lending industry in order to help grow SMEs and improve financial inclusion in Indonesia, Adrian has received an award from the Financial Services Authority, 2018 Indonesian Financial Figures from Investor Magazine, "Best Fintech Danamon Entrepreneur Award 2017", and "SME100 Awards: 2019 Fast Moving Companies". In 2017, Adrian has also received prestigious award from "Endeavour Entrepreneur Indonesia" in London. Besides actively served as Vice Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Fintech, Adrian was also elected as the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Joint Funding Fintech. As a runner and triathlon activist, Adrian competed in international competitions such as NYC 2015, Chicago 2016, Berlin 2017, London 2019 and the BCA Super League Triathlon 2019 in Bali.

Mats Holmfeldt

Partner & Senior Executive,

Covr Security

Elain Lockman

Co-Founder & Director,

Ata Plus

Elain Lockman

Co-Founder & Director ,
Ata Plus

Elain is the Co-Founder and Director in Ata Plus, a Malaysian licensed Equity Crowdfunding platform. Upbeat and optimistic, she believes nothing is impossible and all challenges are just another form of opportunities. This proves to be the fuel in her career thus far, in the areas of management, business strategy, human resource, business development, relationship management, marketing and corporate communications. She has served notable organisations, namely Petronas, MDeC, Malaysia Debt Ventures, DiGi Telecommunications and Packet One Networks. She currently sits on the Board of Western Union Payments Malaysia and was the Chairman of Western Union Internal Audit Committee, while being actively involved in the start-up community, advising entrepreneurs in funding, strategy and operations. Elain is also the President of the Registered Digital Markets Association Malaysia and a Council Member of the Malaysian Business Angels Network (MBAN). Elain is instrumental in establishing Ata Plus’ partnerships, deal screening and operations framework. In March 2019, she was presented the BERG 2019 Women Icons Malaysia as a recognition for her contribution, achievements and leadership in Fintech. Elain graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Actuarial Science and MSc in Operational Research.

Wong Kah Meng

Chief Executive Officer,

Funding Societies Malaysia

Founder and Managing Director,

SINEGY Technologies (M)

Hong Qi Yu

Chief Executive Officer,

Tokenize Technology (M)

Wong Wai Ken

Country Manager (Malaysia),

StashAway

Ronnie Tan

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director,

MYTHEO

Ronnie Tan

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director ,
MYTHEO

www.mytheo.my

Mr. Ronnie Tan is currently the CEO & Managing Director of GAX MD. His role includes strengthening the digital investment management ecosystem, aside from creating a working culture that promotes customer centricity, creative innovation and collaborative intelligence. He brings with him more than 35 years of experience in the financial, investment and capital market industry.

Since 2001, Mr. Ronnie has been the Managing Director of Silverlake Capital Market Solution, where he spearheaded the Silverlake Group in developing innovative solutions for the funds management and investment banking industry. He is responsible for the overall business growth, technology innovation, fostering strategic collaborations and creating value for clients. He also leads the Silverlake Group’s Fintech Transformation strategy.

Prior to joining the Silverlake Group, Mr. Ronnie served as Group Head of IT and Operations for Hwang-DBS Investment Bank. Mr. Ronnie also served as the First Vice President, Chief Information Officer Group IT and Banking Operations for OCBC Bank. In both of these positions, he was primarily responsible for the bank’s strategic planning, digital innovation, operations and process re-engineering.

Mr. Ronnie received an Honours Degree in Computer Science and Accounting from Monash University, Australia in 1984.

He embraces new experiences and cultures during his travels and appreciates a good read every now and then.

Robin Lee

Chief Executive Officer,

Vineeta Tan

Managing Editor ,
REDmoney Group

https://ifnfintech.com

Vineeta Tan is the Managing Editor of Islamic Finance news (IFN), the world’s leading Islamic finance news provider, and IFN Fintech, the industry’s first and only publication dedicated to fintech for Islamic finance. A multimedia journalist with almost a decade of experience in the journalism and publishing industry working independently and leading a team, Vineeta specializes in ethical and Islamic finance as well as fintech reporting and analysis, covering regions including the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.

As Managing Editor of IFN, she is responsible for the editorial direction and business development of IFN and its sister publications in addition to authoring reports, producing podcasts and conducting video interviews. She has interviewed senior industry players, key stakeholders and senior dignitaries including the finance/economic ministers of Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, among others.

Vineeta is also a regular in the international conference circuit as both a moderator and speaker. Trained in journalism and sociology, Vineeta holds an Islamic Finance Qualification awarded by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments in the UK.

David Rajoo

Chief Cybersecurity Architect,

Symantec ASEAN

Isaku Endo

Senior Financial Sector Specialist,

World Bank

Raja Adam Raja Malik

Chief Financial Officer,

MoneyMatch

Vincent Fong

Chief Editor,

Fintech News Malaysia

Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz

President,

FinTech Association of Malaysia

Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz

President ,
FinTech Association of Malaysia

Ridzuan is the current president of the FinTech Association of Malaysia (FAOM) and instrumental in raising the profile of Malaysia as an international hub for FinTech, Islamic Finance and the Digital Economy.

He has over 20 years of commercially driven regulatory, compliance and technology experiences in Asia-Pacific. He provides regulatory advice, business solutions and consultancy to banks, remittance companies, fund management entities, broker dealers (equity and derivatives) as well as sovereign wealth managers on regulatory requirements, compliance risks management, licensing, business viability and practical implementation of FinTech and regulatory technology (RegTech).

Ridzuan is also the WorldRemit Country Director for Malaysia and Head of ASEAN Business. WorldRemit is one of the fastest growing global online-only remittance providers headquartered in the UK, operating in over 50 countries and servicing more than 5000 corridors. Previously in 2017, Ridzuan was the CEO of Sedania As Salam Capital Sdn Bhd, a patented fintech solution provider that utilizes mobile airtime as the commodity for Tawarruq Contract for Shariah compliance financing provided by 40 financial institutions in Malaysia.

Ridzuan is also one of the international advisory panel members for the Labuan Financial Services Authority and member of the Malaysia Innovation Policy Council. Both roles provide him a unique platform to share fresh perspectives about the needed elements for both on-shore and mid-shore to be optimized to enhance Malaysia’s competitive advantage for FinTech eco-system.

Earlier in 2013 and 2016, Ridzuan founded RHT Compliance Solutions and CS Technology Solutions Sdn Bhd, respectively. Both firms provide regulatory technology advisory consultancy for established fintech firms seeking assistance on regulatory matters in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

Ridzuan graduated from University of Wales, Aberyswyth (1997) with BSc Economics, majoring in Accounting and Finance. He obtained his MBA, specializing in Management Information System from the International Islamic University Malaysia (2005).

Norhizam Abdul Kadir

Vice President,

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation

Technical Specialist,

UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Yolanda Yun Zhu

Operations Officer,

International Finance Corporation

Suhaimi Ali

Director,

Bank Negara Malaysia

Suhaimi Ali

Director ,
Bank Negara Malaysia

Suhaimi Ali has more than two decades of experience as a central banker. He is the Director of the Financial Development and Innovation Department for Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) that sets out the strategic plan for the overall development and efficiency of the financial system including payment systems. He is responsible for formulating and coordinating policy direction and initiatives involving financial institutions, payment systems players, market infrastructure and legislation. He is the Chairperson of the Financial Technology Enabler Group (FTEG) that was established by BNM in June 2016 to support innovations that will improve the quality, efficiency and accessibility of financial services in Malaysia.

Previously, Suhaimi served as the Director of IT Services and was responsible to drive and implement BNM’s digital and cyber strategies. He was also the Director of the Consumer and Market Conduct (CMC) department, responsible for the policy development and enforcement of market conduct and the consumer protection regime to achieve a culture of fair dealings and responsible business practice within the financial sector to ensure fair outcomes to financial consumers. He was also responsible for setting the strategic direction and driving efforts to strengthen the financial capability of Malaysian adults and school children in supporting the overall financial stability and financial inclusion agenda.

Chin Wei Min

Executive Director,

Securities Commission Malaysia

Azrina Azmel

Deputy General Manager,

Securities Commission Malaysia

Chan Zhong Yang

Assistant General Manager ,

Securities Commission Malaysia

Goh Boon Peng

Chief Executive Officer and Founder ,

MyStartr

Goh Boon Peng

Chief Executive Officer and Founder ,
MyStartr

A serial entrepreneur who founded several ventures and managed multiple mega- projects in Malaysia and Taiwan, a graduate from NTU CSIE, Taiwan, Mr Goh Boon Peng is the CEO and founder of MyStartr Sdn Bhd, brand creator of DreamFactory startup initiative, and founder or Internet Business Academy IBA. Under his leadership, he has brought the company to greater heights with the latest achievement of obtaining ECF licensing as a platform operator in Malaysia by the Securities Commission. Prior to this, he has accomplished unparalleled achievements in the digital literacy and e-commerce ecosystem in Malaysia where Mystartr was awarded the distinguished status of “Official Project Partner” by Alibaba Business School to become Alibaba’s authorized course provider for the local e-commerce industry players.

Moreover, he is a strong advocate for digital literacy locally and internationally and has successfully organized over 50+ e-commerce education courses in which imparting and impacting more than 10,000 individuals in the digital ecosystem. In his capacity as the Director of SITEC Academy, he has managed and led projects such as the Malaysia-Taiwan Network Summit Forum, Hung-Tze Jan (a Taiwan PC Home Online Publisher) E-commerce Business School, Selangor Trade Exhibition, SEA E-commerce, Malaysia Top EC Merchant Awards, and hackathons event.

Ivan Eng

Co-founder,
Havan Clothing