Joining SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) in 1990, Akio Isowa was engaged in corporate banking, legal affairs, corporate planning, human resources management. He established the Retail Marketing Department and IT Strategy Department as the General Manager and led the debit card business, and the UX project of their internet banking app. As the head of Transaction Business Division, he led product and sales planning for online payment services such as Bank Pay and Cotra. Since 2023, he has been leading digital innovation of the SMBC Group as the Chief Digital Innovation Officer.

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. He leads the company's growth and expansion in Asia and beyond. He has over two decades of experience in the fintech space, having run his own startup and built large organizations.

Prior to Pine Labs, Amrish co-founded Citrus Pay which was acquired by Naspers FinTech, PayU in 2016. Post the acquisition, he was made the CEO for PayU India and later took over as head of Investments for Naspers where he was responsible for increasing the company's footprint in the financial technology sector.

Amrish started his fintech journey with First Data Corporation in 2005. Later, as Managing Director for First Data Asia he helped build a market-leading payments joint venture with ICICI Bank. As CEO of First Data MS Asia, he was responsible for all operations in the South and South East Asia markets. Prior to First Data, Amrish spent eight years with NCR Corporation where he started in business development and went on to head the company's data warehousing and CRM division, Teradata, as Managing Director.

Bret is CEO and Co-Founder of Sierra, which helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. Previously, he served as Co-CEO of Salesforce. Prior to Salesforce, Bret founded Quip and was CTO of Facebook. He started his career at Google, where he co-created Google Maps. Bret serves on the board of OpenAI.

Carolyn Weinberg is the Chief Product & Innovation Officer at BNY and a member of the company’s Executive Committee.

Prior to joining BNY, Carolyn served as Chief Product Innovation Officer at BlackRock, where she was responsible for driving the global innovation, development, and commercialization of products for the world’s largest asset manager. She and her teams helped mobilize the firm to build new product lines, forge strategic partnerships, and create thought leadership in support of BlackRock’s growth priorities, including digital assets, fixed income, transition finance, and private markets.

Earlier in her career at BlackRock, Carolyn was Global Head of Product for iShares and Index Investments, where she led global product strategy, development, and commercialization. In that role, she was instrumental in accelerating BlackRock’s growth in fixed income ETFs and sustainable indexing. She also expanded strategic long-term partnerships, established a sustainable index research team, and helped conceive and build new data and trading ventures.

She has been named to Barron’s list of the “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance” four times. She contributes to the future of financial innovation as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Innovation Advisory Council as well as serving on the Board of Domyn.

Before joining BlackRock in 2018, Carolyn created structured derivatives solutions for corporations at Citibank, where she served as Head of the North America Corporate Solutions Group. Previously, she was Deutsche Bank’s Head of Risk Solutions Structuring, a member of Morgan Stanley’s Corporate Derivatives Group, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Carolyn graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in applied mathematics and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

She lives in New York City with her family and dog, Gus, a Lagotto Romagnolo. She serves on the Board of the Allen-Stevenson School, the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and the Board of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation as an Ambassador. She also served as an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School.

Serey Chea is the Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the first woman to hold this position. A PhD economist with over two decades of experience in central banking, she has been a driving force behind Cambodia's financial sector transformation and a tireless advocate for financial inclusion and women's economic empowerment.
Under her leadership, the NBC has pioneered initiatives that have placed Cambodia at the forefront of regional financial innovation including the establishment of Credit Bureau Cambodia in 2012, the introduction of financial literacy into the national education curriculum in 2017, and the launch of Bakong in 2020, a blockchain-based national payment system that has become a global reference for emerging economies.
Recognized as an A- rated Central Bank Governor by Global Finance magazine in both 2024 and 2025, Governor Chea regularly shares her expertise at premier international forums, including the World Economic Forum and the Boao Forum for Asia.

Daniela Stoffel (born in 1968) took up her role as State Secretary for International Finance at the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) on 1 March 2019. 

In 1998, Daniela Stoffel entered the diplomatic service of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). In 2005, she took over as Head of Public Relations and Culture at the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. and in August 2009 she moved to the Swiss Embassy in Berlin as Head of Economic and Financial Affairs. There she was appointed Deputy Head of Mission in 2012. In 2015, Daniela Stoffel assumed a staff function in the General Secretariat of the OECD in Paris. 

From 2015, Daniela Stoffel was on detachment to SIF with the title of Ambassador, latterly as Head of Political Staff. From 2016, she was also the Diplomatic Advisor to the Head of the Federal Department of Finance (FDF). In these functions, Daniela Stoffel was involved in safeguarding and dealing with current financial policy issues and challenges and in the corresponding international negotiations and contacts. 

Daniela Stoffel graduated from the University of Zurich in 1992 with a degree in Philosophy, Economics and German Linguistics. Accompanying her work as a University Assistant at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Zurich, she wrote her thesis in 1996. She is a citizen of Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich, and is the mother of an adult daughter.

Giorgio Migliarina is the Group Chief Technology & Digital Officer at Maybank, leading the Group's technology and digital functions across all markets. He is responsible for Maybank's end-to-end technology and digital agenda, including strategy, operations, partnerships and digital channels, to enable secure, resilient and seamless customer experiences across the region.

With almost 30 years of experience across Asia and Europe, Giorgio has held senior leadership roles at Vodafone, Telekom Malaysia, Accenture and McKinsey & Company. Prior to joining Maybank, he led Vodafone Business globally from London. He is widely recognised for driving technology innovation, digital transformation and business growth.

Giorgio holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and a Master of Science in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino.

Hari Menon leads the foundation's Global Growth & Opportunity Division, which includes the Agricultural Development, Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Education, Inclusive Financial Systems, Nutrition, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene programs. Previously, Hari led the foundation's India office, overseeing work across South and Southeast Asia in family health, nutrition, sanitation, digital financial inclusion, agriculture, and women's economic empowerment. His earlier roles at the foundation spanned public health — particularly maternal and child health and HIV prevention — and policy, advocacy, and communications.

Hari has been at the foundation since 2004, with a stint from 2011 to 2013 as a strategic adviser to philanthropist Rohini Nilekani. Earlier in his career, he worked in consumer goods and information technology at companies including Colgate Palmolive and Infosys Technologies. He holds a graduate degree in business management from XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.

Howard Davies is Chairman of Inigo Insurance Ltd and, since January 2026, of the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was Chairman of the NatWest Group (formerly Royal Bank of Scotland) from 1 September 2015 to 15 April 2024. Previously, Howard was Chairman of the Phoenix Group between October 2012 and August 2015. He chaired the UK Airports Commission from 2012-15 and was the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2003 until May 2011. Prior to that appointment Howard chaired the UK Financial Services Authority, then the single regulator for the UK financial services sector, from 1997 to 2003.


Howard was the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1995-97, after three years as the Director General of the Confederation of British Industry. Earlier in his career he worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including two years as Private Secretary to the British Ambassador in Paris, the Treasury, McKinsey and Co, and as Controller of the Audit Commission.


Howard has been a Professor in Practice at the French School of Political Science in Paris (Sciences Po) since 2011. He teaches courses in financial regulation, and central banking, to masters students.


He is a member of the Regulatory and Compliance Advisory Board of Millennium Management LLC, a New York-based hedge fund. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration and in 2012, was appointed Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. In January 2026 he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Qivalis NV, a stablecoin issuer.


Howard chaired the Risk Committee at Prudential plc from 2010 to 2020. He was an independent Director of Morgan Stanley Inc. in New York for 11 years, from 2004 to 2015, and earlier in his career was a Non-Executive Director of GKN plc from 1989-95, and Paternoster Ltd from 2005 to 2010.


He was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery from 2002-2010 and Chair from 2009-10. He was a director of the Royal National Theatre from 2011 to 2015, when he left to chair the London Library. He chaired the Library until the end of 2023. He chaired the judges of the Man Booker Prize in 2007.


Howard has published five books focused on the financial markets and regularly writes for The Financial Times, Prospect, The Literary Review, Project Syndicate and Management Today.


He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Merton College, Oxford and Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Harkness Fellow.

Helder Lopes is the Governor of the Central Bank of Timor-Leste for the period of 2023-2029.

He has over 20 years of professional experience. He was the Appointed Minister of Finance, Vice Minister of Finance, Senior Economic and Public Financial Management (PFM) Advisor for the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste and the Ministry of Finance, Senior Economist for the Asian Development Bank's initiative on private sector development in Timor-Leste, and the founder and active member of Kadalak Institute (a private think-tank on public policy).

He has a degree in agriculture economic from the National University of Timor-Leste and a master's degree in economics from the Michigan State University (MSU) of the United States of America.

Joachim Nagel has been President of the Deutsche Bundesbank since January 2022. Prior to this, he had already served in various management positions at the Bundesbank from 1999 to 2016, including as an Executive Board member from 2010 whose responsibilities included the Directorates General Markets, Controlling and IT. Between 2008 and 2016, he also headed up the Bundesbank’s financial crisis task force. Joachim Nagel worked for the KfW Group from 2016 to 2020, initially serving one year as General Manager before becoming a member of its Executive Board, in which capacity he oversaw foreign credit business and development cooperation. In 2020, he moved to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) where he became Deputy Head of the Banking Department. Joachim Nagel studied economics at the University of Karlsruhe from 1985 to 1991 and received a doctoral degree in 1997. He has been an honorary professor at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) since 2017. Alongside his role as President of the Bundesbank, Joachim Nagel serves as a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, a Governor at the International Monetary Fund and a member of the BIS Board of Directors.

José Luis Escrivá is Governor of the Banco de España and member of the Governing Council and the General Council of the ECB. He is Chair of the Board of Governors of CEMLA. He is member of various European and International Committees, including the ESRB, the FSB and the BIS Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision. He is also Vice-Chair of the Board of the Spanish Macroprudential Authority (AMCESFI).
Prior to his current position he was the Spanish Minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service (2023-2024) and the Spanish Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (2020-2023). He was the first President of Spain’s Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) from 2014 to 2020 and also served as Chair of the EU Network of Independent Fiscal Institutions (2015-2019).
He began his career at the Banco de España, where he held different responsibilities in the Economic and Research General Directorate. He actively participated in the process of monetary integration. Since 1993, he was an adviser to the European Monetary Institute and with the start of the Monetary Union, he was appointed Head of the Monetary Policy Division of the ECB in 2000.
He worked at the BBVA Group from 2004 to 2012, first as its global Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department, and from 2010 as General Director responsible for Public Finance.
From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Chief Representative for the BIS Americas Office.
He holds a degree in Economics, with honours, from the Complutense University in Madrid and completed post-graduate studies in economic analysis at the same university and in econometrics at the Banco de España Training Centre.

Lacina Koné is a visionary architect of Africa’s digital destiny and the driving force behind pan-continental transformation. Since March 2019, he has served as Director General & CEO of Smart Africa, where he leads a coalition of member states, international partners, and private sector actors toward a bold ambition: a unified digital Africa by 2030.


Koné anchors his leadership in a people-first strategy, built on a growth mindset and the empowerment of those around him. His philosophy is that lasting digital transformation begins with investing in people, equipping governments, entrepreneurs, and citizens with the skills, opportunities, and confidence to thrive in the digital economy. This approach has guided Smart Africa’s delivery of continental blueprints on Digital Identity, innovation ecosystems, smart villages, and the Africa Smart Broadband 2025 strategy, ensuring technology becomes a tool for inclusion and prosperity, not division.


In recognition of his leadership, Koné was ranked 12th in 2021 among the 50 personalities advancing Africa’s digital transformation, and 3rd among the 10 African digital trendsetters in the 2022 Jeune Afrique technology ranking.


Previously, Koné was a trusted advisor to Côte d’Ivoire’s President (2011–2019) on digital reform, modernization, and public sector transformation. In the private sector, his career includes senior leadership roles at Booz Allen Hamilton and Intelsat, bridging infrastructure strategy with global systems execution.


Educated across three continents, Koné holds bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from Ajman University, a master's degree in data communication systems from Brunel University, and an MBA from George Washington University. He is a Commissioner of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development (BBCOM) and, since May 2024, a member of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Digital Access in Africa (PDAA).


Beyond his professional achievements, Koné is passionate about mentoring Africa’s next generation of digital leaders and is an avid golfer, often combining sport with building meaningful connections.

Leong Yung Chee is Group Chief Financial Officer of UOB, where he oversees the Bank's Finance, Treasury, Data Management and Innovation functions. In his role, he steers UOB's financial strategy in support of the Bank's business transformation and innovation efforts across the Group. Working closely with business, technology and innovation teams, he helps to drive the use of data, AI and emerging technologies to enhance decision-making, improve productivity and strengthen the Bank's operating model. Prior to his appointment as Group CFO in 2025, he was Head of Group Corporate Banking. With more than 25 years of experience in financial services, Yung Chee brings unique perspectives on how financial institutions can adapt and thrive in an increasingly AI-enabled world.

Martha Sazon, President & CEO of Mynt, the holding company of GCash, the #1 Finance Super App in the Philippines. Appointed as CEO in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, her focus on customer-centricity has propelled GCash into a lifeline to many Filipinos. With Martha at the helm, GCash is now the Philippines' first and only “duacorn” with millions of registered users, a 3x increase of its user base vs pre-pandemic. As a result, GCash is now a household name and is being used as a verb in the country.

Prior to GCash, Martha had 20 years of experience in various industries like food, OTC drugs, personal care, and telco. Martha spent 12 years at Globe Telecom during which she pioneered many breakthroughs and achievements for a wide array of products and headed the Broadband business.

Martha has also worked as a Marketing Director and Category Leader for Asia at GlaxoSmithKline and as a Senior Product Manager for Del Monte. Martha has attended and finished IMD and INSEAD executive programs and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting (Cum Laude), from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. 

Michael Casey is Chief Content Officer at Real-World Asset Summit, the leading tokenization event series, which brings together communities from traditional finance and blockchain technologies to advance the conversation around the digital, on-chain transformation of finance.

He is also Cofounder and President the Advanced AI Society, a non-profit industry association promoting and coordinating the development of an open standard for verifiable AI that gives enterprises and institutions Proof-of-Control over their data and AI agents. And he is CEO and Cofounder of H2H Intelligence, which is developing secure, privacy-preserving AI solutions to improve human-to-human networking, data-sharing and collaboration at in-person events.

Previously, Michael was the Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk, the leading media platform for the blockchain and digital asset community, and the author of CoinDesk’s weekly Money Reimagined newsletter, as well as a co-host of the podcast of the same name.

Before that, he spent four years as a Senior Advisor to MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative and as a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Michael spent most of his career as a print journalist, including 18 years at Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal, where he was last a senior columnist covering global finance. He also hosted online TV shows for WSJ Live and appeared as a commentator on networks such as CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, and the BBC.

Michael has six acclaimed books to his name, including two on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology – The Truth Machine and The Age of Cryptocurrency – both co-authored with Paul Vigna and, most recently, Our Biggest Fight, co-authored with the founder of Project Liberty, Frank McCourt Jr.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and has higher degrees from Cornell University and Curtin University.

Michael Schlein brings nearly 30 years of extensive international banking, management, and public service experience to his role as President and CEO of Accion. He is responsible for creating and implementing Accion’s strategy, managing its global team, and maintaining a high-performing organization.

Michael’s strategic leadership has built Accion into a leading early-stage investor in fintech for inclusion and an expert in the digital transformation of financial service providers. During his tenure, he has cultivated partnerships that strengthen Accion’s work to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions for underserved people globally.

Michael joined Accion in 2007 as a member of its Board of Directors and in 2009, became Accion’s President and CEO. Prior to his employment at Accion, Michael served as President of Citigroup’s International Franchise Management, where he managed the bank’s network of 100 Chief Country Officers. Before that, he ran communications, philanthropy, government relations, branding, and human resources for Citigroup. He served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Clinton Administration and in New York’s City Hall in the Dinkins and Koch Administrations. He began his career in investment banking.

From 2014 until Jan. 2021, Michael served as the Chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which encourages economic growth throughout New York City’s five boroughs and facilitates investments that build capacity, generate prosperity, and catalyze the economic vibrancy of city life as a whole. Michael has graduate and undergraduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Piero Cipollone has been a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank since 1 November 2023. He is responsible for the Directorate General International and European Relations, the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments and the Directorate Banknotes. He also chairs the Eurosystem High-Level Task Force on Digital Euro, the Euro Retail Payments Board and the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures. Before joining the ECB, Mr Cipollone was Deputy Governor of the Banca d’Italia and a member of the Board of the Italian Institute for the Supervision of Insurance. He also served as a member of the Coordination Group for the Cross-border payments programme at the Bank for International Settlements. He previously served as an Executive Director on the Board of the World Bank Group. Mr Cipollone is the author of several books. His papers have been published in international journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of the European Economic Association and the Journal of Policy Modeling.

Rahul is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Tazapay- a leading cross border payment platform headquartered in Singapore and licensed by the MAS.  Rahul is a payment veteran and spent over a decade in PayPal and then led APAC for Stripe before starting Tazapay in 2020. Today Tazapay operates in more than 70 countries and has over 260+ people and is licensed in multiple jurisdictions.
Rahul has deep experience in Payments across traditional Fiat as well as modern rails and believes in a compliance first approach which delivers end to end payment transparency to all participants. Those are some of the foundational tents of Tazapay’s product.
Tazapay was listed as one the top fintechs by CNBC and CB insights.

Ralph Hamers is Chairman of Banking Circle Group and former Group CEO of UBS Group AG and President of the Executive Board of UBS AG. He previously served as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of ING Group, where he led the bank's return to profitability following the financial crisis and oversaw its digital transformation. He is widely recognised for his leadership in innovation, sustainability and the evolution of global financial services.

Professional Experience

2026
Chairman of the Group Board of Directors, Banking Circle Group

2020 – 2023
Group CEO of UBS Group AG and President of the Executive Board of UBS AG

2013 – 2020
CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, ING; Supervisory Board member of NN Group (2014–2015); Management Board Banking and Management Board NN Group (2013–2014)

2011 – 2013
CEO of ING Belgium and Luxembourg, ING

2010 – 2011
Head of Network Management for Retail Banking Direct & International, ING

2007 – 2010
Global Head of the Commercial Banking Network, ING

2005 – 2007
CEO of ING Bank Netherlands, ING

2002 – 2005
General Manager of the ING Bank Branch Network, ING

1999 – 2002
General Manager of ING Romania, ING

Mr Ravi Menon has a portfolio of work in sustainability, innovation, and inclusion.

Mr Menon is Singapore’s first Ambassador for Climate Action and Senior Adviser to the National Climate Change Secretariat at the Prime Minister’s Office. He plays a leading role in Singapore’s efforts to foster collective action internationally and transition planning locally towards a low-carbon future. He is also Chairman of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Asia-Pacific Advisory Board and a member of the GFANZ Principals Group.

Mr Menon is Chairman of the Global Finance & Technology Network, which harnesses technology and fosters innovation for more efficient, resilient, and inclusive financial ecosystems globally. He is also a Trustee of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Chairman of its Innovation and Enterprise Committee.

Mr Menon is Chairman of ImpactSG, a philanthropy which aims to grow a community of purposeful givers in Singapore and Asia. He is also a Board Member of The Majurity Trust, a charity which deploys cause-based funds for social needs; and a Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association, a community self-help group.

Prior to his current roles, Mr Menon served for 36 years in the Singapore Public Service.

As Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (2011-23), Mr Menon oversaw monetary and macroprudential policies, reformed the financial regulatory framework, and developed Singapore as a green finance centre and a global FinTech hub. On the international front, he served as Chairman of the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board Standing Committee on Standards Implementation.

As Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade & Industry (2007-11), Mr Menon helped to steer the economy during the global financial crisis. As Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Finance (2003-07), he oversaw fiscal policy and government reserves.

Mr Menon is a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal from the Singapore Government, the Distinguished Alumni Award from NUS, and the Distinguished Leadership and Service Award from the Institute of International Finance in Washington.

Mr Menon holds a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Economics from NUS.

Sigal Mandelker joined Ribbit Capital in April 2020. Ribbit is an investment firm focused on financial services and technology. Prior to Ribbit, she served as Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and as Acting Deputy Secretary. As Under Secretary, Sigal supervised four main components of Treasury (OFAC, FinCEN, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes). Before serving at Treasury, Sigal was a partner at Proskauer in New York. Sigal also previously served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Counselor to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. Sigal is also an Advisor to Chainalysis, is on the Boards of the Crypto Council for Innovation and the Financial Technology Association, is Co-Chair of the Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) task force on FinTech, Crypto, and National Security, is a Member of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, and Chair of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Collections & Acquisitions Committee.

Professor Chesterman is David Marshall Professor of Law and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College. He serves as AI Governance and Policy Lead at the NUS AI Institute and Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law. Previously, he was Dean of NUS Law (2012-2022), and Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme (2006-2011). Prior to joining NYU, he was a Senior Associate at the International Peace Academy and Director of UN Relations at the International Crisis Group in New York.

Stephen Karpin is Visa's President for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for all Visa’s business operations in the region. Prior to leading Asia Pacific, Stephen was the Representative Director of Visa Worldwide (Japan) and Country Manager, Japan. He has also served as Group Country Manager for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific and Group Country Manager for Regional Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific Sales Operations Lead.

Stephen’s experience extends from having held leadership roles across Australia’s largest financial institutions including Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corporation and after several years at Citibank, where he worked in Australia, Singapore and Japan.

Before he joined Visa in 2014, Stephen was the Managing Director of CommSec, Australia’s largest online trading platform. Prior to that, he was Executive General Manager, Credit Cards at Commonwealth Bank.

At Westpac, Stephen served as Head of Unsecured Finance and held responsibilities for the leadership of Westpac’s credit card and personal loans businesses.

Steven Maijoor joined the Executive Board of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) on 1 April 2021. As of 1 February 2024 he is also Chair of Supervision. Steven's remit includes supervision of banks, supervison policy and legal services. Furthermore, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority. He is also a member of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation.
Before joining DNB's Executive Board, Steven was Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), from 2011-2021. Between 2004 and 2011 he was a managing director at the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Prior to that he was Professor (1994-2004) and Dean (2001-2004) at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University.
Steven graduated from the University of Groningen with a degree in business economics and obtained a PhD in the same subject from Maastricht University in 1991.
Steven was born in Hong Kong (1964).

Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli became Head of the BIS Innovation Hub on 1 March 2026. As Head of the Innovation Hub, he is a member of the Bank's Executive Committee.
Prior to joining the BIS, Mr Mancini-Griffoli was an Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this role he was responsible for payments, currencies and financial market infrastructures including digital money and finance. In former roles, he led work on monetary policy and central banking operations. Prior to joining the IMF, Mr Mancini-Griffoli was a senior economist in the Research and Monetary Policy Division of the Swiss National Bank, where he advised the Board on quarterly monetary policy decisions. Earlier in his career, he worked in the private sector at Goldman Sachs, the Boston Consulting Group and technology startups in Silicon Valley. Mr Mancini-Griffoli holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, as well as degrees from the London School of Economics and Stanford University.

TS is the Vice Chair of the board (and was until recently the Group CEO) at Monzo, the largest digital bank in the UK. He spent too long in the financial services, banking and payments industry (Visa, Citi, Capital One and Standard Chartered) before finally reaching Monzo. Monzo has grown to over 15m customers in the UK and recently obtained a banking licence from the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Ireland. He has lived and worked in several countries.

Ulrik Nødgaard, member of the Board of Governors of Danmarks Nationalbank since 15 August 2024.

Before taking upon the position as Governor, Mr Nødgaard has held a number of leading positions such as CEO of Finance Denmark, Director General of the Danish Financial Supervisory and Deputy Permanent Secretary, Financial Affairs, Ministry of Economics and Business Affairs.

He is a member of the Danish Systemic Risk Council and Chairman of the Danish Payments Council.

He has graduated with a Master of Science (Economics) cand. oecon. from University of Aarhus and has an Economics MSc from the University of Warwick.

Mr. Yukinobu Saeki has been assigned as Deputy Head of Wealth Management Unit and Head of Investment Management Strategy Office since April 2025. He is responsible in promoting the MUFG group-wide strategies for the Wealth Management Business as well as Investment Management Business.

He joined the bank in 1996 and has accumulated over 29 years of experience in international corporate credit, human resources and corporate planning in Asia Pacific region, internal audit before current assignment.

He served as Head of the Planning Office for Asia from July 2020 to March 2023, and he was responsible for managing the safety and soundness of the bank’s branch operations across 17 markets in South-east Asia, East Asia, South Asia and Oceania.
He also served as Head of Internal Audit Division in MUFG Bank and global Chief Auditor in MUFG since April 2023 prior to taking on current appointment.