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Dr. Ayesha Khanna
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Addo AI
Dr. Ayesha Khanna is a globally recognized AI expert, entrepreneur, and CEO of Addo, helping businesses leverage AI for growth. With 20+ years in digital transformation, she advises Fortune 500 CEOs and serves on global boards, including Johnson Controls and NEOM Tonomus. A graduate of Harvard, Columbia, and the London School of Economics, she spent a decade on Wall Street advising on information analytics.
A thought leader in AI, Dr. Khanna has been recognized as a groundbreaking entrepreneur by Forbes, named to Edelman’s Top 50 AI Creators (2025), and featured in Salesforce’s 16 AI Influencers to Know (2024). Committed to diversity in tech, she founded the charity 21C Girls, which taught thousands of students the basics of AI and coding in Singapore, and currently provides scholarships for mid-career women through her education company Amplify.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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10:05–10:45amFri 20 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
Capital Rewiring
Fintech Has Scaled. Now Comes the Hard Part.
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Amrish RauChief Executive OfficerPine Labs
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Prajit NanuFounder & Chief Executive OfficerNIUM
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Rahul ShinghalCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerTazapay
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Dr. Ayesha KhannaCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerAddo AI
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Pat PatelChief Executive Officer, USA, LATAM, Middle East & Africa; Co-CEO, GFTN ConnectionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
The first decade of fintech was about proving that technology could disrupt financial services. The next is about building companies that can survive scale: navigating regulation, capital intensity, increasingly crowded markets, global expansion and the shift from payments products to full financial platforms and/or geographic expansion. Five founders and CEOs who have built fintech businesses across Asia and beyond debate what really separates a fintech that gets big from one that becomes indispensable.
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