Speakers
Leong Yung Chee
Group Chief Financial Officer
UOB
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.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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10:50–11:25amThu 19 NovFestival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
Technology Rewiring
From Intelligence to Action: The New Architecture of Competitive Advantage
Festival StageHall 1, Singapore EXPOPremium
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Tal CohenPresidentNasdaq
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Richard PuVice PresidentTencent
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Leong Yung CheeGroup Chief Financial OfficerUOB
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Richard WormaldPresident, Asia PacificMastercard
About this session
AI is moving beyond generating insights and assisting decisions to taking action — planning, coordinating and executing increasingly complex workflows. This shift towards agentic AI has implications far beyond technology, challenging the operating models, organisational structures and assumptions through which businesses have traditionally competed. As intelligence becomes more accessible, competitive advantage may depend less on who has the best AI and more on who can redesign their organisation, infrastructure and decision-making to turn intelligence into outcomes at scale. This session explores how agentic AI is reshaping the architecture of business from the systems that connect people, data and machines to the operating models that enable speed, adaptability and differentiation. In a world where AI can act, what will separate the leaders from the laggards and where will tomorrow’s competitive advantage really reside?
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