Our Leadership Team

Our leadership are supported by an experienced team who are experts in their own rights within their domains and specializations. A majority of our team members have many years of high-value experience at brand-name global and regional banks and financial institutions, and their capabilities span the entire value chain in our focus subject matter expertise areas. We can mobilize people who can help you with business strategy, product/service design, process design and re-engineering, credit/risk controls and processes, operations transformation, customer journeys and digitalization opportunities, cost-benefit analysis of those possibilities to identify the highest-value initiatives, investment case preparation, market scans and vendor/solution evaluation and selection, transformation program setup and governance structures, agile culture transformation, IT and vendor effectiveness advisory, program management, and more.

In addition, we partner with organizations who complement our skills and expertise, such as for IT systems design and development, IT solution architecture, testing automation, dev/ops tooling,  IT resource augmentation etc. These are partners we trust to deliver high-quality outcomes, and we can bring them in to assist you with detailed systems design, development, delivery and support activities that may follow on from our advisory engagements.

Brief profile summaries for some of our key experts:

• 20 years of industry and market knowledge of digital payments, mobile payments, payment processing and recurring billing. Spearheaded multiple product launches which became global best practices. Transformed how businesses move and manage money domestically and internationally as an issuer, network scheme and payment partner. Based in Singapore.

• 25 years in global banks enabling capital solutions for clients across the world - 13 of those in Hong Kong looking after the needs of Asian Corporates and MNCs in Asia. Now working with corporates in Asia on transforming their operations to release balance sheet pressures. Deep knowledge of Supplier Finance and Receivables Finance.​ Based in Hong Kong.

• 25 years of experience in Financial Services. Leadership roles across Product, Sales and Business head positions for global & regional banks. Domain expert in Trade, Supply Chain and Working Capital Finance. Structured, built, and commercialized Trade & SCF products for global banks. Held positions of Global head of SCF products at Standard Chartered, APAC Business Head of Trade & Global head SCF products at a European Bank, and APAC head of Commercial banking for a leading European bank. Based in Singapore.

• 35 years in corporate & investment banking and domestic / cross-border trade finance with leading NBFC’s, FI’s, and foreign, private and public sector banks. Worked with IL&FS Financial Services, ING Vysya Bank, IndusInd Bank, State Bank of Mauritius, Industrial Investment Bank of India and Punjab National Bank. Major focus on Client Coverage, Portfolio Management including risk management, Structured Corporate Finance involving complex structuring including special situation, Sponsors Finance, Mezzanine Debt and Acquisition financing. Based in India.

• Specialist in Business and Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Design. Experienced across Corporate and Institutional Banking, Financial Markets, Payments, and Wealth Management, with major global banks (Standard Chartered, ANZ, Bank of America Meryll Lynch) operating in Asia. Well versed with technical areas such as Dev/Ops, Cloud usage, Data and Analytics, Open Banking and API led architecture. Based in Thailand.

• Global payments, transactional FX, and clearing expert with 25 years of experience with global banks across Europe and US. Led transformational programs within PSD2, CLS, and global FX payments domains. Led global product teams within payments businesses covering prroduct development, product management, and commercialization of payments and FX products. Functional domains: Payments, Cross border FX payments, Instant payments, SWIFT, Intraday liquidity, cash management, correspondent banking. Based in London. 

• Over 30 years within Financial Services leading large transformation programs across retail and corporate banking. Held senior positions within operations, client service, and technology in regional/global banks at global & regional banks. Domain expert in Payments, Client Service, Client Onbaording, AML/KYC, and M&A Integration. Based in India.

• Industry leader with 30+ years' experience. Cross-functional leadership roles across Asia-Pacific within Trade/Supply Chain Finance for Global and Australian banks, as well as establishment of a greenfield trade and finance business in North Asia and Europe for a global bank. Robust understanding and application of Product Management, Operations, and Customer Service disciplines within the domain, and an expert in Trade/Cash Operations and related customer service skills at a practical, managerial and strategic level. Based in Sydney.

• Subject-matter expert with 25 years operations experience in payments & cash management. Strong record in delivering operations excellence projects for MNC banks, including central banks liasion. Expertise in cost optimisation by centralizing operations, improving straight through processing and replacing outdated legacy payment systems. Based in Singapore.

• 30+ years’ experience across Institutional Banking, Financial Markets and International Payments. Member of Risk & Compliance, Trigger Event, Network Management and Asset Liability committees.​ Strong reputation management and regulatory compliance experience. Also a Professional Coach and Career Transition specialist with drive and passion to leverage his expertise to assist organizations enhance their market potential. Based in Melbourne.

• Specialist with 30+ years of experience in Trade Finance, Supply Chain and Structured Trade Finance. Worked with global banks (JPMorgan, Citibank etc.), European banks (RBS), and regional banks heading and growing their transaction banking business. Marketing of Commercial Banking products, Trade Finance, setting up of back-office Trade processing functions, Controls and Compliance with Policies and Procedures and Trade Product Management. Based in Singapore.

• 25 years of experience leading large operations teams in corporate and commercial banking for global banks. Built and led offshore centres of excellence within payments, commercial banking, asset management, custody, investment banking. Led operational transformation programs to offshore work into these low-cost COEs. Digitised and re-engineered processes for significant cost saves. Experienced across project management, process-reengineering, client service, reconciliations and investigations, and call centre management. Based in India.

• Senior Risk Management professional. 29 years in Regulatory, Financial Crime Compliance, Credit and Operational Risk Management across Private Wealth, Asset Management, Commodity Markets and Commercial Banking, Proprietary Trading, Treasury / Investment, and Trade. Expertise across end-to-end workflows between Front, Middle and Back offices. Deep knowledge of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Banking and Securities regulatory landscape, and international regulations relating to commodity derivatives. Proficient in credit/counterparty appraisal, portfolio analysis, delinquency management, and mark-to-market processes, negotiating counter party ISDA & CSA documentation, and internal process assurance functions covering funds management. Based in Singapore