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18:30 - 22:30

iFX EXPO Official Welcome Party

Join us at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, Floor 22! One of the highlights of iFX EXPO - this first meeting with the industry providers an informal setting to catch up with existing clients and to make an introduction to potential new business partners before the main event.
Speaker Hall sessions will take place on exhibition days 14 & 15 September. Please select dates above to see schedule.
Idea Hub sessions will take place on exhibition days 14 & 15 September. Please select dates above to see schedule.
09:00

Expo Day 1 – Opening of Expo Doors

Location: Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld
12:00 - 15:00

Expo Day 1 – Lunch

Buffet Lunch will be served for all exhibitors and sponsors
18:00

Expo Day 1 – Closing of Expo Doors

Location: Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld
21:00

iFX EXPO Official Night Party

The party starts at 21:00 and continues until late - join us at Sing Sing Theater! When it’s time to unwind after a busy networking day, there’s no better place than the Official iFX EXPO Night Party. A legendary event we all look forward to filled with networking opportunities and captivating entertainment you won’t find anywhere else.
10:30 - 11:15

Technology of Tomorrow: Key Developments in Trading Tech

Emerging technologies in the financial services industry have consistently disrupted how consumers interact with their money, what they expect from financial institutions, and how those organisations operate. Join our expert panellists to discuss the latest on trading technology: - Technology trends for the millennial investor VS “old-school” traders - Key developments in AI, data and risk management - The importance of a multi-asset offering & digital assets - Tackling issues on stability, safety and security - Predictions for the future of online trading

Alex Neo


Executive Vice President, Retail Products and Strategy
oneZero

As EVP of Retail Products and Strategy, Alex is responsible for oneZero’s retail segment, ensuring oneZero’s solutions for retail brokers continue to be market leading. Alex joined the company in 2017 and since then has held many roles including Director of Global Customer Success and Director of Retail Products. Prior to joining oneZero, Alex held General Manager roles at some of Australia's largest MT4/5 brokerages. Alex has also held roles at Citi, most recently as Investment Desk Manager, where his focus was running the wholesale funding division. Alex holds a Bachelor of Economics degree, double major in Economics and Finance from the University of Sydney and a Diploma in Financial Services RG 146.
Alex Neo
Executive Vice President, Retail Products and Strategy oneZero

Cristian Vlasceanu


CEO
Centroid Solutions

Cristian Vlasceanu, Chief Executive Officer at Centroid Solutions. Previously Cristian has held several other senior management roles, being COO and CEO at PrimeXM as well as CEO at Finstek. Cristian is widely recognized within the FinTech industry as a veteran technical engineer with a high level of exceptional client relationship and communication skills. As the CEO of a world’s leading fintech provider, Cristian is responsible for overseeing a team of skilled professionals, welcoming new clients and advising on how to optimise their trading environments and supporting relationships with existing clients. In spite of his fully-packed day to day schedule, Cristian still find the time to advise on new product developments as he firmly believes that there is always room for improvement, while he is also known for taking the time to build a personal relationship with each and every one of his team members. As a leading technology provider in the finance industry, Centroid Solutions specializes in risk management systems, quantitative risk analytics, bridging and connectivity, sophisticated execution strategies and P&L optimization for multi-asset financial brokers. Centroid offers a complete suite of technology solutions and infrastructure that is specifically designed to help brokers optimize their business operations and performance, expand their product offering and facilitate business growth.
Cristian Vlasceanu
CEO Centroid Solutions

Vitaly Kudinov


SVP of Business Development
Devexperts

Vitaly is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development, with experience in software development spanning over 20 years, including 15 years dedicated to fintech solutions. The Master's degree in Computer Science and profound expertise in online trading industry as well as in product management allow Vitaly to smoothly transition initial business goals (formulated by customers) into high-level product requirements (understood by development teams); to help identify the most important goals and deliver the most effective solution.
Vitaly Kudinov
SVP of Business Development Devexperts

Or Gold


Head Of Commercial Operations
Panda Trading Systems

Experienced Commercial & Operations Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry both in Retail & B2B. Skilled in Negotiations, Strategy building, Customer Relationships, Organization Leadership, and Trading. Strong Fintech & Finance background with a degree in Economics focused on financing & a CySEC framework certificate.
Or Gold
Head Of Commercial Operations Panda Trading Systems

Andy Zhang


Chief Business Development Officer
OTSO Group

Financial Engineering Major 10+ years of financial industry experience Seasoned executive management on business development in retail forex and institutions Former Director of Sales of world-class broker Former CEO of China of AmanaCapita, a well-known financial group from middle east Former CEO of APAC of Leverate, a top-notch fintech from Israel
Andy Zhang
Chief Business Development Officer OTSO Group

Tom Higgins


CEO
Gold-i | Crypto Switch

Tom Higgins is the founder and CEO of Gold-i and Crypto SwitchTM, with experience in financial technology spanning over 25 years. With an in-depth knowledge of the trading technology industry, Tom set up Gold-i in 2008 after spotting a gap in the market to enhance the FX trading process. Tom has played a major role in disrupting the retail FX and digital asset markets, giving opportunities to brokers across the globe. He has extended the firm’s focus to digital assets using Crypto SwitchTM, a proven digital asset solution for consuming and distributing Crypto liquidity, to support the growing demand to trade crypto.
Tom Higgins
CEO Gold-i | Crypto Switch
Moderator
11:25 - 12:10

Industry Inside Out: Top Leaders’ Insights on Business Trends, Geopolitical Shifts & More

In this ever-changing era, iFX EXPO welcomes back the signature leaders panel for a candid discussion on the most pressing topics globally and within the industry. Join them to get a glimpse of how the top brands take on some of the challenges today. - All things tech: rapid push of digitalisation and its lasting impact - Geopolitical & regulatory effects on businesses and markets - Latest key revelations & must-knows from the APAC region - Exploring opportunities beyond online trading: web3, metaverse and digital assets

Iskandar Najjar


Group CEO
Equiti Group

lskandar is the CEO of the Equiti Group of companies. He has a strong track record leading and growing FX and CFD companies in the Middle East. lskandar is the former MD of ADS Securities for the Middle East & Africa region, and CEO of Alpari ME. Under lskandar's leadership, Alpari ME become the leading FX firm in the Middle East region. lskandar began his career as a financial advisor working for Barclays bank in the UK before transitioning to work in the FX industry. lskandar holds a MBA from the London Business School and a MSc in Finance from Leeds Beckett University.
Iskandar Najjar
Group CEO Equiti Group

Mario Singh


Founder & Chairman
Fullerton Markets

Mario Singh is a widely sought-after expert in the finance industry, appearing more than 40 times on international media CNBC and Bloomberg, giving his market views to an estimated 350 million viewers worldwide each time. He has been brought in by some of the biggest banks in the world to speak to their traders and clients as an accomplished corporate consultant. Some of his clienteles include China's biggest bank ICBC, Switzerland's 3rd largest bank Julius Baer, and OCBC. Well-known for his passion to enrich business leaders, Mario was invited to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Singapore Agency Managers' Conference, organised by Financial Services Managers Association in Singapore. Mario was also invited to speak at a series of landmark events alongside world's #1 personal financial expert, Robert Kiyosaki. As a result of mentorship in his early career, Mario is able to build the success he has today. He believes that business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs should have the same opportunities he has had. His four best-selling books, 17 Proven Currency Trading Strategies, Unlocking the World’s Largest Financial Secret, Secret Conversations with Trading Tycoons, and the latest one, The Magical Rule of 3, which hit #1 on Amazon, are endorsed by global billion-dollar fund managers like Dr. Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group and David Kotok, Chairman of Cumberland Advisors. Being an entrepreneur himself, Mario understands the challenges that entrepreneurs face during the development of their businesses. With his years of experience in the trading industry, he brings a stellar track record to the accomplished team at Fullerton Markets. He also leads and oversees the implementation of the company’s plans in accordance with its strategy. Mario firmly believes that every business should be a force for good. He loves building businesses which disrupt industries and bring massive value to entire communities.
Mario Singh
Founder & Chairman Fullerton Markets

Alex Mackinnon


CEO
Finalto Asia

A highly experienced financial markets Executive with a very strong background in FX, Bullion and Futures brokerage, working in global centres Sydney, New York, London and now Singapore since 1989. In addition, 25 years of electronic trading expertise gained from the development and deployment of ODL Securities, Axitrader and Finalto Asia, focus is building Finalto Asia (Group) into the leading electronic broker and fintech provider in the region.
Alex Mackinnon
CEO Finalto Asia

Benjamin Chang


CEO
Swissquote Asia

Benjamin Chang is the Chief Executive Office of Swissquote Asia Limited (SQAL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Swissquote Bank Ltd. Benjamin is responsible for overseeing and managing the business development and operation of SQAL in Asia Region. Benjamin has diversified experiences in Forex, structured products and bonds trading for over 17 years.
Benjamin Chang
CEO Swissquote Asia

Jeff Hsu


CEO
ATFX Southeast Asia

Jeff possesses more than 15 years of foreign exchange trading experience. During his past tenure as a fund manager, he managed more than 20 million US dollars in fund projects; and has designed customized trading strategies for high-net-worth clients, that have resulted in an average return of 95% for 5 consecutive years.
Jeff Hsu
CEO ATFX Southeast Asia

Daniela Egli


Cyprus CEO & Group COO
Skilling

Daniela has been working in the Financial Services Sector since 2008 in a variety of roles from Corporate Services, Back Office, Brokerage to Business Development and Compliance including Executive roles on the Boards of two successful brokerages. Her varied experience has helped her gain a deep understanding of the challenges a brokerage faces today and of the possible solutions that can be explored.
Daniela Egli
Cyprus CEO & Group COO Skilling
Moderator
12:20 - 13:00

Marketing in Asia 2023: Trends, Insights & Tips to Grow Your Brand

The last few years have been a wild ride as the pandemic era forever altered consumer habits, with booming MarTech and new world metaverse becoming more integrated into the fintech landscape. How can businesses keep up with ever-evolving trends, tech and regulations in marketing in Asia and beyond? How to stay ahead of the competition, acquire and retain customers, and how to implement and localise new marketing strategies to reflect these changes are some of the topics our panellists will explore in this insightful session.

Justin Peyton


Chief Transformation Officer
Wunderman Thompson

Justin is a strategic marketing leader who helps brands connect the dots between today’s emerging technologies and tomorrow’s business opportunities. In his role as Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer for Wunderman Thompson APAC, he brings together the tech, data, commerce, customer experience, and brand strategy practices to unlock the latent potential of brands through innovative new services, business models, engaging experiences, and creative content. Further to this, Justin is a recognized Web3 thought leader and builder who applies his passion for this space through leadership of Wunderman Thompson’s Web3 and Metaverse group and as a member of the WPP Metaverse Working Group. Additionally, he writes a regular newsletter about Web3 called “BRAND N3XT”, and is currently advising an NFT Start-Up still operating in stealth and is an advisor to the Web3 Marketing Association
Justin Peyton
Chief Transformation Officer Wunderman Thompson

Stefano Virgilli


Partner
DWF LABS - VENTURE CAPITAL

Italian born Singapore PR with a diverse career: 5 years in sales, 5 years in marketing, 5 years in training, 5 years in cybersecurity, 5 years in crypto and blockchain, spanning through Europe, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Stefano Virgilli
Partner DWF LABS - VENTURE CAPITAL

Maksim Kaljakin


Senior Fintech Lead
HTTPool | Aleph Group

Maksim leads the FinTech industry growth at Aleph, the leading global enabler of digital advertising and official sales partner to all largest social media platforms. He worked in IT at Hewlett & Packard and later in Sales at Twitter where he quickly established himself as a passionate trainer & mentor and later as performance expert to his peers while simultaneously a trusted partner and strategic advisor to his clients.
Maksim Kaljakin
Senior Fintech Lead HTTPool | Aleph Group

Steven Hatzakis


Global Director of Online Broker Research
Reink Media Group

As the Global Director of Online Broker Research at Reink Media Group (RMG) since 2016, Steven's research and broker reviews are read by millions of people each year across RMG-operated domains, including ForexBrokers.com, BrokerNotes.co, and StockBrokers.com. Steven holds a Series III license in the U.S. with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) since 2008. In addition to bringing nearly 25 years of forex industry experience, including over 1,000 published articles, Steven has been writing about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for almost ten years and is passionate about consumer education, marketing best practices, and self-regulatory initiatives. Steven is an advisory board member for the Cybersecurity program at Ithaca College and has served as an advisor for over a dozen fintech companies.
Steven Hatzakis
Global Director of Online Broker Research Reink Media Group

Abdelhadi Laabi


Chief Marketing Officer
Emporium Capital Group

Abdelhadi Laabi is the Chief Marketing Officer at Emporium Capital Group. He has numerous years’ experience in marketing within the financial services industry and various other sectors. Abdelhadi has helped several firms develop effective and high-impact marketing strategies in their respective fields. He also holds a master’s degree in International Marketing from IAE Lyon School of Management in France. Abdelhadi has over 13 years’ experience in marketing including establishing strategic initiatives to support sales departments, develop social media presence and launch large PR campaigns. Over the years he has also helped several financial firms launch and develop a significant presence in the MENA region. He has worked for and contributed to developing marketing strategies at various international financial institutions, taking brands that were unknown in the region to being market leaders. Abdelhadi covers topics relating to all marketing aspects including driving brand awareness, multi-channel marketing, digital marketing and public relations.
Abdelhadi Laabi
Chief Marketing Officer Emporium Capital Group

Bojan Ninkovic


Digital Lead
Ultimate Fintech

Bojan Ninkovic is a Digital Lead for Ultimate Fintech with 15+ years of experience working for global ad agencies Leo Burnett and McCann, leading marketing activities as Head of marketing for MasterCard for SEE region and working for New York based start-ups. Bojan specializes in digital marketing and is responsible for strategic input, development and management of digital campaigns with focus on PPC, social media and SEO. Bojan is versatile business and marketing professional who is passionate and experienced to grow natural followers to brands and create business solutions to maximize their performance. Inspired daily by his wife and their son and daughter in his free time, Bojan likes to do wakeboarding, skiing and spend time in nature with his kids.
Bojan Ninkovic
Digital Lead Ultimate Fintech
Moderator
14:00 - 14:45

The New World Order: Web3, Metaverse & Business Opportunities

Web3. Metaverse. NFTs. We are talking about it, we want to be part of it. But do we really know what it is and how to benefit from it? This panel will zoom into the this new world to unlock its full potential particularly focusing on the fintech and online trading industry: - So what is it really? And will it change the world wide web as we know it forever? - Opportunities for fintech and online trading brands in the metaverse - Gamification of the fintech industry - yey or nay? - Is Metaverse the same around the globe? How is the Asia Metaverse different?

Carney Mak


Head of Investment – Fintech
FXHB Asset Management

Carney heads the fintech investments for FXHB Asset Management and also holds a role as the Commercial Director in Mitrade, an award-winning, innovative financial technology group and leader in Forex and OTC derivatives trading. Prior to these roles, he held regional and leadership positions in investment banking, payments and fintech firms. As a strong advocate for fintech and cryptocurrency, Carney played his part in the early community building for associations in Singapore. He was part of the subcommittee at (ACCESS) Association of Crypto Currency Enterprise and Startups Singapore, member at (SFA) Singapore Fintech Association, and (BAS) Blockchain Association Singapore. Carney's insights on cryptocurrencies, Web 3.0, metaverse, NFTs and payments have been featured on several newswires. Apart from speaking at international events, Carney also volunteers as a guest lecturer at local polytechnics & universities
Carney Mak
Head of Investment – Fintech FXHB Asset Management

Lea Wang


Project Director
Tradev Group

Seasoned financial industry veteran that helps entities develop business strategies and operational planning to achieve success in target markets. Specialised in strategic expansion of business and operations on a global scale, good at driving critical business processes development, directing communication strategies, establishing and maintaining key partnerships.
Lea Wang
Project Director Tradev Group

Vinay Trivedi


Chief Operating Officer
SGX MaxxTrader Systems

Vinay is an entrepreneurial Business Strategy Leader who has strong experience in taking early-stage business/ideas to fruition stage. In his recent work, he led the successful sale transaction of the "MaxxTrader" business by FlexTrade Systems to Singapore Exchange (SGX). Vinay joined the "MaxxTrader" product line of FlexTrade Systems in 2014 and turned it into an independent highly successful business with unprecedented growth in double-digit multiples. Today MaxxTrader is a leading enterprise solution provider for FX & Digital Asset trading serving top-tier banks, brokers, and hedge funds across 45+ countries. Post-acquisition, as Chief Operating Officer, Vinay is working to take the "MaxxTrader" business to even greater heights under the SGX umbrella by realizing the synergies across various business and product lines within SGX Group. Prior to MaxxTrader, Vinay has had spent few years as FX Options trader managing multi billion dollar FX options book. Vinay is a crypto enthusiast and he is currently helping build the digital asset trading eco-system for SGX group.
Vinay Trivedi
Chief Operating Officer SGX MaxxTrader Systems

Tobias Bauer


Principal
Blockchain Founders Fund

Tobias Bauer 托比亚斯 is the Principal at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Startup Mentor for 500 Startups, APX, PlugAndPlay, NUMA New York, Alchemist Accelerator, and a Venture Partner of Republic. He worked in the investment team of Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by the venture fund SOSV with $907M+ AUM in China. Furthermore, he worked for the German Government in Thailand where he co-organized the NSTF, a career fair with 1.1M visitors, in order to enable students to build their professional career. In the past, he has lived in 9 different countries across 15 cities and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English and German. Tobias holds a MSc. in Management + CEMS Master’s in International Management with Distinction from National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University (清华大学) and a Bachelor’s in Management and Law with Distinction from Management Center Innsbruck and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.
Tobias Bauer
Principal Blockchain Founders Fund
Moderator
14:55 - 15:15

Keynote: Trading Platforms White Labels. Benefits and Challenges

From early stages each business is facing a choice either start from scratch by own resources or obtain ready-made WL solution with the trust worthy technology provider. This keynote speech will be gathering all of the aspect in regards of establishing and developing the business in financial sector and would be mainly focusing on the following topics: -Key differences between business models available (From the Margin and Spot side of the business) -Variety of platforms and their technical description -Key components needed to be taken into consideration for a most effective start -Challenges and Benefits of each business strategy that might be met from the day one

Andrew Matushkin


Head of Global Business Development
B2Broker Group

Andrew Matushkin is a Head of Global Business Development at B2Broker Group of Companies. Bachelor degree in Economics and Master degree in International Business Strategy. With substantial experience in the financial market, including fintech, brokerage and payment business. Andrew has been a part of the B2Broker group from early stages and has an extensive knowledge about the FinTech industry.
Andrew Matushkin
Head of Global Business Development B2Broker Group
15:25 - 16:10

Let's Get Social: GenZ, Millennial Investors in a World of Social Trading & Finfluencers

Social trading and finfluencers are changing the financial landscape today. However, risks and concerns related to safe financial actions are growing as well. Podcasts & Vlogs are proving to be effective tools to reach a niche targeted audience and establish a solid place on social media - the home of GenZ & Millennial investors. Do we know what brokers should do to align their activities to those of GenZ & Millennials? Join this insightful panel and learn more: -How does regulation play a part in promoting or working with social trading and finfluencers -Social responsibility: What is a broker's responsibility to maintaining the quality of blogs, influencers, and their content -Finfluencer’s toolkit: Do’s & don’ts to kick-start & maintain your activities and stand out. -How can copy-trading & social trading makes trading experience safer for retail investors? -‘Gamified’ experience for investors and how is it changing the trading landscape?

Ritu Singh


VP Regional Director, StoneX Retail
Stonex

Ritu Singh heads the StoneX Retail division for the ROW region, focused on growing the FOREX.com brand across SEA, MENA, LATAM and other high potential markets. INSEAD MBA, with global experience of over two decades in marketing, product, payments, operations and commercial activities for brokerages and finance and consumer companies. Having lived, studied and worked in India, Singapore, France and UK, Ritu has strong cultural sensitivity and enjoys working with diverse clients and business teams. Working in growth markets with FOREX.com, a highly regulated broker, has given Ritu a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of social trading and finfluencers.
Ritu Singh
VP Regional Director, StoneX Retail Stonex

Stathis Xenos


Vice President of Growth
ZuluTrade

As the Vice President of Growth, Stathis Xenos has been responsible for the implementation of ZuluTrade’s growth plan, as part of Finvasia Group’s mission and vision. Having previously held key leadership roles, Stathis is an industry veteran with a proven track record in leading and scaling high-growth fintech businesses. Stathis was the Director of Marketing & Business Development in a Greek Brokerage company and contributed to positioning the company as the top player in the market. The next step in his career, was the CMO and Head of Growth position in a Fintech-oriented startup, that focused on providing trading products based on ML and AI, contributing to the significant increase of the company’s valuation from scratch. His first studies were in Engineering and he also holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance. His entrepreneurial mindset keeps him engaged in products that tend to bring fresh air to the industry, mostly focused on the social dimension and gamification. His varied experience has helped him gain a deep understanding of the challenges a Fintech company faces today and of all the possible solutions that can be explored.
Stathis Xenos
Vice President of Growth ZuluTrade

Moe Padhani


APAC Commercial Manager
INFINOX

With over 8 years of experience in the industry, Moe has been actively involved in growing the INFINOX and primarily focusing on the APAC regions. His experience in the growth of a leading brokerage that services both Retail and Institutional Markets gives him valuable insight into the changing shape of our industry. INFINOX has been an active participant in providing a spectrum of services including social copy trading that has become predominant within Asia.
Moe Padhani
APAC Commercial Manager INFINOX

Elena Sabelnikova


Business partner
Armenotech

Professional with over 15 years of experience for different lines of business including but not limited to finance, business development, people management and business coaching. As a business partner she manages partnership networks in order to understand business needs and demands . Communicates with the team to find the best approach for customized solutions.
Elena Sabelnikova
Business partner Armenotech

Mike Read


Director
Pelican Exchange

Mike left investment banking in 2010 to start London and Eastern, a financial software business. Having been the first company to successfully receive a full copy trading licence from the FCA they launched Pelican. Pelican is a B2B copy trading solution (with an optional FCA regulatory wrapper) that provides white label services to some of the biggest brands globally including Axi, Vantage, Ava Trade, IC Markets, Infinox and Tickmill.
Mike Read
Director Pelican Exchange
Moderator
10:30 - 10:50

Idea Hub Session | How to Keep Traders Engaged & Actively Trading

In this session we will discuss how brokers can create an engaging trading environment by offering multiple ways to trade, mobile-focused functionalities and localised education.

Alex Katsaros


CEO
TopFX

Alex Katsaros is the Group CEO of TopFX for almost a decade and has led both the firm's institutional and retail arms. As a former head of the product development team of cTrader, he possesses strong technical expertise and a deep understanding of the B2B landscape in the e-FX and CFDs industry.
Alex Katsaros
CEO TopFX
11:00 - 11:20

Idea Hub Session | The End or a New Chapter for White Labels?

White-Labels. Over the years, their sale has driven our entire industry. The forex market, dominated by a single supplier for a long time, has just reached its tipping point, and resellers are wondering what happens next. The presentation will focus on possible scenarios; we will think of what awaits us in the near future. Here are some of the topics that will be covered: - what changed in the WL market - how do those changes affect Technology Providers and Brokers - how the Traders' changing expectations affect the market - how to adapt your business to the new situation

Michael Karczewski


Chief Operating Officer
Match-Trade

Michael is the Chief Operating Officer at Match-Trade Technologies and co-founder of Match-Prime Liquidity. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics. He has been associated with financial markets since the beginning of his career. Prior to Match-Trade Technologies, Michael has been working in the Trading Department at XTB. Later on, he was responsible for trading as a Head of Dealing Department at HFT Brokers. Today, he uses his experience, vast knowledge and deep insights of forex technology and liquidity solutions, to create an offer of solutions dedicated to the Forex and cryptocurrency markets.
Michael Karczewski
Chief Operating Officer Match-Trade
11:30 - 12:10

Idea Hub Session | Education as Edge: How to Grow and Retain your APAC Business

During this session, our presenter will share some insights of how to grow and retain APAC business. There are some of the most important leading factors which can truly help you to make a change. Education is one of the key, the effective educational webinar or seminar will quickly increase your brand awareness. Online e-books can help clients apply the simplest technical analysis to obtain the best opportunities in the market which is also essential to grow the B2B business.

Terry Lam


South East Asia Managing Director
Kohle Capital Markets

Graduated from California State University, Pomona. First entered forex industry in 2008 and has over 14 years industrial experience. Expert in business development of FX industry.
Terry Lam
South East Asia Managing Director Kohle Capital Markets

Manit Yodthong


Thailand Country Head
Kohle Capital Markets

Over 10 years’ experience of working in forex industry. Provided great strategy and marketing tools to IBs.
Manit Yodthong
Thailand Country Head Kohle Capital Markets
12:20 - 12:50

Idea Hub Session | Building FX and Crypto Ecosystem

Introduction to brokers how to build the forex and crypto ecosystem! In a growing and fragmented marketplace, a sophisticated software technology and a good depth of market liquidity presents a unique set of key attributes and challenges. The characteristics of the components for the trading platform help you to win among the other competitors. Addressing you the benefit of the components to assist you to run your trading platform operations, sales and marketing in a more effective and efficient mode. The well developed admin part of the component enhancing operation efficiency while lowering costs and risk.

David Chan


Account Manager
B2Broker

David is an Account Manager at B2Broker where he holds the responsibility of maintaining the relationship with the clients and helping the company to expand its business in the Asian market. With a multilingual education and personal enthusiasm in the financial markets, David acquired substantial knowledge to support the business development at B2broker.
David Chan
Account Manager B2Broker

Steve Chow


Head of Business Development for Asian Region
B2Broker

Steve Chow is the head of Business Development for Asian Region. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and an MBA in Business Administration. He has working experience as operation director, general manager and management consultant, with more than 10 years in the financial industry. Strong financial market experience. He works at B2Broker Hong Kong office in Hong Kong.
Steve Chow
Head of Business Development for Asian Region B2Broker
14:00 - 14:30

Fireside Chat | Effective Risk Management: How To Maximise Profits and Minimise Risk

This fireside chat provides an insight into: - The important role of risk management in monetizing flow and creating a more consistent revenue stream - How to be proactive in mitigating toxic flow - What does effective B-Book management look like? - An understanding of the latest tools and techniques used by risk management experts

Jeff Wilkins


Managing Director
IS Risk

Jeff Wilkins joined ISAM Capital Markets in 2017 and is responsible for the management and oversight of IS Risk, the technology and risk management division of ISAM Capital Markets. IS Risk currently monitors and advises on more than $1.9 trillion of monthly notional OTC trading volume and provides risk and connectivity solutions for both retail and institutional brokers. Jeff also serves as a member of the group’s Global Cyber Security Governance Committee and Parallax Risk Governance Committee. He has had a 17-year career in finance holding senior roles as Managing Director or Global Head of Risk. Jeff graduated from Grand Valley State University business school with a degree in Finance and holds a Series 3 license.
Jeff Wilkins
Managing Director IS Risk

Marcus Fetherston


Director of Operations
Eightcap

Marcus Fetherston is the Director of Operations at Eightcap. He manages the company’s day to day operations and is an integral part of Eightcap’s product offering, liquidity, and competitive trading conditions. Marcus joined Eightcap in 2020 and has been part of the company throughout its continued growth in the global derivatives and crypto trading space over the last two years
Marcus Fetherston
Director of Operations Eightcap
14:40 - 15:00

Idea Hub Session | Hidden Advantages of Social Trading

Why do some companies experience great traction by offering social trading service while others don't? What are the secrets of a successful launch of the investment system? During the workshop, the speaker will analyse common mistakes brokerages make when launching social trading and share practical tips on how they can be avoided. Join the session to go review the common use- cases for copy trading systems with Brokeree Solutions.

Tatiana Pilipenko


Senior Business Development Executive
Brokeree Solutions

Tatiana Pilipenko is one of the leading specialists in Brokeree Solutions, she is responsible for a large number of brokerages of different sizes, most of which use Brokeree's flagship product - Social Trading solution. Thus she accumulates the knowledge and expertise of Brokeree's team as well as has deep understanding of broker's pain points when it comes to introducing and operating a successful copy trading investment system despite the region of origin.
Tatiana Pilipenko
Senior Business Development Executive Brokeree Solutions
15:10 - 15:40

Fireside Chat | Monetary & Fiscal Policy: An Overview Of The Worldwide Economy

In 2020, countries experienced the impact of the epidemic and began to launch a wave of measures to save the economy indirectly. This increased the U.S deficit and the world is currently facing high inflation with central banks beginning to raise interest rate and tighten monetary policy. Recently, the President of the United States had also announced a 15% minimum corporate tax rate to reduce inflation rate, causing the economy to slow down and potentially face recession in the future. Join us as we touch on the topics such as what will be happening to the worldwide economy? How do we gain advantage from the current environment and how will it affect the businesses in the future?

Jayden Ong Kian Heng


Senior Financial Analyst
Vantage

Jayden has 5 years of trading experience and 3 years of doing professional analysis. He specialises in using fundamental & technical analysis to trade in financial markets. Being up to date with the current market situation, he is able to structure suitable trading strategy to gain trading advantage. He has live streamed and taught over 150 clients on what are the correct ways to trade in the financial markets. In 2020, he successfully created a trading strategy in gold market that had a 70% winning rate. Additionally, he has passed myForexFund challenges. Jayden also currently writes financial articles for AM730, ETNET, WikiFx, HK Headline finance that provides macroeconomics analysis and trading ideas
Jayden Ong Kian Heng
Senior Financial Analyst Vantage
15:50 - 16:20

Fireside Chat | Liquidity & Credit Facilitation in Asian Markets

The growing importance of Singapore as the electronic trading and price discovery centre has attracted more market participants to expand their infrastructure and operation in Singapore. The trend is likely to continue as evidenced by the expansion of SG1 to SG3 data centre. This would likely lead to better liquidity and enhance execution performance in Asian markets. However, it would be interesting to examine the technological challenges in the Asian markets and how they might impact the consistency and quality of liquidity. Asia is a large and rapidly growing market for non-deliverable forward (NDF). The average daily volume of NDF transactions almost doubled increasing from $134bn in 2016 to $258bn in 2019 according to the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) 2019 Triennial FX Survey. The NDF volumes of Korean won (KRW), Indian rupee (INR), and New Taiwan dollar (TWD) exceeded the turnover in other FX products including spot transactions. Banks and major hedge funds traditionally dominated this space. How could brokers participate in the NDF market as intermediaries between smaller market participants and the banks? Are brokers able and ready to play a role in the credit facilitation? Is NDF contract for differences a good alternative?

Alex Mackinnon


CEO
Finalto Asia

A highly experienced financial markets Executive with a very strong background in FX, Bullion and Futures brokerage, working in global centres Sydney, New York, London and now Singapore since 1989. In addition, 25 years of electronic trading expertise gained from the development and deployment of ODL Securities, Axitrader and Finalto Asia, focus is building Finalto Asia (Group) into the leading electronic broker and fintech provider in the region.
Alex Mackinnon
CEO Finalto Asia

Alex Yap


Director of Sales
Finalto Asia

Alex Yap has more than 20 years of working experience in the technology and banking & finance industries. He has previously worked in banks and brokerage firms covering products such as FX, equities, futures, and other derivatives products. Alex held various senior positions in a few brokerage firms in his past employments in the capacity of SVP and regional head before joining Finalto Asia as sales director. He currently holds the position of head of institutional sales at Finalto Asia. Alex also sits on the board of directors as independent director of a registered fund management company (RFMC) regulated by Monetary Authority of Singapore. Alex has a Bachelor of Engineering from National University of Singapore and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from the University of Queensland.
Alex Yap
Director of Sales Finalto Asia
16:30 - 16:50

Idea Hub Session: Big Data Analysis - Cutting Edge of Quant Investing

This session will discuss how big data analysis helps us make sound investment decisions. This can be performed by an in house proprietary software that allows us to follow a quant investment strategy. Emporium will offer this service to its clients powered by its partnership with Cleartrust Data Analytics and Investment funds.

Haris Stavrinides


CEO
Emporium Capital

Haris Stavrinides is the Chief Executive Officer at Emporium Capital Cyprus. He has over two decades experience in the fields of finance and investments, ranging from equities to derivatives, mutual funds, and alternative investments. He holds an MBA with Distinction in Financial Management from the University of Exeter in the UK and MSc in Finance from the University of Cyprus. Mr Stavrinides has over 20 years of practical experience including setting up complicated structures verified from his involvement in the set up of Athens Derivatives Exchange in 1998, offering for the first time derivative products to the Greek financial services industry. Additionally, Mr Stavrinides has been involved in the introduction of mutual funds in Cyprus and has worked as a banker and a fund manager in the insurance industry. Mr Stavrinides is accredited by CySEC with the advanced certificate and by the Athens Derivatives Exchange (ADEX) as a derivatives advisor and market maker. In 2022, he founded Cleartrust Investment Funds and Cleartrust Data Analytics. He has created a proprietary software named as the Finance Monitor© that analyses 10 developed markets and 28K shares globally on a daily basis. Emporium Capital and Cleartrust Investment Funds have joined forces in portfolio management enabling clients to take advantage of the cutting edge technology in quantitative investment decision making process. He has authored a number of articles in European news publications covering financial services and world economy. During the 2018 elections he acted as the Head Economic Advisor to the Presidential Candidate (Republic of Cyprus). Haris Stavrinides routinely speaks about topics relating to the world economy, investment funds set up and operations as well as big data analysis and quantitative investment strategy.
Haris Stavrinides
CEO Emporium Capital
10:00

Expo Day 2 – Opening of Expo Doors

Location: Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld
12:00 - 15:00

Expo Day 2 – Lunch

Buffet Lunch will be served for all exhibitors and sponsors
17:00

Expo Day 2 – Closing of Expo Doors

Location: Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld
11:00 - 11:40

East VS West: Liquidity in APAC And Beyond

In a growing and fragmented marketplace, liquidity presents a unique set of key attributes and challenges. This panel will be gathering leading executives in the institutional space in order to dig deep into the various segments of liquidity in Asia-Pacific markets and beyond. - Liquidity Landscape in Asia-Pacific - Key Factors for Regional Growth: what should brokers, LPs and technology firms consider - Strategies for enhancing operational efficiency while lowering costs and risk - Implications of global movements, shifting regulation & technology

John Murillo


Chief Dealing Officer
B2Broker

John Murillo has been holding the position of the Chief Dealing Officer at B2Broker for more than 5 years. During that time he was able to implement the best market practices into the business processes and introduce core approaches to the liquidity part of business. Among other tasks, he is responsible with overseeing and development of the Dealing Team, Tech support, Engineering and Client relations. Mr. Murillo is a well recognized financial markets expert with more than 20+ years of experience in this industry. Throughout his career, John has held various senior positions at financial institutions worldwide which has given him a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience, including risk management and financial engineering. Under his guidance, the B2Broker team has built one of the best and most competitive liquidity offers within the space.
John Murillo
Chief Dealing Officer B2Broker

Sam Horowitz


Head of FX Distribution and Liquidity Management
CMC Markets Connect

Sam’s nearly 30 year career in the financial markets has spanned a variety of trading and management roles across sellside, buyside and intermediary businesses. Prior to his current role as head of FX Distribution and Liquidity Management at CMC Markets Connect he headed up Global Markets eFX Trading at BBVA, with previous stints building and managing trading businesses at Rabobank, UBS Asset Management, Louis Capital FX, Lloyds Bank and Marex Spectron adding to his broad cross market and cross asset experience. A psychology graduate and son of music business parents, Sam remains to this day slightly baffled as to precisely how he ended up with a long career in both voice and electronic trading, but he aims to bring both this experience in, and passion for, the human factors in an increasingly electronic industry to bear in his work building a top tier institutional liquidity provision capability at CMC. Additionally, as a student pilot he sees much value in the lessons that can be learned from the world of aviation in terms of management of risk.
Sam Horowitz
Head of FX Distribution and Liquidity Management CMC Markets Connect

Mohammad Isbeer


Global Head of Brokerage Sales
Equiti Capital

Mohammad Isbeer is an industry veteran and entrepreneur who was involved in setting up brokerages in Cyprus, Switzerland and London. Also, involved in creating research portals in the Arabic market. Being involved in all those brokerages in different parts of the world, with different regulatory environments and different market demands, Isbeer has a great understanding of the needs and issues brokers are facing, which led him to specialize brokerage sales when he moved to ADS-Securities. Mohammad has been with Equiti group from the start leading the brokerage sales globally for the group placing Equiti at the top of the liquidity providers worldwide. And he has been a panellist and a speaker in a lot of expos and events in Mena, Europe and Asia.
Mohammad Isbeer
Global Head of Brokerage Sales Equiti Capital

Ted Quek


Co-Founder & CTO
Broctagon Fintech Group

Find your IKIGAI and you will never have to work a day in your life!” Ted Quek is the Co-Founder and CTO of Broctagon Fintech Group, a licensed multi-asset liquidity and broker technology provider headquartered in Singapore with over 10 years of established global presence, serving clients across 50 countries. Ted hails from the retail forex brokerage industry and was one of the first to design and incorporate multi-tiered affiliate features within an FX CRM to interact seamlessly with both the MetaTrader 4 and 5 trading platform, bringing about a phenomenal change in the Introducing-Broker landscape. His vision has propelled Broctagon’s AXIS CRM to become the preferred solution for Brokers especially in Asia, with it’s SaaS model and full suite customizability. A crypto advocate since 2015, Ted developed a digital exchange CRM that led to the launch of a successfully ICO which raised $27 million in less than a minute. His experience in this will later form the foundational concept of the NEXUS WorldBook™ where he envisions an inter-exchange liquidity framework. Ted currently holds a certificate in FinTech and Business Process Design for Strategic Management by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Ted Quek
Co-Founder & CTO Broctagon Fintech Group

James Alexander


Chief Commercial Officer
Invast Global

A seasoned financial market professional with over 15 years of experience across both exchange-traded and OTC derivatives, Alexander has institutional derivatives experience at a number of U.S. investment banks and brokers including Cantor Fitzgerald and MF Global. Specialising in maximising the client experience, Alexander creates tailored solutions for hedge funds, asset managers and wholesale brokers. He leads the sales and distribution team at Invast Global where he has been pivotal in expanding the international Prime business over the past 9 years.
James Alexander
Chief Commercial Officer Invast Global

Raj Sitlani


Managing Director
ISAM Capital Markets

Raj Sitlani is Managing Director of ISAM Capital Markets - a group of three global market leading firms, IS Prime (regulated by the FCA), IS Prime Hong Kong (regulated by the SFC) and IS Risk Analytics. He is a renowned industry expert, with extensive knowledge of liquidity, technology and risk management, particularly in FX, indices and commodities. Raj co-founded IS Prime in 2014 together with Jonathan Brewer and systematic hedge fund manager, ISAM. Following the firm’s meteoric growth, ISAM Capital Markets was founded in 2017 to provide a framework for future expansion and a broader choice of products and services for clients. Raj has been instrumental in the successful evolution of all three businesses within the ISAM Capital Markets Group, which are based in Europe, Asia and the US. Before setting up IS Prime, Raj was Global Head of Business Development at Sucden Financial and a member of Sucden’s Executive Management Committee. Prior to that, he spent over four years as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs within the Electronic Trading business.
Raj Sitlani
Managing Director ISAM Capital Markets
Moderator
11:50 - 12:30

The Crypto Saga: Latest Developments, KYC & Anti-Fraud Resistance

Crypto winter is here while new and established digital assets companies are marking their place in the market loud & clear. At the same time, industry challenges include compliance with local regulations, KYC processes to onboard users faster, as well as a high level of anti-fraud resistance. This panel will gather some of the leading experts to discuss: - The growth & trends of crypto industry in APAC - Compliance with international regulations & laws - Latest developments in KYC and AML processes

Takatoshi Shibayama


Head of Sales APAC
Copper.co

Takatoshi Shibayama is the Head of Sales APAC for Copper.co, a crypto prime brokerage and custodial service. He provides institutional clients with a secure way to access the world of crypto investing. Prior to this, he was an analyst and investor of distressed corporate situations for 17 years, starting his career with investment banks such as JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, later joining a US hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and co-founding 3D Investment Partners in Singapore, with nearly US$1bn in AUM.
Takatoshi Shibayama
Head of Sales APAC Copper.co

Khairi Azmi


General Manager, Singapore & Head of Sales, APAC
Okcoin

With more than 10 years of experience in the financial industry, Khairi brings expertise in FX trading, electronic FX, and digital assets. He specializes in trading technology solutions and trading markets for financial institutions. He has extensive experience in business development, including identifying client opportunities, developing customized solutions, maintaining relationships, and managing risk. Before joining Okcoin, Khairi served at Seabury Global Markets, EBS Dealing Resources and Integral Development Corp.
Khairi Azmi
General Manager, Singapore & Head of Sales, APAC Okcoin

Pamela Lee Wan Yu


Head of Sales, APAC
TALOS

Pamela is Head of Sales, APAC at Talos and responsible for driving sales growth and managing sales operations in this region. Prior to joining Talos, Pamela was Head of Partnerships, APAC at LMAX Group where her focus was to lead business growth with institutional clients in the FX and digital assets space. Outside of work, she is passionate about women empowerment and has served on the committees of YWLC (Singapore) and WIFA ASIFMA (Hong Kong). Currently, she is volunteering with the women in blockchain committee under Blockchain Association of Singapore. She started her career with Credit Suisse as an analyst in the equities sales trading division.
Pamela Lee Wan Yu
Head of Sales, APAC TALOS

Phil Gillespie


Group CEO, CEO Japan
B2C2

Phil is Co-CEO of B2C2, a digital asset pioneer building the ecosystem of the future. He joined the firm in 2018 to lead expansion in Asia, successfully securing B2C2’s position as the number one foreign crypto liquidity provider in Japan. In 2020, B2C2 was acquired by Japanese financial group SBI. Previously, Phil worked at Goldman Sachs where he oversaw the FX G10 business and commodities trading for EMEA, as part of the systematic market making team. Prior to that, he was an FX voice and systematic trader at Barclays and JPMorgan. Phil holds a BSc in Industrial and System Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MSc in Financial Engineering from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Phil Gillespie
Group CEO, CEO Japan B2C2

Malik Khan Kotadia


Co founder & Chairman
Finnovation Labs

In his 20 year career, Malik has managed global roles in Multinational banks, run billion dollar businesses in various markets, driven key innovations, and been a serial entrepreneur. He is currently the Co-founder and Chairman of Finnovation Labs, a Singapore based global Fintech consulting company working in the areas of Digital transformation, Digital financial inclusion, policy initiatives etc. He is also a partner at Payment Genes, a global payments and fintech consulting company, with presence in the Netherlands, Canada, UK etc. As a global consultant, Malik has worked with Fortune 500 companies, Fintech unicorns, progressive Banks, Regulators, multilaterals like ADB and Policy makers across the globe. Malik is a passionate Fintech & Digital ecosystem builder, and believes in service and giving back to the community. He is the Co-Founder and Board Chairman- Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum, the most diverse and inclusive Fintech think tank globally, with top ecosystem leaders from 65 countries across all regions, across Banks, fintechs, Regulators, Central Banks, Multilaterals etc. It actively engages with and advises Governments, policy makers, Multi-lateral agencies, Banks and Industry associations across the globe, and is dedicated to deeper engagement between ecosystem players for social & financial inclusion. Malik is a sought after global keynote speaker on Digital Finance, Fintech, Innovation, Blockchain, Digital Financial Inclusion and Industry 4.0. He has chaired and spoken at 150+ marquee conferences, addressing 50,000+ professionals in 25 locations across APAC, EU, US and Middle East.
Malik Khan Kotadia
Co founder & Chairman Finnovation Labs
Moderator
12:40 - 13:20

The Give & Get of APAC: Secure & Scale Your Business in Asia-Pacific

APAC is one of the largest and most diverse regions on the planet, dominating the world’s internet usage, and its economy and market opportunities growing rapidly. It provides the perfect place for companies to grow their business, secure their place and start trends. Join this insightful discussion to find out how to secure and scale your business in APAC region: - Opportunities for companies to expand their footprint in this fast growing and complex economy - Do’s and don’ts while conquering the APAC market - Effective strategies to successfully offer unique experiences to the APAC audience - Practical insights: business operations, opening offices, regulations, and previous experiences and examples.

Janis Anastassiou


Managing Director, Financial Intermediation
Finvasia

Janis Anastassiou, Managing Director, Financial Intermediation, Finvasia. With over 12 years+ in leadership roles, including 8-years as a CEO overseeing financial intermediation in Europe and Asia Pacific. Janis leads alongside the Finvasia Group’s management as it invests to scale for long-term product innovation, growth and expansion. Taking on the role of Managing Director in Finvasia’s financial intermediation vertical, Janis uses her deep experience of working with global companies to lead, accelerate and expand the company’s suite of products. Prior to joining Finvasia, Janis has been instrumental in driving competitive advantage and continued growth in large multi-jurisdictional organisations. Janis holds an MBA from CIIM - Cyprus Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Monash University Australia.
Janis Anastassiou
Managing Director, Financial Intermediation Finvasia

Rahul Sodhy


CEO
Fullerton Markets

Rahul Sodhy is the CEO of Fullerton Markets and also an industry veteran with over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector and over 23 years overall experience as a thought leader and business builder. Rahul is a firm believer that great people build great businesses. Having studied both Business Management and Human Resource Management, he has dedicated his entire career to people development and business building. Rahul saw an opportunity in the financial markets right after the global financial meltdown of 2008. Already a self-taught trader with a passion for stocks, bonds and alternative investments, he saw the tremendous growth of the currency market and leapt at the opportunity to head global sales for a start-up brokerage. Starting from ground zero, he groomed new talents, built key partner relationships and grew the company’s presence all over Asia, personally acquiring over USD100 million in assets under management throughout his 7 years tenure as Vice President of the brokerage. This the unprecedented record sealed the company’s reputation as one of the rising stars in the world of global online trading. Today, Rahul brings his wealth of experience back to the brokerage industry in Fullerton Markets, one of the fastest growing brokerages in Asia Pacific. As CEO, his role is to further develop the company’s products and services throughout the world, bringing unparalleled fund safety and innovative solutions to both institutional and retail clients alike.
Rahul Sodhy
CEO Fullerton Markets

Hayel Abu Hamdan


Group Chief Commercial Officer
Hantec Markets

Hayel started his career in the FX industry in the early 2000s with HiFX, in 2002 he moved to Rosenthal Collins Group to help develop and build the direction and strategy of the business in several regions. He then joined MIG investments Switzerland in 2007 and achieved substantial growth in the company’s global FX client base by positioning MIG into the international FX scene, he also played a vital role in the management and implementation of MIG BANK License. Hayel Joined Hantec Markets in 2010 as the group’s chief operating officer before taking the role of Chief commercial officer, contributing to Hantec's growth in multiple key markets and expanding the group's client base.
Hayel Abu Hamdan
Group Chief Commercial Officer Hantec Markets

Michael Nichols


Head of Sales
Match-Trade Technologies

Graduate with an MBA from the University of Nicosia. Michael Nichols has gained experience across the financial markets. He started his career as an account manager with companies such as 24 option, later on, entered the technology and liquidity sphere with companies such as Panda Trading Systems and TopFX. Today, he uses his experience working in brokers and technology providers to help guide brokers in choosing the best products for them.
Michael Nichols
Head of Sales Match-Trade Technologies

Nick Yang


Chief Commercial Officer
TMGM

Nick Yang has 8 years of experience in Fintech industry. He has proved himself in various business development roles for forex brokers and holds experience in marketing and growth hacking in new markets.
Nick Yang
Chief Commercial Officer TMGM

Christopher Gore


Advisory services
OTC Derivatives

Christopher is an advisor to OTC derivatives providers in Australia, specialising in matters of regulatory compliance, general advisory, consultancy services, for CFD and Margin FX products and services. Christopher began his career in OTC derivatives at IG Markets in 2005 and served as a responsible manager and director of GO Markets between 2013 to 2017. Christopher served as Chief Executive Officer of GO Markets between 2017 to 2020.
Christopher Gore
Advisory services OTC Derivatives
Moderator
14:20 - 15:05

Financial Services Regulation: From Asia to Australia to the World

Join experts of this ever crucial aspect of the business to stay abreast with the latest on fraud detection and regulatory requirements. The regulatory focus in the Asia-Pacific region is changing, and at the same time, the technological actions taken by Asia-Pacific regulators are changing, from driving innovation to creating digital currencies and latest regulatory must-knows all in one session by industry experts.

Marc Robinson


Head of APAC Market Operations
Coinbase

Marc Robinson is an industry veteran with over two decades of experience, an angel investor, and an avid snowboarder. He is head of APAC Market operations at Coinbase, where he leads a team focused on building digital assets ecosystems and digital investment tools, based in Singapore. Prior to Coinbase, Marc was the Global Head of Custody at BitMEX, providing fully licensed, segregated custodian services to clients. He also served as COO at SBI, spearheading their Digital Asset Holdings business after leaving the TradFi services space, where he worked for a number of renowned banks across APAC. During his tenured career Marc has also held board seats in Börse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) and Japannext.
Marc Robinson
Head of APAC Market Operations Coinbase

Grace Chong Siew Lin


Head of Financial Regulatory SG
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Grace Chong heads the Financial Regulatory team in Gibson Dunn, Singapore. She has extensive experience advising on cross-border and complex regulatory matters, including licensing and conduct of business requirements, regulatory investigations, and regulatory change. A former in-house counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ms. Chong regularly interacts with key regulators, is closely involved in regional regulatory reform initiatives and has led discussions with regulators on behalf of the financial services industry. Grace has been consistently named as one of Singapore’s top 10 FinTech lawyers and is highly ranked in Chambers FinTech 2022, with clients noting that she “is very savvy and shares her knowledge of the MAS and market trends” and “is very pragmatic and always comes forth with sensible and realistic propositions, after an in-depth understanding of our requirements and objectives. She is a real asset to have on our side.” Further, she is recommended in Financial Services Regulatory for Singapore by The Legal 500 2022 guide which notes that she “is one of the best crypto regulatory lawyers in Singapore and is very responsive and personable.” Ms. Chong was recognized as an “Innovative Individual” in Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Awards 2021 and was named as one of Asian Legal Business’ Top 15 Rising Lawyers for APAC. Grace is an elected board member of the Singapore Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups (ACCESS), has worked with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) to draft best practices for the development of fintech and for digital asset exchanges, and sits on the Singapore Board of Women in Payments and the AML Committee of Global Digital Finance. She is also a member of the Women in Practice and AML Committees of the Law Society of Singapore and has drafted regulations in relation to client due diligence for digital asset companies and innovative product offerings.
Grace Chong Siew Lin
Head of Financial Regulatory SG Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Chul Lim


General Manager of Asia
AXI

Chul is general manager of Asia region and global head of partnership in Asia and leading transformational business growth for Australian broker. Prior to Axi, Chul has served various senior exec role, including regional CEO in Currency.com and capital.com, regional director at Exness, head of marketing at JD.com Indonesia and global head of marketing at an regional insuretech company. Chul graduated INSEAD.
Chul Lim
General Manager of Asia AXI

Christian Wheeler


Head of European Sales
Shufti Pro

Christian has over 15 years within the financial sector. He specialises in the Acquiring and Issuing realm of our online financial eco-system at an international level with more extensive experience within the EMEA and Indian regions. During his career, Christian has acted as the principal point of contact on large client portfolios, all of which were maintained and analysed through research, market information and risk management. Christian is passionate about risk management and working with businesses to mitigate their risk exposure at the first point of entry that correlates to merchant onboarding. With many years in the industry, he is well versed and intimately understands acquirers and issuers merchant underwriting pain points. Christian strives to work with companies at the forefront of driving innovations to solve these pain points to secure and support further growth for our online eco-system.
Christian Wheeler
Head of European Sales Shufti Pro

Constantinos Constantinides


Director
FAI COMPLY

Constantinos Constantinides is a Director at FAI COMPLY and has been with the firm since 2011. FAI COMPLY's main areas of expertise include Financial Services and Payments Regulation, particularly in Licensing, Compliance, Internal Audit and Anti-Money Laundering all across multiple jurisdictions. More recently co-founding The Legal Opinions, a boutique Law firm specialising in Cross Border Financial services and sits as a Non Executive Director on a Cyprus based Investment Firm, Fund and Fund Manager.
Constantinos Constantinides
Director FAI COMPLY

Eugenio Accongiagioco


Managing Director
APAC Management Consultancy

Based in Singapore and Shanghai, Eugenio has over 20 years of experience in financial markets. He advises FX/CFDs brokers, crypto players and other financial services providers in applying for onshore and offshore licenses, as well as expanding in Asian markets.
Eugenio Accongiagioco
Managing Director APAC Management Consultancy
Moderator
15:15 - 16:00

The Trader Mind VS Technology in Times of Uncertainty

The past couple of years have challenged our routines, behaviours & decisions. This not only affects the state of local and global economies, but also the mindsets of traders and investors. Join this insightful panel of leading professionals as they discuss trader psychology and behavioural analysis in conjunction with the latest developments in tech and AI. - What motivates traders and investors during challenging times? - Know your client: adapting your business in-line with trader’s needs & habits - Technology to support trader’s mindset, behaviours, emotions - Maximising automation, trading robots & AI technology

Joe Neighbour


Chief Investment Officer
Signal Centre

Joe started his career in financial services with HSBC at 18 years old before moving into broking arena at several small to medium-size firms. It was here that Joe gained vast experience in dealing with high net worth individuals and providing wealth solutions. Joe began to develop a passion for technical analysis and this desire to learn more about markets sent him down a path of trading. Joe became involved in trading markets just before the 2008 financial crisis and had to quickly adapt to some very challenging conditions. Joe is a Member of the Society of Technical Analysis (MSTA) and Chartered Fellow (CISI). He has 15+ years’ experience in financial markets across a variety of roles including broking, portfolio managing, and analysis.
Joe Neighbour
Chief Investment Officer Signal Centre

Jerome Favresse


Chief Operating Officer
Trading Central

Jerome is a cross-asset strategist with over 15 years of investment banking experience, busy incubating new decision-support algorithms and AI. He specializes in Research & Strategy, Big Data, News, and Sentiment Analytics. Jerome holds a Master of Science (MSc) from Bordeaux Management School in France.
Jerome Favresse
Chief Operating Officer Trading Central

Aziz Kenjaev


Business Manager
BingX

Aziz is a Business Manager at the award-winning exchange BingX. 6 years in fintech, 8 years in financial markets. Technical analyst, crypto-enthusiast, ex-VP at TradingView, medium and long-term trader.
Aziz Kenjaev
Business Manager BingX

Dor Eligula


Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
Deshe Analytics

Master of law from Bar Ilan University. Two-time entrepreneur with eight years of experience in Business development management management, fintech, and senior management positions.
Dor Eligula
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer Deshe Analytics

Kaia-Reet Parv


Chief Investment Officer
CrediLinq.Ai

Kaia is an experienced investment executive, having spent over a decade in asset management and banking related roles. She is currently the Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai, responsible for all investment processes, portfolio construction and management, monitoring of investment performance as well as capital raising activities. Ms. Parv was previously the Head of Investment Research at a European brokerage house. She gained experience in asset management working for a Singapore based US$ 1.3 billion credit hedge fund, overseeing a US$ 250.0 million portfolio. She also spent six years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in various roles in investment banking, global markets and operations. Ms. Parv holds a degree from Estonian Business School and is a CFA® charterholder.
Kaia-Reet Parv
Chief Investment Officer CrediLinq.Ai
Moderator
11:00 - 11:30

Fireside Chat | White Label + web3.0 = How We Turn Products Into Digital Assets

Learn more about white label solutions as a decentralization mechanism for business scaling and web 3.0 tokens usage as a tool for people engagement in trading and portfolio management. We merged known ways with web 3.0 and turned products into tradable tokens. - What is Web 3.0 & why decentralization is important for trading? - What mechanisms are available for decentralization? - Blockchain, Tokens and Tokenization - Token as a part of trading process & portfolio management - Business cases, solutions and implementation

Vladimir Tatarinov


CEO
Armenotech

CEO with over 25 years of experience in technology for the Fintech sector. He has a strong record of releasing business products for different financial sectors, including Investment Banking, Money Remittances, Crypto Exchange and trading platform for FX and CFD companies. Vladimir is the former VP of Engineering at Deutsche Bank and CTO of Exness. Under Vladimir's leadership, Armenotech became a technology lead for new fintech companies and has a portfolio of products to facilitate launch of new business in a short time for CFD/FX trading, Copy Trading, Payments Processing, Web3 tokenization for engagement.
Vladimir Tatarinov
CEO Armenotech

Elena Sabelnikova


Business partner
Armenotech

Professional with over 15 years of experience for different lines of business including but not limited to finance, business development, people management and business coaching. As a business partner she manages partnership networks in order to understand business needs and demands . Communicates with the team to find the best approach for customized solutions.
Elena Sabelnikova
Business partner Armenotech
Moderator
11:40 - 12:00

Idea Hub Session | Technology Innovations in the Forex Industry

This session will address the challenges that the industry has been facing and the application of technology to solve them. Some of the key talking points include: -Improved market analysis and predictions, faster update. -Trading bots – automated trades -Blockchain’s continuing evolvement

Martin Lam


Chief Analyst Asia-Pacific
ATFX

- Australia Registered Taxation Accountant - Australia Certified Professional Manager - The U.S. Registered Financial Advisor - HKSFC, HKSI and HKIA member Over 20 years of experience in the FX industry, global investment, and consultation. Appears on well-known TV financial channels weekly in Hong Kong. HKTVB, Now TV, HK Cable TV, and HK International Business Channel. He has been interviewed by Hong Kong Oriental Daily, Ming Pao Daily, China CCTV Financial Channel, IFeng.com and Bloomberg. Provides articles for Hong Kong and China media, Hong Kong Economic Times, Headline Finance Daily, The Standard, Sing Tao Daily Investment Finance, and China Money Weekly to share his market predictions and insights regarding Investment Market.
Martin Lam
Chief Analyst Asia-Pacific ATFX
12:10 - 12:30

Idea Hub Session | Scaling Your Business with Social Trading & Understanding the Power of Network Effect

Social Trading is one of the most effective forms of a network effect. It can help your business to strengthen your value proposition, increase your customer base and sustain your profitability. Just like conventional social networks connect you with friends and family, Social trading provides an atmosphere where both newbies and veteran traders can share ideas, strategies, and data for their collective benefit. Let's review some of the best practices and understand how you can monetise them in your favour.

Antonis Metaxas


VP of Growth
Zulu Trade

VP of Growth, Antonis Metaxas has been the person behind the core product for the last 5 years on ZuluTrade was also Head of Portfolio Management & Traders Community: Being a domain expert on multiple platforms, he actively participated in building and optimizing platforms’ features, as well as affecting major business KPIs (Investors’ Winners %, etc.). Using his 22 years of investing experience, he and his teams are building new investment products, such as managed portfolios, utilizing cutting-edge mathematical models to expand the product offering. Additionally, they are curating thousands of trading systems and managing an already vast user community. Capitalizing on this expertise, he is a key player in marketing, providing insights to materialize the social trading dynamics alongside sales projects by helping the company’s revenues grow.
Antonis Metaxas
VP of Growth Zulu Trade
12:40 - 13:10

Fireside Chat | Fintech in 2022 and beyond. What’s on your mind?

What’s in the crystal ball for 2022 and beyond? What’s exciting in the SEA region, now and in the near term? Hear our guests thoughts on Crypto and DeFi; NFTs, AI, Trust and Identity; KYT, Open Banking and Open APIs; Regulatory innovations in SEA, Economic Inclusion, the Great Unbanked Digital Transformation. What are the challenges, drivers and why.

Michalis Phytides


Head of Global Partnerships
Deriv

As Deriv’s Head of Global Partnerships Team, Michalis Phytides has had an insightful journey worth sharing, in the Forex and Brokerage Industry. Mr.Phytides is a strong leader and strategist with a proven track record in transforming businesses for the past 15+ years.
Michalis Phytides
Head of Global Partnerships Deriv

Patrick Ng


CTO
IDmeta Group

Long career as CIO in major Australia law firms latest of which was with Maddocks and consulting at Gadens. Now taking up a role as CTO in IDmeta
Patrick Ng
CTO IDmeta Group
Moderator
14:10 - 14:30

Idea Hub Session | Key Compliance Considerations for Cloud Adoption in APAC FinTech Sector

- Key Steps for Cloud Adoption by Financial Institutions - Conduct risk assessment and identify the right applications - Overview of Trends on Security Compliance in China - Overview on Measures of Cross-border Data Transfer Security Assessment - How Alibaba Cloud can help Financial Institutions to meet China-Specific Regulatory Compliance

Yang Sun


General Manager of UKI and Nordics
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International

Yang Sun, General Manager of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence - UK&I, Nordics, Israel, and Cyprus at Alibaba Group Yang stands at the forefront of the fastest moving technology industry trend - cloud computing & data intelligence services and joined the Alibaba Group in early 2016 with over 15 years industry experience to lead the business expansion of Alibaba Cloud in UK&I, Nordics, Israeli and more international markets with the focus on key industries, e.g., New Retail, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and more. sectors.
Yang Sun
General Manager of UKI and Nordics Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International
14:40 - 15:10

Fireside Chat | The Challenge Board of a Multi-regulated Broker

We will be talking about the market understanding of the role of the compliance department, what are the benefits and challenges that the compliance department faces in order to acquire and maintain multiple licences, the short term and long term strategy, the costs associated with having multiple licenses, Deriv’s compliance strategy, how having multiple licenses benefit a company and it’s partners and how to align compliance with your company values.

Joe Chang


Regulatory Compliance Team Lead, RoW
Deriv

Joe Chang Wei Chew's encounter with the Compliance environment started 5 years ago with him joining Deriv's Risk Management team. Currently, he is one of the most promising talents at the company, and the Team Lead for Regulatory Compliance, Rest Of the World. Mr.Joe Chang is the holder of the 2021 Distinguished Toastmaster Award, in addition to excelling in his workplace in aspects of Compliance, Training, Audits, Risk Management and Project Management.
Joe Chang
Regulatory Compliance Team Lead, RoW Deriv

Michalis Phytides


Head of Global Partnerships
Deriv

As Deriv’s Head of Global Partnerships Team, Michalis Phytides has had an insightful journey worth sharing, in the Forex and Brokerage Industry. Mr.Phytides is a strong leader and strategist with a proven track record in transforming businesses for the past 15+ years.
Michalis Phytides
Head of Global Partnerships Deriv
Moderator
15:20 - 15:50

Idea Hub Session | Modify and Diversify Brand Identity

Hayel Abu Hamdan the CCO of Hantec Markets will be discussing the need to modify brand identity to capture new generations of traders, as trading nowadays is not an exclusive practice to a limited older aged population and with the technological advancements in trading platforms and apps, anyone can start trading anytime. In this exciting session, Hayel will shed light on the traders’ demographics changes, the need to balance modifying the brand for the new generation while not alienating the previous ones and ways brands can be modified. Come join us for this Fireside mini panel and get to know what new traders are looking for.

Hayel Abu Hamdan


Group Chief Commercial Officer
Hantec Markets

Hayel started his career in the FX industry in the early 2000s with HiFX, in 2002 he moved to Rosenthal Collins Group to help develop and build the direction and strategy of the business in several regions. He then joined MIG investments Switzerland in 2007 and achieved substantial growth in the company’s global FX client base by positioning MIG into the international FX scene, he also played a vital role in the management and implementation of MIG BANK License. Hayel Joined Hantec Markets in 2010 as the group’s chief operating officer before taking the role of Chief commercial officer, contributing to Hantec's growth in multiple key markets and expanding the group's client base.
Hayel Abu Hamdan
Group Chief Commercial Officer Hantec Markets

Bojan Ninkovic


Digital Lead
Ultimate Fintech

Bojan Ninkovic is a Digital Lead for Ultimate Fintech with 15+ years of experience working for global ad agencies Leo Burnett and McCann, leading marketing activities as Head of marketing for MasterCard for SEE region and working for New York based start-ups. Bojan specializes in digital marketing and is responsible for strategic input, development and management of digital campaigns with focus on PPC, social media and SEO. Bojan is versatile business and marketing professional who is passionate and experienced to grow natural followers to brands and create business solutions to maximize their performance. Inspired daily by his wife and their son and daughter in his free time, Bojan likes to do wakeboarding, skiing and spend time in nature with his kids.
Bojan Ninkovic
Digital Lead Ultimate Fintech
Moderator
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Our Speakers

Malik Khan Kotadia


Malik Khan Kotadia
Co founder & Chairman

Finnovation Labs


Malik Khan Kotadia


Co founder & Chairman
Finnovation Labs

In his 20 year career, Malik has managed global roles in Multinational banks, run billion dollar businesses in various markets, driven key innovations, and been a serial entrepreneur. He is currently the Co-founder and Chairman of Finnovation Labs, a Singapore based global Fintech consulting company working in the areas of Digital transformation, Digital financial inclusion, policy initiatives etc. He is also a partner at Payment Genes, a global payments and fintech consulting company, with presence in the Netherlands, Canada, UK etc. As a global consultant, Malik has worked with Fortune 500 companies, Fintech unicorns, progressive Banks, Regulators, multilaterals like ADB and Policy makers across the globe. Malik is a passionate Fintech & Digital ecosystem builder, and believes in service and giving back to the community. He is the Co-Founder and Board Chairman- Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum, the most diverse and inclusive Fintech think tank globally, with top ecosystem leaders from 65 countries across all regions, across Banks, fintechs, Regulators, Central Banks, Multilaterals etc. It actively engages with and advises Governments, policy makers, Multi-lateral agencies, Banks and Industry associations across the globe, and is dedicated to deeper engagement between ecosystem players for social & financial inclusion. Malik is a sought after global keynote speaker on Digital Finance, Fintech, Innovation, Blockchain, Digital Financial Inclusion and Industry 4.0. He has chaired and spoken at 150+ marquee conferences, addressing 50,000+ professionals in 25 locations across APAC, EU, US and Middle East.
Marc Robinson


Marc Robinson
Head of APAC Market Operations

Coinbase


Marc Robinson


Head of APAC Market Operations
Coinbase

Marc Robinson is an industry veteran with over two decades of experience, an angel investor, and an avid snowboarder. He is head of APAC Market operations at Coinbase, where he leads a team focused on building digital assets ecosystems and digital investment tools, based in Singapore. Prior to Coinbase, Marc was the Global Head of Custody at BitMEX, providing fully licensed, segregated custodian services to clients. He also served as COO at SBI, spearheading their Digital Asset Holdings business after leaving the TradFi services space, where he worked for a number of renowned banks across APAC. During his tenured career Marc has also held board seats in Börse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) and Japannext.
Grace Chong Siew Lin


Grace Chong Siew Lin
Head of Financial Regulatory SG

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher


Grace Chong Siew Lin


Head of Financial Regulatory SG
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Grace Chong heads the Financial Regulatory team in Gibson Dunn, Singapore. She has extensive experience advising on cross-border and complex regulatory matters, including licensing and conduct of business requirements, regulatory investigations, and regulatory change. A former in-house counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ms. Chong regularly interacts with key regulators, is closely involved in regional regulatory reform initiatives and has led discussions with regulators on behalf of the financial services industry. Grace has been consistently named as one of Singapore’s top 10 FinTech lawyers and is highly ranked in Chambers FinTech 2022, with clients noting that she “is very savvy and shares her knowledge of the MAS and market trends” and “is very pragmatic and always comes forth with sensible and realistic propositions, after an in-depth understanding of our requirements and objectives. She is a real asset to have on our side.” Further, she is recommended in Financial Services Regulatory for Singapore by The Legal 500 2022 guide which notes that she “is one of the best crypto regulatory lawyers in Singapore and is very responsive and personable.” Ms. Chong was recognized as an “Innovative Individual” in Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Awards 2021 and was named as one of Asian Legal Business’ Top 15 Rising Lawyers for APAC. Grace is an elected board member of the Singapore Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups (ACCESS), has worked with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) to draft best practices for the development of fintech and for digital asset exchanges, and sits on the Singapore Board of Women in Payments and the AML Committee of Global Digital Finance. She is also a member of the Women in Practice and AML Committees of the Law Society of Singapore and has drafted regulations in relation to client due diligence for digital asset companies and innovative product offerings.
Justin Peyton


Justin Peyton
Chief Transformation Officer

Wunderman Thompson


Justin Peyton


Chief Transformation Officer
Wunderman Thompson

Justin is a strategic marketing leader who helps brands connect the dots between today’s emerging technologies and tomorrow’s business opportunities. In his role as Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer for Wunderman Thompson APAC, he brings together the tech, data, commerce, customer experience, and brand strategy practices to unlock the latent potential of brands through innovative new services, business models, engaging experiences, and creative content. Further to this, Justin is a recognized Web3 thought leader and builder who applies his passion for this space through leadership of Wunderman Thompson’s Web3 and Metaverse group and as a member of the WPP Metaverse Working Group. Additionally, he writes a regular newsletter about Web3 called “BRAND N3XT”, and is currently advising an NFT Start-Up still operating in stealth and is an advisor to the Web3 Marketing Association
Iskandar Najjar


Iskandar Najjar
Group CEO

Equiti Group


Iskandar Najjar


Group CEO
Equiti Group

lskandar is the CEO of the Equiti Group of companies. He has a strong track record leading and growing FX and CFD companies in the Middle East. lskandar is the former MD of ADS Securities for the Middle East & Africa region, and CEO of Alpari ME. Under lskandar's leadership, Alpari ME become the leading FX firm in the Middle East region. lskandar began his career as a financial advisor working for Barclays bank in the UK before transitioning to work in the FX industry. lskandar holds a MBA from the London Business School and a MSc in Finance from Leeds Beckett University.
Mario Singh


Mario Singh
Founder & Chairman

Fullerton Markets


Mario Singh


Founder & Chairman
Fullerton Markets

Mario Singh is a widely sought-after expert in the finance industry, appearing more than 40 times on international media CNBC and Bloomberg, giving his market views to an estimated 350 million viewers worldwide each time. He has been brought in by some of the biggest banks in the world to speak to their traders and clients as an accomplished corporate consultant. Some of his clienteles include China's biggest bank ICBC, Switzerland's 3rd largest bank Julius Baer, and OCBC. Well-known for his passion to enrich business leaders, Mario was invited to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Singapore Agency Managers' Conference, organised by Financial Services Managers Association in Singapore. Mario was also invited to speak at a series of landmark events alongside world's #1 personal financial expert, Robert Kiyosaki. As a result of mentorship in his early career, Mario is able to build the success he has today. He believes that business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs should have the same opportunities he has had. His four best-selling books, 17 Proven Currency Trading Strategies, Unlocking the World’s Largest Financial Secret, Secret Conversations with Trading Tycoons, and the latest one, The Magical Rule of 3, which hit #1 on Amazon, are endorsed by global billion-dollar fund managers like Dr. Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group and David Kotok, Chairman of Cumberland Advisors. Being an entrepreneur himself, Mario understands the challenges that entrepreneurs face during the development of their businesses. With his years of experience in the trading industry, he brings a stellar track record to the accomplished team at Fullerton Markets. He also leads and oversees the implementation of the company’s plans in accordance with its strategy. Mario firmly believes that every business should be a force for good. He loves building businesses which disrupt industries and bring massive value to entire communities.
Stefano Virgilli


Stefano Virgilli
Partner

DWF LABS - VENTURE CAPITAL


Stefano Virgilli


Partner
DWF LABS - VENTURE CAPITAL

Italian born Singapore PR with a diverse career: 5 years in sales, 5 years in marketing, 5 years in training, 5 years in cybersecurity, 5 years in crypto and blockchain, spanning through Europe, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Tobias Bauer


Tobias Bauer
Principal

Blockchain Founders Fund


Tobias Bauer


Principal
Blockchain Founders Fund

Tobias Bauer 托比亚斯 is the Principal at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Startup Mentor for 500 Startups, APX, PlugAndPlay, NUMA New York, Alchemist Accelerator, and a Venture Partner of Republic. He worked in the investment team of Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by the venture fund SOSV with $907M+ AUM in China. Furthermore, he worked for the German Government in Thailand where he co-organized the NSTF, a career fair with 1.1M visitors, in order to enable students to build their professional career. In the past, he has lived in 9 different countries across 15 cities and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English and German. Tobias holds a MSc. in Management + CEMS Master’s in International Management with Distinction from National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University (清华大学) and a Bachelor’s in Management and Law with Distinction from Management Center Innsbruck and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.
Chul Lim


Chul Lim
General Manager of Asia

AXI


Chul Lim


General Manager of Asia
AXI

Chul is general manager of Asia region and global head of partnership in Asia and leading transformational business growth for Australian broker. Prior to Axi, Chul has served various senior exec role, including regional CEO in Currency.com and capital.com, regional director at Exness, head of marketing at JD.com Indonesia and global head of marketing at an regional insuretech company. Chul graduated INSEAD.
Takatoshi Shibayama


Takatoshi Shibayama
Head of Sales APAC

Copper.co


Takatoshi Shibayama


Head of Sales APAC
Copper.co

Takatoshi Shibayama is the Head of Sales APAC for Copper.co, a crypto prime brokerage and custodial service. He provides institutional clients with a secure way to access the world of crypto investing. Prior to this, he was an analyst and investor of distressed corporate situations for 17 years, starting his career with investment banks such as JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, later joining a US hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and co-founding 3D Investment Partners in Singapore, with nearly US$1bn in AUM.
Alex Mackinnon


Alex Mackinnon
CEO

Finalto Asia


Alex Mackinnon


CEO
Finalto Asia

A highly experienced financial markets Executive with a very strong background in FX, Bullion and Futures brokerage, working in global centres Sydney, New York, London and now Singapore since 1989. In addition, 25 years of electronic trading expertise gained from the development and deployment of ODL Securities, Axitrader and Finalto Asia, focus is building Finalto Asia (Group) into the leading electronic broker and fintech provider in the region.
Raj Sitlani


Raj Sitlani
Managing Director

ISAM Capital Markets


Raj Sitlani


Managing Director
ISAM Capital Markets

Raj Sitlani is Managing Director of ISAM Capital Markets - a group of three global market leading firms, IS Prime (regulated by the FCA), IS Prime Hong Kong (regulated by the SFC) and IS Risk Analytics. He is a renowned industry expert, with extensive knowledge of liquidity, technology and risk management, particularly in FX, indices and commodities. Raj co-founded IS Prime in 2014 together with Jonathan Brewer and systematic hedge fund manager, ISAM. Following the firm’s meteoric growth, ISAM Capital Markets was founded in 2017 to provide a framework for future expansion and a broader choice of products and services for clients. Raj has been instrumental in the successful evolution of all three businesses within the ISAM Capital Markets Group, which are based in Europe, Asia and the US. Before setting up IS Prime, Raj was Global Head of Business Development at Sucden Financial and a member of Sucden’s Executive Management Committee. Prior to that, he spent over four years as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs within the Electronic Trading business.
Daniela Egli


Daniela Egli
Cyprus CEO & Group COO

Skilling


Daniela Egli


Cyprus CEO & Group COO
Skilling

Daniela has been working in the Financial Services Sector since 2008 in a variety of roles from Corporate Services, Back Office, Brokerage to Business Development and Compliance including Executive roles on the Boards of two successful brokerages. Her varied experience has helped her gain a deep understanding of the challenges a brokerage faces today and of the possible solutions that can be explored.
Khairi Azmi


Khairi Azmi
General Manager, Singapore & Head of Sales, APAC

Okcoin


Khairi Azmi


General Manager, Singapore & Head of Sales, APAC
Okcoin

With more than 10 years of experience in the financial industry, Khairi brings expertise in FX trading, electronic FX, and digital assets. He specializes in trading technology solutions and trading markets for financial institutions. He has extensive experience in business development, including identifying client opportunities, developing customized solutions, maintaining relationships, and managing risk. Before joining Okcoin, Khairi served at Seabury Global Markets, EBS Dealing Resources and Integral Development Corp.
Tom Higgins


Tom Higgins
CEO

Gold-i | Crypto Switch


Tom Higgins


CEO
Gold-i | Crypto Switch

Tom Higgins is the founder and CEO of Gold-i and Crypto SwitchTM, with experience in financial technology spanning over 25 years. With an in-depth knowledge of the trading technology industry, Tom set up Gold-i in 2008 after spotting a gap in the market to enhance the FX trading process. Tom has played a major role in disrupting the retail FX and digital asset markets, giving opportunities to brokers across the globe. He has extended the firm’s focus to digital assets using Crypto SwitchTM, a proven digital asset solution for consuming and distributing Crypto liquidity, to support the growing demand to trade crypto.
Alex Neo


Alex Neo
Executive Vice President, Retail Products and Strategy

oneZero


Alex Neo


Executive Vice President, Retail Products and Strategy
oneZero

As EVP of Retail Products and Strategy, Alex is responsible for oneZero’s retail segment, ensuring oneZero’s solutions for retail brokers continue to be market leading. Alex joined the company in 2017 and since then has held many roles including Director of Global Customer Success and Director of Retail Products. Prior to joining oneZero, Alex held General Manager roles at some of Australia's largest MT4/5 brokerages. Alex has also held roles at Citi, most recently as Investment Desk Manager, where his focus was running the wholesale funding division. Alex holds a Bachelor of Economics degree, double major in Economics and Finance from the University of Sydney and a Diploma in Financial Services RG 146.
Janis Anastassiou


Janis Anastassiou
Managing Director, Financial Intermediation

Finvasia


Janis Anastassiou


Managing Director, Financial Intermediation
Finvasia

Janis Anastassiou, Managing Director, Financial Intermediation, Finvasia. With over 12 years+ in leadership roles, including 8-years as a CEO overseeing financial intermediation in Europe and Asia Pacific. Janis leads alongside the Finvasia Group’s management as it invests to scale for long-term product innovation, growth and expansion. Taking on the role of Managing Director in Finvasia’s financial intermediation vertical, Janis uses her deep experience of working with global companies to lead, accelerate and expand the company’s suite of products. Prior to joining Finvasia, Janis has been instrumental in driving competitive advantage and continued growth in large multi-jurisdictional organisations. Janis holds an MBA from CIIM - Cyprus Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Monash University Australia.
Benjamin Chang


Benjamin Chang
CEO

Swissquote Asia


Benjamin Chang


CEO
Swissquote Asia

Benjamin Chang is the Chief Executive Office of Swissquote Asia Limited (SQAL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Swissquote Bank Ltd. Benjamin is responsible for overseeing and managing the business development and operation of SQAL in Asia Region. Benjamin has diversified experiences in Forex, structured products and bonds trading for over 17 years.
Kaia-Reet Parv


Kaia-Reet Parv
Chief Investment Officer

CrediLinq.Ai


Kaia-Reet Parv


Chief Investment Officer
CrediLinq.Ai

Kaia is an experienced investment executive, having spent over a decade in asset management and banking related roles. She is currently the Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai, responsible for all investment processes, portfolio construction and management, monitoring of investment performance as well as capital raising activities. Ms. Parv was previously the Head of Investment Research at a European brokerage house. She gained experience in asset management working for a Singapore based US$ 1.3 billion credit hedge fund, overseeing a US$ 250.0 million portfolio. She also spent six years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in various roles in investment banking, global markets and operations. Ms. Parv holds a degree from Estonian Business School and is a CFA® charterholder.
Eugenio Accongiagioco


Eugenio Accongiagioco
Managing Director

APAC Management Consultancy


Eugenio Accongiagioco


Managing Director
APAC Management Consultancy

Based in Singapore and Shanghai, Eugenio has over 20 years of experience in financial markets. He advises FX/CFDs brokers, crypto players and other financial services providers in applying for onshore and offshore licenses, as well as expanding in Asian markets.
Christopher Gore


Christopher Gore
Advisory services

OTC Derivatives


Christopher Gore


Advisory services
OTC Derivatives

Christopher is an advisor to OTC derivatives providers in Australia, specialising in matters of regulatory compliance, general advisory, consultancy services, for CFD and Margin FX products and services. Christopher began his career in OTC derivatives at IG Markets in 2005 and served as a responsible manager and director of GO Markets between 2013 to 2017. Christopher served as Chief Executive Officer of GO Markets between 2017 to 2020.
Pamela Lee Wan Yu


Pamela Lee Wan Yu
Head of Sales, APAC

TALOS


Pamela Lee Wan Yu


Head of Sales, APAC
TALOS

Pamela is Head of Sales, APAC at Talos and responsible for driving sales growth and managing sales operations in this region. Prior to joining Talos, Pamela was Head of Partnerships, APAC at LMAX Group where her focus was to lead business growth with institutional clients in the FX and digital assets space. Outside of work, she is passionate about women empowerment and has served on the committees of YWLC (Singapore) and WIFA ASIFMA (Hong Kong). Currently, she is volunteering with the women in blockchain committee under Blockchain Association of Singapore. She started her career with Credit Suisse as an analyst in the equities sales trading division.
John Murillo


John Murillo
Chief Dealing Officer

B2Broker


John Murillo


Chief Dealing Officer
B2Broker

John Murillo has been holding the position of the Chief Dealing Officer at B2Broker for more than 5 years. During that time he was able to implement the best market practices into the business processes and introduce core approaches to the liquidity part of business. Among other tasks, he is responsible with overseeing and development of the Dealing Team, Tech support, Engineering and Client relations. Mr. Murillo is a well recognized financial markets expert with more than 20+ years of experience in this industry. Throughout his career, John has held various senior positions at financial institutions worldwide which has given him a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience, including risk management and financial engineering. Under his guidance, the B2Broker team has built one of the best and most competitive liquidity offers within the space.
Maksim Kaljakin


Maksim Kaljakin
Senior Fintech Lead

HTTPool | Aleph Group


Maksim Kaljakin


Senior Fintech Lead
HTTPool | Aleph Group

Maksim leads the FinTech industry growth at Aleph, the leading global enabler of digital advertising and official sales partner to all largest social media platforms. He worked in IT at Hewlett & Packard and later in Sales at Twitter where he quickly established himself as a passionate trainer & mentor and later as performance expert to his peers while simultaneously a trusted partner and strategic advisor to his clients.
Jeff Hsu


Jeff Hsu
CEO

ATFX Southeast Asia


Jeff Hsu


CEO
ATFX Southeast Asia

Jeff possesses more than 15 years of foreign exchange trading experience. During his past tenure as a fund manager, he managed more than 20 million US dollars in fund projects; and has designed customized trading strategies for high-net-worth clients, that have resulted in an average return of 95% for 5 consecutive years.
Rahul Sodhy


Rahul Sodhy
CEO

Fullerton Markets


Rahul Sodhy


CEO
Fullerton Markets

Rahul Sodhy is the CEO of Fullerton Markets and also an industry veteran with over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector and over 23 years overall experience as a thought leader and business builder. Rahul is a firm believer that great people build great businesses. Having studied both Business Management and Human Resource Management, he has dedicated his entire career to people development and business building. Rahul saw an opportunity in the financial markets right after the global financial meltdown of 2008. Already a self-taught trader with a passion for stocks, bonds and alternative investments, he saw the tremendous growth of the currency market and leapt at the opportunity to head global sales for a start-up brokerage. Starting from ground zero, he groomed new talents, built key partner relationships and grew the company’s presence all over Asia, personally acquiring over USD100 million in assets under management throughout his 7 years tenure as Vice President of the brokerage. This the unprecedented record sealed the company’s reputation as one of the rising stars in the world of global online trading. Today, Rahul brings his wealth of experience back to the brokerage industry in Fullerton Markets, one of the fastest growing brokerages in Asia Pacific. As CEO, his role is to further develop the company’s products and services throughout the world, bringing unparalleled fund safety and innovative solutions to both institutional and retail clients alike.
Sam Horowitz


Sam Horowitz
Head of FX Distribution and Liquidity Management

CMC Markets Connect


Sam Horowitz


Head of FX Distribution and Liquidity Management
CMC Markets Connect

Sam’s nearly 30 year career in the financial markets has spanned a variety of trading and management roles across sellside, buyside and intermediary businesses. Prior to his current role as head of FX Distribution and Liquidity Management at CMC Markets Connect he headed up Global Markets eFX Trading at BBVA, with previous stints building and managing trading businesses at Rabobank, UBS Asset Management, Louis Capital FX, Lloyds Bank and Marex Spectron adding to his broad cross market and cross asset experience. A psychology graduate and son of music business parents, Sam remains to this day slightly baffled as to precisely how he ended up with a long career in both voice and electronic trading, but he aims to bring both this experience in, and passion for, the human factors in an increasingly electronic industry to bear in his work building a top tier institutional liquidity provision capability at CMC. Additionally, as a student pilot he sees much value in the lessons that can be learned from the world of aviation in terms of management of risk.
Joe Neighbour


Joe Neighbour
Chief Investment Officer

Signal Centre


Joe Neighbour


Chief Investment Officer
Signal Centre

Joe started his career in financial services with HSBC at 18 years old before moving into broking arena at several small to medium-size firms. It was here that Joe gained vast experience in dealing with high net worth individuals and providing wealth solutions. Joe began to develop a passion for technical analysis and this desire to learn more about markets sent him down a path of trading. Joe became involved in trading markets just before the 2008 financial crisis and had to quickly adapt to some very challenging conditions. Joe is a Member of the Society of Technical Analysis (MSTA) and Chartered Fellow (CISI). He has 15+ years’ experience in financial markets across a variety of roles including broking, portfolio managing, and analysis.
Jerome Favresse


Jerome Favresse
Chief Operating Officer

Trading Central


Jerome Favresse


Chief Operating Officer
Trading Central

Jerome is a cross-asset strategist with over 15 years of investment banking experience, busy incubating new decision-support algorithms and AI. He specializes in Research & Strategy, Big Data, News, and Sentiment Analytics. Jerome holds a Master of Science (MSc) from Bordeaux Management School in France.
Ritu Singh


Ritu Singh
VP Regional Director, StoneX Retail

Stonex


Ritu Singh


VP Regional Director, StoneX Retail
Stonex

Ritu Singh heads the StoneX Retail division for the ROW region, focused on growing the FOREX.com brand across SEA, MENA, LATAM and other high potential markets. INSEAD MBA, with global experience of over two decades in marketing, product, payments, operations and commercial activities for brokerages and finance and consumer companies. Having lived, studied and worked in India, Singapore, France and UK, Ritu has strong cultural sensitivity and enjoys working with diverse clients and business teams. Working in growth markets with FOREX.com, a highly regulated broker, has given Ritu a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of social trading and finfluencers.
Hayel Abu Hamdan


Hayel Abu Hamdan
Group Chief Commercial Officer

Hantec Markets


Hayel Abu Hamdan


Group Chief Commercial Officer
Hantec Markets

Hayel started his career in the FX industry in the early 2000s with HiFX, in 2002 he moved to Rosenthal Collins Group to help develop and build the direction and strategy of the business in several regions. He then joined MIG investments Switzerland in 2007 and achieved substantial growth in the company’s global FX client base by positioning MIG into the international FX scene, he also played a vital role in the management and implementation of MIG BANK License. Hayel Joined Hantec Markets in 2010 as the group’s chief operating officer before taking the role of Chief commercial officer, contributing to Hantec's growth in multiple key markets and expanding the group's client base.
Cristian Vlasceanu


Cristian Vlasceanu
CEO

Centroid Solutions


Cristian Vlasceanu


CEO
Centroid Solutions

Cristian Vlasceanu, Chief Executive Officer at Centroid Solutions. Previously Cristian has held several other senior management roles, being COO and CEO at PrimeXM as well as CEO at Finstek. Cristian is widely recognized within the FinTech industry as a veteran technical engineer with a high level of exceptional client relationship and communication skills. As the CEO of a world’s leading fintech provider, Cristian is responsible for overseeing a team of skilled professionals, welcoming new clients and advising on how to optimise their trading environments and supporting relationships with existing clients. In spite of his fully-packed day to day schedule, Cristian still find the time to advise on new product developments as he firmly believes that there is always room for improvement, while he is also known for taking the time to build a personal relationship with each and every one of his team members. As a leading technology provider in the finance industry, Centroid Solutions specializes in risk management systems, quantitative risk analytics, bridging and connectivity, sophisticated execution strategies and P&L optimization for multi-asset financial brokers. Centroid offers a complete suite of technology solutions and infrastructure that is specifically designed to help brokers optimize their business operations and performance, expand their product offering and facilitate business growth.
Mohammad Isbeer


Mohammad Isbeer
Global Head of Brokerage Sales

Equiti Capital


Mohammad Isbeer


Global Head of Brokerage Sales
Equiti Capital

Mohammad Isbeer is an industry veteran and entrepreneur who was involved in setting up brokerages in Cyprus, Switzerland and London. Also, involved in creating research portals in the Arabic market. Being involved in all those brokerages in different parts of the world, with different regulatory environments and different market demands, Isbeer has a great understanding of the needs and issues brokers are facing, which led him to specialize brokerage sales when he moved to ADS-Securities. Mohammad has been with Equiti group from the start leading the brokerage sales globally for the group placing Equiti at the top of the liquidity providers worldwide. And he has been a panellist and a speaker in a lot of expos and events in Mena, Europe and Asia.
Andrew Matushkin


Andrew Matushkin
Head of Global Business Development

B2Broker Group


Andrew Matushkin


Head of Global Business Development
B2Broker Group

Andrew Matushkin is a Head of Global Business Development at B2Broker Group of Companies. Bachelor degree in Economics and Master degree in International Business Strategy. With substantial experience in the financial market, including fintech, brokerage and payment business. Andrew has been a part of the B2Broker group from early stages and has an extensive knowledge about the FinTech industry.
Steven Hatzakis


Steven Hatzakis
Global Director of Online Broker Research

Reink Media Group


Steven Hatzakis


Global Director of Online Broker Research
Reink Media Group

As the Global Director of Online Broker Research at Reink Media Group (RMG) since 2016, Steven's research and broker reviews are read by millions of people each year across RMG-operated domains, including ForexBrokers.com, BrokerNotes.co, and StockBrokers.com. Steven holds a Series III license in the U.S. with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) since 2008. In addition to bringing nearly 25 years of forex industry experience, including over 1,000 published articles, Steven has been writing about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for almost ten years and is passionate about consumer education, marketing best practices, and self-regulatory initiatives. Steven is an advisory board member for the Cybersecurity program at Ithaca College and has served as an advisor for over a dozen fintech companies.
Yang Sun


Yang Sun
General Manager of UKI and Nordics

Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International


Yang Sun


General Manager of UKI and Nordics
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International

Yang Sun, General Manager of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence - UK&I, Nordics, Israel, and Cyprus at Alibaba Group Yang stands at the forefront of the fastest moving technology industry trend - cloud computing & data intelligence services and joined the Alibaba Group in early 2016 with over 15 years industry experience to lead the business expansion of Alibaba Cloud in UK&I, Nordics, Israeli and more international markets with the focus on key industries, e.g., New Retail, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and more. sectors.
Christian Wheeler


Christian Wheeler
Head of European Sales

Shufti Pro


Christian Wheeler


Head of European Sales
Shufti Pro

Christian has over 15 years within the financial sector. He specialises in the Acquiring and Issuing realm of our online financial eco-system at an international level with more extensive experience within the EMEA and Indian regions. During his career, Christian has acted as the principal point of contact on large client portfolios, all of which were maintained and analysed through research, market information and risk management. Christian is passionate about risk management and working with businesses to mitigate their risk exposure at the first point of entry that correlates to merchant onboarding. With many years in the industry, he is well versed and intimately understands acquirers and issuers merchant underwriting pain points. Christian strives to work with companies at the forefront of driving innovations to solve these pain points to secure and support further growth for our online eco-system.
Vitaly Kudinov


Vitaly Kudinov
SVP of Business Development

Devexperts


Vitaly Kudinov


SVP of Business Development
Devexperts

Vitaly is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development, with experience in software development spanning over 20 years, including 15 years dedicated to fintech solutions. The Master's degree in Computer Science and profound expertise in online trading industry as well as in product management allow Vitaly to smoothly transition initial business goals (formulated by customers) into high-level product requirements (understood by development teams); to help identify the most important goals and deliver the most effective solution.
Phil Gillespie


Phil Gillespie
Group CEO, CEO Japan

B2C2


Phil Gillespie


Group CEO, CEO Japan
B2C2

Phil is Co-CEO of B2C2, a digital asset pioneer building the ecosystem of the future. He joined the firm in 2018 to lead expansion in Asia, successfully securing B2C2’s position as the number one foreign crypto liquidity provider in Japan. In 2020, B2C2 was acquired by Japanese financial group SBI. Previously, Phil worked at Goldman Sachs where he oversaw the FX G10 business and commodities trading for EMEA, as part of the systematic market making team. Prior to that, he was an FX voice and systematic trader at Barclays and JPMorgan. Phil holds a BSc in Industrial and System Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MSc in Financial Engineering from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Aziz Kenjaev


Aziz Kenjaev
Business Manager

BingX


Aziz Kenjaev


Business Manager
BingX

Aziz is a Business Manager at the award-winning exchange BingX. 6 years in fintech, 8 years in financial markets. Technical analyst, crypto-enthusiast, ex-VP at TradingView, medium and long-term trader.
Dor Eligula


Dor Eligula
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer

Deshe Analytics


Dor Eligula


Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
Deshe Analytics

Master of law from Bar Ilan University. Two-time entrepreneur with eight years of experience in Business development management management, fintech, and senior management positions.
Ted Quek


Ted Quek
Co-Founder & CTO

Broctagon Fintech Group


Ted Quek


Co-Founder & CTO
Broctagon Fintech Group

Find your IKIGAI and you will never have to work a day in your life!” Ted Quek is the Co-Founder and CTO of Broctagon Fintech Group, a licensed multi-asset liquidity and broker technology provider headquartered in Singapore with over 10 years of established global presence, serving clients across 50 countries. Ted hails from the retail forex brokerage industry and was one of the first to design and incorporate multi-tiered affiliate features within an FX CRM to interact seamlessly with both the MetaTrader 4 and 5 trading platform, bringing about a phenomenal change in the Introducing-Broker landscape. His vision has propelled Broctagon’s AXIS CRM to become the preferred solution for Brokers especially in Asia, with it’s SaaS model and full suite customizability. A crypto advocate since 2015, Ted developed a digital exchange CRM that led to the launch of a successfully ICO which raised $27 million in less than a minute. His experience in this will later form the foundational concept of the NEXUS WorldBook™ where he envisions an inter-exchange liquidity framework. Ted currently holds a certificate in FinTech and Business Process Design for Strategic Management by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mike Read


Mike Read
Director

Pelican Exchange


Mike Read


Director
Pelican Exchange

Mike left investment banking in 2010 to start London and Eastern, a financial software business. Having been the first company to successfully receive a full copy trading licence from the FCA they launched Pelican. Pelican is a B2B copy trading solution (with an optional FCA regulatory wrapper) that provides white label services to some of the biggest brands globally including Axi, Vantage, Ava Trade, IC Markets, Infinox and Tickmill.
Stathis Xenos


Stathis Xenos
Vice President of Growth

ZuluTrade


Stathis Xenos


Vice President of Growth
ZuluTrade

As the Vice President of Growth, Stathis Xenos has been responsible for the implementation of ZuluTrade’s growth plan, as part of Finvasia Group’s mission and vision. Having previously held key leadership roles, Stathis is an industry veteran with a proven track record in leading and scaling high-growth fintech businesses. Stathis was the Director of Marketing & Business Development in a Greek Brokerage company and contributed to positioning the company as the top player in the market. The next step in his career, was the CMO and Head of Growth position in a Fintech-oriented startup, that focused on providing trading products based on ML and AI, contributing to the significant increase of the company’s valuation from scratch. His first studies were in Engineering and he also holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance. His entrepreneurial mindset keeps him engaged in products that tend to bring fresh air to the industry, mostly focused on the social dimension and gamification. His varied experience has helped him gain a deep understanding of the challenges a Fintech company faces today and of all the possible solutions that can be explored.
Or Gold


Or Gold
Head Of Commercial Operations

Panda Trading Systems


Or Gold


Head Of Commercial Operations
Panda Trading Systems

Experienced Commercial & Operations Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry both in Retail & B2B. Skilled in Negotiations, Strategy building, Customer Relationships, Organization Leadership, and Trading. Strong Fintech & Finance background with a degree in Economics focused on financing & a CySEC framework certificate.
James Alexander


James Alexander
Chief Commercial Officer

Invast Global


James Alexander


Chief Commercial Officer
Invast Global

A seasoned financial market professional with over 15 years of experience across both exchange-traded and OTC derivatives, Alexander has institutional derivatives experience at a number of U.S. investment banks and brokers including Cantor Fitzgerald and MF Global. Specialising in maximising the client experience, Alexander creates tailored solutions for hedge funds, asset managers and wholesale brokers. He leads the sales and distribution team at Invast Global where he has been pivotal in expanding the international Prime business over the past 9 years.
Constantinos Constantinides


Constantinos Constantinides
Director

FAI COMPLY


Constantinos Constantinides


Director
FAI COMPLY

Constantinos Constantinides is a Director at FAI COMPLY and has been with the firm since 2011. FAI COMPLY's main areas of expertise include Financial Services and Payments Regulation, particularly in Licensing, Compliance, Internal Audit and Anti-Money Laundering all across multiple jurisdictions. More recently co-founding The Legal Opinions, a boutique Law firm specialising in Cross Border Financial services and sits as a Non Executive Director on a Cyprus based Investment Firm, Fund and Fund Manager.
Carney Mak


Carney Mak
Head of Investment – Fintech

FXHB Asset Management


Carney Mak


Head of Investment – Fintech
FXHB Asset Management

Carney heads the fintech investments for FXHB Asset Management and also holds a role as the Commercial Director in Mitrade, an award-winning, innovative financial technology group and leader in Forex and OTC derivatives trading. Prior to these roles, he held regional and leadership positions in investment banking, payments and fintech firms. As a strong advocate for fintech and cryptocurrency, Carney played his part in the early community building for associations in Singapore. He was part of the subcommittee at (ACCESS) Association of Crypto Currency Enterprise and Startups Singapore, member at (SFA) Singapore Fintech Association, and (BAS) Blockchain Association Singapore. Carney's insights on cryptocurrencies, Web 3.0, metaverse, NFTs and payments have been featured on several newswires. Apart from speaking at international events, Carney also volunteers as a guest lecturer at local polytechnics & universities
Moe Padhani


Moe Padhani
APAC Commercial Manager

INFINOX


Moe Padhani


APAC Commercial Manager
INFINOX

With over 8 years of experience in the industry, Moe has been actively involved in growing the INFINOX and primarily focusing on the APAC regions. His experience in the growth of a leading brokerage that services both Retail and Institutional Markets gives him valuable insight into the changing shape of our industry. INFINOX has been an active participant in providing a spectrum of services including social copy trading that has become predominant within Asia.
Alex Yap


Alex Yap
Director of Sales

Finalto Asia


Alex Yap


Director of Sales
Finalto Asia

Alex Yap has more than 20 years of working experience in the technology and banking & finance industries. He has previously worked in banks and brokerage firms covering products such as FX, equities, futures, and other derivatives products. Alex held various senior positions in a few brokerage firms in his past employments in the capacity of SVP and regional head before joining Finalto Asia as sales director. He currently holds the position of head of institutional sales at Finalto Asia. Alex also sits on the board of directors as independent director of a registered fund management company (RFMC) regulated by Monetary Authority of Singapore. Alex has a Bachelor of Engineering from National University of Singapore and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from the University of Queensland.
Jeff Wilkins


Jeff Wilkins
Managing Director

IS Risk


Jeff Wilkins


Managing Director
IS Risk

Jeff Wilkins joined ISAM Capital Markets in 2017 and is responsible for the management and oversight of IS Risk, the technology and risk management division of ISAM Capital Markets. IS Risk currently monitors and advises on more than $1.9 trillion of monthly notional OTC trading volume and provides risk and connectivity solutions for both retail and institutional brokers. Jeff also serves as a member of the group’s Global Cyber Security Governance Committee and Parallax Risk Governance Committee. He has had a 17-year career in finance holding senior roles as Managing Director or Global Head of Risk. Jeff graduated from Grand Valley State University business school with a degree in Finance and holds a Series 3 license.
Marcus Fetherston


Marcus Fetherston
Director of Operations

Eightcap


Marcus Fetherston


Director of Operations
Eightcap

Marcus Fetherston is the Director of Operations at Eightcap. He manages the company’s day to day operations and is an integral part of Eightcap’s product offering, liquidity, and competitive trading conditions. Marcus joined Eightcap in 2020 and has been part of the company throughout its continued growth in the global derivatives and crypto trading space over the last two years
Lea Wang


Lea Wang
Project Director

Tradev Group


Lea Wang


Project Director
Tradev Group

Seasoned financial industry veteran that helps entities develop business strategies and operational planning to achieve success in target markets. Specialised in strategic expansion of business and operations on a global scale, good at driving critical business processes development, directing communication strategies, establishing and maintaining key partnerships.
Michael Nichols


Michael Nichols
Head of Sales

Match-Trade Technologies


Michael Nichols


Head of Sales
Match-Trade Technologies

Graduate with an MBA from the University of Nicosia. Michael Nichols has gained experience across the financial markets. He started his career as an account manager with companies such as 24 option, later on, entered the technology and liquidity sphere with companies such as Panda Trading Systems and TopFX. Today, he uses his experience working in brokers and technology providers to help guide brokers in choosing the best products for them.
Nick Yang


Nick Yang
Chief Commercial Officer

TMGM


Nick Yang


Chief Commercial Officer
TMGM

Nick Yang has 8 years of experience in Fintech industry. He has proved himself in various business development roles for forex brokers and holds experience in marketing and growth hacking in new markets.
Vinay Trivedi


Vinay Trivedi
Chief Operating Officer

SGX MaxxTrader Systems


Vinay Trivedi


Chief Operating Officer
SGX MaxxTrader Systems

Vinay is an entrepreneurial Business Strategy Leader who has strong experience in taking early-stage business/ideas to fruition stage. In his recent work, he led the successful sale transaction of the "MaxxTrader" business by FlexTrade Systems to Singapore Exchange (SGX). Vinay joined the "MaxxTrader" product line of FlexTrade Systems in 2014 and turned it into an independent highly successful business with unprecedented growth in double-digit multiples. Today MaxxTrader is a leading enterprise solution provider for FX & Digital Asset trading serving top-tier banks, brokers, and hedge funds across 45+ countries. Post-acquisition, as Chief Operating Officer, Vinay is working to take the "MaxxTrader" business to even greater heights under the SGX umbrella by realizing the synergies across various business and product lines within SGX Group. Prior to MaxxTrader, Vinay has had spent few years as FX Options trader managing multi billion dollar FX options book. Vinay is a crypto enthusiast and he is currently helping build the digital asset trading eco-system for SGX group.
Martin Lam


Martin Lam
Chief Analyst Asia-Pacific

ATFX


Martin Lam


Chief Analyst Asia-Pacific
ATFX

- Australia Registered Taxation Accountant - Australia Certified Professional Manager - The U.S. Registered Financial Advisor - HKSFC, HKSI and HKIA member Over 20 years of experience in the FX industry, global investment, and consultation. Appears on well-known TV financial channels weekly in Hong Kong. HKTVB, Now TV, HK Cable TV, and HK International Business Channel. He has been interviewed by Hong Kong Oriental Daily, Ming Pao Daily, China CCTV Financial Channel, IFeng.com and Bloomberg. Provides articles for Hong Kong and China media, Hong Kong Economic Times, Headline Finance Daily, The Standard, Sing Tao Daily Investment Finance, and China Money Weekly to share his market predictions and insights regarding Investment Market.
Antonis Metaxas


Antonis Metaxas
VP of Growth

Zulu Trade


Antonis Metaxas


VP of Growth
Zulu Trade

VP of Growth, Antonis Metaxas has been the person behind the core product for the last 5 years on ZuluTrade was also Head of Portfolio Management & Traders Community: Being a domain expert on multiple platforms, he actively participated in building and optimizing platforms’ features, as well as affecting major business KPIs (Investors’ Winners %, etc.). Using his 22 years of investing experience, he and his teams are building new investment products, such as managed portfolios, utilizing cutting-edge mathematical models to expand the product offering. Additionally, they are curating thousands of trading systems and managing an already vast user community. Capitalizing on this expertise, he is a key player in marketing, providing insights to materialize the social trading dynamics alongside sales projects by helping the company’s revenues grow.
Andy Zhang


Andy Zhang
Chief Business Development Officer

OTSO Group


Andy Zhang


Chief Business Development Officer
OTSO Group

Financial Engineering Major 10+ years of financial industry experience Seasoned executive management on business development in retail forex and institutions Former Director of Sales of world-class broker Former CEO of China of AmanaCapita, a well-known financial group from middle east Former CEO of APAC of Leverate, a top-notch fintech from Israel
Joe Chang


Joe Chang
Regulatory Compliance Team Lead, RoW

Deriv


Joe Chang


Regulatory Compliance Team Lead, RoW
Deriv

Joe Chang Wei Chew's encounter with the Compliance environment started 5 years ago with him joining Deriv's Risk Management team. Currently, he is one of the most promising talents at the company, and the Team Lead for Regulatory Compliance, Rest Of the World. Mr.Joe Chang is the holder of the 2021 Distinguished Toastmaster Award, in addition to excelling in his workplace in aspects of Compliance, Training, Audits, Risk Management and Project Management.
Tatiana Pilipenko


Tatiana Pilipenko
Senior Business Development Executive

Brokeree Solutions


Tatiana Pilipenko


Senior Business Development Executive
Brokeree Solutions

Tatiana Pilipenko is one of the leading specialists in Brokeree Solutions, she is responsible for a large number of brokerages of different sizes, most of which use Brokeree's flagship product - Social Trading solution. Thus she accumulates the knowledge and expertise of Brokeree's team as well as has deep understanding of broker's pain points when it comes to introducing and operating a successful copy trading investment system despite the region of origin.
Elena Sabelnikova


Elena Sabelnikova
Business partner

Armenotech


Elena Sabelnikova


Business partner
Armenotech

Professional with over 15 years of experience for different lines of business including but not limited to finance, business development, people management and business coaching. As a business partner she manages partnership networks in order to understand business needs and demands . Communicates with the team to find the best approach for customized solutions.
Vladimir Tatarinov


Vladimir Tatarinov
CEO

Armenotech


Vladimir Tatarinov


CEO
Armenotech

CEO with over 25 years of experience in technology for the Fintech sector. He has a strong record of releasing business products for different financial sectors, including Investment Banking, Money Remittances, Crypto Exchange and trading platform for FX and CFD companies. Vladimir is the former VP of Engineering at Deutsche Bank and CTO of Exness. Under Vladimir's leadership, Armenotech became a technology lead for new fintech companies and has a portfolio of products to facilitate launch of new business in a short time for CFD/FX trading, Copy Trading, Payments Processing, Web3 tokenization for engagement.
Terry Lam


Terry Lam
South East Asia Managing Director

Kohle Capital Markets


Terry Lam


South East Asia Managing Director
Kohle Capital Markets

Graduated from California State University, Pomona. First entered forex industry in 2008 and has over 14 years industrial experience. Expert in business development of FX industry.
Michalis Phytides


Michalis Phytides
Head of Global Partnerships

Deriv


Michalis Phytides


Head of Global Partnerships
Deriv

As Deriv’s Head of Global Partnerships Team, Michalis Phytides has had an insightful journey worth sharing, in the Forex and Brokerage Industry. Mr.Phytides is a strong leader and strategist with a proven track record in transforming businesses for the past 15+ years.
Michael Karczewski


Michael Karczewski
Chief Operating Officer

Match-Trade


Michael Karczewski


Chief Operating Officer
Match-Trade

Michael is the Chief Operating Officer at Match-Trade Technologies and co-founder of Match-Prime Liquidity. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics. He has been associated with financial markets since the beginning of his career. Prior to Match-Trade Technologies, Michael has been working in the Trading Department at XTB. Later on, he was responsible for trading as a Head of Dealing Department at HFT Brokers. Today, he uses his experience, vast knowledge and deep insights of forex technology and liquidity solutions, to create an offer of solutions dedicated to the Forex and cryptocurrency markets.
Jayden Ong Kian Heng


Jayden Ong Kian Heng
Senior Financial Analyst

Vantage


Jayden Ong Kian Heng


Senior Financial Analyst
Vantage

Jayden has 5 years of trading experience and 3 years of doing professional analysis. He specialises in using fundamental & technical analysis to trade in financial markets. Being up to date with the current market situation, he is able to structure suitable trading strategy to gain trading advantage. He has live streamed and taught over 150 clients on what are the correct ways to trade in the financial markets. In 2020, he successfully created a trading strategy in gold market that had a 70% winning rate. Additionally, he has passed myForexFund challenges. Jayden also currently writes financial articles for AM730, ETNET, WikiFx, HK Headline finance that provides macroeconomics analysis and trading ideas
David Chan


David Chan
Account Manager

B2Broker


David Chan


Account Manager
B2Broker

David is an Account Manager at B2Broker where he holds the responsibility of maintaining the relationship with the clients and helping the company to expand its business in the Asian market. With a multilingual education and personal enthusiasm in the financial markets, David acquired substantial knowledge to support the business development at B2broker.
Steve Chow


Steve Chow
Head of Business Development for Asian Region

B2Broker


Steve Chow


Head of Business Development for Asian Region
B2Broker

Steve Chow is the head of Business Development for Asian Region. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and an MBA in Business Administration. He has working experience as operation director, general manager and management consultant, with more than 10 years in the financial industry. Strong financial market experience. He works at B2Broker Hong Kong office in Hong Kong.
Abdelhadi Laabi


Abdelhadi Laabi
Chief Marketing Officer

Emporium Capital Group


Abdelhadi Laabi


Chief Marketing Officer
Emporium Capital Group

Abdelhadi Laabi is the Chief Marketing Officer at Emporium Capital Group. He has numerous years’ experience in marketing within the financial services industry and various other sectors. Abdelhadi has helped several firms develop effective and high-impact marketing strategies in their respective fields. He also holds a master’s degree in International Marketing from IAE Lyon School of Management in France. Abdelhadi has over 13 years’ experience in marketing including establishing strategic initiatives to support sales departments, develop social media presence and launch large PR campaigns. Over the years he has also helped several financial firms launch and develop a significant presence in the MENA region. He has worked for and contributed to developing marketing strategies at various international financial institutions, taking brands that were unknown in the region to being market leaders. Abdelhadi covers topics relating to all marketing aspects including driving brand awareness, multi-channel marketing, digital marketing and public relations.
Alex Katsaros


Alex Katsaros
CEO

TopFX


Alex Katsaros


CEO
TopFX

Alex Katsaros is the Group CEO of TopFX for almost a decade and has led both the firm's institutional and retail arms. As a former head of the product development team of cTrader, he possesses strong technical expertise and a deep understanding of the B2B landscape in the e-FX and CFDs industry.
Patrick Ng


Patrick Ng
CTO

IDmeta Group


Patrick Ng


CTO
IDmeta Group

Long career as CIO in major Australia law firms latest of which was with Maddocks and consulting at Gadens. Now taking up a role as CTO in IDmeta
Manit Yodthong


Manit Yodthong
Thailand Country Head

Kohle Capital Markets


Manit Yodthong


Thailand Country Head
Kohle Capital Markets

Over 10 years’ experience of working in forex industry. Provided great strategy and marketing tools to IBs.
Haris Stavrinides


Haris Stavrinides
CEO

Emporium Capital


Haris Stavrinides


CEO
Emporium Capital

Haris Stavrinides is the Chief Executive Officer at Emporium Capital Cyprus. He has over two decades experience in the fields of finance and investments, ranging from equities to derivatives, mutual funds, and alternative investments. He holds an MBA with Distinction in Financial Management from the University of Exeter in the UK and MSc in Finance from the University of Cyprus. Mr Stavrinides has over 20 years of practical experience including setting up complicated structures verified from his involvement in the set up of Athens Derivatives Exchange in 1998, offering for the first time derivative products to the Greek financial services industry. Additionally, Mr Stavrinides has been involved in the introduction of mutual funds in Cyprus and has worked as a banker and a fund manager in the insurance industry. Mr Stavrinides is accredited by CySEC with the advanced certificate and by the Athens Derivatives Exchange (ADEX) as a derivatives advisor and market maker. In 2022, he founded Cleartrust Investment Funds and Cleartrust Data Analytics. He has created a proprietary software named as the Finance Monitor© that analyses 10 developed markets and 28K shares globally on a daily basis. Emporium Capital and Cleartrust Investment Funds have joined forces in portfolio management enabling clients to take advantage of the cutting edge technology in quantitative investment decision making process. He has authored a number of articles in European news publications covering financial services and world economy. During the 2018 elections he acted as the Head Economic Advisor to the Presidential Candidate (Republic of Cyprus). Haris Stavrinides routinely speaks about topics relating to the world economy, investment funds set up and operations as well as big data analysis and quantitative investment strategy.
Bojan Ninkovic


Bojan Ninkovic
Digital Lead

Ultimate Fintech


Bojan Ninkovic


Digital Lead
Ultimate Fintech

Bojan Ninkovic is a Digital Lead for Ultimate Fintech with 15+ years of experience working for global ad agencies Leo Burnett and McCann, leading marketing activities as Head of marketing for MasterCard for SEE region and working for New York based start-ups. Bojan specializes in digital marketing and is responsible for strategic input, development and management of digital campaigns with focus on PPC, social media and SEO. Bojan is versatile business and marketing professional who is passionate and experienced to grow natural followers to brands and create business solutions to maximize their performance. Inspired daily by his wife and their son and daughter in his free time, Bojan likes to do wakeboarding, skiing and spend time in nature with his kids.

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