Deepak Sharma heads Kotak Mahindra Bank’s digital initiatives, and is responsible for digital transformation and digital-led businesses of the bank. He is also responsible for digital initiatives across lending, payments, investments, insurance, SME & Institutional banking segments along with website, social and digital banking channels.

Deepak also leads Innovation Lab, Fintech partnerships and new product development. Under his leadership, Kotak launched several innovative and global first products like Jifi, Hashtag banking, Bharat Banking, M-Store & Kaypay.

Deepak believes in constant innovation and focuses on building business models which are customer centric and disruptive.

Dato’ Dr. Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab (“Dato’ Dr. Amir”) is currently the CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia, a strategic agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia and the agency that monitors sovereignty of the country. He has around 25 years of ICT working experience in the telecom and IT sector in the Government as well as in the semi- government and private sectors.

Through his leadership at Cybersecurity Malaysia, Dato’ Dr. Amir managed to contribute to Malaysia’s achievement in attaining number #3 rank in the world, in two consecutive International Telecom Union (ITU) Global Cyber Security Index studies (2014 & 2017 reports) and becoming first Malaysian World Trustmark Alliance Chairman (2014-2015).

Fandhy has more than 20 years of career experience in the areas of Internal Audit, Governance and Risk Management & Cyber​Security. He is now working as Head of Internal Audit at PT. Bank Resona Perdania.

As a professional, he has 11 prestigious professional certifications including Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems (CISM) from ISACA, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and Risk Management Certified Assurance (CRMA), Certification in Self-Assessment Control (CCSA) from IIA, and Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC2.

Tarrill was appointed ASP Chief Data Officer in February 2018. In this role Tarrill is responsible for delivering the Group Data Strategy and championing data needs in the region and accelerating data enablement to support the business objectives.

Prior to that Tarrill was the Global Head of Data Transformation for Retail Banking and Wealth Management and before that the Chief Data Officer for Global Banking and Markets. She joined HSBC in 2011 as Global Head of Management Information for Global Research.

Kenny Tan is currently General Manager at Alibaba Cloud Malaysia. With over ten years of management experience, he plays a fundamental role in driving digital transformation for key clients in various industry verticals such as aviation, government, enterprise and the financial sector. Tan has a deep passion for the Cloud Computing, big data and AI, and is enthusiastic about using the technology to empower governments and businesses for greater productivity and operational efficiencies.

Previously working in IBM, Tan is a veteran of the technology industry with a proven track record in driving business success for both enterprise and start-ups. His recent projects include developing ecosystems, enhancing cloud security and solutions for businesses and bringing innovative big data and machine learning technologies to ASEAN.

Tan graduated from Deakin University with a degree in Computer Science / Information Technology.

Tan shares Jack Ma’s "30-30-30" vision that, within the next 30 years, young people below 30 years old and small businesses with less than 30 people will be critical to the world.

As Fusionex’s Managing Director of New Technologies, Jacob has more than a decade's experience in enterprise software project implementations. He has overseen and been involved in Big Data, Business Intelligence and Analytics as well as Internet of Things (IoT) projects in various industries, encompassing large volumes of data and different data sources to provide in depth analysis of data and trends. Jacob's technical background coupled with his strong accumulated domain knowledge across manufacturing, market research, financial and asset management has led him to successfully execute and spearhead enterprise projects globally spanning across countries such as the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Holland, France, Hong Kong and UK.

Raju Chellam is Vice President of New Technologies at Fusionex International, a leading software solutions provider that specializes in Big Data Analytics, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning. Raju is also a Member of the Singapore NCCAC (National Cloud Computing Advisory Council) & Deputy Chair of the COIR (Cloud Outage Incident Response) Group under ITSC (IT Standards Committee). He is also Hon Vice Chairman of the Cloud & Data Chapter at SGTech, previously called SiTF (Singapore IT Federation) & Hon Secretary of the Cloud Chapter of SCS (Singapore Computer Society). He was conferred as an SCS Fellow in March 2018.

Amos Tay is the Head of Business Intelligence at Fave, Southeast Asia’s leading loyalty and rewards platform. In this role, Amos is part of the Fave senior leadership team and leads a team of BI analysts that are responsible for maintaining data infrastructure, producing and analysing key data points and reports for the company across the region.

Sohan is an Alexa Evangelist at Amazon. His role involves inspiring and helping developers build incredible voice experiences using Alexa. He was a part of the Alexa launch in India which has seen developers build over 15,000 skills in a short span of time. Sohan has earlier worked as a developer evangelist for Gupshup and InMobi and has spoken at conferences around the world.

Dr. Angshu is a Data Science & Strategy leader with 11 years of experience in Technology, Retail & Media domains. He is currently Lead Data Scientist at Target. He is leading Data Science & Analytics projects for Target US stores using cutting edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning etc. In his last job at Star TV (21st Century Fox), he was leading Strategy & Analytics for brands like Star Sports, Hotstar & Star Plus. He has earlier headed Strategy & Analytics function for Spice Group and managed Fortune 100 clients for Wipro Technologies. He is a Visiting Professor at top IIMs, IITs, XLRI etc. and a trainer for Tata Group, ABG, Nivea etc. He teaches Data Science, Analytics & Digital Marketing. He has authored the book ‘Influence 2.0’.

Mr. Yeung has extensive experience in technology development for software/hardware and semiconductor areas, investments for angel/venture capital and private equity space, corporate and business development, science park development and government affairs. During 2015–mid 2018, he was appointed as the Government Chief Information Officer (head of department, Justice of Peace) by the Hong Kong SAR Government. Mr. Yeung was responsible for formulation of policies and strategies for Hong Kong's overall digital technology; e-government; cyber-security; development of the digital economy, particularly for information technology industries; and formulation of the blueprint for developing Hong Kong into the world's leading smart city.

He also managed the Hong Kong Cyberport and was a voting member of its Macrofund’s Investment Committee. Mr. Yeung was the Chief Corporate Development Officer of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. He was responsible for the development strategy of the science park, global partnership, incubation programmes for start-ups, nurturing technology enterprises, and establishment of the science park corporate venture fund. Mr. Yeung started his career in Silicon Valley in 1987 and had worked for several high-tech companies. In 1995, he relocated back to Hong Kong to further develop his career. He has held senior management positions in several multinational corporations, Hong Kong listed companies and private equity funds, with operations throughout Asia.

Leon Foong is the CEO of SOCAR Malaysia, a car-sharing platform that seeks to make driving more accessible to people living in Malaysians by using technology to make cars more shareable and in the process driving up utilisation of cars across the country. Prior to venturing into the car-sharing space, Leon Foong was the General Manager of Uber Malaysia and was responsible for introducing ride- sharing to Malaysia, bringing reliable on-demand peer to peer transportation to over more than 15 cities in Malaysia. He has also been a pioneer in the transportation regulatory space, working closely with various stakeholders to push out new e-hailing regulations and launching partnerships with the government to benefit the Bottom 40 income segment. Leon is obsessed with solving problems and using technology to change the way people experience their cities and interact within their communities.

David Pickeral is committed to facilitating the deployment of information and communications technology (ICT) to make transportation more effective, efficient, sustainable and safe within and between all modes from the local to the global level.   He has 30 years’ operational, policy and management experience involving both government and commercial enterprises as well as public- private partnerships (PPP) across the United States, North America and internationally. David is currently an entrepreneur, board member and strategic advisor related to Mobility Innovation and Smart Cities working with multiple startups, VC / PE investment clients and government agencies worldwide related to mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), on-demand transpotation (ODT), microtransit, connected & autonomous vehicles (CAV), electric vehicles (EV) and smart parking in the context of big data, analytics, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT).

Michal is Head of Analytics and Data Science at GOGOVAN. Previously he worked in data teams of PwC, NaturalMotion and Zynga. He was also the Founder of Artificial Intelligence Oxford and Quantified Self Oxford meetup groups.

Sally Eaves brings a depth of experience from both CEO and CTO roles, as a Professor of Advanced Technologies and as a Global Strategic Advisor. She specializes in the application and integration of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and associated emergent technologies. Sally works globally with bleeding-edge disruptors, governments, academia and leading corporate institutions to apply her expertise for achieving sustainable competitive advantage alongside purpose-driven change. A member of the Forbes Technology Council, Sally is an award winning international keynote speaker, author and influencer with globally leading rankings across all advanced technology disciplines, digital transformation, future of work and social innovation aligned to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Bobby Varanasi is one of the acknowledged Top 25 Globalization Leaders in the global sourcing space and the Founder of Matryzel Consulting – an independent advisory firm that has been acknowledged as one of the World’s Top 20 “Best Outsourcing Advisory Firms” three years in a row (2013, 2014 & 2015). He brings with him over two decades of experience in consulting and management across Technology, Business Services and building global operations across sectors like Banking, Financial Services, Broking, Investment Management etc. He advises federal governments across North & South America, MENA, APAC and Oceania on ICT sector development with particular emphasis on policy transformation, and industry-government partnerships aimed at creating domestic resilience through increasing productive (and inclusive) faculties of technology entrepreneurs. Bobby also advises Fortune 500 customer organizations and emerging market entrepreneurs on strategy, growth, sourcing, expansions, mergers & acquisitions.

Nicholas Car is an experimental computer scientist at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, working in the areas of Semantic Web and information modelling. He leads the technical components of a number of large-scale government data integration projects such as the Location Integration Capability, Loc-I, and the Longitudinal Spine of Government Functions. These projects aim to reduce the effort required to analyse public sector information and thus improve its utility. He is also the co-chair of the Australian Government Linked Data Working Group which assists government with data exchange.

Dr Saket Kumar has 18+ years of experience as an innovative analytics practitioner and a thought leader. As a Chief Data Scientist of Global Professional Services at Google, he leads a team of data scientists focused on improving marketing effectiveness of top tier clients. Through his work in marketing analytics he has been trusted advisor to senior executives in a number of vertical including technology, cpg, telecom, and auto. Dr Saket has broad and deep understanding of designing analytical solutions to effectively address challenges that executives face.

Thanks to a 25-year career in the technology industry that has spanned development, sales support, sales management and executive leadership at both startups and large corporations, Simon has a deep and practical understanding of the challenges of building and scaling new businesses. He has lived and worked extensively in both Europe and Asia, helping him to see multiple perspectives on both business and technology issues at a local level. Simon has the responsibility at MapR to establish and scale the business across APAC. Prior to this role, Simon was part of the Senior Executive Team at SAP Asia Pacific and launched and ran several traditional software and cloud services businesses.