Contributors

Rowena Everson

Rowena Everson is Head of External Performance Analytics at Standard Chartered Bank. She is experienced in FSI Communications.

Rupanjan Mukherjee

Rupanjan Mukherjee is a digital platform risk governance and controls management expert with over 15 years of experience in the banking and financial sector.

A PRINCE2 certified project manager, Mukherjee specializes in regulatory project engagement and implementation through collaborations with regulatory bodies in Singapore, while regularly contributing insights on the digital compliance landscape and emerging trends in financial security.

Rupert Naylor

Based in Singapore, Rupert Naylor is Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific at Mastercard where he oversees Data & Services, the professional services arm of Mastercard that encompasses the company’s offerings beyond the transaction. Data & Services harnesses the power of Mastercard’s real-time, anonymized and aggregated transaction data, powerful software platforms and wealth of expertise, to unlock a holistic view of consumer behavior, distill actionable insights and help banks, governments, retailers, travel companies and more to make better data-driven decisions that address their pain points and drive efficiency and value.

Sandeep Aggarwal

Sandeep Aggarwal is a banker based in New Delhi.

Sangiita Yoong

Sangiita Yoong is a Lead Analyst for East & Partners Asia. 

Saurabh Bhalerao

Saurabh Bhalerao is an Associate Director and manages the Industry Research team at CARE Ratings. Saurabh currently writes on multiple perspectives around the Indian BFSI industry. He has close to 15 years of experience in managing research services and has familiarity in dealing with global teams consisting of analysts with different cultural backgrounds.

Sebastian Dovey

Sebastian Dovey is Managing Partner at Scorpio Partnership the leading consumer insight and strategy consultancy to the global wealth industry.

Sebastian Sohn & Aicha Mauduit

Sebastian L. Sohn is a Director with Aurexia, a boutique management consulting firm and thought leader in ESG and Sustainable Finance. He is based in Singapore and assists his clients in the financial services sector with delivering strategic and operational ESG and regulatory projects.

Aicha Mauduit is a Senior Consultant with Aurexia, with experience in ESG and regulatory topics. She is based in Singapore and assists clients, typically asset managers and owners across the French and APAC markets.

Sharat Sinha

Sharat Sinha is the Vice President at Palo Alto Networks, for the Asia Pacific region. Sharat has over 19 years of experience in the IT & Telecommunications industry. Most recently he managed APAC business for Tellabs and at Cisco Systems in multiple sales, business development, marketing and product management roles. Sharat has a bachelor’s in Electronics engineering and a Master’s in Industrial & Management engineering from Indian institute of Technology (IIT).

Sharon Toh

Sharon Toh is Head of ASEAN for Swift in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She leads the ASEAN relationship management team, supporting existing customers and expanding ASEAN businesses in this fast-growing region. With more than 22 years’ experience in financial services industry, Sharon has developed deep client relationships across the ASEAN region, with strong connections with banks, corporates, regulators and market infrastructures. Prior to joining Swift, Sharon was Sales Director, Indochina at Thomson Reuters, overseeing Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. Previously, she was Regional Head of ASEAN for the Client Specialist team, responsible for the region’s sales, marketing and client training. In addition to her successful sales career, Sharon has worked in various roles across content acquisition, marketing and client support at leading financial information providers, including Telerate (later acquired by Thomson Reuters) and Bridge Information Systems.

Profile from the SWIFT official website.