Speakers

FIGI Symposium brings together ICT Ministers and Government Officials, Telecom/ICT and Financial Regulators, Digital Financial Services Providers, Payment System Organizations, Financial Services Regulators, International Organizations, NGO’s and Think Tanks, World-renowned thought leaders and International mainstream and specialized media.

Dignitaries

H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA)
Chaesub Lee
ITU
Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
ITU
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau
Secretary Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez
Mexico
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
Jean Pesme
World Bank Group
Global Director, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
Michael Wiegand
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Director, Financial Services for the Poor, Global Growth & Opportunity

FIGI partners

Mahesh Uttamchandani
World Bank Group
Practice Manager, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
Reinhard Scholl
ITU
Deputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Bilel Jamoussi
ITU
Chief, Study Groups Department , Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Thomas Lammer
Bank for International Settlements
Member of Secretariat, Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI)
Jamie Zimmerman
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gender Lead, Financial Services for the Poor, Global Growth & Opportunity

Speakers

Abbie Barbir
CVS Health​
Co-rapporteur ITU-T SG17 Q10 | Senior Security Advisor
Aditya Narain
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Deputy Director of Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) Department
Adriano Sekita
Central Bank of Brazil
Supervisor, Supervision Department
Ahmed Faragallah
World Bank Group
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Alexandra Rizzi
Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI)
Senior Research Director
Amina Tirana
Visa Inc.
Policy & Measurement, Social Impact & Fellow, Visa Economic Empowerment Institute
Amol Kulkarni
CUTS International
Director (Research)
Andrew Reiskind
Mastercard
Senior Vice President, Data Strategy
Antonio Quesada
National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV)
Vice President of Regulatory Policy
Arnold Kibuuka
ITU
Project Officer, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Ashley Olson Onyango
GSMA
Head of Financial Inclusion and AgriTech, Mobile for Development
Bart Claeys
SWIFT
Head of Data & Analytics Products
Bridget Rose M. Mesina-Romero
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
Acting Deputy Director,Payment System Oversight Department, Payments and Currency Management Sector
Camilo Tellez
Better Than Cash Alliance
Head of Digital Payments Innovation Hub
Céu Pereira
European Commission
Team Leader, Retail Payments
Charina De Vera-Yap
Bangko Sentral ng Philipinas (BSP)
Director, Consumer Protection and Market Conduct Office (CPMCO)
Christopher Calabia
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Advisor, Supervisory and Regulatory Policy
Cisa Kurian
CVS Health
Constantinos Christoforides
TIBER-EU
Test Manager
Daryl Collins
BFA
Former Managing Director and CEO
David Papuashvili
National Bank of Georgia
Deputy Head, Specialized Risk Department
Debora Comparin
OSIA
Chair, OSIA Initiative
Delphine Peter
Objectif Securite
IT Security Consultant
Dorothee Delort
World Bank Group
Senior Financial Infrastructure Specialist
Douglas Melville
Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman and Former Canadian Ombudsman
Principal Ombudsman & Chief Executive
Eliki Boletawa
Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
Head of Policy Programs and Regional Initiatives
Emran Islam
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Senior Financial Sector Expert, Monetary and Capital Markets
Eric Chouinard
Bank of Canada
Deputy Managing Director
Eve Araduha
MTN Uganda
Senior Manager IT Client Relations & Delivery
Fiona Kamikazi Beyaraaza
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
Senior Officer, Telecoms Compliance
Fiona Van Echelpoel
European Central Bank
Deputy Director General, DG Market Infrastructures & Payments
Francesca Hopwood Road
Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
Head of Regtech & Advanced Analytics
Fredes Montes
World Bank Group
Senior Financial Specialist
Gabriela Guibourg
Sveriges Riksbank
Head of Analysis and Policy, Payments Department
Gamuchirai Moyo
Afreximbank-Mansa
Business Development Consultant
Gerhard Cronje
South African Reserve Bank
Divisional Head, Cyber and Information Security
Gian Boeddu
World Bank Group
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Gregory Chen
CGAP
Policy Lead
Gregory Chen
CGAP
Lead, Policy
Hakima El Alami
Bank Al-Maghrib
Director of Payment Systems and Instruments Oversight and Financial Inclusion Directorate
Harish
WBG
Harish Natarajan
The World Bank
Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Payments and Market Infrastructures – Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
Hisham El-Bihbety
Bank of Canada
Chief Information Security Officer
Ivor Istuk
The World Bank
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Jami Hubbard Solli
The Global Alliance for Legal Aid
Executive Director
Jeffrey Allen
World Bank
Financial Sector Consultant, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice
Jennifer Chien
World Bank Group
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Jennifer Chien
The World Bank
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Jeremy Grant
FIDO Alliance
Managing Director, Technology Business Strategy, Venable & Advisor
Jeremy Grant
Venable
Managing Director
Jonathan Hakim
Cignifi Inc.
CEO
Jorge Arbesú-Cardona
Mastercard, Latin America
Senior Vice President of Cyber and Intelligence Solutions
Jouali Fadwa
Bank Al-Maghrib
Head of Payment Development & Fintech
Juan Pablo Graf Noriega
Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV), Mexico
President
Julia Arnold
Center for Financial Inclusion
Senior Research Director, Women's Financial Inclusion
Kendrick Lee
Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)
Director, National Digital Identity
Kevin Butler
University of Florida
Professor
Kwame Baah-Acheamfuor
ITU-T Study Group 12 / Ministry of Communications (MoC), Ghana
Chairman
Laura Fernandez Lord
BBVA Microfinance Foundation (FMBBVA)
Head of Women's Economic Empowerment
Ledia Bregu
Bank of Albania (BoA)
Director of Payments, Accounting and Finance Department
Lina Zhang
NIFA
Director, Statistics Department,
LJ Rich
BBC News
BBC 'Click' Presenter and AI Music Artist
Lu Xiang
Shanghai FOS
Deputy Director
Mackenzie Wallace
WBG
Fintech & Suptech Consultant
Magda Bianco
Bank of Italy
Managing Director
Manuel Díaz
Banxico
Marc Hollanders
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Former Special Advisor, Financial Infrastructures
Marco Nicoli
The World Bank
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Margaret J. Miller
The World Bank
Lead Financial Sector Economist
Mari Elka Pangestu
World Bank Group
Managing Director of Policy and Partnerships
Maria Lucia Leitao
Banco de Portugal, Chair of FinCoNet
Head of Banking Conduct Supervision Department
Maria Teresa Chimienti
The World Bank
Senior Payment Systems Specialist
Marina Moretti
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Assistant Director and Head of the Financial Supervision and Regulation Division
Masud Rana
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit
Joint Director
May Abulnaga
Central Bank of Egypt
First Sub-Governor, Technical Office of the Governor
Miguel Manuel Díaz
Banxico
Director Payment Systems & Infrastructure
Mohammed Al-Duwaik
Central Bank of Jordan
Head of Digital Financial Services
Narayan Govindram Jaesingh
VSERV
Chief Business Officer
Nicola Sladden
Banking Ombudsman Scheme (BOS), New Zealand
CEO & Banking Ombudsman
Nikil Chande
Bank of Canada
Director, Financial Stability Department
Oya Pinar Ardic Alper
The World Bank
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
P. Vasudevan
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Chief General Manager
Pablo Saavedra
World Bank Group
Country Director of Mexico
Pearl Malumane
South African Reserve Bank
Senior Analyst in the Policy and Regulation Division
Peng Deng
Chinese Academy of Financial Inclusion (CAFI)
Research Fellow
Pengfei Zhao
PBOC
Philip Rowan
CCAF
Philippe Oechslin
Objectif Securite SA
Founder and Director
R J S Randhawa
Central Registry of Securitization Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI)
Advisor
Rabi Sankar
RBI
Executive Director
Raymond O. Estioko
Bangko Sentral ng Philipinas
Senior Director, Payment System Oversight Department (PSOD)
Robert Dartnall
Security Alliance
Head of Intelligence
Roberta Dibenedetto
SWIFT
Senior Commercial Manager , Financial Crime Compliance Initiatives
Rodrigo Robles
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Program Officer, Regional Office Brasilia
Rogier Besemer
Nederlandsche Bank
Head of Cyber Unit
Rory Macmillan
Macmillan Keck Attorneys & Solicitors
Attorney
Roshaneh Zafar
Kashf Foundation
Founder & Managing Director
Rundong Jiang
People’s Bank of China (PBoC)
Section Chief of Financial Consumer Protection Bureau
Seungmi Choi
RaonSecure
Marketing Director
Shana Krishnan
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Policy Analyst, Secretariat
Sharmista Appaya
World Bank Group
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
Simeon Coney
Adaptive Mobile Security
Chief Strategy Officer
Sofie Maddens
ITU
Head, Regulatory and Market Environment, Telecommunication Development Bureau
Sóstenes Díaz González
Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), Mexico
Commissioner
Syed Sohail Javaad
State Bank of Pakistan
Director, Payment Systems Department
Takeshi Shirakami
Bank of International Settlement (BIS)
Deputy Head of Secretariat, CPMI
Tan Yeow Seng
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Executive Director
Thierry Geiger
ITU
Senior Economist & Head, ICT Data and Analytics Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau
Thomas
CPMI
Thoraya Obaid
UNFPA & Chair, W20 (2020)
Former Executive Director
Veronica Studsgaard
IAMTN Network
Founder & CEO
Victoria Cleland
Bank of England
Executive Director, Banking, Payments & Innovation
Vijay Mauree
ITU
Programme Coordinator, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Weihua Zhang
People's Bank of China (PBoC)
Director, Payment & Settlement Department
Wiebe Ruttenberg
ECB
Wilson Kamali
National Bank of Rwanda
Head of Statistics
Wolfgang Balzer
Focus Infocom, GmbH
Managing Director
Yira Mascaró
World Bank Group
Practice Manager, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation, Latin America and the Caribbean Region

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