Vishal joined McKinsey two years ago and is a Junior Partner in the Singapore office where he works on operations and technology strategy for financial institutions and governments. He is currently obsessed with helping banks find the soft spot in digital. He advises various CXOs on this issue.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Vishal spent 14 years as a banker in Citibank, Barclays and other financial institutions carrying out mission critical assignments in operations and technology.

Vishal holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and an engineering degree from the University of Pune.

Frederic serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of business technology. His research focuses on software-asset-based models and their role in clients' digital transformation initiatives; he also analyzes the shifting and consolidating tech services and outsourcing markets.

In addition, Frederic regularly advises end user clients on the technology services providers and markets in Asia, helping clients understand the landscape as well as best practices for service provider selection in Asia.

Frederic is a frequent public speaker and is regularly quoted by leading business newspapers and IT magazines.

Bob leads KPMG’s CIO Advisory Centre of Excellence in the Asia Pacific region, linking in with counterparts in North America and Europe to provide global perspectives and advice to technology leaders and decision makers.

He travels extensively in the region, sharing insights with both clients and KPMG member firms on topics such as development of digital business strategies, service management and business management of IT for local, regional and global firms. Bob also advises businesses and government on the impact of mobile, cloud, analytics and other emerging technologies on their operating model.

  Prior to taking the position of Head of the ASPAC CIO Advisory Centre of Excellence, Bob was the Chief Technology Officer at CSC, leading teams across Asia/Pacific,. Previously, Bob established and then managed Research for Gartner across Asia/Pacific and was a Gartner Research Fellow. Bob has also held Board level advisory roles in the Australian Government as an industry expert for the NSW Ministry of Finance as well as advisory roles for the Beijing Olympics, Dalian city and the city of Shanghai.

Previously, Bob has been a Director in KPMG’s IT Advisory practice in Australia and has managed ASPAC for Candle Corporation. Bob has also started several technology firms, including Singapore-registered Asia Online (automated machine translation software) and Qualix (exclusive distributor for Tivoli Systems in ASPAC).

With extensive contacts throughout the region, Bob is regularly featured in the press, technology periodicals and is a recognised thought-leader, presenting at regional and global conferences.

Daryl is a Partner with KPMG Consulting, where he leads a regional team focusing on IT Risk Management and Information Security for the Financial Services industry.

Daryl has spent over 18 years working in various global and regional leadership roles in IT Consulting and in Banking. He specialises in IT Governance, IT risk and security management, project management, COO business management and IT audit.

Prior to joining KPMG he was Head of PMO & Program Governance at Deutsche Bank and oversaw a £á500M global portfolio of Global Banking IT and Capital Markets programs managed by 150 project managers based in New York, London, Frankfurt and Singapore. Before this, Daryl was COO Business Manager and deputy to the COO for Investment Banking IT Asia-Pacific where he was responsible for general management of the Technology Division with over 2800 staff. He managed annual planning & budgeting, cost optimisation, central PMO governance, IT risk & regulatory management, and IT process transformation. His former roles include Regional Head of IT Audit for Deutsche Bank Asia-Pacific, and Group Audit Manager (Head) of IT Audit for Westpac Bank in Sydney.

Daryl is Past President of ISACA Singapore, and is currently the Chairman of ISACA International's Corporate Social Responsibility program. Daryl holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce (Accounting) and a Master of Information Technology from the University of Canberra, as well as a MBA from Manchester Business School. He is a qualified CPA (Aust), CISA, and CRISC.

A connector, marketer and innovator, Prashant has worked across Asia and North American, managing complex agendas at country, regional and global level. He recently joined insurance major AIA as the group Digital Innovation Lead. His industry experience includes stints with top corporations in Consumer Goods, Payments, Insurance, Banking and Technology sectors. Over the course of his career Prashant has focused on customer experience and has built up expertise across all customer channels and in B2B and B2C environments. He is a firm believer in customer-first, and sees digital as a key enabler in a customer journey. Prashant's expertise is sought after as a jury member for regional awards, speaker in conferences on topics ranging from retail experience to social media crisis management, and as a board member of new-age communications companies. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and resides in Singapore with his wife and son.

Marcus Tu is the Regional Business Information Security Officer for AIG APAC Holdings Pte. Ltd. He has over 19 years of experience and a proven track record in IT Security and Risk Management, IT Infrastructure Operation & Management with global corporations in different industries (electronic and F&B manufacturing, telecommunication, banks, insurance). In his current role, Marcus is responsible for maintaining and advancing the enterprise-wide information security management program to ensure that information assets and critical infrastructure are adequately protected for Asia Pacific region, working directly with Corporate verticals, regional business units and executive management to establish and facilitate IT security, risk management and third party risk assessment processes.

Marcus holds a Master of Business (Information Technology) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He is also a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Business Continuity Certified Specialist (BCCS), and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).

Ratikant is currently the Head of Digital Delivery(APEA) at ANZ Singapore and is responsible for delivery of next generation digital solutions for ANZ clients. He’s a banking and technology leader with over eighteen years of experience in executing strategic IT programs aligned with business goals; leading and managing them from concept to implementation. Before this role, he was a director at Citigroup with seventeen years of experience. He was responsible for conceptualization, development and deployment of consumer facing digital banking solutions and Data analytics/BI systems with global coverage of 30+ countries (Asia, EMEA, LATAM). Ratikant is a graduate of Electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management.

Arron Holmes is Director of IT and Change Management at Aviva Singapore. Arron is a Banking and Insurance professional with over 20 year of experience in Information Technology and Operations. He is currently responsible for building out the capability of a new joint venture in Jakarta, Indonesia between Aviva and the Astra Group, one of Indonesia’s largest and most prestigious companies. Part of his remit is to build out the JV’s Digital Marketing capability in Indonesia. Previously Arron worked for Sun Life Malaysia where he successfully de-coupled this new Joint Ventures (CIMB) Infrastructure from Aviva SG and relocated it to Malaysia, as well as relocating the infrastructure he also managed Outsourcing the support services to a local vendor and building their Compliance reporting suite. Arron has in-depth knowledge of the regions infrastructure and communication capabilities in addition to the regulatory environment and Outsourcing landscape. Arron has worked previously in the UK, Japan and Australia and has lived in Singapore for 8 years.

Patrick has over 20 years of IT experience in large global organisations spanning across diversified IT management disciplines including regional and location management, IT Security Operations, Information Risk Management and IT Audit.

Patrick's area of Specialties are Information risk management skills, IT service delivery, people management, information security advisor, outsourcing operations, regulatory & compliance and business process re-engineering.

Rob Findlay began his career in the creative and advertising industry, running his own business and working on leading brand and design development for some of Australia & Europe’s leading design and ad agencies. Transitioning to digital account direction & strategy, then into the financial services industry, Rob led the customer experience for NAB’s direct banking channels, as well as exposing the bank to innovative practices and pioneers. Recently at OCBC Bank in Singapore, Rob led a culture change program, building a stronger customer focus across the group. Since 2007 he has authored The Bank Channel, a popular thought leadership blog and resource for financial services customer experience and innovation. He is currently the SVP, Experience Design at DBS Bank.

Shashank, known to friends and colleagues as Shanx, is the global lead of Digital Experience at Standard Chartered, where his simple goal is to bring a consistent human touch across all the “screens” where clients experience the brand. Before choosing to cut his teeth in reprogramming the digital DNA of a global bank, he has been a global marketing and business strategist in many shapes and forms, with experience in 24 countries across Asia Pacific, Europe and North America advising Fortune 500 management on many aspects of communications from consumer insights, to market-entry and positioning strategy, to accountable digital operations and ROI. A serial entrepreneur and 'intrapreneur' at the nexus of design experience and technology, he has started three companies, the largest of which grew to 5 offices in Asia Pacific with a staff of 180. One of his websites gets about 70 million clicks a day. A passionate geek, Shanx owns six phones, five tablets, and a television larger than his sofa. He is an avid adventure traveller and loves talking to strangers when he is not diving with blue-fins in Okinawa or looking up at Mt Kilminjaro.

Constantine Kipnis is an Enterprise Account Executive at AirWatch by VMware, the global leader and innovator in mobile device security and Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) technology. In this role, Constantine focuses on providing the Singapore market with tailored business solutions to help optimize the mobile strategy of the Enterprise. This includes Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), Mobile Email Management (MEM), and Mobile Content Management (MCM). As an Enterprise Account Executive, Constantine looks after the largest Singapore organizations in both the private and public sectors.

Prior to joining AirWatch, Constantine worked at Microsoft for a total of eight years where his responsibilities focused on Microsoft’s cloud technologies including Live Meeting, Exchange Hosted Services, BPOS, and ultimately Office 365. Prior to that Constantine worked in the Telecommunications and CDN industries.

Constantine has been in living in Singapore for three years with his wife and they love travel, wine, documentaries, games, & unusual movies.

Constantine earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College.

Vishal Ghariwala heads the Red Hat Application Platform Products Business Group in Asia Pacific. He is overall responsible for the Middleware, Mobile and PaaS product lines.

In this capacity, he takes care of Strategic Customer Engagement, Product Management, Product Marketing, Technical/Sales Enablement and Sales/Channels Operations for the region.

Vishal works closely with the local and regional management teams to meet the specific needs of our customers in Asia Pacific.

In addition, he has a close working relationship with the Professional Services, Engineering, Marketing, Partner, Sales Operations and Customer Support departments within Red Hat Asia Pacific.

Vishal has worked in the IT industry for more than 15 years, and has led technology vendors such as IBM, ILOG, Intalio, and most recently Red Hat for half of that career.

Goh Wei Hao is currently the APACJ Head Technical Account Manager at Top Image Systems. In this role, Wei Hao is responsible for various technical engagements with customers across different industries (Banking, Insurance, BPOs, Healthcare, Government, Logistics, Retail) in the entire Asia Pacific region.

He is a specialist in the document capture platform domain and is able to re-engineer processes that ultimately improved operation efficiency of organizations.

Wei Hao holds a Computer Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).