Contributors
Madalene Soon
Madalene Soon is business manager, reference data at Interactive Data (Asia) based in Singapore. She focuses on the reference data market in Asia Pacific and product development strategy for the region.
Malcolm Gomes, Prateek Bhargava, Raj Binani, Tengfei Ma
Malcolm Gomes is a partner at McKinsey & Company based in Bangalore. Prateek Bhargava and Raj Binani are associate partners based respectively in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, and Tengfei Ma is an engagement manager based in Singapore.
Manish Joshi
Manish Joshi is the Managing Director for APAC, Lending in Finastra.
Marc Burrage
Marc Burrage is the Regional Director at Hays - Hong Kong.
Marc Leong
Marc Leong is the Head of SME Banking at Maybank Singapore where he is responsible for retail SME lending business, including products, promotions and partnerships. Marc Leong is a career banker, having spent the last 20 years in various business segments and disciplines. Prior to his current role in SME Banking, Marc was involved in branch management, wealth and consumer finance product sales, deposit acquisition, account management, commercial banking, cash management etc. He has a business degree with National University of Singapore and an MBA from University of Manchester.
Marc Pomes Bordedebat
Marc Pomes Bordedebat is Senior Market Manager Payments, EMEA at SWIFT.
Marie Owens Thomsen
Dr. Marie Owens Thomsen is a senior economist-strategist for Crédit Agricole Private Banking and in this role, she is responsible for analysing and monitoring macroeconomic data and at the same time creating, communicating and implementing the bank's investment strategies, in line with the bank’s goals and values.
Mark Billington
Mark Billington is Regional Director at ICAEW South East Asia. He is a UK qualified Chartered Accountant with 15 years experience in various business units.
Mark Buchan
Mark Buchan is a Partner on Financial Services at Ernst & Young.
Commentary
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