Contributors

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.

Saurabh Dhingra

Sean Seokjeong Hwang

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.

Shannon Lung

Shannon Lung is the Head of UOB FinLab, UOB’s innovation accelerator, fostering innovation by helping technology companies and SMEs. Before UOB, Shannon forged strategic collaborations and solidified Grab’s position in the FinTech industry as the Business Development & Partnerships Lead at Grab Financial Group Singapore. 

Before that, Shannon played a pivotal role with Singtel, leading business development activities and client acquisitions with the launch of Singtel Dash – the country’s first mobile wallet. He also gained expertise in supply chain management and customer experience during his tenure with DHL Express. 

Shannon has been a committee member for the Green and Sustainable FinTech Subcommittee of the Singapore Fintech’s Association since 2021. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing from the University of Southern Queensland. 

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 Tan Kay

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.

Shaswata Ghosh