Contributors

F. Edward Lopez

F. Edward Lopez is the Executive Vice President at at SunGard.

Farida Kanchwala

Farrell Tan

Farrell Tan is the Founder and Managing Director of Orchan Consulting | Asia, an independent strategic communications consultancy based in Malaysia. 

With more than 20 years of experience in communications, he advises organisations on reputation management, corporate communications, stakeholder engagement, and change. 

His work spans multinational companies, regional businesses, and emerging brands across Southeast Asia, with a focus on making complex ideas simple and compelling. 

He writes and speaks on topics at the intersection of business, reputation, and communications, particularly around how organisations navigate change in an increasingly complex operating environment.

Felicity Potter

Finian Toh

Finian Toh is the manager of the financial services division at Robert Walters Singapore. Robert Walters is an award-winning business and one of the leading international recruitment consultancies.

Fiona K Y SHI

Fiona Murray

Based in Singapore, Fiona Murray is Vice President and Managing Director of APAC for Ripple, leading the company’s strategy and business operations in the Asia Pacific region. 

During her tenure she has played an instrumental role in onboarding key partners and products critical to digital asset trade across the region, including building out payment rails for on/off ramping and overseeing the growth of OTC in APAC. 

She drives Ripple's efforts to scale enterprise blockchain and crypto adoption in this region's fast-growing digital asset hubs, including working to secure the company's landmark Major Payments Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Florian Lang

Fran Thompson

Fran Thompson is Head of Client Relations, Asia at DST Global. She is responsible for the account management of key clients as well as managing the Sales and Relationship Management Team.

Frances Gagua

Frances Gagua is a senior journalist at Charlton Media Group and lead reporter for Asian Banking & Finance. She covers banks, payments, fintech, lending, and related financial sectors. She also contributes to Insurance Asia, Singapore Business Review, Hong Kong Business, and other Charlton Media Group titles.