epaa ambassadors
The EPAA Ambassadors are subject matter experts who support EPAA and members with their expert knowledge and experience from the payments industry in different regions across APAC.
Dr Brad Pragnell
Principal, 34 South 45
North
Markets:
Australia, NZ, Canada, US
Expertise:
National Roadmaps/ Policy/ Regulation/
Real Time Payments/ Open Banking/ CBDC
Antony Morris
Managing Director - Hong
Kong, Triniti
Markets:
Hong Kong, Asia, Global Trends
Expertise:
Payment UX/ Fintech Venture
Building/ Stored Value/ Ecash/ Wallets/ Open API’s
Nilixa Devlukia
Chair, Open Finance Association
Markets:
UK, Europe
Expertise:
Payments/ CBDC/ Cryptoas
sets/ Policy/ Regulation/
Cross Border Payments/ Open Banking
Richard Reid
Director of Business
Development, 3SKYE
Markets:
NZ, Australia,
EMEA
Expertise:
Fintech/ Wealth/
Ecommerce/NZ Banking Eco-System/
Cross Border Payments/
Open Banking
Mika von Haartman
Vice President Digital Payment Products,
Krungthai Card PCL
Markets:
Thailand, Asia
Expertise:
Digital Payments, Digital Wallets, Cross Border
Payments, QR Code Payments, Faster Payments,
Digital Currencies, CBDC
Mary Ann Francis
Global Payments &
Strategic Initiatives
Advisory
Markets:
US
Expertise:
Payments/Banking/Treasury/
Quantum/Blockchain
Jan McGrath
Consultant & Advisor, TXNPlus Consulting P/L
Markets:
Australia
Expertise:
Global Payments System/Digital Payments Design/Card-based Payment Networks
Danny Levy
Managing Director, Asia & ANZ, Money20/20
Expertise-Areas of Interest Digital Transformation/ Fintech/Real Time Payments/Emerging Tech/Start-up and scale ups/b2b events
Cary Horenfeldt
Independent Consultant & Advisor
Markets:
Canada, The UAE, Singapore
Expertise:
Credit, Debit, Prepaid, Commercial,
Virtual/ Acquiring/ Processing /
Digital Convergence, Faster payments/
Payment Product Manufacturing
(Plastics and Chip)
Mahesh Narayan
Senior Consultant,Payments Foundry(a division of Suite2Go)
Markets:
Asia-Pacific and global markets | Banking, payments, and financial services | E-commerce and digital commerce ecosystems
Expertise:
Transaction banking and payments strategy, Real-time payments, mobile money, and e-commerce payments, Product management and digital channels, Building and scaling global payment solutions, Strategic partnerships and multi-market program delivery, Payments innovation, financial infrastructure, and inclusion
“We make a difference in the payments industry. Emerging Payments Association Asia provides our members a unique collaboration platform for Asia Payments.”
ALUMNI AMBASSADORS
Anurag Vasisth
Co-Chair and Group CEO,Loyalty Now
Markets:
APAC, Australia
Expertise:
Loyalty Tech/Fin Tech/Pay Tech/Travel Tech
Fannette Hsin
Ambassador, EPAA
Markets:
Hong Kong, Asia, US
Expertise:
RTGS/Payment Issues/Resolutions/CBDC
Natalie Shiori Fleming
Executive Officer & Head of
Corporate Design, Infcurion
Markets:
Japan, Asia
Expertise:
Fintech/ Payments/ Cross
Border Payments/ Regulation/ Policy/
Embedded Finance
Pratyush Prasanna
Ambassador, EPAA
Markets:
India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand
Expertise:
Payments/ Defining Products/ POS/ Terminal
Management/ Partner Acquisition
Rajiv Madane
Senior Vice President Asia Pacific,
COVR Security
Markets:
Singapore, Asia
Expertise:
Fintech/ Digital Banking/ Payments
(Cards, Real time)/ Open Banking/
Open API’s/ Platforms
Monica Jasuja
Chief Growth and Partnership Officer, EPAA
Markets:
India, Indonesia, Asia, Global Trends
Expertise:
Fintech/ Payments/ CBDC/ Open Banking/
Digital Banking/ Platforms Eco
Tony Seno Hartono
Senior Information
Technology Consultant,
The World Bank
Markets:
Thailand, Asia
Expertise:
Cloud/ Security/ Data
Center/ NetworkingAI/ Digit
al Identity/ EGovernment/ECommerce/
Open Data/ Digital Banking/ Wallets/
Digital Currencies/ Policy
Raphael Jansa
General Manager,
FAHK
Markets:
Hong Kong, Asia, Europe
Expertise:
RTGS/ Fintech/
Swift/ B2B/Cross-Border Payments
Lars Sjögren
Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Markets:
Europe
Expertise:
Payments/ Fintech/ Infrastracture/ Crypto/
Finance/ Digital Banking
Lance Blockley
Managing Director, The Initiatives Group
Markets:
Australia, NZ, APAC
Expertise:
Payments/ Commercial Constructs/ Pricing
Economics/ Cards/ Market Strategies
Leanne Bradley
Co-CEO & Principal, Suite2Go
Markets:
Australia, Singapore
Expertise:
Fintech/ Crypto/ Tokenisati on/ Mobile Apps/
Loyalty and Rewards Linked to Payments/
Data and Open Banking/Payments
Rahul Bhargava
Global Payments Leader
Expertise-Markets:
Singapore
Expertise-Areas of
Interest:
Payments/ Fintechs/Techfins/
Consulting firms and International bodies
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