ELEVATING PAYMENTS & LOCAL MARKET EXPERTISE
Our carefully selected ambassadors represent EPAA at events and in local APAC markets
Ambassadors
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
Dr Brad Pragnell
Principal, 34 South 45
North
Markets:
Australia, NZ, Canada, US
Expertise:
National Roadmaps/ Policy/ Regulation/
Real Time Payments/ Open Banking/ CBDC
Jan McGrath
Consultant & Advisor Global Payment Systems/Schemes/Networks
Markets:
Global, Asia, UK, USA & Australia
Expertise:
Global Schemes/ Global Product Solution Design & Development/ Change Management/Fintech/Banking/Digital Wallets/Chip Technology/Issuing & Acquiring/Loyalty & Rewards/Strategy Operationalisation
Lance Blockley
Managing Director, The Initiatives Group
Markets:
Australia, NZ, APAC
Expertise:
Payments/ Commercial Constructs/ Pricing
Economics/ Cards/ Market Strategies
Lars Sjögren
Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Markets:
Europe
Expertise:
Payments/ Fintech/ Infrastracture/ Crypto/
Finance/ Digital Banking
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
Mary Ann Francis
Executive Advisor, Banking, Payments, Treasury, Blockchain and Quantum
Markets:
US,EU,APAC, ASEAN,ME
Expertise:
Payments, Treasury (Liquidity, Cash Mgt, Real time, payment types), Commercial Cards, Blockchain,Quantum Safe, Ecosystem, Trade, Supply Chain, Cross-Border, Strategy, Strategic Alliances
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
Monica Jasuja
Chief Growth and Partnership Officer
Markets:
India, Indonesia, Asia, Global Trends
Expertise:
Fintech/ Payments/ CBDC/ Open Banking/
Digital Banking/ Platforms Eco
Nilixa Devlukia
Chair, Open Finance
Association
Markets:
UK, Europe
Expertise:
Payments/ CBDC/ Cryptoas
sets/ Policy/ Regulation/
Cross Border Payments/ Open Banking
Rahul Bhargava
Global Payments Leader
Expertise-Markets:
Singapore
Expertise-Areas of
Interest:
Payments/ Fintechs/Techfins/
Consulting firms and International bodies
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
Raphael Jansa
General Manager,
FAHK
Markets:
Hong Kong, Asia, Europe
Expertise:
RTGS/ Fintech/
Swift/ B2B/Cross-Border Payments
Richard Reid
Director of Business
Development, 3SKYE
Markets:
NZ, Australia,
EMEA
Expertise:
Fintech/ Wealth/
Ecommerce/NZ Banking Eco-System/
Cross Border Payments/
Open Banking
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
Alumni Ambassadors
Anurag Vasisth
Co-Chair and Group CEO,Loyalty Now
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)
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