Ronald Chan is the COO of HappyFresh Group, Southeast Asia's leading online grocery platform. Ronald is based in Singapore and Jakarta and he is responsible for the overall operations of HappyFresh across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

Prior to joining HappyFresh, Ronald was CEO and Co-Founder of Foodpanda Taiwan, a company that was later sold to Delivery Hero, one of the world’s largest online food delivery platform. Before that he was Director at Rocket Internet GmbH, which is Europe’s largest incubator of innovative online companies. He has also been a Management Consultant at Deloitte Consulting and Associate Product Manager at Blackberry.

HappyFresh is South East Asia’s leading online grocery platform.  HappyFresh launched in 2015 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.  HappyFresh services are active across Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand and provides groceries from local and international supermarkets within the same-day in 1-hour delivery windows.  HappyFresh recently raised a $20 million USD series C round from Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund as well as Line Ventures, Singha Ventures and Grab Ventures.  

Hanno is Director at BCG Digital Ventures, the venture incubation unit of the Boston Consulting Group. He is based in Singapore and part of the leadership team of BCGDV’s new South East Asia incubation Center. At BCGDV he is dedicated to inventing, building, investing in and launching category-changing businesses at start-up speed for the world’s most influential corporates. DV’s portfolio includes ventures such as OVO, Boost, HeyCar, Coup, QuantasAssure, Formation, MachineMax or AutoGravity.

Previously, Hanno was CEO of the Rocket Internet in Asia. In this role, he managed a portfolio of >20 startups in 15 different markets across South East Asia with many successful incubations and exits. Prior to that, he worked for many years in Venture Capital and was MD of SevenVentures, one of Europe’s largest CVC funds.

Hanno holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France) & Singapore as well as a B.A. in Management from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

BCG Digital Ventures is a global corporate investment and incubation firm. We are dedicated to inventing, building, investing in and launching category-changing businesses at start-up speed for the world’s most influential companies, ensuring they are fit for the future. We share risk and invest alongside our corporate and start-up partners via a range of collaborative options. Founded in 2014, we have major innovation centers in Manhattan Beach, Berlin, London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Sydney and Singapore, as well as a host of labs across the globe. Our centers and labs are home to a diverse range of entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, strategic thinkers, designers and engineers, who are building businesses, creating and expanding markets and developing new technologies that benefit millions of lives.

For further information, please visit www.bcgdv.com

Ron is Founder and CEO, Coins.ph.  Prior to coins.ph, Ron was a founding partner at Innovation Endeavors, an early stage venture capital fund backed by Eric Schmidt. Ron was also the co-founder of TokBox (acquired by Telefonica), a consumer video conferencing company. TokBox was backed by Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, Stanford University and some of Silicon Valleys best-known angel investors. Ron holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from Cornell University, where he graduated at the top of his class. Ron is also an active investor and adviser to several Silicon Valley startups.

Coins is one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing fintech companies that enables anyone, including those without a bank account, to easily access financial services directly from their phone.

Founded in 2014 in the Philippines, Coins customers have access to a mobile wallet and services such as remittances, mobile air-time, bill payments, and online shopping. The company has one of the country’s largest cash distribution networks, operating through over 33,000 partner locations.

Licensed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to offer electronic money, remittances, and virtual currency and exchange services, Coins is a trusted provider of financial services for over 5 million Filipinos.

Meekco.Asia is a Full Stack Digital Marketing Company, with specialises in Marketing Automation & Shopify Plus retailer eCommerce. We come with the mission to connect the missing dots between technology and marketing to make future commerce better.

We position ourself as the thought leader in Shopify cross border eCommerce and digital marketing automation. We have been working with Shopify, the world largest eCommerce and retailing automation platform since 4 years ago. We have many success stories in digital onboarding with Brands and SMEs and bringing them breakthrough in digital revenue grow.

Build, Engaged and Grow with our Meekco Digital Commerce Squad today!

Mr. Terence Sim joined Vickers in 2009 and is based in Singapore. His responsibilities include working closely with the investment committee with regard to deal sourcing, execution and monitoring. He also provides business strategy, fundraising and exit support and advice to current portfolio companies.

Having previously worked as an analyst in a hedge fund, Terence is also responsible for monitoring the stock markets in the region for the purposes of managing the treasury positions of the Group and the sale of shares of portfolio companies upon IPO listings.

Prior to joining Vickers, Terence worked in the Singapore Department of Statistics in 2009 where he conducted in-depth statistical analysis for various government boards such as the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Economic Development Board. From 2006 to 2007, he was an Assistant Director of Research in the Singapore Management University E.y.E Investment Club, an organization that promotes financial literacy through the sharing of financial knowledge between tertiary students in Singapore and investment professionals.

Terence graduated from the Singapore Management University magna cum laude with degrees in Business Management (majoring in Finance) and Economics. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.

An artificial intelligence and machine learning engineer who is passionate and experienced in developing and pursuing innovative technologies that can bring positive impacts to the mobility and transportation sectors.

Experienced in leading the technical development of autonomous systems, robotics, deep learning, computer vision, decision planning, and multi-sensor fusion technologies.

Excellent leadership and team-working skills to drive innovation throughout an organization. 

AutoX is defining the future of Location Based Services with our industry- leading camera-first autonomous driving technology. We are making self-driving vehicles that are reliable, affordable, and above all, accessible to as many people as possible.

Our world-class experts in perception, planning, and controls have already completed our first level 4 autonomous deliveries. We will continue to lead this driverless revolution with the same passion and dedication that brought us so quickly to where we are today.

Originally conceptualized as an in house operating unit supporting Axiata’s core telecommunication business, Apigate has evolved into a new breed Application Programming Interface(API) platform that connects businesses to a world class ecosystem and customers from around the globe. With a reach of 3.5 billion customers, over 110 Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and more than 300 connected merchants, Apigate enables connectivity and monetization with one seamless integration. Combining the innovative insights of a telco group and the technology of an award wining open source middleware, Apigate unlocks new streams of revenue for MNOs while connecting digital merchants to the right customers at the right time.

Manzur is Director for Marketing, Customer Experience, and Innovation at Axiata Digital Capital. He has spent 7 years at Axiata in various roles and markets, including Chief Digital Services Officer in Bangladesh, FinTech Project Director in Indonesia, and Head of Ignition Labs in Malaysia.  Previously, Manzur served as Deputy CMO and Director for Strategic Planning at Telenor, and as Commercial Attaché at the French Ministry for Foreign Trade.

As one of the leading telecommunications groups in Asia in pursuit of a vision to be the New Generation Digital Champion by 2022, Axiata has transformed itself from a holding entity with a portfolio of pure-play mobile assets into a Triple Core Strategy-driven business focusing on Digital Telco, Digital Businesses and Infrastructure.

As leaders in the telecom industry, we strive to provide world-class communication services using the most advanced technology available. And our ambition doesn’t stop there. With a strong presence all across the region, Axiata is also committed to improving lives in our operating countries.

We are advancing Asia, one step a time.

Before joining CompareAsiaGroup as Chief Commercial Officer, Prashant was Head of Commercial Products at Visa for the Southeast Asia region. Prior to this, Prashant held various leadership positions at American Express in the APAC region and started his career at Oracle in India. Prashant is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Delhi, India.

CompareAsiaGroup is the largest personal finance platform in Asia, helping more than 30M people per year across 6 countries. We are a team of 200+ people in 6 countries aligned around a shared vision to empower people to build healthier financial lives. We do this by connecting people to the best content and products for their needs, life stage and risk profile. We are currently focused on the banking and insurance sectors in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. Headquartered in Hong Kong, we have established relationships with more than 100 leading financial institutions across Asia. 

Hann Liew is the Co-founder of Malaysian Fintech company Jirnexu Sdn Bhd (Jirnexu) and Chief Executive Officer of RinggitPlus.com, Malaysia’s leading financial comparison website which has helped over 1,000,000 Malaysians with their financial product applications since 2012. Hann currently heads RinggitPlus in its pursuit to help Malaysians to be more financially literate and to help them do more with their money.

In 2012, Hann co-founded SaveMoney.my and JimatCermat.my, two financial advice websites dedicated to helping people manage their money better. In 2014, he led SaveMoney.my through a successful merger with RinggitPlus to form Saving Plus Sdn Bhd and going on to launch KreditGoGo.com in Indonesia.

Saving Plus later rebranded itself into what is now Jirnexu. Since then, Hann has been overseeing overall business strategy, marketing and business development, commercial analysis, operations and people development at RinggitPlus.

Hann is a former Assistant Vice President, Equities and Funds Structured Markets at Barclays Capital in the United Kingdom (UK).

Jirnexu enables banks, insurance companies and service providers to think mobile-first and innovate the way they acquire customers online, handle their fulfilment, keep them loyal and extract lifetime value. Consumers are empowered by Jirnexu’s financial comparison tools to save money and make better decisions. Founded in 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the company enjoys the unique position of being one of the successful FinTech pioneers in Southeast Asia. Jirnexu’s partners include RHB, Citibank, HSBC, Alliance Bank, Standard Chartered, CIMB, Public Bank, UOB, AEON, AmBank, Manulife, Allianz, Zurich, Etiqa, and RHB Insurance.

David Chmelar is the Co-founder and CEO of iPrice Group, a meta-search website where online consumers can easily compare prices, specs and discover products from hundreds of local and regional merchants.

iPrice’s meta-search platform is available in seven countries across Southeast Asia namely in; Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

Currently, iPrice compares and catalogues more than 500 million products and receives more than five million monthly visits across the region. As a proven leader, David brings vast experience working in top-management and strategy consulting within the world of e-commerce for over ten years. He was the Member of the Board with Wüstenrot Financial Group, responsible for product and ecommerce and was a Project Leader with the Boston Consulting Group. David is a truly international expert with work experience from Canada, US and many European countries. He holds a MSc degree from the London School of Economics.

Satchit Joglekar is the Sales Director for Southeast Asia at Snowflake - the only data warehouse built for the Cloud. Snowflake helps businesses democratize data and its analytics at a fraction of current costs and makes actionable insights available instantly, while leveraging the near-infinite scale and operational simplicity of public clouds.

Satchit has 15 years of cross-functional experience in Big Data and Cloud, having spent a large part of his career in various regional sales and technical roles at EMC/DellEMC and working closely with subsidiaries Pivotal, RSA and VMware. He studied Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore and is based in Singapore.

Snowflake started with a clear vision: Make modern data warehousing effective, affordable and accessible to all data users. Snowflake enables the data-driven enterprise with instant elasticity, secure data sharing and per-second pricing, across multiple clouds. Because traditional on-premises and cloud solutions struggle at this, Snowflake developed a new product with a new built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. Snowflake: Your data, no limits. Find out more at snowflake.com.

Nexea Angels is a venture capital and an angel investor network in Southeast Asia that focuses on supporting startups and angel investors. Check us out at https://www.nexea.co for more information.

Karamjit Singh first joined The Edge, Malaysia’s premier business publication, in 1995 and covered a number of areas before specialising in the telecommunications sector. 

In 2000, with the increasing convergence of computer and telecommunications technologies and the Multimedia Super Corridor’s continued expansion, he was transferred to the weekly’s nascent netv@lue2.0 pullout. Within seven months, he was appointed editor of the highly-regarded pullout, a position he held until March, 2012. For five years, he was also editor of a bi-monthly pullout, SMEs Going Global, in The Edge.

Along the way, he has picked up a few awards, starting with the Malaysian Press Institute award for Best Telecommunications Writer (English category) in 2002, the DiGi Telecommunications Journalist of the Year (Magazine Category) 2004, to the most recent one in 2009 from the Malaysian Customer Relationship Management and Contact Centre Association as Journalist of the Year in recognition of his informative and critical coverage of the outsourcing sector since 2000.

Over the course of his career, Karamjit’s name has become synonymous with netv@lue2.0. He has come to be regarded by industry and peers as one of the nation’s most respected journalists and pundits, and is frequently invited to speak or moderate at conferences and roundtables. 

Karamjit founded Digital News Asia with a vision that media should play its role as the Fourth Estate, and on the belief that timely, insightful and analytical coverage can help the tech ecosystem in South-East Asia, especially Malaysia, grow and develop. 

Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/karamjitdna

Digital News Asia (DNA) is an independent news portal that covers the ICT ecosystem, including industry and public policy issues, entrepreneurs, startups, movers and shakers in the industry and business trends, especially how Digital Disruption is affecting traditional businesses.

Choo Pin ANG is Expedia Group’s Senior Director for Government and Corporate Affairs for Asia. In this role, he spearheads the Group’s Asia governmental affairs and public policy strategy across its portfolio of brands such as Expedia, Hotels.com, and Homeaway. Through the engagement of public and quasi-public stakeholders in the region, Choo Pin helps the Group manage regulatory and business risks, forge partnerships with governments, and identify business opportunities.

Choo Pin has also helped shape the debate surrounding travel, tech and e-commerce in Asia. He is the Chair of the Travel and Tourism Committee of the US ASEAN Business Council, and has provided training to senior Southeast Asian government officials on e-commerce under the Singapore-US Third Country Training Program. He is also Vice-Chair of the Asia Travel Tech Industry Association, and Chair of the Asia Internet Coalition.

Choo Pin has extensive experience in political and economic issues across Asia. He previously headed the China operations of a New-York based investment advisory firm conducting political and reputational risk analysis for a clientele of PE funds and SWFs, before joining Standard Chartered Bank as its Head of Public Affairs. Before that, he served as a diplomat in Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering International Organizations, Middle East, and Northeast Asia, where he was Singapore’s Deputy Consul-General to Shanghai. Choo Pin has a BA degree from Tufts University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, both obtained through the Government of Singapore’s prestigious Overseas Merit Scholarship. He speaks English, Chinese, German, and Spanish.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) is the world's travel platform. We help knock down the barriers to travel, making it easier, more enjoyable, more attainable and more accessible. We are here to bring the world within reach for customers and partners around the globe. We leverage our platform and technology capabilities across an extensive portfolio of businesses and brands to orchestrate the movement of people and the delivery of travel experiences on both a local and global basis. Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, Egencia®, trivago®, HomeAway®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, Classic Vacations®, Traveldoo®, VacationRentals.com and SilverRail™.

Anuj Goel is a Division Director at Macquarie Capital, based in Sydney. He has led a wide range of principal and advisory engagements within Macquarie’s telecommunications, Media, Entertainment and Technology (TMET) group. He has over 13 years of investment banking experience. Anuj leads Macquarie Capital’s market leading technology advisory and capital raising business in the APAC region and has broad experience across data, exchange, online and software businesses globally, with additional vertical expertise in telecommunications including mobile, fixed, digital infrastructure and geostationary satellites. Anuj’s holds a B.Com (Actuarial), B. Applied Finance and MBA (Executive). He is a Fellow of Institute of Actuaries of Australia and an Associate CPA.

Macquarie Capital has global capability in advisory, capital raising services, providing clients with specialist expertise, innovative advice and flexible capital solutions across a range of sectors and products including investing alongside partners and clients. It also has global capability in infrastructure, green and conventional energy, focusing on utilising balance sheet to construct assets, build businesses and create platforms across development, construction and operational phases.

Tushar is a core member of Square Peg Capital’s investment team covering online and technology businesses across Australasia.

He has more than 10 years of experience in various industries, including technology, media and telecommunications; financial services; travel and the public sector.

He has advised on all facets of business, including domestic and international growth strategies, M&A, go-to-market, leadership development, organisational design and process and customer-service improvement.

Prior to joining Square Peg Capital Tushar worked at BCG as a management consultant and at Baker & McKenzie as a lawyer.

Square Peg’s mission is to be a leading investor in venture and growth stage online and technology companies. Our geographic reach is broad, with investments in Australia and New Zealand (e.g. Vend, Rokt), Asia (e.g. PropertyGuru, Wego), Israel (e.g. Jethro Data, Feedvisor) and the US (e.g. CAIS, Shipping Easy).

Square Peg’s founders and team have decades of experience in growing, investing in and advising to global businesses. We back people with great passion and vision who have the capability to execute on that vision. Our portfolio encompasses a diverse group of companies but what they have in common is their desire to make a difference.

All of our companies are on an exciting journey. Our job is to help them in any way that best meets their needs, whether that be through leveraging our operational experience or connecting them to our diverse global network.

Vic Sithasanan is the Co-founder and SVP, Business Development at Hyperlab, an Everise company. Hyperlab Labs forms part of Everise, a Singapore-based global experience company that powers over ½ a million customer experiences every day in over 20 languages.

Vic co-founded Hyperlab in 2016 and the firm has gone on to become Southeast Asia’s leading and most awarded Conversational AI company. Hyperlab combines the elements of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Understanding, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation and design to create Intelligent Experiences for enterprise customers and employees.

Vic is currently the SVP, Business Development at Hyperlab and he is responsible for growing the company into new markets and with new partners. Vic’s professional career started with BBDO in Singapore where he led the digital transformation the firm into a full-service digital agency and opened up new markets in Southeast Asia and India.

Before Co-founding Hyperlab, Vic (along with fellow Hyperlab co-founder, Janet Teo) founded FutureLab which they sold to the 360-degree digital services firm APD in 2012. During this period Vic helped to develop technology to benchmark social media performance. In 2018, Vic was listed in Malaysia’s Digerti50 and ranked as one of Malaysia’ leading innovators. 

Hyperlab is Southeast Asia’s leading and most awarded Conversational AI company. We combine the elements of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Understanding, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation and design to create Intelligent Experiences for enterprise customers and employees.

Hyperlab’s Intelligent Experience Platform provides visionary enterprise with the tools to create smart experiences that integrate with their core systems, powered by over 3 million minutes of multilingual conversations.

Winning Best AI Company, by Rice Bowl Asia and CIO Outlook APAC; Malaysia’s Top Tech Developer, by the Malaysian Digital Association; Best CEM Platform, by CX Asia; and many other accolades, Hyperlab delivers proven ROI for AI for some of the region’s most notable brands, including Zurich Insurance, Hong Leong Bank and MDEC.

In September 2018, Hyperlab was acquired by global experience company Everise, who power over 500,000 daily experiences in over 20 languages for Fortune 500 companies and the world’s most loved Unicorns.

Neal Liu, Founder and CTO of UCARE.AI, has close to 30 years of experience in the hi-tech industry. He built his expertise from late night hacking at MIT Media Lab, architecting large-scale solutions at Microsoft, to working on the latest ad-tech at Google. After more than five years at Google, he left in 2016 to jumpstart UCARE.AI, chasing his lifelong quest of using data and machine learning to improve lives. Neal holds an MBA from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. 

• providing an assurance of our product core functionalities and ability to deliver at population scale and
• establishing UCARE.AI's credentials and positioning UCARE.AI as a pre-qualified contender to government and large enterprise buyers by IMDA.

Amit is founder and CEO at Ecosystm, a next generation Technology Research and Advisory Firm. Ecosystm is democratising data and making research available to a much broader tech ecosystem as technology markets evolve.

Ecosystm brings together key stakeholder groups that make up the technology ecosystem – tech buyers, tech vendors and industry experts – and challenges traditional IT research practices by offering unrivalled accessibility, transparency and autonomy on its platform.

As a global first, companies can leverage high quality industry research and data that updates in real-time for an affordable monthly subscription, enabling them to make better planning and purchasing decisions to shape their future digital footprints and roadmaps.

Amit began his journey as a tech entrepreneur at the age of 23, before entering the analyst world, where he went on to hold senior positions at firms including IDC and Global Data.

In his spare time, Amit sits on the advisory board of a number of digital start-ups and also serves as a mentor to other entrepreneurs as a charter member of TIE (largest global investor-entrepreneur network) to help them achieve their growth goals. Amit holds a Master’s in Engineering Management (Hons) from the University of Auckland.

Ecosystm is a private equity backed Digital Research and Advisory Platform. As a global first, Ecosystm brings together tech buyers, tech vendors and analysts into one integrated platform to enable the best decision making in the evolving digital economy. Our Mission is to democratise technology research, with an emphasis on accessibility, transparency and autonomy.

Anna Gong is the CEO and Founder of Perx Technologies Pte Ltd, a leading mobile loyalty and customer engagement SaaS company, backed by the co-founder of Facebook Eduardo Saverin and Golden Gate Ventures. Prior to joining Perx, her 5th startup experience, Anna was Vice President of Channels Sales for Asia Pacific & Japan. Anna brings 20 years of technology experience in management consulting and enterprise software, spanning the U.S., Asia Pacific & Japan.

A winner of the Singapore Women Entrepreneur Award 2017 and LinkedIn 2017 CEO Power Profiles, Anna has also been featured in CNBC, Bloomberg, and Forbes. Anna, a TEDx speaker, has also spoken at many key tech conferences. She has also spoken as a keynote on leadership, digital transformation and entrepreneurship for large corporates and conferences. Anna holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz (Ridzuan) has over 20 years of commercially–driven regulatory, compliance and technology experiences in Asia- Pacific. He provides business-oriented regulatory advice, solution and consultancy to banks, remittance companies, fund management entities, broker dealers (equity and derivatives) as well as sovereign wealth managers on regulatory requirements, compliance risks management, licensing, business viability and practical implementation of FinTech and regulatory technology (RegTech).

Ridzuan is currently WorldRemit’s Country Director for Malaysia and Head of Business for Thailand and Indonesia. WorldRemit is one of the fastest growing global online-only remittance providers head quartered in the UK, operating in over 50 countries and servicing more than 150 corridors.

He is also the current president of the Fintech Association of Malaysia (FAOM) and instrumental in raising the profile of the association, particularly on establishing an industry-wide fintech blue-print as one of the key elements for Malaysia digital economy. Ridzuan engages various stakeholders in bringing FAOM to this level and continue to develop fintech-related strategies for various purposes. He has been invited to speak at various Banking and Fintech events around the world. Most recently, he was one of the speakers at K.E.Y. Platform 2019 and Korean Fintech Week 2019, both held at Seoul, South Korea. 

Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading online-to-offline mobile platform, offering transport, food & package delivery, payments and financial services.

Mike Davie is the CEO and Founder of Quadrant, which meets demand for mapping and authenticating data through technology. In 2014, Mike founded Quadrant (formerly DataStreamX until it rebranded in 2018), the world's first online marketplace for real-time, high-value data sets across industries and borders. Quadrant, which uses blockchain technology to authenticate and transact data, currently processes over 50 billion records a month between organizations. In 2018 Mike launched Quadrant Protocol to meet this need. He gathered a high-profile team of long-term collaborators and new reinforcements that share his belief that Quadrant Protocol will become the standard for decentralized data and will be the next game-changer in the data economy.

Quadrant is a cutting-edge platform designed to allow data professionals to obtain and utilize high-quality, authentic data. Quadrant works with businesses and governments to pinpoint their specific needs and provides solutions that allow these organisations to optimise and tailor the data itself and use it to solve problems. Quadrant is made up of two parts:

• The Quadrant Platform processes over 50 billion records a month and allows companies to choose, source and transact validated data from around the world quickly and efficiently
• Quadrant Protocol is a data protocol that uses blockchain technology to authenticate and map data, allowing users to make better business decisions based on information that is fitted to their specific purposes

By creating an ecosystem that enables access to data that is authentic, traceable and mapped, Quadrant solves data challenges and spurs innovation. For more information please visit: www.quadrant.io.

Alex is the Founder of PT Digiasia Bios, a Consolidated Fintech Holding that offers Digital Payment, Credit and Remittance Financial Services in Indonesia. He is also involved in numerous digital companies: some early startups and some taking a more active role.

Alex was the CEO of Indosat Ooredoo from November 2012 to November 2017, the 2nd largest Telco Operator in Indonesia with about 100mn customers and listed on IDX.

Prior to his position as a CEO of Indosat Ooredoo, Alex was an Independent Board Member in Indosat Ooredoo, with a full time role as a Partner at Northstar Pacific, the largest Indonesian Private Equity fund in Indonesia after moving from a nine-years career for the Government of Indonesia as a Minister Special Advisor for MCIT in 2001-2007 and Minister Special Advisor for MSOE in 2007 – 2009. During which time he also sat as a Board Members on a number of State-Owned Companies at PT Krakatau Steel Tbk, PT Geodipa Energi, PT Kertas Kraft Aceh.

After his period in Indosat Ooredoo, Alex has been appointed as an Independent Board Members at PT Medikaloka Hermina, Tbk and PT Unilever Indonesia, Tbk. He is also the Chairman of iFlix, Indonesia and an Advisor to Lotusflare (an AI consumer platform out of the Silicon Valley serving Telco’s and Financial Services globally).

Alex has PhD degree in Information Technology from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. After Alex post studies and returning to Indonesia, he started his career in PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Management Consultant focusing on large IT Implementation projects.

A Global Company with Local Insight & Strategy.

OUR MISSION

To be an active part of the digital revolution of Indonesia. By reforming the socio-economic dynamics and empowering a technology-savvy society through digital financial services.

OUR STRATEGY

To acquire operationally & financially consolidate digital and traditional assets, with the aim to redefine the ecosystem and day-to-day behaviors of customers.

Bluzelle is a decentralized data ecosystem that allows individuals and businesses to have full data control and the ability to monetize that data.

Treating data like currency regulated by centralized parties, Bluzelle sees an urgent need to shift the power back and push for responsible data management.

We are building to the New Data Economy, with the Bluzelle decentralized database at its core, managing and storing data through sharding to achieve unprecedented security and scale.

Alongside the database, Bluzelle offers a framework that supports private data control, data syndication and decentralised web infrastructure, with the payment system supported by the BLZ token.

Recognised as a global leader in the online classifieds arena, Founder and CEO of Frontier Digital Ventures, Shaun Di Gregorio, is the former CEO of ASX listed company, iProperty Group (ASX: IPP), operator of Asia’s #1 network of property portals. During his 4 and a half year tenure (2014-2009), Shaun spearheaded the transformation of iProperty Group from small online business into the largest listed Internet company in ASEAN, with a market capitalisation of US$600 million.

Prior to this, Shaun spent 8 years at Australia-based REA Group, a global leader and publisher of as many as 20 real estate websites in 12 countries. As General Manager of the core Australian business, he grew the business into a company with more than 300 staff and revenues exceeding AU$150 million. Shaun was also appointed General Manager, International Operations, overseeing REA Group’s international expansion and strategic investments. Shaun is a non-Executive Director of iCar Asia (ASX:ICQ), Asia’s leading operator of online automotive portals, and an advisor to online classifieds businesses around the world. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Frontier Digital Ventures is focused on becoming a leading investor in online classifieds businesses in frontier and emerging markets. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the investment firm offers entrepreneurs both capital and expertise in developing, growing and operating online classifieds businesses. Frontier Digital Ventures invests in highly driven entrepreneurs who want to be market leaders in the online classifieds industry in frontier and emerging markets. The firm provides funding, advice and assistance on setting strategy and the execution of that strategy. Its vast pool of knowledge of the online classifieds space and well established global business network, positions it perfectly to enable and advance highly-driven entrepreneurs in frontier and emerging markets across the globe.

Jaime Enrique Y. Gonzalez, Filipino, is currently the CEO of IPVI. He is also the founder of IPVG Corp., Egames, and IP-Converge, Inc., which all listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange. Enrique has recently launched EOS Philippines (5th largest crypto currency in the World) as well as Common Ground (Philippines), one of SEA’s leading co-working space in JV with Catcha Group.

He has structured profitable exits such as PCCW Teleservices (sold to PCCW of Hong Kong), Prolexic Technologies (sold to Kennet Partners and eventually to Akamai for over US$ 300 million), and Level-up Games (JV with MIH/Tencent then sold to Asiasoft).

He is a partner in the Kaikaku Fund (a Softbak-led fund), a venture capital focused on SE Asia. He is also on the board of Arthaland Corporation (PSE ticker symbol: ALCO), a listed real estate developer. He is also a resort developer with a significant project in joint-venture with Double Dragon.

Enrique is also the main investor behind a leading venture group that owns businesses that represent large retail brands such as Highlands Coffee, NBA Retail and Western Union.

He was IT Executive of the Year in 2008 and a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization and sits on the Board of Trustees of Asia Society Philippines.

He continues to hold the record of being the youngest person to have listed a company on the Philippine Stock Exchange at 27 years old. Enrique was also a columnist for Philippine Star covering entrepreneurship and business under Business Life section.

Mr. Gonzalez went to Middlebury college, Asian Institute of Management and Harvard Business School. He is a Kauffman Fellow and part of the Class 21 batch. He has also completed the YPO program at the London Business School.

Enrique is an active evangelist for attracting foreign capital and partners into the Philippines. He has joined state visits under President Gloria Arroyo and most recently President Duterte's state visit to China. He was instrumental in bringing in China Railway Engineering Corp (CREC) a Fortune 100 company, and Tianjin SULI cable (a Fortune 500 company) into the Philippines. He also secured agreement during President Duterte’s state visit to Japan with LIST Group of Japan. He has also signed agreements during the recent state visit to Korea with Hanwha (one of the largest conglomerates in Korea) to introduce blockchain technology and content to the Philippines, as well as join Upground, an integrated blockchain ecosystem connecting major international players.

IP Ventures Inc. is a holding company in the Philippines whose subsidiaries operate in the following business segments: Online Computer Games (IP E-Game Ventures, Inc.); Internet Cafes (DPI, Netopia); Remittance Services (IPay Commerce Ventures, Inc.); Food and Beverage (Highlands Coffee Phils.)

IP Venture’s strategy has been to invest in or incubate companies operating in high-growth technology related sectors, to create value to those companies, and to prepare them for an eventual liquidity event such as a trade sale or IPO. IP Ventures has been successful in claiming the top spot in several industries it operates in.

IP E-Game Ventures, Inc. (E-Games), IP Venture’s online gaming company (PSE: EG), has over 35% market share in its industry with a market capitalization of over USD 130 million.  E-Games owns a majority stake in Netopia and CyberOne, two of the leading Internet Café chains in the Philippines. Presently, E-Games has a network of about 130 i-café branches strategically located around the country.

Internet Cafes (DPI, Netopia), Digital Paradise, Inc. is the owner and operator of the Netopia brand of Internet Cafes. It is a subsidiary of IP E-Game Ventures, Inc. Netopia is the largest and most prominent brand of Internet Cafes in the Philippines. 

Moreover, IP Ventures operates i-Pay Commerce Ventures, Inc., the fastest growing direct agent (money remittance) of Western Union. The Company has also formed joint partnerships with the likes of PCCW of Hong Kong, Kennet Partners of the US and UK, GMA7, and the Philippine Star Group.

Jason is the Vice President for NEM Foundation, serving as Board of Director, Executive Committee and Council Member. NEM Foundation is a top ranking blockchain technology organisations based on cryptocurrency market capitalisation ($XEM). As an advocate for emerging technologies, he was recognised as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 listmaker and had represented NEM Foundation in 30 cities over the past year as partnerships & strategic alliances director.

Jason is an advisory board member for the Blockchain Philanthropy Foundation, Blockchain Centre Melbourne and had played key roles multiple impact-driven startups in Asia, including a Smart City Accelerator programme and PolicyStreet, a financial inclusion-focused Insurance Technology startup. He is a founding member of the FinTech Association of Malaysia and the ASEAN FinTech Network. He has been a mentor, judge, speaker and thought leader and his views have been featured in Bloomberg TV and Skynews.

Prior to his foray into FinTech, Jason came from the banking industry with Standard Chartered Bank and had work experience with the Wealth Management, CEO’s office, Commercial Banking and Branch Distribution. Jason holds a Masters of International Business and Bachelors of Law and had attended the Cambridge Judge Business School executive programme.

NEM Foundation aims to introduce, educate, and promote the use of the NEM blockchain technology platform on an international scale to all industries and institutions. The NEM blockchain is designed to be the plug-and-play business blockchain. Its unique smart contract plugins enable highly secure digital asset creation, advanced accounting systems, and improved business efficiency. This includes highlighting how NEM is higher performance, more customisable, easier to develop on, and more secure than other blockchain solutions — by design.

NEM is one of the very first Blockchain technology projects to establish its own dedicated Blockchain Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The centre serves as a headquarter for regional operations, learning centre, incubator and accelerator for Blockchain related projects. Apart from driving the adoption of Blockchain technology, NEM Blockchain Centre also offers consultation services to Governments, private & public institutions, SMEs, Startups and educational institutions around the world. 

Anurag is an integrated communications leader, skilled at unlocking growth opportunities. As Chief of Agency and COO, Anurag leads all country teams with the objective of making ada the leading digital marketing agency in each market. He is also responsible for expanding ada’s portfolio in Asia beyond its current set of 1,200 brands and set market teams up for further scale and growth.

Anurag has more than two decades of experience in building teams, creating and executing integrated, complex communication programs spanning insights, creative, new and traditional media, and CRM.  He has been in leadership roles at leading integrated communication agencies – Wunderman/Possible, WPP Team P&G Asia, DDB Mudra Max, Geometry India, Draft Worldwide East Africa, managing large teams, and working with top clients like Unilever, P&G, BP, Samsung and Vodafone. While at Wunderman, he led WPP’s largest horizontal team in Asia for P&G where he built a bespoke team of integrated communications experts to manage all in-market activities for the FMCG brand. He has more than 300 local, regional and international awards to his credit, including Cannes Gold, and AMEs Asia Gold. Anurag is also a non-executive board member and advisor for a mobile start-up, Skrilo.

ada is an integrated digital marketing business combining data science, technology, creative & content, to disrupt marketing for brands and businesses across Asia. An Axiata Digital company, our team of data experts, growth hackers and advertising visionaries leverages extensive experience working with international brands to deliver measurable business results.

We break the silos between media and creative by using data to guide objective-setting and drive marketing decisions. We integrate data from the start of the planning process, using insights to plot the customer journey and map out creative strategy optimised for digital-first, programmatic delivery.

We deliver creative at 10x value. Utilising artificial intelligence, we identify and segment consumers, then automate creative generation at a fraction of the cost of traditional creatives. This enables mass customisation by audience profile, channel and timing for one-to-one engagement.

We are outcome-driven. With data and predictive modelling, we identify and mitigate risk to deliver business outcomes with clear attribution.

We use AI and machine learning to automate and optimise routines. By automating routine campaign-to-campaign management, and using machine learning to optimise media spends and creative design, we enable our ad operations to focus on insights and strategy, ensuring each campaign is smarter than the last.

Sumitra is Vice-President of Talent Development and Digital Entrepreneurship at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). She leads the tech talent ecosystem development across Malaysia’s talent lifecycle, ranging from the nation’s future talent pipeline in schools to the professional workforce. Prior to her current position, Sumitra held leadership and advisory roles in corporate responsibility and sustainability portfolios at DiGi Telecommunications and Telenor ASA (Norway).

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is the lead agency in driving the digital economy in Malaysia. Our role is to build a vibrant digital economy and ensure that Malaysia plays a leading part in the global digital revolution. We are passionate about digital technology and its potential to transform the future of our nation and the world.

MDEC’s implementations and efforts are centred on building awareness on digital economy, creating credible talents for the industry, and encouraging digital technology adoption among the people (rakyat) and businesses. MDEC is also the agency entrusted to nurture the growth of the technology industry in Malaysia including the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

On the global front, MDEC is responsible to ensure that Malaysia plays an integral part in digital revolution around the world, while attracting participation from global ICT companies to invest and develop cutting edge digital and creative solutions in the country.

Norhizam Abdul Kadir (or Hizam) brings with him almost 20 years’ experience in multi-market technology and energy industries in various markets across Asia Pacific. He was with Intel, Microsoft and Ballard Power System before joining MDEC as Vice President in 2015.  He has wide experience in corporate marketing, end-customer sales, business development, communications and channel marketing and enablement. 

At MDEC, currently, together with his team, he is championing the growth of tech startup ecosystem in Malaysia.  Initiatives such as:

• Malaysia Digital Hub, a program that recognizes startup ecosystem development in co-working spaces
• Malaysia Tech Entrepreneur Program (MTEP), a tech founders visa program and
• Malaysia Innovation Policy Council, an industry led committee to work with government to create conducive regulatory environment
• are some of the interventions to make Malaysia a more conducive country for tech startups and the communities. 

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is the lead agency in driving the digital economy in Malaysia. Our role is to build a vibrant digital economy and ensure that Malaysia plays a leading part in the global digital revolution. We are passionate about digital technology and its potential to transform the future of our nation and the world.

MDEC’s implementations and efforts are centred on building awareness on digital economy, creating credible talents for the industry, and encouraging digital technology adoption among the people (rakyat) and businesses. MDEC is also the agency entrusted to nurture the growth of the technology industry in Malaysia including the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

On the global front, MDEC is responsible to ensure that Malaysia plays an integral part in digital revolution around the world, while attracting participation from global ICT companies to invest and develop cutting edge digital and creative solutions in the country.

HEPMIL MEDIA GROUP is a network of technology driven media companies that serves to better the lives of millions in S.E.A through the creation and delivery of millennial centric digital content.

Dinesh is currently Chief of Staff to the CEO at Catcha Group, where he provides critical support in evaluating key strategic decisions and driving execution across the Group’s main priorities.

Prior to Catcha Group, Dinesh spent over 6 years as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in its London and San Francisco offices focused on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications space. While at J.P. Morgan, Dinesh helped advise on over $25bn+ worth of capital raising and transformative M&A transactions including Nokia’s handset division sale to Microsoft and the buyout of Nokia Siemens Networks, as well as Yahoo’s sale to Verizon.

During his stint in San Francisco, Dinesh worked with innovative and disruptive leaders including Dropbox, Linkedin, Airbnb, Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Tesla amongst others on their strategic and financial roadmap. In London, Dinesh was also selected by the European Investment Banking CEO and his senior management team to spend a year assisting with strategising optimal management of the investment banking business.

Dinesh graduated from Imperial College in 2010 with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering.

Established in 2004 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Catcha Group is Southeast Asia’s leading internet group which builds and invests in disruptive internet companies across emerging markets globally. The Group’s historical focus has been in online classifieds, new media and OTT, where it has successfully taken 5 companies from startup to IPO and created over US$2.0bn+ worth of value. Today, the Group holds over 60 investments, either directly or indirectly, as sole, majority or minority shareholders.

Rob is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of KERB, a global peer-to-peer and B2B parking app. One of Australia's most prominent marketers and a globally-recognised pioneer in the world of marketing automation, Rob is a regular international keynote speaker and has appeared on BBC World, Huffington Post, Channel 9, 7 & 10 news, plus dozens of other mainstream news networks.

KERB is a global-from-Day-One ‘smart parking’ platform which helps cities around the world reduce the number of vehicles on the road, by allowing citizens and private organisations to rent or lease under-utilised parking spaces. Kerb is a “last mile transportation solution”, which reduces the cost of parking for commuters, and which allows people with empty parking spaces to make a bit of extra money. Kerb also lets hotels, churches, universities and sports venues get a better return on their car parks. Kerb is available on Android, iOS and web, and is currently live in 80 cities, 22 countries and in 19 languages.

Eric provides critical support to the CEO of Catcha Group in evaluating key strategic decisions and driving execution across the Group’s main priorities. During his time with Catcha, he has spearheaded new business launch from ideation to execution in Indonesia, led startup investments in SEA and supported iflix’s product team.

Prior to Catcha Group, Eric spent a year working for a London-based startup, Reflection, a mobile app market intelligence firm. While at Reflection, Eric led its growth and expansion effort in APAC. Eric was also responsible to set up and execute its overall growth strategy and provide the CEO support in key strategic initiatives. Prior to Reflection, Eric worked at Illuminate Financial Management (IFM), a London-based Fintech focused global venture capital fund.

Eric is also an active writer and contributor in the SEA tech scene. His articles have been featured in major regional tech publications, such as Tech in Asia, e27 and VC Insider News.

Established in 2004 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Catcha Group is Southeast Asia’s leading internet group which builds and invests in disruptive internet companies across emerging markets globally. The Group’s historical focus has been in online classifieds, new media and OTT, where it has successfully taken 5 companies from startup to IPO and created over US$2.0bn+ worth of value. Today, the Group holds over 60 investments, either directly or indirectly, as sole, majority or minority shareholders.

Jonathan Adams joined iCar Asia as Chief Marketing Officer in 2017 and looks after Group Marketing along with setting strategies for each of the countries iCar Asia operate in. With over 25 years experience Jonathan is an expert in Brand Strategy, Media, Advertising (online and offline) and Marketing Communication. Prior to joining iCar Asia he led the Marketing for the iProperty Group where he was instrumental in the branding strategy, developing sophisticated automated digital marketing campaigns and using data for advertising / promotional campaigns. He also has extensive experience working in Media and Creative agencies in Malaysia and New Zealand, across many different categories and clients.

Jonathan holds a Diploma in Advertising from Auckland University of Technology.

Listed on Australian Security Exchange, iCar Asia (ASX: ICQ) owns and operates ASEAN No. 1 network of automotive portals with clear leadership positions established in each of ASEAN’s three largest automotive markets – Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

iCar Asia has significant market opportunity with the potential to connect over 600 million car buyers and sellers throughout ASEAN. Our online properties currently reach approximately 12 million car buyers and enthusiasts in the region every month.

We have consolidated position in ASEAN markets with established brands, consistent consumer audiences, and listings leadership due to deep car dealership penetration and engagement via our market-leading Response Management System (RMS) which is integrated into dealers’ businesses.

At iCar Asia, we are passionately committed to building a business that has a definitive impact on the automotive industry in the ASEAN region. We will change the way consumers connect with people and business to fulfil their automotive needs as they buy, own and sell vehicles.

Our strategic priorities for the business are to develop a world class customer experience, enabling us to win in all of our core markets. With this position of strength we have the opportunity to expand into adjacent categories and services, as well as into new countries.

Kamal Karmakar is CEO, founder and promoter of CitiXsys. He has been responsible for the Company’s evolution to be a specialist provider of software products for the retail and hospitality industries, including its flagship solution iVend Retail.

Kamal’s responsibilities include Business Strategy, Global Sales, Product Innovation and Growth. Under his leadership, CitiXsys has secured $45M in outside investment and grown to become a market leader and continual innovator in the retail sector. Kamal has also guided the organization to receive several prestigious technology awards.

Beyond his work at CitiXsys, Kamal’s experience includes counseling executives at high growth companies on strategy formulation, business model transformation, and implementation of a balanced scorecard. He has worked with many companies in an advisory capacity and has an exceptional track record of helping management teams achieve better strategy and bottom-line improvements.

A graduate of Harvard Business School, Kamal is well recognized in the industry and is on board of various companies globally, including being a member of the SAP Advisory Council for Business One in Germany.

About iVend Retail

iVend Retail by CitiXsys is a global provider of integrated omnichannel solutions for retail and hospitality chains. Our software solutions integrate vital systems to produce a flawless ecosystem where data flows instantly and freely, with minimal IT investment. Designed to provide exceptional customer experiences throughout the entire shopper and dining journey, iVend Retail solutions for point of sale, loyalty, eCommerce, digital passes, analytics and mobility will increase revenue, improve customer retention, and bring in new business, all while lowering your operating costs. Our suite of solutions is available through a worldwide distribution network of certified partners.

MALAYSIA VENTURE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT BERHAD (MAVCAP) is Malaysia’s largest venture capital in the technology space.  Established in 2001 to develop the venture capital industry in Malaysia, the company has evolved from a local government funded agency into a regional self-funded VC with private sector partnerships.

As a government backed VC, MAVCAP has been fulfilling its mandate by creating local VC talents, creating  more local VC companies, attracting more foreign VCs and funding into Malaysia, thus creating a bigger pool of funds available for competitive local companies.

Notable exits include Jobstreet.com, Unrealmind, Youth Asia and Aemulus, while many of our entrepreneurs were named by Forbes Asia 30 under 30, including  Nadhir Asyafiq (theLorry), Vivy Yusof (Fashion Valet) and Faeez Fadhillah (Tripfez).  Current UNICORNS in our portfolio include GRAB, Bukalapak, Kabbage and Airwallex.

More information is available on www.mavcap.com.

Oliver Tan is the CEO of ViSenze, an artificial intelligence company he co-founded in 2012. Under Oliver’s leadership, the company has emerged as a global leader in retail-tech innovations, bridging visual content and commerce through machine learning and computer vision. Prior to founding ViSenze, Oliver was the global business head for five years at a pioneer cyber security start-up until its successful exit. He sits on the Forbes Technology Council, advocating innovation and responsible technology developments. Oliver is recognized as the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Singapore Computer Society, was named among the top ten Singapore innovators and disruptors in 2017 by The Peak Singapore and was listed in the Top 40 Individuals Shaping E-commerce in Southeast Asia in 2016 by ecommerceIQ.

ViSenze powers visual commerce at scale for retailers and brands. The company delivers intelligent image recognition solutions that shorten the path to action as consumers search and discover on the visual web. Retailers like Rakuten, Urban Outfitters and ASOS use ViSenze to convert images into immediate product search opportunities, improving conversion rates. Brands and media companies use ViSenze to turn any image or video into an engagement opportunity, driving incremental revenue.

Acknowledged as a global leader in retail-tech and AI by Interbrand, CognitionX, Datamation and Venturebeat, Visenze is built by ecommerce specialists and computer scientists with deep learning and computer vision experience. A spin-off company from the National University of Singapore, ViSenze is venture backed by Rakuten Ventures, SonaeIM and Gobi Partners.

Jamie is CFO at Kargo, the first online goods transportation service in Myanmar, and has been based in Yangon since 2016. Originally from the UK, he started his career as a consultancy analyst and then client relationship manager. Jamie spent 4.5 years at PKF Littlejohn LLP in the world of advisory and audit, specialising in insurance and financial services. He moved to Cambridge Associates, a leading global investment advisory firm, where he provided analytical portfolio management services to large institutional and private investors, researching across the full range of asset classes. Since arriving in Myanmar, he has worked regionally alongside ASEAN organisations undertaking assurance work on behalf of the UN. Jamie graduated with an MA(Hons) in English Literature from The University of Edinburgh. He is a chartered accountant (ACA).

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-robinson-aca-62009288/

About Kargo

Kargo is the largest virtual truck fleet in Myanmar providing goods transportation for SME and corporate enterprise businesses moving their cargo anywhere in the country. Kargo is the first online goods transportation service in Myanmar to easily connect independent truck drivers, fleet owners, 3PLs and commercial logistics providers directly with businesses needing reliable and trackable distribution and delivery of their goods across the country.

As a tech-based logistics provider in Myanmar, we calculate the prices based on the type of truck, volume, weight of goods and pick up and drop off points. Kargo guarantees the best price, full tracking of your goods and a dedicated friendly service team for all your orders and logistics and business needs. Both business and individual clients can manage orders through their dedicated Kargo online account and dashboard, with features such as order batch upload, previous order copy and real-time tracking.

For more information please visit: www.kargo.com.mm

Lakshman has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Marketing from KDU University and has always been fascinated with Business & Product development and started his careers in Business Development at the tender age of 17.  25 years old this year, Lakshman has already collected 8 years’ worth of precious corporate business development experience.  Lakshman started off in the medical device industry while still in university dealing with purchasing departments or large hospitals and healthcare chains identifying the gaps and weaknesses in procurement. Together with his brother and co-founder, Lakshman decided to launch Lapasar in 2017 to fix the procurement gaps in the market using technology. The mission of Lapasar is to remove barriers for businesses which includes efficiency, speed, access and transparency and Lakshman is spearheading this transformation within the Malaysian GLC and MNC circle working closely with these companies to transform how businesses procure and sell.

Lapasar is a supply chain solution currently disrupting how procurement, deliveries, and payments are handled. Lapasar connects sellers and corporate buyers to ensure procurement is done fast, efficiently and transparently while ensuring vendors gain quick access to the market and are on a transparent and level playing field. Lapasar is already able to give any qualified vendor access to various large organizations without hassle within 2 minutes and we are continuously disrupting how the supply chain is handled.

Zac is the Co-Founder and CEO of Curlec. Prior to Curlec, he worked at Barclays Bank in London and had stints at 2 enterprise-tech companies. He is also a qualified lawyer.

Curlec is an online Direct Debit payments company that makes it easy for businesses to collect recurring payments and take control of their cash flow. We provide an easy-to-use cloud based solution that reduces late payments and admin overhead for businesses of all sizes.

An Architect turned Entrepreneur, Martin's mission to revolutionise the state of Aged-Care started 10 years ago when he spearheaded the design for the Award winning Green Leaf Retirement Resort (Best Retirement Resort Asia Pacific - International Property Awards 2012) and consequently developed, design and operated The Mansion, a 47-bed premium nursing home facility in Kuala Lumpur which achieved full capacity in just 14 months. He then founded CARE Concierge to also provide an option for seniors to age in the comforts of their home, promoting the concept of ageing-in-place.

An advocate for technology and good design, Martin has management and design experience working with Lend Lease and Allen Jack + Cottier Architects in Sydney on various commercial, retail and masterplanned community living townships across Australia. His passion in aged care also stems from a desire to create a viable solution for his ageing parents and immediate family, having personally cared for his late grandmother who suffered a stroke.

CARE Concierge provides nurses, therapists & caregivers (Care Pros) to the home for eldercare and post-hospitalisation recovery, supported by our proprietary tech platform. Our mission is to provide a safe option for the elderly to age-in-place at home with trained quality caregivers so their children can live life undisrupted.

We also run the first dedicated Adult Daycare facility where the elderly receive care and supervision from our team of nurses and caregivers, with specially designed mental and physical activities to promote better quality of life.

We offer a complete suite of managed care services to enable operations of retirement villages and nursing homes, this includes our Integrated Management System (SaaS model) and our e-commerce offering of medical equipment direct to your doorstep including an exclusive partnership with Linde for medical-grade oxygen from Germany. For those who require nursing home care, we manage 3 high-end homes, with expansion into another few hundred rooms within the year.

We are the only one to offer training and certification for nurses and caregivers with two Universities. This is to ensure our Care Pros are of the highest quality and are proficient to manage the care recipient whether at home or in a care facility.

Investment banker turned entrepreneur with a diverse work experience in the financial sector and a passion to advance the FinTech space in Southeast Asia. Prior to his IB role in Credit Suisse Singapore, Darrel did regulatory work in Bank Negara Malaysia and financial services consulting at Oliver Wyman London. He executed several large IPOs and placements in Southeast Asia during his time at Credit Suisse, one of the top investment banks in the region. Darrel graduated with an MEng in Engineering, Economics, and Management from Oxford University.

CapitalBay is a Multi-Bank Supply Chain Finance provider. Powered by the latest technology, our solution enables companies to unlock new methods of accessing and managing cash flow through their payables and receivables, while enhancing relationships with all trade partners in the value chain. Our products include invoice financing, invoice factoring and contract financing.

CapitalBay has been awarded “The Best FinTech Platform - Digital Supply Chain Finance” & “The Best Financial Supply Chain Management in Malaysia” by The Asian Bankers!

Ganesh is an entrepreneur with prior professional experience in assurance, consulting and risk management at PwC, KPMG and AFC respectively. He co-founded Drinkentrepreneurs Malaysia, Asean’s leading networking platform, The CViator and PlantOS. He's also consulted MaGIC and Fave on corporate innovation and community building respectively.

plantOS is a precision technology company that has developed a state of the art integrated farm computer (hardware + software) designed for various crops. We take an active, hands-on approach leveraging our team’s respective expertise and that of our industry, technology and strategic partners to deliver a farming solution that improves farm productivity, detects onset of disease and improves yield predictability.

Gluu taps on the sharing economy model to enable anyone to be a connectivity supplier, ensuring ubiquity and affordability. Our users and hotspot partners from the Wi-Fi cloud enables consistent and secure mobile connectivity globally through a simple sign-on. The platform’s native currency, Glits, is earned by users when they share. Glits can be used to exchange for products and services at the Store or to get connectivity.

Gluu’s two founders are seasoned technology and business executives whose dream is to build a global network of connectivity driven by a crowd-powered platform. Their belief is that connectivity empowers individuals and communities and unlocks economic value which brings about limitless possibilities and opportunities for people.

Mimi founded Qwork in late 2015 and went into serious operations in late 2017. Mimi holds a PhD in engineering and an MBA and has worked with the student community long enough to understand the needs and wants of the Gen-Y. Having also worked on many different business projects has allowed Mimi to understand the struggles of talent retention for companies. It is with this that Mimi founded Qwork - a platform that is now serving various different industries across Malaysia and Indonesia.

Qwork automates human-resource outsourcing by matching the schedule of pre-trained workers to employers. Qwork addresses one of the biggest problems facing companies today, which is staff turnovers. Qworkers can attend to as many different trainings as possible, which will then be recorded together with their work availability schedule. Jobs are then matched based on these parameters - allowing employers to always have the head-counts needed and workers to work based on their availability. Employee turnover and job hopping of Millenials across South East Asia. The survey of hundreds of HR professionals in various industries, found that 87 percent of companies said it costs them around $15,000-$25,000 to replace each millennial employee they lose.

Yeoh Chen Chow is the co-founder of Fave, one of the fastest growing merchant services platform in South East Asia. Fave helps to digitize tens of thousands of local businesses, from restaurants, cafes, retailers, spas, beauty and wellness studios, service providers, tourist attractions to hotels. Fave acquired 3 of the Groupon subsidiaries in South East Asia -- Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. He is also the co-founder of KFit, regional fitness sharing platform in South East Asia.

Prior to that, he was the Regional Operations Director for Groupon Asia Pacific, Product Manager for JobStreet.com and Management Consultant for Accenture. He is an Eisenhower Fellow and an alumnus of Cornell University. He is also an angel investor, who has invested in numerous early stage startups in the region.

Gopal, currently leads the EY Malaysia FinTech and part of the FSO team in EY Malaysia. He holds a decade of diversified consulting experience of working with global fortune Banking, Financial Services, Insurance and Technology companies based in USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Gopal joined EY in 2016 bringing unique expertise of cards and payments, mortgages, general insurance on the domain side and business strategy, digital transformation, IT advisory on the competencies. He is a key member of ASEAN FinTech team in the last 3+ years. Also, he is one among the incumbent FinTech members in ASEAN and an architect of multiple FinTech solutions and successful in taking those solutions to the markets. Represented the firm on multiple digital and fintech forums and very proactive in establishing relationships, managing alliances to the firm.

In his current role on daily basis, he is leading multiple FinTech initiatives in Malaysia and supporting ASEAN, MENA regions. He is an MBA graduate from the Premier business schools of USA (HULT International Business School) with an electrical engineering background. He is an active speaker in the region spoken and a strong supporter of Fintech Innovation.

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