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Maha is Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore.  The centre develops public goods in the technology space to support central banks in how they discharge their roles in a digital economy and improve the financial system using novel ideas and emerging technologies.

Prior to this, Maha was Head of Department for Early and High Growth Oversight leading the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) response to the Kalifa review of Fintech.  A Senior Leadership Team member, she is setting up this new department from the ground up as part of the FCA’s strategy.  She joined the FCA in 2017 to set up the first Payments Department and was responsible for crafting and implementing the FCA supervisory strategy for the UK Payments Sector. 

Maha served as Chief Payments Officer at Pay.UK on secondment from the FCA, responsible for running the payments operations of BACS, Faster Payments, Image Clearing Services and related managed services.

Maha has a keen interest in observing and participating in the many exciting changes that are unfolding in the financial services, innovation and fintech environment.  She is particularly interested in safe and responsible innovation and is the author of the book ‘Fintech Regulation in Practice’.  A book that helps the fintech ecosystem navigate the complexities and opportunities of regulation.

She has a Degree in Commerce from Macquarie University and a Masters in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Moderator

Jong Woo Kang is Director of Regional Cooperation and Integration Division at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). As director, he plays a role as an interface between ADB’s internal and external stakeholders on regional cooperation and integration. He is a seasoned economist with extensive knowledge and experience on policy and strategic issues. He was Principal Economist at ERDI, Senior Advisor to the Managing Director General of ADB and Senior Economist at Strategy and Policy Department at ADB. He leads the annual publication of Asian Economic Integration Report. Areas of his research interest include regional integration, inclusive growth, macroeconomic policies, international trade and finance, and aid effectiveness. He published articles in economics journals such as Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Applied Economics, and World Economy. Before joining ADB, he was director at Ministry of Finance and Economy of Korea until 2006. He had got his BA in economics and MA in public administration from Seoul National University, and PhD in economics from University of Washington.

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Hoe Jeong Kim served as the Standing Audit Commissioner at Korea Exchange from 2020 to 2023. Before this, he was the Deputy Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Economy and Finance from 2019 to 2020. Mr. Kim also held the position of Alternate Executive Director for the Asia and the Pacific Constituency at the IMF from 2018 to 2019, and at the World Bank Group from 2016 to 2018. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Kim was a Director-General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Statistics Korea, and the Presidential Council for Future and Vision. He also served as Director for the Customs Policy Division at the Ministry of Economy and Finance from 2007 to 2010, and as First Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Korean Embassy in Moscow from 2003 to 2006.

Mr. Kim earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois (United States), an M.A. in Public Administration, and a B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University (Korea).

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Rachita Gulati joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) as a Research Fellow in May 2024. She is also a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. Previously, she held the prestigious Subir Chowdhury Visiting Fellowship (2017–2018) at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. She has also served on the faculty at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur. With over 15 years of academic and research experience, she specializes in banking and financial institutions, regulation and financial stability, corporate governance, inclusive banking, bank digitalization, applied econometrics, and efficiency and productivity analysis. She has led and coordinated several policy-oriented research projects in collaboration with central banks and prominent think tanks across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.

Rachita has contributed to studies funded by the Reserve Bank of India, the State Finance Commission of Haryana, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), among others. She is involved in several national and international academic associations. Her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, such as Omega, Empirical Economics, Computational Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Asia-Pacific Journal of Management, Economic Modelling, Research in International Business and Finance, and The North American Journal of Finance and Accounting, among others.

Borkhuu Gotovsuren is a Division Chief of the Risk Assessment Division at the Bank of Mongolia, specializing in banking regulation and financial stability. He has extensive experience in implementing international capital standards (Basel II & III), conducting asset quality reviews, and developing banking regulations and legislation. His work and expertise include risk management framework, banking supervision, macro stress testing, climate-related financial risk assessment, and collaborations with other central banks and international organizations including the IMF, World Bank, EBRD in these areas. He holds an M.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen and a B.B.A. from the National University of Mongolia.

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Inha Shin is currently serving as a Regional Cooperation Specialist in the Economic Research and Development Impact Department of the Asian Development Bank, seconded from the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO). In her role, she leads the planning and implementation of activities for the IPAF, manages TA projects, and coordinates knowledge-sharing initiatives to strengthen regional financial cooperation.

Before joining ADB, Inha built extensive expertise at KAMCO over 8 years, specializing in distressed asset management and providing recovery support for financially vulnerable individuals and corporations. As a Manager in the Household Support Division, she was responsible for strategic planning and operational management. She also gained broad experience across KAMCO’s Maritime Investment & Finance Division and Delinquent Tax Management Division, notably contributing to the establishment and operation of USD 857 million in Shipping Funds as of 2022—an achievement that earned significant recognition within the organization.

Prior to her tenure at KAMCO, Inha gained international experience working at the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to the OECD in 2014 and at the UN Global Compact Network Korea in 2012. Inha earned her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Korea University and completed an exchange scholarship at Sciences Po Paris, France.

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Alexander leads research at the nexus of international and sustainable finance, and macroeconomics. Recent work centers on mobilizing private sector funding for climate and biodiversity action, resilience to geopolitical risks, and on disaster finance, and has been published in leading journals. Alexander advises on regional financial integration and spearheads the development of machine-learning approaches to forecasting financial crises. Prior to ADB, Alexander worked at the European Stability Mechanism, International Monetary Fund, Bank of England, United Nations and University of Zurich. He holds a PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland.

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Kelvin Lester K. Lee is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist of the ADB. Before joining ADB, he previously served as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines (SEC) and as Assistant Secretary at the Office of the President of the Philippines. As Commissioner, he was concurrently designated as a Board Member of the ASEAN Taxonomy Board, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Finance Working Group of the ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF) and Co-Chair of the ASEAN Working Committee on Capital Market Development (WC-CMD). He was also a member of the Philippine Capital Market Development Council (CMDC), the Financial Sector Forum (FSF) and the Executive Committee of the Financial Stability Coordination Council (FSCC). He was deeply involved in the development of the ASEAN Taxonomy, the Philippine Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Guidelines and the SEC’s Digital Technology and Transformation Roadmap. He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctor degrees from the Ateneo de Manila University and is a Lee Kuan Yew Senior Fellow in Public Service of the National University of Singapore (NUS).

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Steve Poon is a Senior Advisory Partner at ShoreVest Partners, with a focus on international private credit solutions.  Prior to ShoreVest, Mr. Poon had decades of experience leading Asian private credit and special situations investments at firms such as Carlyle, China Ping An, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, and other international firms.  He is also a Senior Advisor at DCG, advising on transition to sustainable and low-carbon economies, and an Independent Non-executive Director of Wisdom Education International, an education services provider listed in Hong Kong.

Mr. Poon is an associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He received his MBA at Sheffield University and B.SC. in Mathematics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

ShoreVest Partners 

ShoreVest Partners is the leading institutional investment firm specializing in private credit in China, having pioneered the space over 20 years ago.  The firm focuses on providing credit solutions to companies and financial institutions, which include investments in asset-based lending, restructurings and distressed debt, such as non-performing loans.

The ShoreVest team has managed over US$2 billion in private credit investments in China on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, endowments and family offices.

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Dong-hyun Shin is Director of the Investment Division at Hana F&I Inc., where he leads initiatives in non-performing loan (NPL) investments and corporate restructuring. With over a decade of experience spanning audit, financial advisory, and asset management, Mr. Shin has developed deep expertise in optimizing distressed asset portfolios and guiding underperforming companies toward recovery.

He began his career at PwC Korea in 2010, conducting audit engagements and NPL valuations under both K-IFRS and IFRS frameworks. He then advanced to KPMG Korea's restructuring team as a Manager, where he provided valuation and advisory services for NPL transactions and corporate turnaround efforts. In 2016, he joined Hana F&I Inc., contributing to investment strategies and post-acquisition management before establishing foundational NPL investment procedures at Kiwoom F&I Inc., including research into China's NPL market and the creation of specialized restructuring funds.

Returning to Hana F&I Inc. in 2024 as Director, Mr. Shin continues to lead with strategic insight and a results-driven approach. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Kyung Hee University.

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P Santhosh is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, a public sector Asset Reconstruction Company constituted by GoI (Government of India). A Finance professional with over three decades of experience in the Banking sector. Santhosh has extensive experience in corporate, infrastructure credit, export-import credit and stressed assets management which led him to participate in various meetings / committees at Indian Banks Association, Ministry of Corporate Affairs / /Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India on the matters of IBC (Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code) and Stressed Asset Management. He rose through the ranks heading various branches of Canara Bank (a leading Public Sector bank of India) in different parts of the country. Santhosh has an exposure in resolution of large corporate/infrastructure assets including restructuring under the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) framework and resolution under IBC. He has served as Chairperson of Canbank Financial Services Ltd. Santhosh holds a Master’s degree in Agriculture & is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

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Amar Lkhagvasuren is the Chief Executive and Secretary General of the Mongolian Bankers Association (MBA), an industry association representing common interests of the banking sector.

He started his career at the Central bank of Mongolia in 2001 in different positions including, project coordinator of World Bank Financial Capacity Development Project, a supervisor of the supervision department.

Prior to joining the MBA, he worked for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 2011 to late 2019. His responsibilities included macroeconomic analysis, forecasting, policy advice formulations, research, public relations and knowledge sharing, and additionally strategy formulations and business plan development of ADB supported projects in Mongolia.

Amar holds a MS in Banking and Finance from the Luxembourg School of Finance and Bachelor in Economic Studies from the National University of Mongolia.

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Shagdarsuren Zuunai is Advisor at the Mongolian Bankers Association specializing in banking and financial law and corporate governance. He has advised financial regulators and international financial institutions in Mongolia, serving as a consultant on numerous financial sector reform projects and was the principal drafter of the country’s Corporate Governance Code and Banking Practice Code.

He also chairs the board of the Mongolian Billion Tree Foundation, an NGO playing a key role in tackling climate change and promoting sustainable growth.

Shagdarsuren holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan and an LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Tokyo. He is fluent in Mongolian, English, Russian, and Japanese.

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Bilguun Badamsuren serves as Senior Legal Counsel at MAMCO, Mongolia’s asset management company tasked with resolving non-performing loans (NPLs), recovering distressed assets, and strengthening the stability of the financial sector. At MAMCO, he provides legal leadership in structuring asset acquisitions, negotiating debt restructuring agreements, and advising on industry-specific NPL resolution strategies, with experience in Mongolia’s mining sector.

He has a proven track record in complex commercial litigation and high-value court trials, representing clients in banking, corporate, and mining-sector debt recovery disputes. His prior professional experience includes legal advisory work in the construction industry, where he oversaw contract management and regulatory compliance, as well as practice at a private law firm, covering corporate law, dispute resolution, and cross-border transactions.

In addition to his legal practice, Bilguun is a key member of the Organizing Committee for the 9th IPAF Summit & Conference, contributing to the coordination of legal, institutional, and international partnership arrangements.

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Zhi Bang Tan serves as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Longan Group, a leading debt management company with AUM of USD 345 million in South-East Asia. Zhi Bang heads the Finance and Accounting division of the Group and is based in the Singapore office. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indonesia business. He plays a pivotal role in steering Longan Group through various phases of growth, expansion and restructuring.

Prior to joining Longan Group, Zhi Bang held senior finance position at Sportshub Pte Ltd (now known as Kallang Alive Sport Management Co Pte. Ltd.), a 35-hectare public-private partnership that is anchored by the National Stadium, Singapore Indoor Stadium, aquatics facility, indoor sports hall, water sports centre, public sports facilities, and retail. He gained extensive expertise in financial analysis, risk management, cash and liquidity management, operating period budget and modelling, contractual reporting to Lenders and Government and capital allocation strategies.

As CFO of Longan Group and CEO of Longan Indonesia business, Zhi Bang continues to drive financial innovation and strategic initiatives that uphold the group's reputation for excellence and integrity in the market. And as CEO of Longan Indonesia business, he spearheads innovative strategies to optimize non-performing loan (NPL) recovery, enhance asset valuation, and drive sustainable financial solutions for banks, investors, and regulators. His current priority is building and expanding the network and partners in the region, raising funds and investing in delinquent unsecured consumer credit, expanding and increasing the company's market presence.