Panel

Alex Koh

Regional Treasurer, WPP Asia Pacific

Alex is the Asia Pacific Treasurer for WPP plc, the world's largest marketing communications group. Based in Australia, he has worked in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the UK, with significant experience in senior leadership positions.

Alex Koh

Regional Treasurer, WPP Asia Pacific

Alex is the Asia Pacific Treasurer for WPP plc, the world's largest marketing communications group. He is based in Australia and has worked in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the UK. He was previously based in Shanghai as CFO for Treasury Holdings China, an Irish property group, and in Hong Kong as Director of Finance for McKinsey Asia. In Kuala Lumpur he was Group Treasurer of Sime Darby, the largest locally diversified conglomerate in Malaysia. He has also worked in London with KPMG and UBS.

Amy Wong

Group Treasurer, ITOCHU Minerals & Energy, Australia

Amy is a Chartered Accountant, FCPA and HKCPA. As Head of Group Treasury, her prime responsibility is managing the company’s liquidity risk, financial risk, banking relationships, FX exposure and working capital. ITOCHU Minerals & Energy is a subsidiary of the Japanese Trading House, a Fortune 500 company.

Amy Wong

Group Treasurer, ITOCHU Minerals & Energy, Australia

Benoît is the CEO and Founder of Accrue, a very large database and machine intelligence company that is building the Almanac™ for global event analytics across industries. He is affectionally known as Dr. Big Data and notably participated in the World's First Data Scientist Summit in 2011. Benoît had an early start in technology, learning to type before he could write. A successful participant of the M.I.T. Media Lab's program, he was programming by the age of four. Founding his first data company at 14, he pioneered multiple-class IP web hosting creating a breakthrough for internet marketers in the Google PageRank algorithm. As a young web developer, he built websites for the US Congress, Universal Music Group, and Vespa. At age 20, he became the youngest FX asset manager at Dukascopy Bank in Geneva, Switzerland and was ahead of the alternative data science industry leveraging algorithms on new datasets that materialized on the internet during the 2000s decade. Benoît is a graduate from the Columbia University Business School. In 2016, the UK Government and the London Stock Exchange recognized Accrue as one of the World's Most Promising FinTech Companies.

Benoit Brookens III

CEO and Founder, Accrue

Affectionately known as Dr. Big Data, Benoit has been coding since he was 4. In 2016, the UK Government and the London Stock Exchange recognized Accrue as one of the World's Most Promising FinTech Companies.

Benoit Brookens III

CEO and Founder, Accrue

Carrie LEE is the Group Treasurer of OOCL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL). Carrie’s primary role is to oversee the corporate finance function and daily treasury operation within the Group including cash management, foreign exchange and interest rates risk management. Carrie joined OOCL in 2009 and has over twenty years of extensive corporate treasury and banking experience in management roles from multinational and Asian regional companies including Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited, Noble Group Limited, Hang Lung Group Limited, Citigroup and Royal Bank of Canada. Having worked in Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore with global exposure, Carrie is conversant with corporate finance, debt capital market, syndication, structured finance, credit risk management, banking operations and all aspects of corporate treasury functions, including liquidity and cash management plus financial risk management in currency, interest rate and commodity. In addition to being an experienced treasurer and banker, Carrie started her career as a professional engineer specializing in operations research and optimization in the oil & gas industry with Suncor Energy Inc in Canada. Carrie holds a MBA degree from York University and a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Fai Cheng

Regional Treasurer, RGE Group

Over the 20+ years of his treasury career, Fai takes a leading role in the areas of banking relationship development, fund raising, trade finance, liquidity management, risk management, investment assessment and policy setting

Fai Cheng

Regional Treasurer, RGE Group

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Lin Kan

Founder & Managing Director, Asia Treasury Community

Lin Kan

Founder & Managing Director, Asia Treasury Community

Lin is a curious and creative leader who sees potentials to transform into sustainable realities. She is committed to working with best of minds to equip and empower communities in competitive business environments. Educated at Sydney University and the Australian National University, Lin has 20+ years’ experience in the banking and technology industries in APAC and the US. She has successfully collaborated with Regulators, Industry and Academia to build a robust and free-membership regional platform for the finance and treasury community – atc.asia Since inception in 2014 ATC has grown into a global brand, evolving the ELIFT forums and ELIFT on-demand webinars – a dynamic platform for Emerging Leaders In Finance & Treasury. Her latest initiative, and in response to community requests, is the launch of AirProjects which is driven by community for community, connecting employers with candidates for projects-on-demand. Lin is also committed to Diversity and protecting our human capital and their mental health. She is an ambassador for the Shake It Up Foundation in partnership with the Michael J Fox Foundation.

Rakhi Aswal

Chief Financial Officer, SAXO Group India

With over 10 years experience managing finance and accounts of leading companies, Rakhi now oversees the accounting, finance, compliance and taxation of Saxo Bank’s Indian subsidiary. Rakhi is highly qualified, with professional recognition in India and the USA.

Rakhi Aswal

Chief Financial Officer, SAXO Group India

Having spent more than a decade managing finance and accounts of leading companies, Rakhi now oversees the accounting, finance, compliance and taxation of Saxo Bank’s Indian subsidiary. Prior to joining Saxo Group, Rakhi was the CFO and Partner of a reputation management advisory, Astrum. At Astrum, being a member of the founding team of the advisory, she had set up the finance and MIS function of the organization from scratch. Before this, she was Head of Finance of a US based IT consulting company Emtec Inc. in India, where she was involved in various assignments, including implementation of a global ERP system, setting up of financial processes and building a robust financial reporting structure to service the firm’s worldwide operations. Rakhi is actively associated with a non-profit organization - Toastmasters International and has served at various leadership positions in the organization. She is also a member of social enterprises like Dreamgirl Foundation and iVolunteer India. Rakhi is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Certified Financial Manager (India) and Certified Public Accountant (State of Colorado, USA). She has completed the Post Graduate Program at the University of California and Los Angeles, USA, and has participated in executive programs at IIM, Ahmedabad and IIM, Bangalore.

Sharon Wang

Regional Treasurer, Alibaba Group

Sharon has more than 20 years experience in banking and treasury, dealing with treasury operation, cash budgeting, liquidity planning, financial risk management, working capital management, as well as treasury management systems and solutions.

Sharon Wang

Regional Treasurer, Alibaba Group

Based in Hong Kong, Sharon has global responsibility for cash and liquidity management, operational risk management, bank relationship management, treasury reporting and digital transformation in treasury services. Prior to joining Alibaba, Sharon worked for MNC giants like Intel, Honeywell and BASF. She spent more than 20 years in banking and treasury, dealing with treasury operation, cash budgeting, liquidity planning, financial risk management, working capital management, as well as treasury management systems and solutions. Sharon has a Bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Nanjing University and a Master’s degree in Economics from Fudan University. She is a member of FCMA, CGMA and CICPA.

Stephen Hogan

Vice President Regional Treasury Asia Pacific, Deutsche Post DHL

Stephen was responsible for establishing the Deutsche Post DHL Regional Treasury Centre (RTC) in Singapore, supporting over 140 legal entities in 41 countries across the region.

Stephen Hogan

Vice President Regional Treasury Asia Pacific, Deutsche Post DHL

Stephen has been based in Singapore for more than 12 years, where he established the Deutsche Post DHL Regional Treasury Centre (RTC) supporting over 140 legal entities in 41 countries across the region. His main responsibilities encompass cash and liquidity management, FX and Commodity risk management, banking relationships and Corporate Finance. Stephen joined DPDHL in 1997 and has also held various Finance and Treasury roles at Country, and Global level in London and Brussels. Prior to this he also worked in Finance and Tax roles in the UK Health Sector and UK Civil Service.

Yong Shen Tan

Senior Manager, Treasury Operations and Markets, Rio Tinto

Yong Sheng oversees the Markets Execution Desk and the Treasury Operations team at Rio Tinto. He joined Rio Tinto in 2017 and has since set up a centralized Markets Execution Desk in Singapore.

Yong Shen Tan

Senior Manager, Treasury Operations and Markets, Rio Tinto

Yong Sheng oversees the Markets Execution Desk and the Treasury Operations team at Rio Tinto. He joined Rio Tinto in 2017 and has since set up a centralized Markets Execution Desk in Singapore. Among his other duties include evaluating and managing the company’s global cash management and banking operations, surplus cash investment strategies as well as developing the financial risk management strategies for the Group. He has more than 10 years of treasury-related experience working with corporates and in consulting roles.