Finance & Banking

Experienced individuals involved in financial services, including banking, investment, insurance, and real estate

Leo Matayoshi

Leo Matayoshi

Sou um profissional com mais de 25 anos de carreira. Atualmente trabalho como Arquiteto de Soluções em Cloud. Tenho experiência em Arquitetura de Sistemas e Infraestrutura. Minha principal área de atuação é Infraestrutura de servidores e Computação na Nuvem. Grande parte da carreira atuando em empresas do setor financeiro. Nas horas livres gosto de desenvolver prótótipos com IoT, Robótica Educacional e Projetos Maker do tipo faça você mesmo.

Sou um profissional com mais de 25 anos de carreira. Atualmente trabalho como Arquiteto de Soluções em Cloud. Tenho experiência em Arquitetura de Sistemas e Infraestrutura. Minha principal área de atuação é Infraestrutura de servidores e Computação n... Show more

Lars Reichert

Lars Reichert

Lars Reichert ist Leiter des Bereichs Vertriebsmanagement-Lösungen bei der Finanz Informatik, dem zentralen IT-Dienstleister der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. Er und sein Team verantworten Anwendungen zur Unterstützung der Vertriebsplanung, Kostenrechnung sowie Vor- und Nachkalkulation im Kundengeschäft der Sparkassen. Darüber hinaus betreut sein Bereich das zentrale Data Warehouse für alle vertriebsrelevanten Daten. Seit der Übernahme dieser Rolle Ende 2023 treibt er die Modernisierung der Anwendungsarchitektur voran – mit dem Ziel, zentrale Mainframe-Systeme in skalierbare, dezentrale Komponenten zu überführen.

Lars Reichert ist Leiter des Bereichs Vertriebsmanagement-Lösungen bei der Finanz Informatik, dem zentralen IT-Dienstleister der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. Er und sein Team verantworten Anwendungen zur Unterstützung der Vertriebsplanung, Kostenrechnung... Show more

Emilija Gotautaite

Emilija Gotautaite

Emilija Gotautaitė is Partner & Customer Manager at OIXIO and Onederful, a dedicated lease accounting brand built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
She works with customers, partners, and ISVs across Europe and North America, helping organizations maximize the value of Business Central and turn technology investments into business results.
Beyond her day-to-day work, Emilija actively educates the Business Central community through YouTube videos, webinars, podcasts, social media content, and customer events, translating complex topics into practical insights. Her experience spans customer enablement, partner development, and software product growth, giving her a unique perspective on both the technology and business side of the Dynamics ecosystem

Emilija Gotautaitė is Partner & Customer Manager at OIXIO and Onederful, a dedicated lease accounting brand built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. She works with customers, partners, and ISVs across Europe and North America, helping organ... Show more

Amanda Hua

Amanda Hua

Amanda Hua is the founder and CEO of Apova, where she is building Agent Atlas for governed execution in production AI workflows.

She has spent her career architecting and building high-stakes distributed systems across payments, financial infrastructure, identity, commerce, privacy, and enterprise platforms. Her work includes helping build RippleNet as a First Principal Engineer at Ripple, founding digital transformation architecture at Rivian, and engineering leadership and architecture roles across Apple, PayPal, Anywhere Real Estate, and HP.

Her current work explores what changes when AI systems move from generating outputs to taking real-world actions: how execution state, authority, policy, evidence, exceptions, human checkpoints, and decision lineage can be designed into the system rather than delegated to the model.

Amanda Hua is the founder and CEO of Apova, where she is building Agent Atlas for governed execution in production AI workflows. She has spent her career architecting and building high-stakes distributed systems across payments, financial infrastr... Show more

Ben Shi

Ben Shi

Ben is the Head of Product at Hello Clever, where he leads product development across AI-powered payments, loyalty and agentic commerce. He has more than 15 years of product and engineering leadership experience across JPMorgan Chase, Versent and GROW Inc, building and scaling platform infrastructure in financial services. Based in Sydney, Ben works at the intersection of software architecture, product strategy and AI, with a focus on how intelligent systems change the way products are designed, built and operated.

Ben is the Head of Product at Hello Clever, where he leads product development across AI-powered payments, loyalty and agentic commerce. He has more than 15 years of product and engineering leadership experience across JPMorgan Chase, Versent and GRO... Show more

Riddhi Bhure

Riddhi Bhure

Riddhi Bhure is a Cloud Administrator at Trust Fintech Ltd, specializing in cloud infrastructure and AWS technologies. She works on managing and optimizing cloud environments, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable systems that support modern financial technology operations.
With growing expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Riddhi is passionate about cloud computing, infrastructure management, and exploring innovative solutions that improve system performance and efficiency. She actively engages in learning and discussions around AWS and cloud technologies while contributing to the evolving landscape of fintech and cloud-based solutions.

Riddhi Bhure is a Cloud Administrator at Trust Fintech Ltd, specializing in cloud infrastructure and AWS technologies. She works on managing and optimizing cloud environments, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable systems that support modern financ... Show more

Adriana Kugler

Adriana Kugler

Adriana Kugler is an American economist and a Full Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and Economics at Georgetown University. During her more than 15 years at the university, she has served in several leadership roles, including Vice Provost for Faculty from 2013 to 2016. In that position, she worked to improve the Promotion and Tenure process, expanded faculty development through an NSF grant supporting women in STEM, redesigned new faculty orientation, and helped establish a new framework for non-tenure-track faculty.

Dr. Kugler served as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board from September 2023 to August 2025 after being nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate. During that time, she participated in several Board committees, served as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, and represented the Board at the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies. She also delivered speeches on inflation, monetary policy, employment, expectations, and housing while visiting 10 of the 12 Federal Reserve districts and meeting with communities across the country.

From 2022 to 2023, Dr. Kugler served as the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank. In that role, she supported efforts to strengthen multilateral development institutions with a focus on climate change, pandemics, conflict, food security, education recovery, and opportunities for women and underrepresented groups. Her contributions were recognized with the Chase Award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Kugler co-founded and served as Co-Director of the International Summer Institute on Policy Evaluation from 2010 to 2013. She also served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2011 to 2013. Before joining Georgetown University, she held faculty positions at the University of Houston and the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, where her research focused on labor markets, policy evaluation, payroll taxes, employment protections, occupational licensing, unemployment, and immigration.

Adriana Kugler has been recognized by Barron's as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance in 2024 and 2025 and was named among Bloomberg Linea's top 500 most influential people in Latin America in 2023. She has remained committed to mentoring students, graduate researchers, and junior faculty while publishing research in leading journals, contributing to major policy discussions, testifying before Congress, and speaking at academic and policy events worldwide. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997 after completing a Joint BA in Economics and Political Science with First Class Honors from McGill University in Canada in 1991. She continues to contribute to research, education, public policy, and mentorship through her academic and professional work.

Adriana Kugler is an American economist and a Full Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and Economics at Georgetown University. During her more than 15 years at the university, she has served in several leadership roles, including Vice Pr... Show more

Ralph Estep Jr.

Ralph Estep Jr.

Ralph V. Estep Jr. is an LPA, MBA, and the founder of Saggio Management Group in Middletown, Delaware, a cloud-based accounting firm serving hundreds of business and individual clients since 2005. He holds additional designations in tax and accounting (ABA, ATA, ATP) and spent years as CFO at Westminster Presbyterian Church, EVP at American Spirit Federal Credit Union, and controller at Morris, James, Hitchens, and Williams law firm.

What sets Ralph apart: he's built his entire career at the intersection of faith, money, and entrepreneurship. He's the creator and host of The Content Creator's Accountant and co-executive producer of The Podcasting Morning Show, where he helps creators and business owners move from financial anxiety to actual confidence. He's also a Junior Achievement mentor and invests in leadership development through Dale Carnegie training.

Ralph and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons and co-founded Estep Farm LLC, raising black Angus cattle in Delaware.

Ralph V. Estep Jr. is an LPA, MBA, and the founder of Saggio Management Group in Middletown, Delaware, a cloud-based accounting firm serving hundreds of business and individual clients since 2005. He holds additional designations in tax and accountin... Show more

Shiva Kalyan Reddy Giri

Shiva Kalyan Reddy Giri

Shiva Kalyan Reddy is a Senior Software Engineer with experience building and modernizing enterprise web and mobile applications, particularly in financial-services environments. His work spans full-stack development, API architecture, cloud platforms, enterprise modernization, and generative AI. He has hands-on experience with LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, semantic search, prompt engineering, real-time AI applications, and AI-assisted software development. He is especially interested in production readiness, secure data handling, scalability, maintainability, and ensuring that engineering teams understand and take ownership of the systems they build and operate.

Shiva Kalyan Reddy is a Senior Software Engineer with experience building and modernizing enterprise web and mobile applications, particularly in financial-services environments. His work spans full-stack development, API architecture, cloud platform... Show more

Teresa wu

Teresa wu

Teresa is a public speaker, Google Developer Expert (GDE), mentor, and software engineer who is passionate about front-end development and Cloud technology. She has been working with many talented developers to craft various apps and projects throughout the years, and she likes to explore the world of multi-platform, the fun of continuous delivery, and seeing through the product from development to release. 

Teresa is a public speaker, Google Developer Expert (GDE), mentor, and software engineer who is passionate about front-end development and Cloud technology. She has been working with many talented developers to craft various apps and projects through... Show more

Maria Gorrettie Namuddu

Maria Gorrettie Namuddu

I love technology. I have seen firsthand how access to technology/digital services has transformed a community. My mission is to harness and leverage community social capital to promote financial inclusion.

I am committed to driving the successful adoption and integration of technological solutions that empower traditionally underserved communities. With a solid foundation in Telecommunications Engineering, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise, leadership, and a customer-centric approach to my role.

Currently, I lead the implementation of Kanzu Banking, a core banking platform designed to streamline and enhance the operations of VSLAs, MFIs, and SACCOs. I ensure seamless onboarding, efficient data migration, and exceptional customer service.

Honoured by HiPipo as one of the 2024 “40 Women Under 40” pioneering change in the fintech space in Africa and beyond, my innovative strategies have significantly improved the customer experience and driven a product-led approach within our team.

I love technology. I have seen firsthand how access to technology/digital services has transformed a community. My mission is to harness and leverage community social capital to promote financial inclusion. I am committed to driving the successfu... Show more

Eloi Baixeras

Eloi Baixeras

Gracias por tomarte el tiempo para leer mi biografía, lo cual demuestra tu interés en el maravilloso mundo de las finanzas y la contabilidad de costes.

Permíteme una breve introducción: He trabajado como CFO y controller durante mucho tiempo, y soy apasionado de la técnica financiera y de costes. Disfruto analizando procesos, y esta pasión me ha llevado a impartir clases en distintas universidades, donde he aprendido tanto de mis alumnos como espero que ellos hayan aprendido algo de mí.

Una pregunta que a menudo me hacen es sobre los sectores en los que he trabajado. Para mí, el desafío no es en qué sectores he trabajado, sino cuántos me faltan por explorar y aprender.
Como apasionado de las finanzas, el control de gestión y los costes, actualmente me encuentro inmerso en el mundo de Dynamics, lo cual representa toda una aventura.

Si estás buscando una sesión que combine visión de negocio aplicada a Dynamics y que, en algún momento, desafíe tus habilidades con cálculos, no lo pienses más, no vengas a mi sesión, o sí.

Gracias por tomarte el tiempo para leer mi biografía, lo cual demuestra tu interés en el maravilloso mundo de las finanzas y la contabilidad de costes. Permíteme una breve introducción: He trabajado como CFO y controller durante mucho tiempo, y so... Show more

Yasir Naveed Riaz

Yasir Naveed Riaz

Yasir Naveed Riaz is a Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity specialist with 20+ years of experience leading high-impact technology programs across fintech, digital payments, public services, and enterprise modernization in the GCC.

He has delivered mission-critical initiatives in Zero Trust architecture, cloud security, AI-driven automation, citizen experience platforms, document modernization, and secure digital payment infrastructures for major banks, government entities, and large enterprises.

Yasir is also deeply focused on AI enablement for diverse audiences — including students, parents, teachers, healthcare professionals, SMEs, and organizational leaders — helping them understand, adopt, and responsibly leverage AI in their personal and professional lives.

His expertise spans: AI readiness, cybersecurity governance, digital safety, fintech protection, public-sector modernization, enterprise architecture, and next-gen workforce skills development.

Yasir speaks passionately about bridging the gap between technology and people, empowering communities to thrive in a secure and AI-enabled digital era.

Yasir Naveed Riaz is a Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity specialist with 20+ years of experience leading high-impact technology programs across fintech, digital payments, public services, and enterprise modernization in the GCC. He has deli... Show more

Linda Grizely

Linda Grizely

Linda Grizely is a financial wellness speaker who partners with organizations to reduce the hidden cost of employees' personal financial stress — the cost that quietly shows up as lost focus, lower performance, and retention challenges.

Linda speaks to employees, ERGs, associations, HR leaders, and leadership teams across the country, in person and virtually.

Through her human-centered approach to money, Linda helps audiences bridge the gap between financial knowledge and real-life decision-making. Her programs go beyond traditional financial literacy to explore the behavioral, emotional, and practical realities that shape how people earn, spend, save, invest, and plan for the future.

Linda is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional with a master's degree in Financial Services and a dual-major bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management and Marketing. Her background spans holistic financial planning, leadership, business strategy, marketing, human resources, nonprofit consulting, association leadership, and sales.

Her signature keynote, The Human Variable™, explores the identity, money history, and emotional conditioning behind financial decisions. She is the creator of the MeMoney® Method, a framework that replaces guilt-based budgeting with clarity, confidence, and intentional action, and host of the Real Money, Real Life® podcast. In 2026, MeMoney® was named a finalist for a Money Awareness and Inclusion Award.

Her perspective is shaped by what she calls her "many financial lives" — including becoming a single teen mother, being a suburban married mother of three with financial abundance, rebuilding after divorce, and returning to school as an adult before building her career in financial services.

As seen in the Chicago Tribune, Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, WSJ Buy Side, and MarketWatch Picks.

Linda Grizely is a financial wellness speaker who partners with organizations to reduce the hidden cost of employees' personal financial stress — the cost that quietly shows up as lost focus, lower performance, and retention challenges. Linda spea... Show more

Majd Aldeen Masriah

Majd Aldeen Masriah

Majd Aldeen Masriah is a Senior Director of Engineering at Geidea with over 15 years of experience in Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Transformation.

He has led large-scale technology initiatives across FinTech, PropTech, and government sectors, contributing to platforms and services such as Geidea Payments, Tawakkalna, Saudi Business Center, Sanadak, and Saber.

In addition, throughout the last few years, he has helped organizations build strategies to move from AI-obsessed to AI-driven.

Majd Aldeen Masriah is a Senior Director of Engineering at Geidea with over 15 years of experience in Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Transformation. He has led large-scale techn... Show more

Danielle Stein Fairhurst

Danielle Stein Fairhurst

Danielle Stein Fairhurst is a Microsoft MVP and the author of “Using Excel for Business and Financial Modelling” (3rd edition, 2019) and “Financial Modeling in Excel For Dummies” (2nd edition, 2022) She is a LinkedIn Learning Instructor and in 2022 she was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the Financial Modelling Summit. Danielle founded the Financial Modellers’ Meetup groups which attracts participants from all over the world as well as a LinkedIn forum with over 180,000 members. An advocate for women in finance, she was on the Diversity Council for the ModelOff Financial Modeling World Championships and founded the Women in Financial Modelling online community. She is a Master Financial Modeler (FMI), holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) and has taught management accounting subjects at the University of Sydney.

Danielle Stein Fairhurst is a Microsoft MVP and the author of “Using Excel for Business and Financial Modelling” (3rd edition, 2019) and “Financial Modeling in Excel For Dummies” (2nd edition, 2022) She is a LinkedIn Learning Instructor and in 2022 s... Show more

Shivam Dhar

Shivam Dhar

With nearly a decade of experience across sectors such as e-commerce, healthcare, gaming, open-source, and cybersecurity, within both large enterprises and agile startups, Shivam brings a creative, solutions-driven approach to complex challenges. Committed to community engagement, he actively mentors early-career cybersecurity professionals, judges prestigious tech awards, peer-reviews academic research, and contributes to tech-for-good initiatives with nonprofit organizations. He currently leads cloud security efforts at JPMorganChase, driving robust solutions to support the firm’s ongoing growth.

With nearly a decade of experience across sectors such as e-commerce, healthcare, gaming, open-source, and cybersecurity, within both large enterprises and agile startups, Shivam brings a creative, solutions-driven approach to complex challenges. Com... Show more

Albert Njane

Albert Njane

Albert Njane is a Senior Software Engineer, AI Entrepreneur, and technology speaker with over eight years of experience building scalable software solutions and digital products. He specializes in Java, Python, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and enterprise APIs.

Albert is passionate about Agentic AI and the emerging ecosystem around AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and intelligent automation. His work focuses on bridging traditional software engineering with next-generation AI systems, helping organizations build secure, scalable, and production-ready applications.

He has extensive experience designing high-availability microservices, fintech platforms, and payment integrations, including mobile money and enterprise APIs. Beyond engineering, Albert is an entrepreneur dedicated to leveraging AI and technology to solve real-world problems and create impactful businesses.

Albert actively shares his knowledge through mentoring, technical content, and community engagements, with a mission to empower developers to build the future of AI-powered applications.

Albert Njane is a Senior Software Engineer, AI Entrepreneur, and technology speaker with over eight years of experience building scalable software solutions and digital products. He specializes in Java, Python, distributed systems, cloud-native archi... Show more

Alex Lakatos

Alex Lakatos

Alex has spent the past 11 years working on the Open Web within Browser, Communications, and FinTech organizations. With a background in web technologies and developer advocacy, he’s helped organizations build developer-friendly products while engaging with the developer community at large. As a Technology executive, he focuses on lowering the barrier to entry into the Payments ecosystem and driving the adoption of the Web Monetization standard.

Alex has spent the past 11 years working on the Open Web within Browser, Communications, and FinTech organizations. With a background in web technologies and developer advocacy, he’s helped organizations build developer-friendly products while engagi... Show more

Philip Hillman

Philip Hillman

Philip Hillman is a Design and Product Leader with over 25 years in user experience (UX) and product design and over 12 years leading the design organisations behind them.

He builds design functions from the ground up. At Credit Suisse he created the bank's first dedicated, centralised, in-house UX function, growing it from zero to 17 and designing its entire operating model. He also brings operational structure and rigour to established ones, most recently leading design for a ~$15bn+ YouTube advertising product portfolio at Google.

He operates fluently from setting strategy and vision through to shipping and optimising product, with a service-design mindset and a career-long thread of harnessing AI in service of user and business goals. He excels in complex, highly regulated problem spaces, and brings an evidence-driven, research-led approach that delivers design solutions that create measurable commercial impact.

He has worked across financial services, adtech, government, e-commerce, and enterprise platforms, and is equally at home moving fast in a scale-up or building rigorous structure in a global enterprise.
Previously Head of UX Research & Design at Credit Suisse and Senior UX Design Lead & Manager at Amazon, with earlier roles including Tesco, Accenture and Barclays.

Learn more at www.philiphillman.com

Philip Hillman is a Design and Product Leader with over 25 years in user experience (UX) and product design and over 12 years leading the design organisations behind them. He builds design functions from the ground up. At Credit Suisse he created ... Show more

Gabriel Torres

Gabriel Torres

Soy un profesional con más de 10 años de experiencia en el sector financiero, habiendo trabajado en varios bancos en Ecuador y en startups innovadoras como Kushki Pagos. Actualmente, soy Cloud Engineer en Banco Bolivariano. Este año, me he convertido en Community Builder en el área de Serverless, donde me dedico a fomentar la comunidad y compartir conocimientos. Además, soy un activo creador de contenido, publicando regularmente en blogs de Medium y otras plataformas.

Soy un profesional con más de 10 años de experiencia en el sector financiero, habiendo trabajado en varios bancos en Ecuador y en startups innovadoras como Kushki Pagos. Actualmente, soy Cloud Engineer en Banco Bolivariano. Este año, me he convertido... Show more

Hergy Fongue

Hergy Fongue

Hergy Fongue is a backend Developer at Finanz Informatik, the central IT service provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group. He plays a key role in the transformation of the central data warehouse from mainframe-based infrastructure to a modern, decentralized architecture. His focus lies on building modern cloud-native core components for business-rule-driven data correction. This involves ensuring both the semantic integrity of data and the flexible processing of individual records as well as large files.

Hergy Fongue is a backend Developer at Finanz Informatik, the central IT service provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group. He plays a key role in the transformation of the central data warehouse from mainframe-based infrastructure to a mode... Show more

Christian Andrade

Christian Andrade

PhD in Accounting and Finance from Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP), researching the impact of corporate governance distance on cross-border M&A performance, 11 years as Partner Director at Fênix Consultoria, 7 years as CFO at Fumex Tabacalera (American subsidiary), and 4 years as CIO at CdF International(Dutch Company).

Has successfully led 5 cross-border M&A transactions, leveraging Microsoft Business Central (BC) for financial integration, valuation, and post-merger process harmonization. More than 100 ERP implementations in more than 20 countries.

Holds dual Master’s degrees (Management Science – University of Kent, UK, and Accounting – UFBA), an MBA in Corporate Finance (FGV), and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Computer Science (UFBA). Certified PgMP and PMP (PMI). Recognized for natural leadership, mentoring, and coaching abilities, with high commitment, structured thinking, and excellent negotiation skills.

PhD in Accounting and Finance from Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP), researching the impact of corporate governance distance on cross-border M&A performance, 11 years as Partner Director at Fênix Consultoria, 7 years as CFO at Fumex Tabacalera (Am... Show more

Samia Durrani

Samia Durrani

Samia leads the pre sales and delivery of large scale and complex security projects across a diverse portfolio of financial services clients. Samia is passionate about encouraging people from diverse backgrounds into technology careers. She does this by providing mentoring sessions, guest lectures to university courses and helping to lead D&I initiatives.

Samia leads the pre sales and delivery of large scale and complex security projects across a diverse portfolio of financial services clients. Samia is passionate about encouraging people from diverse backgrounds into technology careers. She does this... Show more

Steven Annegarn

Steven Annegarn

Steven started his career in finance and ventured into analytics around 2018. He is currently Co-owner and CTO of DATA KINGDOM, a scale-up in Data Analytics consultancy. Steven focuses mainly on building the Power BI architecture, Data Modeling and Governance. Trough this, he helps clients get more value out of their data.

Steven started his career in finance and ventured into analytics around 2018. He is currently Co-owner and CTO of DATA KINGDOM, a scale-up in Data Analytics consultancy. Steven focuses mainly on building the Power BI architecture, Data Modeling and G... Show more

Stefano Amorelli

Stefano Amorelli

Stefano Amorelli is a software engineer and lead with 8+ years of experience in hands-on leadership positions for start-ups and scale-ups across the USA and Europe.

Stefano Amorelli is a software engineer and lead with 8+ years of experience in hands-on leadership positions for start-ups and scale-ups across the USA and Europe. Show more

Ben Lee

Ben Lee

Andersen LLP is an award-winning tax advisory firm with a specialist Web3 tax and accounting team. It offers a range of services, from international token structuring, token incentives, fractional CFO services and back-office financial support for businesses to personal income-tax planning and compliance.

Having advised crypto clients since 2018, Ben is a member of numerous digital asset working groups focussing on tax policy and financial reporting and was awarded Spears' 500 Top Recommended Cryptocurrency Advisor in 2022 & 2024 and City Wealth's Top 50 Professionals in Crypto in 2023.

Ben is a seasoned speaker and contributor for media outlets such as Bloomberg, the FT and Tax Journal, Ben is committed to the furtherance of the UK as a jurisdiction for crypto to thrive.

Andersen LLP is an award-winning tax advisory firm with a specialist Web3 tax and accounting team. It offers a range of services, from international token structuring, token incentives, fractional CFO services and back-office financial support for bu... Show more

Sanket Bisne

Sanket Bisne

He is Google Developer Expert in GCP , working as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group .He has previously worked as a cloud engineer at Searce (GCP Premium Partner) He is Google Cloud Champion Innovator in the category of Modern Architecture with CKA + 3X Certified in GCP and 1X in Azure . He has been helping small and mid sized startups to adopt and implement best practices in cloud and DevOps culture to fasten their software delivery process. He loves to integrate various GCP service like networking, compute, storage , containers, GKE etc, and likes to Implement various use cases. He loves to explore and deep dive into GCP services and also help community by creating content and writing medium blogs.

He is Google Developer Expert in GCP , working as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group .He has previously worked as a cloud engineer at Searce (GCP Premium Partner) He is Google Cloud Champion Innovator in the category of Modern Architectur... Show more

Adam Hermann

Adam Hermann

At OneCore, I work with Microsoft and its partner ecosystem to bring industry-specific capabilities to customers across financial services and leasing on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform.

OneCore is a vertical solution designed for the leasing industry, extending Dynamics 365 with specialized functionality that supports the specific processes and requirements of leasing and financial services organizations.

My focus is on developing strong relationships across the Microsoft ecosystem and enabling partners to add proven industry capabilities to their Dynamics 365 offering. By combining partners’ implementation expertise with OneCore’s vertical solution, we help create differentiated customer propositions, accelerate go-to-market, and unlock new opportunities around Dynamics 365.

I work closely with Microsoft and partners on partner enablement, co-sell opportunities, and joint go-to-market activities—helping position OneCore as a natural extension of the Microsoft Business Applications portfolio for leasing and financial services.

At OneCore, I work with Microsoft and its partner ecosystem to bring industry-specific capabilities to customers across financial services and leasing on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. OneCore is a vertical solution designed for th... Show more

Sonali Kothari

Sonali Kothari

Sonali Kothari is a dynamic and results-driven Remediation and Regulatory Data Strategy expert with over a decade of experience transforming enterprise data environments across global financial institutions. As a Technology Consulting Manager in FSO AI & Data at Ernst & Young (EY) in New York, she leads large-scale regulatory and compliance initiatives for Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIBs), with deep specialization in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Basel III Risk Weighted Assets (RWA), CCAR, and FFIEC data quality frameworks.
Sonali is widely recognized for her ability to drive strategic innovation at the intersection of data management, regulatory intelligence, and advanced analytics. She has designed and executed high-impact solutions that integrate predictive modeling, automated anomaly detection, and AI-powered metadata governance, delivering measurable gains such as a 60% reduction in manual reconciliation, 20% improvement in reporting accuracy, and closure of high-risk Matter Requiring Immediate Attention (MRIA) findings for leading banks. Her methodologies have contributed to regulatory risk mitigation exceeding $10 billion in consolidated RWA impact.
With a proven track record of leading cross-functional global teams and delivering multi-million dollar programs, Sonali’s approach is marked by technical rigor, regulatory insight, and operational precision. She is proficient in a wide array of tools, including SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAS, and excels at building robust data lineage frameworks, business rule engines, and performance KPIs for sustainable compliance and audit readiness.
Prior to EY, Sonali held leadership roles at Santander Bank, where she spearheaded the Credit Risk Data Warehouse (CRDWH) migration and led enterprise-wide remediation of systemic data quality issues, earning recognition for enabling a successful CCAR submission. She also brings experience from SEI Investments and Star Sports, where she managed financial automation, capital forecasting, and enterprise reporting transformations.
Academically, Sonali holds two master’s degrees—one in Information Systems Engineering & Management, and another in Computer Information Sciences, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Finance. Her scholarly work on AI in regulatory compliance, metadata management, and RegTech for financial inclusion has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and her leadership has been honored through multiple awards, including Bravo Awards, IEEE Senior Membership, and the TITAN Innovation Gold Award.
A passionate mentor and advocate for inclusive growth, Sonali dedicates time to career coaching for first-generation college students and leads financial literacy workshops for underserved communities. Her career exemplifies the fusion of analytics, compliance, and innovation, positioning her as a transformative force in today’s evolving financial landscape.

Sonali Kothari is a dynamic and results-driven Remediation and Regulatory Data Strategy expert with over a decade of experience transforming enterprise data environments across global financial institutions. As a Technology Consulting Manager in FSO ... Show more

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