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Ritu Marya is the Editor- in- Chief for Entrepreneur India-Asia-Pacific and Franchise India Media, a group company of Franchise India Holdings Limited. She is the Group Editor and leads the editorial desk which comprises business magazines including Entrepreneur, The Franchising World and Retailer together with the Digital media arm of Entrepreneur.com, Franchiseindia.com, wellnessindia.com, indianretailer.com and restaurantindia.in.

Ismail is from London, UK. He spent the early years of his career working within the IT sector as an administrator for global PR, media, technology, financial and recruitment companies. Having left the UK in early 2011 to begin his life within a new sector, hospitality with the focus of new venue openings. In early 2013, having built-up an extremely strong network within the local community, Ismail decided to start his own consultancy, Lambert & Co.

Ksenia is the Founder and Owner of the Financial Affiliate platform Leadgid.eu. Born in Estonia, Ksenia is one of the few female leaders in Fintech community in Russia. She started her business in 2012 and in 2013 she gained the title of the Best Young Entrepreneur.
Ksenia is also the founder of The International Nutra Affiliate Platform Webvork, investor and co-owner of several Fintech-startups. Ksenia is the chairman of FinAdTech – an International Affiliate Marketing conference in the Financial segment.

Nikhil is an experienced entrepreneur and investor with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services and technology industry. He is a seed investor, and Director, Ocrolus East. Previously he was Founder & CEO of InstaPaisa (acquired by Incred Finance in 2015), Managing Director of Rocket Internet India, and a Consultant with Bain & Co, Chicago. Nikhil has an MBA from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, MS Computer Science from University of Southern California(USC), and BTech from Delhi College of Engineering.

A guy who grew up in the country, travelled the world, studied a lot, structured complex financial products at a young age, learnt to fly, climbed a mountain, lead a diverse team, built partnerships for a major bank and thrived on Wall St through the worst financial crisis in our life time. With over twenty years’ experience in financial markets he is known and recognized for high quality customised advice to Australian, US and Canadian partners across a broad range of investment styles (global mandates across asset classes). An innovator who is adept to changes in market conditions and the needs of his clients. A relationship builder with investment partners, technology partners, key internal stakeholders and senior management of the top listed companies in Australia. A demonstrated strategic thinker, having authored a strategic paper for the ASX, now pioneering distribution via the digital channel for funds, advisers and public companies. He has a vision for addressing the problem of user engagement in wealth management. He is vocal about the solution as an industry response in the best interest of their members and it is on the company website for all to see.

Stock broker, Investor, Chief Technical Analyst & Entrepreneur who Rose against ALL ODDS

Kaushlendra Singh Sengar is a renowned name today in the Indian stock broking industry today, with his years of endeavor in providing stock market knowledge, insight, training and technical analysis through his different professional and creatively thought out ventures.

For Deborah, entrepreneurship is about brilliant people creating value by solving meaningful problems. With a passion for understanding what makes people tick, she’s currently researching and writing a book on the impact of technology and the innovators using it as a force for good.

Raised in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Deborah has experience working across the GCC and other emerging markets. She has a successful track record in identifying high-potential leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as those that are red-flags. Deborah systemised the methodology to help investors de-risk and optimise investments in early-stage and high-growth companies (AMANI™). The most notable example of a company with ‘red-flags’ was Theranos – pre-scandal.

Adnan Ali is a passionate entrepreneur and the driving force behind Avanza Premier Payment Services and its flagship payment gateway; “Payfast”. He is working enthusiastically to accelerate Pakistan’s digital payments industry. Adnan has over 18 years of diversified experience in leveraging innovation and technology within the banking & financial sector. He holds a Masters Degree in Banking and Finance and has many accolades to his name, such as launching Pakistan’s first Co-Branded loyalty card with the largest Retail Shopping mall, envisaged the first real-time mutual funds redemption Visa debit card in Pakistan, launched First SMS Banking services in Pakistan, worked closely with Government of Pakistan, Regulators and World Bank to conceive G2P program and set a road map for the Digital journey for the commercials Banks in Pakistan.

Irina Samoylova Kunces, CAMS is a Risk, Control and Compliance SME with over 15 years of global Risk, Control, and Financial Crime Compliance experience in Corporate and Institutional Banking, and Retail and Mortgage industry with Standard Chartered, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Santander. Prior to arriving to Australia, Irina was a Regional Head of Financial Markets, Corporate Finance and Client Segments within Financial Crime Advisory with Standard Chartered Bank.

Background

Abhishek is a Partner and CEO of AJMS International Management Consultancy.
Abhishek has extensive international professional experience in Risk Management and related regulations
Prior to joining AJMS, Abhishek was a Partner & Executive Director in a niche consulting firm. Prior to that, he worked as a Risk Manager in ABK, focusing on Regulatory reform within the Banking Industry including corporate governance standards, BASEL II & III guidelines, CAMEL-BCOM Model, etc.
He has also served various leading Banks & Investment Companies in the region and around the world including Ahli Unit Bank, Kuwait International Bank, Boubyan Bank, Bank of Baroda, Genpact, etc.
Over the last few years, Abhishek has gained expertise in Risk-Based Auditing & Supervision including CAMEL BCOM, Corporate Governance standards, BASEL II/III, ICAAP & Stress testing exercise, Risk Policy & Procedures/ Framework