Anne-Sophie Perret has 29 years of experience in finance, risk management and regulatory/compliance and set-up her own advisory firm in 2017, Circe Partners. Prior to this, she held roles in tier 1 banks and big 4 consultancy & audit firms where she led large transformation programs covering risk management, new regulations and standards, and corporate governance. She has experience with handling sensitive stakeholders such as monitors and regulators in the GCC region, the UK and the US. Earlier in her career she was an external auditor carrying out due diligence for M&As and appointed to investigate suspicions of criminal activities such as fraud, embezzlement, and corruption. Her main base locations have been Paris, London, Singapore and Dubai, with assignments across the globe.
Anne-Sophie is a certified accountant, holds an MBA from Neoma Business School and certifications in risk and compliance – CISI, ACAMS, and GARP. She promotes innovation and new technologies and completed the Blockchain Strategy Program provided by the Said University, Oxford. She also participated in the Global Digital Finance AML working group to assist with the evolution of FATF recommendations to cover cryptocurrencies and Virtual Assets Service Providers.
About CIRCE Partners:
CIRCE Partners (“CP”) offers a range of services in risk management, compliance, corporate governance, and financial planning and controls and are partnering with firms to help them grow their business in a sustainable way, optimize the risk-reward equation and protect their franchise.
CP assists businesses looking either for temporary support to address a specific problem or on a continuous basis, from design through the implementation of strategic plans and into the monitoring of the outcomes.
CP believes that good corporate governance is key for firms to deliver their strategic objectives in the long term and make their vision a reality. With their ability to understand the big picture, design simple solutions to solve complex problems and synthesise information inadequacy with the audience, CP have become many firms’ valued partner.
CP has an impressive track record in delivering change, as they have grasped the importance of people as the key enablers to any successful transformation, an aspect that they integrate systematically into their approach.
They also explore new concepts and technologies that can be leveraged to provide innovative solutions and assist firms in the assessment and implementation of new strategies.
Their client base is mainly in the GCC and Europe in the Financial Services sector, with growing demand from FinTechs and RegTechs.
CIRCE Partners is based in Dubai, UAE.
Neeraj Gupta is the CEO of Policybazaar.ae, which is the overseas venture of India’s biggest insurance aggregator Policybazaar.com. Neeraj envisions fostering a behavioral change in the UAE relating to how finances and social security is perceived in the region by the masses and promote digital channel as the preferred medium for the consumers when managing personal finance.
Furthermore, he seeks to rejuvenate the FinTech ecosystem in the state by offering a robust alternative to traditional methodologies through Policybazaar.ae. Prior to his elevation as the CEO of Policybazaar UAE, he was heading the Motor Insurance vertical for the flagship venture in India.
Aamena Khan is PwC Middle East’s Financial Services People & Organisation Leader. She has more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience, across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Prior to her current role in Financial Services, her industry experience ranged from aviation, consumer and industrial products, education, and healthcare where she has been retained by CEOs and Boards to advise on large transformational programs in the areas of operating model redesign, organizational design, leadership assessment and development, workforce capacity and capability-building and change management.
In addition to her market-facing role, Aamena is also a Partner sponsor for PwCs Tomorrow, Today program, which is a firm-wide program aimed at rapid digital enablement through world-class development of staff to deliver an exceptional experience for PwCs clients.
She also leads PwC Middle East’s Women in Tech program, whose mission is to develop the firm’s workforce of the future – diverse, tech-savvy and balanced. The program’s main priority is to drive innovation through technology and gender diversity by connecting, inspiring and growing women technologists to become the leaders of tomorrow.
In addition to these internal roles, Aamena has also led the design and development of PwC’s market-facing, proprietary change management and employee engagement platform called Quest, which uses people analytics to predict engagement and attrition, tailor two-way communications and track engagement levels on a real-time basis.
Mark Homeier is a business development specialist, with over 16 years of experience in brand development across Greater China. He is currently CEO of Maxonrow a blockchain token issuing ecosystem with on-chain KYC that has offices in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Maxonrow is developing the next-generation blockchain network that allows the tokenization of real assets in an efficient, secure, decentralized system. Their cutting edge platform allows companies to tokenize both digital and tangible assets with verified KYC and AML on-chain.
Ram is a finance thought leader specializing in FP&A and Business Management. He is analytical, adept at ‘Telling the Story’ and inspiring a data-driven decision-making culture.
Ram has over 18 years of experience working at leading multinational banks with leaders and teams across businesses supporting strategy development and executing plans, analyzing performance and providing insights to manage risk and grow revenues, increase efficiencies and manage cost, evaluate capital allocation and improve returns.
Ram is a member at Dubai FP&A Board, Pro bono consultant, AFP FP&A Exam development member, and speaker at Finance events.
Currently, Ram is the head of financial planning and analysis and management information at Barclays Bank, UAE.
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