ASEAN
ADVISORY BOARD
Our Advisory Board brings together prominent female trailblazers in the ASEAN payments and fintech industry. This talented group of women provides guidance and input to the Women in Payments ASEAN Symposium program and ensures the experience includes best-in-class keynote speakers, panelists and break-out session leaders.
GRACE CHONG
Head of Financial Regulatory
Gibson Dunn
GRACE CHONG
Grace has over a decade of experience in advising financial institutions and payments companies on regulatory matters in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Singapore and Hong Kong. She is a strong advocate for digital innovation, investments and critical infrastructural transformation. Grace is also an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy, and sits on the IAPP Women Leading Privacy Board where she is the key representative for Asia.
ANOUSHKA DUA
Citi
ANOUSHKA DUA
Anoushka Dua is the Head of Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) business for Singapore
and ASEAN. She manages the Singapore TTS business, where she is based, which provides
integrated cash management and trade finance services to multinational corporations, financial
institutions, and public sector organizations. She is also responsible for the leadership of the
business in the ASEAN cluster of markets, comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Thailand, and Vietnam.
JACKIE FARROW
Swift
JACKIE FARROW
Jackie is Global Head of Payment Market Infrastructures, Go To Market, Business Development at SWIFT. Her extensive experience leading successful project and commercial teams in diverse environments, countries and markets (including Tokyo, Brussels, London, NY, Singapore and Sydney) and delivering complex projects, has allowed her to manage and influence key stakeholders internally and externally, including market participants. Jackie is a New Zealander and is fluent in English and Japanese.
DIVYA JAIN
Vice President, Global Network Services, Asia & South Pacific Growth Markets
American Express
DIVYA JAIN
Divya heads American Express’ Global Network Services for 20 markets in Asia & South Pacific ensuring card issuing scale and merchant coverage in partnership with large banks across the region. At American Express for 16 years, she’s worked across roles of increasing responsibility in General Management, Business, Strategy, Finance and Operations and has led several D&I initiatives over her tenure, and actively mentors women leaders within and outside the organization.
TESY MATHEW
Cash Management Product Head
TESY MATHEW
Tesy Mathew is the Cash Management Product Head for DBS Singapore and runs Merchant Solutions in DBS – driving the next phase of innovation and strategy for merchant collections.
A career banker with DBS, Tesy has close to 20 years of experience in banking, having managed the entire array of cash products regionally and domestically.
JULIE NESTOR
Senior Vice President
Head of Marketing and Communications,
Asia Pacific
MasterCard
JULIE NESTOR
Julie Nestor leads Mastercard’s integrated marketing and communications (IMC) team, which plays a critical role in building and maintaining corporate reputation, as well as bringing Mastercard’s brand promise to life for banks, fintechs, governments, merchants, consumers and other stakeholders. She is also a member of Mastercard’s Asia Pacific Leadership Team and Global Marketing & Communications Leadership Team. Currently based in Singapore, Julie has a long track record of leading successful teams and prides herself on nurturing an inclusive, highly engaged team culture.
GAJIA PARSONS
Vice President, APAC Business
GAJIA PARSONS
As VP, Head of Partnerships, Gajia works with financial institution partners around the world to expand Airwallex's payment network and end-to-end financial services platform. She and her team also work with other global technology platforms on joint initiatives to provide businesses of all sizes with a truly borderless financial services experience.
Gajia has held various roles across financial services in London, Melbourne and Singapore and worked directly with private wealth, small businesses, institutional and retail sectors.
DANIELLE SHARPE
Managing Director of Global Strategic Initiatives and Business Management at Transaction Banking
Standard Chartered Bank
DANIELLE SHARPE
Danielle has held various roles across financial services and law enforcement, spanning both retail and wholesale banking.
A results-trained NeuroLeadership Institute Coach, she has a passion for helping women visualise goals and break through barriers.
YVONNE SZETO
Worldpay, FIS
YVONNE SZETO
Yvonne is the Commercial Vice President for Worldpay from FIS in the APAC region. She is responsible for accelerating growth across the region by acquiring new enterprise clients, expanding existing relationships and entering new markets in the region.
With 17 years experience in the payments industry across acquiring and card issuing, Yvonne is passionate about helping customers meet their business objectives, improving customer experience and business performance.
REBEKAH WONG
Head of Singapore Wholesale Payments, and Head of APAC Market Management & Strategic Execution for Wholesale Payments
J.P. Morgan
REBEKAH WONG
Rebekah Wong joined J.P. Morgan in 2013 and is now heading Singapore Wholesale Payments, responsible for franchise strategy, product development, service delivery and implementation across three lines of businesses - Treasury Services, Trade Finance and Merchant Services.
Rebekah also oversees Market Management and strategic initiatives for the APAC Wholesale Payments business, responsible for developing market positioning strategies, delivering insights and thought leadership, and executing business transformation initiatives.