Gavin Tan is the CEO and co-founder of Brick, the leading Open Finance API provider in Southeast Asia. Gavin likes to think of himself as a modern data and payments plumber. He is a fintech enthusiast deeply involved in fintech products, operations and regulatory strategy. A lawyer by training, Gavin helped scale high growth fintechs across SEA, including Aspire (YC W18) - the 1st SME Neobank for SEA.

In this talk, Gavin shares that facing big things with zero clue may sometimes leave us tense, but somehow, not knowing the answers could give us 3 superpowers that contribute to our success.

Katrina Cokeng is the CEO & Co-Founder of Xen Capital, a B2B2C alternative investment platform offering wealth advisors and asset managers an easier way to access capital at scale. Previously, Katrina co-founded and scaled Oriente, a leading digital finance platform in Southeast Asia. She brings over 20 years of global experience in strategy, investment banking and private equity from McKinsey & Co, Merrill Lynch and Pomona Capital. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In this talk, Katrina shares her journey from corporate to start-up founder, and how she is still overcoming her imposter syndrome! Her talk transcends all age groups and is simply timeless.

Mohit Chobey is a man of many talents. From being a Corporate Business leader & Banker for more than 2 decades,to being an Entrepreneur marrying off his Love for endurance sports & fitness with an E Commerce Health & Wellness company. Post an unsuccessful culmination, he pivoted to Ed-tech & turned around the fortunes of an ailing K 12 company. He is a 3 times Full Ironman finisher, besides a Ted X speaker and turned author during COVID times, coming out with 2 best selling books, one of which is the first in the Trilogy of Leadership & its resonance with Endurance sports. He currently is a Co Founder in an Ed-techm besides being a mentor to 3 Fin-tech Organisations.

In this talk, Mohit compares successfully running a marathon to running a startup. Both require diligence, commitment, work ethic, and strategy. And most importantly, they require patience, and pacing.

Vipul Sekhsaria has a taste for filter coffee, a wildlife junkie, ask him to sing a song next time you meet him, and he will not hesitate. Co-founder at Kaleidofin and an in-house customer network specialist. For the day job, Vipul is responsible for customer discovery, acquisition and distribution design spread across India covering 12 million platform users and 1.7 million + customers across Kaleidofin products – Ki cash, Ki credit and Ki score. In other times, the go-to man for solving problems and carving out innovative financial solutions! Keywords that relate to Vipul: Customer acquisition strategy, Customer behaviour, Financial solutions for informal customers, Nat-Cat risk, Credit, Savings, Insurance.

In this talk, Vipul shares that embracing ambiguity is the only way to deal with ambiguity… and perhaps even conquer it. He says that it is in temporary times that one learns permanent lessons.

Wei Shi Khai is the General Partner and Chief Operations Officer at LongHash Ventures. In 2021, Shi Khai was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30. He was previously a management consultant at McKinsey, with a focus on digital transformation and analytics across the financial and telecommunications sector in Southeast Asia. Shi Khai holds a Bachelor of Science from Imperial College London.

In this talk, Shi Khai talks about Web3 and the incredible potential it holds for us to create a future of freedom and possibility. And about creating a world we envision that doesn't exist yet.

Ms Jacqueline Poh was appointed Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) on 4 October 2021. She was previously Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group, which leads and organises the Public Service to develop and implement the strategic priorities of the Government. She also oversaw the National Population and Talent Division and the Centre for Strategic Futures. Ms Poh was the founding Chief Executive of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech), and was previously the Managing Director of the Infocommunications Development Authority (IDA). She has also held key positions in the Ministry of Manpower, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defence. Ms Poh is an alumnus of Oxford, Cambridge, INSEAD (MBA) and Stanford. She has three teenagers and more patience than before she had them.

In this talk, Jacqueline shares why Singapore is a choice location for founders to base themselves at, whether it is to grow their startup to achieve greater impact for a better future, or to build a fulfilling life with their families in one of the world’s most liveable cities.

Being a disruptive digital explorer, Viktor Atanasov is the CEO and co-founder of WOGI, the fastest-growing incentive payments provider across South East Asia. Viktor is also a co-founder of a Frankfurt-listed, Allterco, an award-winning company specialising in IoT smart home automation devices.

In this talk, Viktor digs deep into why co-founder conflicts happen in the first place, and how founders, no matter how different from each other, have the same things in common.

Sonam Wangchuk is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist. He is the founding-director of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), which was founded in 1988 by a group of students who had been in his own words, the 'victims' of an alien education system foisted on Ladakh. He is also known for designing the SECMOL campus that runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting or heating.

In this talk, Sonam talks about the merits of growing up in a natural environment and how he did not have to go to any schools till 9 years of age. And while many people thought that was perhaps an unfortunate thing for a child, Sonam later learned that he was actually very lucky to not have schools.

Recognised as a NFT OG and a pioneer in the fields of Blockchain, Crypto Currencies and Augmented Reality. Morten Rongaard is a regular speaker around the world on those topics and board member of the Nordic Blockchain Association and holds several advisor positions. Morten has the rare skill of being able to combine creative thinking with financial acumen and the key driver behind Reality + hugely successful sustainability platform. This Danish Viking is known for sharing his knowledge and experience to help leading brands moving from web 2.0 into web 3.0 and becoming their brand guardian.

In this talk, Morten truly wears his heart on his sleeve and talks to us about the impossible dilemmas every founder faces…which require making some hard choices which often have consequences.

Ladi Delano is a British-born Nigerian entrepreneur and the co-Founder and co-CEO of Moove, a global mobility fintech democratising access to vehicle financing for mobility entrepreneurs. He has previously founded and exited several businesses in Africa and Asia, and holds a Master’s degree from Oxford University and an MPA from the London School of Economics.

In this talk, Ladi shares his lessons from his extraordinary entrepreneurial journey, and how he realised the importance of building a company that fosters shared value.