Meeting Schedules

Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand

Ms. Daranee Saeju serves as Deputy Governor for Payment Systems Stability and Financial Services Supervision at the Bank of Thailand, where she oversees payment systems policy and the supervision of non-bank financial institutions, including payment service providers, retail lenders, and asset management companies. With more than 25 years of experience at the Bank of Thailand, Ms. Saeju has held senior leadership roles across a wide range of central banking functions. Prior to her current position, she served as Assistant Governor of the Strategy and Special Projects Group, the Payment Systems Policy and Financial Consumer Protection Group, and the Risk Management Group. Throughout her career, she has developed extensive expertise in payment systems and financial innovation, information technology risk supervision, digital fraud and scam management, market conduct supervision, and enterprise risk management. Her experience also spans monetary policy formulation and implementation, foreign exchange policy, financial market and financial sector development, financial stability, micro- and macroprudential regulation, and international relations strategy. From 2009 to 2011, Ms. Saeju was seconded to the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she served as an expert on monetary and foreign exchange operations and market developments.

President, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Giles Thomson began his term as President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 1 July 2026. He succeeded Ms. Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico. He served as FATF Vice-President from July 2025 - June 2026 and has been replaced by Vivek Aggarwal, from India, as Vice-President. Giles serves as Director for Economic Crime and Sanctions in His Majesty's Treasury. He is responsible for the UK's AML/CTF policy and the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation spent over 20 years in the UK civil service, in a range of departments and roles, including leading a Cabinet Minister's office in HM Treasury and heading up the Foreign Office's South Asia Department. Giles was the UK's Head of Delegation to FATF from 2016, leading the UK's representation to FATF and the Global Network, as well as the UK's 2018 Mutual Evaluation. He served as co-chair of FATF's Global Network Coordination Group from 2021-2025 during which time significant steps were taken to increase FATF's support for the Global Network and its inclusiveness and collaboration. He has been a member of the FATF Steering Group since 2020.

Executive Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Raymond Chan joined the HKMA in 1994 and has over 30 years of experience in banking supervision. He was appointed Executive Director (Banking Supervision) in 2016 before taking up his current position in 2024. Raymond played a pivotal role in implementing a series of reforms in the banking sector between 1998 and 2006, including deregulation of the interest rates rules, the introduction of consumer and commercial credit data sharing and the establishment of a deposit protection scheme. As Executive Director (Banking Supervision), Raymond has strengthened the HKMA’s supervisory framework over financial and operational resilience and enhanced the forward-lookingness of banking supervision. Raymond was instrumental in promoting fintech development and rolled out a series of initiatives to speed up fintech adoption, such as the Fintech Supervisory Sandbox, the introduction of full digital banks and the implementation of the “All banks go Fintech” initiative. He established the Banking Sector SME Lending Coordination Mechanism, through which the HKMA supports SME financing.

Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Norhana Endut is the Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia responsible for the Financial Regulation Sector, which include areas of Financial Surveillance, Prudential Financial Policy, Payment Services Policy, and Consumer and Market Conduct. Prior to that, she was the Assistant Governor of the Economics Sector Dr. Norhana is an experienced and trained economist, who has been serving the central bank in various capacity, including as Director of the Monetary Policy Department. She is currently a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Stability Committee, and various apex decision making committees of the Bank. She also oversees the Bank’s Digital Currency Research Hub and chairs the subcommittee on Bridging Data Gaps of the Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3). Dr. Norhana sits on the Board of the Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency (Agensi Kaunseling Dan Pengurusan Kredit, AKPK) and Malaysia’s representative for the Basel Consultative Group at the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) and a member of the Working Group of Banking Supervision of the Executives’ Meeting of East Asia Pacific Central Banks (EMEAP).

Deputy Chairman, GFTN; Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Leong Sing Chiong was appointed as Deputy Managing Director for Markets and Development on 1 February 2021. He oversees the Markets & Investment, Development & International, FinTech & Innovation, as well as Sustainability Groups. Prior to this, Mr. Leong served as Assistant Managing Director overseeing the Monetary & Domestic Markets Management Department and the Reserves Management Department since June 2018. He also served as Assistant Managing Director of the Development and International Group from 2013-2018. Mr. Leong began his MAS career with the Reserves Management Department in 1993 and served as Staff Assistant to the Managing Director from 1997-1998. In 1999, he joined the Monetary Management Division and was responsible for the implementation of MAS’ monetary policy and money market operations. Thereafter, Mr. Leong was appointed Chief Representative of MAS’ London Representative Office from 2002-2004. Mr. Leong spent six years with the International Department from 2004-2010 and was appointed as the Executive Director of Financial Centre Development Department from 2010-2013.

Global Director, Financial Services

Sophie Sirtaine is the World Bank Group Global Director for Financial Services where she is responsible for financial resilience and integrity, capital market development, financial inclusion, and disaster risk finance. Sophie is also the CEO of CGAP, an international partnership, housed in the World Bank Group, dedicated to promoting inclusive financial ecosystems that enable a green, resilient, and equitable world for all. Sophie has dedicated her professional career to the development of inclusive and sustainable financial ecosystems around the world, with more than twenty years of experience at the World Bank, where she has held different positions, including Director of Strategy and Operations at the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank and Director for the Caribbean region. Previously, Sophie worked as an expert in financial sector development and stability in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Among others, she led various Financial Sector Assessment Programs (FSAPs) in various countries in Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America, and she was the Manager who led the World Bank's response to banking crises in various countries of the European Union during the global financial crisis of 2008-2011.