Meeting Schedules

Global Head of Payments, Standard Chartered

Naveen Mallela is the Global Head of Payments at Standard Chartered and is responsible for leading the bank’s integrated payments organisation globally. He has over 25 years of experience in global transaction banking and payments innovation, with a strong track record of modernising payment infrastructure and scaling next‑generation solutions. In his role, Naveen oversees the end‑to‑end payments business and leads the design and delivery of solutions across the full payments lifecycle spanning traditional payment rails as well as emerging tokenised and on‑chain payment flows. Naveen plays a central role in advancing Standard Chartered’s ambition to build a scalable, product‑led payments franchise. This includes enhancing the bank’s ability to support clients operating across increasingly integrated global and digital payment ecosystems, and enabling more seamless, efficient, and future‑ready cross‑border transactions. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Naveen was at J.P. Morgan Chase, where he served as Global Co‑Head of Kinexys (formerly Onyx). In the role, he focused on real‑time, 24/7 cross‑border payments and digital asset settlement, helping to drive the convergence of traditional financial infrastructure with emerging digital technologies. He was also the chief architect and builder of the JPM Coin. Naveen is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore and a CFA charter holder

Director Financial Infrastructure & AI Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Alan Lim is Director and Head of the Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence Office at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). His work focuses on advancing next-generation financial infrastructure and accelerating AI transformation across the financial sector. This includes initiatives in digital money, cross-border payments, asset tokenisation and digital markets, as well as industry efforts to drive AI adoption, develop trusted AI frameworks and harness emerging technologies such as agentic AI.  Prior to joining MAS, Alan held a range of technical and leadership roles in the private sector, including managing consulting and software development teams across Asia Pacific. He has extensive experience helping public and private sector organisations adopt emerging technologies and scale innovative concepts into enterprise platforms, digital infrastructure and industry-wide ecosystems. 

CEO at Euroclear

Valerie Urbain is a member of the Euroclear Group Executive Committee and a member of the Euroclear SA/NV Board. As of May 2024, she has been appointed CEO of the Euroclear Group. In her former role as Chief Business Officer (CBO), she had overall responsibility for the Commercial and Product Development divisions within the Euroclear Group. Before her position as CBO she was Chief Executive Officer at Euroclear Bank, with responsibility for Euroclear Bank’s Operations, Commercial, Client Service, Banking and Network Management divisions worldwide. Between 2009 and year end 2014, Mrs. Urbain was the CEO of the three ESES central securities depositories (CSDs), namely Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear France and Euroclear Nederland. Prior to this, she was Managing Director and head of the Human Resources division of the Euroclear Group from 2005 until 2009. Earlier in her career, Mrs. Urbain held a number of positions in Product Management, Commercial and Network Management. Before joining Euroclear in 1992, Mrs. Urbain worked in the Investment Banking and Bond Sales departments of Banco Hispano Americano and in the Corporate Banking division of Continental Bank (both in Brussels). She also serves on the board of La Poste Groupe and chairs the Euroclear Foundation. Mrs. Urbain holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the Solvay Business School (Belgium). 

Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, Swift

Kevin is Chief Executive at Swift for Asia Pacific, and is primarily responsible for all business development and business management activities in the region. Kevin joined Swift in August 2021 as Head of North Asia, and took over as Chief Executive of the Asia Pacific region since July 2022. He is currently based in Singapore. Kevin has extensive financial services experience in the Asia Pacific region, with over 28 years spread across Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo and now in Singapore. Prior to Swift, Kevin spent over two decades mainly in the securities services and related field with leading institutions such as State Street, Citibank, BNY and Deutsche Bank, where he held senior positions across business development, business management, business marketing and client services. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with the University of Sydney.