Global FinTech Fest 2021 | Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) | 28 September 2021 | Virtual Event

This second edition of the Global FinTech Festival (GFF) has been specifically conceptualised to harness some of the best minds to deliver strategic insights on the current transformation of the ecosystem globally, position strategic activations to attract higher investments, derive a future-proof road map and upscale the knowledge base.

With the theme FinTech: Empowering a Global Digital Economy, GFF 2021 will provide an in-depth understanding of the latest business, policy, investment and technology developments within the FinTech landscape globally. We look forward to three insightful days on conferencing, Expo and Startup engagement.

Why attend?
• Global Connectivity and wider expert reach.
• Dynamic mix of strategic and real time insights.
• Seamless anytime and anywhere access.
• Converse with global leaders and speakers.
• Participate in strategic activities to upscale knowledge & network base.
• Opportunity to network and connect with over 35,000 participants from across the globe.
• Schedule 1-to-1 chats with prospective partners, startups & exhibitors.
• Download thought leadership reports & other exhibitor materials through on your own virtual dashboard.

2021 Speakers

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India

Dr. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian
Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

Mr. Tobias Adrian
Financial Counsellor and Director Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Shri T. Rabi Sankar
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Mr. G Mahalingam
Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Mr. Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Shri P. Vasudevan
Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Mr. Dilip Asbe
Managing Director & CEO, National Payments Corporation of India

Shri Deepak Bagla
Managing Director & CEO, Invest India

Ms. Preeti Sinha
Executive Secretary, United Nations Capital Development Fund

Lord Mayor William Russell
City of London

Shri Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh
Deputy Managing Director (Strategy) & Chief Digital Officer, State Bank of India

Mr. Nobutake Suzuki
President & CEO, MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd

Ms. Melissa Frakman
Founder & Managing Partner, EMVC

Mr. Rajesh Agrawal
Deputy Mayor of London for Business, Greater London Authority

Dr Christopher Sier
UK Treasury Fintech Envoy and Chairman, Fintech North

Mr. Kunal Shah
Founder, CRED

Mr. Rajiv Anand
Executive Director (Wholesale Banking), Axis Bank

Ms. Zarin Daruwala
CEO, Standard Chartered Bank

Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma
Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Govt. of India)

Mr. Rajeev Chalisgaonkar
Global Head, Business Banking Segments & Products, Standard Chartered

Dr. Saurabh Garg
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), UIDAI

Prof Campbell R Harvey
Professor, Duke University

Mr. G Padmanabhan
Former Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India, Senior Consultant, AZB Partners

Mr. Ankur Mehrotra
Managing Director, Lending, Grab Financial Group (GFG)

Mr. Nithin Kamath
Founder & CEO, Zerodha

Mr. Ajey Gore
Operating Partner - Technology, Sequoia India

Ms. Alma Angotti
Partner, Financial Services, Global Legislative and Regulatory Risk Leader, Guidehouse

Shri Jayesh Ranjan
Secretary, Information Technology (IT), Government of Telangana

Mr. Kagiso Mothibi
Head: Fintech & Innovation Hub, Financial Sector Conduct Authority

Mr. Anup Bagchi
Executive Director, ICICI Bank

Mr. Harshil Mathur
CEO and Co-founder, Razorpay

Mr. Shashank Kumar
CTO and Co-Founder, Razorpay

Ms. Susanne Chishti
CEO, FINTECH Circl

Ms. Amnah Ajmal
Executive Vice President, Market Development, MEA, Mastercard

Mr. Greg Krasnov
Founder & CEO, Tonik

Dr. Oliver Prill
Chief Executive Officer, Tide

Mr. Naveen Surya
Chairman, Fintech Convergence Council

Ms. Noopur Chaturvedi
Chief Executive Officer, NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd.

Ms. Pia Roman Tayag
Director, Office of the UNSGSA

Mr. Rajesh Bansal
Chief Executive Officer, Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)

Ms. Praveena Rai
Chief Operating Officer, National Payments Corporation Of India

Mr. Harshvardhan Lunia
Co-founder & CEO, LendingKart

Mr. Srinivas Jain
Executive Director, SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Gencho Kerezov
Deputy Mayor for Digitalisation, Innovation and Economic Development Department, Sofia Municipality

Ms. Lishia Erza
Chief Executive Officer, ASYX

Mr. Harish Natarajan
Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank

Mr. Peter Cunnane
Director of International & National Initiatives, Innovate Finance

Mr. Lalit Keshre
Co-founder & CEO, Groww

Mr. Rosaline Chow Koo
Founder & CEO, CXA Group

Mr. Dinesh Agarwal
Founder & CEO, IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd.

Mr. Madhavan Sivashankar
CEO & Founder Board Member, Gulf International Finance Ltd.

Ms. Gabriella Kusz
Board Director, Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association

Mr. V Balasubramaniam
MD & CEO, India International Exchange IFSC Limited

Ms. Shalini Warrier
Executive Director & Business Head - Retail, The Federal Bank Ltd

Mr. Aleksi Grym
Head of Digitalisation, Bank of Finland

Ms. Rebecca Schot-Guppy
Chief Executive Officer, FinTech Australia

Mr. Nigel Verdon
Co-founder and CEO, Railsbank

Mr. Pieter Franken
Director, ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN)

Mr. Rivo Uibo
Co-founder & Chief of Business, Modularbank

Ms. Smita Aggarwal
Global Investment Advisor, Flourish Ventures

Ms. Sonia Gokhale
Founding Partner, VentureSouq

Mr. Jaspreet Singh
Global Lead - Financial Health and Innovations, United Nations Capital Development Fund

Mr. Siddharth Rungta
Country Head, Global liquidity & Cash Management, HSBC India

Ms. Shinjini Kumar
Co-Founder, SALT

Mr. Charles Smith
Global Head of Digital Solutions, Refinitiv

Mr. Tilman Ehrbeck
Managing Partner, Flourish Ventures

Mr. Matthias Kröner
Co-Founder and Managing Director, TRADELITE SOLUTIONS GmbH

Ms. Ananya Chandra
Managing Partner, Innopact

Ms. Upasana Taku
Co-founder & COO, MobiKwik

Mr. John Broxis
Managing Director, Open Banking Europe

Ms. Shan Luo
Managing Director, FinTechSpace

Ms. Rashmi Satpute
India Country Manager, Wise Ltd.

Mr. Sultan Meghji
Chief Innovation Officer, FDITECH, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Mr. Sandeep Phophaliya
CEO, LendFoundry

Ms. Ayesha Abbas
Head of Priority & Premium Banking and Branch Network, Standard Chartered Bank

Mr. Deepak Sharma
President & Chief Digital Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

Mr. Daniel Hahiashvili
Head Of Technology and innovation, Bank of Israel

Ms. Anita Pai
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Yes Bank

Mr. Ross T. Nathan
CEO & Managing Director, Skill Africa Limited

Ms. Shehnaz Ahmed
Senior Resident Fellow & Team Lead (Fintech), Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

Mr. Prakash Jaiswal
Country Head, Business Banking (MSME, Startups), HSBC India

Ms. Hardika Shah
Hardika Shah, Kinara Capital

Mr. Varun Dua
Founder and CEO, ACKO

Mr. Syed Musheer Ahmed
Founder & Managing Director, Finstep Asia

Ms. Runa Baksi
Country Head, Global Trade & Receivable Finance, HSBC India

Mr. Rakesh Patwari
Country Head, Sales, Global Trade & Receivable Finance, HSBC India

Mr. Sachin Somani
Director, Refinitiv

Mr. Amit Goel
VP & Country Head - India, Prove

Dr. Franklin Noll
President, Noll Historical Consulting LLC

Mr. Stuart Rees
Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)

Mr. KT Prasad
MD & RVP, India and SAARC, Zendesk

Shri Joseph Joshy
Chief Technology Officer, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

Mr. Gaurav Hinduja
Co-founder & Managing Director, Capital Float

Ms. Shelli K. Trung
Managing Partner, Reach ANZ & Asean

Mr. Prashant Tandon
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Lighthouse Canton Capital (DIFC)

Ms. Camilla Bullock
Director General, Emerging Payments Association Asia

Mr. Rajat Sharma
Corporate VP- Global Head of Sales and Strategy, eBaoTech Corporation

Ms. Sucharita Mukherjee
CEO & Co-Founder, Kaleidofin Pvt Ltd

Mr. Amitabh Tewary
Chief Innovation Officer, Razorpay

Mr. Nehal Vora
Managing Director & CEO, Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.

Ms. Meghna Suryakumar
Founder& CEO, Crediwatch

Ms. Malika Anand
Head - Insights & Learning, Catalyst Fund

Mr. Suvir Davda
Director, Global Market Corporate Services, HSBC India

Mr. Malik Khan Kotadia
Co-founder and Chairman, Finnovation Labs Private Limited

Mr. Mukesh P Kalra
Founder & CEO, ETMONEY

Mr. Khalil Alami
CEO, Telr

Ms. Susanne Hannestad
CEO, Fintech Mundi

Mr. Sumit Gwalani
Co-Founder, Fi

Mr. Omkar Shrihatti
Co-founder and CEO, Karza Technologies

Mr. Manohar Chadalavada
Global Head, Al,Ecosystems & Open Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Mr. Shailesh Naik
Group CEO & Founder, MatchMove

Mr. Ashish Singhal
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, CoinSwitch Kuber

Mr. Machiel van der Harst
Co-founder and CEO, TECH5

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Chief Executive Officer, Spice Money

Mr. Ritesh Shukla
Chief Executive Officer, National Payments Corporation of India, International (NIPL)

Mr. Gurjodhpal Singh
Chief Executive Officer, Tide (India)

Mr. Anup Singh
Partner and Regional Head, Anglophone Africa, MicroSave Consulting (MSC)

Mr. Shamir Karkal
Co-founder and CEO, Sila

Mr. Shashank Mehta
Head - RazorpayX, Razorpay

Ms. Shruti Chandra
Senior Assistant Vice President, Sector Head – BFSI, Retail and E-Commerce, Invest India

Ms. Vidya Pradeep
Head Consumer Cards - Product & Portfolio, Mobility & Marketplace, HDFC Bank

Mr. Graham A.N. Wright
Founder, Group Managing Director, MSC

Ms. Hena Mehta
Co-founder & CEO, Basis

Mr. Harshet Lunani
Founder, Qoala

Mr. Duke Lee
Vice President, Fin2B, Inc.

Mr. Sujit Unni
CTO, Paysafe

Mr. Ashish Fafadia
Partner, Blume Ventures

Mr. Chiranth Patil
Co-Founder, Riskcovry

Ms. Mona Zoet
Founder, RegPac Revolution

Ms. Ajaita Shah
Founder, Frontier Markets

Mr. Lucas Bianchi
Co-Founder and COO, Namaste Credit

Dr. Babatunde Oghenobruche Obrimah
Chief Operating Officer, Fintech Association of Nigeria

Ms. Suniti Nanda
Ex-Fintech Officer, Government of Maharashtra

Ms. Tina Singh
Chief Digital Officer, Mahindra Finance

Mr. Rajnish Kumar CFA
CEO and Co-Founder, Instapay

Mr. Tomasz Kurczyk
Chief Digital and Transformation Officer, AXA

Mr. Yogesh Sangle
Global Head of Consumer & SME Business, NIUM

Mr. Somnath Mukherjee
AVP, Zerodha

Ms. Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti
Managing Partner, AGS Tribe

Mr. Miguel Perez
Founder & CEO, Ayannah

Mr. Ala Dawod
Interim CEO, CASHU

Mr. Donovan Drew
President Asia Pacific, UKheshe Technologies

Mr. Ali Hassan
Senior Representative for Europe and North America, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority

Mr. Alok Mittal
CEO & Co-Founder, Indifi Technologies Private Limited

Mr. Vinay Dhareshwar
Chief Officer - Partnership Distribution & Group Business, Generali Vietnam Life Insurance

Mr. Anil Kumar SG
Founder and CEO, Samunnati

Mr. David Z Wang
Co-Founder & Group CEO, Helicap

Mr. Vasant Sridhar
Cofounder & Chief Sales Officer, OfBusiness

Mr. Ishaan Mittal
Managing Directo, Sequoia India

Mr. Arindom Datta
Executive Director, Rural & Development Banking/Advisory, Rabobank

Mr. Zennon Kapron
Director, Kapronasia

Mr. Samir Ojha
Partner- Investment Banking, EY

Mr. Hrushikesh Mehta
Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist, CredAll

Mr. Jack Lindsay
Director of Product and Project, Fifth Domain

Ms. Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia
Partner and Head Fintech Practice, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Dr. Karin Lorez
Founder, Lorez Legal

Mr. Patrick Tan
CEO, Novum Alpha

Ms. Christine Kitale
Director Of Business Development, Pesaswap East Africa

Ms. Treasa Mathew
Director, Omidyar Network India

Mr. Vineet Saxena
Co-Founder, Card91

Mr. Delber Lage
CEO, SalaryFits

Ms. Theresa Karunakaran
Former Director, Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Bank AG

Mr. Luke Fuller
Chief Product Officer, Quest Payment Systems Pty Ltd

Ms. Emma Parry
Conduct and Culture Senior Advisor, Change Gap

Mr. Remco Veenenberg
Head of Sales & Partnerships, Perfinal

Mr. Gaurav Rastogi
Founder & CEO, Kuvera

Mr. Mohit Gulati
CIO & Managing Partner, ITI Growth Opportunities Fund

Mr. Sandeep Madhavan
Head – India, Novatti Group

Mr. Sebi Salim
Founder, Tenakata

Mr. Hasan Askari
Director, EY

Mr. Sam Zheng
Co-Founder & CEO, Curious Thing AI

Mr. Nitya Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO, Simpl

Mr. Ritesh Srivastava
CEO, DigitalChameleon

Mr. Vaibhav Joshi
Chief Digital Officer, Equitas Small Finance Bank

Mr. Sandeep Ghosh
Partner & Leader - Financial Services Consulting, EY

Mr. Timothy Rann
Managing Partner, Mercy Corps Ventures

Mr. Bhagaban Behera
Co-founder & CEO, Walrus

Mr. Anurag Garg
Founder & CEO, Nivesh.com

Mr. Deepak Khurana
Roposition Sales Director, Sustainable Finance and Lipper, APAC, Refinitiv

Ms. Swati Pandey
Manager, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Mr. Himit Parekh
UPI Product Performance Lead, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Mr. Priyank B
Senior Lead - Product Manager, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Mr. Vedanarayanan Vedantham
SME - Business Head, Razorpay

Ms. Jasmine Kaur Bhatia
Lead- Solution Management, RuPay Contactless (NCMC), National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Mr. Siddarth Pai
Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer, 3one4 Capital

Mr. Nilesh Naker
Partner, EY

Mr. Arulananda Selvakumar
Head - Technology, Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Mr. Adarsh Kumar Rathore
Senior Associate, National Payments Corporation Of India

2021 Partners

PARTNERS:
• Razor Pay
• Pay
• WhatsApp
• Google Play

DIGITAL PAYMENTS PARTNER:
• Cashfree

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:
• The World Bank
• UN CDF

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Visa
• Aws
• PhonePe

DIAMOND PARTNER:
• Cred

COUNTRY PARTNER:
• Australian Government

TRACK PARTNER:
• HSBC
• Refinitiv

SESSION PARTNERS:
• Great Britain
• Australian Government
• Worldpay
• eBaoTech

CX PARTNER:
• Zendesk

CLOUD COMMUNICATION PARTNER:
• Route Mobile

INSIGHTS PARTNER:
• Credit Watch

CONVERSTIONAL MESSAGING PARTNER:
• Gupshup

SILVER PARTNERS:
• Dubai International Financial Centre
• CRIF

BRONZE PARTNERS:
• Switzerland Global Enterprise
• Vayana Network

SUPPORTER:
• Invest India

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• EY

ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS:
• Finde Able
• Fintech Association of Japan
• FinTech NGR
• SEPC
• Asia Cloud Computing Association
• FinTech
• FinTech Space
• Fintech Australia
• FinTech Intanbul
• RegPac
• BCCS
• FinTech Center Korea
• Seoul FinTech Lab
• FASL
• ROTSA
• FinStepAsia
• Indian Angel Network
• IBA
• ESF
• SINE
• Fintech Consult
• Fintastico
• Open Future
• Inn Mind
• Techcelerator
• Startup Genome
• Innovative Spa
• AB Fintechs
• Startup Grind
• Trade Tower
• InvestHK FintechHK
• Startupbootcamp

ACADEMIA PARTNER:
• SPJ

INNOVATION PARTNER:
• THub

PODCAST PARTNER:
• Fintech

ACADEMIA PARTNERS:
• Catalyst Fund
• SRM

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Brainamaze
• Smart Money Match
• CryptoNewsZ