Ryan Wei Chief Business Officer BOGA GROUP

Ryan Wei is the Chief Business Officer and a board director at BOGA Group, one of Indonesia’s largest and most recognized F&B groups, leading growth strategy, digital transformation, new business creation and corporate finance. In spare time he acts as a Venture Partner in impact investing with Bali Investment Club.

He was a former Partner and chief strategist at an Indonesian house of brands from F&B to lifestyle services, and previously the Head of APAC in Global Development at RBI (Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons coffee backed by 3G Capital), leading new market expansion across Asia-Pacific.

A serial entrepreneur and former founder, Ryan was the founding team of one of Indonesia’s largest B2B eCommerce marketplaces in consumer goods, and previously the UK MD / Head of China at a cross-border PE and M&A boutique. Prior to that, he spent a decade in PE investing with Partners Group and Actis, focused on growth equity and buyouts, plus some LP fund investments first in Europe then Asia.

During early career, he worked in Big Tech, central bank and derivatives trading. He is a graduate of London Business School and University of Toronto with high distinction.

Lito Villanueva Executive Vice President, Chief innovation & Inclusion Officer RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION

Lito Villanueva is the Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer for RCBC. He is concurrently the Chief Digital Transformation Advisor for the Yuchengco Group of Companies. He led RCBC’s massive digital transformation with game-changing and award-winning inclusive finance innovations at scale recording exponential growth in gross transaction volume reaching up to four-digit year-on-year performance, and revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of up to 135%.  He introduced DiskarTech as the Philippines’ first muti-lingual financial inclusion super app in Taglish and Cebuano local languages offering 6.5% annual interest on digital savings. It generated over a million downloads in less than a month from its launch at the height of hard lockdown in July 2020. It was recognized as the breakout app in 2020 ranking #1 mobile finance apps in the Philippines, even beating GCash for four consecutive months. While its B2BC for mSMEs digital initiative ATM Go, the Philippines’ first community-based handheld POS ATM device and last mile payments network, has the most extensive reach covering all 82 provinces in the country with more than 1,000 partner-merchants.

With all these innovations, RCBC bagged a three-peat win as the Philippines’ Best Bank for Digital by the Asiamoney from 2020 to 2022, and a back-to-back recognition as having the Best Financial Inclusion App from the Financial Technology Awards by The Asian Banker, on top of over 70 regional and global digital awards.

Villanueva is also the founding chairman of Fintech Alliance.ph, a digital association of fintech players collectively generating over 90% of digital financial transactions in the Philippines, collaborating with policy-makers, regulators, and interest groups to promote a sustainable digital economy. He was also recently elected as the global chairman of the South Africa-based Alliance of Digital Finance Associations with membership from over 20 countries. He is also a Board director of the Blockchain Council of the Philippines.

He is the Philippines’ leading and award- winning thought leader on digital transformation and inclusive digital finance. He has over 25 years of experience in banking, telecommunications, payments, development finance, advisory, and financial technology. He has merited with over 80 global and regional awards, including being named one of the Top 100 FinTech Leaders in Asia, 2021 Chief Innovation Officer of the Year by London-based The Banker, Top 100 Filipinos on LinkedIn, Top 10 ASEAN Banking Leaders in Digital Reinvention, 2022 Global Filipino Executive of the Year Circle of Excellence, Outstanding Leadership Awardee 2022 by Money 2.0, and Mr. Fintech of the Philippines by BizNewsAsia, among others. These recognitions highlight Villanueva’s innovative digital contributions to the financial industry and impact on the country’s goal of widening bank access to Filipinos. He has a regular business column Bytes in the Philippine Star.

He released various publications including the award-winning three-volume Inclusive Digital Finance Report and the Uncharted Beyond: The Taxonomy of FinTech in the Philippines. He is also a member of the Inclusion Executive Committee of the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum. He is also the founding president of the BSP Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. Institute for Growth towards National Inclusion, Transformation, and Empowerment (IGNITE).

Finished the Cambridge Intellect Leadership Programme in 2019 on Digital Transformation by Design at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education in the UK. Earned two graduate degrees: Master of Arts in Public Administration with magna cum laude honors from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), and Master in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines as a state scholar, and its youngest graduate thus far. His undergraduate degree is in political science and also in UST. (as of 6 Feb 2023)

Alexandre Lega Senior Director – Head of Corporate Development ACRONIS

Alex Lega has recently served as the Senior Director of Corporate Development and M&A at Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection solutions for businesses and prosumers. Acronis counts 2000+ employees globally, 5 R&D centers and operates in over 45 data centers. The company is backed by Goldman Sachs, CVC, Blackrock and Sovereign Wealth Funds. During his tenure at Acronis, Alex played a pivotal role in driving the company's strategic agenda through a series of fundraising activities and strategic acquisitions (such as an EDR, a DLP provider, a PSA, a Cloud Management & Security solution...) and partnerships (Threat Intelligence, Email Security, Cyber Security Insurance...).

Under Alex's leadership, Acronis established a robust cross-functional M&A practice, enabling the company to expand its product capabilities and accelerate its global presence. His ability to identify and execute on key M&A opportunities has been critical in Acronis' M&A successes, and his strategic vision and ability to create innovative deal structures has helped align all stakeholders while positioning the company as a leader in the fast-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Prior to that, Alex had a successful career in Banking and Corporate Advisory in both London and Singapore.

John Cordova Deputy General Counsel GRAB

John is a Deputy General Counsel with pre- and post-listing experience covering fund raise, strategic M&A, commercial partnerships, regulatory issues, antitrust, FCPA/anti-corruption, insider trading, and taking Grab public on NASDAQ in December 2021. He is a corporate finance lawyer with local on-the-ground experience in APAC (including China and India), ASEAN and emerging Southeast Asian markets including Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. John worked for Magic Circle firms in London, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. He is a Thai Chinese/Filipino native, fluent Thai speaker, casual Mandarin and Tagalog speaker.

At Grab, ASEAN’s Leading “everyday superapp” John's role includes Leadership & Mentoring as Deputy General Counsel and leads a team of 50 plus lawyers solving a range of issues including regulatory, day-to-day operations, corporate finance and strategic partners management issues. He mentors all Grab’s ASEAN heads of Legal and is a Trusted Advisor to Business as Head of Corporate Finance/M&A, Legal.

Landmark Deals includes taking Grab public on NASDAQ in December 2021 via an equity offering (SPAC and DeSPAC processes), including dealings with the SEC.

Jatin Mamtani Head, APAC Institutional Strategic Investments CITI

Jatin heads strategic / principal investing for Citi APAC’s institutional businesses, and he invests in fintechs in the early and growth stages. Previously he was at Standard Chartered, running Corporate Development and Fintech investing / M&A for the bank across APAC. His past roles have involved work across minority investments, strategic acquisitions, divestments and inorganic strategy. His deals span various areas within fintech, including payments, digital assets, digital lending, SME financing and financial markets across Asia (mainly early and growth stage opportunities). Overall, he has worked across and executed a wide variety of venture and M&A transactions, with deal sizes ranging from $1m to $1bn.