2026 Speakers

2026 Distinguished Speakers

Prof. Jingbo Wang

Professor, Founder and Director
Research Centre for Quantum Information, Simulation and Algorithms, The University of Western Australia

Prof. Jingbo Wang

Professor, Founder and Director
Research Centre for Quantum Information, Simulation and Algorithms, The University of Western Australia

Ravi Menon

Ambassador (Climate Action), Singapore, Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Ravi Menon

Ambassador (Climate Action), Singapore, Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC

Minister for Regional Development; Ports; Science and Innovation; Medical Research; Kimberley
Government of Western Australia

Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC

Minister for Regional Development; Ports; Science and Innovation; Medical Research; Kimberley
Government of Western Australia

Sopnendu Mohanty

Group Chief Executive Officer
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Sopnendu Mohanty

Group Chief Executive Officer
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Tan Bin Ru

President, Enterprise Digital
ST Engineering

Tan Bin Ru

President, Enterprise Digital
ST Engineering

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Laksh Gangwani

Laksh Gangwani

Chief Growth Officer

ViewTrade

Laksh Gangwani serves as Chief Growth Officer for ViewTrade

As the first exec hire in the region, he has played an instrumental role in Viewtrade’s expansion in APAC and Middle East, including setting up of offices in Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Dubai, and India (IFSC).

Laksh combines regional market insights with a global perspective to architect scalable capital markets and wealth management solutions for banks, brokers, fintechs, and wealth managers.

Prior to ViewTrade, Laksh built and scaled Symphony’s award-winning wealth management proposition from scratch helping wealth managers save millions of dollars lost to inefficient processes and communication.

In 2021, for his work in the Wealth Management industry, Laksh was recognized as the Leading Individual by WealthBriefing Asia.

As a passion project, Laksh also hosts Digijanus (Asia’s largest chatshow focussed on Digital transformation), where he invites fellow industry leaders to discuss ways to transform & grow the financial industry. The chat-show is followed by 80,000 people across social media platforms.

Prior to this, for over a decade, Laksh has launched and scaled businesses in APAC for firms such as Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, Threatmetrix, and Symphony.

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