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
Ravi Menon
Ambassador (Climate Action), Singapore, Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Doulos Lee
Manager
Bank Negara Malaysia
Doulos is part of the Digital Currency Hub of Bank Negara Malaysia. The Hub oversees digital asset related initiatives within BNM, including the work on tokenised money and asset tokenisation. Prior to this role, Doulos served in the Governor's Office and the International Department of BNM. He was also seconded to the Ministry of Finance. Doulos has a Masters of Science in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from UCL.
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1:30–2:45pmTue 24 MarPublic-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 1Invite-Only
Blueprint for Digital Assets
[Closed-Door Roundtable] Indo-Pacific Digital Money Infrastructures - Building the Next Wholesale Payment Rails
Public-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 1Invite-Only
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Alvinder SinghHead, Innovation Acceleration OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Doulos LeeManagerBank Negara Malaysia
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Kylie StewartDigital Currencies Senior ManagerReserve Bank of Australia
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Dr. Mark StaplesChief Technology OfficerDigital Finance CRC
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Robert PorterHead of Digital Asset Services (Business)Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
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Steve VallasChief Executive OfficerBlockchain APAC
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Victoria RichardsonPartnerID Partners
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Maha El DimachkiChief Executive Officer, GFTN SolutionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Wholesale digital money is moving from experimentation to infrastructure. Across the Indo-Pacific & Europe, central banks, regulators & financial institutions are testing tokenised settlement models to improve cross-border payments, liquidity efficiency & risk management through initiatives such as Project Acacia (Australia), Project Guardian and BLOOM (Singapore).
This closed-door session convenes senior leaders from policy, banking, market infrastructure, and technology providers to compare takeaways from leading pilots and align on what it will take to move from proofs-of-concept to interoperable, secure, scalable wholesale settlement rails across jurisdictions.
The roundtable builds on GFTN’s recently launched Digital Money principles, emphasising interoperability, sovereignty, resilience, trust, and inclusion. Participants will also consider enabling foundations underpinning trusted digital markets. -

