Contributors

Brian Byrne

Brian Byrne is the President of Sulzer Services in East-Asia Pacific & Australia, bringing over 20 years of extensive experience in key executive roles within the energy sector.

At Sulzer, Brian is responsible for driving strategic growth, operational excellence and innovation. He oversees key initiatives such improving operational excellence and enhancing local service centres capabilities and infrastructure across the region, whilst accelerating the region’s growth ambitions in the East-Asia Pacific & Australia markets.

Brian Thung

Brian is the EY ASEAN Financial Services Leader and is responsible for leading the EY financial services organization (FSO) across Southeast Asia. 

He is also a member of the EY Asia-Pacific regional leadership team where he focuses on providing strategic counsel across the key ASEAN markets, managing people and talent development, as well as ensuring alignment across the global and regional organizational strategies and business outcomes.

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Bryan Keasberry

Bryan Keasberry is APAC Head of Market Development, Fenergo, leading business value engineering initiatives and go-to-market strategy across the Asia-Pacific region. He works closely with financial institutions to align technology investments with business outcomes, regulatory priorities, and growth objectives.

Prior to his current role, Bryan spent five years at Standard Chartered Bank within the Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) division, where he focused on business architecture, digital transformation, and strategic investment initiatives. 

He began his career in management consulting with Deloitte, advising financial services clients across retail, private, and corporate banking on strategy, operating model design, and business transformation.

Chris Foster

Chris Foster is the Banking & Capital Markets Lead for KPMG Asia Pacific and the Banking & Capital Markets Australian Consulting Practive lead at KPMG Australia. 

He brings extensive international experience, having led complex transformation and operational excellence programmes across the financial services sector in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe. 

Chris specialises in operating model transformation, process optimisation, operations analytics, and the application of emerging technologies to improve organisational performance.

Christophe Inglin

Christophe Inglin is the Vice-Chairman of Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS).

He is a veteran of the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry since 1996, with experience throughout the value chain from silicon ingots to turnkey solar power plants.

Since 2015, he is co-founder and Managing Director of Energetix Pte Ltd, which designs, installs and maintains rooftop solar power plants and utility-scale solar farms in SE Asia. 

Debby Lam

Debby Lam is the Head of BFSI and Digital for APAC at Infobip. She is responsible for driving Growth and strengthening Infobip’s presence across the banking, financial services, insurance (BFSI), digital‑native, aviation, retail, and ecommerce sectors in the region.

Based in Singapore, she leads high‑impact commercial and transformation initiatives that empower enterprises to accelerate revenue growth and elevate customer engagement through secure, compliant, and AI‑powered omnichannel communications. She partners with executive stakeholders to reshape engagement strategies, deploy scalable automation, and unlock measurable improvements in acquisition, conversion, and customer lifetime value across multiple industries.

Debby is passionate about helping financial institutions and digital businesses modernize customer interactions. She works closely with customers to identify transformation opportunities, co-create scalable engagement strategies, and implement intelligent communication journeys that enhance customer loyalty and operational efficiency. 
 

Dhawal Shah

Dhawal Shah is the co-founder and driving force behind 2Stallions Digital Marketing Agency, a full-service digital marketing agency established in 2012. With over a decade of success, Shah is passionate about helping businesses achieve tangible growth through strategic, AI-enabled, data-driven marketing solutions.

With expertise in lead generation, brand awareness, and virtual selling, Shah leads a team committed to delivering real impact for its clients across Singapore, Malaysia, APAC and beyond. From startups to SMEs and multinational brands, the company has turned bold strategies into measurable success.

Dinghe Hu

Dinghe Hu is a PhD in Economics from Tsinghua University, a former Visiting Scholar at Harvard University Fairbank Center, and a leading researcher in digital economy, blockchain, and global supply chain. He is the author of Bitcoin: Emergence into Prominence in Times of Crisis and a long-time contributor to international media, focusing on aviation hub optimization and supply chain upgrading in the Asia-Pacific region.

Doris Wu

As a senior brand strategist, Doris enjoys working and playing in the space where analytics meet creativity, crafting brand strategies that reflect their unique nuances.

With a deep passion for problem-solving and a keen eye for building impactful brands, Doris's experience spans across corporate and consumer brands. These include sectors such as Telecom, Finance & Banking, Hospitality, and Luxury, with notable clients like HSBC, UOB, Bank of America, Marriott Group, LVMH, and Richemont Group.

Within these partnerships, she has worked on the merger of Malaysia's leading telecom companies, Celcom and Digi. Her expertise helped establish an impactful and future-facing new brand, CelcomDigi, in the industry.