12 — Ahead of the Curve
Introduction — 13
CHAIRPERSON
Edmund Lin
Partner and Director,
Global Head of Financial Services
Bain & Company
Edmund Lin joined Bain & Company’s San Francisco office in
1990 and relocated to Singapore in 1994 to help found the
global consultancy’s Southeast Asian practice. In 2010, he
was appointed Bain’s Global Head of Financial Services. He
has served on the SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Advisory Board since 2004 and joined the SMU Board of
Trustees in 2013.
Simon Cooper
Chief Executive, Corporate
& Institutional Banking
Standard Chartered Bank
Simon Cooper joined Standard Chartered Bank as CEO,
Corporate & Institutional Banking in April 2016. He joined
the bank from HSBC where he held a number of senior roles,
including Group Managing Director and Chief Executive of
Global Commercial Banking, CEO of HSBC Middle East and
Africa, CEO Korea and Head of Corporate and Investment
Banking, Singapore.
Matthew Driver
Executive Vice President, Global
Products and Solutions, Asia Pacific
Mastercard Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Matthew Driver has responsibility for Core Products, Emerging
Payments & Digital Platforms, Processing Services, Master-
card Advisors, as well as Marketing and Communications
in the Asia-Pacific. Prior to his current role, he was most
recently the president of Southeast Asia, and has held a
range of senior roles at Mastercard in both Singapore and
London. He has over 26 years of experience in banking,
payments and business services.
Eugene Keith Galbraith
Deputy President Director
Bank Central Asia
Eugene Galbraith has been in his current role since 2011.
His prior positions include being Vice President Commis-
sioner of PT Bank NISP Tbk, Chairman of Asiawise.com,
Managing Director of ABN AMRO Asia, and President
Director of HG Asia Indonesia. He has also been an advisor
to the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and as an economic
planning advisor in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.
Maureen DeRooij
Chief Executive Officer Asia-Pacific
ABN AMRO Bank
Maureen DeRooij is the CEO Asia-Pacific for ABN AMRO Bank
and is based in Singapore where she also is Country Executive.
ABN AMRO Bank’s business in Asia-Pacific includes corporate
advisory, structured debt solutions and financial markets.
The bank also has clearing operations in Tokyo, Hong Kong,
Sydney and Singapore. She previously worked for Standard
Chartered where she was Group Chief Operating Officer for
the wholesale bank’s client business covering 50 countries.
Douglas Foo
Founder and Executive Chairman
Sakae Holdings Ltd.
Yasmin Aladad Khan
Executive Vice President, Commercial,
Asia Pacific; Managing Director,
Emerging Markets
DHL Express
Douglas Foo is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Sakae
Holdings Ltd., which has over 200 outlets across Asia and
the United States. He continues to spearhead the Group’s
overall strategic direction. He has received numerous awards
including Top Outstanding Young Person Award in 2002,
Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002, and the Public Service
Star Award in 2013.
Yasmin Aladad Khan is Executive Vice President, Commercial
for Asia Pacific and Managing Director of Emerging Markets,
DHL Express. She has been a member of the Asia Pacific
Management Board since January 2005 and joined DHL in
Malaysia in 2001. She is responsible for the overall operations
in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,
Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. She was previ-
ously Vice President at Chase Bank and Chief Operating Officer
of General Electric International Operations Inc. Thailand.
Arthur Lang
Chief Executive Officer
International (Designate)
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
Arthur Lang took over as CEO in April 2017. He was formerly
the Group CFO of CapitaLand Limited. Prior to that, he was
the co-head of Morgan Stanley’s Southeast Asia investment
banking division and the Chief Operating Officer for the
Asia Pacific investment banking division. He is also a board
member of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore and the
National Kidney Foundation.
ADVISORY
BOARD
Vladimir Makatsaria
Company Group Chairman
Johnson & Johnson Medical
Devices Companies, Asia Pacific
Vladimir Makatsaria began his career with Johnson & Johnson
as a cardiovascular sales representative in Russia in 1996.
He was previously Managing Director of Johnson & Johnson
Russia, Area Director in Eastern Europe, Vice President of
Strategic Affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
and President in EMEA. Prior to his current appointment, he
served as Global Integration Leader for Johnson & Johnson’s
Global Surgery Group.
