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Advisory Council

The awards programme is managed by a highly professional team of research analysts in Asian Banker Research with outstanding expertise in the banking industry in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Their work is supervised and verified by our distinguished advisory council, consisting of prominent and highly respected individuals in the financial services industry.

Kumardev Chatterjee

Kumardev Chatterjee is an expert on Metaverse Web3 and AI. He has over 25 years of strategy, deep tech and executive leadership experience at start-ups and Fortune 500s across Europe, USA and Asia. He is an Expert of the World Economic Forum, Research and Innovation Independent Expert at the European Commission, Official Member of the INTERPOL Expert Group on the Metaverse, and Official Advisory Board Member to the Government of Finland for their National Metaverse Strategy. He advises and works closely with governments, institutions, wealth funds, Fortune 100 companies and startups, on metaverse, web3, AI, smart cities, innovation and Investments. He is the co-author of Digital Minds for a New Europe.

David Gyori

David Gyori, CEO of Banking Reports London is currently a globally renowned fintech consultant, trainer, author and keynote speaker. He is a founding member of the World FinTech Association and faculty member of the Retail Banking Academy (London), one of the most prestigious banker-training facilities globally. He serves on the advisory of multiple fintech companies in the United Kingdom. Also, he is co-author of ‘The FINTECH Book’ and ‘WealthTech Book’.

Mark Walker

Mark Walker is the CEO and Editorial Director of Fintech Times, a global multimedia news outlet, and co-founder of Fintech Power50, a media platform. He is also the Founder and COO of Taranis Capital, that focuses on ethical issues within the fintech sector. He supports start-ups and scale-ups in his current roles. An experienced technologist, Mark’s early corporate successes led him to establish his own enterprise software company and to lead an advanced engineering company through a successful merger and acquisition. He previously served as Senior Adviser at UK Trade & Investment and with London & Partners as the Tech & Urban Specialist on the Mayor’s International Business Programme.