Bill Chua
Bill Chua was former Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Institution of UOB. Possessing rich experience in the financial services industry, he has held various director level, independent positions at various organisations, and currently serves as an Independent Director at Sunseap Group, Singapore’s largest clean energy provider. In his 34 years of experience in the financial services industry, he has covered institutional wholesale and consumer banking in the front, middle and back offices. Prior to joining UOB in 2000, Chua was with Citibank for 20 years. He serves as a director for several UOB-owned companies and/or joint ventures, and is also an active member of the financial and education communities in Singapore.

James Cullen
James Cullen is a career banker with over 30 years of regional and international experience in the financial services industry. His banking career began and concluded with Wells Fargo, and in between included two decades of holding executive positions with Bank of America and US Bancorporation’s international banking division 1995-1999. James is the co-founder for JD Cullen & Co, a corporate advisory consulting company and also chairs audit committee of CD Stimson, a REIT company.

Mathew Welch
Mathew Welch has over 25 years of senior executive experience in financial markets in Asia, with a strong track record in building and leading various financial services businesses throughout the region. Welch now focuses on (1) Asian Financial Services Executive Search at Global Sage Singapore (2) Fintech Venture investing and (3) Various board directorships, including at SeABank, a leading consumer and SME bank in Vietnam, at Boustead Wavefront, a Venture-focused boutique investment firm which brings Asian startups to NASDAQ, and at Asia Dorset Management Pte Ltd an advisory firm. Previously Welch held various senior Asian regional roles including Managing Director & Global Head of Banks at Standard Chartered, Head of Financial Institutions (Asia) at Standard Chartered and at ING, MD Investments at Temasek Holdings and was also an Associate Principal at McKinsey.

Richard Hartung
Richard Hartung has over 20 years of experience in the payments & consumer financial services industry. He has held senior roles for financial institutions including Citibank, Mastercard International, and OCBC Cards. Mr Hartung holds position as consultant in the areas of retail banking, cards and payment products to financial institutions, service providers, and software companies throughout the Asia Pacific region.