VOYAGE
ADVANCE TO THE NEXT
Agenda
Morning
TRANSFORMING TO THE NEXT STAGE
Opening Address: Pioneering the Future
Fireside Chat: The Trends Shaping the Fintech Landscape
Keynote: Kick Off Global Growth with Digital Transformation
Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Capital A
The New Era of Cross Border
Afternoon
Progress To the Next Stage on Your Global Journey
Opening: Global Sourcing, Global Payment
Clara Shi, Chief Executive Officer, WorldFirst
The Future of the European Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
Mark Wall, Chief European Economist and Managing Director,
Deutsche Bank AG London
Global Tax Insights: Navigating the Future of International Taxation
Titus von dem Bongart, Partner, Ernst & Young
Vision in Action: Real-World Customer Success Story
Lewis Ames, Director, Wrimes Cosmetics Ltd
Social Networking Drinks and Canades
ESG: Sports & Sustainability
Peng Yang
As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yang leads Ant International’s efforts in delivering a full stack of innovative digital payment, financial technology and digitalization solutions to global merchants. He also acts as the President of the Greater China Payment and Embedded Finance businesses, which provide cross-border mobile payment and digital marketing solutions for Chinese users travelling worldwide. Additionally, Mr. Yang manages Ant International’s Hong Kong and Macao operations.
Prior to serving at Ant International, Mr. Yang held various key management positions at Alipay, under Ant Group. Before joining Ant Group, he served as the Global Vice President of Dell Technologies, holding various executive roles in product development, strategy and business development across Greater China, Asia Pacific, and global emerging markets, accumulating extensive experience in cross-market and cross-cultural management.
Mr. Yang holds a B.A. degree in International Business and Finance from the Lingnan College of the Sun Yat-sen University, and an MBA degree from the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Tony Fernandes
One of Asia’s most recognisable entrepreneurs, Tony Fernandes is best known for co-founding low-cost carrier AirAsia with Datuk Kamarudin Meranun and democratising air travel in the region.
Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin famously bought the ailing airline for a token MYR1 (approximately USD$0.25) and MYR40 million in debt, turning it around within two years and growing it from a Malaysian domestic carrier into Asia’s largest low-cost carrier by passengers carried.
Fernandes studied in the UK, and qualified as an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1991 and Fellow Member in 1996. An accountant by training, Fernandes began his career in Richard Branson’s Virgin Group before returning to Malaysia as Warner Music Group’s Vice President for Southeast Asia before venturing into the airline business.
Clara Shi
Ms. Clara Shi is the CEO of WorldFirst, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant International, dedicated to providing one-stop payment and financial services to global cross-border SMEs.
Ms. Shi joined Ant Group in October 2017 and also currently holds the position of Vice President in the International Business Group of Ant Group.
Before her tenure at Ant Group, she served as the Head of International Subsidiary Banking for Commercial Banking at HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited from July 2015 to October 2017. Prior to HSBC, Ms. Shi had an extensive career at Citibank (China) Company Limited, where she held various roles from December 2003 to July 2015, ultimately serving as the North China Head of the Global Subsidiary Group within Global Corporate & Investment Banking.
Mark Wall
Mark joined Deutsche Bank in 1996, became Chief Euro Area Economist in 2007 and took over responsibility for Europe in 2016. Mark edits the European Economic team’s main publication, Focus Europe. Recent research has focused on Next Generation EU – the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund – the energy shock, ECB monetary tightening and financial conditions.
The Deutsche Bank European Economics team has been highly ranked in the Institutional Investor equity and fixed income client surveys consistently over the last 10 years. Mark has a first-class honours degree in economics from Trinity College Dublin where he was elected a Scholar and awarded a Gold Medal. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Mark spent a year in the graduate school of business at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, studying finance and economics at doctoral level.
Titus von dem Bongart
Since almost 30 years, Titus von dem Bongart has advised clients on various matters related to their China investment, e.g. market access, the restructuring of their China stet-up/ China impact of international restructurings including supply chain models and other changes, compliance, etc.
He deals with various matters related to different areas of foreign investment in China, e.g. forex, permanent establishments, tax compliance, tax efficiency and incentives, and has served all Dax 40 companies and Swiss companies with investment in China as well as a big number of medium sized and small scale companies in different industries.
Lewis Ames
Lewis Ames founded Wrimes Cosmetics which has been manufacturing and filling cosmetics in house for over 7 years. Wrimes Cosmetics have several brands and manufacture for other brands also, and have years of experience with supplying to small and large customers from direct-to-customer online shops to retail and distributing globally.
State-of-the-art facility of Wrimes Cosmetics serves as the hub for creative process and product development. Equipped with the best technology and machinery Wrimes Cosmetics is able to deliver efficiently worldwide.
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About WorldFirst
We believe you should be able to grow your business without barriers. Our World Account lets you do just that. Access free locally-based currency accounts to collect overseas sales revenue from 100+ marketplaces and payment gateways, no overseas address needed.Go where your customers are. The World Account is your fast, secure and affordable way to do business like a local.