2026 Programme

Nora Brown Head of Operations, SME Finance Forum

George Ogbonnaya Divisional Head, Business Banking, First City Monument Bank

Carlos Serrano Head of the Secretariat, Alliance for Green Commercial Banks, World Bank Group

Eugenia Koh Global Head, Sustainable Finance, Wealth & Retail, Standard Chartered Bank

Dr. Lankapathy Sritharan Additional Director, Macroprudential Surveillance Department, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Shanuki Gunasekera Operations Officer, World Bank Group

Samantha Sangster Membership Coordinator, SME Finance Forum

Munir Duri Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kifiya Financial Technology PLC

Karyl Akilian Director, Marketing and Business Development, Financial Alliance for Women

Wendy Teleki Head, We-Fi Secretariat, World Bank Group

Toni Weis Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group

Maxim Afanasyev JAPAC FSI Head, Google Cloud

Patrick Reily Co-founder, Uplinq

Ronak Shah Chief Executive Officer, OPL Innovate

Francisco Avendano Global Lead - Sustainable Finance, World Bank Group

Dora Cudjoe Senior Environmental Specialist and Task Leader for the Compact with Africa Green Business Fund, World Bank Group

Yolanda Yun Zhu Regional Lead, Sustainable Finance Advisory, International Finance Corporation

Ani Popiashvili Digital Specialist, Tokenization4Services, World Bank Group

Abrhame Endrias Founder and Managing Director, Lersha

Hourn Thy Business Lead, SME Finance Forum

Makiko Toyoda Global Manager, International Finance Corporation

Rajesh Mehra Practice Lead - Trade, SCF and Transaction Banking, FIG Advisory, Asia and Pacific, International Finance Corporation

Graeme Harris Practice Lead and Global Program Lead, World Bank Group

Tram Anh Nguyen Chairwoman, Global Women in AI & Co-Founder, CFTE (Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship)

Carissa Reiniger Chief Executive Officer, Silver Lining