Speakers

Vishal Bali
Managing Director, Asia and Emerging Markets, Thomson Reuters

Vishal Bali is the managing director of Asia and Emerging Markets at Thomson Reuters, steering content-driven technology investments, AI-powered innovations, and leading the growth strategy and business operations execution in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Alex Fawcett
Vice President of Product, CoCounsel Platform, Thomson Reuters 

Alex is the VP Product CoCounsel Platform at Thomson Reuters. Alex leads the definition and delivery of platform strategy for CoCounsel. This includes user experience across multiple platforms, international expansion as well as integration tools and technologies. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters Alex held a number of product and technical leadership roles at Sage.

Andrew Hay
Senior Director, Product Management, Global Compliance & Reporting, Thomson Reuters

Andrew Hay is SAAS expert, leading Thomson Reuter's content-driven technology experts to drive results for our tax clients across Asia and Emerging Markets. With more than 20 years experience in tax, finance and digital transformation, he offers a deep understanding of customer markets, segments and domain expertise. Before joining Thomson Reuters in 2010, Andrew worked with PwC where he led initiatives in financial reporting software transformation and outsourcing.

Hongrui Mo 
Chief Financial Officer, MET Group Asia

Hongrui is the Chief Financial Officer of MET Asia. He leads and is responsible for M&A, group restructuring, finance and compliance matters. Previously, he was the core founding member of TotalEnergies Renewables – APAC where he led the full spectrum of finance functions. Hongrui is a committee member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountant (“ISCA”) Young Professional Advisory Committee. In 2024, he was appointed to the Implementation Committee for Accountancy Workforce Development jointly by Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and ISCA. Hongrui specialises in International Financial Report Standards and is an accounting trainer on renewable energy at ISCA. He is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, a Certified Internal Auditor and FRM – Certified Professional.

Andy Hwang
General Partner, Wavemaker Partners

Andy is a General Partner at Wavemaker Partners. He leads the firm’s early-stage fund, Wavemaker Ventures, working closely with the investment team and founders from fundraising to scaling. He also oversees Wavemaker’s corporate innovation initiatives—partnering with leading enterprises to access disruptive startups and grow their presence in Southeast Asia through strategic partnerships, investments, and M&A. Beyond his role at Wavemaker, Andy is an angel investor, startup coach, and was a former global and regional leader at Facebook, Google, and Stripe. During his 10 years at Facebook, Andy helped the company launch in Asia and served as Managing Director for the SMB and mid-market advertising business, growing it to over 2 million customers and US$6 billion in annual revenue.

Johnson Poh
Assistant Chief Executive, Enterprise Transformation and Innovation Group (ETIG), IMDA

Johnson is a seasoned executive and data and AI practitioner with over 16 years of leadership experience across the public and private sectors. He currently serves as Assistant Chief Executive at IMDA, where he helps shape Singapore's digital future and advance the digital economy. His career spans senior roles in regional banking and global consulting, including Group Chief Data Officer and Group Head of Enterprise AI and Analytics Technology, as well as earlier public sector work as Principal Scientist and Head of Data Science in the defence domain. He also contributes to academia as  an Adjunct Faculty at SMU and a Principal Fellow at SUTD. Johnson holds degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics from UC Berkeley and a postgraduate degree in Statistics from Yale University.

Axel Threlfall
Editor-at-Large, Reuters

Axel Threlfall is Editor-at-Large, Reuters, based in London. Alongside his editorial duties, he hosts high-profile engagements and thought leadership events for and on behalf of Reuters and Thomson Reuters, including the flagship Reuters NEXT summits and the Newsmaker series. He was previously Lead European Anchor for Reuters Digital Video. Prior to joining Reuters, Axel spent five years as an anchor for CNBC in London. Before that, he was an editor with The Wall Street Journal in New York and a news reporter for Bloomberg in London. He has also advised businesses and NGOs on their dealings with the international media. He has a BA in History from Durham University and a postgraduate degree in journalism from City University, London.

Una Galani 
Asia Editor, Reuters Breakingviews, Reuters

Una Galani is Asia Editor of Reuters Breakingviews, based in Hong Kong, overseeing a team of columnists across the region. She was previously in London, Dubai and Mumbai. Breakingviews is the global financial commentary brand of Reuters delivering agenda-setting insight in real time on the most important events impacting global markets and companies.

Professor Jungpil Hahn
Provost's Chair Professor, NUS | Deputy Director (AI Governance), AI Singapore

Jungpil Hahn is a Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics and a Provost's Chair Professor at the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He served as Head of the Department of Information Systems and Analytics from July 2015 to June 2021. He is also the Director at NUS Fintech Lab, Deputy Director (AI Governance) for AI Singapore and Deputy Director at Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law. 

Lam Chee Kin 
Managing Director & Head, Legal & Compliance, DBS

Chee Kin is accountable for the team which manages DBS’ legal and regulatory risk across legal entities, segments and geographies.  Prior to joining, he held various legal and compliance portfolios in Standard Chartered Bank, JPMorgan, Rajah & Tann and Allen & Gledhill, including a stint as Chief Operating Officer, South East Asia for JPMorgan. In 2025, Chee Kin was recognised by the Financial Times as one of the 20 most innovative General Counsel, globally, of the past 20 years. Chee Kin currently serves on the Advisory Board to SMU School of Law and the Advisory Panel to the NUS Centre for Banking and Finance Law. 

Patrick Tay
Assistant Secretary-General & Director of Legal Services & Strategy, NTUC, Member of Parliament of Pioneer SMC

Mr Patrick Tay is the Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC and Member of Parliament of Pioneer Single Member Constituency. He co-chairs the Financial Sector Tripartite Committee. As Director of NTUC’s Legal Services and Strategy Departments, he represents the Labour Movement in tripartite workgroups to review/update employment and industrial relations legislation and has been pivotal in lobbying for the many changes to manpower related laws and policies in Singapore. He also co-chaired the NTUC-Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) Professional Managerial Employees (PME) Taskforce and is the Executive Secretary for the United Workers of Electronics & Electrical Industries. As legal adviser to NTUC-affiliated unions in Singapore, he has advised/represented numerous unions/members in complex and contentious issues, dispute resolution, conciliation and in the Industrial Arbitration Court.

Li Fangyi
General Counsel, Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd

Fangyi Li is General Counsel at Pacific International Lines (PIL), Singapore’s homegrown container shipping line, where she leads a team of lawyers and professionals handling the group’s legal, compliance, insurance, and corporate entity management matters across more than 40 countries. Her work spans maritime and trade law, corporate governance, data protection, competition compliance, and sanctions. Before PIL, she practised at Allen & Gledhill LLP and worked in the oil and gas and urban infrastructure design sectors. She is Vice-Chair of the World Shipping Council’s Industry Structure Council, sits on the Singapore War Risk Mutual Committee, and is a member of the NorthStandard Members Board. 

Maureen Chong
Vice President of Sales, Asia, Thomson Reuters

Maureen Chong is Vice President and Market Lead, Asia at Thomson Reuters, where she leads the go-to-market teams across the Legal, Tax & Accounting portfolio. With over 25 years of experience in enterprise technology, she has helped organisations across Asia navigate digital transformation, regulatory complexity and business growth. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Maureen held senior leadership roles at Zendesk, Akamai Technologies, SAP, Oracle and IBM. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and an MBA from the National University of Singapore.

Tan Cheng Han 
President, Law Society of Singapore

Professor Tan Cheng Han is the President of the Law Society of Singapore and also a Senior Consultant at Wong Partnership. He is a leading counsel in the area of dispute resolution and international arbitration and brings with him extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer and Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also a member of the Monetary of Authority (MAS) Regulatory Workstream, where he contributes towards discussions on enhancements to the regulatory regime for the Singapore capital market. 

Rishi Ballakhan
Leader, Risk Advisory Legal Transformation Consulting, APAC, Ashurst

Rishi Ballakhan is a leader at Ashurst Risk Advisory handling legal transformation consulting in APAC.  Rishi is a non practising lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in the legal industry. Rishi’s practice focuses on advising corporate legal departments, CFOs, CIOs, and COOs on legal department transformation initiatives, including optimising talent and sourcing models; developing data, analytics, and reporting capabilities. 

Carol Lee
Asia Proactive Risk Mitigation Senior Corporate Counsel, Microsoft 

Carol Lee is a Senior Corporate Counsel with over 20 years of experience as a commercial and compliance lawyer in the technology sector, beginning in semiconductors and hardware.  She has evolved alongside each wave of innovation—from enterprise software and cloud to today’s AI-driven landscape—advising on complex regulatory, ethical, and business risks.  Currently, she leads Microsoft’s proactive risk mitigation efforts in Asia, focused on compliance transformation and strengthening governance in an increasingly digital world.

Janine Cane
Regional Chief Counsel, Asia and Emerging Markets, Thomson Reuters

Janine Cane leads Thomson Reuters’ in-house legal function across Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Russia. She originally hails from South Africa where she worked in private practice, before emigrating to the UK in 1997. She held positions in both private practice (principally in Clifford Chance’s IP practice) and in-house, including a stint with a boutique football (aka soccer) agency, managing marquee South African talent. She has been with Thomson Reuters since 2006.

Pontus Hanson
Segment Director E-Invoicing, Asia & Emerging Markets, Thomson Reuters

Pontus is Segment Director for E-Invoicing at AEM, where he leads the company's e-invoicing proposition across the region. With 13 years of experience in the e-invoicing sector, his career spans senior leadership roles across the world. Drawing on this global perspective, Pontus brings deep insight into the complex compliance landscape facing multinational businesses today.

Glenn Seah
Senior Managing Director and Head Legal, Compliance & Corporate Secretariat, SGX

Mr Glenn Seah is the Senior Managing Director and Head of Legal, Compliance and Corporate Secretariat for the Singapore Exchange Group (SGX Group). Mr Seah provides legal and compliance leadership and manages regulatory relationships for SGX Group on a global basis. Mr Seah was previously Regional Head, Wholesale Bank Compliance for a major international bank, and was also a Deputy Public Prosecutor with Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers.

Richard Mackender
Tax Technology Consulting Leader, Deloitte

Richard Mackender leads the GST service line for Deloitte in Singapore and Southeast Asia and the Indirect Tax service line across Asia Pacific. He has more than 25 years of experience with Deloitte. Richard holds a law degree from the University of Wales (UK) and subsequently trained as a Barrister. He was called to the Bar in October 1997 and is a member of Gray’s Inn. He is also an Accredited Tax Advisor (GST) with the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (“SIATP”).