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Herman Schueller
Director, Innovation & Technology Risk - Supervision
Dubai Financial Services Authority
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
With over two decades of experience in providing thought leadership, talent development, and performance management, successfully orchestrating large-scale digital transformation initiatives across various financial sectors, including the US, Canada, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Asia. As a strategic leader, Herman is adept at driving Innovation within the Fintech Ecosystem and helping prepare the future of financial services infrastructure.
In his current role as Director, Innovation and Technology Risk – Supervision, he currently oversees the supervision of the Fintechs under the DFSA including Money Services, Crowdfunding and Digital Assets firms. As well, the team also manages Cybersecurity and Technology Risk of all Authorised Firms in the Dubai International Financial Center. A key remit is to drive the Innovation Strategy for the DFSA, including the adoption of digital assets within the center and support to the Fintech ecosystem in the DIFC. Prior to this, he was the Head of Digital Transformation at the Central Bank of the UAE, driving the implementation of key digital payments strategies. He oversaw the Digital Transformation team, which helped to develop detailed business requirements and spearhead initiatives in Open Finance, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and the creation of the Central Bank’s Innovation Hub. Prior to the UAE, Herman was at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong and Singapore where he led the Digital Transformation & Innovation team HK, enhancing project management capabilities across Greater China and North Asia.
Speaking At
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9:30–11:00amMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
Tokenized Markets: Frictions, Choices and the Path to Interoperability
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Alan CroftsHead of Innovation & FintechFMA New Zealand
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Herman SchuellerDirector, Innovation & Technology Risk - SupervisionDubai Financial Services Authority
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Jaime PradenasHead of Financial Technology HubCentral Bank of Chile
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Katie MitchellHead of APAC & MEA PolicyCoinbase
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Kushal BalluckSenior Manager, FMI Innovation & Payments PolicyBank of England
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Michael MaurerResearch EngineerMIT Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
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Owureku AsareDirector, FinTech & InnovationBank of Ghana
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Peter KerstensAdvisor, DG FISMAEuropean Commission
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Tang WeiHead of Public Policy, Southeast Asia & ChinaStripe
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Toh Wee KeeGlobal Head of InsightsKinexys by J.P. Morgan
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Ulrich StrohmeierHead of Wholesale CBDCDeutsche Bundesbank
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Dr. Wong Huei ChingExecutive Director, Digital Strategy & InnovationSecurities Commission Malaysia
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Jael TanHead of Government ProgrammesGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
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Maha El DimachkiChief Executive Officer, GFTN SolutionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Tokenization projects today are often built vertically, with each initiative solving a specific problem within its own ecosystem. Yet tokenizing an asset in isolation does not deliver the full potential of tokenization. Benefits such as atomic settlement and greater capital efficiency depend on interoperability across the entire transaction chain — from the asset and its supporting infrastructure to trading, settlement and the movement of money. The challenge is how countries and institutions can pursue their own tokenization ambitions while avoiding the fragmentation that siloed approaches risk creating.
This roundtable brings together findings from a year of open-call research, alongside problem statements and perspectives from private-sector practitioners navigating the practical choices, risks and constraints of tokenization. It will explore how a decision-making framework can help countries assess their starting points and ambitions, identify the capabilities required across the transaction chain, and consider different pathways towards more interoperable markets. Looking ahead to 2027, participants will discuss emerging problem statements and the coordination, partnerships and policy support needed to connect individual initiatives into a more coherent financial ecosystem.
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11:00am–12:30pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
Accountability & Liability In Agentic SystemsSovereignty & Resilience in a Rewired Financial System
Trusted Data Collaboration for Safe and Resilient Financial Systems
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Dr. Duan PuHead of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies DepartmentAnt International
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Herman SchuellerDirector, Innovation & Technology Risk - SupervisionDubai Financial Services Authority
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Kenneth GayChief FinTech OfficerMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Prof. Kwok-Yan LamProfessorNanyang Technological University
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Dr. Kimmo SoramakiFounder & Chief Executive OfficerFNA
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Lara DouglasDirector of ImplementationFinancial Stability Board
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Louise JohnstonDigital Assets & Blockchain, Global PolicyMastercard
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Nick SooManaging Director, Payment Products, GPS AsiaHSBC
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Qaiser AnwarudinDirector, Payment Services Policy DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
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Simran SinghAI Lab LeadFinancial Conduct Authority (FCA)
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Karmela HoltgreveDeputy Head & Head of OperationsBIS Innovation HubModerator
About this session
Trusted cross-border data collaboration and analytics has useful applications in payments, addressing financial crime and helping central banks and financial authorities monitor systemic risk and enhance supervision. Privacy enhancing technologies have demonstrated good potential in enabling cross-institution data collaboration while preserving privacy, confidentiality and institutional control, but have failed to scale beyond pilots. This roundtable will examine emerging privacy-preserving technology applications in the financial sector and discuss the technological, governance and policy foundations required to scale trusted data collaboration.
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