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Alan Lim
Director & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence Office
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Alan is the head of the Financial Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence Office at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He is responsible for strategies to advance Singapore’s digital financial infrastructure and leads initiatives to foster responsive innovation in AI and digital asset. Prior to this, he held leadership roles in the private sector including managing consulting and development teams across Asia Pacific.
Speaking At
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12:00–1:30pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3OpenModerator
Accountability & Liability In Agentic Systems
Financial AI Builders: Scaling Innovation in Regulated Markets
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Deep ThomasChief Data & Analytics OfficerJPMorgan Chase
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Jessie SawHead of Product Management, Global Payments SolutionHSBC
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Lee Wan SieCluster Director (AI Governance & Safety), IMDA; Executive Director, AI Verify Foundation & Head of Policy, AI Safety Institute
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Mark CzajkowskiChief AI and Data Officer, AsiaManulife
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Matthew SeeRegional Head, Risk & Business AnalyticsDBS Bank
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Maxim AfanasyevJAPAC FSI HeadGoogle Cloud
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Mike HsuFormer Acting Comptroller of the CurrencyMLCommons
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Richard LoweMD, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, APACSMBC
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Dr. Rick GohResearch DirectorA*STAR IAIC
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Suryakant NayakHead of Data AsiaJulius Baer
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Yip Shue HengManaging Director, Head of Asia Digital StrategyMUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
The next phase of AI in finance will not be defined by better models alone, but by institutions that can successfully embed AI into regulated business processes at scale. From compliance and risk management to customer servicing and agentic finance, AI is creating new opportunities to transform how financial services are designed, delivered and supervised. As institutions explore frontier AI capabilities, the challenge is no longer just building AI solutions, but operationalising them responsibly while maintaining trust, resilience and accountability.
Many financial institutions face similar challenges in developing, evaluating and deploying AI, yet often tackle them independently. Through BuildFin.ai, financial institutions, technology providers and research institutes are collaborating to develop and scale frontier AI capabilities within established regulatory and risk management frameworks. This includes the development of the MindForge AI Risk Management Toolkit, which provides practical guidance, industry case studies and implementation insights, as well as the SAFR (Safeguards for Agentic Finance at Runtime) framework, which explores safeguards for AI-enabled financial activities. This roundtable brings together members of the BuildFin.ai community and industry leaders to exchange lessons from the front lines of AI deployment and discuss how collaboration can help accelerate the responsible adoption of AI across financial services. -
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2:00–3:30pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3OpenModerator
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
GL1 Dialogue: Infrastructure for a Programmable Financial System
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Danny RussellHead of Payment Innovation Product and TechnologyBank of England
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David KatzVice President for Strategy & Public Policy, Asia PacificCircle
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Esme PauHead of Capital Markets & PolicyCertiK
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Hassan AhmedCountry Director, SingaporeCoinbase
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Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation & Integration, Design Manager for TokenisationEuropean Central Bank
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John O'NeillManaging Director, Digital Assets & Currencies, CIBHSBC
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Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Head of Digital AssetsMUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Naveen MallelaGlobal Head of PaymentsStandard Chartered Bank
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Peiying ChuaPartner, Asia Head of Fintech, Head of Singapore Financial RegulationLinklaters
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Sonja DavidovicSenior Digital Expert on Transformative TechnologyInternational Monetary Fund
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Stephanie CabossiorasChief Strategy & Global Policy OfficerSociete Generale-FORGE
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Toh Wee KeeGlobal Head of InsightsKinexys by J.P. Morgan
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
Global Layer One (GL1) has brought together policymakers, financial institutions and infrastructure providers to advance an ecosystem of open, interoperable and trusted digital infrastructures. This collaboration has produced practical outputs such as the Programmable Compliance Toolkit, which provides a common approach to implementing compliance across tokenized asset systems, and the Market Infrastructure Toolkit, which is already being used by market infrastructure providers to assess and demonstrate alignment with internationally recognised standards and risk management principles.
This roundtable convenes the GL1 community to share experiences from adopting and applying these toolkits, including practical implementation lessons and considerations for broader adoption. Participants will also look ahead to how this work can be extended to support new use cases and capabilities as the industry progresses towards a programmable financial system.
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4:00–5:30pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3OpenModerator
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
BLOOM: When Digital Money Works Together
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Ankur KanwarMD, Head of Cash & TB, ASEANStandard Chartered Bank
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Chengyi OngDirector of Policy & Regulatory Strategy, APACCircle
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Kah Kit YipHead of Blockchain & Digital AssetsUOB
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Kelvin LiSenior Vice PresidentAnt International
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Nischint SanghaviHead of Digital Currencies, APVisa
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Park Kwan HoonExecutive Director, Group Strategic Planning OfficeOCBC
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Pisut DarmaraksaSenior Vice President - Business Analyst / Solution Development MasterKASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited
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Toh Wee KeeGlobal Head of InsightsKinexys by J.P. Morgan
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Victor LiewCo-founder & Chief Technology OfficerStraitsX
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Zilong LiHead of Digital Currency Unit, Global Transaction ServicesDBS Bank
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
The conversation around digital money has largely focused on issuance, whether stablecoins, tokenized deposits or central bank digital currencies. BLOOM (Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multicurrency) focuses on a different question: how can different forms of digital money coexist and work together seamlessly in real-world payments, treasury, liquidity management and cross-border settlement? Bringing together banks, payment service providers, FinTechs and policymakers, BLOOM supports the development, deployment and scaling of digital money solutions, alongside the interoperability, regulatory alignment and partnerships needed for adoption.
This roundtable convenes the BLOOM community to take stock of ongoing work on cross-bank interoperability, programmable compliance and liquidity optimisation, and share lessons from implementation. Participants will also explore emerging opportunities such as micropayments, agentic payments and automated treasury management, and identify the standards, partnerships and policy support needed to scale these capabilities across institutions and jurisdictions.
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11:15am–12:45pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3OpenModerator
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
Beyond Issuance: Putting Tokenization to Work
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Allison ParentChief Policy OfficerOndo Finance
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Chetan KarkhanisSVP Digital Asset Client EngagementFranklin Templeton
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Derek NeoHead, Market Platforms & ServicesSGX Group
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Gabriel CallsenSenior Director, Innovation & DigitalisationInternational Capital Market Association (ICMA)
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Horacio BarakatGlobal Head of Digital InnovationBroadridge
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John HoHead, Legal, Financial MarketsStandard Chartered Bank
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Katsuya TeraiDeputy Director, Crypto-Assets & Stablecoin DivisionFinancial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)
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Peter HilborneChief Operating Officer, Global Operating PlatformSchroders Investment Management
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Scott O'MaliaChief Executive OfficerInternational Swaps & Derivatives Association, Inc.
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
The first wave of asset tokenization proved that funds, bonds and other assets can be represented digitally and transacted on-chain. Yet despite a growing number of tokenized products, adoption remains fragmented and concentrated in isolated use cases. The next challenge is not creating more tokenized assets, but making them useful. How can tokenized assets be mobilised as collateral, deployed in funding markets, transferred seamlessly across institutions, and integrated into liquidity and treasury operations?
Building on Guardian's work in tokenized collateral and tokenized funds, this roundtable explores how tokenized assets can evolve from investment products into operational instruments that support financing, margining, collateral management and liquidity optimisation. Participants will discuss the legal, regulatory and infrastructure enablers needed to unlock collateral mobility, the role of tokenized money market funds and sovereign debt instruments, and whether a more connected ecosystem can create the scale necessary for institutional adoption.
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