Involved in financial intelligence, investigation and asset recovery work since 2008, including policy and operational roles before taking on my current strategy role earlier in 2018.

Significant highlights include:

- Representing HMRC as part of the UK’s recent FATF 4th Mutual Evaluation Review, before successfully concluding FATF Assessor training with the IMF.

Dean Caire is an internationally known credit scoring expert. He specializes in development and implementation of credit risk models and training and consultation on risk management. His big focus is on data. Dean’s works with international financial service providers and development finance institutions. He previously worked at Dai Europe as a risk management specialist. Dean is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and holds a master’s in Finance from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a bachelor’s from California State University.

Business graduate and a corporate banker with over 20 years of experience. Bilal is currently working as Head of Supply Chain Finance – CIBG at Bank Alfalah. He took this role back in 2019 to establish a global best practice SCF business for the bank. During his career, Bilal has worked on key assignments within Pakistan and GCC in Corporate, Structured finance and Transaction banking businesses with different banks.

Presently working as Head of Legal, South, HO & International at Bank Alfalah Limited. After being called to the bar of England & Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London, I started legal practice in civil, corporate/company, banking and finance matters. I have over 15 years’ experience of working in the areas of banking & finance, mergers and acquisitions and transactions structuring advisory at various levels, including dealing with litigation in district and High Courts of Karachi pertaining to civil, corporate/company, banking & finance matters and mergers and acquisitions

Mr. Akhtiar Ahmed, Senior Joint Director has been associated with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for the last 22 years and is working in Development Finance Group (DFG) of SBP since last 14 years. Currently, he is heading SME Finance Policy & Regulations Division and leading various initiatives for facilitating SMEs access to finance from formal sources. Among other responsibilities, currently, he is closely working with related stakeholders to promote Supply Chain Finance (SCF) in the country. Moreover, Mr.

Ben Sandstad is the Senior Legal Consultant for the trade and supply chain finance programs at the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Ben, a dual Hong Kong SAR and New South Wales qualified lawyer, has over twenty years' legal experience across the spectrum of banking, structured finance and trade finance, and has been appointed to senior in-house banking roles and partnerships at global law firms.