This year’s Annual Banking Conference will be held virtually on 1st and 2nd November 2022 (each day’s session to run from 8am -9.30 am GMT).
The overarching theme for this year’s conference will be responsible banking in an economic climate of considerable uncertainty and rapidly rising prices.
Day 1 will be looking specifically at responsible banking in a global inflationary climate and Day 2 will look at how the work of PRB Academy will help our members and bankers more generally, to address these challenges through the lens of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking.
Agenda:
The Panel will discuss:
"How can responsible banking support equality, diversity, reduce poverty and the other linked SDG’s and where are its current limitations?"
"How can we deal in a responsible and sustainable way with the challenges inflation is leading to around the world?"
The Panel will discuss:
"How can digital finance support the UN Principles for Responsible Banking?"
"How does the PRB Academy support banks globally who are facing these complex challenges highlighted in day 1?"
"What’s next for alliances such as GFANZ and the NZBA post COP, and for the COP 26 Private Finance Strategy and the PRB more generally?"
Confirmed chairs
Day 1:
Aditya is Director of Athena School of Management in Mumbai – India & teaches Impact Leadership & Differential Thinking. He has decades of experience across the corporate sector, consulting, academia & entrepreneurship and is a global speaker, faculty & advisory board member.
He is Chair of the GBSN Sustainable Finance & ESG Investments Impact Community. He is part of Steering Committee of the Good Governance Academy’s Training initiative. He is an Advisor to several start-ups in FinTech, Sustainability, ESG across the world.
Aditya is a Salzburg Global Fellow in Corporate Governance. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (FRAS), Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI) & Member of Chatham House in London.
He has completed the Wharton School’s Accelerated Development Program (ADP), Doctoral Scholar at the University of Bath (UK) and holds an MBA from the SPJIMR in Mumbai.
Day 2:
Joy Macknight is a freelance journalist and former editor of The Banker, part of the Financial Times group. She joined The Banker in August 2015 as transaction banking and technology editor, was promoted to deputy editor in September 2016 and then to managing editor in April 2019, before becoming the first female editor in the publication’s history in March 2021. Previously, she was features editor at Profit & Loss, editorial director at Treasury Today and editor at gtnews. She also worked as staff writer on Banking Technology and IBM Computer Today, as well as a freelancer on Computer Weekly.
Confirmed Panellists
Day 1:
Yasser El-Ansary was appointed FINSIA Chief Executive & Managing Director in April 2022.
Previously, he was Chief Executive of Australian Investment Council from November 2013 to April 2022 where he was responsible for leading the strategic direction of the organisation’s work in representing the private capital investment industry in Australia.
Prior to joining Australian Investment Council, Yasser was the General Manager of Policy and Advocacy for Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.
He has more than 20 years’ experience as a business adviser and public policy expert, through his previous roles with PwC, Rio Tinto, Frasers Property Australia, as well as the Department of Treasury in Canberra.
Yasser is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University and a Master of Taxation Law from University of New South Wales.
In April 2016, Yasser was appointed by the Federal Government to the Medical Research Future Fund Advisory Board where he advises on the strategy and priorities for medical health research funding from the $20B fund.
Eqhwan Mokhzanee joined AmBank Islamic Berhad as the Chief Executive Officer in 2015. He has been the Group Sustainability Champion of AmBank Group since 2019 and is responsible to oversee the Group Sustainability Department.
Eqhwan commenced his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and subsequently joined the corporate advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kuala Lumpur. Thereafter, he worked with local and foreign banks where he was exposed to corporate banking, debt capital market, corporate finance, financial advisory and real estate investment. Other than in banking, his career has provided him with experience in corporate management, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategy development and operational start-ups within and outside Malaysia.
Eqhwan has been invited as a speaker at conferences in Malaysia and overseas. He has also developed award-winning and innovative Islamic financial structures, and authored research papers on Islamic finance.
Eqhwan has received a number of awards such as the “Islamic Banker of the Year 2019” and “CEO of the Year 2021” from the Global Islamic Finance Awards, and was named as the “Best Islamic Banking CEO Malaysia” by Global Banking and Finance Review for 3 consecutive years (i.e. 2019 to 2021). He was also conferred the Banking CEO of the Year Malaysia 2020 Award by International Business Magazine.
As part of his contribution towards talent development, Eqhwan is a member of the Industry Advisory Panel of the Azman Hashim International Business School, University Technology Malaysia (UTM) and was a Professor of Practice at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF).
Eqhwan was the 1st Chairman of the industry-level Working Group which developed the value-based intermediation (VBI) sectoral guides for the palm oil, renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors which were issued on 31 March 2021. These sectoral guides are intended to facilitate financial institutions to assign ESG rating for investment and financing decisions.
Eqhwan has Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accounts (MIA). Eqhwan is also a Chartered Banker with the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) and a Chartered Profession
Day 2:
James joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2020 on their Finance Graduate Programme where he has undertaken various roles within Group Costs, Mortgage Intermediaries and Group Strategy. Since joining, James received the Audience Award in the Chartered Banker Institute’s Young Banker of the Year 2021 competition for his proposal of a Sustainable Savings Account. James has also been a keen advocate for sustainability and responsible banking having spoken in MoneyLIVE 2022 ‘Leaders of tomorrow’ panel discussion on ‘Envisioning the bank of the future’.
James graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2020 with a first-class degree in BSc (Hons) Economics and was awarded the ‘First Year Economics Undergraduate Prize’ and the ‘Final Year Economics Undergraduate Prize’. He is also currently studying the CIMA Professional Qualification.
Dr. Johanna Dichtl
UNEP FI | Implementation Guidance Lead Banking
Karl-Oskar Olming is Head of Sustainability Strategy and Policy at SEB Group and member of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. At SEB, Mr. Olming leads a Sustainable Banking team responsible for the SEB Group’s sustainability related strategy, policy making, risk frameworks, product governance and regulatory affairs. Mr. Olming has 20 years’ experience from developing and applying approaches to sustainable development and due diligence in banking, export credits and the UN system.
Luanne Sieh, Senior Managing Director, Head of Group Sustainability, CIMB Group. She currently leads the Group Sustainability function at CIMB, one of ASEAN’s leading banking groups. With close to 20 years of experience, her background in strategy, business transformation and consulting has put me in an excellent position to pursue my latest mission to transform CIMB into a leader in sustainable finance and responsible banking in Asia.
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The Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) is the sole professional body for Malaysia’s banking industry with over 34,000 members and growing across 10 countries. The Institute aims to raise professional standards and the level of knowledge and competence of the banking workforce through its professional membership and qualifications. AICB members comprise individual members and corporate members.
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