WORLD FINANCE FORUM

Haider Manasawala

Regional Finance Head, EMEA & South Asia

Seasoned finance professional, a trusted business partner and conceptual thinker with a proven track record of working with businesses in developing and implementing winning strategies and successfully leading and implementing large scale organization wide transformations and digitalization initiatives.

Multi geography experience in the areas of financial accounting and reporting, decision support, analytics, taxation, auditing, risk management, banking and finance.

Alison Bertholon

APAC Finance Director

Alison is the APAC Finance Director for Volvo Bus, based in Singapore.

Accomplished Finance professional, her career spans over 20 years in leadership roles in corporate finance, strategy implementation, audit, and internal controls, as well as across various industries: Commodities, Transportation, Banking, IT and Services.

She is passionate with travelling, meeting new people and learning about other cultures. Being able to collaborate with teams from diverse backgrounds has enriched her professional as well as personal life in a tremendous way. After several years in France, UK and Switzerland, she has been living in Singapore for the past 10 years.

Alison has been volunteering for several charities and societies, including Wimar, Variety Singapore, and Africa Society of Singapore. She also contributes in giving young people guidance through her role as mentor for Roots Inspire and as a foster parent.

Alison obtained a Master’s Degree in Finance in Paris and completed her education with an Executive program with London Business School.

Saj Molaee

CFO, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines

Highly motivated strategic CFO with over 17 years of rich experience in strategic business partnering, change management and driving outcomes, budgeting/forecasting, Controlling and Taxation and proactive risk management.

Priya Deepak

Asia Cluster CFO, Pharma

Experienced finance professional with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Broad experience in operational and corporate / strategic roles such as CFO, M&A finance, business planning and accounting.

Benjamin Chin

Finance Director, APAC

I am an MBA and CIMA qualified finance leader and business partner adept at the full spectrum of FP&A activities, financial governance and commercial co-piloting in a regional matrix organization across multiple industries (retail, tech, telco) and environment (startup, local, MNC).

Indeed, I am recognised more as a communicator and people leader rather than a number cruncher. And as a people leader, I envision myself as a coach rather than a manager – an influencer rather than a supervisor.

When I’m not looking at financial dashboards or debating strategy, my family and particularly my two little munchkins keep me on my toes and remind me about the real values in life.

Siew Shan Sim

CFO, Aviation Group

Siew Shan is a Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) with 2 decades of experience in the finance field and believe that accountants are not bean counters but key business partners in an organisation.

Siew Shan started as the Group Financial Controller in 2018 and is promoted to CFO of AirAsia Malaysia in 2019 and subsequently to AirAsia Aviation Group CFO in July 2021 whereby her key focus is navigating AirAsia through the pandemic. Her experience in her decade long stint in Ernst & Young enable her to ensure governance and compliance merged with practicality and commercial sense.

Prior to AirAsia, she held financial controller position in government linked companies, i.e KLCC Group and a subsidiary of Khazanah Group which primarily focus on finance operations efficiencies and business process set up and improvements.

Jasmine Chung

Senior Manager, Finance PMO APAC

High energy executive who thrives under a dynamic, fast-paced and high intensity environment.

Led the growth of the Hong Kong Finance team from 5 to 30+ headcount and established key Finance functions at foodpanda HK including FP&A, Reporting, Payroll, Legal, GRC, Procurement, Digital Wallet, and Finance Business Intelligence.

Heavy focus on business partnering to assist various departments with budgets, target setting, process optimization, compliance, business negotiation and performance monitoring.

Pankaj Kabra

SVP Finance, Traveloka

Pankaj Kabra works as Senior Vice President Finance at Traveloka.

His role covers strategizing, defining, influencing and implementing actions to drive growth, increase margins, maximize cash-flow, automate processes and develop high caliber teams.

Pankaj’s career has covered FP&A, F&A, M&A, Controllership, Pricing, Consulting, Fundraising and Commercial management across big 4, technology and high growth ecommerce/ fintech companies.

He is a Chartered Accountant from the Indian Institute and a Certified Public Accountant from the American Institute.

Running, playing badminton, volunteering, spending time with family and honing his investment skills – fuel his energy and balance.

Harini Gopalakrishnan

Group CFO

I enjoy driving financial data-led decisions to steer businesses direction and accelerate growth.

As a private equity investor, investment banker and member of & consultant to various Board of Directors, I have worked with various stages of companies from startups to large conglomerates, and led-cross functional teams on strategic projects.

Deep-diving into a new industry in a short span of time is both a core skill I’ve learnt, and work I truly enjoy. My work so far has spanned across consumer, media & technology, financial services and renewable energy in India and South East Asia.

Richard Hayler

Group CFO

Richard is the CFO of Nutrition Technologies. A former Big Four Accounting Firm Partner and US Consulting Firm Senior Managing Director, he left professional services after 15 years to focus on sustainability, working first as the advisor to a US billion-dollar charity addressing plastic waste before joining Nutrition Technologies. Originally a biochemist by training, his finance career has taken him across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Richard also helps set global valuation standards as a member of the Standards Review Board of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC). He regularly speaks on accounting, finance and ESG topics.

Richard previously held the post of Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of a dispute resolution charity for seven years and was a member of Adjunct Faculty at Singapore Management University.

In his former consulting life he was appointed more than 20 times as a valuation and accounting expert witness or determiner, he has been recognised in Who’s Who Legal for Asset Recovery, Quantum of Damages, Forensic Accounting, Arbitration Expert Witness and Investigations work, and described as ‘an eminent practitioner in the region’ and ‘recognised as a top-tier accounting expert in the region.’

Tanisha Govindarajan

CFO SAPMENA, PPD

Tanisha is a finance leader with proven success in strategy, change management and digital transformation with over 2 decades in FMCG MNCs. She is currently the Regional CFO of Professional Products Division in L’Oreal for the SAPMENA Zone with 30+ countries.

She worked extensively in the FMCG space, across commercial finance, supply chain finance, finance excellence, digital transformation and M&A.  Across the years she has fostered valuable partnerships within businesses and with external partners.

She is also a Toastmaster, adept at public speaking, and a startup advisor who works pro bono to help young entrepreneurs launch their businesses.

Vincent Lim

CFO APAC

With >25 years of finance experience, my focuses are on transforming finance organization through Automation, Business Partnering, Centre of Excellence and Data Analytics.

Currently the CFO Asia Pacific for Datalogic S.p.A. (Borsa Italiana: DAL.MI), prior to this was the Deputy Group CFO for Hi-P International Limited (SGX:H17) and Director of Finance & CFO of Asia for Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI). On top of financial roles, also handle general management roles like board director for Datalogic China and Datalogic Japan.

Active in the industry, was former Chairman of ACCA Singapore SME Transformation Committee, former Council member and Treasurer of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), former member of ACCA Singapore Network Panel. A Fellow of Chartered Accountant Singapore, Fellow of ACCA and PhD candidate from Singapore Management University.

Timothy Mhagama

VP Finance, TE Automotive APAC

Tim is a Vice President Finance & CFO, an accomplished leader with more than 20+ years of progressive Global Business Leadership and Multi-Industry experience in Strategic Financial Management, P&L oversight and Operations.

Tim is results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in the Automotive, Energy and Industrial Automation Industries. Tim has a track record in building and developing strong teams, establishing cross-functional and multicultural business partnerships, streamlining business processes and driving profitable growth.

Neeraj Singhal

CFO APAC, MD

Chief Financial Officer with 20+ years of progressive leadership roles in Asia Pacific markets including Singapore and India. Worked with American Express, KPMG, AF Ferguson & Co. before joining BCD Travel in 2013, responsible for Finance Function across Asia Pacific Region.

Has Rich, diverse operating experience across several countries. Proven abilities in broader business leadership, strategic finance, finance operations, compliance and quality. Demonstrated sound strategy, risk appetite and solid execution and is an inspirational people leader.

Zi Xin Chang

Head of Finance

“When you are young, work to learn, not to earn.” – Robert Kiyosaki

Zi Xin is a Corporate Finance Leader with over 12 years of experience in Finance, encompassing FP&A Analysis, Accounting, Management Reporting, Budgeting and Auditing for the global and local Singapore market exposure.

Passionate about learning and driving topline and bottom line performance through business strategies and leadership. Well recognized for her drive, strong analytical skills and sense of accountability.

Graduated from Nanyang Technological University (Nanyang Business School); A member of Chartered Accountant Singapore (ISCA Singapore).