Global ExCo and group leads
Nim Haas
UK, Spain
Marketing Head
Nim is an experienced and versatile marketing professional, with a background in Payments and Fintech. She is deeply passionate about the power of a global community like GIFT, and its potential to make a difference.
Based in Uk/Spain, she leads marketing for GIFT.
She has been recognized as a domain leader in Europe:
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Holmes Report, Top 25 Innovator for EMEA for Marketing and Communication
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Innovate Finance, Standout 35, Women In Fintech Powerlist 2019-20
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UK Advisory Board Member for Women In Technology
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Mentor for Barclay Rise Fintech series
Regional Chapters
Champions driving GIFT globally
Manish Kumar
India
Co-lead: South Asia Chapter
With us since our founding, Manish is a passionate digital entrepreneur and Fintech community builder, based in Pune, India.
Neera Inamdar
India, Nepal
Co- lead: South Asia Chapter
Neera co leads the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum South Asia chapter.
Sebastian (Chucho) Resano
Co-lead, LAC Chapter
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Ignacio Esteban Carballo
Co-lead, LatAm and the Caribbean (LAC) Regional Chapter
Economist, Academic, Thought leader, Community Builder, LatAm
Luis Miguel Vieira
Portugal
ExCo member, Southern Europe Chapter
Miguel is the Executive Board Member at Portuguese FinTech and InsurTech Association
Bowie Lau
Hong Kong
Co-lead, North Asia Chapter
Bowie is a well known fintech champion in Hong Kong and India.
She is the founder at MaGEHold/MaGESpire, and partner at True Global Ventures.
She is a Blockchain and start up enthusiast and hosts several events in these domains.
Nathan Smale
Philippines, Australia
Co-lead: South East Asia (ASEAN) Chapter
Nathan is the principal consultant at Emfarsis.
Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz (Ridzuan)
Malaysia
Co-lead: South East Asia (ASEAN) Chapter
Ridzuan is a Fintech ecosystem and thought leader in Malaysia and South East Asia.
He is the President of the FIntech Association of Malaysia, and works with key stakeholders from the public and private sector.
Amor Maclang
Philippines
Co-lead: South East Asia (ASEAN) Chapter
Amor is the co-founder of Geiser Maclang marketing communications, and Executive Director at Fintech Philippines Association.
She is also the Chair for Innovation at the European Chamber of Commerce, Philippines.
She actively engages with the Public and private sector leaders in the Philippines and South East Asia.
Kevin Pang
Singapore
Co-lead: South East Asia (ASEAN) Chapter
Chairman - SGTECH Blockchain Committee.
Secretary - Singapore Blockchain Association
Varlam Ebanoidze
Georgia
Co-lead: Eastern Europe Chapter
Varlam is a Sloan fellow from the London Business School, and a veteran professional in Strategic and Digital Transformation of Operational, Cyber, and Compliance Risk Management functions in the Open Finance Era.
Based in London/Tbilisi (Georgia), he is passionate about GIFT and its purpose.
Aleksi Khoroshvili
Georgia
Co-lead, Eastern Europe Chapter
Aleksi is a veteran Banker in Georgia, and was the former CEO of Liberty Bank.