Nell Cady-Kruse is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, based in Hong Kong. She is the Head of Risk for the Asia Pacific region, with over 20 years of investment banking experience in both the U.S. and Europe. She has held a number of senior management roles across the financial services arena, and she received her M.B.A. from the Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management. She received her B.S. with Honours in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University.

Maarten Diddens is Head Operational Risk Management for ABN AMRO Asia and has been with the bank for 14 years. He is currently based in Hong Kong, having worked in the Europe for many years previously. He has worked in various areas, including IT Audit and Operational Audit, Business Development, Strategy, Operations and most recently within Risk Management.

John Foulley joined SAS in 2004 to provide assistance to the Asia-Pacific region in the field of risk management. He has worked with a variety of banks, from RBS to EksportFinans, from Indonesia to Pakistan. John received a Masters in Finance from Nice ESC in France, and majored in Accounting and Business Management at Nice University and International Business School, Paris.

As a certified public accountant with over 20 years of banking experience, Johnny Mao is the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank of East Asia, Limited. Moreover, Johnny is a director of the Risk Management Association (Hong Kong Chapter) and a member of the Standard-setting Steering Board of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Consultation Working Group for the New Basel Capital Accord.

Dr. Robert M. Mark is the CEO of Black Diamond Risk and he serves on several boards of directors. In 1998, he was awarded the Financial Risk Manager of the Year by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He has held a number of senior management positions, and has written several publications. Dr. Mark is also currently a lecturer on Risk Management at the University of California, Berkeley.

Christopher Page graduated from Leeds University in 1973 with a degree in Chinese Studies. Thereafter he joined The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and throughout his career with HSBC he has served in a number of geographies (Hong Kong, Shanghai, USA, UK and Brazil). He has undertaken a wide variety of roles from client facing to support roles. The latter half of his career has seen specialisation in corporate work-outs and credit and risk. Christopher is a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee and is an Alternative Chief Executive. He also shares his experience by working with the RMA (Risk Management Association).

Alastair Sim has been the Director of Strategy and Marketing for SAS UK since 1999. He is responsible for all aspects of strategy and marketing, including defining the marketing and product strategy, taking the messages to the market through corporate communications, events and telemarketing, and aligning these with the company's corporate goals. Since joining SAS UK from the pharmaceutical industry as a senior consultant in 1988, Alastair has held a number of key positions and his current responsibilities also include a lead role in the Global Marketing Team.

Sundeep Tucker was appointed Asia financial correspondent, based in Hong Kong, in July 2006. The role covers merger and acquisitions activity in Asia plus regional business and financial affairs. Previously, he was the Australia/Pacific correspondent based in Australia. In 2004, whilst situated in London, Sundeep was made the investment correspondent. Before that, he had been the editor of Observer, the FT’s irreverent diary column, since 2000. Prior to joining the FT, Sundeep was the editor of City Diary at the Daily Telegraph and also responsible for the weekly Business of Sport column. From 1994 to 1995, he was a reporter on the trade title, Financial Adviser, covering mortgages and investments.

Barry Wong is the Head of Security and Risk Services, Asia/Pacific. Having spent 14 years with the Hong Kong Police Force prior to joining Mastercard in 2002, Barry has a strong history of fraud investigation and security risk management He has previously worked at an international accountancy firm as a senior manager in charge of investigations and operations, and was appointed to his current role in 2006.