The Asian Banker Summit, now in its ninth year, is the pre-eminent gathering of decision makers in the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific.
The Asian Banker Summit has convened annually since 2000 and is Asia’s foremost event on transformational issues in the financial services industry. Over the last eight years, the Summit has both reflected and grown with the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific. As issues in the industry have grown more complex each year, the discussions at the Summit have also become more sophisticated and incisive.
Features of The Asian Banker Summit 2008
The Asian Banker Summit 2008 will be held at the beautiful city of Hanoi, Vietnam.
- » The Risk Management & Governance Conference
- » The Technology & Operations Council Annual Meeting
- » The Bank - Regulation Dialogue
- » The BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury & Trade
- » The Asian Banker Achievement Awards
- » The Asian Banker IT Implementation Programme 2008
- » One-day Briefing and Tour of Vietnamese Banks
- » Industry Workshops
Who Will Be Attending?
Each year, about 500 CEOs, chairmen, executive vice presidents and other senior executives from financial institutions, as well as senior regulators, analysts and investors, gather at the Summit to discuss issues that are transforming the industry today. Over the last eight years, the Summit has matured into an influential community of leaders in financial services from across the region. Today, the Summit is owned and driven by the industry, and is the only global dialogue of its kind held in the Asia Pacific.
- » CEOs and chairmans
- » EVPs and senior management
- » Heads and senior executives of operations and technology
- » Business level heads and senior executives
- » Senior executives responsible for risk management
- » IT vendors and service providers
- » Management consultants
- » Investors and equities analysts
- » Heads and senior executives of corporate planning, budgeting
- » Regulators and government agencies
Mr David Eldon, Former Chairman, HSBC, Chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority
Sir George Mathewson, former chairman, the Royal Bank of Scotland & chairman, Toscafund
Mr Cesar Virata,
Former Prime Minister of the Philippines and current Corporate Vice-Chairman, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
Mr Byung Chul Yoon, Former Chairman of Woori Financial Group and currently Chairman, Financial Planning Standards Board Korea
Dr Michael Ong, former Chief Risk Officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez, Professor of Finance, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois
Dr John C. Pattison,
Senior Vice President, Treasury and Risk Management, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Mr Philip Strause,
International Resource Director, The Asian Banker, former Head, Financial Institutions Practice, Asia Pacific, Deloitte & Touche
Mr Venky Krishnakumar, Senior Advisor, Global Retail and Commercial Banking Group, Barclays Bank PLC, Singapore
Mr Ishrat Husain,
Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and Chairman, National Commission for Government Reforms, Prime Minister's Secretariat
Dr Zhang Bingxun, General Manager, Financial Institutions Department, Bank of China 
Mr Yogan Rasanayakam, General Manager, Asia, Westpac Banking Corporation 
