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| Nguyen Van Giau, governor, State Bank of Vietnam speaking during the opening keynote session |
Senator Paul Sarbanes, author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and former Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs delivering the opening keynote speech. |
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| Kaspar Villiger, former president and former Finance Minister of Switzerland and current director, Swiss Re speaking during the Summit. |
David Eldon, chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority speaking during the opening keynote session. |
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| David Eldon, chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (left) presenting a token of appreciation to Kaspar Villiger, former president and former Finance Minister of Switzerland and current director. |
David Eldon, chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (right) presenting a token of appreciation to Senator Paul Sarbanes, author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
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| From left to right: Emmanuel Daniel, president and editor-in-chief, The Asian Banker, Sir George Mathewson, former Chairman, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Chairman, Toscafund, Senator Paul Sarbanes, author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, David Eldon, chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, Craig Weeks, senior vice president, Global Trade Finance, JPMorgan Chase Bank, during the press conference. |
From left to right: Dr Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, V. Vaidyanathan, executive director, ICICI Bank, Dr Gunter Dunkel, deputy chairman, Managing Board, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, and Gordian Gaeta, International Resource director, The Asian Banker, during a panel session in the Risk Management & Governance Conference. |
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| From left to right: Dr Li Lin, head of Strategy & Development Department, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker, former head, Financial Institutions Practice, Asia Pacific, Deloitte & Touche, Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global Retail and Commercial Banking Group, Barclays Bank, Singapore, and Nick Dean, chief technology officer, ANZ Bank, during the opening session of the Technology & Operations Council Annual Meeting. |
Dr Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, John Foulley. Head of Enterprise Risk Management Practice, SAS, Chng Sok Hui, managing director and head, Group Risk Management, DBS Bank, Jack Niu, deputy group chief credit officer, Standard Chartered Bank, and Gordian Gaeta, International Resource director, The Asian Banker, during a panel session. |
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| Members of the audience listening attentively during the conference sessions. |
The luncheon hosted by Vietnam International Bank. |
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| Delegates registering for the various conference sessions at the beginning of The Asian Banker Summit 2008. |
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| Delegates listening attentively during the opening keynote session. |
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| Pham Huy Hung, chairman, Vietnam Bankers Association, Senator Paul Sarbanes, author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Nguyen Van Giau, governor, State Bank of Vietnam, David Eldon, chairman, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, and Gordian Gaeta, International Resource director, The Asian Banker, listening attentively during the opening keynote session. |
Nguyen Van Giau, governor, State Bank of Vietnam (left) talking to some of the delegates during a tour of the exhibition area. |
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| Delegates visiting the booths at the exhibition area during the cocktail session. |
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| From left to right: Paul Kastner, director, Industry Solutions, Asia Pacific & Japan, Symantec, Voranuch Dejakaisaya, chief Information officer, GE Money, Thailand, and Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global Retail and Commercial Banking Group, Barclays Bank, Singapore. |
From left to right: A. Rajan, country head, Operations, HDFC Bank, India, Kevin O. Sullivan, senior director, Oracle Financial Services, Alexander C. Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines, and Kishore Kapoor, chief executive officer, i-flex solutions in a panel discussion session at the Technology & Operations Council Annual Meeting. |
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| From left to right: Dr Ishrat Husain, former governor, State Bank of Pakistan and current chairman, National Commission for Government Reforms, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Tsuyoshi Oyama, deputy director-general, Financial Systems and Bank Examination, Bank of Japan, Ross Jones, deputy chairman, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australia, Tran Minh Tuan, deputy governor, State Bank of Vietnam, Stephen M. Hoffman, Jr., senior vice president, Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, in a panel discussion at the Risk & Governance Conference. |
From left to right: T.S. Shankar, senior vice president, Global Product Solutions, Financial Institutions, Asia South, Bank of America, Srikanth Mallya, director, Operations & Portfolio Management, Asia Pacific, UPS Capital, Abraham Chacko, executive director, regional head Corporate Sales, Asia and Middle East, ABN AMRO, Murray Sargant, senior vice president, Banking Line of Business, SAP Asia Pacific Japan in a panel discussion at the BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury & Trade. |
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| From left to right: James Benoit, chief executive officer, AfrAsia Bank, Nguyen Thanh Ha, head of Trade Services, HSBC Vietnam, Kenneth K. V. Leung, head of Trade and Loan Services department, The Bank of East Asia, Hong Kong, Howard Bascom, managing director and head of Trade Finance Services, The Bank of New York Mellon, listening to T.S. Shankar, senior vice president, Global Product Solutions, Financial Institutions, Asia South, Bank of America at the BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury & Trade. |
From left to right: Dr Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, Lock Kwee Yoong, Solution head, Banking, Risk Intelligence and Customer Intelligence, Singapore and Emerging Markets, SAS, Michael Hama, group chief risk officer, National Australia Bank Group, Chng Sok Hui, managing director and head, Group Risk Management, DBS Bank, and Gordian Gaeta, International Resource director, The Asian Banker, in a panel discussion at the Risk Management & Governance Conference. |
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| Dr Neil Katkov, managing director Asia Research, Celent making his presentation. |
Delegates listening to Lock Kwee Yoong, Solution head, Banking, Risk Intelligence and Customer Intellignece, Singapore and Emerging Markets, SAS on stage. |
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| A round table session during the Technology & Operations Council Annual Meeting. |
Ross Jones, deputy chairman, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australia delivering the closing keynote. |
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| Christian Kapfer, senior research manager, The Asian Banker delivering his presentation during the closing keynote session. |
Delegates listening to the closing keynote session. |
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| Delegates enjoying the lunch break. |
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| Delegate enjoying the tea break session after the BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury & Trade session. |
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| Delegates listening to a panel discussion at the Risk Management & Governance Conference. |
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 
