Robyn Lawson is a senior product and operations leader spearheading the development of digital asset products within Absa Bank. She holds Chartered Accountant designations in both South Africa and New Zealand and has over 15 years of experience across finance, internal audit, operations, and data analytics. With professional roots in finance, risk, and business enablement,
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Grace Anyetei is a customer-focused business leader, speaker, and storyteller with global experience spanning Remittance, Card Issuance, Payments Processing, and Blockchain. Her leadership is driven by a deep commitment to understanding customer needs and designing strategies that enhance the customer experience while driving sustainable business growth. She has a proven track record in past organisations
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Nkahiseng Ralepeli is the Director of Strategic Operations at BlockTower, where he focuses on strategy, operating model design, go-to-market & expansion, partnerships and execution across digital financial services, stablecoins and next-generation payment infrastructure. Broadly, his ambit includes Digital Assets and Agentic Commerce. Prior to his current role, he was the VP of Product for Digital
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Connie works at the intersection of digital assets, fintech, and strategy, building and leading businesses, products, and platforms within modern financial markets. She is passionate about navigating complex, regulated environments where technology, capital, and incentives converge, creating systems that unlock better outcomes for issuers, investors, and the broader market. Her experience spans strategy, product development,
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Tertius is an Associate Director in the Corporate Tax Consulting division based in Cape Town. He has over a decade of experience in tax, where he has developed a particular focus on international taxation and complex corporate tax matters. During his career, Tertius has advised a broad range of local and multinational clients on cross-border
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Ryan Kirkley is the CEO of Global Settlement (GSX), an institutional settlement network for tokenized assets, stablecoins, and cross-border payments. His work sits at the intersection of regulatory reform, real-time settlement, and the growing convergence of stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and traditional payment rails. Before GSX, Ryan founded Cryptan Labs, a Miami-based venture studio and accelerator
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Simon Marland is the Managing Executive: RCB, Business Intelligence, RPA & Web3. He heads up the CIA (Commercialisation, Insights & Analytics) within Retail & Commercial Banking. CIA is partially responsible for idea generation, design and implementation of new tools and applications. The business unit provides data analytics & insights. CIA is partially responsible for idea
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Mercy Emmanuel is a fintech and blockchain leader with over eight years of experience driving the growth and commercialization of payments, stablecoins and cross-border financial solutions across Africa and global markets. Her expertise spans commercial strategy, go-to-market execution, strategic partnerships, market expansion, product commercialization and operational leadership. She currently serves as Stablecoin & Blockchain Vertical
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Experienced Lawyer, AML, Crypto and Regulatory Compliance Specialist with a proven track record in navigating global regulatory frameworks. Currently leading the On-Chain Analytics & Investigations Service Line at Provenance within the Digital Asset Compliance, Investigations, and AML environment. More than a decade’s expertise spans crypto investigations, AML/CFT, end-to-end KYC lifecycle management, and compliance architecture design.
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Gillian Darko is an accomplished Executive Director, Board Member, and C-suite, results-driven executive with a proven track record of building high-performance growth engines and delivering transformative commercial strategies in the fintech, blockchain, and traditional financial sectors. Currently the Vice President of Strategy, Gillian previously held the role of Chief of Staff and Director of Strategy
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