GFTN appoints Ravi Menon as chair, names diverse board members

The deputy managing director of MAS is also part of the board.

The Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) has named the members of its board of directors, led by Ravi Menon, the former managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Leong Sing Chiong, deputy managing director of MAS, and Neil Parekh, non-executive chairman of Tikehau Capital, will serve as deputy chairs.

Members of the Board include Iqbal Jumabhoy, ProsperCap Corporation Limited CEO; Professor Lam Khin Yong, vice president (Industry) at Nanyang Technological University Singapore and senior advisor to the Hungarian Minister of Culture and Innovation; Andrew Lim, partner at Allen & Gledhill; Jessica Tan, group executive vice president and president of Sunlife Canada; and Sopnendu Mohanty, group CEO–Designate of GFTN and chief fintech officer at MAS.

GFTN also announced the members of its International Advisory Board, which will provide strategic guidance.

Members of the advisory board include Dominic Barton, chairman of LeapFrog Investments and Rio Tinto, and former global managing partner of McKinsey & Company; Hon. Paula Ingabire, minister of ICT and innovation for the Republic of Rwanda; Eric Jing, chairman and chief executive officer of Ant Group and chairman of Ant International; Dr Patrick Njoroge, former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya; Dr Veerathai Santiprabhob, former governor of the Bank of Thailand; and Dr Axel Weber, advisor to Raisin, former chairman of the board for UBS Group AG, and former president of Deutsche Bundesbank.

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