Aditya Martowardojo has more than 22 years of experience in the capital market industry. He currently serves as Director of Corporate Client Solutions in CIMB Niaga Sekuritas. Before joining CIMB in 2015, he worked in several securities companies which includes: PT Macquarie Capital Securities Indonesia, VP and Director, Investment Banking (2014 – 2015) and PT Danareksa Sekuritas, Director, Investment Banking (2001-2013). His transaction experience includes numerous capital market transactions (equity and debt), corporate financial advisory and M&A across a wide range of sectors. Notable recent transactions include Global Sukuk of the Republic of Indonesia (2021 – 2023), Rights Issue of Bank BTN (2023), Rights Issue of Semen Indonesia (2022), Rights Issue of Bank Syariah Indonesia (2022), IPO of GoTo (2022) and Divestment of SMR (Kanci – Pejagan Toll Road) and PPTR (Pejagan – Pemalang Toll Road) owned by Waskita Toll Road to INA (Indonesian Sovereign Wealth Fund) (2022). Aditya earned a Master in Applied Finance degree and a Bachelor of Banking and Finance degree from Monash University, Australia. He also holds an Underwriter Representative license from OJK.

Bilal Parvaiz started his career with Standard Chartered in 2010 as part of the Group Islamic Banking team based in United Arab Emirates, where he was responsible for the Bank’s Structured Trade and Transaction Banking business across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and South Asian markets.
He joined Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia in 2014 and led the Islamic Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) team, driving regional coverage across the ASEAN markets including Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Indonesia.

Bilal was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia on 15 March 2024 and is now steering the Bank’s Islamic banking business in Malaysia to greater heights by strengthening Saadiq’s leading position in the Islamic banking arena.

Bilal has played an instrumental role in originating landmark transactions across the GCC, South Asia and ASEAN, including market firsts such as the world’s first ESG Islamic Collateralised Commodity Murabahah transaction and Sustainable Islamic Supplier Finance. Bilal most notably spearheaded the Halal360 initiative, a key proposition that aims to expand the Halal eco-system globally.

Bilal was also the Country Champion for Sustainable Finance and represented the Bank in multiple sustainability initiatives including Value Based Intermediation (VBI) and Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3). He also jointly led the Value Based Impact Assessment Framework (VBIAF) for the Renewable Energy sector. Owing to his expertise in Islamic Finance – the Halal economy and Sustainable Finance, he is often invited to share his views at various industry forums.

Bilal holds an MBA and professional qualifications in Sustainable Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, has undertaken the Sustainability Leadership Programme at the University of Cambridge and the Global Banking Leadership program at Bayes Business School London. He is also an Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (CIIF).

Elias is a Partner in Trowers & Hamlins’ International Banking and Finance Department.

Elias has a broad range of experience both in the conventional and Islamic finance spheres. He has significant experience in representing the full spectrum of stakeholders on a range of banking and finance transactions including project financing and real estate financing as well as capital market issuances.

Ritesh joined the DCM team at Emirates NBD Capital in September 2014. Previously, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mumbai office in the Capital Markets team where he helped numerous issuers raise both equity and debt.

He is currently responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of debt capital markets solutions (conventional and Islamic) for clients across sovereigns, supranationals, financial institutions and corporates. He has helped clients across GCC, Asia and Africa raise over US$50 billion across senior secured, unsecured and hybrid instruments in public/private formats.

Ritesh holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (India).

Romy Buchari is the Shariah Banking Director at Maybank Indonesia. He is responsible for the growth of the Bank’s Islamic banking business, covering customer segments from Retail, Wealth, SME, Commercial to Corporate/Wholesale banking. Maybank Indonesia’s Shariah-compliant asset has reached over 25% of the Bank’s overall assets, the highest penetration percentage by far amongst all Islamic banking outfits in the Country. Romy’s experience spans multiple geographies in countries such as the United States, Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. He has previously worked with institutions such as ABN-AMRO, Emirates Islamic Bank, HSBC and McKinsey & Company.

Vineeta Tan is Managing Editor and Director of REDmoney Group, one of the world’s longest-running Islamic finance media houses. Vineeta oversees REDmoney Group’s stable of products including Islamic Finance news, IFN Fintech and Islamic Sustainable Finance & Investment. With over a decade of experience in the journalism and publishing industry, Vineeta specializes in ethical and Islamic finance as well as fintech reporting and analysis covering regions including the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. As managing editor of IFN, Vineeta leads the editorial direction and business development of IFN and its sister publications in addition to authoring reports, producing podcasts and conducting video interviews. She has interviewed senior industry players, key stakeholders and senior dignitaries including the finance/economic ministers of the Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Vineeta is a regular on the international conference circuit as both a moderator and speaker. She has an MBA and is trained in Journalism and Sociology. Vineeta also holds the Islamic Finance Qualification awarded by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments, UK.

Zach is the Head of Asian Clients, GLCs and Financial Sponsors Coverage at CIMB Bank Singapore. In this role, he looks after large conglomerates/ corporates across Asia Pacific, Singapore government-linked companies as well as financial sponsors. Zach has over 18 years of experience in corporate banking and investment banking, both in Singapore and across Asia Pacific. His experience spans across Corporate Banking, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Transaction Banking and Financial Markets. Zach joined CIMB in 2021 and prior to that, he was with Standard Chartered Bank, OCBC Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.