9:00 – 10.30

Free Time: Opportunity To Shop or Explore The Stunning Oxford Town

10:30 – 12:00

Private Guided Walking Tour Of Oxford

University of Oxford has over 800 years of history with 38 colleges, amazing libraries and faculty buildings. Oxford is one of the most beautiful university towns in the UK. The tour will provide a sneak peek of many historic sites including Bodleian Library, Christ Church, Trinity College and The Ashmolean Museum.

The tour starts from The Randolf Hotel and ends at Rhodes House.

12.00 – 13.00

LUNCH

13.00 – 13.15

Event Opening, Welcome Introductions and Course Objectives
Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Malloch,
Programme Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

13.15 – 14.15

Keynote -Transformation Certainty: From Digital Experiments to Business Outcomes
Explore proven playbooks that deliver ROI with customer-first banking
Mr. Zoltán Kaszás,
MD – Information Technology Strategy & Support, OTP Bank

14:15 – 15.15

Keynote – Business Transformation in Banking, Aligned with Key Strategic Outcomes

A framework to technology-driven change, cultural alignment, and capability building, illustrated through a real-world success story.

Mr. Don Coulter,
Advisor to Caribbean Credit Card Corp; Board Member,National Commercial Bank of Anguilla

15.15 – 15.30

BREAK

15.30 – 16.30

Speaker Session – Design Thinking – First Principle Based Ecosystem Banking

Mr. Arun Jain,
Chairman, Intellect Design Arena Limited

16:30 – 17:30

Speaker Session – From Pilot to Business Impact: Scale & Govern Your Enterprise AI

Unlock a blueprint for true enterprise AI success. Discover the big blockers —from pilot traps to governance gaps—and learn how to shift from surface-level experiments to robust enterprise AI tooling that allows you to scale. Find out how to govern as you grow, adapt quickly to new advances without breaking what’s in production, and drive real business impact.

Mr. Deepak Dastrala, CTO, IntellectAI

17.30 – 18.00

Open House – Open Dialogue and Q&A

Mr. Sanjeeb Chaudhuri,
Curriculum Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Mr. Atanu Ganguli,
EVP, Business Unit Head, Digital Transactional banking ,Trade & Supply chain

18:00 – 19:00

Free Time: Opportunity To Shop Or Explore The Stunning Oxford Town

19:00 – 20:30

Guided Tour of Ashmolean Museum

20:30 – 21:30

Guest Speaker – The State Of The World: The Impact Of Geopolitics On Commercial Banks

Mr. Nick Redman,

Director of Analysis, Oxford Analytica

20:30 – 21.30

Dinner At The Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain’s first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677

09:00 – 09:15

Context Setting & Re-Cap of Day 1

Mr. Raju Daryani,

Advisor, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

09.15 – 10.15

Panel Discussion – Zero Waste Architecture: Driving Operational Excellence With Sustainable Technology

Learn how lean-core architecture and microservices can eliminate redundancy, optimize resources, and unlock agility while ensuring regulatory resilience.

Anchor

Mr. Prasanna R,

Advisor, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Mr. Duncan Scott,

Director, BCG

Mr. Phakama Makalima,

CIO, ABSA Group

10.15 – 11.15

Speaker Session – Open Finance Ecosystem – Shifts In The Way Banking Is Done

How banks can evolve from siloed infrastructure to open ecosystems, facilitating new revenue models and embedded banking opportunities.

Mr. Porsche (Pakawat) Maneechaemsai,

Head of IT Strategy & Operations,

Kasikorn Bank & Kasikorn Business-Technology Group

11:00 – 11:30

BREAK

11.30 – 12:15

Speaker Session – Payments Ecosystem

Mr. Rajat Garg,

Board Director; Member of Group Executive Board & Regional CEO, Habib Bank AG Zurich; EMEA Head of Wealth Management Citibank

11:15 – 13:15

Panel Discussion – Partnership Models for Next-Gen Banks: Build, Buy, Orchestrate

Executive session on choosing the right innovation approach – when to build internally, buy strategically, or orchestrate an ecosystem to bring enterprise agility

Moderator

Mr. Selvakumaran,

Curriculum Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Panelists

Ms. Natalia NascoFilimon

COO, Fincom Bank

Mr. Jude Pinto,

Chief Delivery Officer, Payments Canada

13:15 – 14:15

LUNCH

14:15 – 15:00

Speaker Session – Fitch Ratings – Global Outlook Of Banks And Key Economic Factors

What global rating movements tell us about resilience, exposure, and opportunity

Ms. Cynthia Chan,

Global Head of Bank Ratings, Fitch Ratings

15:00 – 15:45

Speaker Session – Zero Trust Frameworks: Building Resilience In An Always-On World

Redefining trust through real-time monitoring, AI-driven anomaly detection, and predictive governance models.

Ms. Lesley Kipling,

Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft

15:45 – 16:15

BREAK

16:15 – 17:45

Workshop – Shaping A Successfull Core Banking Transformation And Building The Next Generation Bank; Open Dialogue; Q&A Anchors –

Mr. Sanjeeb Chaudhuri,

Curriculum Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Mr. K Srinivasan,

President & Region head – UK & Europe, Intellect Design Arena

Ms. Mithu Gupta,

Programme Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

17:45 – 19:00

Free Time

19:00 – 20:00

Guided Tour of Museum Of Natural History

20:00 – 20:30

Guest Speaker Session – Dinner With The Dinosaurs: The Future Of Quantum Computing

Dr. Andrew Briggs,

Professor – Quantum Computing, University of Oxford

20:00 – 21:30

Dinner at The Museum of Natural History

The Museum of Natural History was established in 1860 and holds an internationally-significant collection of natural history specimens and archives in a stunning example of neo-gothic architecture. The award-winning museum collection includes the world’s first scientifically described dinosaur

08:30 – 08:45

Context Setting & Re-Cap Of Day 2

Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Malloch,

Programme Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

08:45 – 09:30

Panel Discussion – Re-imagine Transformation Using Business Impact AI

Explore a strategic model for AI that is compliant, ethical, and business-outcome focused—ensuring safe, scalable deployment in regulated financial environments.

Moderator

Mr. Deepak Dastrala, CTO, IntellectAI

Panelists

Mr. Lito Villanueva, Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, RCBC

Mr. Felipe Martinez, CIO, Revolut

09.30 – 10:30

Panel Discussion – Open Ecosystem-Based Banking:
Co-Innovation & Collaborative Growth

Leverage platformization to integrate fintechs, regulators, and partners for faster innovation and service delivery.

Anchor

Mr. Vivek Patil,

Chief Growth Officer – Consumer Banking, Intellect Design Arena

Mr. Juan Mestas,

Group CTO, Security Bank Corporation

Mr. Shamshodjon Sharipov,

Director, Retail Non-Credit Products Coordination Department, JSC Aloqabank

10:30 – 11:00

BREAK

11:00 – 12:00

Panel Discussion – The Outlook For Core Modernization: Speed, Safety & Scalability

Future-ready platforms aren’t just cloud-native—they’re business-native. Learn what a truly composable banking core looks

Moderator

Mr. Raju Daryani,

Advisor, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Panelist

Mr. Adnan Al-awadhi,

CEO, National Bank of Um Al Quwain

Mr. Anuratna Chadha,

Group Chief Risk Officer, Mashreq Bank

Mr. Abubakar Suleiman,

CEO, Sterling Bank Limited

12:00 – 13:00

LUNCH

13:00 – 13:30

Reflections: My Game Plan

Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Malloch,

Programme Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Mr. Selvakumaran,

Curriculum Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

13:30 – 14:15

Closing Address

Mr. Rajesh Saxena,

School Sponsor, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking; CEO, Intellect Consumer Banking, Intellect Design Arena

14:15 – 14:30

Networking and Get-Ready for the travel

14:30 – 19:00

Travel By Executive Coach To London

19:00 – 20:00

Grand Graduation Ceremony At The Institute Of Directors

Cocktail Reception, Certificate Presentation, Photographs & Networking, setting the standards for corporate governance. The IoD is based in a Grade I listed building at 116 Pall Mall in London, formerly the United Service Club.

Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Malloch,

Programme Director, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking

Mr. Rajesh Saxena,

School Sponsor, Intellect Oxford School of Core Banking;

CEO, Intellect Consumer Banking, Intellect Design Arena

20:00 – 20.30

Guest Speaker Session – Oxford Closing Speech: Banking Leader’s Perspective

Mr. Cadambi Janardhan,

EVP Transformation, Risk and Operations, Mastercard

20.00 – 22.00

Dinner At The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London
A 5 course dinner with wine pairing to end the prestigious programme on a stunning note