2025 OXFORD AGENDA
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1
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
Business Impact Transformation
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 BankingMr. 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
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2
Intelligent Operations & Enterprise Agility
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
Risk Intelligence & Regulatory Resilience
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
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Composable Architectures & Future-Ready Platforms
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 GrowthLeverage 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