Digital Transformation & Leadership with Danny Levy – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny talks to Tomas Skoumal.

Tomas Skoumal is Co-founder, Co-president and Chairman at Dyna.Ai, leveraging nearly 24 years of extensive experience in retail banking and consumer finance.

Prior to his tenure at Dyna.Ai, he held the position of Managing Director, Global Head of Loans at Standard Chartered Bank, overseeing the overall profit and loss of personal loan portfolios across 27 countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Dyna.Ai is a leading artificial intelligence technology service company headquartered in Singapore. They are dedicated to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of audience operations and risk management by leveraging systems, analytics, and AI-based operation solutions.

Their focus is to leverage cutting-edge AI techniques to foster business digitalization and intelligentization. A wide range of institutions are served, including traditional banks, digital banks, fintech companies, insurance firms, and various other types of organizations.

In the episode Danny and Tomas discuss how nowadays AI is everywhere, it’s the word on the tip of everyones tongue, but what is it that excites Tomas the most about AI today, and why? Plus:

• The most exciting use cases for AI on the market today

• How to simplify AI for your users to ensure simple access to your solutions

• The key challenges and opportunities when it comes to widespread use of AI within financial services and banking specifically

• The future of fintech and a world where AI augments human capabilities and drives unprecedented levels of innovation and efficiency

• The role AI will play with regards to the future of digital transformation

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An episode taken from an interview Danny Levy did with Shimark Ghaffor for the Step One podcast.

In the episode we discuss how to build connections with decision makers, why cold calling is not dead, peak performance, time management, and Money20/20 Asia 2025 and the content themes that we've just confirmed.

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Kicking off season 4 of Digital Transformation & Leadership, Danny Levy talks to Monica Millares who works at BigPay, as Principal, Product. She moved to Malaysia as part of BigPay's founding team to help launch and grow what is now one of the fastest growing NeoBanks in South East Asia with 1.37 million transacting users.

Monica is a product leader and women advocate who has spent the last decade building great product in the FinTech space. She believes in Financial Safety for all, and that the future of FinTech is to make FinTech more human.

Prior to BigPay, Monica steadily progressed from junior analyst in big brands like Visa and Barclaycard, to being one of the first joiners in UK Challenger, Tandem Bank. She helped build the digital bank from scratch and worked with Tandem's CEO on strategic initiatives and Board management.

Monica sits on the Board of PayEd - Education in Payments, and is recognized as Singapore’s #Fintech65 Product Leaders and Women in FinTech. She is also a Podcaster and hosts "Purpose Driven FinTech" podcast, writes the "Innovating FinTech" newsletter, and mentors young professionals.

In the episode Monica shares insights at her role at BigPay and how this aligns with the topic of the episode, her views on the growing financial stress that we all find ourselves under, how this impacts quality of life and mental health, insights on underbanked and unbanked, and what role FinTech has to play in all of this. She also shares her top career/life lesson and advice to listeners just starting out in the industry.

👉 You can find Monica here:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millares
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millares
• Website: https://moni-millares.mystrikingly.com/

👉 You can find BigPay here:

• Website: https://bigpayme.com/

👉 You can find “Purpose Driven FinTech: Building Products with Impact” Podcast here:

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ERV2xcvgcuFRkAb4iUOjt
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-driven-fintech/id1686687931
• Website: https://purpose-driven-fintech.captivate.fm/

🗞️ Newsletter - Innovating FinTech 😎

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7062789745407340544
• Substack: Coming soon

📞 Schedule a free “Open Office” call with Monica: https://www.kalendme.com/en/fintechwithmoni-ejoob

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In this episode we move away from retail into travel. An industry that at the time of recording has been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis.

With tourism drying up all over the world we wanted to discuss what tourism boards are doing through this period to emerge stronger. Joining me on the show to share his thoughts on this and a lot more is Sisa Ntshona who is the CEO of South African Tourism. He’s worked in the aviation industry for South African Airways and in Financial Services for Money Transfer and Western Union and Manufacturing with Parmalat Food Industries. 

South African Tourism is the tourism marketing arm of the South African government. Simply put, they’re job is to promote the country domestically and internationally, whether for leisure, business or events tourism.

In this episode of the Digital Transformation & Leadership series, Danny talks to one of his favorite retailers, Outland Denim, an Australian fashion brand that was founded as an avenue for the training, employment, and career progression for women who had experienced exploitation.

Outland Denim’s story began about 10 years ago when Founding CEO James Bartle went to the cinema to see the film ‘Taken’. While a fictional film, it was an introduction to an industry that still exists today: the illicit US$150 billion human trafficking trade, also known as modern slavery.

As James began to research, he soon discovered the complexity of the problem and its prevalence all over the world; no nation is untouched. He had the opportunity to travel through Southeast Asia, and saw what the problem looked like on the ground. 

James discovered that in addition to sex trafficking, trafficking for labor was also a common threat within vulnerable communities. He learnt that once a woman has been rescued and reintegrated into the community, a sustainable career path is vital for securing her future.

Outland Denim was founded to offer that sustainable career path.

So can the fashion industry be the solution to some of the world’s most pressing global, social and environmental issues? We’ll hear some answers and a whole lot more on this episode with James Bartle, CEO at Outland Denim.

Today we kick of our series with Love, Bonito. A brand that shed its former blog shop image and is now a 200-strong regional business. Love, Bonito has built a reputation that embodies quality and individuality, rivaling international names such as Zara and H&M. Love, Bonito’s ambition is to become the Asian female brand of the future - thoughtful, considerate, truly omnichannel and a representation of ‘new female retail’.

One of the key players in this story is, Dione Song, who joined the company about 3 years ago. Today they have 15 stores across the region, while also shipping internationally and continue to break new ground as a home-grown brand, both externally and internally. Together with the team, Dione has transformed the company and positioned it for broad global expansion.

On this episode we'll hear from Dione on what the journey to build the Asian female brand of the future been like so far and a whole lot more.

In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Shivani Mukherjee who works at Thought Machine, as Senior Partnerships Leader -APAC. She is responsible for strengthening the core banking partner ecosystem in the region to help banks transition out from legacy cores and transform into Digital first by integrating to Vault, a Cloud native platform.

Known as a flexible leader who collaborates with diverse teams, manages intricate projects, achieves stakeholder buy-in for crucial development initiatives, and deftly navigates dynamic markets. Shivani in her last role as Head of product & partnerships solutions at Rapyd, was a key contributor to the startup’s success in the Asia pacific market. One of the earliest employees at Rapyd, she wore many hats ranging from pre-sales, product up to delivery management which was instrumental in driving the four-fold growth for the company seen between 2018 to 2019.

As a leader in fintech she is highly regarded for guiding, supporting and delivering instrumental products to market that drove business development and sales. She was the Senior product owner-growth at N26, challenger bank in EU. An out-of-the-box thinker who champions creative solutions and well-received insights through smart interfacing with clients. At Grab, she helped build and launch reconciliation engines across SE Asia as well as devoting substantial time for the development and growth of two flagship products - GrabPay and GrabRewards. Her prior experience includes her role as a consulting engineer at Cognizant technology solutions where she delivered critical projects for legacy banking clients like Lloyds Banking Group, UBS, and CYBG.

In the episode Shivani shares how traditional banking is evolving due to fintech led modularisation, which technology forces are driving the transformation, the new winners and losers in financial services, what is in it for customers,  financial inclusion, if incumbents should be worried about fintechs, and what emerging risks she sees with this great unbundling.

To get in touch with Shivani contact her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-mukherjee/

For more information on Thought Machine and the work they do visit - https://www.thoughtmachine.net/

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In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Trenton Moss who is a Leadership Coach and Partner at Team Sterka, and the bestselling author of the book Human Powered, that shows you how to collaboratively solve problems, resolve conflict and inspire others. 

Trenton is a qualified executive coach, a former Samaritan (where he provided face-to-face and telephone counseling), and he's been coaching and training teams for almost 20 years. Trenton believes that, with the right support, everyone can tap into their brain to make themselves feel unstoppable... and that everyone is able to create goals and actions that excite them... and then make them happen. 

In the episode Trenton shares how to develop high-performing teams with low levels of friction and high productivity, how to supercharge your teams with people skills and emotional intelligence, and how to work seamlessly with business stakeholders to ship successful digital products and services.

To get in touch with Trenton contact him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentonmoss/

For more information on Team Sterka and the work they do visit - https://sterka.team/

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In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Steven Scheurmann who is Regional Vice President, ASEAN at Palo Alto Networks and oversees the business in ASEAN, from driving revenue growth and market momentum, to building the overall strategy. 

He brings into the company a deep understanding of the region, backed by more than three decades of experience; a solid track record of public and private sector organisations through their digital transformation journeys; diverse tech experience from holding senior positions with several multinational companies and conglomerates; and, a growth mindset dedicated to nurturing talent and developing future leaders.

Steven has lived and worked in Asia Pacific for 30 years. He started his adventure in Public Service, working with Foreign Affairs and Immigration in Indonesia, before entering the Private Sector holding senior positions in a number of MNCs and large Asian conglomerates across the region. 

In the episode Steven shares how Palo Alto Networks is building a culture of diversity and inclusion, overcoming the talent shortage, how to approach onboarding with a fresh eye, the best way to nurture top talent, and how to marry diversity and inclusion with crisis and business continuity planning. 

To get in touch with Steven contact him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-scheurmann-b809271/

For more information on Palo Alto Networks and the work they do visit - https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Neal Cross a globally recognised corporate, social and Fintech entrepreneur with a long track record across blue-chip technology, finance and data companies. 

He is currently co-founder and non-exec chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest growing wealth fintech companies and serves on the advisory board of Razer Fintech. Prior to this, Cross was the Chief Innovation Officer at DBS Bank, where in his tenure he drove their transformation into a global innovation powerhouse culminating in achieving the world’s best Digital Bank 2016 and 2018 and worlds best bank 3 times across 2018 and 2019. 

He has personally been awarded the world’s most disruptive CIO/CTO globally from judges Sir Richard Branson and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and is a regular winner of best innovation lab and innovation leader awards. 

In this episode Neal shares what is driving digital disruption in the finance industry, what it takes to become a disruptor yourself, and the lessons Neal has learned and how to apply these to transform your own organisation.  

To get in touch with Neal contact him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nealx/ 

Or visit his website - https://www.neal.asia/ 

For more information on PictureWealth and the work they do visit - https://picturewealth.com/ 

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