Ben T. Smith IV, a longtime Silicon Valley executive and currently head of the Communications, Media and Technology practice at Kearney, speaks to Global Finance about the post-SVB venture capital industry and the pace of innovation.
Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest: the pandemic and the global economic slowdown barely made a dent in their huge wealth.
Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano interviews Ásgeir Jónsson, Central Bank Governor of Iceland during Global Finance's World's Best Bank Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th.
John Laurens has been head of global transaction services at DBS Bank since November 2014. An industry veteran with over 30-years of banking experience, John was regional head of global payments and cash management for Asia Pacific at HSBC. Prior to this he was at Citi in various roles, including as regional head of global cash & trade product management, and regional sales head of global transaction services.
As transaction banking is a key growth driver for DBS John’s experience will help them develop a range of value-added services, including industry benchmarking analyses and market insights as well as innovative digital solutions.