Evolution through collaboration

Kingshuk Ghoshal

Kingshuk Ghoshal (KG) is the Co-founder and CEO of TASConnect. A Singaporean, KG has more than 25 years of proven management and leadership track record in Financial Services and Technology sectors in Asia.

KG has held various senior roles in Corporate & Investment Banking and leading technology firms such as Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and Siemens, where he has led successful businesses and teams in client coverage, sales and business development. Prior to joining TASConnect, KG spent the last 15 years at SCB, eventually holding the title of Managing Director & Head of Global Subsidiaries business for ASEAN markets. In his role, he led his team to several client mandates in treasury, trade & supply chain, financial markets, and corporate finance areas.

KG holds an MBA from the INSEAD Business School. When not at the work desk, KG loves to spend time with his wife and 2 teenaged children, or enjoying a few rounds of golf with friends.

Sujay S K

Sujay S K (Sujay) is the Co-founder and Deputy CEO of TASConnect. He is a career banker with over 25 years of experience and deep knowledge of multiple geographies having lived and worked in India, the UAE, Singapore and South Africa.

He has held various roles in Standard Chartered Bank across Corporate Banking Coverage, Transaction Banking, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Corporate Finance and SME. As a Senior Banker, Africa, he was responsible for Coverage and providing Risk oversight to some of the largest Corporate & Institutional Banking clients in the region. Prior to joining TASConnect, he was the Managing Director & Global Head for Partnerships and Working Capital, Business Banking. Based in Singapore, he was responsible for B2B partnerships and overseeing Working Capital and Trade.

Sujay has an MBA from SIBM, India. Outside of work, he is a passionate audiophile, keen golfer and loves travel.

Lily Low

Lily is responsible for overseeing the company’s daily business operations, leading key initiatives and implementing company-wide strategies. She has over 20 years of business management experience in both Corporate & Institutional Banking and Consumer Banking.

Lily started her career as a strategy consultant in the technology sector before joining the financial sector where she has worked for Barclays Capital and JPMorgan in managing their investment programmes and operations. She spent the last 13 years in Standard Chartered Bank where she has held various leadership roles including managing various strategic change initiatives and heading the Process Effectiveness team for ASEAN & South Asia. Prior to joining TASConnect, she was the Executive Director for the bank’s Data & Privacy team where she set up and operationalized the transformation programme. A global citizen, Lily has worked in Singapore, San Jose, London and Hong Kong.

Lily holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from the University of Sheffield. Outside of work, Lily enjoys traveling, pilates and spending time with her dog.

Madhivanan Periannan

Madhivanan Periannan (Madhi) joined TASConnect with over 2 decades of technology and digital transformation experience across Digital Banking, Payments and Supply Chain Finance. Armed with a Master’s Degree in Computer Applications, Madhi has held various roles at Standard Chartered Bank, DBS Bank and IBM. During this time, he has overseen multiple strategic digital transformations, and large-scale technology initiatives across Asia and Asia Pacific region.

Madhi is passionate about photography. He is also an avid connoisseur of fusion cuisine, and hence is happy to live in the melting pot that is Singapore.

Hansel Quek

Hansel is responsible for overseeing the company’s risk and compliance governance strategies, frameworks and the implementation thereof across the company.

He has worked across multiple risk disciplines from credit risk, asset & liability management, funding & liquidity risk, capital management, technology risk, operational risk and ESG risk in different markets, prior to joining TASConnect. Previously in his career, Hansel held various key roles in the risk management space across the financial services industry and Big four where he also led risk & compliance engagements, strategy and developed due diligence for mergers & acquisition of companies for different sectors including private equity, specialty finance fund (Islamic) & sovereign wealth fund, multinational-banks, insurance and corporations.

Hansel holds a Masters Degree in Business from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the Curtin University of Technology.

Gao Yihong

Gao Yihong (Apple) drives origination and product strategy at TASConnect. She has spent over 12 years in the banking industry, mainly in Trade and Supply Chain Finance. She has held various roles in Standard Chartered Bank and Bloomberg. Prior to TASConnect, she spent 7 years as the Global Product Manager for Open Account Trade at Standard Chartered Group, where she led the growth of Greater China & North Asia receivables financing and global correspondent factoring business. She was also in charge of selected global projects driving trade digital agenda and overall growth strategy for supply chain finance.

She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from National University of Singapore. In her free time, she can be seen making a dash for the airport. She has explored 35 countries, at last count.