The two, who are both recognized experts in platform innovation, will work closely with AFIN's Board of Directors and the APIX team as it accelerates its growth.

ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) has appointed Sangeet Paul Choudary as an independent director, and Steven Miller as an advisor to its board, effective today, it announced in a statement.

Miller is the founding dean of the School of Information Systems (SIS) at Singapore Management University, and previously chief architect executive for the Business Consulting Services unit of IBM Global Services in Asia Pacific.

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Sangeet Paul Choudary, independent director, ASEAN Financial Innovation Network

Choudary (pictured above) is an specialist on platform business models and a leadership expert. In 2012, he founded Platformation Labs, a C-level advisory and executive education firm working with Fortune 500 clients across North America, Europe and Asia.

Facilitating Fintech Development

AFIN, established in 2018, is a non-profit network established in 2018 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the ASEAN Bankers Association.

It operates the API Exchange (APIX), global cloud-based sandbox and marketplace for financial institutions and fintechs to collaborate and deploy innovative solutions rapidly.