Tim Charlesworth

Customer Intelligence Advisor, SAS

Part of the Global R&D team, Tim has over twenty years experience in the application of marketing, advertising and business intelligence solutions at companies across the Asia Pacific region.

Most recently with SAS, Tim has been championing the collision of marketing and advertising technology allowing corporations large and small to improve the consistency, relevance and timeliness of their messaging through all customer contact channels and media.

Tim has led the development of SAS’ Advertising & Monetisation initiatives in Asia Pac for the last ten years. With a particular experience in Financial Services, Media and Telecommunications and Consumer Products/Retail, Tim has experience across a broad range of market verticals. 

Tim has an aeronautical engineering degree and can lay claim to being a real rocket scientist, which comes in handy when discussing marketing analytics and programmatic advertising.

Carl Eastwood

Global Lead, Fraud & Financial Crimes, SAS

Carl has spent his career in Fraud, Financial Crimes and Credit Risk working in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Having originally worked in Banking, and then Telecommunications, Carl joined SAS in 2016.

Carl’s primary focal area is the customer onboarding journey, and the decisions that are needed to assess Fraud and Credit Risk and also undertake Customer Due Diligence. He has spent the past 15 years building and deploying machine learning models to detection Application Fraud and Credit Risk, using a variety complimentary techniques such as Link Analysis.

Theodora Lau

Founder, Unconventional Ventures

Theodora Lau is the founder of Unconventional Ventures, a public speaker, and an advisor. She is the co-author of The Metaverse Economy (2023) and Beyond Good (2021), and host of One Vision, a podcast on fintech and innovation.

Her monthly column on FinTech Futures explores the intersection of financial services, tech, and humanity. She is named one of American Banker’s Most Influential Women in FinTech in 2023. She is also a regular contributor and commentator for top industry events and publications, including BBC News, Finovate, American Banker, and Journal of Digital Banking.

Terisa Roberts

Global Director, Risk Modelling & Decisioning , SAS

Terisa Roberts is a director, and Global Solution lead for Risk Modeling and Decisioning at SAS.

In her current role, she advises banks and regulators around the world on best practices topics in risk modeling, decisioning and the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning where she brings a unique combination of deep risk management domain expertise and an ability to lead organizational change.

She specialises in risk management in Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications and have worked with large organizations in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the United States of America. She has extensive experience in regulatory compliance, including credit risk (AIRB/IFRS9), enterprise stress testing, risk data aggregation (BCBS239), and governance, combined with the latest advancements in big data, cloud computing and micro-services.

She regularly speaks at international conferences on the latest innovations in Risk Management.

She holds a Ph. D in Operations Research and Informatics and lives with her family in Sydney, Australia.

Diana Rothfuss

Global Product Marketing Manager, Risk, Fraud & Compliance, SAS

Diana Rothfuss leads the Global Product Marketing team for Risk, Fraud and Compliance at SAS.

In her role, she is responsible for defining industry strategy and messaging for the global risk, fraud and compliance markets within financial services. With more than 15 years of experience in banking and information technology, she helps clients capitalise on the power of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data and Analytics to combat fraud and mitigate risk to keep the public safe. This includes bringing greater awareness of how to apply these technologies to detect and prevent evolving fraud tactics, while realising ROI in technology investments. In addition, she consults with clients to reduce fraud losses and mitigate risk across their enterprise.

She regularly meets with analysts and key industry leaders around the globe to discuss current and future trends to help solve important issues. She also collaborates with organisations like The Economist, European Banking Association, Identity Theft Resource Center, ACFE and ACAMS to draw awareness to the importance of AI and technology in Banking. Additionally, she has also began to advise in her area of expertise in other areas such as Telecommunications and IoT.

She regularly speaks at international conferences such as Sibos and Money 20/20 on important topics in the Banking Industry. She resides in the United States with her family and works in the corporate headquarters of SAS in Cary, North Carolina.