International Finance & Know-how Community (GFTN) has appointed Anthony Thomas as Chief Technique & Progress Officer and Maha El Dimachki as Chief Government Officer of GFTN Advisory, efficient February 2026.

Thomas, who joined in October, will drive GFTN’s world technique and progress agenda, increasing its presence throughout new markets and initiatives.

With greater than 27 years of expertise in banking and fintech, he beforehand served as International Managing Director for Fintech at Supply Hero, overseeing funds and embedded monetary providers throughout 70 markets.

He’s additionally Chairman of MoMo, Vietnam’s monetary providers tremendous app, and former CEO of GCash within the Philippines.

Earlier, he spent 17 years with Citibank throughout Asia, america, and Latin America.

Anthony Thomas, Chief Technique & Progress Officer, GFTN stated,

“I’m thrilled to affix GFTN at this pivotal second because it expands its mandate globally.

Having seen firsthand how digital innovation can increase entry and alternative, I sit up for constructing new bridges between establishments, innovators and ecosystems, creating progress corridors and scaling monetary inclusion via collaboration and expertise.”

El Dimachki will lead GFTN Advisory, the organisation’s advisory and capacity-building arm that works with governments, regulators, and establishments to design and implement digital finance methods worldwide.

She brings over 25 years of expertise in regulation, funds, and institutional finance, most lately serving as Head of the BIS Innovation Hub in Singapore.

On the Financial institution for Worldwide Settlements, she led Challenge Nexus, a multilateral initiative linking on the spot cost techniques throughout borders.

She was beforehand Chief Funds Officer at Pay.UK, overseeing interbank techniques that processed over seven billion transactions yearly value £9.5 trillion.

She additionally served as a senior govt on the UK Monetary Conduct Authority, the place she helped design the Regulatory Nursery and Scalebox programmes.

Maha El Dimachki, Incoming Chief Government Officer, GFTN Advisory stated,

“I’m honoured to affix GFTN at a time when collaboration between innovators, regulators, and establishments is extra important than ever.

GFTN’s mission to construct belief, inclusion, and resilience via expertise deeply resonates with my very own journey. I sit up for working with companions worldwide to show that imaginative and prescient into sensible affect.”