Speaking Engagements
Isabelle Mustapic speaks at senior Financial Services and Fintech forums across APAC and EMEA on revenue recovery, executing institutional transitions, strengthening what makes organisations valuable, making governance more resilient, shaping ecosystems across financial centres, and providing thought leadership. She brings practitioner-level insight grounded in direct execution experience across global banking, fintech, and cross-border institutional change.
Enquiries for speaking engagements: isabelle.mustapic@oetla.comUpcoming:
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
16. -17. September, 2026 · Singapore
Singapore FinTech Festival is one of the world's largest and most influential gatherings at the intersection of finance, technology, and policy. It brings together founders, investors, regulators, and senior financial services leaders from across Asia and around the world to shape the future of financial services.
Isabelle Mustapic will be speaking on the panel Leading Innovation in FinTech, examining how the next generation of financial leadership is being defined not just by technical capability, but by the governance discipline, execution intelligence, and cross-cultural fluency that turns innovation into institutional impact.
ZajednoSwiss — Balkans Diaspora Professional Network
25. September, 2026 · Zurich
ZajednoSwiss is one of Switzerland's most distinctive senior professional communities, bringing together founders, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders, and decision-makers with roots across the Western Balkans, now operating at the highest levels of Swiss and international business. Members and guests represent organisations including UBS, Google, Microsoft, ETH, JP Morgan, EY, and Deloitte, across finance, technology, industry, and the arts.
Isabelle Mustapic will be speaking on fractional leadership and how senior professionals with deep institutional experience are redefining how organisations access executive capability, and what this model means for founders and scaling firms navigating growth, transition, and institutional change.
Ecosystem Insights
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Thought Leadership
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Industry Expertise
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Past Speaking Engagements:
A closed-door Mentoring Closing Gala bringing together senior leaders from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), co-conceptualised, co-executed, and moderated by Isabelle on behalf of WIFA, in collaboration with Winnie Wong. The event explored declining employee engagement, its cost to the global economy, the pressures facing middle management, and the growing role of mentoring and shaping ecosystems in restoring trust and dignity to professional life
Women in Finance Asia & Urban Land Institute
May, 2025 · Hong Kong
Julius Baer
November, 2024 · Hong Kong
Julius Baer invited Isabelle to conceptualise and moderate a panel on shaping workplaces in ways that work for everyone, bringing together senior leaders from J.P. Morgan, BlackRock, and other major institutions. The discussion examined inclusion as a governance and organisational resilience issue covering flexible work structures, support systems, and accountability, rather than a compliance checkbox. It reflected Isabelle's broader view that governance extends beyond risk and controls to how organisations structurally support the people within them.
Women in Finance Asia & Black Isle Global
September, 2024 · Hong Kong
A workshop on high-stakes pitching and storytelling for WIFA, led by Case Everaert of Black Isle Global and moderated by Isabelle, teaching participants how to structure a TEDTalk-worthy pitch using pyramid storytelling techniques. It reflects Isabelle's focus on equipping professionals with the communication discipline needed to land senior roles and high-stakes mandates.
A personal branding event, conceptualised and delivered by Isabelle in partnership with branding coach Nerice Gietel, drew a full house. Isabelle also presented on how difficult, high-pressure situations, such as leading the Mauritius branch divestiture, can become genuine brand-building moments, drawing on her own experience coaching affected employees through CV rebuilding and interview preparation during the closure. The case study is on the article page.
Women in Finance Asia & Career & Executive Coach Nerice Gietel, PCC (ICF), SP (EMCC)
January, 2024 · Hong Kong
Women in Finance Asia & Gina Marescia, Founder and Managing Director of Catalyst Consulting HK, and author of Impactful Leadership: Unlock Your Power with CABI™
November, 2023 · Hong Kong
WIFA's Mentor-Mentee Programme co-hosted an event with Citibank's Women's Network, conceptualised and moderated by Isabelle, featuring keynote speaker Gina Marescia and a senior panel including leaders from Citi and Bank of America. The discussion explored how mentorship evolves into genuine sponsorship, how organisations can build environments where that shift actually happens for women. It reflects Isabelle's continued focus on the mechanics of advocacy and sponsorship as concrete career levers, not just supportive conversation.
Women in Finance Asia & Citi
September, 2023 · Hong Kong
Citi hosted the official launch of WIFA's Mentor-Mentee Programme, introduced by Isabelle, Career Development Co-Chair, who outlined a structured cross-industry initiative for mentors and mentees. The event featured a keynote on mentorship best practice from executive coach Tracy Ho, and a panel from across global banking, exploring how mentors from diverse backgrounds function as a personal 'Board of Directors' for career growth. It marked the start of a programme Isabelle would go on to help lead and grow over the following two years.
