TNGlobal Q&A and Interviews

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Frontier influencers, earned media, and the new propaganda playbook

Where mainstream media is weak, the information environment risks capture - and can be turned against a society's own national interests.

API-first architecture can help to banking modernization in Southeast Asia, says Mambu MD [interview]

API-first, SaaS platforms are the right foundation for payments modernization, fraud prevention, and cross-border scaling in Southeast Asia, David Becker, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Mambu, said to TNGlobal.

PepsiCo’s Ashley Brown on scaling sustainability innovation across APAC [Q&A]

In this TNGlobal Q&A, PepsiCo’s Ashley Brown discusses why sustainability pilots often struggle to become commercial deployments in Asia Pacific. She explains how the APAC Greenhouse Program’s IMPACT Edition is focusing on operational integration, procurement readiness, and ecosystem support to help proven startups scale across markets.

Indonesia’s investment advisory startup Recompound sees opportunities from stock market rout [interview]

Recompound Co-Founder Toby Limanto expects the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index's (JCI) post-January 2026 slump to increase retail investor demand for the Indonesian investment advisory startup's structured portfolio advisory services.

Payoneer’s SVP of APAC Nagesh Devata on the infrastructure challenge behind Asia-Pacific’s e-commerce growth [Q&A]

As Asia-Pacific’s ecommerce economy becomes more regional and borderless, businesses are facing growing complexity across payments, currencies, settlement, compliance, and reconciliation. In this Q&A, Payoneer’s Nagesh Devata discusses why financial infrastructure is becoming more strategic for SMEs and how AI could reshape cross-border operations.

I.W.G’s Xiaoyan (Fiona) Zhou on how AI can help connect fragmented healthcare systems across Asia [Q&A]

As hospitals, clinics, insurers, and healthcare partners across Asia digitize their operations, the harder challenge is making medical data usable across fragmented systems and borders. In this Q&A, Xiaoyan (Fiona) Zhou of I.W.G shares her perspective on healthcare interoperability, AI-enabled referral coordination, cross-border medical data exchange, and…

Tata Communications’ Vaibhav Dutta on predictive security, OT risks and the human side of cyber resilience [Q&A]

As AI reshapes both cyberattacks and cyber defense, Tata Communications’ Vaibhav Dutta discusses why enterprises need to move from reactive security toward predictive resilience, modernize SOC operations, address OT risks, and strengthen the human and governance layers of cybersecurity.

Mozark CTO Gargi Dasgupta on why AI-era services need real-world digital assurance [Q&A]

As enterprises deploy AI-enabled services faster, Gargi Dasgupta of Mozark says digital assurance must move closer to real user conditions across devices, networks, geographies and regulatory environments.

Inside Jetour’s dual-power strategy for Southeast Asia & beyond [Q&A]

In a recent interview with TNGlobal, Dai Lihong, President of JETOUR Auto, outlines how the brand’s “dual power” strategy — balancing internal combustion engines, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles — is evolving to meet the realities of diverse global markets. From the rollout of its Global Architecture for Intelligent All-road (GAIA) off-road…

Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo on the path from clean energy pilots to deployment [Q&A]

In this interview, Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo examines how ammonia-based energy systems could move from technical validation to commercial deployment across distributed power, maritime, and industrial use cases.