Miroslav Lukeš is Chairman of the Czech Fintech Association, the organisation uniting the Czech Republic’s fintech innovators and representing the ecosystem to regulators, investors and international partners. A senior manager and strategist with more than 20 years across global business, finance and technology, he previously led Mastercard’s business across Austria, Czechia and Slovakia, served as President of LASVIT and as Chief Marketing Officer of J&T Banka. At Finweek KL 2026 he represents the Czech fintech ecosystem as a founding signatory of the ASEAN–EU Fintech Leaders Council and makes the case for Central Europe as ASEAN’s fastest gateway into the EU single market.