Education and qualifications
Following his secondary school studies in Esch-sur-Alzette (classical mathematics section) Pierre Gramegna pursued studies in law and economics at the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), where he was awarded a master’s degree in civil law in 1981 and a degree in economic sciences in 1982.

He completed his post-university education with a DEA (post-graduate diploma of advanced studies) in European Union law. In 2020, he was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa from the ESCP Business School for his leadership in the domains of finance and diplomacy as well as for his commitment to sustainable development in Luxembourg. He was also awarded the title of doctor honoris causa from the Sacred Heart University Luxembourg.
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Governmental posts
Following the legislative elections of 14 October 2018, Pierre Gramegna was re-appointed Minister of Finance on 5 December 2018 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and the Green Party (déi gréng). Pierre Gramegna had first joined the government as Minister of Finance on 4 December 2013, after the legislative elections of 20 October 2013.

As Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna has initiated major reforms to balance the budget and to align Luxembourg’s tax rules with international transparency standards. Thanks to these efforts, Luxembourg’s AAA rating has been consistently confirmed by all major rating agencies and, in 2015, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes upgraded Luxembourg to “largely compliant”.

Pierre Gramegna modernised Luxembourg's tax framework by introducing an income degressive and therefore socially just tax credit in 2017 which also cushioned the impact of the introduction of the CO2 tax in 2021 for low-income earners. He was the first within the government to advocate the idea of free public transport, a measure that was introduced in 2020, making Luxembourg the first country in the world where this exists.

Furthermore, in 2014, Pierre Gramegna established Luxembourg's sovereign fund for the benefit of future generations.

Pierre Gramegna is also a promoter of the diversification of Luxembourg’s financial centre, in particular with regard to FinTech and sustainable finance. He is the initiator and presi-dent of the LHoFT Foundation, which runs the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology.

Together with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, he developed the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI), a public-private partnership which launched a national strategy for sustainable finance in February 2021. Today, Luxembourg's financial centre is among the greenest in Europe for all its activities ranging from investment funds, a joint platform with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for financing climate projects, an accelerator for climate funds, to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Since its launch in 2016, the Luxembourg Green Exchange dedicated to sustainable finance has become the global leader and lists more than half of the world's green bonds.

Pierre Gramegna participated as spokesman for the EU Presidency at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 3 in Kyoto in 1997 as well as at COP23 in Bonn in 2017 and COP25 in Madrid in 2019 as Minister of Finance. He is a founding member of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and attends all meetings in person.
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Pierre Gramegna is the doyen of the Eurogroup since the beginning of 2021. In the same year, he is vice-president of the OECD at a time when this institution is playing a
decisive role in reforming the global taxation of the profits of multinational companies (pillar 1), and when an agreement was reached on a global minimum tax rate (pillar 2).

As chair of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union during the Luxembourg Presidency (second half of 2015), Pierre Gramegna actively contributed to reaching landmark agreements on the introduction of the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings with EU member states, as well as on securitisation.

Pierre Gramegna puts particular emphasis on Luxembourg’s role in multilateral development banks. In 2014, Luxem-bourg became a member of the African Development Bank and, in 2015, Luxembourg was the first non-Asian country to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. In May 2016, Pierre Gramegna was elected chair of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a one-year mandate. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of the EIB and on that of the European Stability Mechanism. He is also Luxembourg’s governor to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

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Lord Gerry Grimstone was appointed on 18 March 2020 as the Minister for Investment jointly at the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Business, Energy and  Industrial Strategy (BEIS). He also has Ministerial responsibility for the Office for Investment in 10  Downing St. He is DIT’s representative for all business in the House of Lords. His Ministerial duties in  BEIS also include responsibility for certain sectors including, steel, automotive, and the professional  and business services sector. 

Before entering politics, Lord Gerry had an extensive business career. He is the immediate past  Chairman of Barclays Bank plc and also of Standard Life Aberdeen, the UK’s largest savings and  investments business. He was an Independent Non-Executive Board Member of Deloitte North  

South Europe, a member of Deloitte’s Global Independent Non Executive Advisory Committee, and  also of their UK Oversight Board. He was a Senior Adviser to Fenchurch Advisory Partners and was a  member of the International Advisory Network of Natixis, the French financial services group.  He was a Senior Adviser to Blue Prism, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation.  

Within the UK, Lord Gerry has had a long history of serving the Ministry of Defence spanning 20  years. He sat on the Defence Board chaired by the Defence Secretary as its Lead Non-Executive. The  Defence Board is the senior decision-taking body in the MoD. Lord Gerry served under 6 Defence  Secretaries. 

From 2012-2015, Lord Gerry served as the Chairman of TheCityUK, the representative body for the  financial and professional services industry in the UK. He was a member of HM Treasury's Financial  Services Trade and Investment Board.  

Lord Gerry has been deeply involved in UK-China and UK-India relations. He chaired the TheCityUK CBBC China Market Advisory Group which helped coordinate financial and related professional  services activity between the UK and China. He chaired Heng An Standard Life, an Insurance and  Pensions company with branches in over 80 cities throughout China. In India, he sat for many years  on the Board of HDFC Life, which is one of India’s largest life assurance companies. He was the UK  chairman of the India-UK Financial Partnership and also of the UK-India CEO Forum both of which  were set up by the Indian and British Governments. 

In the Gulf, Lord Gerry was the Board Adviser to the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. He also sat on the  Board of Investcorp, a leading global provider and manager of alternative investment products  headquartered in Bahrain. He chaired Aberdeen Standard Investcorp Infrastructure Partners which invests in social and core infrastructure projects in Gulf Co-operation Council countries. In Saudi  Arabia, he led, for the Prime Minister and the Crown Prince, the private sector group advising the  Kingdom on corporatisation and privatisation.  

He was previously a senior investment banker at Schroders and ran major businesses in London,  New York and Asia Pacific. He specialised in mergers and acquisitions and capital-raising for major  companies worldwide. Prior to that, he was an official in HM Treasury where he was responsible for  privatisation and policy towards state-owned enterprises. 

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel was knighted in 2014 for public service, particularly to Defence and  Business. 

Joe Tsai is a co-founder and executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group, a global Internet technology company based in China. His career at Alibaba spans over 20 years, during which he was the company’s chief financial officer and oversaw strategic investments. Tsai serves on the boards of directors of Alibaba Group and its financial services affiliate, Ant Group.

Tsai is Governor of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA) and New York Liberty (WNBA), and is Chairman of the teams’ home arena Barclays Center. He owns two professional indoor lacrosse teams, based in San Diego and Las Vegas, respectively, in the National Lacrosse League. Tsai also has investments in the outdoor professional lacrosse league, Premier Lacrosse League, and Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer.

Through the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation, Tsai and his wife Clara Wu Tsai are active philanthropists supporting initiatives in education, research, criminal justice reform, economic mobility, the arts and humanitarian relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tsai is a founding board member of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), a non-profit launched in 2021 that provides resources to Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to mobilise against hate and discrimination and build the infrastructure to improve AAPI advocacy, power and representation.

Tsai is a member of the J.P. Morgan International Council, EXOR Partners Council, and International Advisory Council of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He is a trustee of The Lawrence ville School.

Prior to founding Alibaba Group, Tsai practiced tax law as an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 1990 to 1993 and was responsible for Asian private equity investments for Investor AB of Sweden’s Wallenberg family from 1995 to 1999. He is a graduate of Yale College (BA ’86) and Yale Law School (JD ’90).

Laurence D. Fink is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock. He and seven partners founded BlackRock in 1988, and under his leadership, the firm has grown into a global leader in investment and technology solutions. BlackRock’s mission is to help investors build better financial futures and the firm is trusted to manage more money than any other investment company in the world. Mr. Fink has been named one of the "World's Greatest Leaders" by Fortune, and Barron's has named him one of the "World's Best CEOs" for 14 consecutive years.

Prior to founding BlackRock in 1988, Mr. Fink was a member of the Management Committee and a Managing Director of The First Boston Corporation.

He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of New York University (NYU) and the World Economic Forum, and is Co-Chairman of the NYU Langone Medical Center Board of Trustees. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art, the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Rescue Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing and on the Executive Committee of the Partnership for New York City.

Mr. Fink earned an MBA with a concentration in real estate from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1976 and a BA in political science from UCLA in 1974.

Jane Fraser is the Chief Executive Officer of Citi, the world's most global bank, serving millions of consumers, businesses and institutions across 160 countries and jurisdictions. She is the first female CEO in the firm’s history.

Jane has deep experience across Citi’s consumer and institutional businesses and, in many ways, she helped shape Citi into the company it is today. Before becoming CEO in February 2021, she was President of Citi and CEO of the Global Consumer Bank, responsible for all of Citi’s Consumer businesses, including Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Credit Cards, Mortgage and Operations and Technology in 19 markets.

Before that, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Latin America from 2015 to 2019. From 2013 to 2015, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Consumer and Commercial Banking and Citi Mortgage. From 2009 to 2013, Jane served as the Chief Executive Officer of Citi's Global Private Bank. Prior, Jane was the Global Head of Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions for Citi from 2007 to 2009. She joined Citi in 2004 in the Corporate and Investment Banking division.

Before joining Citi, Jane was a Partner at McKinsey & Company. She started her career at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions department in London and then worked for Asesores Bursátiles in Madrid, Spain.

She is Vice Chair for Partnership for New York City and a member of the Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors, the Stanford Global Advisory Board, the Economic Club of New York and the Council on Foreign Relations. Jane has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an M.A. in economics from Cambridge University. She is married with two children.

Agustín Carstens became General Manager of the BIS on 1 December 2017.

Mr Carstens was Governor of the Bank of Mexico from 2010 to 2017. A member of the BIS Board from 2011 to 2017, he was chair of the Global Economy Meeting and the Economic Consultative Council from 2013 until 2017. He also chaired the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the IMF's policy advisory committee from 2015 to 2017.

Mr Carstens began his career in 1980 at the Bank of Mexico. From 1999 to 2000, he was Executive Director at the IMF. He later served as Mexico’s deputy finance minister (2000–03) and as Deputy Managing Director at the IMF (2003–06). He was Mexico's finance minister from 2006 to 2009. 

Mr Carstens has been a member of the Financial Stability Board since 2010 and is a member of the Group of Thirty.

Mr Carstens holds an MA and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. 

Nicolas Aguzin joined HKEX as Chief Executive Officer on 24 May 2021 from J.P. Morgan, where he was most recently Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan’s International Private Bank. Mr Aguzin has been based in Hong Kong since 2012.

From 2013 to 2020, Mr Aguzin was CEO, J.P. Morgan, Asia Pacific where he was responsible for all the firm’s business across 17 markets. Mr Aguzin presided over some of the firm’s major expansion efforts during the period, including establishing itself in China as one of the few international financial institutions with a full range of services and capabilities; including a fully-owned locally incorporated commercial bank, a majority-owned securities company, an asset management company and a futures and options company. Concurrent with his Asia CEO role, Mr Aguzin also ran J.P. Morgan’s Investment Banking division in Asia. During his tenure the bank rose to become one of the leading investment banks in the Asia Pacific region.  

Mr Aguzin joined J.P. Morgan in 1990 in Buenos Aires as a financial analyst. Between 1990 and 2005, he held a variety of roles in New York and Buenos Aires, and in 2005 he was appointed as CEO, Latin America. In 2008 and 2009, in addition to his responsibilities as CEO, Latin America and Head of Latin America Investment Banking, he served as Senior Country Officer for Brazil.  

Mr Aguzin holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

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沈南鹏，红杉资本全球执行合伙人，红杉资本中国基金创始及执行合伙人，他也是携程旅行网和如家连锁酒店的创始人。

沈南鹏曾连续三年蝉联美国《福布斯》杂志“全球最佳创投人”（The Midas List）榜首。他曾于2018年首次登顶该榜单，成为全球首位得此桂冠的华人风险投资人，具有里程碑式的历史意义。他屡次获得国内外各项殊荣，主要包括：《福布斯》2012-2020年度“全球最佳投资人”榜单中排名最高的华人投资者、《财富》2015-2020年度“中国最具影响力的50位商界领袖”和 “中国最具影响力的30位投资人”、CB Insights -《纽约时报》2016-2019年度“全球20位顶尖风险投资人”、《福布斯》百年百位全球最伟大商业思想家等多项大奖。

沈南鹏，第十三届全国政协委员，现任中国证券投资基金业协会创业投资基金专业委员会副主席、香港特区行政长官创新及策略发展顾问团成员、香港交易所国际咨询委员会成员、耶鲁管理学院顾问委员会主席、耶鲁中国中心理事会主席、上海交通大学校董、亚布力中国企业家论坛理事。

沈南鹏拥有耶鲁大学硕士学位和上海交通大学学士学位。

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Lei Zhang is the Founder and CEO of Hillhouse Group. He earned his B.A. in Economics from Renmin University in China, where he is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and M.B.A and M.A. from Yale University, where he serves as Chair of the Asia Development Council. He is also a member of the court of the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Zhang is a founding Trustee and Chairman of the Development Council of Westlake University, China’s first graduate-level university dedicated to advancing research in the basic sciences. Mr. Zhang was also a founding donor of the Westlake University Endowment

李泽楷是盈科拓展集团创办人兼主席。盈科拓展集团于1993年成立,是驻足亚洲的长期私人投资集团, 业务涉足金融服务、科技、多媒体、通讯及基建。

李泽楷于 2003 年透过电讯盈科推出 now TV。于 1990 年,李泽楷已对媒体及科技行业存有深厚兴趣,因而成立亚洲首项以卫星传送的卫星电视。至 1993 年,收看卫星电视的家庭数目已达 4,500 万。

2010年, 盈科拓展集团收购了美国国际集团 (AIG) 的资产管理业务,并正名为柏瑞投资。至今,柏瑞投资共获得了13个行业奖项, 透过全球网络管理资产规模总值逾1,410亿美元。

盈科拓展集团于2013年收购ING Group位于香港、澳门和泰国的保险业务,正式成立富卫集团(FWD)。及后富卫集团获得瑞士再保险集团入股,持有15%股权,更将业务拓展至印度尼西亚、菲律宾、新加坡、越南、日本、马来西亚及柬埔寨。

李泽楷于2011 年获得了Cable & Satellite BroadcastingAssociation of Asia 颁发终身成就奖。李泽楷也是持牌飞行员及潜水员。

Dr. Alfred Shang is the Founder and CEO of BitRock Capital, a venture capital firm that focuses on Fintech and digitalization investments in the Greater China and US. Before founding BitRock, Alfred was a partner of Bain & Company and Head of the firm’s Financial Services Practice in Greater China. He advised leading multinational and Chinese financial institutions and investment firms on a wide range of topics including asset and wealth management, strategy, digitalization, business model design,
organization and operational improvement. At BitRock, Alfred led investments in several leading Fintech startups including Linklogis (9959.HK), OneDegree, Sygnum, Fen Bei Tong, and Lingxi Technologies, etc. Alfred received his Ph.D. degree in Economics with focus on Finance from Harvard University. His research focuses on the interaction between market inefficiency and corporate governance. He also obtained a joint B.A. / M.A. degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Alexey Zabotkin

Born on 2 August 1977 in Kolomna, Moscow Region.

Education

1997: graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics.

2005: a degree from the New Economic School.

Career

2005–2008: Economist, ZAO Deutsche Securities.

2008–2009: Managing Director for Investment Strategy, LLC United Capital Partners Advisory.

2009–2011: Deputy Director General, CJSC VTB Asset Management.

2011–2018: Deputy Head of the Analytical Department, CJSC VTB Capital.

2018–2020: Director, Monetary Policy Department, Bank of Russia.

Since June 2020: Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia.

蔡志坚博士是尚乘集团董事会主席兼总裁、尚乘基金会创始人及主席。蔡博士是国际公认的企业家和慈善家，也是推动区域数字化的先驱和贡献者。

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蔡博士於 2019 年被新加坡金融科技协会评选为「亚洲金融科技领袖」及2020年评选为「新加坡金融科技领袖」。他於 2017年被世界经济论坛评选为全球青年领袖，是香港金融界唯一获此殊荣者。2016年，他被领先的全球金融杂誌《机构投资者》评选为「全球金融科技 35人」。

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蔡博士是亚洲最大的独立投资银行，首家成功在纽约证交所和新加坡交易所两地同股不同权上市的公司-尚乘国际的董事长兼CEO（NYSE.HKIB, SGX:HKB），尚乘集团旗下，总部位于新加坡，的数字解决方案平台-尚乘数科的董事长，中国山东省最大的区域性商业银行、A+H 两地上市公司青岛银行(3866.HK、002948.SZ) 的非执行董事。他亦在由新加坡金融管理局、世界银行、东盟银行业协会共同发起成立的东盟金融创新网路（ASEAN Financial Innovation Network，AFIN）中担任董事。此外，蔡博士获香港政府委任为数码港谘询小组成员及在囚人士教育信托基金投资顾问委员会委员。他也获邀担任中国青年企业家协会特邀副会长、大湾区共同家园青年公益基金副主席、香港青少年军总会荣誉会长、香港专业人士联会副主席。

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加入尚乘集团之前，蔡博士曾於瑞银集团担任投资银行部董事总经理以及全球家族办公室亚太委员会委员。此前，蔡博士曾担任花旗集团投资银行板块的中国首席战略合作官，领导中国区战略 联盟部门。

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蔡博士持有註册银行审计师资格及美国註册会计师资格。

廖宜建现任汇丰集团执行董事，与Surendra Rosha共同担任汇丰亚太区联席总裁。

廖先生亦为汇丰集团执行委员会成员及汇丰亚太区董事会执行董事。兼任交通银行股份有限公司非执行董事、董事会人事与薪酬委员会委员、汇丰金信基金管理有限公司监事、工商管理委员会委员。中国人民政治协商会议北京市第十三届委员会委员，湖北省人民政府省长企业家咨询委员会国际顾问。

廖先生于1997年加入汇丰银行，负责大中华区及新加坡的本币固定收益业务。 2005年任汇丰中国财务主管，2013年任汇丰中国全球资本市场总监，2013年任汇丰中国全球银行及资本市场总监，2015年至2020年任汇丰中国总裁兼首席执行官。汇丰亚太区，他曾担任亚太区全球银行业务负责人。

廖宜建先生持有英国伦敦大学学士学位。

Mr. Norman Chan made enormous contributions to the monetary and financial development of Hong Kong in his long and distinguished career. He was appointed chief executive of the HKMA in 2009. During his tenure between 2009 to 2019, he was instrumental in promoting fintech in Hong Kong and the launch of seven Smart Banking initiatives in September 2017, to help the banking sector rise to a higher level and embrace the enormous opportunities brought about by the convergence of banking and technology, thereby improving the quality of banking products and services for customers.

Prior to rejoining the HKMA, he was Director of the Chief Executive’s Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government from July 2007 to July 2009.

He set up RD Wallet Technologies Limited and RD ezLink Limited, which provide digital payment services to facilitate cross border payments and electronic customer information repository to facilitate corporate account opening and ongoing information updating with financial institutions, to embrace the digital age and to innovate with the best technologies to meet the changing needs of our society in the new era.

Lori Beer is the Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a member of the company's Operating Committee, responsible for the firm's technology systems and infrastructure worldwide. Beer manages a budget of more than $11 billion and over 50,000 technologists supporting JPMorgan Chase's retail, wholesale and asset and wealth management businesses. She also serves as the co-sponsor of the firm's Access Ability Business Resource Group.

Beer joined the firm in 2014, and was most recently the Chief Information Officer for the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB). Prior to joining the firm she was Executive Vice President of Specialty Businesses and Information Technology for WellPoint, Inc., responsible for a $10 billion business unit which included WellPoint's Specialty Products.

She also serves as a member of the University of Cincinnati's Lindner College of Business Advisory Council and has endowed a scholarship at the University to support the growing number of women in STEM careers.

Beer has been named a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader and National Association for Female Executives Women of Excellence Health Care Champion. She has also been ranked one of the Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker.

Beer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Dayton.

Ms. Jessica Tan is currently Co-CEO of Ping An Group (the “Group”), overseeing the Group’s technology and healthcare businesses. She sits on the Group’s Executive Committee and Investment Management Committee for its over 30 subsidiaries across Insurance, Banking, Investment, Technology and Internet businesses. She is in charge of 10 Ping An subsidiaries. Ms. Tan also serves on the board of a number of subsidiaries under Ping An Bank, Ping An Property & Casualty, Ping An Life, and Ping An Asset Management. In Ms. Tan’s 8 years at Ping An, the Group grew from the world’s 30th largest financial conglomerate into the 5th, serving 627 million online users and 223 million financial customers. Moreover, Ping An made major strides in technology and innovation, having established 8 research institutes and increasing its technology staff from 3,000 to over 110,000 (including over 4,500 scientists). The Group has filed 34,000 patent applications around the world, ranking 1st for both FinTech and digital healthcare, and 3rd for AI and blockchain globally. In addition, Ping An has won over 70 international championships in the last 5 years, including image recognition, semantic understanding, deep learning, medical imaging, intelligent diagnosis, and has published nearly 90 medical science journals in top medical journals such as The Lancet and American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Ms. Tan serves as a member of several government advisory committees, including a global director of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), a member of the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (the Geneva Association), a member of international advisory panel for Health and Biomedical Sciences (HBMS) of Singapore, an international Advisor of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a member of Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and an expert advisor of Shenzhen Advisory Committee, as well as an advisor of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Seoul International Business Advisory Council (SIBAC). She also represented Ping An as one of Co-Chairs for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos event in 2019. Ms. Tan received the Chinese Government Friendship Award in 2019. In 2020, Ms. Tan was listed by the Fortune magazine as the second most powerful woman outside of US, and won the “Best CEO” award from Institutional Investor’s 2020 All-Asia Executive Team rankings. In 2021, Ms. Tan was named Her World magazine's Woman of the Year, and ranked 6th on the World’s 50
Greatest Leaders list by the Fortune magazine. Before joining Ping An, Ms. Tan served as a global partner at McKinsey & Company. In her 13 years with McKinsey in the USA and ten Asian countries, Ms. Tan has worked with over 30 world-leading financial and technology companies and regulatory authorities, focusing on strategy, innovation, operations and technology. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science and two bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics respectively. A native Singaporean, Ms. Tan is married and has two daughters.

One of Asia’s most recognisable entrepreneurs, Tony Fernandes is best known for co-founding low-cost carrier AirAsia with Datuk Kamarudin Meranun in 2001 and democratising air travel in the region. Since 2018, Fernandes has been spearheading a digital transformation of his businesses, launching air asia Digital which includes logistics, fintech and a super app, a digital lifestyle platform which offers travel, food, education and health services.

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Shivani Siroya is the founder and CEO of Tala, the leading personal finance app serving the global underbanked. Since launching in 2014, Tala has disbursed over $2 billion in credit to more than 6 million customers across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India who use Tala financial products to start and expand small businesses, pay school fees and bills, and build more stable financial lives. Tala is backed by leading venture and impact investors including GGV Capital, IVP, Revolution Growth, Ribbit Capital, Lowercase Capital, and PayPal Ventures, and has been named to the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, and Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for four years running. Additionally, Shivani and Tala have been recognized by the New York Times, Wired, TechCrunch, the Financial Times, and other leading publications.

Prior to founding Tala, Shivani worked as an analyst with UNFPA, conducting thousands of user interviews to understand the impact of microfinance programs in South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. She has also held a variety of positions in global health and investment banking, including with Health Net, Citigroup, and UBS. Shivani is a member of the G7 Impact Task Force, an Aspen Institute Finance Leader Fellow, a WEF Young Global Leader, Senior TED Fellow and Ashoka Fellow. She is also on the board of Stellar.org. She holds a M.P.H from Columbia University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Shivani grew up in New York City and Udaipur, Rajasthan. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Steve McLaughlin is the Founder and CEO of FT Partners and former senior banker at Goldman Sachs covering FinTech and Financial Services for over 20 years.  Steve was recently Ranked #1 on Institutional Investor’s “Most Influential Dealmakers in FinTech” report and named “Investment Banker of the Year” and ranked #1 FinTech Banker in Silicon Valley by The Information.  FT Partners was founded in late 2001 and has won “Investment Banking Firm of the Year” four times since 2004.  Steve has personally led and closed hundreds of FinTech M&A, Capital Raise and IPO Advisory transactions. @ftpartners www.ftpartners.com LinkedIn

Dr. Vachira has been working at the Bank of Thailand for 30 years. She currently serves as Deputy Governor for Corporate Development to oversee holistic organizational management including Human Resources, Technology, Risk Management, Legal, Banknote Management and Corporate Services. She also serves as Chairman of the Banknote Management Committee, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Payment Systems Committee.

Dr. Vachira is a CFA Charterholder. She received a Bachelor of Accountancy from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Bridgeport, USA. She also earned a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Georgia, USA.

Taynaah Reis is the CEO and co-founder of Moeda, a leading Brazil-based fintech company driving positive social change through inclusive & accessible finance. Recognized by MasterCard as a company driving the future of commerce, Moeda makes a global impact through its banking, microcredit & payments solutions. Taynaah has been named one of the Forbes 12 young most innovative leaders to watch and learn from in 2018 and a Blockchain leader in Brazil in 2019.

Under Taynaah’s leadership, Moeda has facilitated more than $100 million in financial transactions across 50,000 users, provided more than $1 million in micro-loan funding for seed projects, and launched an e-commerce platform for artisans and cooperatives. Moeda’s services are built on the blockchain and leverage this technology throughout its work, including increased transparency of payments, fair allocation of income along the supply chain, and secure financial transactions.

Taynaah has been active in the fintech space for much of her lifetime, launching her own programming solution at age 12 and her first company at age 16. She holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Governance and International Policy Making from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, as well as certificates in cybersecurity and disruptive innovation from Harvard Business School.  She is also a member of the Laboratory of Financial Innovation (LAB), which is led by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Inspired by her father’s involvement in the microloan sector, Reis developed Moeda with social impact in mind and works to humanize finances and distribute impact to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Moeda was founded by Reis in 2017 at a United Nations hackathon on blockchain and has been changing the lives of users ever since.

Shu-Pui Li joined the Central Bank of U.A.E. (CBUAE) in November 2018 and is currently the Advisor to H.E. the Governor of Central Bank of UAE.  His major responsibilities include the implementation of the Fintech Strategy and establishment of a FinTech Office for the CBUAE; implementation of the National Payment Strategy and the continued enhancement of the financial market infrastructure of U.A.E.; and the provision of advisory support to the digital transformation of the CBUAE.

Prior joining CBUAE, Shu-Pui was the Executive Director of the Financial Infrastructure Department of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and spent 17 years at the HKMA.  His work covered the following areas:

• in charge of the Fintech Facilitation Office (FFO) of the HKMA, which helps build the fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong and promote Hong Kong as a fintech hub in Asia;
  

• development and promotion of the financial infrastructure in Hong Kong, including the four large value payment systems (covering USD, HKD, euro and RMB), the faster payment system (7*24 payment system), debt securities clearing and settlement systems and research on digital currency issued by central bank;
  

• continued development and promotion of the largest RMB offshore centre and infrastructure worldwide in Hong Kong, which has on average close to one trillion RMB turnover on a daily basis.  Related key projects included the enhancement to liquidity provision, mutual fund recognition, stock connect and bond connect, which allow mainland RMB financial products to be available at the off-shore centre.  
  

• development of the soft infrastructure in Hong Kong, including implementation of the deposit protection scheme, investor and consumer education, enhanced competency framework for banking practitioners, and currency and note printing; and
  

• coordination with overseas central banks and service providers to facilitate cross-border cooperation in financial infrastructure development.
  

Shu-Pui had also worked for the JP Morgan and Chase before joining the HKMA and was in charge of the Information Risk Department for the entire Asia region.

Shu-Pui is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountant England & Wales, a qualified Chartered Information System Engineer (CEng), a certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a member of the British Computer Society (MBCS). He has also obtained a Masters degree in research of computer graphics and a Bachelors (1st Class Hons) degree in Computing Science at the University of Manchester.

Mr. Lai joined Tencent in 2009 and was the general manager for Tenpay between 2012 and 2019. In 2015, Tencent’s payment business was accelerated and developed into Tencent FiT (Financial Technology). Since then, Mr. Lai has been leading Tencent FiT until 2019. From June 2019 onwards, he serves as the Chairman of Fusion Bank.

During his tenure as the general manager of Tenpay and the Head of Tencent FiT, Mr. Lai and his team made strategic and significant contributions in setting up the Group’s payment infrastructure and creating an open financial ecosystem. In 2014, Mr. Lai and his team launched Weixin Red Packet and QQ Red Packet, which gained massive popularity across China. This provided Tencent a solid competitive edge in the mobile payment arm. Mr. Lai and his team also launched the wealth management platform Licaitong. Its aggregated customer assets amount raised rapidly to over RMB 1,000 billion in a few years. Leveraging payment service as an entry point, Mr. Lai successfully established a diversified financial ecosystem covering wealth management, securities, banking, blockchain, and e.t.c., thus, strengthened Tencent’s leading position in the FinTech sector. In 2017, Mr. Lai established and serves as the Dean of the Tencent Finance Academy, aiming to nurture cross-border talents for the internet and financial sectors and to facilitate the long-term development of the FinTech industry. In 2019, Mr. Lai led his team and established Fusion Bank, which has received a virtual banking license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Fusion Bank, supported by Tencent’s strategic investment, bears a salient mission of exploring financial innovations and opening up new frontiers for Tencent. In June 2019, Mr. Lai was appointed as the Chairman of Fusion Bank.

Mr. Lai served as the director of several renowned financial corporations including ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Company Limited, Hetai Life Insurance Company Limited, and CITIC Capital Holdings Limited, devoting himself to build Tencent’s financial business ecosystem. Before joining Tencent, Mr. Lai worked as an investment manager with Apax Partners PE in the UK and Lehman Brother’s Investment Bank in the US; and served as associate vice president at Credit Suisse First Boston Investment Bank.

Mr. Lai undertakes multiple social positions. He is a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC Guangdong Committee). In the Hong Kong SAR, Mr. Lai is a member of the Chief Executive's Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development and a member of the Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-industrialization chaired by the Financial Secretary. He also serves as Convenor of the Policy Research Committee and Board Member of Financial Services Development Council, a member of the Financial Infrastructure and Market Development (sub-Committee of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee) of Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and a director of the Hong Kong Chi Tung Association Limited. During his tenure as a member of the CPPCC Guangdong Committee, Mr. Lai submitted several proposals with high reference value, in which “Recommendation on the Financial Technology Regulatory Sandbox in the Greater Bay Area” (《關於建議試點粵港澳大灣區金融科技監管沙箱的提案》) and “Recommendation on the expansion and promotion of the blockchain-based electronic invoice pilot project in Guangdong Province” (《關於在廣東省擴大和推廣區塊鏈電子普通發票試點的提案》) have received the Guangdong Province Excellent Proposal Commendation for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019.

As an expert in technology and FinTech, Mr. Lai is regularly invited to present at influential international forums, including the 2015 World Internet Conference and the 2017 BOAO Youth Forum for Asia. He also spoke alongside Mr. Zhou Xiaochuan, former Governor of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), at the 2018 China Wealth Management 50 Forum hosted by the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University. In January 2019, Mr. Lai was invited jointly by Mr. Yi Gang, Governor of the PBoC, and Mr Norman Chan, former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), to attend the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) All Governors' Meeting as Tencent’s representative. During the in-depth exchange of views with more than 60 Governors of central banks, he shared the valuable experience of China's FinTech development including achievements made in mobile payments, one of the “Four Greatest Inventions”. Mr Lai was named “Outstanding Corporate Leader in the 530 Program of Wuxi Municipality, Jiangsu Province” in 2009, and was awarded “The Asian Banker Innovation Leadership Achievement for China Award” in 2017. He was also awarded the “Prestige Award – Iconic Star” on the IFTA FinTech Achievement Award 2019 by the Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia (IFTA), in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the FinTech industry.

Mr. Lai holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from MIT, minor in economics. He also holds a master’s degree in computer science from MIT as well as an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Weijian Shan is chairman and CEO of PAG, a leading Asia-focused private equity firm. Prior to PAG, he was a partner of the private equity firm TPG, and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital). Over two decades, Weijian Shan has led a number of landmark transactions that have returned billions of dollars in profit to his firms’ investors. Previously, Shan was a managing director of JP Morgan, and an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his youth, he spent several years working as a laborer in the Gobi Desert of China. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco. Shan is the author of Money Games: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea's Most Iconic Bank (2020) and Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America (2019). His articles and commentary have been published in the Financial Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, The Economist and many other publications.

Lucy is the Founder and Managing Partner of Token Bay Capital, a Hong Kong based early-stage venture fund that invests in digital assets and blockchain companies. She is also a Board Member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and Founder of Women in Crypto, Hong Kong.

Prior to founding Token Bay Capital, Lucy was a senior leader of PwC’s Global Crypto team where she advised entrepreneurs, start-ups and financial institutions on their crypto and blockchain projects. She also worked with many central banks and other regulatory bodies around the world to help formulate their crypto asset policies. Lucy was named a Top 10 Rising Women in Crypto in 2020 (FinTech Times and Wirex) and #22 Top 100 Women in FinTech in 2021 (FinTech Magazine).

Prior to working in FinTech, Lucy spent 16 years in banking with Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Schroders and Kleinwort Benson.

She holds a Type 9 (asset management) license with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and became a Chartered Wealth Manager in the UK in 2015. Born and raised in Hong Kong and educated in the UK, she graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Modern History.

Andrew Toy is the President and Chief Technology Officer at Clover, where he is responsible for overseeing engineering, data science, product, IT and security, as well as driving the vision for how technology and analytics can improve the lives of Clover's members. As part of that, Andrew has led the effort to build and scale Clover’s cutting-edge software product, the Clover Assistant.

The Clover Assistant, which Clover offers to physicians for free, is a software platform that aggregates and integrates each patient’s (also Clover members) health data from across the health ecosystem – including lab results, specialist visits, medication adherence, claims, and customer experience encounters. It uses machine learning to synthesize that data and give providers actionable and personalized recommendations for each patient at the point of care. It shows the clinical reasoning behind these recommendations, but relies on the doctor’s judgment and expertise to diagnose, treat, and implement care plans. Ultimately, physicians who use the Clover Assistant to manage their patients have experienced lower costs, less waste and better patient outcomes.

Under Andrew’s leadership, Clover is fundamentally changing the role of an insurance company to be an active participant in making people healthier and reducing the cost of healthcare.

Andrew joined Clover from Google, where he coordinated enterprise activities for the Android team and ran Machine Learning, Enterprise Search and Analytics for the G-Suite team. Before that, he was the CEO and co-founder of Divide, a company focused on creating a split between work and personal data on mobile devices, which was acquired by Google in 2014. He earned his BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford. He was born in Hong Kong, and currently resides in the Bay Area.

Noah is CEO of Acorns. Born in New York City’s east village, Noah Kerner got involved with Acorns two months after launch as an adviser, investor, board director and then CEO.

His background is colorful: 3X entrepreneur, Co-author of "Chasing Cool” with the former CEO of Barneys, and former DJ for Jennifer Lopez...all before 30. Noah built the leading millennial creative agency, Noise. Before being acquired by Engine, Noise developed hundreds of products and marketing campaigns for this generation including Facebook’s first application, the first credit card to reward responsibility rather than spending for Chase, Vice's music site Noisey, and the top branded game in the App Store. Noah was featured as a "Top 30 Under 30" in Billboard Magazine, a Fast Company "Innovation Agent," and one of AdWeek's "Top 20 under 40." He also advises and invests in a variety of fast-growing startups, including WeWork, where he served as the first Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer. Passionate about educating today’s youth, Noah has lectured on entrepreneurialism and media at NYU, UCLA, Stanford, and Columbia and currently serves on the Board of VH1's Save The Music Foundation. Noah is a graduate of Cornell University where he studied Psychology and Economics.

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沈鹏，水滴公司创始人、董事长兼CEO，1987年生连续创业者，山东人。

沈鹏在中国的科技和互联网领域拥有丰富的经验和专业知识，在2016年4月创立水滴公司之前，他是美团的创始团队成员之一，也是美团外卖的联合创始人并担任全国业务团队负责人，领导了该业务的推出和全国范围内的快速发展。

沈鹏曾入选《财富》杂志中国版 “40位40岁以下商界精英”榜单和福布斯亚洲版 "30位30岁以下商业精英”榜单，均为年度最具影响力的青年企业家评选。

沈鹏毕业于中央财经大学，在清华大学经济管理学院获得EMBA学位，在法国NEOMA商学院获得零售管理硕士学位。

Reuben Lai is the Senior Managing Director of Grab Financial Group that spans across payments, lending, insurance and retail wealth management services. He is passionate about leveraging his experience as founder of multiple technology businesses to empower people with financial services to learn, earn and save more towards their dreams.

At Grab, Reuben has launched multiple successful businesses, including a car leasing platform, Grab for Business, and Grab Ventures. He was also the Chief of Staff to Grab’s CEO.

Before joining Grab, Reuben was a co-founder and CEO in a telemedicine start-up. Prior to that, he was at The Walt Disney Company, driving corporate strategy and business development. 

He was also previously a management consultant at Bain. Reuben holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD. 

Marie Claire Lim Moore oversees the Hong Kong office. She has a long, distinguished career bridging the financial world with emerging innovations in data science and technology. With roles spanning geographies, including New York, Singapore and Greater China, she joins TransUnion from Visa where she was Head of Consulting and Analytics for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Previously, she spent 15 years with Citi. Lim Moore is also a best-selling author and passionate advocate of women’s leadership and empowerment. She serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong.

Aaron Gwak is Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, ASEAN at Standard Chartered Bank.

In this role, he is responsible for overseeing origination, structuring and execution of both foreign and local currency bonds in the ASEAN region. The Bank has an extensive footprint in the ASEAN region with foreign and local currency capabilities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Aaron is also a champion for digital innovation within Capital Markets and the Venture Lead for Liberty – a tokenisation venture funded by SCVentures. Liberty has completed a proof-of-concept in the Philippines by tokenizing retail bonds using a public blockchain and is in the process of modifying the Liberty platform to drive retail green bond investments in Hong Kong – a project spearheaded by the BIS Innovation Lab and HKMA. Liberty was also named one of 15 finalists for MAS’ Global retail CBDC Challenge showcasing a strategy to used tokenized Government bonds to drive mass adoption of retail-targeted central bank digital currency.
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Based in Singapore, Aaron joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2009 as Head of Cross-Border Debt Capital Markets, Asia and has since played a number of leadership roles within Capital Markets. Aaron began his banking career at UBS Investment Bank in Seoul and subsequently in Singapore. As a member of the Global Capital Markets team, he helped originate and execute over 45 asset-backed and corporate bond transactions across the Asia region during his tenure with UBS.

Immediately prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Aaron was Director, Global Markets at Woori Investment & Securities, Asia, managing their non-equity proprietary trading business. While studying in university, he helped set up an internet gaming start-up in Korea, pioneering global competitions in the eSports industry. Raised in Ghana, Aaron holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Seoul National University.

Abby Mak is the Vice President of Altive, responsible for leading the firm’s B2C business development initiatives. Prior to Altive, Abby specialized in sports sponsorship at Manchester United where she helped global and regional partners maximize marketing ROIs and implement international activations. 

Before that, Abby was part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s Japanese Corporate Banking Department where she looked after leading Japanese corporations in Hong Kong and Greater China.

Abby is native in Cantonese and fluent in Japanese, Mandarin and English. She majored in B.A. in Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and furthered her study at Imperial CollegeLondon for MSc in Management.

Abraham is a former lawyer turned digital banker. These days, he’s a consultant focusing on digital banking in Canada and he was previously one of the founders of Standard Chartered’s virtual bank Mox. Prior to that, he was a director in digital banking in the Singapore office where he was responsible for the implementation of emerging technologies as well as making banking simpler and more intuitive. He’s a frequent speaker at conferences where he focuses on emerging topics in financial services such as challenger banks, regtech and open banking. He also writes about industry developments on atonfintech.com.

As a common law and civil law qualified lawyer, he offers a multidisciplinary approach bridging the gap between banking, technology and law.

Adam is Head of the Data & Analytics team at HKEX. Prior to joining HKEX in 2017, he was a quantitative strategist at Goldman Sachs, and a fund manager investing in European real estate. Based in Hong Kong since 2007, he holds a degree in Computer Science from Imperial College, London and an MBA from HKUST Business School.

Aditya Gahlaut is Managing Director and Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance in Hong Kong and Macau of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He is a seasoned banker with extensive experience across client coverage, product management and strategy.

Prior to moving into this role, Aditya was heading the Global Trade and Receivables Finance unit for the Bank in India. He has extensive client management experience having managed relationships from mid sized corporates to large major multinationals. Aditya has also managed the Business Banking business for the Bank in India.  

He currently heads a team of over 600 trade professionals delivering solutions to circa 15,000 customers across all major industries and segments. HSBC Hong Kong proudly house the first and largest trade centre of the Group and is also well known for its innovative and customer centric trade finance solutions.  

Aditya graduated in Economics from Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi University. Aditya is also a Post Graduate in Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.

Alan Tsui joined HKT in November 2019 as CEO of HKT’s Loyalty, Digital and Analytics. His main role is to oversee the overall management and strategic direction of The Club, HKT’s loyalty program and digital ventures arm. Alan is also responsible for data management and monetization activities across HKT’s business units.
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Prior to joining HKT, Alan was Vice President of Digital, Loyalty & Portfolio Marketing, Asia Pacific for Marriott International, where he helped launch Marriott Bonvoy across multiple countries in Asia Pacific.
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From 2014-2018, Alan was Digital Analytics and Channel Marketing Head of Asia Miles, and led personalization of digital experiences. Before joining Asia Miles, Alan was co-founder and CEO of Kites, a startup business which developed technology to integrate dozens of datasets in real time. Alan received a BA in Economics from University of Chicago.

Albert Wong was appointed CEO of HKSTP in August 2016. The purpose of Science Park is to accelerate the development of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Hong Kong.

Committed to the success of Hong Kong’s future, Albert and his team are responsible for providing world-class services at the Park, to achieve their objective of helping technology companies and talents to realise their commercial potential. These services include technology incubation programmes, tools and research labs for application and product development, early-stage investments, mentoring and business consulting, and connecting Park companies with local industry and trade associations.

Albert holds an Engineering Degree from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The 30-plus years of commercial, industrial and leadership roles with various multinationals have provided Albert with the critical appreciation and understanding of building companies, investment networks and solving market needs. The 15 years spent with GE in the US headquarters, Asia-Pacific and China – where he was responsible for M&A, Business Development, Product Management, and Business Operations – were especially significant for him, providing Albert with the knowledge and connections to lead HKSTP today.

Outside of work, Albert actively contributes to the community. He is a member of The Court of The University of Hong Kong and a board member the Hong Kong Sports Institute. An avid runner, Albert regularly takes part in marathons around the world.

Alexandre is an Associate Director within PwC’s Crypto team in Hong Kong where he specialises in advising multiple types of firms looking to expand their outreach within the crypto industry.

Before joining PwC Alexandre worked within the Investment Banking industry where he developed wide knowledge about derivatives throughout his experience at Société Générale and JP Morgan.

From 2015, Alexandre became a crypto and blockchain entrepreneur focused on delivering Blockchain powered solutions to financial institutions as well as building custody and hardware wallet products for institutional clients. The firms he co-founded got incubated within the Hong Kong Cyberport hub, received label from the Finance innovation hub in France and obtained financial grants from Consensys. Alexandre also led the institutional trading business development activities within a world-leading crypto exchange.

Alexandre has provided multiple keynote speeches about the rise of blockchain technology around the world and presented Blockchain workshops at Hong Kong University (HKU) and Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

He is currently leading a number of crypto trading, custody and blockchain related enterprise expansion projects with PwC.

Alfonso Garcia Mora is IFC’s Vice President for Asia and the Pacific. In this capacity, Mr. Garcia Mora is responsible for all IFC operations in the region, including operationalizing IFC’s COVID-19 crisis response, building a strong Upstream pipeline rooted in-country strategies, and fostering more collaboration opportunities with a range of key stakeholders for broader impact.

Previously, Mr. Garcia Mora was the Global Director for the Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice at the World Bank Group. He led the World Bank’s work on financial stability and integrity; financial infrastructure, inclusion, and access; long-term finance and capital markets; and crisis and disaster risk finance across all regions.

Since joining the World Bank Group in January 2013, Mr. Garcia Mora has led different regional responsibilities as Manager and Director in Latin America, Middle East, and North Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, advising governments, supervisors, and regulators on projects related to financial-sector development, access to finance, banking crises, capital markets, and financial regulation. Mr. Garcia Mora managed the Financial Sector Assessment Program, leading several assessments, and represented the World Bank Group in different committees of the Financial Stability Board and other standard-setting bodies.

Before his World Bank Group career, Mr. Garcia Mora worked in the private sector for over 12 years, including as Partner-Managing Director at Analistas Financieros Internacionales Consulting Group.

Mr. Garcia Mora holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and served as a visiting Ph.D. student at Boston University. He also holds a Master of Finance from the Catholic University of Leuven. Mr. Garcia Mora has lectured and published extensively on banking and financial- sector issues.

Ms. Alice Wong is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Hong Kong Television Network Limited. She has extensive experience in financial management, corporate finance and global investor relations, in particular on tech industries such as telecommunications, multimedia and eCommerce.  She is one of the core drivers on the Group’s strategic and corporate development on the Ecommerce business and Technology Solution business, including the digital development on Fintech and Insurtech. She also leads the talent acquisition and management, legal and company secretarial, and administration functions of the Group.

Ms. Wong holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Queensland, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Governance. She is a qualified member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She has been a member of the Student Affairs Sub-committee of ACCA Hong Kong since 2010, and a member of the Accountancy Training Board for Vocational Training Council since April 2019. Before joining the Group, Ms. Wong had worked for Pricewater house Coopers in Hong Kong primarily focusing on the technology, info-communications and entertainment sectors.

Andy Nam is Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Asia. The CIOs representing 21 markets in Asia report to him. 

He is responsible for maintaining the region’s technology landscape and supporting activities across the Business segments, as well as influencing and driving current and future technology agenda with a strong focus on cyber security, stability and innovation.

Andy is a highly experienced technology leader who has been with the Bank since 2010 where he has held various technology country and global leadership roles, including CIO for Korea, Head of Architecture, Core Banking and most recently regional CIO for Greater China and North Asia and CIO for Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Andy worked at various global management consulting firms, including Accenture, BearingPoint and Ernst & Young in Korea and New York and held various senior roles there. 

Andy holds Ph.D. in Information from Yonsei University, Korea, MBA in Marketing and Management Information System from State University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A, and Executive MBA from Korea Banking Institute, Korea.

Andy is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion and a passionate believer in digital transformation. 

He is married with two children.

Extensive experience throughout Asia and the US in business development, restructuring, regulatory and compliance. She has held senior management positions with HKEX and HK SFC, and other multinational institutions. Angelina holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the HKU and an MBA in Finance from the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

Angie Lau is Editor-in-Chief, CEO, and Founder of Forkast.News. She is an award-winning veteran journalist who interviews newsmakers, CEOs, and icons, including the exclusive with Li Ka-shing — his first television one-on-one in more than a decade. Angie is a respected thought leader in blockchain technology, leading conversations around the world, including at OECD's Global Blockchain Policy Forum, World Economic Forum, Global Blockchain Business Council / UN General Assembly, Forbes Summit, Binance Blockchain Week, Paris Blockchain Week Summit, Asia Blockchain Summit, and many others.

Before founding Forkast in July 2018, Angie anchored Bloomberg TV’s flagship morning show “First Up with Angie Lau” broadcast globally into 350 million homes, offices and trading floors. Angie’s TED Talk “I Am Not Supposed to Be Here” is now a TED Ed Lesson for its global audience of 6.7 million followers.

Angie is a director on the Executive Committee Canadian Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong, and is a former two-term President and now senior board member of Asian American Journalists Association Asia Chapter. She is a valued past Correspondent Board Governor at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong, and also serves on an advisory board for Journalism Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.

Anna is a data and technology partner based in Hong Kong, and heads the Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice for Asia Pacific. Anna's practice focuses on technology agreements and outsourcing transactions; privacy and data protection; cybersecurity and breach response; telecommunications and Internet regulatory issues.

She has been based in in Hong Kong for nearly 20 years and has assisted clients with Hong Kong and China based projects, and has a wealth of experience in advising clients on high value technology transactions and outsourcing deals, and multi-jurisdictional projects, particularly focused on data management.

In addition, Anna is one of the leading data protection lawyers in Asia and has worked on some of the largest and most high profile cybersecurity breaches in Asia involving a variety of threats and threat actors. She has experience in dealing with regulators across multiple jurisdictions in terms of both notifications and investigations.

Anna is co-author to Internet Law in Hong Kong published by Sweet & Maxwell and is recognized in The Legal 500 and Chambers Asia as a leading individual for her experience in technology and data protection. In particular, she is described as someone who "is really able to bring her experience to bear and find pragmatic solutions" and is recognised for her experience across a number of industries, notably with travel, retail and luxury brands.

Anna is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and holds the CIPT and CIPP/Asia certifications. She is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and Queensland, Australia.

Anna has more than 30 years of CEO experience in steering the strategic direction of the organisation, spearheading major strategic innovative initiatives that have revolutionized the way companies do business locally and globally, helping HK business community thrive.

She has led GS1 Hong Kong to establish platforms, ecosystems and programmes that have driven industry adoption of global supply chain standards, practices and technologies for enhanced business efficiency, digital commerce and IoT development across industries.

Ms Lin attains Chartered Fellow (FCILT), granted by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in 2018, recognising her achievement and contribution to the industries in Hong Kong.

In fostering a collaborative ecosystem, Ms Lin holds a number of appointments in both government and local industry organizations as well as regional organisations, including:

Local:

·       Vice-chairman of Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Promotion, Hong Kong Logistics Development Council, HKSAR;

·       Chairman of Asian Institute of Supply Chains & Logistics Advisory Committee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

·       Member of HKTDC Logistics Services Advisory Committee;

·       Member of Hong Kong-Taiwan Business Cooperation Committee;

·       Chairman of Supply Chain Special Interest Group, Smart City Consortium, Hong Kong;

·       Advisor of Hong Kong-ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation;

·       Member of Management Advisory Board, OpenCertHub;

Global / Regional:

·       Member of the GS1 Global Management Board and CEO Advisory Council;

·       Director of Board of Pacific Basin Economic Council;

·       APEC Business Advisory Council Hong Kong representative for APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security;

·       Member of Advisory Board of School of Business, University of Birmingham;

·       Director of Board of Hong Kong Foundation, University of Birmingham.

Ms Lin is a native of Hong Kong. She holds an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Birmingham United Kingdom.

Anthony Sar founded FINNOVASIA in 2015 aiming to create an independent platform, which brings together the FinTech community in Asia and globally and organised over 80 Fintech activities across the regions. FINNOVASIA is the officially appointed organiser by InvestHK of the Hong Kong FinTech Week for the fifth year, the flagship industry event in Asia with over 40,000 attendees, over 1,000 world-class speakers from 130+ economies.

Anthony is also the Founder of FinTech Club, an exclusive community for senior executives in Hong Kong since 2018. He has hosted numerous Global CEOs talks with international banks, VCs and FinTech companies.

Anthony also founded the world’s first non-profit FinTech Basketball League in 2019 with more than 3 seasons with 100+ matches. over 40 teams have joined the programme.

Previously Anthony founded an executive education company Innovative Trips with headquarters in Hong Kong. Since 2010 his team has organised over 25 international
educational programs with more than 800 corporate executives participating in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Japan and South Korea. Before he moved to Hong Kong, Anthony was responsible for public relations in the Moscow office of the Japan Tobacco International, the Fortune 500 company, and worked as Media & Investors Relations Manager in NYSE listed food producer Wimm-Bill-Dann. Prior to that Anthony worked for five years as a correspondent in a leading Russian business newspaper “Vedomosti”, issued by Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. He also worked on a digitisation project at the Shanghai headquarters of Yicai / China Business Network, the leading financial publication in Mainland China.

Anthony obtained his MBA degree in Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, he also holds a Bachelor Degree in Journalism. Anthony also successfully finished the program for Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts Technological Institute (MIT) in Boston. Anton fluently speaks English, Russian and studies Mandarin Chinese.

Anton is a natural-born strategic specialist, holding a degree in Economics. From 2010 to 2018 held various positions in top advertising agencies, working with brands like adidas, Four Seasons, QATAR Investment Authority and more whereupon he went completely into cryptocurrencies and fintech. From 2018 to 2020, he was in private consulting, helping multinational corporations and investment funds implement blockchain and cryptocurrencies into their processes and adapt to the digitalization of financial flows. In early 2020, he co-founded a strategic consulting agency to help fintech and blockchain companies scale their business. Anton is now responsible for developing of AAX’s B2B and B2C business and GR in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS.

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周国昌先生现为中银香港个人数字金融产品部副总经理，负责香港及东南亚地区所有财富管理产品及财富顾问团队，同时担任中银国际英国保诚信托董事及宝生证券及期货有限公司董事。

在加入中银香港前，周先生曾在汇丰集团内地及香港地区担任多个高级管理职位，包括策略规划、财富产品及分销，亦曾于恒生银行担任私人银行业务的高级执行副总裁。

周先生的职业生涯始于摩根士丹利（亚洲），专长于内地及香港投资市场。持有香港大学工程学院学士学位，现为投资者及理财教育委员会（证监会辖下）理财教育委员会成员。

Asad Khan is a Digital Technology Adviser with the Bank for International Settlements. 

Working for the Innovation Hub in Hong Kong, Asad is responsible for developing and leading applied research projects in new technologies and critical focus areas within financial markets and central banking. Within his scope of work includes central bank digital currencies, distributed ledger technology, and open finance. 

A software engineer by background, Asad started his innovation journey as a member of Accenture's Global Blockchain and Multiparty Systems practice. He has worked with clients across industries to build proof-of-concept and production systems, lead engineering teams, and guide the development and implementation of tech innovation strategies. Asad currently resides in Hong Kong and is originally from Washington, DC.

Barbaros is a proven leader with over 24 years of banking experience spanning business management and strategy, marketing, product development, and digital transformation. He joins Mox with a solid international track record in establishing digital banks and leading them to sustainable profitability that will be crucial for Mox’s next growth phase. 

Before joining Mox, Barbaros held senior leadership positions at ING Bank Austria, ING Bank Turkey, and Garanti Bank BBVA, where he led their respective digital initiatives. As the CEO of ING Bank Austria, he transformed the bank from one focused on savings into a full-service digital bank. At ING Bank Turkey, he transformed and digitalised the retail business to deliver sustainable profitability and grow its profit base materially. He also established a full-service digital bank at Garanti Bank BBVA to expand the bank’s customer base exponentially.  

Barbaros has a Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE) from Columbia Business School and an MBA from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. He also holds a Master’s of Science in Industrial Engineering from Marmara University. Besides being a leader in digital banking, Barbaros is also a proponent in the retail and payments space. 

Barry has worked with Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (including the former Bank of China Group in Hong Kong) for over 37 years since his graduation. Barry has held various management functions in both Corporate Banking and Personal Banking which include: trade finance, loans, credit, correspondent banking, settlement, policies & procedures, strategy & business planning and branch management.

The current job holds the responsibility for the management of operation of BOCHK which include 12 divisions and approximate 1,600 staffs.

Barry holds BA in Business Studies, MA in Quantitative Analysis for Business and MSc in Financial Engineering of City University of Hong Kong and EMBA of CASS Business School, London.

Barry O’Byrne was appointed Chief Executive of Global Commercial Banking in February 2020, having served in the role on an interim basis since August 2019.
He is responsible for a business serving about 1.4 million customers across 53 markets, ranging from small enterprises focused on their home markets through to corporates operating internationally.

Mr O’Byrne joined HSBC as Group General Manager and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Global Commercial Banking in April 2017, responsible for strategic change initiatives, data and analytics, middle office and the leadership of regional COOs. He was appointed as a Group Managing Director in March 2020.

He joined HSBC from GE Capital, where he worked for 19 years across a number of senior leadership roles. At GE Capital his most recent appointment was CEO for GE Capital International. Previously he was COO for GE Capital International, with responsibility for the group’s operations, technology, strategic initiatives and simplification strategy across more than 20 markets.

Mr O’Byrne has also held CEO positions in Italy, France and the UK and has served on boards in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Spain. He has a degree in Business Studies and French from the University of Limerick, and lives in Hong Kong with his wife and three daughters.

Ben El-Baz在美国矽谷和中国有超过10年的开源和业务发展经验。 他是公认的区块链技术意见领袖和培训师，斯坦福大学最大的区块链社区的联合创始人，也是斯坦福商学研究生院校友。 Ben拥有斯坦福大学管理学硕士学位及杜兰大学经济学学士学位。

Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by London Stock Exchange Group’s LSEG Technology. With a background in development work, social research and fintech, Ben develops insights into Bitcoin and decentralized finance and provides strategic direction at AAX. He is also a working member of Global Digital Finance (GDF), the leading industry body dedicated to driving the acceleration and adoption of digital finance.

Bénédicte is the Head of the BIS Innovation Hub, Hong Kong Centre. Prior to this appointment, she was a managing director at SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered Bank that leads a series of new ventures across digital banking, banking as a service, SME finance and blockchain. From 2018-2019, she was the Vice President of International Government Relations at Circle, involved in the evolution of blockchain and digital assets. From 2012-2018, she was the Head of Risk & Strategy of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and in that capacity also acting as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Emerging Risks and the Fintech research lead for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). From 2007-2012, she was a managing director at Credit Suisse and before that from 1997-2007 she was an associate and executive director at Goldman Sachs. Originally from Belgium, she holds LL.M. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Leuven. She is admitted to the New York Bar since 1999. In 2016, she was a recipient of the China Daily Asian Women Leadership Awards for her efforts related to entrepreneurship, innovation and charity. She remains closely engaged in these topics, most recently through her involvement in the Fintech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) and Women in Finance Asia (WiFA.)

Benjamin Treves is responsible for the expansion of FQX into Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

Benjamin combines 15 years of banking experience across Asia Pacific and London. Prior to joining FQX, Benjamin was a Director in HSBC Global Banking and Markets in Hong Kong, responsible for origination and execution of export finance transactions in Southeast Asia.  In that role, he led and executed several first-in-market milestone transactions.

Benjamin recently graduated with high honours with Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Benjamin Quinlan is the CEO and Managing Partner of Quinlan & Associates. He is also the Chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK), an Adjunct Professor at the AIT School of Management, a Conference Ambassador for the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), sits on the Advisory Committee for Hong Kong Science and Technology Park’s (HKSTP) Technology Validation Initiative, is a member of the Asian Financial Forum Steering Committee for the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (HKTDC), and sits on the Finance, Tax & Legal Steering Committee of the Australian Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) and the Finance & Treasury Committee at the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC). In addition, he is a Senior Advisor for a number of leading startups, a Mentor for PingAn’s Cloud Accelerator, a Guest Contributor for eFinancialCareers and Regulation Asia, and has been widely recognised as one Asia's leading FinTech influencers.

Benjamin has an extensive track record advising many of the world’s leading multinational companies, financial services organisations, SMEs and start-ups on a variety of high-profile strategic engagements. He is quoted extensively in the global financial press and is frequently interviewed by leading media outlets, including Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, and Channel New Asia. He is also a regular keynote speaker at leading financial services industry conferences across the world.

Prior to founding Quinlan & Associates, Benjamin was the Head of Strategy for Deutsche Bank AG’s Equities business in Asia Pacific and its Investment Bank in Greater China and sat on a number of the bank’s global and regional executive committees. He was also the global strategy lead for several of Deutsche Bank’s landmark projects executed out of London and New York.

Prior to Deutsche Bank, Benjamin worked as a Management Consultant at Oliver Wyman, a leading international strategy consulting firm. As part of the firm’s Corporate & Institutional Banking practice, Benjamin advised a variety of global and regional financial institutions on a range of strategic matters. He was also actively involved in the firm’s thought leadership publications and was widely regarded as one of Oliver Wyman’s global subject matter experts in investment banking and capital markets strategy.

Before joining Oliver Wyman, Benjamin worked at UBS AG in the bank’s Asia Pacific Client Coverage and Group Strategy departments, reporting into the regional President and CEO. He began his career in M&A and Capital Markets Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Sydney.

Benoît Cœuré became Head of the BIS Innovation Hub in 2020. He is a member of the Bank's Executive Committee. Previously, he was a member of the Executive Board of the ECB. From 2013 to 2019, he chaired the BIS's Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures.

Prior to joining the ECB, he served in various positions at the French Treasury and the French debt management office. Between 2007 and 2009, he was France's Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Trade and Development, co-chair of the Paris Club, and G8 and G20 Finance Sous-Sherpa for France. From 2009 to 2011, he was Deputy Director General and Chief Economist at the French Treasury.

Mr Cœuré is a graduate of the École Polytechnique in Paris. He holds an advanced degree in Statistics and Economic Policy from the École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique (ENSAE), and a bachelor's degree in Japanese.

He has authored articles and books on economic policy, the international monetary system and the economics of European integration.

Benson is a partner of PwC who specialises in financial services.  During his career with PwC, he was seconded to a few cities across continents, including PwC Beijing office for two years serving the banking industry.  After returning to Hong Kong, he served a number of Chinese financial institutions.  In the past three years, in view of increasing cross-border and GBA initiatives, Benson spent time between Shenzhen and Hong Kong to expand the market reach and support the growth of financial institutions and fintech companies in Shenzhen.  He has experience in taking fintech companies public in the United States. With the continuing growth opportunities in GBA, he takes the role in financial service sector to establish stronger market profile, connect the relevant stakeholders and achieve the potential growth of financial services industry.  In addition to the role in PwC, he is also the working-group member of the GBA Committee within the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA).

Bill Fenick has over 25 years of financial services and enterprise experience in a variety of strategy, sales and marketing roles at Tibco Inc, Thomson Reuters and Interxion/ Digital Realty.

Before taking up his current VP Enterprise Verticals position at Digital Realty in June 2021, Bill led Enterprise Segment at Interxion from September 2017 to May 2021. Bill started his tenure in September 2013 at Interxion, leading  the Financial Services segment. At Thomson Reuters, Bill drove business development for Elektron Managed Services, where he drew on his successful track record in developing and marketing services for low latency data feeds and colocation, data distribution platforms and managed services in the global marketplace. Prior to starting to work in the financial services industry, Bill was a lecturer at the University of Vienna and held a post-doctoral post at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Bill holds a PhD from the University of Vienna and a BA from UCLA.

Founder, MaGeHold - Angel Investment Group (SG& HK)

Founder, MaGeESpire - Technology & Education & Advisory Group

Affiliate Founding Partner, True Global Ventures - Decentralized Blockchain VC Fund

Executive Committee Member & Co-Head of North Asia - Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum

HK Chapter Head - Centre for Finance, Technology & Entrepreneurship

Brian is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Choco Up, one of the largest revenue-based financing and growth platforms in the Asia Pacific. He leads the operations, partnerships, and credit strategy at the company.

Brian began his career in leveraged finance at Deutsche Bank NYC, executing billions of leveraged loan and high yield bond offerings. After that, he joined a global private equity firm, spearheading the investment and management of U.S. corporate and commercial real estate assets. Brian is also a crypto enthusiast who participated in Ethereum's early investment and community building. His experience spans across credit analysis, mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, portfolio management and capital markets.

Brian studied Industrial Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a CFA Charterholder and Certified FRM.

Brian Hui is Head of Customer Propositions, International and Marketing, Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB), The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. In his current role, Brian manages the entire HSBC customer portfolio, international business, digital banking, customer experience and marketing to deliver the world class financial solutions and services to our customers. Brian has over 20 years of experience in users growth, marketing, digial, customer experience and commercial roles across financial services, e-commerce and startups. Previously, Brian has held global management roles in Faraday Future, LeEco and Amazon based in the US and China, where he took the helm of a wide range of functions including sales and marketing, customer growth, product development and customer experience. Earlier in his career, Brian worked for Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank across Hong Kong, China and the UK in the areas of e-business, sales and marketing and channel management.

BRIAN W TANG is a board member and was founding co-chair of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong’s Regtech Committee, which has been recognized by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in its two-year roadmap to promote regtech adoption as playing a “key role in the [regtech] ecosystem”. Brian is managing director of ACMI and founding executive director of LITE Lab@HKU - an interdisciplinary and experiential programme that fosters law, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship (LITE) at University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Law. Brian co-founded APAC Regtech Network (which brings together the regtech committees of the fintech associations of Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia); World Regtech Summit (which featured more than 80 regtechs in conjunction with Hong Kong Fintech Week 2020) and organized Hong Kong’s first lawtech and regtech hackathons LegalRegtechHack (which included mentors from the Securities and Futures Commission). Brian has been invited to speak and consult with financial institutions, fintechs and regulators (including at the HKMA’s AML/CFT Regtech Forum) and is a principal instructor for the world’s largest fintech online course on edX with more than 100,000 learners worldwide. Brian is also a globally recognized co-author of Wiley’s The FinTech Book, The RegTech Book , The AI Book and The LegalTech Book. Brian was previously at global investment bank Credit Suisse in Hong Kong and Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Silicon Valley.