2026演讲嘉宾

Dr. Kang Qu currently serves as the Deputy General Manager at Global Corporate Banking Department at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (“BOCHK”). His primary responsibilities include strategic planning and financial performance management for the Corporate Banking sector. Before moving to Corporate Banking, he worked at the bank’s Economics & Strategic Planning Department and the Hong Kong Financial Research Institute of Bank of China focusing on BOCHK’s sustainability strategy, ESG regulatory and listing disclosures and green research. Prior to joining BOCHK in 2021, Dr. Qu spent years working in London, where he joined Bank of China Limited London Branch in 2006 and held positions as Head of Macro Research, Strategic Planning, and Sustainability.

Dr. Qu’s work is highly regarded within the industry. He has received multiple professional awards, including the Bloomberg Businessweek ESG Elites Award in 2025 and the Second Prize in the 2025 Green Finance Skills Competition organized by the Chinese Financial Workers' Union. Furthermore, he has published over 50 articles in both international and domestic journals, covering research areas such as macroeconomics, financial and banking development, and green finance.

In addition to his roles at Bank of China, Dr. Qu serves as the Chinese expert for the Special Policy Study (SPS) group of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), a Member of Directors of the China International Finance Society, the Vice President of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA), and a member of a Working Group led by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on the Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Information and Communications Technology Sector).

Dr. Qu holds a BSc degree in Computer Science and Technology from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), a MSc degree from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a PhD in Finance from University of Durham in the UK.

Karen Yip is the Founder of InnoGlobe, where she works hands-on with founders, especially mainland Chinese SMEs, from their first step into Hong Kong through to their first investor meeting.

Karen’s strength is her network and her ability to put it to work. Over two decades serving high-net-worth members and families, she has built trusted relationships with angel investors, venture funds and family offices, and she knows how to prepare founders for those rooms, turning customer acquisition costs, lifetime value and margins into a story investors can back. She pairs this with deep commercial connections across distributors, retail buyers, manufacturers and logistics partners, so a meeting becomes a sales channel rather than a business card.

She also brings credibility. Through the InnoGlobe ecosystem, Karen connects brands with university partners including CUHK, CityU and PolyU, an advisory bench of HKUST scientists and consumer-goods leaders who have run brands at Danone and Nestlé, and member companies across eight sectors, from food tech and biotech to fintech. Her founders gain third-party testing, expert endorsement and visibility on Hong Kong’s biggest stages, from government and chamber events to the Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo.

Her approach is co-building, not consulting: she stays alongside a business long after the introduction is made, until the product is on the shelf and the right partners are at the table.

Kavi Harilela is the Director of Hong Kong-based FGA Trust and a Director of its parent company, Payment Asia Group. He is also an investor whose career spans principal investing, venture advisory, corporate finance and fiduciary governance. Founded in 1999, Payment Asia Group operates an end-to-end fintech ecosystem across digital payments, asset management, trust and custodian services, licensed lending and digital marketing, with more than 25 years in operation, a presence in multiple jurisdictions and seven operating subsidiaries. At FGA Trust, the Group's trust and custodian services arm, he oversees the corporate and personal trust teams, manages trust assets prudently and ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while acting in the best interests of beneficiaries.

He brings a rare combination of deal origination, financial modelling, structuring, execution and portfolio management, together with trust and fiduciary oversight, to venture investors and founder-led businesses across Asia-Pacific.

Kazimierz holds PhD in Innovation Finance from the University of Bath, UK. Kazimierz leads the Digital Channels & AI business for HSBC Hong Kong Retail Banking and Wealth division. In his role he is accountable for all Digital Channels performance across all digital estate, mobile app development, open banking, incubation of new digital technologies and digital design. In his role he is also responsible for development and embedding of AI technologies for the business.

Mr. Fang Ke (方科) is co-founder, executive Director, chief financial officer and secretary to the Board of Astribot. He is primarily responsible for compliance and financial management, capital operations, risk control and strategic decision-making of the group.

Mr. Fang obtained his bachelor’s degree in law from China University of Political Science and Law (中國政法大學) in the PRC in July 2009. He has over 17 years of experience in compliance and financial management, investment banking, capital markets and technology-related industries.

Astribot was founded in Shenzhen in December 2022. The company has pioneered a software-hardware integrated system architecture for AI (Design for AI, DFAI), deeply coupling 'AI capabilities' with 'optimal manipulation'.

Keith Rumjahn is an entrepreneur, AI educator, and creator focused on helping professionals use AI practically in their work. With over 15 years of startup experience, Keith has built and led venture-backed technology companies, raised more than US$20 million in funding, managed teams of over 40 people, and developed products used by millions globally.

Today, Keith runs **Keith AI**, where he teaches AI agents, automation, AI coding, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, local AI systems, and real-world workflows. His audience includes over **13,000 YouTube subscribers**, **11,000 Threads followers**, and **6,000 LinkedIn followers**.

Keith has taught AI to more than **2,000 students** through online courses on Udemy and other platforms. He has also trained over **300 professionals** through corporate workshops and in-person programs at **HKU SPACE** in Hong Kong. His teaching style is practical, hands-on, and focused on helping people move from simply understanding AI to actually building useful workflows, automations, and products.

Keith is also a practitioner. Using AI-assisted coding, he developed an app that now grosses over **US$1,000 per month**, and he maintains an open-source AI coding project with over **420 GitHub stars**. This gives him a grounded perspective on what AI can actually do beyond demos and hype.

His work focuses on the future of AI-powered productivity, including how individuals and teams can use AI agents, automation, and AI coding to work faster, build better systems, and stay relevant in an AI-first world.

Kelvin is the General Manager of Platform Tech, Senior Vice President of Ant International.

Since joining Ant in 2016, Kelvin took a number of leadership roles in the Global Funds & Treasury team where he led the team in building the world’s leading next-generation global liquidity and treasury system leveraging cutting-edge in-house developed DLT and AI technology to support the growing needs of our corporate clients in a more scalable and sustainable manner. Under Kelvin’s leadership, together with major partner banks including JP Morgan, Citibank, SCB, HSBC and Barclays, Ant International was able to propel transformation of FX and liquidity management framework connecting five global treasury hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, New York and London, covering more than 100 currencies. Ant was awarded the Adam Smith Awards Asia in 2021 as the winner in the best liquidity management solution.

Prior to joining Ant, Kelvin was the Head of Corporate Solutions Group for Citigroup China from 2010-2016. He was also the Head of FX of JP Morgan China from 2009 to 2010. Kelvin was an alumni of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Ken Han is the Chief Commercial Officer APAC at Flow Traders, a global liquidity provider specialised in Exchange Traded Products and Digital Assets. As part of his broader responsibilities, he leads the Institutional Sales & Trading and Digital Assets Business Development teams across Asia, covering investors and market participants to develop liquidity and trading solutions across the region.

Prior to joining Flow Traders in 2016, Ken has held roles in Singapore and Hong Kong at a global Investment Bank, providing banking solutions to financial institutions across Asia.

Kenny Man is the Founder and Managing Partner of 01Fintech Limited. He has more than 20 years of extensive investment, management consulting, and operational experience specializing in Fintech and e-commerce.  While in the Alibaba family of companies, he successfully built the international investment teams for both Alibaba and Ant Group.

While Kenny was at Ant Group, he built a twenty-person team from the ground up.  Since 2015, He invested USD 5bn in over 30 Fintech companies, and was managing approximately USD 20bn in AUM when he left the company to form 01Fintech.  This propelled Ant's globalization strategy by investing or establishing partnership with Fintech companies around the world, including Paytm (India), Ascend Money (Thailand), Dana (Indonesia), GCash (Philippines), Alipay HK (Hong Kong), TNG (Malaysia), Gcash (Philippines), Bkash (Bangladesh), Kakao Pay (Korea) amongst others.  He has been appointed to more than 10 companies' board of directors and has participated the journey in turning many of those companies into Unicorns.

Prior to Ant Group, Kenny was Senior Investment Director at Vision Knight Capital, a USD 800mn private equity firm Founded by ex-Ant CEO. He led the 91.com project from deal execution and the sale of the company to Baidu for USD 1.9 billion, which was, at that time, the largest internet M&A in China. He also led the 500.com deal and supported that company’s listing on the NYSE.

Before Vision Knight Capital, Kenny was the Director of Alibaba.com Investment & Acquisition Team where he built the first Alibaba international M&A team from scratch. While completing multiple deals during his tenure, he executed the first overseas acquisition for Alibaba and the first acquisition for Alipay. His deals included Vendio, Auctiva, and Singlefeed in the US and Oncard Payments in China. He also worked in the Corporate Finance team in Alibaba Group prior to joining the investment team and was deeply involved in the Alibaba.com IPO.

Kenny has also held positions at Pepsi and McKinsey and Company. He received an Executive MBA, Joint Degree program at the Kellogg School of Management Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in University of British Columbia. He has been listed in the Global Corporate Venture Top 100 Powerlist for several years.

Twenty years as a senior equity trader at BlackRock. Seven years helping fintechs find their commercial footing in financial markets. Two careers that continuously inform each other.

I am a Managing Partner at Finceler8, where I focus on commercial growth for fintech firms operating in financial markets. I spent those previous twenty years as a senior equity trader at BlackRock, trading pan-European equity investment products and that practitioner background is central to how I work. I understand the markets these firms are trying to serve from the inside, and that changes the quality of the conversations I can have on their behalf.

I am based in Hong Kong, having spent the majority of my career in London. I work across global financial centres, and as a fluent Arabic speaker, I have a particular affinity for Middle Eastern markets. I am also a mathematics graduate of University College London and a mentor at Level39.

I am deeply passionate about elevating the public visibility of senior women in fintech. I actively work to put them in front of the right audiences, platforms, and opportunities and to connect them with each other.

Kevin is a prominent digital asset advocate, educator, and growth executive dedicated to helping financial institutions bridge the gap between traditional finance (Web2) and blockchain-driven (Web3) open financial systems.

An early commercial adopter of digital assets, Kevin has been investing in and advocating for Bitcoin since 2016. He leverages this deep expertise to advise regulated Licensed Corporations on the compliant tokenization and distribution of Real-World Assets (RWAs).

Demonstrating a strong track record in regulatory compliance across major Asian financial hubs, Kevin has held registration as a Responsible Officer (RO) with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) and served as a Licensed Representative with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) focusing on product distribution.

丘雯靖（Kira Yau），现担任 Finoverse 市场与合作伙伴总监，负责香港金融科技周的市场推广与全球合作伙伴拓展。

曾在知名风险投资机构创新工场担任高级公关主管。此后曾创立时尚品牌 Kira&Yanng 并任 CEO，完成三轮超千万融资、做到年销千万。

后创办坤钰资本 ，专注于全球投资，并孵化出财经 IP《钱途无量 Money Talk》《Kira说》，全网 10 万+ 商业财经粉丝，访谈过 30 余位全球投资人与 CEO，聚焦全球财经与科技。

她是既懂投资，又下场创过业的资深财经媒体人。

"Kris is the Head of Finoverse Ventures, where she leads the firm’s strategic investment initiatives and cultivates global family office relationships with meaningful impact. With over a decade of experience at the intersection of FinTech, Web3, and AI, Kris is known for building exclusive networks, curating influential events, and advising top-tier companies on capital strategy and ecosystem growth.

In her current role, Kris focuses on fostering enduring partnerships with ultra-high-net-worth families and next-generation wealth leaders. She has been invited to speak at exclusive global gatherings and has hosted landmark events such as the Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Summit, a premier convening of family offices and institutional investors, as well as Next-Gen meetups that connect emerging leaders with co-investment opportunities and frontier technologies.

Kris also plays a key role in shaping Hong Kong FinTech Week, where her leadership helped attract over 45,000 attendees annually and brought global icons like Ray Dalio and Neil Shen to the stage.

Her career has been profoundly influenced by her parents and family, who have built businesses across diverse industries, including trading, wood, coal mining, investments, and real estate since her early years. This upbringing instilled in her a deep passion for creating meaningful impact alongside her peers and other entrepreneurial families.

Her thought leadership has also been featured in platforms such as HKTDC, and she was profiled in the bestselling book ""The Metaverse Economy: How Finance Professionals Can Make Sense of Web3."" Beyond her work, Kris is a dedicated mentor within female-focused communities that empower entrepreneurs and leaders."

Kunal Choudhary is a strategy lead at Worldpay, focused on Trading and Payment Facilitators. He leads go-to-market strategy across these verticals, identifying growth opportunities, shaping differentiated propositions, and helping translate market trends into commercial action. Kunal works across product, commercial and regional teams to develop strategies that strengthen Worldpay’s position in complex and rapidly evolving payments markets.

Kun is the founder of GGWP, the AI platform modernizing moderation and tackling toxicity in gaming and communities, and founder and CEO of Forge, the first of its kind loyalty and rewards platform for games.

Previously, he founded Crunchyroll, the world's largest destination for anime and manga, and served as CEO for over a decade. He brings 20 years of experience in consumer media, including founding social mapping service Frappr, product and engineering at Slide and HOTorNOT.

Kun graduated from UC Berkeley with honors B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and B.A. in Applied Mathematics in 2004, and was a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.

Kyrie Luo is the Founder of Vision Carbon, a green fintech company focused on advancing a low-carbon economy through blockchain technology. Vision Carbon is a global voluntary carbon trading platform that integrates artificial intelligence, blockchain, and satellite remote sensing technologies. The company was included in the Green Fintech Map released by the Hong Kong Government and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and has been featured in mainstream media such as the South China Morning Post, Ming Pao, and Ta Kung Pao.

Academically, he is pursuing a PhD in Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong. He also serves as an Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Digital Asset Association and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneur Alliance. He has received numerous honors, including the 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award, and holds the CFA Climate Finance Certificate and a Sustainable Finance Certificate from the University of Cambridge.

赵岚（Lana）新浪财经香港站站长、亚太区新闻内容负责人，常驻香港，主导香港站的内容建设与商业化运营。她深耕财经媒体领域多年，长期聚焦港股市场、跨境投资、Web3 与数字资产等前沿议题，致力于以专业权威的报道连接香港与国际资本市场，向全球投资者呈现中国资产的真实价值。她曾主导新浪财经首届 "全球资本峰会"，汇聚监管层、金融机构与行业领袖，深入探讨香港国际金融中心建设与中国资本市场全球化的机遇；在金融科技周，她将立足媒体观察者与行业连接者的双重角色，围绕资本市场新趋势实践分享深度洞察，为与会者带来国际视野与本土经验的视角。

Lapman Lee is a Professor of Practice at the HK Polytechnic University. He focuses on the intersection of finance, governance & risk management, sustainability, and (financial) technology with a focus on AI.

Lapman is a trusted advisor to Boards and C suite of financial institutions and listed companies whom he advises how to navigate the increasingly complex and interrelated global risk landscape.

Prior to his current role, Lapman was a financial services & FinTech Partner at Deloitte where he advised digital banks and insurers, and was a Board member of the HK FinTech Association responsible for AI.

He advises policymakers and regulators on Green FinTech and AI governance & risk management.

Lareina is a growth-focused senior business executive with over 20 years of experience across Asia and Europe. Known for her strategic vision and execution, she excels at navigating complex, matrixed organizations to deliver results.

As Head of SME Business for DBS Hong Kong, Lareina is an energetic, adaptable leader who builds low-ego, high-performing teams capable of achieving ambitious shared goals. Having completed three international relocations, she brings a global perspective and exceptional agility to dynamic environments.

A prominent figurehead in the financial ecosystem, Lareina previously served as Chair of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) and continues to drive industry evolution as a Director on its Board.

Professor Larry Poon (潘嘉陽) is a premier Hong Kong-based corporate strategist, venture investor, and elite educator who uniquely bridges high-level corporate governance, deep-tech innovation, and frontline commercial combat.

With over 35 years of cross-border experience, Prof. Poon currently serves as an Executive Director of Great Eagle Holdings (HKEX: 0041), a multi-billion dollar blue-chip real estate and hospitality conglomerate, where he commands macro-investment vetting and asset allocation. Embodying his philosophy of "Techanization"—natively integrating advanced technology into traditional value chains—he is also the Co-founder of Roborn, an award-winning deep-tech pioneer specializing in 5G-enabled motion-control humanoid robotics.

Unlike traditional theorists, Prof. Poon’s unmatched "market moat" stems from a rugged frontline sales pedigree. In the 1990s, he spearheaded expansion into Mainland China as Top Sales and China General Manager for a Building Materials Group, concurrently serving as Commercial Director for an European multinational Group.

Since 2001, he has codified this raw marketplace intuition into world-class business curricula as an Adjunct Associate Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School, mentoring generations of APAC’s top EMBA and MBA executives. His institutional trustworthiness and compliance record are impeccable, evidenced by over 15 years as the Strategic Advisor and Registration Committee Member for the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange (CGSE) and HK Gold Exchange

Prof. Poon excels at orchestrating Western analytical management frameworks (e.g., McKinsey 7S, Porter's Five Forces) with Chinese traditional wisdom (I Ching, Confucian ethics) to engineer resilient, high-growth, and ESG-compliant ecosystems for multinational and domestic enterprises navigating complex macro-environments.

Laura is a passionate advocate and practitioner of big data & AI with 20+ years of in leading financial services, energy, and technology companies. In her current capacity as Managing Director, Head of Data, Analytics and Customer Risk Management in Hang Seng Bank, Laura drives modernization of Hang Seng’s data & messaging platform to cloud-based solutions, embedding & commercializing data & AI into frontline, digital & customer experience for hyper-personalized Omni-channel interaction and revenue growth.  Laura has held several senior positions in global companies incl. Group Head of Insurance Data & Analytics, HSBC, Chief Analytics Officer, Manulife Asia, and Head of Analytics for Wealth Management in HSBC. She has extensive international exposure across Greater China, Asia Pacific, Europe and Americas  with focus on enterprise-level data & AI solutions and strategies.

Laurent Crouet is Chief Transformation & Operations Officer for Generali Asia, overseeing transformation, technology, operations and security across its Asian markets. He leads initiatives that connect digital capabilities with business strategy, operational excellence and sustainable growth.

With 20 years of experience across Asia and Europe, Laurent has built his career at the intersection of insurance, technology and transformation. Before joining Generali, he held several executive positions at AXA, including CEO of AXA Group Operations in the Philippines, as well as senior roles across digital, data and transformation.

At Generali, Laurent focuses on scaling technology and innovation into measurable business outcomes. He is particularly passionate about moving innovation beyond isolated pilots by building the governance, platforms and cross-market collaboration needed to deliver meaningful value for customers, agents, partners and employees.

Originally from France and now based in Kuala Lumpur, Laurent brings extensive cross-cultural leadership experience. His philosophy is simple: technology enables transformation, but alignment, talent and disciplined execution drive success.

Lavanya Chari is Head of Wealth and Premier Solutions at HSBC International Wealth and Premier Banking, responsible for the products, platforms and propositions that make up a digitally-empowered and internationally-connected client offering. Lavanya leads teams for Wealth Solutions across markets from Chief Investment Office, Managed Solutions, Capital Markets, Advisory, Discretionary and Sustainable Investments to Lending, Trust, and Insurance as well as Retail products such as unsecured lending, mortgages and transaction banking.

Based in Singapore and a member of the International Wealth and Premier Banking Executive Committee, Lavanya joined HSBC in July 2020 and created a unified global products function the following year, well positioned to serve the diverse needs of Personal Banking, Premier, High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth clients, in a scalable and efficient way.

Lavanya is passionate about sustainable investing, particularly in helping clients make investment decisions that bring about positive and impactful environmental and social change. She is the sponsor of Gender Equity under the Diversity and Inclusion Forum, an employee resource group where colleagues are empowered and inspired to develop and progress in their careers. Lavanya is also a non-executive director at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Lavanya started her career at Deutsche Bank in London, spending 14 years in Global Markets in various product leadership roles before joining the private bank in 2016 and relocating to Singapore, where she ran products and solutions for Asia Pacific before assuming global responsibility.

Lavanya holds a BA in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.

Lawrence Li is the Head of Consumer Banking Products, Retail Banking and Wealth, Hong Kong of HSBC, covering Deposits, Mortgages, FX, and Payments. He is accountable for setting the business strategy and driving overall profitability across these products. This portfolio plays a critical role in generating both interest and fee income, while delivering market share growth in deposit and lending balances.

Leandro is a partner in the actuarial and risk practice of KPMG Hong Kong. He works with life insurance and financial services clients across Asia Pacific on risk, capital, transactions, product governance, reinsurance, financial reporting, and regulatory matters. He is serving on the Life, Pension, and Innovation committees of the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong.

He graduated from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, and holds actuarial qualifications in the US, Australia, and Hong Kong.

王雷先生任地平线CFO、资本市场负责人。自加入地平线以来，王雷先生先后牵头大众集团对地平线投资项目及地平线港股主板上市项目，立足资本市场，助力公司业务成长。

王雷先生具有丰富的资本运营和工程研发经验。在加入地平线之前，王雷先生任中国国际金融股份有限公司汽车行业首席分析师，曾获得2020年Asiamoney 亚洲货币最佳汽车行业分析师。加入中金公司前，王雷先生于传感器全球领导者企业森萨塔科技担任高级经理，先后负责产品研发及应用、分析实验室、商业开发等业务。

王雷先生硕士毕业于美国罗格斯大学机械及航空工程专业。

Leo is the Managing Director of Integrated Capital, a private investment firm with its roots in Hong Kong, specializing in strategic investments across mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and the Middle East. He focuses on originating and executing cross-border opportunities, working with partners to support long-term value creation and sustainable economic outcomes.

A core part of Leo’s work centers on ESG-driven investing and the development of green energy and sustainability-related projects in Hong Kong and the Middle East. With an investment-led perspective and active project oversight, he supports initiatives that aim to accelerate the energy transition while maintaining commercial discipline, scalability, and measurable impact. His experience includes evaluating opportunities, structuring investments, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to advance projects from development through execution.

Leo is also committed to driving economic growth and creating opportunities in the Middle East through impactful investments and partnerships. He supports collaborations that connect capital, expertise, and projects across regions, with a focus on delivering practical results for businesses and communities.

He has also served as the Honorable Chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China.

马良，Goldfin 创始人。毕业于浙江大学数学系及芝加哥大学金融数学专业，曾任百亿量化对冲基金经理及投资策略负责人，拥有多年量化投资、金融衍生品及资产管理经验。

基于对金融市场与黄金现货市场运行机制、资产定价及资本效率的深入理解，创立 Goldfin，致力于将金融工程与数字技术引入黄金产业，构建以黄金为核心资产的新一代金融基础设施，释放黄金作为全球性价值资产的流动性与金融潜能。

Goldfin 立足真实黄金资产，连接传统黄金市场与数字金融生态，探索黄金在全球金融体系中的全新定位，推动黄金从传统价值储存工具向更具流动性、开放性与金融属性的资产形态演进。

Lewis Sun was appointed Global Head of Digital Currencies, Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), HSBC in May 2026. He provides strategic leadership for Digital Assets and Currencies initiatives within Global Payments Solutions (GPS), with end-to-end accountability for strategy, client proposition, technology and risk, partnering with teams across HSBC.

Mr Sun has held a range of payments and cash management roles in China and Hong Kong since joining HSBC in 2002, including Head of Sales for GPS in China and Head of GPS China.

In August 2017, Mr Sun was appointed Regional Head of Product for GPS, based in Hong Kong. Leveraging his technical expertise and deep understanding of market trends, he assumed the role of Global Head of Domestic and Emerging Payments for GPS in April 2022.

Mr Sun holds a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering and an International MBA from Tsinghua University, as well as a Certificate in International Cash Management from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK).

Lily Guan has extensive experience in banking credit risk management. Currently, as the Director of Product Sales & Solution, she actively drives the pilot upgrade of the Commercial Credit Reference Agency (CCRA) to empower Hong Kong financial institutions in advancing digital credit decision-making. She has also pioneered cross-boundary business credit reports, successfully enabling Hong Kong banks to utilize cross-boundary enterprise information for clearer insights into the credit status and financial performance of related mainland enterprises. This facilitates SME credit assessments and completes the southbound pilot initiative for cross-boundary credit information exchange in the Greater Bay Area.

王力（Christy），Even Realities（逸文科技）联合创始人/COO。

深耕泛科技领域多年，曾任百度战略办专家，以及执一资本、弈秋资本、势乘资本等机构董事及管理合伙人。主导项目涵盖海内外及天使轮至 Pre-IPO 轮等各类阶段，累计融资额近 40 亿元，在投融资、企业管理、财务与商务关系方面拥有丰富经验。现专注于推动逸文科技在前沿智能消费电子领域的自主创新与全球化落地。

她毕业于上海交通大学，并曾在纽约大学 Stern 商学院交流学习。

Lorence Liao  serves as the AI Solutions Architect Manager at Tencent Cloud. With over a decade of expertise in artificial intelligence, he possesses extensive experience in AI product development and project management. He provides AI technology consulting services to diverse industries, including smart city solutions, financial services, education, and other key sectors."

Ludmilla Raconnat Le Goff is a senior Monegasque government official with nearly thirty years of public service experience. Throughout her career, she has held senior positions spanning social affairs and healthcare, public finance, economic development and the transformation of public policy.

Since September 2025, she has served as Delegate for Strategic Development to the Minister of State. She is also Secretary General of Monaco’s Strategic Council for Attractiveness and CEO of Invest Monaco.

In these roles, she defines and leads the Principality’s attractiveness strategy. Her mandate is to strengthen Monaco’s international positioning, attract investors, entrepreneurs, talent and new residents, while supporting those who already contribute to the Principality’s economic vitality and global influence.

Mr. Luke Wang is President of Huawei’s Insurance Business Unit and a seasoned technology leader with more than 26 years of experience driving innovation across telecommunications, digital ecosystems, and financial services. Throughout his career at Huawei, he has led the development and global deployment of mission-critical software platforms, including intelligent networks, billing systems, and value-added service solutions that have supported large-scale digital operations worldwide.

A recognized expert in ecosystem building, Mr. Wang has played a pivotal role in several of Huawei’s most strategic initiatives. He led a 3,000-member R&D task force to establish the HMS Core ecosystem, creating a comprehensive global mobile services platform. As President of Huawei’s App Ecosystem Business Unit, he drove the worldwide expansion of HUAWEI AppGallery, fostering collaboration with developers, enterprises, and ecosystem partners. He also spearheaded the growth of the HarmonyOS NEXT ecosystem, enabling the onboarding of tens of thousands of enterprise applications and accelerating digital innovation across industries.

Today, Mr. Wang focuses on empowering the financial services sector, particularly insurance institutions, through digital and intelligent transformation. By leveraging Huawei’s full-stack ICT, cloud, and AI capabilities, he works closely with leading insurers to modernize core operations, enhance customer experience, strengthen risk management, and unlock new business value. His deep expertise in platform innovation, ecosystem development, and industry transformation positions him as a leading voice in the future of fintech and insurance technology.

Mahesh is a dynamic entrepreneur with a proven track record of building and developing companies across diverse industries, including NewSpace Economy for Hong Kong, Education, renewable energy infrastructure & Investments, general trading, and brand development. As an advisor to his family investments, he specializes in guiding startups through to B-round funding, leveraging his expertise in strategic growth and investment.

Mahesh also plays a pivotal role as Family Council Convenor in developing family governance, where he focuses on succession planning and sustaining family legacies through structured governance frameworks, ensuring the seamless transition of wealth and values across generations.

Mankila Hung is Head of Innovation and Payment at Ele Bank Limited, where she leads the bank's digital payment strategy and product innovation. She has successfully launched consumer card products and cross-border remittance solutions, expanding the bank's payment capabilities across multiple channels.

With over 20 years of experience in the payments and financial services industry, Mankila has held key positions at Visa and American Express, where she led commercial and money movement solutions, managed strategic client relationships, and drove product development across the Asia Pacific region. Her expertise spans digital payments, cross-border money movement, product solutioning, and business development.

Manouk Termaaten is founder and CEO of Vertical Labs and Protocol Lead at vAPI Network. He has spent over a decade in crypto, taught himself to code before AI tools existed, and was fine-tuning language models before most people had heard of OpenAI. He studied industrial engineering (University of Amsterdam) and finance (Erasmus University Rotterdam), founded two companies, then built Vertical into six AI products with 80,000 users and over $4.5M in protocol fees.

He has operated AI infrastructure at scale across AWS, OpenRouter and fal.ai, and ran the $VERTAI token on Ethereum, Base and Avalanche through a full market cycle with 12,000 holders. With vAPI, the onchain task market where AI agents and humans do business, he is focused on letting agents safely buy real work from real people through non-custodial escrow, onchain disputes and earned reputation.

At Hong Kong FinTech Week, Manouk speaks on agentic payments and machine payment rails (x402, MPP), token economics that reward usage over speculation, and the regulatory architecture (MiCA, VASP) that decides which builders can compete in onchain finance. Outside of work he has crossed two Himalayan passes, including Everest Base Camp, and run the New York City Marathon.

Manson is a seasoned technology builder with experience across multiple waves of digital transformation—from early digitisation and mobile platforms to cloud computing, big data, and today’s AI-agent era. His career spans technology, academia, financial services, and the F&B technology sector, including OpenRice, a leading Hong Kong dining platform.

At the moment, he is particularly interested in agentic commerce: enabling AI systems to securely discover services, coordinate workflows, and support trusted interactions across business platforms. He brings a hands-on perspective shaped by building systems through successive technology eras, while remaining focused on real-world adoption rather than experimentation alone.

He earned his doctorate from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research interests focus on applying cutting-edge AI and digital technologies to scientific and commercial challenges.

Dr. Marcus Leiwe is a Founding Partner at Leiwe & Partners (L&P), an elite data and AI consultancy that combines cutting-edge academic rigour with industrial expertise. With over a decade of hands-on experience in machine learning, complex analytics, and distributed data systems, he advises organisations on engineering robust, production-grade data and AI platforms.

Marcus frequently helps emerging ventures by defining technical roadmaps, automated data pipelines, and human-in-the-loop AI ontologies. His recent work includes building digital twins, designing ontologies, and architecting business intelligence platforms. Across his commercial engagements, he has engineered proprietary clustering algorithms, directed high-performance AI strike teams, and delivered advanced predictive modelling and fraud-mitigation solutions.

Prior to founding L&P, Marcus served as a tenured Assistant Professor at Kyushu University and a Researcher at the RIKEN Centre for Brain Development in Japan. His work involved developing computational models, new algorithms, and computer vision techniques to help understand brain connectivity. His research earned features in publications such as Forbes, alongside multiple peer-reviewed publications.

He holds a PhD and a First-Class Honours degree in Neuroscience from King's College London.

I’ve spend 15 years in the tech industry as an exec helping shaping the future: expedia, circle, mettle (natwest) and near.

today i serve on boards (ig group, qivalis, n26), i advise investors and companies and share my thoughts at currency of power to help others understand these shifts and what they reveal about leadership, trust, and decision-making in a permanent state of uncertainty.

Mariette van Niekerk is Deloitte New Zealand’s Trustworthy AI Lead, leading AI engagements across both the Risk and Technology teams. An experienced lead data scientist, she has delivered AI solutions across multiple industries for more than 15 years in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.

Her work spans both sides of AI: using it to detect risk and improve decision-making, while also helping organisations manage the risks AI introduces. Since beginning her Responsible AI journey in 2017, Mariette has specialised in AI risk management, governance, testing, evaluation, monitoring, and the design of practical AI guardrails.

After helping Deloitte UK develop a cross-industry library of AI risks and controls, she relocated to New Zealand to establish and lead the local Trustworthy AI capability. Today, she advises organisations on AI governance frameworks, risk metrics, testing approaches, and operating models aligned to leading standards and international best practice. She is also passionate about helping technical teams, executives, and boards translate Trustworthy AI principles into practical action.

Mario Shamtani brings more than 30 years of experience in financial services technology, with a career spanning senior leadership roles at some of the world’s leading institutions. He is widely recognized for his ability to build scalable, modern platforms that deliver value to customers, clients, and regulators globally.​

Before joining HSBC, Mario served as Chief Information Officer for Markets, Investment Banking, and Regions at JP Morgan, where he was responsible for strategy, product, and engineering teams across multiple business lines. In this role, he successfully led large-scale technology initiatives that supported global growth and innovation.​

Earlier in his career, Mario spent eight years at Citibank, where he held key leadership roles including Global Head of Fixed Income and Currencies Technology, and Head of the Citi Innovations Centres in London and Israel. These positions highlighted his expertise in driving transformation and fostering innovation within complex financial ecosystems.​

At HSBC, Mario leads the Chief Technology Office, overseeing Infrastructure, Data Strategy, AI in Tech, Platforms and Architecture, and the Technology Centres. His deep industry knowledge, leadership experience, and forward-looking approach are instrumental in shaping the company’s technology strategy and future growth.​

As Founder and CEO of Lise, Mark Kepeneghian is dedicated to modernizing market infrastructures in Europe.

Through Lise, he is developing a unified infrastructure integrating both trading (MTF) and settlement (CSD) functions. This project aims to create the first natively tokenized stock exchange, operating 24/7, with the goal of simplifying access to financing for SMEs and mid-caps through instant settlement.

Mark also leads Kriptown, the technology company designing the technical architecture (trading and post-trade) required to operate these tokenized financial instruments.

Alongside his operational roles, he actively participates in industry initiatives regarding financial regulation:

- AMF (French Financial Markets Authority): Member of the "Market Organisation and Functioning" Consultative Commission.

- ADAN: Vice-President and Chair of the Tokenization Committee, contributing to the definition of the regulatory framework for digital assets.

- France FinTech: Board Member, focusing on topics related to tokenization and capital markets.

He also sits on the boards of startups in the MedTech and LegalTech sectors.

Mars/Zizhao Xue serves as Executive Vice President at MiniMax. Before joining the company, he developed his career in primary-market technology investment at Hillhouse Investment and Silver Lake, where he spearheaded multi-stage investments in leading technology companies, including MiniMax’s early financing rounds.

Mārtiņš Beņķītis is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gravity Team, a dominant, long-standing emerging-market crypto liquidity provider he founded in 2017 with childhood friend Edgars Laimīte.

Under his leadership, Gravity has grown into a leading emerging market crypto market maker and liquidity provider, handling more than US$500 billion in cumulative spot trading volume. The firm accounts for approximately one per cent of global crypto spot today with connectivity to over 40 exchanges and settlement networks spanning more than 45 key markets.

Mārtiņš’s leadership and strategic vision have been instrumental in cementing the firm’s position as a trusted institutional counterparty across both emerging and developed markets, having built deep partnerships with major global & local exchanges, along with top-tier digital assets. Today, Gravity Team maintains leading liquidity provider status across key emerging markets in Southeast Asia and Latin America, remaining one of very few liquidity providers in the world with the scale, networks, and track record to move and settle value across key emerging and developed markets.

Mārtiņš is an authoritative voice on the institutional pivot reshaping crypto OTC, the structural decline of correspondent banking, and what stablecoin-anchored settlement infrastructure means for institutions moving capital across global markets now and into the future of finance, regularly providing thought leadership to tier-1 media and at the industry’s most consequential gatherings.

Maryann is the Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President at Phancy Group (6682.HK), a leading full-stack AI cloud services platform listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and ranked No. 1 in China’s machine learning platform market for eight consecutive years.

With over two decades of experience in equity capital markets, global institutional investors, cross assets and AI business strategy, Maryann previously served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at SenseTime (0020.HK). Her career spans top-tier global institutions including Morgan Stanley and CLSA.

A passionate advocate for bridging industry and academia, Maryann serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and as a Corporate Advisory Board Member for HKUST’s MSc in Business Analytics programme. She holds executive certificates from Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Matti Lievonen is a distinguished leader in the renewable fuels industry, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EcoCeres, a global innovator in sustainable biofuels. Appointed CEO in January 2025, Matti brings decades of executive experience, a strong track record in scaling renewable energy businesses, and a deep commitment to combatting climate change through cutting-edge decarbonization solutions.

Matti is renowned for his transformative leadership in the energy sector, particularly during his tenure as CEO and President of Neste Corporation, where he spearheaded the company’s rise as a world leader in renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). His expertise in biomass-based biofuels and bioproducts has been instrumental in driving the adoption of renewable fuels across industries. Prior to Neste, he held senior executive roles at UPM Biofore Corporation and served on the boards of Fortum, SSAB, Solvay, and the Confederation of Finnish Industries, cementing his reputation as a strategic visionary in sustainable industrial development.

Maximilian Plank is Managing Partner of Tenity Hong Kong. Tenity is a VC-led innovation platform built exclusively for financial services, with 200+ early-stage investments and corporate innovation services for 65+ institutions worldwide.

Through Tenity's GoGlobal initiative he builds bridges in both directions: helping scale-ups from China/HK expand into Europe and the Middle East via Hong Kong, and bringing international scale-ups into Asia. He is an honorary global ambassador and mentor at Cyberport and co-authored Tenity's KSA Fintech Opportunity Report 2025.

A serial entrepreneur with ventures across software, consumer products and services, he holds board and advsior roles at Keragenix Biotech, KGH Group and Stabelton, and sits on the Excom of the INSEAD Alumni Association Saudi Arabia.

Medhy Souidi is a recognized leader in fintech, bringing a practical, forward-thinking approach to his role as Senior Vice President and Transformation Lead at DBS Bank, one of Asia’s most innovative financial institutions. Medhy drives the adoption of emerging technologies like generative AI and blockchain, ensuring DBS stays ahead in a fast-changing financial landscape.

In his work, Medhy collaborates with diverse teams to create and implement fintech solutions that improve customer experiences and support business growth. His strategic insight and hands-on leadership have been key to DBS’s success in digital finance, helping the bank navigate new challenges and opportunities with confidence.

Medhy is a well-regarded voice in fintech, AI, and the Metaverse, frequently sharing his insights at global conferences and industry events. Known for making complex ideas accessible, he contributes valuable perspectives that help shape the future of finance.

Outside of his role at DBS, Medhy is the founder and host of "What the FinTech," a podcast and newsletter that has become a go-to resource for fintech professionals. Launched in 2019, the platform offers in-depth analysis, interviews with industry leaders, and coverage of the latest trends, fostering a community of innovation and collaboration.

Medhy also plays an active role in the fintech community as a board member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong, where he supports the sector’s growth in the region. His work has earned him recognition, including the "Fintech Changemaker of the Year" award by Asian Private Banker and a spot on Tatler’s Gen T list.

Melissa Gecolea has over 25 years’ experience as a broadcast journalist working in the Philippines, London and Hong Kong covering politics, defense, technology, and business. She worked at Hong Kong’s TVB Pearl network (Television Broadcasts Ltd) for 10 years as the main anchor for the English language evening news and hosted the weekly show ‘Pearl Magazine’ as well as ‘Money Matters’ where she was also Senior Supervising Producer. She currently works at Radio Television Hong Kong as the main anchor for the Evening News and teaches journalism at the University of Hong Kong.

Melody He currently serves as the Deputy CEO/ Chief Business Officer at CSOP Asset Management Ltd. In her role, Melody oversees the Trading, Capital Markets, Sales and Marketing, and IT departments, aligning her strategic vision with the firm's objectives and client needs.

Beyond her primary role, Melody also serves as the Vice Chair and Product Development Committee Chair for the Chinese Asset Management Association of Hong Kong. Her responsibilities primarily involve chairing and guiding the Product Development Committee. Leveraging her industry experience, she contributes thoughtfully to discussions that shape the evolution of asset management within the region.

Before her tenure at CSOP, Melody was at Goldman Sachs covering Greater China Institutions in the FICC division. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s dual-degree in Economics and Psychology.

Michael Lau is Chairman of Consensus, one of the world's largest and longest-running digital asset conference franchises, and Senior Vice President, Group Head of Business Development at Bullish (NYSE: BLSH).

At Bullish, Michael has been part of the journey since inception — joining in early 2020 to help launch the crypto exchange product that would grow into one of the leading digital asset exchanges globally by volume, now regulated across Hong Kong, the European Union, Gibraltar, and the United States. He oversees global business development across the entire Bullish group, including the regulated Bullish Exchange, CoinDesk, and CoinDesk Indices businesses.

As Chairman of Consensus since 2025, Michael oversees the Consensus conference franchise — running for over a decade — across both the Americas and Asia. He most recently led the return of Consensus to the United States with Consensus Miami in May 2026, which drew over 15,000 attendees and featured 500+ speakers, alongside continued growth of Consensus Hong Kong to over 11,000 attendees from 122 countries and close to HK$300 million in economic impact.

Prior to digital assets, Michael spent over a decade in traditional capital markets at CLSA and J.P. Morgan. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto, a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategy & Innovation from Oxford Saïd, and completed the Chief Marketing Officer Program at Kellogg, Northwestern University.

Michael Wu is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Amber International Holding Limited (Nasdaq: AMBR), operating under the brand name AMBR. He co-founded Amber AI in 2017, which later became Amber Group. Today, he leads AMBR, a company dedicated to building specialized AI agents for finance, enterprise, and growth, on the belief that the next generation of financial and business services will be built around AI agents that do more than answer: they act.

Michael brings nearly a decade of experience at the intersection of technology and financial markets. Deeply technical and hands-on with programming and AI, he has also built and operated businesses across some of the world’s most demanding financial markets.

Under his leadership, AMBR combines AI-native technology with domain expertise, real data, and real-world workflows to develop a portfolio of AI agents specialized for high-stakes use cases spanning personal finance, marketing, trading, institutional financial services, enterprise security, and organizational management.

Before founding Amber AI, Michael was a portfolio manager at a billion-dollar macro hedge fund and an FX and rates trader at Morgan Stanley. He graduated summa cum laude in Economics from Dartmouth College.

余名德为 Google 香港销售及营运总经理，负责 Google 香港的发展策略及营运。

余名德 2011 年加入 Google，曾于销售及策略合作部门担任管理要职，并推动 Google Pay 于亚太区推出，一直致力助各行业的合作伙伴数码转型。 2018 年，他获任为 Google 全球销售策略及培训主管，负责发展广告销售团队。

凭借逾廿年科技领域经验，余名德现为香港美国商会及香港加拿大商会董事，以及香港科大商学院资讯系统学课程顾问委员会成员。

余名德持有香港科技大学和美国西北大学凯洛格（Kellogg）管理学院合办的行政人员课程 EMBA 学位，以及加拿大 Ivey 商学院荣誉学位（HBA）。

Michael is currently a Strategic Advisor in Google Cloud Greater China Region, where he provides technology advice and guidance to clients on their long-term strategy. He has 40 years of experience in IT, with a particular focus on AI, Internet, eCommerce, and TravelTech. He is also an expert in web usability, computer security, and blockchain technologies.

Before joining Google, Michael held senior roles at a number of leading organizations and projects in the APAC region, including Asia Miles, Caltex, Cathay Pacific Airways, the HKSAR Government, Hutchison eCommerce, HKICPA, Priceline, SingTel, and Tradelink. In these roles, he was responsible for developing and managing systems, as well as providing strategic advice and guidance.

Michael holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. He is also a founding member and past chairman of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Hong Kong and Macau Chapter, and a past president of ISACA China Hong Kong Chapter.

Michael is passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems. He is also a strong advocate for security and privacy. He is committed to helping organizations adopt the latest technologies in a secure and responsible way.

Michele Fung is Head of APAC at Unlimit, where she leads the company’s regional expansion strategy, and Chairperson of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK). In her role at Unlimit, she leverages an extensive global network to identify high-potential markets, provide deep insight into local and competitive landscapes, and build strategic partnerships with local and international stakeholders to accelerate growth and strengthen market credibility.

She brings more than a decade of experience in global market entry, business development, and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Unlimit, Ms Fung held senior leadership roles at leading firms, including Lianlian Global, where she drove client acquisition and retention and delivered tailored solutions to meet diverse market needs.

Beyond her corporate leadership, Ms Fung plays an active role in advancing Hong Kong’s fintech ecosystem through her position as Chairman of FTAHK, fostering industry collaboration and engagement across the financial services and technology communities.

A trusted industry representative and brand ambassador, Ms Fung has represented organisations at international conferences, trade shows, and industry events, significantly enhancing their global visibility and reputation. Her ability to build trust-based relationships and navigate complex market dynamics has consistently contributed to sustained business success.

Michele Soavi is Chief Sustainability Officer and COO of ImpactScope, and Chair of the Sustainability Working Group at the Crypto Valley Association. He works at the intersection of AI, finance and sustainability, with a particular focus on one problem: how to verify that a green claim is actually true.

That focus runs through his whole career. He began as an external auditor at PwC and EY, where he learned what makes a number trustworthy and auditable. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, specialising in AI and blockchain, and an MBA in Sustainable Business. At ImpactScope he led the development of GWI, an award-winning AI and blockchain tool that detects greenwashing and verifies sustainability claims, recognised in the IRCAI Global Top 100.

As Sustainability Chair at the Crypto Valley Association, he leads the association's work connecting digital assets, AI and green finance, and builds partnerships across research, industry and public institutions internationally. He also sits on the board of the Green Fintech Network and supervises doctoral research in sustainable business and technology.

His perspective bridges two worlds that rarely meet: the rigour of financial audit and the frontier of AI and blockchain.

胡莹女士是波士顿咨询公司（BCG）的董事总经理，全球合伙人， 主要专注于BCG的保险行业咨询业务，是BCG大中华区保险服务专题组负责人, 同时也是大中华区消费者与金融服务业务部负责人。同时，她也是 BCG 全球生态战略与渠道卓越领域的专题领军专家之一。

胡女士在保险和咨询行业拥有27年的相关经验，业务覆盖美国、日本、中国大陆、香港及台湾等多个市场。她为各地头部企业提供多领域咨询服务，涵盖数字化转型、渠道升级与创新、运营模式变革、公司治理、人才与组织架构等范畴。同时，她也负责主导整个保险行业前瞻洞察与专业研究的体系搭建。主要著作及行业研究成果包括：保险业数字化创新、中国数字保险发展、保险公司数字化转型、生态战略布局、保险消费者洞察等。

胡女士拥有美国伊利诺伊大学工商管理硕士学位，主攻金融和市场营销方向，并拥有注册金融分析师（CFA）执照，为纽约证券分析师协会的会员。

Mikaal is the CEO of Boom, Asia’s first online brokerage. Boom provides individual and institutional investors in 90 countries with access to more than 50,000 global equities across 18 markets and 10 currencies through a single account.

Previously, he co-founded 8 Securities, Asia’s first mobile-only brokerage. Over the course of building the company, the team raised $40 million in venture capital and introduced several first-to-market innovations in Asia, including robo-advisory, social trading, fractional shares, subscription pricing, and the first end-to-end cloud deployment of a regulated brokerage.

The company was a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt and was selected by Amazon as one of the Top 5 Startups in Asia. In 2020, 8 Securities was acquired by SoFi, where it went on to deliver more than 500% growth across revenue, customers, and AUM.

Earlier, he spent a decade at E*TRADE, leading business and product expansion across 14 markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and India. During that period, the business scaled to $11 billion in AUM, $200 million in annual revenue, and $60 million in annual profit.

Mikaal launched his career at Deloitte during the dot-com boom as a management consultant in the technology practice. In an era of rapid digital transformation, he led project teams for pioneers of the modern internet, including America’s first digital bank, its first online brokerage, and one of the largest e-commerce platforms.

Mikaal has lived in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Dubai, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. He holds a joint MBA from Columbia University and London Business School, and a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University.

Dr. Miles Wen is CEO and Co-Founder of Fano, a spin-off company from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) that has closed multiple rounds of fundings from renowned investors such as Horizons Ventures, Gobi Partners and Openspace Ventures.

Dr. Wen specializes in information and communication technologies, optimisation algorithms, big data, and machine learning and has numerous academic publications and patents. Since 2016, he was appointed as Adjunct Assistant Professor (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) at HKU, where he takes active role in guest lecturing in topics related with technology transfer, startups, and artificial intelligence applications.

Dr. Wen also actively contributes to the technology ecosystem. He is a member of Innovation Advisory Board of HKU and an active mentor at the iDendron Incubation Program at HKU, Founding Vice President of HKSTP Startups Alumni Association, EEE Industry Advisory Committee Member, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council Electronics / Electrical Appliances Industries Advisory Committee, and Member of the Expert Review Panel of Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre.

Mohamed Keraine is the Global Head of Digital, Wealth and Retail Banking (WRB) and Enterprise Co-Head of AI at Standard Chartered, where he leads the digital transformation agenda. Mohamed is responsible for driving innovation and delivering a differentiated customer experience across the Bank’s affluent, private banking and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) segments. In his role as Enterprise Co-Head of AI, he leads the Bank’s business-led AI agenda, aligning strategy, adoption and delivery to scale AI capabilities across the enterprise in a safe, responsible and impactful way.

Beyond his core responsibilities, Mohamed is also actively engaged in the Bank's Diversity and Inclusion efforts. He serves as the Council Chair of WRB Diversity and Inclusion Council, and is the Global Sponsor of the Generations Colleague Community, championing initiatives that foster an inclusive and equitable workplace.

Mohamed began his career with ING Direct France in 2006 before taking on several positions at ING’s head office in Amsterdam for retail markets in Europe, Australia and Asia from 2011 to 2017. In 2018, he was appointed Head of Retail Development Asia where he launched the first digital bank in the Philippines and led several strategic initiatives in Southeast Asia and China.

Mohamed holds a Master of Science in Strategic Marketing Leadership from the Henley Business School and a Master’s degree in social sciences from Paris la Sorbonne University.

Moran Levinovitz serves as the Group Head of HSBC Ventures for HSBC.

Moran leads HSBC’s corporate ventures arm which makes strategic investments across AI, Digital Assets, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Cyber Security and Capital Markets. The team is spread across the UK, US, HK, India and Israel.

He is a board / board observer of various companies as well as on the LPAC of a number of venture capital firms. Previously he was an Investment Banker for a decade advising clients on Mergers and Acquisitions, equity and debt transactions across multiple geographies and sectors. He holds a Business Administration degree from the Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) with a focus on Entrepreneurship

Mostafa Abdel Aziz is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Act Financial and Wilzy, with more than 28 years of experience across Egypt and the Middle East’s investment banking and financial services industry.

Throughout his career, Mostafa has held senior roles at leading regional investment banks, building extensive experience across investment banking, capital markets, investments, and corporate finance.

In 2015, he co-founded Act Financial, an activist investment company focused on identifying and unlocking value in publicly listed and privately held businesses. Under his leadership, Act Financial evolved into a prominent investment platform and successfully listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in 2024.

Mostafa is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Wilzy, a new-generation wealth management platform designed to transform how individuals learn about, plan, and manage their wealth. Wilzy aims to make investing and wealth management more accessible, engaging, and intuitive, bringing together financial education, planning, and investment solutions within a single digital ecosystem.

Mostafa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cairo University and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mohamad Masri is a fintech entrepreneur, operator, and technology leader dedicated to simplifying how money moves across borders. With a career built at the intersection of financial services, payments, stablecoins, banking infrastructure, and regulation, he has spent the last decade helping startups and growth-stage companies transform complex financial challenges into scalable, customer-focused products.

As CEO of Pyypl, Mohamad is leading the company's transformation into a modern financial platform focused on enabling global collections, payments, stablecoin settlement, and accessible financial services for businesses and individuals across emerging markets. His work spans strategic partnerships, regulatory engagement, fundraising, product development, and operational execution, bridging the gap between innovation and compliance in highly regulated environments.

Prior to his executive leadership roles, Mohamad built his foundation as an engineering leader, designing and delivering large-scale fintech products, payment systems, card programs, digital wallets, remittance solutions, and banking integrations. This technical background continues to shape his practical, execution-driven approach to leadership and company building.

Beyond fintech, Mohamad has founded and contributed to ventures across logistics, SaaS, e-commerce, and developer tooling, reflecting a strong entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for solving real-world problems through technology. He is particularly interested in the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets, and how emerging technologies can create more efficient, transparent, and inclusive financial ecosystems.

Known for his hands-on leadership style, Mohamad enjoys working closely with teams, regulators, partners, and investors to build businesses from the ground up. His mission remains simple: make financial services more accessible and enable money to move as seamlessly as information does today.

Li Na is a seasoned financial sector executive with over 23 years of expertise in compliance and enterprise risk management. At PalmPay Group, she holds multiple senior roles including Chief Compliance Officer, Global Head of Legal  and Chairman of the Group Corporate Governance Committee, overseeing global regulatory compliance and corporate integrity.

She excels at navigating complex cross-border regulatory regimes. Her core areas include compliance governance, financial crime compliance (AML and anti-bribery), due diligence and audit. She advises foreign entities operating in China and helps Chinese companies build international-standard compliance frameworks for overseas expansion.

Her career includes senior positions at international banks, domestic payment firms and a global consulting firm. Selected by the PBoC, she joined FATF’s first evaluation of China and supported its fourth review. She won national AML excellence awards repeatedly from 2008 to 2015, and led an AI-powered due diligence solution that earned a UK trade fintech award in 2018.

Outside corporate work, she acts as a compliance expert for trade and cross-border e-commerce bodies and a part-time graduate tutor. She also supports social initiatives covering autistic children’s rehabilitation, child online protection and wildlife smuggling prevention.

Naman Tekriwal is a Hong Kong-based founder, operator and investor working at the intersection of sustainability, consumer brands and venture building. Originally from India, he started building businesses in high school, founding a student micro-investing platform that he later sold, as well as Rural Invest and the Young Tycoons Business Challenge (YTBC).

At 18, during his first year at HKUST and in the middle of COVID, Naman co-founded Breer, a sustainability-first craft beverage brand that upcycles surplus bread and F&B waste into beer and non-alcoholic drinks. As Co-Founder and COO, he leads the company’s operations and has helped turn a circular-economy idea into a brand that shows how waste can become something people genuinely enjoy.

Beyond Breer, Naman is a Partner at Orange Juice Ventures, a venture studio, and the founder of WYB (What You Building), Hong Kong’s largest founder community with more than 500 members. Through WYB, he brings together founders, operators and investors to exchange ideas, build meaningful relationships and support one another through the highs and lows of building. He is also an active angel investor, backing early-stage founders with both capital and hands-on operating experience.

Naman was recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2023. Across every role, his work reflects a consistent belief that ambitious, commercially sound businesses can also create lasting positive impact. He is passionate about community, entrepreneurship and helping the next generation of founders in Asia get started.

Ms. Karen Zheng, the founder of Superlink Consulting and the curator of the influencer account "The Greater Bay Area Headhunting Queen", is a highly respected and seasoned expert in the field of human resources. Ms. Zheng is a seasoned expert in human resources, with experience at globally renowned companies such as IBM, Tencent, and Baidu. Since 2020, she has served as a Partner at CGL, focusing on HR services for hard-tech and internationally expanding enterprises. Over her nearly twenty-year career, she has participated in and witnessed the successful IPOs of two startups, and has played a key role in supporting technology companies like Pudu Robotics and Narwal Robotics in building talent and organizational systems from the early startup phase to structured growth. Her firm provides comprehensive HR solutions for innovative and entrepreneurial companies, covering organizational development, leadership cultivation, and talent strategy consulting. In early 2025, she published her professional book, *Practical Human Resource Management for Innovative Startups*.

As a prominent HR thought leader, Ms. Zheng’s self-media account "Greater Bay Area Headhunting Queen" has attracted nearly 150,000 entrepreneurs and professionals across platforms, influencing a new generation of entrepreneurs and workplace professionals through her clear professional insights and in-depth case analyses. She is also a certified lecturer at Tencent Academy, a contracted instructor with the GHR Global HR Think Tank, a mentor on the program "Hi, City Hunter", and an expert guest on the talk show "Renjun Teacher". She has provided executive talent identification and management training for companies including Mango TV, Meitu, SenseTime, and iFLYTEK.

As a "New Hong Kong Resident", Ms. Zheng moved to Hong Kong in April 2023, choosing to settle, purchase property, and embark on a new entrepreneurial journey. She actively engages in the Greater Bay Area’s innovation ecosystem, helping hard-tech and science & technology enterprises establish a presence in Hong Kong, connect with capital and talent resources, and support mainland Chinese companies in using Hong Kong as a platform for global expansion.

In terms of public affairs and social influence, Ms. Zheng has been invited to participate in major events such as the Hong Kong Talent Summit and the Global Talent Forum, where she shared insights on talent mobility and innovation development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, appearing alongside Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Mr. Paul Chan Mo-po. As a representative of Hong Kong’s talent introduction program, she actively promotes talent exchange and enterprise establishment in the Greater Bay Area, assisting the government in attracting high-quality companies and professionals to Hong Kong. She has also been interviewed by leading media outlets, including the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Bureau, providing in-depth perspectives on innovation, entrepreneurship, and talent development.

Guided by the philosophy of "enabling mutual success between enterprises and talent", Ms. Zheng continues to provide strategic HR support for innovative and cross-border enterprises, helping Chinese companies achieve high-quality growth in the era of globalization.

Neil leads XTransfer’s overall corporate development and capital market activities. He also heads XTransfer's Hong Kong business and oversees financial institution partnerships globally.

Prior to joining XTransfer, Neil worked in the Greater China M&A Department of Standard Chartered Bank and at Antin Infrastructure Partners, a private equity fund of BNP Paribas, in both Paris and Hong Kong.

Neil has accumulated 10+ years of extensive experience in cross-border buyout investments and M&A advisory, focusing on sectors such as consumer goods, TMT, and renewable energy.

Nick Trudgen is the founder and CEO of Space Markets, a company building financial infrastructure for the space economy, backed by Coinbase Ventures.

Nick started Space Markets around a simple gap. More satellites, spectrum, power and computing capacity are reaching orbit every year, but there's still no clear way to price any of it or trade it. Deals happen privately, prices aren't public, and investors outside the industry have few ways to take a view. Space Markets is building the markets, price data and settlement tools to change that.

The company's first product is SMX, a venue where people and AI agents can trade on space-economy events, alongside the Space Markets Index, which tracks the sector with a source for every number. Nick is building SMX for software as much as for people: its data feeds and agent tools come first, and the app sits on top of the same system. The company runs much of its day-to-day work through AI agents, with a small human team setting direction.

Niki Ariyasinghe is Vice President of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, leading Chainlink's engagement with commercial banks, central banks, asset managers and FMIs across the region. He has 20 years of financial services and consulting experience, including 10 years leading projects applying blockchain technology with large enterprises. This includes pioneering CBDC projects Project Ubin in Singapore and Project LionRock in Hong Kong; live blockchain deployments with leading financial institutions such as UBS; and a cross-border sandbox program with Swift and ANZ Bank under MAS' Project Guardian to enhance the liquidity and efficiency of financial markets through asset tokenisation. Most recently, this includes Project Pangea, a collaboration with Korean and European banking consortia to advance real-time, stablecoin-based cross-border FX settlement.

Prior to Chainlink, Niki worked at blockchain companies R3 and Abra. He also has extensive experience in banking and management consulting, having worked at ING Bank and Accenture Strategy, respectively. He holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Nikolay Seleznev, Сo-founder, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer

Nikolay Seleznev joined Uzum as a co-founder and has been leading the strategy and business development effort since early 2022.

Mr. Seleznev has extensive experience in Strategy, M&A and Special Situations. Prior to joining Uzum, he worked at ERG, leading diversified natural resources group, and covered projects in Kazakhstan, Africa and Latin America. Before ERG Seleznev worked in management consulting and investment banking in London and Moscow. Mr. Seleznev received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics and finance from the Higher School of Economics.

With over 20 years of experience in technology and international business, Dr. Ning combines a strong engineering background with extensive experience in leading businesses across international markets. He works with government leaders, CEOs, and executive teams to translate AI advances into measurable business outcomes. His work spans AI for government, enterprise AI platforms, intelligent agents, and industrial AI, with a focus on improving decision quality, operational efficiency, and business model innovation in large organizations.

Dr. Ning serves on the Board of Directors of Q.AI, an AI joint venture in Kazakhstan. He previously served concurrently as Chief AI Officer of one of the world's five largest mining groups, where he led the development of the group's AI strategy and oversaw the deployment of AI at scale across complex mining operations, operational management, and decision-support processes.

Before joining 01.AI, Dr. Ning held positions at Tencent and several technology companies, building extensive experience in enterprise technology solutions, product commercialization, and international market expansion. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the National University of Singapore and serves as a Professional Advisor at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, where he advises students on applied research projects. His interests center on the profound impact of AI on business operations, industrial productivity, and organizational development, and on translating technological advances into lasting economic and societal value.