2026演讲嘉宾

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nicole is the Chief Ecosystem Officer at Ubyx.  She is an award-winning digital policy expert driving stakeholder engagement, business development and shaping financial regulation in FinTech, AI, and digital assets across UK, EU, MENA, US and APAC; formerly Head of Digital Policy at Barclays.

Nicole is on the European Commission’s (EC) Expert Group on Regulatory Obstacles to Financial Innovation. In addition, she participated in the Crypto-asset and Blockchain roundtables at the European Parliament and presented on AI to the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN).  She also led a UK Department of Trade Fintech Mission to New Zealand and Australia in 2026.

She regularly speaks on panels, presents at conferences and universities, has published articles (including a series on agentic commerce alongside Amazon, Standard Chartered and the GFIN) and focuses on upskilling and diversity initiatives.  Further, she was named in the Financial News ‘Top 20 Most Influential Women in Digital Assets' and awarded the Freedom of the City of London for her work in FinTech.

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.

Professor Ning Xi received D.Sc. degree in Systems Science and Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA in December 1993.

Currently he is the Chair Professor of Robotics and Automation in the Department of Data and Systems Engineering, and the Director of Advanced Technologies Institute of the University of Hong Kong.

Before joining The University of Hong Kong, he was a University Distinguished Professor, the John D. Ryder Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of Robotics and Automation Laboratory at Michigan State University in United States.

Prof. Xi is a fellow of IEEE. He also served as the President of IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2010-2011), a member of Administrative Committee of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2013-2015). He has been elected as the President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2018).

His research interests include robotics, manufacturing automation, micro/nano manufacturing, nano sensors and devices, and intelligent control and systems.

Ms. Nopnuanparn Pavasant currently serves as Assistant Secretary-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thailand, where she leads the strategic direction of financial innovation and Digital Technology. She is responsible for overseeing the Digital Asset Policy Department, Digital Asset Supervision Department and the Capital Market Infrastructure Center.

Since joining the SEC in May 2005, Ms. Pavasant has played a pivotal role in modernizing Thailand’s capital market regulatory framework. She was instrumental in the sixth amendment to the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (1992), enacted in 2019, which laid the foundation for the development of FinTech in Thailand. She also contributed to the promulgation of the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018), the key legislation governing digital asset fundraising and business operations in the country.

Ms. Pavasant holds LL.M. degrees from Chulalongkorn University and the University of Cambridge, and a Doctor of Legal Science (SJD) from the University of Hong Kong. As Thai Barrister-at-Law since 2003, she previously practiced law at PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal & Tax Consultants (Thailand) Ltd. Her distinguished career reflects a deep commitment to fostering innovation while upholding market integrity and investor protection.

Ole Matthiessen joined Standard Chartered in August 2026 as Global Head of Transaction Services & Digital Assets within Corporate & Investment Banking. Based in Singapore, he leads the bank’s integrated Transaction Services business, overseeing payments, liquidity, financing, securities services and will steer the group’s digital assets agenda to deliver innovative solutions for its client segments.

With more than 20 years of international banking experience, Ole held senior leadership roles across Europe and Asia, leading large-scale business transformation and innovation initiatives. Before joining Standard Chartered, Ole spent nearly 18 years at Deutsche Bank, where he most recently served as Co-Head of the Corporate Bank division and a member of the Group Management Committee. Previously, he was the Head of Corporate Bank Asia Pacific & Middle East and Global Head of Cash Management, where he led the continued growth and strategic evolution of the bank’s global transaction banking franchise.

Earlier in his career, Ole held leadership roles across Fixed Income & Currencies, across trading, structuring and sales, building deep expertise across different capital markets, derivatives, structured finance for a broad range of corporate and institutional client segments. Ole holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and a Bachelor’s degree from AKAD Privathochschulen. From 2021 to 2026, he served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of SWIFT, reflecting his commitment to shaping the future of global financial infrastructure.

Recognised for building high-performing international teams, Ole is passionate about shaping the future of transaction banking through client-centric innovation, digitalisation and the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets.

He is married and father of four sons.

Paco Chan is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in building and scaling technology-driven businesses across Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Prior to founding Farmio, he founded Pickupp, a Series B logistics company that raised over US$53 million from leading global investors, including Alibaba, Swire Group, Jardine Matheson, etc. Under his leadership, the company expanded across multiple Southeast Asian markets and became one of the largest region's leading last-mile logistics platforms, serving over 10,000 businesses and empowering the idle time of the working class of over 150,000 delivery agents.

Drawing on years of experience in logistics and supply chain innovation, Paco founded Farmio to reimagine the agricultural value chain - building a smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable future for food distribution in Asia. Farmio is backed by global venture capital, private equity, family offices, listed companies and government investors, we deliver scalable, efficient, and profitable operations while modernizing a traditionally manual industry.

Patricia is the General Manager for Hong Kong at Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), a global financial platform and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities.

Her background spans technology platforms ranging from startups to publicly traded companies. Over the past eight years, she has held executive roles at Galaxy Digital, OKX and WeLab, with responsibilities covering corporate development, strategy and operations, legal, and compliance. Prior to that, she spent 14 years at HSBC and Linklaters as a capital markets and regulatory lawyer.

She has deep expertise in managing business and regulatory risk, driving market expansion and leading complex high-stake projects. Selected projects include obtaining a Hong Kong virtual bank licence for WeLab in 2019, completing the largest digital banking M&A in Asia in 2022, leading a token launch for a Web3 blockchain infrastructure project in 2024 and obtaining SFC Type 1 and Type 2 licences for Galaxy Digital in 2026.

Her professional focus includes the commercialization of emerging technologies and the analysis of global trends, business models and regulatory developments.

Mr Paul Chow is Group General Counsel and Group Chief Sustainability Officer at HKEX and is a member of its Management Committee.

Based in Hong Kong, he heads up the Group’s Legal & Secretariat functions, overseeing the Legal and Secretarial Services teams globally. He also provides strategic legal counsel to the HKEX Board and Senior Management team. In addition, Mr Chow oversees the Sustainability function at HKEX, encompassing the Corporate Responsibility & Foundation team and the Carbon & ESG Product team. In this role, he is responsible for driving the Group's sustainability strategies that align with HKEX’s purpose and long-term goals.

Prior to joining HKEX in 2021, Mr Chow worked at Cathay Pacific Airways where he was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. Before working in-house, he was a partner at Davis Polk Wardwell LLP, Linklaters and Slaughter and May, bringing broad experience from both private practice and as in-house counsel, along with specific expertise in corporate finance and capital markets. Outside of HKEX, he is a member of the Supervisory Committee of Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, Funds Management Sub- Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, Resolvability Review Tribunal, Standing Committee on Compliance of the Law Society of Hong Kong and Green Technology and Finance Development Committee, and the Working Group on “Co-Prosper Hong Kong” – Welfare Projects Matching Platform under the Commission on Targeted Poverty Alleviation.

Mr Chow holds a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Science in Global Business from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Paulina Leong is General Manager for Visa Hong Kong and Macau with more than 20 years of experience in the payments industry shaping Visa’s growth strategies across the two territories, managing global client partnerships and driving ecosystem innovations.

Paulina is dedicated to harnessing innovation to solve real-world commerce challenges at scale. She believes the future of payments lies in combining Visa’s trusted network with emerging technologies to create meaningful value for consumers, businesses, and the broader economy. Her work spans the full spectrum of payments innovation, from helping partners create more seamless, secure, and engaging consumer payment experiences, to modernising business-to-business payment flows and enabling more efficient global commerce.

Paul Keely is the Chief Financial Officer of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), overseeing the financial strategy across Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Airport Freezone, and Dubai CommerCity. He also serves on the Boards of Oraseya Capital and Tradeling, and the Audit Committee of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. With over 25 years of international experience at firms such as KPMG and Glencore, combined with CFO/FD roles at private equity portfolio companies, Paul brings deep expertise in finance, M&A, and strategic growth. He is a Chartered Accountant, holds a Bachelors degree in Business Law, a Masters degree in Blockchain and Digital Currency and is currently pursuing advanced studies in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation.

李沛伦先生于2016年创立友仑集团。友仑集团是一家立足亚洲、布局全球的投资管理集团，专注投资全球金融科技及创新科技企业；并致力于成为连通中外的桥梁，将海外前沿科技和创新商业模式引进中国，助力中国企业开拓全球市场，通过已投企业和合作伙伴间的协同发展，促进创新升级，打造产业生态圈。目前，友仑集团在美国、中国、日本、新加坡、南非、巴西等国家投资布局了跨境支付、数字化交易平台、数字化资产管理、保险科技、人工智能与大数据应用等创新科技企业。李先生对中日美政治、经济、文化有着深刻的认识和理解，在企业孵化和运营、跨境并购、投资管理等领域，拥有超过25年的丰富执业经验。

Peter is the Leader of PwC Hong Kong and APAC’s digital assets practice and is also a partner in PwC Hong Kong’s financial services tax practice from which he coordinates PwC’s tax efforts globally with respect to digital asset taxation. He has been working in digital assets and Web3 since 2017 and in financial services since 2004.

He is a keen believer that blockchain technology will remake the internet and open up game-changing value for participants and that with the right policy developments, Hong Kong has the potential to be world leader in this sector.   By leveraging his experience of advising Web3 native start ups over the last 8 years, he hopes to transfer this knowledge to help traditional financial services players make the transition to the Web3 economy and explore the promise of tokenising real world assets.

He has advised clients across the financial services sector on taxation matters, as well as advising digital asset exchanges, custodians and funds and financial institutions on how to develop their digital assets strategy.  More recently he has advised companies on real world asset tokenisation, and has worked with overseas governments and regulators on the development of digital asset policies and regimes to incentivise the adoption of Web3.

Peter is a founding member of the board of Web3 Harbour, an industry association focused on supporting the growth and development of the Web3 industry in Hong Kong.  He also a participant on the AIMA digital assets working group, the ASIFMA fintech working group and a member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

He is the author of the PwC Global Crypto Tax Report and the Global Crypto Hedgefund Report which is prepared by PwC in conjunction with the Alternative Investment Management Association.
He has spoken at a number of events including Hong Kong Fintech Week and at the 2023 IOSCO Global Conference in Bangkok and was also a contributor to the IOSCO Asia Pacific Regional Committee and FSB Asia Group annual meeting on Crypto Assets in 2024.

Peter Deans is CEO and Co-Founder of Shelf Labs, a technology company focused on developing innovative governance, risk and compliance solutions.

Shelf Labs’ launch product is ShelfGRC, an AI-assisted governance, risk and compliance platform launched in September 2026. ShelfGRC is designed to help organisations manage risk, compliance and governance more effectively by bringing risk frameworks, registers, controls, compliance obligations and reporting together in a single platform.

Peter is a former Chief Risk Officer and today is an industry-leading risk management authority, strategy advisor and author. He was awarded Australian Banking & Finance magazine’s Chief Risk Officer of the Year award in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.

Peter also created the 52 Risks® management framework more than a decade ago to help board directors, executives and managers identify and manage business risks.

Today, the framework is used across industries around the world.

Peter released the book, Startup Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Founders in December 2024. The book was written to inspire and support the next generation of entrepreneurs. Peter is also an advisory board member for several technology and start-up companies.

In 2026, Peter was a judge and mentor for Hult University’s global startup competition, the Hult Prize, and a mentor for Pegasus Ventures’ Startup World Cup, supporting founders and emerging entrepreneurs competing on the global stage.

Peter Lee, Distinguished Engineer & Chief Technology Officer, IBM China/Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Lee has over 25 years of IT experience leading technical sales and architect to develop solution addressing customers pain points and to promote IBM Technology Group offerings, covering Infrastructure, Cognitive and Cloud Software, Security Software for Hong Kong and Macau region.

Mr. Lee is a veteran in IBM Systems who led technical communities and made outstanding contributions to business and industry via number of large scale project implemented, e.g. Banking Card Infrastructure at China Union Pay; Banking solutions deployment at countrywide Banks & RCCB in PRC; AI solution deployment in GCG region; ERP Infrastructure deployment at Fortune 500 companies; TOP 500 High Performance Computing projects at China Meteorological Administration & Taiwan Central Weather Bureau etc.

Mr. Lee has recently played Technical Advisor role to IBM China Standards Council, helping IBM China to monitor, feedback and comply with many evolving China Regulations and facilitate clients to better understand China Regulations and to land their business in China with IBM as their Trusted Technology Partner.

With that, Peter Lee has been appointed to be the first Distinguished Engineer of IBM Systems in IBM Greater China Group since 2014.

Peter Panas is a co-founder of Honest. Prior to Honest, Peter built two successful credit cards as Vice President of Product Management:

Apple Card by Goldman Sachs: fastest growing credit card in the United States

Mission Lane Card: first credit card fintech to reach unicorn status in the United States

Peter received his Master of Business Administration from UCLA and his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Minnesota State University.

Outside of work, Peter enjoys meditation and playing soccer.

Philip is a Founding Member and Managing Director of Primavera Capital. He serves on the Leadership Committee, Investment Committees, Strategic Partnerships Committee, Portfolio Management Committee, Sustainability Committee, Operations Committee, Risk Committee, among others. His board experience spans both for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Prior to Primavera, he held positions in investment banking based in Hong Kong and in a hedge fund based in San Francisco.

He holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.

Primavera Capital is a global investment firm managing USD20 billion in assets, with 100 portfolio companies and 100 professionals across private equity, venture capital, and credit strategies.

Phoenix Peng is the Founder and CEO of Gestala, China’s first ultrasound BCI company. Since its official founding on January 1, 2026, Gestala has rapidly advanced its “Chengdu + Shanghai” dual-headquarters strategy, building out its R&D system, industrial capabilities, and global talent pipeline. The company has now raised a total of RMB 570 million ($84 million) to date, making it one of the fastest-growing early-stage companies in China’s BCI sector in terms of capital raised.

Peng holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and a Master’s degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence (ISTBI) at Fudan University. A seasoned serial entrepreneur, Peng founded Keruyun in 2012, which was acquired by Alibaba Local Services in 2019 for RMB 1 billion. In 2021, he co-founded NeuroXess. As a tech entrepreneur with a background in Internet and AI, he successfully pivoted into life sciences, leading NeuroXess to become China’s premier invasive BCI company in under four years. He is widely regarded in the industry as one of the "entrepreneurs who best understands science."

Polakit Teekakirikul is a physician-scientist, cardiologist, and healthcare executive specializing in precision medicine, longevity science, and AI-driven healthcare innovation. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of VitalLife Scientific Wellness Center and Chief Science Officer of Bumrungrad International Hospital, where he leads strategic initiatives in genomics, preventive medicine, digital health, and next-generation wellness ecosystems.

With expertise in cardiovascular genetics and genomic medicine, Dr. Polakit focuses on integrating multi-omics, AI, and predictive analytics into clinical practice to enable more personalized and proactive healthcare. His work centers on shifting healthcare from reactive disease management toward precision prevention and healthspan optimization.

Beyond medicine, Dr. Polakit is actively involved in the convergence of healthcare, finance, insurance, and technology. He is particularly interested in how AI, digital biomarkers, wearable technologies, and genomic risk profiling can reshape the future of health financing, underwriting, and preventive insurance models. He frequently explores collaborations between healthcare systems, fintech platforms, insurers, and technology companies to create scalable wellness and longevity ecosystems.

At VitalLife, he has led the expansion of scientific wellness programs that combine advanced diagnostics, genomics, regenerative medicine, and personalized lifestyle interventions. In parallel, at Bumrungrad, he plays a key role in driving innovation partnerships in biotechnology, AI-enabled healthcare systems, and translational medicine.

Dr. Polakit is a strong advocate for the future integration of longevity medicine, digital health infrastructure, and financial technology to create sustainable healthcare models focused on prevention, resilience, and long-term human performance.

Pratyush Prasanna is the Group CEO of Flip, Indonesia's leading fintech company. With a proven track record in payments, he previously spearheaded merchant solutions at GoTo Financial and held key leadership positions at Poynt and Paytm. In his free time, Pratyush enjoys hitting the open road on his motorcycle.

Pravesh Rijal is the Chief AI Officer at Cross River, where he leads the bank’s enterprise-wide strategy across data platforms, artificial intelligence, global banking and onchain finance. As Cross River’s Chief Data & AI Officer, he is responsible for the intelligence infrastructure powering investment, risk, and decision-making across the business.

Prior to this role, Pravesh led Cross River’s Quantitative Strategies organization, delivering high-impact modeling and analytics capabilities. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Vice President in Citigroup’s Global Modeling function and has led key modeling organizations across other Wall Street firms. With deep expertise in financial engineering and applied AI, Pravesh holds a Master’s in Financial Engineering from New York University (NYU) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance at EDHEC Business School, France.

He is passionate about building globally competitive intelligence systems that combine data, human judgment, and machine learning — responsibly and at scale. He speaks regularly on quant innovation, and the future of decision-making in finance.

Priscilla Adams is the founder of Adams Advisory, a boutique firm specializing in compliance advisory for digital assets, technology integration, and public sector engagement. As a board director of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong, she founded and chairs the Digital Asset Integrity Forum, a pubic-private partnership that brings together law enforcement, regulators, traditional finance, and digital asset firms to solve real-world financial crime challenges. She also leads the Association's policy advocacy on regulatory initiatives related to digital assets on behalf of the Association's 1000+ members.

Priscilla began her career at HSBC, where she led a team of 90 to embed AML/CFT programmes across 19 Asian markets, and went on to spend four years at Bullish immediately following the launch of the exchange, building its compliance and licensing programmes across Hong Kong, Germany, the Cayman Islands and the United States. She continues to advise Bullish as an independent consultant.

As a recognized expert in financial crime compliance,  she has spoken at the World Economic Forum, the UNODC, Consensus, Interpol, and the Wolfsberg Forum, amongst others.

Co-founder of NeuricsTech. She spearheads the buildout of the company’s operational framework, overseeing business delivery, capital fundraising, as well as government and corporate external affairs. A serial entrepreneur, she is the recipient of the Transformation & Breakthrough Award at the 4th China Finance Women Leadership Summit and serves as Career Mentor at the China MBA Center, Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University, USA.

A former overseas correspondent with China Central Television (CCTV), she covered major diplomatic state visits, international affairs and financial news. Upon returning to China, she participated in establishing and maintaining CGTN’s global relations with governments, corporations, research institutes and universities. She founded a cultural and media firm in 2017, bringing nearly a decade of hands-on expertise in corporate management, brand strategy, digital marketing and media operations. She has forged deep partnerships with leading brands and commands broad influence across the industry.

Queena Qiu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Polyverse Entertainment Inc., a globally recognized GenAI consumer app company whose flagship product, AI Mirror, was featured by a16z as one of the top 20 GenAI mobile apps. Queena is an accomplished product and partnerships leader with over a decade of experience across Apple and ByteDance. At Apple, she played a pivotal role in launching the Apple Music product globally and expanding Apple's media services into the China market. She later joined ByteDance, where she led the strategic partnerships team with major ecosystem partners. Her work spanned international growth, ecosystem strategy, and core product expansion across global markets.

Queena holds a MBA degree from Tsinghua University&MIT Global program and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the City University of Hong Kong.

Rachel Lee currently serves as the Director of Blockchain & Digital Asset at Cyberport,  spearheading a range of strategic initiatives aimed at accelerating industry growth and fostering the expansion of the blockchain, digital asset and agentic AI-powered One-Person-Company (OPC) ecosystems. Prior to her current position, Rachel held the role of Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation at IX Fintech, and has served in the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) for 10 years, contributed to various high-impact functions, including Derivatives Trading, Fixed Income & Currency Development, and Emerging Business Development.

Rachel holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Compliance and Regulation and an MBA from the University of Hong Kong, as well as a BSc in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Rachel also holds various professional qualifications including Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA).

Rachel serves as Head of Business Development at HashKey Group and Chief Operating Officer of the On-Chain BG, overseeing both the operational management of the On-Chain Business Unit and the execution of strategic business development initiatives at the group level. As On-Chain COO, she drives institutional partnerships, commercial expansion, product & solution development to grow On-Chain business. As Group BD Head, she leads group-wide business development and partnerships with HashKey strategic accounts.

Rachel brings over 20 years of management experience across financial services, consulting, and fintech across web 1 / web 2 / web 3, with a multidisciplinary background spanning strategic planning, business operations, and technology-driven transformation. Early in her career, she served at McKinsey and Bain, where she served many world’s leading financial institutions. In recent years, she successfully led the scaling of MasterCard payment solutions in Greater China and Ping An Group PFS Platform.

During her tenure at Ping An Group, Rachel led the group's personal fintech business, scaling the team from several dozen to nearly one thousand professionals, while driving the business to profitability and delivering significant revenue growth.

Rachel joined HashKey with the aspiration to bring more financial institutions and businesses on-chain and build the future on-chain financial infrastructure together with institutional clients and partners.

Raunak Mehta is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Igloo, a Singapore-headquartered full-stack insurtech that builds and operates the operating system for insurance across Southeast Asia.

He was promoted to Co-Founder and CEO after serving as Igloo’s Chief Commercial Officer, and works alongside Igloo’s founding leadership as the company scales partnerships, product lines, and insurer integrations across the region.

Raunak brings deep operating experience from Asia’s consumer internet and platform ecosystem, having held senior roles at major e-commerce businesses including Flipkart and Zalora. He is frequently invited to speak on how distribution-led insurance, data-driven underwriting, and automated claims can unlock insurance adoption at scale in emerging markets.

陈展程（Ray Chan）为迷策略MemeStrategy（HKEX：2440）董事会主席兼行政总裁，带领公司致力将数字创新融入收藏品领域。在其领导下，公司以Grade10品牌建立全面收藏卡生态系统，涵盖制造、鉴定及评级、保管、代币化、融资、零售、周边商品及活动盛事等。

Ray亦为9GAG联合创办人及创始行政总裁。他于2008年创立9GAG，秉持「让世界更快乐」的简单使命。时至今日，该平台已发展为按流量计全球三大以幽默内容为主的社交网络之一，触达逾两亿用户。

商业事业以外，Ray现为香港世界宣明会荣誉顾问、香港基因组中心董事局成员，以及香港特区政府防控非传染病督导委员会委员。

Ray生于香港、长于香港，现与妻儿及爱犬居于香港。他热衷于收藏卡，亦是资深动漫爱好者。他持有香港大学法学士学位。

Head of WeFi Technology's Indonesia project, previously Head of Marketing, Corporate Finance at WeBank, and Remote Lending Strategy Manager at Ping An Zhitong. Led multiple business lines from early-stage exploration to full-scale expansion, achieving exponential growth and significantly boosting revenue scale and industry competitiveness.

Dr Reneta Jovanoic is the Chief Scientific Officer Deloitte South Asia with the mission to merge science and deep tech to solve business and societal challenges. She is also leading Deloitte Quantum Centre of Disruption for Enterprises (QCoDE). The QCoDE is an ecosystem with academia, research, leading global quantum start ups as well as AWS and NIVIDA as partners. The QCoDE is de-risking quantum journeys and investment of clients aiming to explore quantum technologies for materials and drugs discovery, optimization challenges, exploring hybrid quantum/AI algorithms as well as quantum safe cryptography.

She served as an interim head of quantum computing department of the Fortune 10 (ten) company building their quantum strategy, use cases portfolio, and capabilities. She is member of German Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid State Physics as well as German Institute for Industrial Standards with the focus on AI and quantum standards. She is also a member of the advisory board of the Government of Karnataka for the Quantum City. She is a mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab in Canada and Germany for the quantum and AI workstreams.

Prior to consulting industry, she held various management and leadership positions at BASF SE (Germany), including leading computer simulations and modeling department and senior advisor to BASF board. She is also an author, a keynote speaker, and a lecturer.

Mr. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Forthright Financial and Forthright Securities. Previously, he served as Managing Director for the Greater China region at Jefferies and previously an Associate Director at UOB Kay Hian.

Throughout his career, he has served over 200 major domestic and international investment institutions, including Capital, Fidelity, Millennium, China Investment Corporation (CIC), and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). He has also advised more than 30 Chinese enterprises, including JD.com in completing their overseas listings. He possesses extensive experience in cross-border capital markets and global asset allocation.

Mr. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University, a Master's degree in Management from Fudan University, an MBA from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and an EMBA from the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). He currently serves as an Alumni Mentor for the School of Management at Fudan University and previously served as the Secretary-General of the CKGSB Hong Kong Alumni Association.

Rishi is a senior markets practitioner and industry advocate with over 20 years’ experience in global markets across multiple capacities, products and fields, having previously worked in Sydney and Hong Kong prior to Singapore. Rishi brings to ASIFMA a deep understanding of capital markets and the financial market value chain, together with unique insights and perspectives gained from APAC-wide industry positions and a wide stakeholder base, including extensive advocacy experience with national, regional and global regulators. He leads ASIFMA’s initiatives in fintech, digital assets, AI, cybersecurity, tech risk, operational resilience, financial crime and third-party risk management.

Rishi has previously held with roles at the ASX as a Senior Communications Executive, Binance as Head of Government Affairs (Australia/Japan/New Zealand/Pacific Islands), AFMA as Director of Policy, ISDA as Director and then Senior Adviser of Public Policy, ASIC as an Analyst in the Financial Market Infrastructure team, and Deutsche Bank in Sydney as Team Leader, Equity Derivative Confirmations Asia-Pacific and Equity Derivatives Analyst.

Rishi is a graduate of The University of New South Wales, with Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts degrees including majors in Finance, International Business, Political Science and History.

Robert Lui is a Partner and Governing Board Member of Deloitte China with over 25 years of experience in capital markets, audit, digital transformation, and advisory services. As Deloitte China's Hong Kong Digital Asset Leader, he works closely with regulators and industry participants across the digital asset and Web3 ecosystem, advising on licensing, governance, compliance, and assurance matters. He has led more than 50 Hong Kong IPOs and plays an active role in shaping the city's digital asset agenda through key public appointments, including serving on the HKSAR Government's Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development and the Stablecoin Review Tribunal Panel. His extensive portfolio of government, professional, and academic appointments reflects his influence across financial services, public policy, and innovation, making him a recognized leader in advancing Hong Kong's position as a global digital asset and Web3 hub.

Robert also serves on audit and finance committees of leading public and professional organizations, including as Audit Committee Chairman of City University of Hong Kong and the Football Association of Hong Kong, China, Finance Committee Member of the Hospital Authority, and Audit Committee Member of the China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. He previously served as Greater China Divisional President of CPA Australia and Chairman of the HKICPA Greater Bay Area Committee.

Rocky is a partner in Clifford Chance’s HK office and the Head of HK Asset Management and Financial Regulatory Group. He specialises in financial regulatory advice, fund formation and general corporate related work. Rocky also leads the Fintech practice in Hong Kong with expertise in digital assets, blockchain, AI and payments related matters. He is a member of various regulatory and fintech committees of AIMA/ASIFMA/FTAHK/HKIFA/PWMA. He is also the Advisory Board Member of AIHK and member of Hong Kong Academy of Finance.

Rocky is admitted as a solicitor in HK, NSW Australia, and England and Wales.

Zhengyong Wan, Founder and CEO of Ninetech, graduated from Peking University and has held senior positions including Senior Director at China Merchants Financial Technology (CMB Fintech), Head of the Overseas R&D Center at CICC, and Principal Solutions Consultant at Oracle.

A recognized expert in RPA, databases, middleware, and AI, Wan has received honors including Forbes China Technology & Innovation Leader, China’s Top 10 Outstanding Database Engineers, Oracle ACE Director, and Oracle ACE. He has authored or translated several influential technical books and holds more than ten invention patents.

At CICC, Wan led the development of multiple core financial systems, including derivatives and fixed-income trading platforms. These systems supported more than 10-fold business growth, while the derivatives trading system achieved a 1,000-fold increase in transaction volume.

At China Merchants Financial Technology, he led the introduction and deployment of AI, big data, blockchain, and RPA, built related technology teams, and successfully incubated the company’s RPA business.

In 2020, Wan founded Ninetech, dedicated to intelligent automation and enterprise AI. He has since led the company through seven rounds of financing and established Jiuke as a leading RPA provider for China’s state-owned and centrally administered enterprises, earning recognition as an expert in intelligent automation for state-owned enterprises.

Ronald Leung is the founder and Group CEO of Esperanza.

Ronald is responsible for the Group's governance and legal matters, with a focus on developing licensed and regulated products in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions. Under his leadership, Esperanza has secured registration with Hong Kong Customs for a digitalised gold-backed instrument (known as tokenised gold), and permission from the SFC to conduct fund tokenisation issuance with secondary trading.

Ronald began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young. He then practised as a legal professional at King & Wood Mallesons and Mayer Brown, focusing on commercial and securities law, and later worked in the investment banking arm of BNP Paribas on corporate finance.

Before founding Esperanza, Ronald created the first tokenised fund permitted by the SFC in 2023, while serving in senior management at a licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong.

Ronald holds an MBA and a Juris Doctor degree. He is a solicitor of Hong Kong, a Chartered Accountant (ANZ) and a Certified Public Accountant (Washington), and currently serves as a member of the HKSAR Appeal Panel (Housing).

Ruda Yang is the CFO & COO, bringing a rare cross‑disciplinary background spanning engineering, economics, global finance and operational leadership.

He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering with a second degree in Economics from Tsinghua University, where he previously served as President of the Student Union for the Department of Electronic Engineering. He later completed his master’s degree at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Ruda built his early career at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, before moving into investment as Global Technology Equity Investment Manager at CoreView Capital. He possesses extensive hands‑on experience in global technology investing and has taken part in numerous prominent private‑equity investment transactions.

Drawing on his dual roots in technical engineering and capital markets, Ruda combines sharp technical comprehension, rigorous economic analysis and deep investment insights. In his current dual‑role capacity, he oversees corporate finance, capital strategy and day‑to‑day operations. He bridges technical business needs with financial discipline, steering organizational execution, capital planning and strategic decision‑making to drive sustainable company growth.

Ryan Rugg is Head of Digital Assets, Services, Citi. The Services team helps enable global clients by simplifying the management of treasuries, payments and commerce on a day-to-day basis.

Since joining Citi, Ryan has built and led the bank's digital assets strategy within Services, culminating in the launch of Citi Token Services in 2023. Under her leadership, Citi developed one of the first large-scale institutional tokenization platforms from a global bank, enabling clients to move liquidity across Citi's network on a 24/7 basis using tokenized deposits and blockchain technology. The platform addresses longstanding treasury challenges around cross-border liquidity, cut-off times, and market-hour constraints, creating an "always-on" banking model for multinational corporate clients. Ryan has been instrumental in translating emerging blockchain technologies into practical, regulated banking solutions that deliver measurable business value to clients.

Before Citi, Ryan was Head of IBM’s America's blockchain team, helping to enhance client’s solutions and capabilities for building Digital Ecosystems. She provided strategic guidance for; operational and governance considerations, technology roadmaps, and services infrastructure to help clients focused on TIPS (Tokenization, Identity, Provenance & Sustainability).

In this role, her team helped launch New York’s Excelsior Pass (Digital Wallet for Vaccinations & PCR tests), which was groundbreaking with millions of users. This fundamental framework will help in the development and implementation of digital health credentials and beyond. The blueprint will help as a guide to assist other states, territories, and entities in the expansion of credential systems to advance economic development efforts nationwide. Prior to that Ryan was the Global Head of Industry at R3 (Fintech Startup), where she sat at the forefront of blockchain innovation across multiple industries. She was responsible for the strategic direction of R3’s key verticals, helping industry leaders capture the full benefits of blockchain for their businesses. Ryan also launched the Centre of Excellence for distributed ledger technology (DLT) in cooperation with ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development).

Ms Sammy Wong is Managing Director and Head of Business Banking, Hong Kong, leading HSBC’s Business Banking franchise that supports more than 300,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Her strategic focus is on building and deepening SME relationships, helping clients navigate market complexity through customer-centric banking solutions and digital innovation.

With over 20 years’ experience across the HSBC Group, Ms Wong has held senior leadership roles spanning corporate client segments and industry sectors. Prior to her current appointment, she served as Managing Director, Corporate Banking, covering Industrial and Commodity clients at HSBC, and as Head of Wholesale Credit Risk Management at Hang Seng Bank.

Ms Wong is actively engaged in fostering strategic dialogue and strengthening relationships across the financial sector and the wider community. She has also completed the Financial Leaders Programme at the Hong Kong Academy of Finance.

Sean is Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business at Bybit, overseeing the development of Bybit’s derivatives and institutional offering, with a broader remit spanning trading risk and exchange technology. He plays a key role in strengthening Bybit’s trading infrastructure, risk frameworks and institutional capabilities as digital assets continue to converge with global financial markets.

With more than 25 years of experience in global financial markets, Sean brings deep expertise across derivatives, high-frequency trading, trading risk, market structure and exchange technology.

Prior to joining Bybit, Sean was with Jump Trading, where he led the firm’s high-frequency futures trading business across EMEA, the US and LATAM. He managed significant investment portfolios and worked closely with exchanges and regulators globally, contributing to market development, trading performance and the evolution of trading infrastructure.
Previously, Sean was with Jump Crypto as a trader and Head of Strategic Partnerships, where he developed crypto trading strategies and led more than 20 strategic partnerships, contributing to ecosystem growth and the expansion of market liquidity.

At Bybit, Sean focuses on advancing the institutional trading experience through robust market infrastructure, disciplined risk management and scalable product development. His cross-market experience across traditional finance and digital assets gives him a distinctive perspective on the evolution of institutional trading and the infrastructure required to support the next generation of global digital asset markets.

Selene is Head of Digital Assets, Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), at HSBC. She provides strategic leadership for digital assets, custody and currencies within Markets and Securities Services, in close partnership with her counterpart in Global Payments Solutions.

Previously, she was Deputy Global Head of Equities and Asia Head of Equities, overseeing cash execution services, equity derivatives, structured products, prime finance and exchange-traded derivatives.

Since joining HSBC in 2001, Selene has held a number of senior leadership roles across the FX business, including Global Head of FX Options and APAC Head of GFX & Commodities. She has also led in Global Markets corporate sales, delivering tailored hedging and investment solutions for listed and privately held corporates.

Selene previously served on the board of ASIFMA and currently serves on the board of the City Mental Health Alliance Hong Kong. She brings a strong cross-border perspective, deep markets experience and a leadership style centered on innovation, authenticity and sustainable high performance.

Selina is the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (HKFI), a trade body with 134 insurers operating in Hong Kong which represents over 90% of the market share.

Selina has accumulated extensive management and communications experience in the field of insurance since she joined the HKFI in 1997. In addition to overseeing the operations of the HKFI and its 30+ technical committees and various consumer education and communications projects, she also spearheaded a number of significant initiatives for the industry, including the Insurance Fraud Prevention Claims Database, the award-winning Motor Insurance DLT-based Authentication System (MIDAS), the Hong Kong Insurance Awards, etc.

Externally, she is a member of the FSTB’s Shenzhen-Hong Kong Financial Co-operation Committee, Insurance Authority’s Insurance Advisory Committee and Road Safety Council.  She also serves as a member of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks’ Data Governance Steering Committee, Capacity Building Working Group under the Centre for Green and Sustainable Finance and Insurance Training Advisory Committee of the Qualifications Framework.  She has been appointed by the Hong Kong Tourism Board as the Hong Kong Convention Ambassador.

On the international front, Ms Lau serves the East Asia Insurance Congress (EAIC) as Secretary & Treasurer.  She is also a member of the Nomination Committee and Education Forum of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI).  In 2021, 2022 and 2024, Ms Lau has been elected Asia’s Elite Women in Insurance Industry by the Insurance Business Asia.

Ms Lau holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in English and Translation.  She also acquired a Master Degree in Communications and New Media at the City University of Hong Kong.  She is a graduate of the seventh class of the Chinese Academy of Governance (Hong Kong).

Shadab Ahmed leads digital assets within Cash Management at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, putting digital money to work in real corporate treasury flows across Hong Kong's Ensemble and cross-border rails. He is responsible for building and commercializing products covering Tokenized Deposits, Stablecoins and CBDC's.

He brings more than 20 years in payments and transaction banking, and has launched payment products in over 30 countries across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

His career began at Citi in New York. He moved into cash management product in Pakistan, where he launched wholesale cards and rebuilt the bank's electronic payments platform, then led commercial cards across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey from the UAE, launching in nine markets. As Citi's head of country business and product in Iraq, he built payment networks for sovereign and development flows through one of the world's most complex operating environments.

As a Director in Europe, he led Citi's global cross-border payments transformation across more than 10 countries, with deep engagement across global corporates including regulators across the world. He then crossed into technology as Principal for International Commerce and Payments at HubSpot in Ireland, taking embedded payments to 40 countries and 20 currencies.

Today his focus is where tokenized deposits, stablecoins and CBDCs meet the practical needs of corporate treasurers. Having built payments in some of the world's most mature and most challenging markets, from both the bank and the tech side, he brings a global and grounded view of how digital money moves from pilot to everyday use.

Shakira Monique is a Dutch-German entrepreneur, innovator, and Founder and CEO of TechPup and Visual Earth Limited, a Hong Kong-based technology company developing AI-powered solutions to advance animal health, wellness, and longevity.

With an international background spanning Europe, Asia, and the United States, Shakira brings together experience in business development, marketing, design, and emerging technologies. She studied Global Communications and Business at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and California State University, and pursued Environmental Science studies at Dong Hwa University in Taiwan.

Her professional experience includes luxury brand marketing and public relations at Bulgari, business development in the technology sector, and academic research at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Fashion and Textiles. These experiences inform her multidisciplinary approach to entrepreneurship, combining creative thinking with commercial strategy and technological innovation.

Driven by her passion for animal welfare and the human–animal bond, Shakira founded TechPup to help pets live safer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. Under her leadership, the company has received support through initiatives including the PolyU Micro Fund and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP), and has participated in business and innovation programmes and international competitions.

Beyond her work in technology, Shakira is committed to community building, sustainability, and social impact. Through pet-focused initiatives and events, she advocates for responsible pet ownership and stronger connections between people and animals. Her long-term ambition is to build a leading internationally recognized pet wellness technology brand.

Mr. Huang served as Deputy Managing Editor and Editorial Board Member of Caixin Media, the Chinese equivalent of the Economist. He was in charge of Caixin’s foreign desk, with 20 years of experience in reporting on Chinese domestic political and economic situations, and its external relations with a focus on Chinese economic diplomacy.

Mr. Huang was a visiting fellow with the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford in the trinity term of 2018. He served as a senior research associate with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame for the period of August 2018 through May 2019.

Sheng Wu is the Co-Founder of SK Monde Consulting, an AI-native consultancy helping businesses prepare and transform for the agentic era. Leveraging a team with backgrounds at AWS, Bank of China and McKinsey, SK Monde advises companies on AI, technology and go-to-market strategy.

Sheng brings extensive experience across finance, e-commerce, and technology. Through her roles at Bank of China, she developed a deep understanding of the technology requirements within the financial industry. She subsequently worked on cross-border expansion and data-driven initiatives at fast-growing SMEs, including YesStyle and Premium Sound Solutions.

Fluent in English, Chinese and Dutch, she also serves as an AI and Marketing Advisory Member at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Sheng holds dual master’s degrees in Business Economics and Management from Belgium.

Sherry is the Chief Operating Officer of Manifold AI and holds a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has a multidisciplinary background spanning technology R&D, product operations, and business management.

Prior to joining Manifold AI, Sherry served as General Manager of the Internet Finance Department at Zhongshan Securities, becoming the youngest head of an internet finance division at a Chinese securities firm at the time. She led a team of more than 20 people responsible for online customer acquisition, product operations, and the development and management of related technology systems. She was also responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of all in-house systems at the company.

During her tenure at SenseTime, Sherry served as Product Operations Lead for a product line generating RMB 200 million in annual revenue and as a Senior R&D Project Manager. She led R&D projects for data annotation platforms, autonomous driving data platforms, and MEC products.

Sherry specializes in driving business growth through data-driven approaches and has a proven track record of turning around underperforming businesses and restoring them to profitability. At Manifold AI, she oversees overall operations, commercialization, and organizational alignment, driving the transformation of cutting-edge technologies into sustainable business growth.

Yen has been an investor in blockchain technology since 2016. previously, he managed strategic investments at block.one, one of the world's leading blockchain firms, where he was involved in numerous investments combined worth over a billion usd. prior to web3, yen was the cio of a fintech vc fund launched by leading asian investment group clsa capital partners. he started his career as an investment banker with ubs investment bank in new york and hong kong

Ms Shirley Leung is Deputy General Manager of Personal Banking Product Department of Bank of China (Hong Kong). She oversees the Bank’s wealth management products and business strategy, which encompasses insurance and investment services across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Shirley also plays a key role in digital transformation of personal banking, including customer experience and journey, digital innovation and platform development.

Prior to joining Bank of China (Hong Kong), she held senior roles in wealth management at various financial institutions, focusing on product management, advisory strategy, and customer propositions within retail and private banking, and high-net-worth client segments.

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An exponent of the product management craft, Sriram is deeply passionate about bringing meaningful solutions to life that enable commerce.

Sriram combines excellent cultural awareness and inter-personal skills to forge robust Client relationships and collaborates with partners to achieve desired outcomes whilst maintaining high standards of quality and work ethics.

Stanley Huo is Partner, Head of Asia, at Hivemind Capital Partners, based in Hong Kong. Stanley is responsible for pursuing strategic investment opportunities, developing strategic partnerships and overseeing the engineering team in Asia.

Prior to Hivemind, Stanley was a Managing Director at China Renaissance, a TMT focused investment bank where he advised many leading web2 and web3 firms in Asia on both public and private capital market transactions. Stanley has over 15 years of investment banking experience in Hong Kong and London, having worked at UBS, Citi and BAML previously. He also has web3 and fintech start-up experience as a founding team member at Kenetic and Oriente. Stanley holds MSc Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. He also received BSc Accounting and Finance from the University of Manchester.

Yan Ni (Stella Yan) is a seasoned Fintech Solutions Expert and Product Lead with a distinguished track record in incubating 0-1 digital platforms and designing bespoke financial architectures. Specializing in the strategic application of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI, she has successfully modernized green credit workflows for major financial institutions, achieving significant gains in operational efficiency and identification accuracy.

With prior experience at Moody’s Analytics and a leadership role at MioTech, Yan/Stella has spearheaded end-to-end solutions for global clients like HSBC, where she pioneered an integrated SME ESG evaluation system that links sustainability performance directly to financing costs. Her technical proficiency is underpinned by a robust financial foundation, holding an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Nottingham and professional certifications including ACCA and FRM. She excels at translating complex regulatory frameworks (ISSB, HKMA) into scalable, data-driven tools that drive both commercial value and sustainable impact.

Stephane Vernede is the CEO and Co-founder of Enwise, a cleantech company pioneering solutions for the circular economy. Recognized as the 2021 Young Green Tech Entrepreneur of the Year, Stephane leads the deployment of distributed green power plants that convert organic waste into green fuel. His innovations assist major global clients—including PepsiCo, Sinarmas, and Dohler, in reducing their carbon footprints and achieving net-zero targets.

Prior to his entrepreneurial venture at Enwise, Stephane built a distinguished career in industrial R&D and product management at Alcan. As a Research Team Leader and Development Manager, he specialized in industrial process, playing a pivotal role in developing advanced simulation models to solve complex process challenges. His work successfully bridged the gap between fundamental research and industrial application across France and China.

Stephane holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), where he was awarded the 2008 Prof. R. Wasserman Prize for the best research work in the field. A distinguished researcher, his work has been featured in Science, and his portfolio includes 11 published articles and 12 patents. With multidisciplinary expertise spanning materials engineering, data analysis, and anaerobic digestion systems, Stephane is a recognized thought leader and frequent speaker on bioenergy and sustainable industrial innovation.

Steve Zeng is Executive Director and Partner at Panthertrade (Hong Kong) Limited, a virtual asset trading platform licensed by the SFC. As Hong Kong’s first fully licensed VATP incubated by a licensed brokerage, Panthertrade was built from the ground up within its parent group’s ecosystem to bridge traditional finance and virtual assets under a robust, fully compliant regulatory framework. With over 15 years of experience in web3 and wealth management, Steve brings deep industry expertise and a distinctive perspective on the evolving digital asset landscape. Drawing on his extensive background in wealth management, he is committed to delivering seamless cross-asset investment experiences and tailored wealth management solutions for retail, high-net-worth, and institutional clients through Panthertrade.

Stratos Pourzitakis is the Head of Digital Policy, APAC, at HSBC Group Public Affairs in Hong Kong. In his role, he leads policy advocacy and regulatory engagement initiatives on digital assets and currencies, AI, and quantum computing. Stratos is also an Adjunct Professor at HKUST School of Business and CUHK School of Governance and Policy Science.

Before joining HSBC, Stratos held senior positions at the CFA Institute and Asian Private Banker and worked for the Greek Ministry of Finance. He serves as Chairman of the ASIFMA Fintech Committee and Vice Chairman of the Europe Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

Stratos holds a Ph.D. in Government and International Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University, a Master’s in International Public Policy from Osaka University, and a Bachelor’s in Accounting and Finance. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, scientific edited volumes, and global think tanks, including the Council on Foreign Relations and Carnegie Europe, and it has been funded by the European Union, the Japanese Government, and other global organisations.