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

Marco joined Accenture financial services consulting practice since 1996 and was engaged in a wide range of projects with insurers, banks and financial institutions.

He possesses experiences on programme and project management, strategy and business architecture, functional design, system implementation and rollout. He has profound industry knowledge on insurance, banking, investment, wealth management and capital market.

Gilbert Lee is Head of Strategy & Planning and Chief of Staff to Chief Executive in Hang Seng Bank, a global top-50 commercial bank by market capitalisation, and is a member of the Bank's Executive Committee, Asset & Liability Management Committee and Risk Management Committee. He represents Hang Seng Bank to sit on the FinTech Committee, Belt & Road Committee, Greater Bay Area Committee and RMB Services Committee of the Hong Kong Association of Banks.

He leads corporate strategy, corporate development & M&A, corporate innovation & partnership, Greater Bay Area business development, CEO Office and programme management office. The businesses he covers include retail and private banking, wholesale banking, asset management, securities brokerage, insurance and Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong and China. Gilbert develops and leads the Bank's strategic partnerships including Tencent and Hong Kong Science & Technology Park. He co-led the Bank’s record-setting RMB30Bn disposal of a top-10 commercial bank in China in 2015, and launched a Bank-sponsored social media platform for college teenagers in 2018.

Before joining Hang Seng, Gilbert led strategic, cross-organisational and licensing initiatives in Asia Pacific for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. He was also a management consultant and co-led the Greater China Financial Services Practice in Booz & Company, where he ran strategy and organisation projects for
financial services clients.

Gilbert is a frequent speaker on strategy, innovation and finance. He earned an MBA from INSEAD and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, an Associate Life Management Institute (ALMI) and an Associate of HK Institute of Directors (AHKIoD). He is also a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

Masa manages accelerator program called “Mizuho Crowd Brain” organized by Mizuho Bank, together with our partners such as Eureka Nova, Cyberport, HKSTP etc. Mizuho Crowd Brain is the platform to connect startups, large corporates and investors beyond Hong Kong through ours and partners’ global reach.  

Mike is Executive Director and Head of J.P. Morgan Hong Kong for Wholesale Payments, a business that combines cash management, trade finance and merchant services. He is also concurrently Region Head for Receivables Products for Asia Pacific. In this role, Mike is responsible for managing and growing the transaction banking portfolio of large local and multinational corporations, financial institutions and non-bank FI segments. Mike has close to 20 years of experience in various leadership roles in transaction banking.

Howard has over 20 years of experience with international banks and startup companies in industries such as gaming and arts. Howard is previous Head of CDD, RBWM, HSBC HK. He has recently collaborated with a virtual bank in HK and innovated a fraud alert robo-disposition mechanism.

Mr. Ronald Fung, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), General Manager and Head of Digital & Innovation Office of The Bank of East Asia Limited. He was the CDO of Noah Holdings Limited, establishing the Group Digital & Innovation Center. Before that, he was the Director of COO Office of Ping An Group.

Stephanie is the Director of LQ Pacific Partners. Stephanie has worked at leading venture capital firms in China and in Southeast Asia, and was a seasoned entrepreneur with a proven record of success. Stephanie was the Senior Country Manager at a Swiss medical technology company leading the company's first expansion into Asia, and prior to that, Stephanie was the Chief Strategy Officer of a Fintech company headquartered in the Greater Bay Area. 

Mr. Angus Choi began serving as Chief Executive Officer of Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited (“JETCO”) in December 2014, overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations and driving the expansion of its automated teller machine (“ATM”) network and introducing diversified FinTech solutions to promote the development of the local financial market in Hong Kong and Macau. In 2018, Mr. Choi led the team in building Hong Kong’s first open API exchange platform – JETCO APIX.

With over 30 years of experience in the consumer credit bureau and banking sectors, Mr. Choi has also held senior positions in Citibank’s and DBS’ consumer and corporate banking businesses, as well as regional sales and marketing management positions at Visa International and American Express in Hong Kong and Canada.   

Mr. Choi holds an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University in the United States.

Philip Tso is Head of Institutional Business Asia Pacific, with Allianz Global Investors.

Philip has over 20 years of experience in investment consulting. Before AllianzGI, he worked at Willis Towers Watson as Director, Head of Investments in Hong Kong and acted as a lead consultant for key pension, reserve and endowment funds.

He is a member of the Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, an Executive Committee member of Hong Kong Investment Funds Association and the Vice Chairman of its Pensions Sub-committee.

Frank Tong is the Managing Partner at QBN Capital, a Hong Kong-based VC fund. They invest in early-growth stage fintech, deeptech, and trade tech companies, and have a particular focus on supporting companies post-investment with QBN’s prestigious network in Asia and Europe. Prior to QBN, Frank was the Global Head of Innovation and Strategic Investment at HSBC, and was the former CEO of ASTRI in Hong Kong. 

Raymond Wong, Head of Investment, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), manages the HKSTP Corporate Venture Fund and Business and Investment Support departments.  He has 25 years of extensive financial services experience in private equity investment, portfolio management, merger and acquisition as well as strategic investment across multiple sectors in the Asia Pacific region. 

Karena Belin, cofounder and COO/CFO/RO of AngelHub (angelhub.io), Hong Kong’s first and only startup investment platform licensed by the SFC (local regulator) for professional investors and growth companies scaling in Asia. Also cofounder and CEO of WHub (whub.io) - Startup Ecosystem builder and largest startup platform from Hong Kong, helping startups scale and any stakeholder to connect with the innovative power of the ecosystem. Keynote speaker, judge and Mentor. Startup Ambassador (SUAB) to the Senate of Berlin, Germany, Vice-President TiE HK, member of the Hyderabad FinTech Forum core team and of the FinTech association of HK, President of PFO at Hong Kong International School (HKIS).

Kenneth is a Fintech Leader with over fifteen years of experience in financial services IT solutions. He leads a Fintech consultant team to deliver HK virtual bank project and capital market's blockchain initiative. He is a strategic thinker who can plan and implement innovative project.

Islam started his career in the financial industries 18 years ago where he held several positions within Operation, Finance and Technology area across 3 locations (Paris, New York and Hong Kong).

Currently designing and delivering Core Banking System strategy for APAC.

Florence joined the securitization department of Société Générale Paris in May 2006 as a structurer. Leveraging on her transversal knowledge, she has been involved in transactions on a large scale of jurisdictions and format and is now heading the SG Asset Backed Products team for Asia-Pacific.

Florence holds an engineering degree from Ecole des Mines d’Alès and a specialized postgraduate degree in Finance from the ESSEC Business School.

Antoine has thirty years of experience in financial markets having worked in Paris, Chicago, Tokyo and Hong Kong in different functions and capacities including equities and credit derivatives trading and managing the Fixed Income and Currencies business in Japan. 

He is sponsoring a deep learning project for derivatives hedging and has conducted researches in AI for various applications.

Antoine holds a Master’s degree in Electronics from Yokohama National University in Japan and a Master’s degree in Engineering of Ecole Centrale Paris in France.

Worked for BOCOM International, served as chief analyst. In charge of Fintech Department of Zhongtai International, leading systematic research in blockchain and digital assets management with research publications. Familiar with overseas financial markets and holds Responsible Officer qualification in Hong Kong.

As Regional Business Lead of Financial Services for Microsoft Asia, Connie Leung is responsible for driving thought leadership and high-level engagements with key stakeholders in the financial services industry across the Asia Pacific. Leung is also part of Microsoft’s Worldwide Financial Services group where she provides strategic direction and leadership across all aspects of the financial services sector, including banking, capital markets and insurance.

Burton is an IT leader with over 30 years' experience in technology and financial services. He oversees the strategy and overall management of IT and operations for the Bank, driving innovation and fintech development. He also serves as Acting Chairperson for the Fintech Committee of Hong Kong Institute of Bankers.

Mark Munoz is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Vectr Fintech.

Over 20 years in financial technology, Mark built and exited his own start-ups, oversaw numerous investments, mergers and acquisitions, and serves on multiple boards. At Vectr he leads the teams’ global fintech fund.

Joyce is the Investment Director of Cyberport Macro Fund that focuses on early stage investments.  Joyce was previously the Managing Director at OurCrowd, a hybrid venture capital platform for investing in global startups.  Prior to that, Joyce held positions at various hedge funds with over a decade of experience in asset management.

Rachel Wang is the Head of Strategic Development for RGAX Asia Pacific, the transformation engine of the Reinsurance Group of America, oversees RGAX’s strategic investment initiatives, delivering solutions for digital distribution, customer engagement and advanced data and analytics. She has extensive experience in strategic partnerships and investments, as well as bringing new businesses and technology innovations to market.

Ben manages and drives the strategy of Eureka Nova, a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity and innovation. Through our accelerator programs, open competitions and sandboxes, participating startups work with New World Group’s business units and corporate partners to design innovative technologies that solve real business problems.

Ms. Shi is the Executive Director of the Greater Bay Area Development Fund Management Limited with over 10 years of experience in investment advisory and asset management. She brings deep understanding of market and expertise across multiple industries and the entire investment cycle.

Mr James Ho serves as the Deputy General Manager of BOCHK Transaction Banking Department. He is responsible for leading the development and digitalisation of Next-Gen. banking solutions for the Corporate Banking Segment. Mr Ho has more than 20 years of experience in the banking industry, financial technology application and project management in the region.

Sherry Du is the Managing Director of RGAX Asia Pacific, the transformation engine of Reinsurance Group of America, leading its technology, innovation, data and digital solutions in APAC. As a senior actuary and business leader with 22 years’ experience, Sherry is highly regarded in the life & health insurance industry.

Fion is currently working for SME ReachOut team of HKPC for providing funding advisory service to local SMEs and Startups for assisting them to identify applicable funding schemes in different business stages. Prior joining the team, Fion got over 15 years’ experience in business development, marketing and project management in the area of process optimization and participated in the government funded project.

Manish Ghate is the interim Chief Product Officer at PayMe from HSBC - a mobile payment service application that can be used to pay friends and businesses. PayMe has a community of over 2 Million users making it one of the most popular Digital Wallets in Hong Kong.

Prior to PayMe, Manish has held leadership roles in payments and cash management across products and geographies. He has extensive international experience having worked in Europe and Asia over the last 15 years.

As a partner at Cataliize, Brian empowers startups, through human and financial capital, to navigate the stage when their locally validated ideas go global. He co-founded the Chicago Booth Angels Network of Hong Kong, and is a venture partner of AngeHub. As a management consultant, Brian has advised 25 of the world’s 50 largest banks.

Edmond Lau is an experienced investor, and is now the Managing Director of Lingfeng Capital focusing on fintech.  He was the Head of Incubation Centre in SF-Express and Head of Investment in FIH Mobile.  Mr. Lau holds an MBA (distinction) from LBS and a Bachelor of Engineering (first class) from CUHK.  He served as judges in Cyberport Incubation Program, HKSTP Elevator Pitch and Internet Finance Award.  He is also a board member of HKBAN, CFA Shenzhen, and HKIFA.

Eric C F LAU is an experienced FinTech leader with a wide range of versatile transformation expertise in different aspects of banking & finance. After working in HSBC Data Services for more than 12 years, in 2018, Eric joined CMB Wing Lung Bank, as the Vice President of FinTech Transformation Office, leading data governance sector at the bank-wide level.

Philea Chim is the Senior VP at QBN Capital, a Hong Kong-based VC fund. They invest in early-growth stage fintech, deeptech, and trade tech companies, and have a particular focus on supporting them post-investment with QBN’s prestigious network in Asia and Europe. Philea leads all of QBN’s activities outside of Asia. Prior to QBN, Philea was tech policy advisor in the UK Government. 

Mr. Burton is an IT leader with over 30 years' experience in technology and financial services. He oversees the strategy and overall management of IT and operations for the Bank, driving innovation and fintech development. He also serves as Acting Chairperson for the Fintech Committee of Hong Kong Institute of Bankers.

Ron is the Founder and Managing Partner of AFG Partners, a FinTech Venture Capital Fund with the mission to be the growth partner for the next generation of global and regional FinTechs that will transform Asian Financial Services. AFG invests in Seed+ to Series B Enterprise / B2B FinTechs built by entrepreneurs with specific domain expertise, strong industry networks, solving difficult problems and who are reliable partners and addressing the critical needs of Financial Institutions and challengers.

AFG is managed and advised by leaders and specialists in Asian Financial Services and backed by curated industry investors. AFG is differentiated by its unique network of Asian Financial Services expertise, with extensive industry connections that we leverage to accelerate the growth of FinTechs across the region.  

Prior to AFG, Ron founded and led Asia Fintech Angels an Angel Investor Network of 100+ Senior Financial Services Professionals and family offices dedicated to and specialized in FinTech.

Ron’s career includes 25+ years of driving innovation and building businesses for global financial institutions both in the US and Asia, including senior management positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ING, NewEdge and Goldman Sachs.

As one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review), Carman Chan is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.

Carman began her entrepreneurship journey when she was at university. In order to pursue her passion for the newly emerging Internet, she passed up a fully sponsored Ph.D. from Imperial College to become a serial internet entrepreneur. Carman’s first company, English Street was acquired by HKET(0423.HK), a Hong Kong listed newspaper group. Her second company was merged with Hiiir in Taiwan and later acquired by FarEasTone (4904.TW).

Carman is also a best-selling book author for several accelerated learning books. Spending eight years as a tech columnist for IT magazines, she wrote about internet business models and internet marketing.

After several successful exits Carman started Click Ventures, her angel fund. With a focus on providing seed to series A financing to technology startups, Click Ventures is differentiated by offering mentorship from entrepreneurs with over twenty years of first-hand experience.

Click Ventures has grown into a leading investment manager, and named as the Most Consistently Top Performing Venture Capital Fund Managers by Preqin in 2019 with all three funds in the top quartile!

Click’s current portfolio includes 50+ investments including Spotify.com, Docusign, Palantir.com, Memebox.com, Youappi.com...etc. Due to her deep experience, Carman is frequently invited to speak or serve as a panel member for prestigious events around the world.

Catherine Tsoi is currently the Chief Greater Bay Strategy Officer for Sun Life. She is responsible to spearhead the strategic expansion of Sun Life in the Greater Bay Area. In her role, she leads the strategy development, drives new partnerships, and oversees the execution of the strategy and key business initiatives for the organization. Catherine was previously the Head of Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) for Sun Life Asia. She was instrumental in managing M&A transactions and strategic investments for Sun Life across all the markets in Asia.

She has over 18 years of experience in financial services spanning across insurance, wealth management, institutional and retail banking. Her expertize encompasses M&A, corporate strategy, transaction advisory, market entry, business development and partnership establishment and management. Catherine has strong business acumen and acute expertise in leading large scale, cross border M&A transactions and building long term relationships.

Ms. Betty Wai-Yee Chung, joined Dah Sing Bank in January 2019 as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Group Head of Information Technology and was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Bank in April 2020. Prior to joining Dah Sing Bank, she held various senior IT positions in multinational and regional financial institutions. With over 30 years of solid experience in banking and technology, Betty is instrumental in leading the transformation programme and driving the Fintech and Regtech agenda for the Bank.  
Betty holds an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, U.S.A.

David Day is Head of North Asia, Data & Analytics at London Stock Exchange Group, which in a combination with Refinitiv is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. He has over 20 years of financial services experience encompassing financial technology and investment banking across Asia and the United States.

Prior to joining Refinitiv, David was Managing Director in the APAC Financial Services business of London-based global information provider IHS Markit. Previously, he was Head of APAC and Managing Director for financial services solutions provider Ipreo. David has held strategy, business development and investment banking roles at various firms including Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.

David holds an MBA from the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program and a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently pursuing a MSc in Financial Technology at HKUST.

Ms Chris Li is the Head of Organization for Crédit Agricole CIB Hong Kong Branch. She was appointed to this position in 2020 for supervising a number of transversal projects across global and local offices. Chris joined CACIB Shanghai Branch in 2009 and promoted to Head of Organization.

Mr. Bin Tang, Head of FinTech Department, ICBC Asia, has been working in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for over 16 years. As an experienced leader in fintech and large systematic whole-process management, Mr. Bin Tang pioneers the department to be innovative, enterprising, pragmatic, and effective. As a practitioner and pacemaker of ICBC Asia’s “Enabling Innovation and Creating Value” Goal, he makes great contribution to practical and resourceful studies in banking. Upholding the “Go-global and Bring-in” attitude, he adheres to the aim of “Research to Plan, Plan to Implement”, and encourages the development idea of platformization, modularization, productization, and diversification. Mr. Tang promotes diversified research methods, which are agile iterations, prototyping, and end-to-end. With his active advocate that quantitative micro-innovation adds up to the qualitative target of business transformation from fintech energy, Mr.Tang successfully leads the whole department continuously achieve great success in digital transformation, which is a series of first launched and leading fintech innovative products in Hong Kong. As the Head of FinTech Department, his team won numerous prizes, such as First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award in ICBC, and First Prize of Advanced Innovation Group Award, Advanced Process Optimization Group-Outstanding Contribution Award, Creative Star Competition Award in ICBC Asia and so on.

Mr. Bin Tang has published several feature articles, such as “Thoughts on the Development of Open Banking in Hong Kong” in the journal Financial Computer of China, and “A Brief Analysis on the Development of Open Banking” in the official publication of Hong Kong Information Technology Annual Conference.

Trevor Cheung is the Managing Director & Head of Digital and Innovations, Institutional Banking, DBS Bank (HK).

Prior joining DBS Bank in 2019, Trevor had spent 16 years in Motorola and 8 years in Huawei with a wealth of experience in business and technology leadership, specialising in digital and technology transformation. He adopts a diverse set of expertise, including digital channel management, customer experience management, ecosystems development, AI and blockchain, design thinking, Agile practice and DevOps.

Trevor graduated with a first class honour degree from University College London and an MBA from China Europe International Business School.

Will Akers is Head of Asia-Pacific Sales for NetRoadshow, the industry leader in online virtual roadshows for the investment banking community. NetRoadshow works with all global and large regional investment banks in Asia Pacific to film, edit and produce online roadshows, enabling qualified investors to access the pitch anywhere with an internet connection at their convenience.  
Prior to NetRoadshow, Will led the Southeast Asia Relationship management team at S&P Global Market Intelligence in Singapore working with the largest banks, investment managers and corporates in the region.

Mr. William Yeung is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries with solid experience in digital commerce and Insurtech applications. He is the co-founder & CEO of MediConCen Limited, which is an Insurtech company which utilizes blockchain to automate insurance claim and the company launched the first-in-Asia blockchain medical ecosystem with leading insurers.
After working in the actuarial teams of a number of major insurers, he was appointed Director, Digital Commerce at FWD and he has co-founded FWD's digital insurance platform and leading the product and marketing functions. Starting from scratch, the platform ranked number 1 in sales by annualized premium equivalent. He then joined ZhongAn Technologies International as Founding Member helping ZhongAn to develop business outside China.

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

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

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

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

Maggie Ng is Head of Wealth and Personal Banking, Hong Kong, HSBC. She is responsible for driving the growth agenda for HSBC’s most valuable WPB business, supporting the financial and wealth needs across the full spectrum of the Bank’s customer base.

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Maggie has a proven track record in delivering growth, improving customer advocacy, driving digital transformation and effectively managing risks. 

She joined HSBC from IG Group, a leading online trading provider, where she was the Greater China CEO. Prior to that, Maggie co-founded a fintech wealth management and asset management company – Assured Asset Management – which was recognised in 2019 as the “Best New Wealth Management Platform” by AsiaAsset Management magazine and “Editors’ Triple Star” by the Asset magazine. 

Maggie is a seasoned banking professional, having held a number of senior local and regional positions at Citibank in both business and risk management. In her earlier career, Maggie worked for leading professional services firm Ernst & Young (Australia) and international natural resources company BHP Billiton. 

She is a graduate of UNSW Australia with a Bachelor degree of Technology, and holds an MBA in Accounting and Finance from California State University, Hayward. 

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

Richa Goswami, leading the Group Customer and International team, looking after 39m customers in 34 markets, creating consumer-centric, digital and data led, innovative solutions to deliver world-class customer propositions and experiences. She’s the business lead for the Global Customer, International and Account Value Streams. Her teams span across the world from HK to NY, responsible for Customer and Digital Growth, Advocacy, Sustainability and Inclusion, Global Premier, Retail Business Banking, Employee Banking Solutions, Overseas Chinese, Overseas Indian Propositions, Innovation and Partnerships, and International.

Being a purpose driven leader she also is proud to be the executive sponsor for the Global Ally Programme with Pride ERG.

Her proven business, brand and team building skills acquired at the world’s leading financial and consumer healthcare brands, and as a start-up founder. She is voted the top 6 marketers in the world by the WFA, recognised in the Top 25 CMOs and Innovators in ASP, is a digital advisory Board member at Fortune 100, Cannes Winner, International Keynote speaker, Judge at leading Industry awards and a TEDx speaker. She has a wealth of experience in evolving traditional business practices into digital models and orchestrating organisational change. The strong leadership, problem solving, change management, and execution expertise in local, regional and global roles forms the foundation of the dynamic management career she has built spanning over 30 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Middle East.

David Liao is a Group Executive of the HSBC Group and Co-Chief Executive of HSBC Asia-Pacific alongside Surendra Rosha.

David is a member of HSBC's Group Executive Committee and serves as Executive Director on the HSBC Asia-Pacific Board. He is also a non-executive director and a member of the Personnel & Remuneration Committee of the Bank of Communications;

Supervisor of HSBC Jintrust Fund Management Company Limited; a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); and an advisor on the International Business Leaders' Advisory Council for the Governor of Hubei.

He joined HSBC in 1997 and was responsible for the local currency fixed income business in Greater China and Singapore. He was appointed Treasurer and Head of Global Markets at HSBC China in 2005; became Head of Global Banking and Markets at HSBC China in 2013; and served as President and Chief Executive, HSBC China in 2015-2020. Prior to his current role he was Head of Global Banking Coverage for Asia-Pacific.

David holds an Honours degree from the University of London.

Marc Liew leads R3 Venture Development in Asia Pacific to create a cohesive supportive ecosystem for startups, venture capitalists and innovation accelerators to collaborate, build, and scale next-generation enterprise applications on Corda, the world’s most-adopted enterprise blockchain platform.

Marc is an international business strategist, technologist, and thought leader in commercialising emerging global technologies adoption in mobile payments platforms and enterprise blockchain protocols; specialising in new markets entrance, strategic venture development, ecosystem alliance partnerships and corporate management.

Prior to R3, Marc led commercial growth expansions in global fintech companies Braintree, PayPal, and Fiserv. Marc holds a BSC of Biotechnology from Monash University and an MBA from The University of Manchester.

Stephen is the Wealth and Personal Banking Head of IT of Hang Seng Bank, one of the leading bank in Hong Kong. Stephen oversees the IT services under Wealth and Personal Banking business, while spearheading the fintech innovation to improve the delivery and use of financial services, also to cultivate the bank innovation culture.

Stephen’s path has taken him from a career as an application engineer to life as a IT head and an innovator. His previous works have brought him to gain experience from various organizations, ranging from local bank, Government, European bank, US bank and Chinese bank. Over his 20+ years’ experience in Banking sector since, Stephen has played different roles including Application delivery, IT service management, IT management and Innovation. He believes that entrepreneurial culture can transform big organization and drive business growth via continuous innovation.

Alice Tong is the Head of Transformation for Hang Seng Bank and is part of the key force in driving the development of Fintech in achieving the Bank’s business goals. Her role  drives and delivers bank-wide transformation initiatives, provides  internal consultancy to identify opportunities in transformation such as strategies review.

She is a motivating team-leader with 15 years of experience in attaining large scale projects in banking and management consulting. She specializes in strategy formulation, operating model design, change management and process excellence. Proven track record in achieving objectives aligned with corporate strategy, ranging from improving cost efficiency, customer experience, and controlling risks.

She has a Journalism and Communication degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from The University of Hong Kong.

Manton Wai, CFA ®, CFPCM is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Regan International Asset Management Limited and very experienced in asset allocation, fund management and wealth management advisory business for institutions and ultra-high net worth individuals. The multi-asset global FoF portfolio he managed was awarded the Best Global Fund Portfolio Award by the AI magazine in 2016. He was awarded “Financial Advisor Award – Gold Award” and “Best Financial Plan Award” by the Benchmark magazine in 2011.

Eric Xin is CITIC Capital's Senior Managing Director, Managing Partner of Trustar Capital and has been with the firm since 2002. Previously, Mr. Xin was a management consultant ​at Mckinsey & Company in Shanghai and Washington D.C focusing on helping Japanese and U.S multinationals source and set up factories in China. Before that, he was a Deputy Manager for China Leasing Co., Ltd., the largest leasing company in China and a subsidiary of CITIC Group.

Mr. Xin received an MBA from the Harvard Business School with Honors and a B.A. in Economics from Beijing University.​​

Mr. LEE, Chi Hin Jacob is currently a senior vice president of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited (“CTFE”) with responsibilities in making strategic and private equity investments globally. He is also a non-executive director of New Times Energy Corporation Limited and Integrated Waste Solutions Group Holdings Limited, both of which are listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

He led CTFE’s investment in a number of fintech related companies including Lufax Holding Ltd, X Financial Co. Ltd and V Credit Holdings Limited.

He joined CTFE in March 2013 and has over 15 years of professional experience in corporate finance, investment, international capital markets and asset management.

He previously worked at the investment banking department of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Deutsche Bank AG in Hong Kong.

Mr. Lee holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics and Political Science to the University of London in London, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, United States of America. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder.

Michel leads the Group’s activities in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.

With 25 years of international investment banking experience, he brings deep expertise in capital-raising and M&A transactions to the digital asset management business. He joined from UBS, where he was Head of APAC Capital Markets and a Board Director of UBS Securities. There he pioneered numerous new derivatives and alternative investment products and business models. He has a truly global perspective, having worked in London, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong.

Michel holds an MSc in Computer Science from Imperial College London.

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

Keat leads digital finance at Greyfire. He works with alternative investors, partners and clients to build new digital and sustainability propositions in the financial service and industrial goods space. Keat previously started and incubated blockchain payments and low carbon ventures. He lives in Hong Kong and was previously a strategy consultant.

Syd is the Head of Acquisition, Large Enterprise & Marketplace in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan at PayPal. 

Based in Hong Kong, Syd leads the Field Sales Acquisition team across Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan to drive payment digitization among the large enterprise and marketplace segment.  He focuses on bringing major clients seamless digital transformational solutions and ensure the best-in-class customer experience is integrated during the journey. 

Prior to joining PayPal, Syd has held various senior and managerial positions at leading technology companies for more than 20 years in the field of algorithmic trading, AI, e-commerce, information technology network systems, telecommunications systems and semiconductors at Genetic Finance, Cisco, Nortel Networks and National Semiconductor.  He brings with him strong solutions expertise in addressing business needs with innovation, as well as rich regional business development experience in areas covering Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, and Korea. 

Syd holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and also a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Marketing Management and Management Science & Information Systems, both from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.  

Ruby joined OCBC Wing Hang Bank in 2020 as Head of Transaction Banking responsible to lead and execute the transaction banking strategy overseeing Sales, Product & Channel, Implementation & Service to drive positive growth in the digital agenda in the cash management and trade finance areas.
Ruby has over 15 years of frontline banking experience with last 10 years focusing on Transaction Banking covering a broad spectrum of clients ranging from commercial banking, global corporates to public sector, FIs and NBFIs at various international banks such as HSBC, Citi and Standard Chartered where she also held regional and local roles.
Ruby holds an MSc in Financial Management from the University of Bath, UK and a BSc in Surveying from the University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Timothy Tong is the Chairman of the board of directors and independent director of AMTD Digital.  Dr. Tong is also the Chief Executive Officer of AMTD Charity Foundation, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Laureate Forum, which is an organization formed by distinguished personalities and academics of Hong Kong, with the full support of the Hong Kong SAR Government. The mission is to connect the current and next generations of leaders in scientific pursuit, and to promote understanding and interests of the young generation in Hong Kong and around the world in various disciplines in science and technology.

Dr. Tong is an internationally renowned educator and expert in heat transfer. He served as the President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from January 2009 to December 2018. He is also the former dean of the school of engineering and applied science at The George Washington University, the former chairman of the steering committee of the Pilot Green Transport Fund of the Environmental Protection Department, a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a fellow and former president of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. Dr. Tong currently serves as independent non-executive directors of Airstar Bank; Xiaomi Corporation (SEHK: 1810); Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Limited (SEHK: 40); Gold Peak Industries Limited (SGX: G20); a non-executive director of Freetech Road Recycling Technology (Holdings) Limited (SEHK: 6888).

Dr. Tong has been a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since March 2013 and a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong since July 2010. Dr. Tong received a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in December 1980. Dr. Tong received a master of science degree in engineering from University of California in June 1978 and a bachelor degree of science in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University in June 1976.

Grace Fung is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Financial Services group.

Grace Fung’s practice focuses on advising banks, asset managers, brokers, sponsors, corporate finance advisors, payment services providers and Fintech companies on a wide variety of regulatory, compliance and corporate law matters.

Paolo is a technology and data privacy partner at Baker McKenzie and heads the Hong Kong Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) team, winners of the Asian Legal Business Hong Kong TMT Law Firm of the Year 2021.

Originally from the UK, he has been based in Hong Kong for over 11 years and is particularly focused on working with clients in the TMT, consumer and financial sectors on digital transformation, cloud, data, A.I. and blockchain projects.

Ranked in the key legal directories, Chambers TMT China mentions his “strong risk assessment, analytical skills and creativity in alternative solutions” and “his market knowledge in the tech field provide handy in resolving new challenges”. The Legal 500 mentions he is “very knowledgeable on technology and privacy matters” and he is noted for his “expertise within the fintech space, in addition to work relating to data and cybersecurity”.

He has worked with a number of FinTech accelerators and incubators in Hong Kong as a mentor to start-ups and scale-ups, including the SuperCharger Fintech Accelerator and, most recently, as a legal partner to the Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab Asia Pacific. 

He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) Europe through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and is a member of the Hong Kong Britcham Innovation & Technology Committee. He is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and England & Wales.

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Mrs. Helen Kan is currently the Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of China CITIC Bank International Limited.

Helen is a financial service industry leader with global, regional and HK/China experiences for over 30 years. Currently, she sits on the Board of China CITIC Bank International Limited as Executive Director and is the DCEO of the Bank in charge of Business Banking, Private Banking and Retail Banking businesses. She is also the Director of various subsidiaries of the Bank and a Director of Nova Credit Limited.

On the professional and community front, Helen is currently a council member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and member of Hong Kong Academy of Finance (AoF). She is also the President of Hong Kong Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs Association (HKWPEA), member of Zonta Club of Hong Kong East, Hong Kong Professionals And Senior Executives Association (HKPASEA) and The Hong Kong Chi Tung Association.

Yvonne joined JETCO as Chief Information Officer in 2019, bringing with information technology experience in the banking and finance sector. Before joining JETCO, Yvonne held senior IT positions in various financial institutions, including multi-national banks and investment banks. Since 2000, Yvonne worked on numerous standardisation, acquisition, integration and globalisation initiatives within the sector across the Asia-Pacific region.

Nathan Wong oversees FinTech development in Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Throughout 12 years in the bank, he contributed to various innovative banking projects. The “Connect” 4-phase project streamlined the time-critical executive approval by mobile and social technologies, winning Oracle Mobile Innovation Global Award in 2015. And the “Smart Kiosk” project shortened account opening and card issuance in bank branches with eKYC tools, winning Innovation and Creativity Award of HKGCC in 2019. And he contributed to the other projects like eTradeConnect, Host-to-Host Solution, Open API, Chatbot, etc. The bank has attained ISO 20000 and 27001 certifications, being the first bank in Hong Kong. Nathan is a CFA and FRM charter holder, Associate of Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Project Management Professional, and MBA of Heriot-Watt University.

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

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

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

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

Wing Fai Tang is the Regional Head of Partnerships of Generali Asia with responsibility for fostering strategic alliances; crafting digital ecosystems partnerships and executing partnership strategies to achieve Generali’s ambitious growth targets in Asia.

Wing Fai has more than 10 years’ experience in the insurance industry with extensive knowledge in mergers & acquisitions having helped Generali successfully acquired businesses around the Asia region, including the recent acquisition of AXA Affin in Malaysia.

Prior to joining Generali, Wing Fai provided audit and transaction advisory services to a range of clients from various sectors during his time at BDO HK and Mercer & Hole.

Wing Fai holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from University of Nottingham and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Pritam has over 13 years of International experience in Driving Digital Transformation across FMCG & Manufacturing space across currently based out of Bangalore

Currently working as Head of Digital Transformation @ Anheuser Busch Inbev (Budweiser inc). He has driven huge competitive advantage across companies by leveraging Digital Disruption.

Notable Initiatives: - Since 2018, Pritam has helped shape the Global Data Strategy at Unilever which have led to creation of competitive advantage and a new business with over 200-Million-euro business. In 2017, Pritam was part of the $1 billion-dollar Unilever acquisition of Dollar Shave Club a
(complete Digital Business model) which achieved over 40% YOY growth in first year of operations & is currently one of the fastest growing subscription-based Business Models. In 2017, Pritam when based in Manila lead the Asia Digital Transformation Forum driving Innovative cross Industry partnership across the Digital ecosystem In 2016 Pritam’s programme on transforming Employee Experience using Artificial Intelligence
was selected by Deloitte Berkins & Wall Street Journal as one of the Global Best Practices of driving Digital Transformation

Jay is the Strategic Director at R3 Hong Kong, looking after North Asia markets.

Prior to R3, Jay worked in the software industry for Capital Markets for over 20 years. His experience and knowledge expand through financial institutions, stock exchanges, and regulatory with specific strengths in securities trading and post-trade.

Jay is a cryptocurrency and blockchain advocate who was attracted to the subject during the beginnings of the Bitcoin hype. His enthusiasm on the subject has laid the foundation for pursuing his career in the industry.

Jay works with a broad spectrum of industries to foster digital transformation where Digital Assets and Central Bank Digital Currency are his favourite subjects. Jay regularly speaks to Banks, Regulators, Universities, and Government Departments on a mission to future-proof digital assets for the Hong Kong market. Jay believes that the digital trust era is rapidly approaching.

David founded R3 in 2015 and in his role of Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the strategic direction of R3. With over 30 years of experience leading some of Wall Street’s top institutions, David is a longtime creative thought leader in financial markets and innovation, and has played a significant role in the adoption of electronic trading in the global OTC derivatives industry. David served for ten years as the CEO of Electronic Broking at ICAP Plc, the world’s largest interdealer broker, where he led the BrokerTec fixed income and EBS foreign exchange platforms. Prior to ICAP, David was co-owner and CEO (Americas) of Prebon Yamane.

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Kenneth has more than 15 years of dedicated experience in delivering consulting and implementation service for banks, brokerage and exchange across the globe, with deep insight of capital markets domain knowledge in driving virtual bank application and build the bank process. In the past two years, Kenneth has been leading FinTech consulting team to design, architect and implement blockchain projects such as multiple CBDC Bridge and Bursa Malaysia Securities Borrowing and Lending. Before FORMS HK, he was the consultant toprovide solution advise on multi-asset front to back office processing.

Akina has over 20 years of experience in change management, innovative technology, consulting, finance, hospitality and global sales operations management experience starting from the Silicon Valley to worldwide. She is now leading a new department at Great Eagle to execute digital transformation and innovation at the group level and across all subsidiaries globally. She is also part of the Investment Committee that evaluate start-ups in cutting-edge technology and disruptive business model across different industries. In the short time she has been with Great Eagle, she has been able to push for IoT deployment, drone technology, ERP, HR and other transformation projects that resulted in receiving rewards like the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2019 and other awards for great leadership, digital transformation & innovation, social innovation and etc. She was one of the Executive that helped a built a Unicorn in Hong Kong 2017 with investors from FoxConn and Softbank. She is a respected guest speaker, panel specialist and guest professor with notable media appearances on Bloomberg and Fox International. Her appearances as keynote speaker and panelist can be found at esteem summits around the world covering various topics, such as leading technology, digital transformation, big data, security, digital marketing, HR, IoT, Customer Experience, and others. Akina holds an GEMBA from USC and a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA. She is a Board Member of Hong Kong PropTech and an Advisory Board at BEETc.

Joyce is the Investment Director of Cyberport Macro Fund that focuses on venture capital investments in the Cyberport community. Joyce was previously the Managing Director at OurCrowd, a hybrid venture capital platform for investing in global startups. With over a decade of experience in hedge fund management, Joyce was the partner and senior portfolio manager of Sumeru Capital, a Greater China-focused equity long/short fund. Prior to joining Sumeru Capital, she was a portfolio manager at LIM Advisors, managing an event-driven portfolio of Asia's oldest hedge fund. Joyce started her career at Citigroup Hong Kong, where she first worked as a corporate finance analyst at Global Markets and then as an Investment Counselor at Private Bank. Joyce holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Nicolas STUM is Societe Generale Chief Operating Officer for South Asia and APAC Sponsor of Open Innovation, of which the development of Societe Generale Forge in the space of Digital Assets is a key pillar. Prior to coming back to Singapore, he held several senior positions in the Paris CIB headquarters. Before joining the bank, Nicolas spearheaded the development of the insurer Coface in APAC for more than 12 years, based successively in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. Nicolas is an alumnus of ISC Paris Business School and Insead.

Through human and financial capital, Brian empowers founders to navigate the stage where most startups fail: when a locally validated idea goes global.

His international career stands at the intersection of entrepreneurship and management consulting. He has spent over a decade leading at a global consultancy: launching and managing a corporate finance practice in Southeast Asia and a financial institution practice in the US, helping C-suite executives at the most complex companies embrace, invest in, and integrate emerging technologies.

As an early-stage tech investor, Brian co-founded the Chicago Booth Angels Network of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. He is the Asia-Pacific co-chair of the University of Chicago’s top-ranked global accelerator, a venture partner of AngelHub, and a mentor at Founder Institute. He has shared his favorite topic “what’s missing in your perfect pitch?” with 1,500+ founders, intrapreneurs, and university students. The annual BóLè Forum, which Brian organizes, is attended by 200+ angel investors, VCs and family offices.

Brian holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Gary joins us as Chief Technology Officer from Morgan Stanley where he was Executive Director, Head of Digital and Platform Architecture for Private Wealth Management business, and prior to that he served as Head of Program Management and leading Agile Transformation (APAC) for major banks including HSBC and JP Morgan.

Gary brings 20 years of experience in leading large IT teams across APAC and various projects in Fintech products, including Trade Finance platform powered by blockchain, Wechat banking for corporate customers and international trade tracking app.

Carol is the Chief Product Officer of livi bank. She has a wealth of banking experience spanning from retail, technology & innovation, and operations to the new emerging opportunities in GBA. Carol started her banking career with Standard Chartered Bank, and had the opportunity of working for DBS in Hong Kong and Singapore where she was part of the digital transformation journey of the Singapore banking industry between 2011 and 2017. Hong Kong and Singapore aside, her geographic exposures also include driving the growth plan in Asia’s three economic powerhouses – Greater China, India and Indonesia.

Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree from the LSE and a master’s degree from Harvard University. Both an entrepreneur and an investor at heart, she has built up operations for several start-ups in the technology and healthcare space, and has worked at leading venture capital firms in China and in Singapore. Stephanie currently works at LQ Pacific Partners, a cross-border asset management firm focusing on growth- to late-stage TMT companies. The firm is chaired by Jason Zeng, a co-founder of Tencent (HKG: 0700). Stephanie has lived on various continents and is currently based in Hong Kong.

Arnaud Picut Grew-up and educated in France. Master in Mathematic and Computer Science. Lived in France, then 7 years in Uk, then 2 years in Russia and since then in HK.

30 years in the Fintech industry, starting with Entrepreneurial experience setting-up a company delivering Enterprise Risk Management software. Gradually extended the risk coverage including climate risks.

Moved to the open banking, openAPIs and collaborative approach to ideate, innovation and launch to production new services to make a positive impact on daily life. Domains include climate change, inequality, financial inclusion, literacy and more.

Rachel Wang is the Head of Strategic Development for RGAX Asia Pacific, the transformation engine of the Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), oversees RGAX’s strategic development initiatives and supports clients with their transformation efforts, delivering bespoke solutions for digital distribution, customer engagement and advanced data and analytics. She has extensive experience in strategic partnerships and investments, bringing new businesses and technology innovations to market, with a focus on enhancing the customer experience and industry competitiveness.

HKEX, the parent company of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, is one of the world’s largest operators of financial market infrastructure.

The 2,500+ companies that are listed in Hong Kong include some of the most exciting entrepreneurial growth stories of the modern era. HKEX strives to use the full resources of this incredible network to make the city’s capital markets more open, more accessible to younger generations and more interesting to human and machine intelligence alike.

Lukas’ team is tasked with modernising HKEX’s platforms, processes and capabilities by applying artificial intelligence, automation and knowledge-based tools across its IPO, trading, clearing, regulatory and market surveillance activities. The HKEX Innovation and Data Lab also incubates creative business ideas and start-ups that are additive to the growth of Hong Kong’s capital markets.

Lukas has been involved in various initiatives that have shaped Hong Kong’s capital markets over the past decade, including HKEX’s acquisition of the London Metal Exchange; China-Hong Kong Stock Connect; Bond Connect; and the landmark reforms of Hong Kong’s listing regime that have propelled it to the #1 global IPO venue in 7 of the past 12 years.

In her role as Director at UBS Evolve, Veronika is responsible for facilitating and advising on internal innovation initiatives, sourcing & partnering with external fintech solutions, and identifying investment opportunities for future growth.

Before joining UBS, she was helping Grab Financial execute on their SuperApp strategy and DigiBank ambitions by leading the Product Development for a new Wealth Management Platform called GrabInvest (through acquisition of B2B startup Bento Invest) and preparing the product launch of their first micro-investment proposition, recently launched for app users in Singapore.

She also spent 8 years at HSBC working on various Digital Strategy projects and ran a dedicated FinTech Accelerator program in Hong Kong called SuperCharger, helping startups find new Product-Market fit, partner with large corporates, raise Venture Capital funding and scale their businesses across Asia.

Her passion is around helping people develop and improve their financial literacy, adapt to the digital age of managing their finances through savings and investments, and in that way take control of their life plans and their future.

Edmond Lau has 20 years of experience in investment, financing and business development, and is currently the CFO and Co-founder of Babel Capital focusing on fintech and digital assets. He was the Managing Director of Lingfeng Capital, Head of Innovative Incubation Centre/ Head of Merger & Integration in SF-Express responsible for fintech and logistic tech investments. Prior to that, he served as the Head of Investment in FIH Mobile and the Investment Director in CLSA Capital Partners focusing on AI, mobile, and water technologies. Edmond was previously a Vice President in Citigroup and a senior consultant in Accenture providing financing solutions and strategic advices to telecom, media and technology corporations.

Edmond holds an MBA (distinction, Dean’s list) from London Business School, a Bachelor of Information Engineering (first class) from Chinese University of HK, and a Bachelor of Laws from China University of Political Science and Law. Edmond is devoted to technology development and is often invited to be a guest speaker/ panelist at prominent tech functions. He is the founding board member of CFA Shenzhen Association, Co-President of Hong Kong Internet Finance Association, board member of Hong Kong Business Angel Network, and a former board member of CFA Hong Kong. Edmond is a member of Entrepreneurship Committee Advisory Group of Cyberport, and an adjunct professor in the EMBA program in City University of HK. Edmond is also a CFA, a FRM and a Chevening scholar.