Meet Our Judges

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 itsunique network of Asian Financial Services expertise, with extensive industry connections that we leverage to accelerate the growth ofFinTechs across the region.

Prior to AFG, Ron founded and led Asia Fintech AngelsanAngel InvestorNetwork of 100+ Senior Financial ServicesProfessionals 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.

A professional executive with an extensive track record in leading both business and technology transformational change agendas across a range of financial service organisations in Europe and Asia.

•In her role at AIA as Head of Group Digital Sue is responsible for designing and delivering a range of key strategic digital initiatives for customers as well as leading edge digital tools and solutions for agents and distribution partners.

•Building capability in Human Centred Design to ensure new digital apps/tools are designed with the customer / end user in mind, together with instilling a design led mindset across the organisation is another key area of responsibility.

•Building enterprise agility and fostering a culture of innovation and empowerment is another areas of focus and Sue has recently created an Agile CoE in order to support AIA business units move to new ways of working.

•She is a proven leader with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams and has a proven and strong background of delivery, which includes core banking replacements, mobile banking solutions, health and wellness apps and new digital apps/tools for agents/distributors.

•Specialties: CDO/ CIO & business executive leadership, large scale transformational change,digital experience,strategic planning, portfolio and program management, technology transformation, core system replacements, proposition and strategy development, customer and distribution proposition development, product development and PMO establishment

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.

Dr. Calvin Choi is the Chairman of AMTD Group, and Founder of AMTD Charity Foundation. He is a globally recognized entrepreneur and philanthropist as well as a pioneer and contributor in promoting regional digitalization.

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Calvin was named “2019 Asia FinTech Leader” and “2020 Singapore FinTech Leader” by the Singapore Fintech Association, selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum in 2017, and awarded by the Institutional Investor magazine as one of the global “Fintech Finance 35” in 2016.

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Calvin currently serves as the Chairman of the Group’s investment banking subsidiary AMTD international (NYSE:HKIB, SGX:HKB), the first company with dual class voting rights to successfully dual list on NYSE and SGX; Chairman of AMTD Digital, a one-stop digitally connected solutions platform headquartered in Singapore; Board Director of Bank of Qingdao (SEHK: 3866; SZSE: 002948).  He also serves as Board Director of ASEAN Financial Innovation Network, which was founded by World Bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and ASEAN Bankers Association. Calvin is appointed by the HK Government as a member of HK Cyberport Advisory Panel and a member of Prisoners’ Education Trust Fund Investment Advisory Committee.  He is also appointed as Vice President of the China Young Entrepreneurs Association, and Vice Chairman of Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation.

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Before joining AMTD Group, Calvin was formerly a Managing Director at the Investment Banking Division and a member of the Global Family Office Committee of UBS Asia. He also served as the China Chief Specialist, Asia Strategic Alliance under the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of Citigroup.

Calvin is currently a certified bank auditor and a certified public accountant in the United States.

Dr. Frederic Lau is a Vice Chairman of AMTD Group, as well as President of AMTD Digital. Dr. Lau has over 30 years’ of experience in regulating and managing financial institutions, especially in areas such as industry development, regulatory framework, risk management, and internal control. Dr. Lau is the director of Airstar Bank since July 2018, and served as the founding chief executive since the banking license was granted in May 2019 to October 2020. Dr. Lau served in Hong Kong and U.S. regulatory agencies for years, including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Office of Thrift Supervision (subsequently merged with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, OCC) of the U.S. Treasury Department.

Dr. Lau was an Executive Director and Group Risk Director at Dah Sing Banking Group, and a member of the Board of Directors of Dah Sing Bank from 2005 to 2011. Dr. Lau was also a member of Board of Directors of Shenzhen Development Bank (subsequently renamed as Ping An Bank) from 2011 to 2014. He was a Managing Director of Promontory Financial Group from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Lau received a Ph.D. degree in business management (economics) from University of South Australia in 2004.

Mr. William Fung is Group Vice President of AMTD Group and CEO of AMTD International, responsible for strategic development of investment banking and asset management businesses at AMTD.  Prior to joining AMTD, he served at UBS AG, Nomura International and Lehman Brothers.  Mr. Fung also has extensive experience in arranging and structuring international capital markets transactions.

Val Yap is the Digital Insurance Subject Matter Champion of AMTD Digital, as well the Founder & CEO of AMTD PolicyPal, Singapore’s InsurTech leader and the first graduate from MAS’s FinTech Regulatory Sandbox. Ms. Yap is named to Forbes “30 Under 30” list for Finance and Venture Capital, Fortune “40 under 40” list for Finance, Linkedin’s Power Profiles in Singapore - 2016, 2017, 2018 and Fellow at Singapore University of Social Sciences and is a frequent speaker at universities and conferences. Before founding PolicyPal, Ms. Yap served as the assistant vice president at OCBC Bank in Singapore, where she headed a wide range of digital initiatives and campaigns, working closely with wealth and marketing to drive innovations. Prior to serving OCBC, Ms. Yap had also worked as a risk assurance consultant at  Pricewaterhouse Coopers in London, and as a sales broker at Allianz. Ms. Yap received a Bachelor of Art degree in Digital Media Design with 1st class honors from the University of Arts London in 2011 and a Master of Science degree in Business Management from Imperial College London in 2012.

Teddy Lui joined Alibaba Group in 2009, leading business and partnership development for Alibaba.com in Asia Pacific. He is currently the Operations Director of Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, running the Investment Program and building partnerships to drive growth in Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem. Prior to his current position, he was the General Manager of Alipay.com and Taobao.com for the Hong Kong and Macau markets. Teddy has more than 18 years of experience in online business, business development, partnership, eCommerce, FinTech and venture capital investment. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

For 20 years, Nicolas has been leading SMEs in the Food Industry. In 2015, he decided to move to Asia and settled in Hong-Kong, where he joined the Startup ecosystem, advising and coaching start-up companies for their development.

Mid 2016, Nicolas met with Karen and Karena, co-founders of WHub and on their way to revolutionize the fundraising space in Hong Kong. He gladly joined the team as employee #4.

End of 2017, Nicolas became Head of Investment Strategy for the newly founded AngelHub, sister company of WHub, that will become in 2018 the first and only fully licensed Equity Crowdfunding Platform in Hong Kong. Since then, he has been assessing more than 1,500 startups willing to raise funds in Hong Kong and shared with them his transparent feedback on their business model.

(Nicolas has a strong experience in Business Strategy, Finance, Problem solving, Sales, Marketing, Change Management, Recruitment, Motivation and alignement, Decision making under uncertainty. He likes experimenting, learning from new situations, building businesses, knowing new people. It is his way to remain inspired and open-minded.)

“Being an entrepreneur is being aware that tomorrow will be nothing else but the result of the decisions you make today”.
Nicolas holds a Master of Science from Centrale Lyon (1991) and an executive MBA from INSEAD (2013),with distinction.

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

Miss Yvonne LEUNG took up the bank’s leadership as one of the early founders since the bank was first incorporated. Miss Leung served Ant Bank (HK) as Chief Operating Officer with the accountability of managing the bank in the region as the Alternate Chief Executive.
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Miss Leung is a veteran in the banking industry with over 19 years of experiences. Before joining Ant Bank (HK), she headed up the critical mass SME portfolio of Hang Seng Bank Business Banking, prior to that she was the Head of Direct Banking. Miss Leung has held various senior positions with Hang Seng Bank over the years with a footprint in Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Wealth Management and Strategic Planning etc.
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Miss Leung was graduated in University of British Columbia, Canada with a Bachelor degree major in Economics. She obtained her Master of Business Administration from University of Leicester, United Kingdom. Miss Leung was appointed by Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited as the Mentor, Micro-finance Scheme.

Frederic Dussaux is Head of Electronic Commerce and Digital for Global Markets APAC. He is responsible for driving the electronic business in Asia-Pacific as well as establishing GM’s regional digital strategy and overseeing its execution.

Prior to his current role, Frederic held multiple positions within BNP Paribas Global Markets in both Paris (since 2007) and Hong Kong (since 2009). His responsibilities included business strategy and development, exchange-traded structured products sales, commercial deployment of BNP Paribas award-winning Smart Derivatives platform in Asia, and the development of multi-dealer platforms.

Before joining BNP Paribas, Frederic spent four years in a top tier global strategy and management consulting firm based out of Paris.  

Frederic is a graduate from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees and holds a Finance Master degree from IEP Paris.

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.

Mr. James Ho serves as the Deputy General Manager of BOCHK Transaction Banking Department, He is responsible for leading the development and digitalization 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.

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.

Nick Nie joined CCV since its establishment in 2017, and now he is the Partner focusing on early-stage mobile internet, entertainment, internet industry and the new generation. Nick participated investments in the star portfolios like Wanka Online (01762.HK), Joyrun, ShiXiangHui, Menya, Tikinmedia and etc.
Before joining CCV, Nick has worked in KPCB China years as the core TMT member, and participated in the investment of Tantan, based on his in-depth insights and mobile internet foresight. Nick also had some stint in Tencent and Accenture, which accumulated rich experience and understanding in mobile internet and enterprise strategy and operation. Nick also had successful firsthand entrepreneurial experience which would be a rare value for his VC career.
Nick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Renmin University of China.

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.

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.

Johnson Chen is the Founder & CEO of global private capital raising platform CapBridge, which together with its associate entity 1exchange, one of Singapore’s first regulated private securities exchange, form a comprehensive private markets capital eco-system for growth companies and sophisticated investors.

CapBridge holds a Capital Markets Services License and 1exchange holds a Recognised Market Operator License. Both entities are regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Singapore Exchange (SGX) is a strategic partner and shareholder. The entities work in close consultation with MAS and SGX to continually uplift the capital market in Singapore.

An active angel investor and experienced business builder, Johnson has spent over 20 years incubating and steering growth companies in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Johnson has founded and listed two companies on SGX. He is the Founder and Non-executive Chairman of Clearbridge Health (SGX ticker: 1H3, Bloomberg ticker: CBH.SP), a pan-Asia precision healthcare company. Johnson is also the Founder and Non-executive Director of Biolidics (SGX) ticker: 88Y, Bloomberg ticker: BLD.SP), a microfluidic based liquid biopsy tumor diagnosis company. Earlier in his career, Johnson co-founded and successfully exited two tech start-ups.
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He was one of the pioneering team members of Hong Kong-based information and communications technology service company Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited (PCCW). He was subsequently appointed President of CyberWorks Ventures, PCCW’s direct investment arm where he led a team to build up and oversee a multi-million dollar investment portfolio. The youngest member of PCCW’s M&A/investment executive committee at that time, he was responsible for much of PCCW’s strategic
expansion, including many of its successful acquisitions and investments.

Johnson sits on the Singapore National Research Foundation Proof-of-Concept grant panel and is a member of the Strategic Research Innovation Fund committee of NTUitive, Nanyang Technological University’s innovation and enterprise company.

He is a member of the Singapore A*STAR A*ccelerate Liquid Biopsy Program Advisory Committee, where he advises on the development trajectory of the agency’s liquid biopsy programme.

As the top graduate in the officer cadet course during his National Service with the Singapore Armed Forces, Johnson was awarded the prestigious Sword of Honour by the President of Singapore.

Johnson holds a Master’s degree and a Bachelor degree in Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) from the University of Cambridge, UK.

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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.

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.

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.

Vishal Kapoor is the Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) in Hong Kong.

TTS is a division of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group offering integrated cash management and trade services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations around the world, including 18 countries in Asia Pacific

Prior to taking up this role, Vishal was the head of Trade for Asia, based in Hong Kong.

In addition Vishal has worked over fifteen years in Corporate Banking and Capital Markets with experience of managing businesses across Asia

Vishal has a Bachelor of Technology from, National Institute of Technology, India and a Master’s Degree in Business Management from City University of New York.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Alex is a business oriented technologist. He has held senior technology leadership roles in major US and European Investment banks, with vast experiences in leading full life cycle management of multifaceted transformational projects to deliver business outcomes for banks, stock exchange and clearing house. Alex embraces diverse cultures in all aspects leading onshore and offshore cross-functional teams of multi-cultural and external vendors to deliver business goals within rigid time and cost constraints. Highly respected and skilled professional in stakeholder engagement through proactively identifying and resolving needs and concerns at all levels. Alex believes in no single approach to a problem but being agile with is the constant attribute to deliver.

Anita manages programs and drives business integrations at Eureka Nova, which is a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity and innovation. Through 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.

Prior to Eureka Nova, Anita ran partnerships and operations at Jumpstart Media. She also founded her own startup, Sam the Local, which was the Google Grand Award Winner, and has also been featured in New York Times and Forbes.

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.

Kathy is the Vice President of Group Strategy for FWD Group since Dec 2019, driving the corporate strategy, strategic planning and execution, develop execution enablers and bring the Strategy to fruition with strategic initiatives.  
Before joining FWD, Kathy has worked over 20 years in AIA, HSBC, Transamerica and PCCW locally and regionally across Strategy, Product, and Digital, pioneering new innovation commercialization and proposition, leading strategy and transformational initiatives and developing successful strategic partnerships and new business development.

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.

Nadia Suttikulpanich, head of Fuchsia Innovation Centre and Fuchsia Venture Capital for Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL). Nadia drives development and engagement between people and business through innovation from both tech and non-tech perspective. She wants to change the paradigm of insurance by making it more accessible and inclusive through the use of relevant data and healthcare technology. Nadia believes that creativity and open innovation that merges knowhow from cross industries will benefit customers and allow the business to grow. Through both Fuchsia Innovation Centre and Fuchsia Venture Capital the team have launched digital initiatives that aim to improve customer’s lives.

Few notable projects are; Asia’s first dynamic pricing health insurance coverage for diabetic patients. The first life insurance in Thailand to digitally linked health insurance benefit to telemedicine service as a completely cashless experience. Established digital end to end platform for small ticket size product for the life insurance company.

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.

Rosie is an Executive Director in the Digital Assets team at Goldman Sachs. Rosie started her career at Accenture in 2013, relocating to Hong Kong in 2015 where she led Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, a 12-week accelerator programme for early stage FinTech companies partnering with global banks and insurance companies. Rosie holds a BA in International Business Management with French from Newcastle University (UK).

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.

Ms. Shi is the Managing 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.

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.

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.

An advocate for design thinking, Jen leads Partnership Development & Innovation in Asia for HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking. She has 18 years in the professional services business focused on business development, market strategy, client relationships and building new services and products across digital, data, customer and emerging technology.

Currently she is leading a team in Asia looking at how partnerships help bring digital-led innovation to HSBC's core business as well as push the boundaries of how they operate. Jen's customer led approach to delivering business results includes surfacing services across digital platforms to create relevance, opportunity, new products and entirely new businesses whilst building new distribution for existing products and services.

A mother of two, she was raised in Hong Kong and speaks conversational Mandarin. She is one of the founders and chair for both TEDxShanghai (2011-2016) and TEDxTinHauWomen. (2017-2021) She is a frequent speaker on innovation, digital transformation, team culture, design thinking and women empowerment.

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.

Raymond Wong, Head of Investment, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP), manages the HKSTP Corporate Venture Fund and Investment & Business Support departments. He has over 25 years of extensive financial services experience in capital investment, portfolio management, mergers and acquisition as well as strategic investment across different sectors in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to HKSTP, Raymond was the Principal in HPEF Capital Partners which is an ex-HSBC private equity firm. Prior to HSBC, Raymond worked in the capital investment and investment banking divisions of ABN AMRO Bank. Previously, he had software development experience at IBM Laboratory in Toronto, Canada. Raymond is a member of the Venture Committee, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

Raymond obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science (Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing) from University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Columbia Business School, New York.

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.

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.

Joseph is the Managing Partner of Kairous Capital, has more than 16 years of experience in cross-border investment across Asia Pacific since 2004, seizing the unique investment opportunities lie within regional investments.

In 2015, Joseph founded Kairous Capital, a regional venture capital firm focusing on technology investments across China and Southeast Asia. To date, Kairous has invested in more than 10 companies in the Asia Pacific region covering the areas of Fintech, Insuretech, Digital Health, E-commerce, and Tech Media.

Prior to Kairous Capital, he joined Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Bhd. In 2006 as the pioneer team in setting up their private equity division and first Islamic private equity fund in Asia Pacific. He was involved in control buyout deals in China and Southeast Asia mainly in the manufacturing, waste management, healthcare, retail, and aquaculture sectors.

In his span of investing career, Joseph has successfully invested in more than 25 companies and exited many of them through trade sales and initial public offering in London Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Shanghai Stock Exchange. He was involved in the setup of the first and largest shariah private equity fund with a size of USD100 million. Mr. Lee has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 2000 and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University of Canada.

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.

Spencer is the Chief Risk Officer of livi. He has been working in Risk for over 20 years, including 17 years with Standard Chartered Bank. Apart from Risk, he had spent three years in Internal Audit and two years in Process Management. One of the highlights in his career was successfully leading the Hong Kong banking industry to establish a mortgage credit bureau.

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.

Edwin heads Strategy, Partnerships and Corporate Affairs at Mox. Edwin sits on the bank’s Executive Committee. He is passionate about driving the growth of the banking industry in Asia and believes that virtual banks will be a game changer in Hong Kong.

Prior to his current role, Edwin was Managing Director, Regional Head of Investor Relations for Standard Chartered and prior to that, an Equity Research Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch covering Hong Kong and Chinese financials.

Edwin is a CFA Charterholder, holding a master’s degree in finance and an undergraduate in business administration. He is married with three children.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

Dominic is a member of SC Ventures, innovation arm of Standard Chartered Bank, responsible for promoting innovation, investing in disruptive financial technology, and exploring alternative business models. In his role, Dominic focuses on the team’s HK strategy, client engagement, partnerships and investments. He was a founding UK member of SC Ventures focusing on Financial Markets FinTech and led UK eXellerator before he relocated to HK.

He joined Standard Chartered in September 2009 through the Management Associates program. He has held a number of front office markets roles, as well as treasury and business management roles at Standard Chartered and JPMorgan in New York. Dominic started his career as a lawyer in Silicon Valley working with start-ups and investors, as well as public technology companies. He has also worked with early stage start-ups looking for business model development and funding.

Dominic holds an MBA and a Juris Doctorate and is currently a licensed (inactive) lawyer in California. Dominic has lived and worked in the US, UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Anita Fu joined Salesforce as the Solution Engineering Director focusing on the Greater China region. An esteemed leader in
the field, Anita leads a team of consultants that assist clients to meet their enterprise cloud computing requirements in order
to digitally transform their company through the use of cloud applications and platforms.

With more than 25 years of experience with technology sales and CRM domain expertise, Anita’s role at Salesforce has greatly paved the way for enterprises to provide an increased customer engagement offerings to their customers. In light of recent changes within the workplace environment, Anita has continued to work collaboratively with her team to maintain their offerings seamlessly.

She previously led the Application Solution Engineering team at Oracle HK and drove the solution strategy across CRM, HCM, ERP, EPM and Analytic application covering large enterprise accounts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.​​

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.

Heidi is the Director of Fintech and Digital Partnerships at Visa Hong Kong Limited. In her role, she focuses on driving Fintech strategy and expanding ecosystem partnerships in Hong Kong.

Heidi has more than 10 years of experience in the banking and financial services sectors. Before commencing her job with Visa, Heidi worked in Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions department, responsible for overseeing Hong Kong Commercial Cards business and product development. Prior to this, Heidi worked with American Express as Head of Large Market Acquisition for Global Corporate Payments where she managed a team of Business Development Managers to acquire new corporate payment customers.

Mr. Mark Munoz is a financial technology veteran, with over two decades of experience building, advising and investing in companies that contribute to the booming fintech ecosystem around the world.

Mark is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Vectr Fintech Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco and Hong Kong. He is also a Venture Partner to Vectr Ventures. Vectr has backed more than 100 ground breaking and iconic technology companies since 2014.

Having founded various technology companies for the financial services industry, from online investing to high performance applications, Mark has tremendous experience in Fintech and working with global banks and insurance companies. He has served on multiple boards, overseen numerous mergers and acquisitions and was part of the team that led Penson Worldwide, a securities clearing company, to an IPO in 2005.

Prior to a career in financial technology Mark was a political consultant to several prominent US Congressional and Senate members.

Mark graduated with a BA in Government Studies and a BA in Philosophy from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Kevin Angelini is the regional Head of Strategy and M&A, Asia Pacific and joined Zurich in 2019. His responsibility is to shape our strategy across APAC, drive strategic initiatives, identify and execute inorganic opportunities and new partnerships.

Prior to joining Zurich, he was most recently a Senior Director at Willis Towers Watson where he was Head of Greater China, Insurance Consulting & Technology at Willis Towers Watson. Prior to that, he worked for over 10 years in Generali where he worked in several markets (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Italy) and built up and led their regional Strategy and M&A function.  

Kevin is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University College London, a Master’s degree in Insurance & Risk Management from MIB School of Management, and EMBA from Kellogg School of Management.