From FX Trading to Co-CEO of HSBC Asia Pacific, it’s been an invigorating 30+ years at HSBC. Passionate about enabling the team to serve customers better, to innovate and to develop themselves. Besides this, I am a keen advocate for Inclusion, Diversity, Pride and Mental Health. Spend my downtime playing golf, reading non-fiction and with family – not necessarily in that order!!

Mrs Cha is Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd and a member of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council. Mrs Cha is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Ant Group Co., Ltd. , a Senior International Advisor of Foundation Assets Management Sweden AB and a member of Sotheby’s International Advisory Board. In addition, she is also Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and a Director of the World Federation of Exchanges. Mrs Cha became the first, and to-date, the only person outside Mainland China to join the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China at the vice ministerial rank when she was appointed as Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission in January 2001. She served in that position until 2004. Mrs Cha worked for the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2000, becoming its Deputy Chairman in 1998. Mrs Cha was a member of Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2022. She was also Chairman of The Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong from January 2013 to July 2018, and Chairman of the University Grants Committee from 2007 to 2011. She was awarded a Silver Bauhinia Star in 2001, a Gold Bauhinia Star in 2009 and the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2017 by the Hong Kong Government for her public service.

Bill Winters is the Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered PLC since Jun 2015. Standard Chartered is a UK headquartered, emerging markets focussed bank, with a presence in 59 markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Bill spent 26 years with JP Morgan in diverse leadership roles and was Co-CEO of the Investment Bank from 2004-2009. He has served as a committee member of the Independent Commission on Banking, established by the UK government in 2010 and as an advisor to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards. Bill also founded a private credit fund, Renshaw Bay, in 2011 where he was Chairman and CEO until he stepped down on appointment to the Standard Chartered PLC Board.Bill is deeply engaged in driving the climate finance agenda. Under his leadership, Standard Chartered chairs the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Bill chaired the Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, a global private-sector initiative that developed a roadmap to scale high-integrity carbon markets. Bill currently co-chairs the B20 India Taskforce on Financing for Global Economic Recovery and is UK Chair of the India-UK Financial Partnership.Bill is a Non-Executive Director of Novartis International AG. He was awarded a CBE in 2013 and holds an MBA from Wharton.

Mike Xu is Fosun's Global Partner and currently serves as co-chairman and CEO of Fosun Capital. He is in charge of global private equity investment and industry buyouts in the TMT field. Mike has successively led the investment in INTSIG Information (CCT) which is a leading business connection big data AI company in China, and Calterah which is the world's leading millimeter-wave radar chip provider. He led the investment in early-stage technology enterprises such as ArrayComm, Angstrong, BTD Technology, JueFX, and Tetramem. He completed the investment in Delhivery which is the largest e-commerce logistics company in India through the joint venture of Chinese and American consortia. In terms of the linkage between production and investment, he led Fosun to cooperate with MIT to establish the "China Future City Lab", and achieve strategic cooperation with Plug&Play in joint enterprise accelerator. As an investor with profound industrial investment background, Mike has successively served as the general manager of the business unit of Microsoft's Global Technology Center, the co-founder of Wicresoft, the leader of Nielsen's global business service consumption research, and the vice president of Arvato Bertelsmann China. He has extensive experience in cross-border management & operation and entrepreneurial practice in many countries and regions including the Greater China area, the United States, Japan, and Singapore. He won honors such as "China Bridge Outstanding Innovative Person in Equity Investment in 2021", "FOF Research Center's Top 30 Founding Partners of VC Fund Most Popular Among FOFs in 2021", "SVIEF Outstanding Investor in 2018” and "Financial Investment Person Most Concerned by Elite Users in China in 2017", etc.

Mary Huen is currently the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong and Cluster Chief Executive Officer for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau of Standard Chartered.Mary has over 30 years of experience in business management and banking services. Since joining the bank in 1991, she has held key positions across balance sheet product management, wealth management and distribution. Prior to her current role, Mary was the Regional Head of Retail Banking, Greater China & North Asia. She is currently a Board member of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Chairperson of the Board of Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Limited and also part of the Group Management Team.Mary is the Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Association of Banks, Vice President of the council of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, and a council member of the Treasury Markets Association. She is also a member of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Banking Advisory Committee, a panel member of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal under the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and has been invited as a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance since its establishment in 2019.Outside of banking, Mary has been appointed as a representative of Hong Kong, China to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council, and she is also a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Belt and Road & Greater Bay Area Committee, and holds Board positions in the Community Chest of Hong Kong, the Hospital Authority and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.Mary received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Aged 50, has been re-designated as Executive Director and appointed as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (“BOCHK”) since December 2020. He is a member of each of the Strategy and Budget Committee as well as the Sustainability Committee. Prior to the re-designation, Mr SUN was a Non-executive Director and a member of the Risk Committee of the Company and BOCHK from March 2020 to December 2020.Mr SUN joined Bank of China Limited (“BOC”) in 1998. He served as the Executive Vice President of BOC from February 2019 to December 2020, and as Chief Overseas Business Officer of BOC from September 2018 to February 2019. From March 2015 to November 2018, Mr SUN served as General Manager of London Branch of BOC, CEO of Bank of China (UK) Limited, and also served as General Manager of London Trading Center of BOC from December 2015 to November 2018. Mr SUN previously served as Director of Global Financial Markets Department, Director of Financial Markets Unit (Client Business), Director of Financial Markets Unit (Securities Investments) and Deputy General Manager of the Shanghai Branch of BOC. He served as General Manager of Global Markets of BOCHK from July 2012 to December 2014. He was also a Board Director of Bank of China (UK) Limited from March 2015 to September 2021, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of China (UK) Limited from December 2018 to September 2021, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BOC Aviation Limited (listed in Hong Kong) from February 2019 to December 2020, President of Shanghai RMB Trading Unit of BOC from November 2019 to December 2020 and General Manager of Beijing Branch of BOC from December 2019 to December 2020.Mr SUN holds other roles, including Chairman of BOC Insurance (International) Holdings Company Limited and Chairman of BOCHK Charitable Foundation since December 2020, and Chairman of BOC Group Life Assurance Company Limited since February 2021.Mr SUN also holds a number of public offices in Hong Kong. He is Chief Supervisor of the Asian Financial Cooperation Association, Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks, Honorary President of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, Chairman of the Chinese Banking Association of Hong Kong, and sits on the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee and the Currency Board Sub-Committee, the Banking Advisory Committee, and the Council of Treasury Markets Association. Mr SUN sits on the Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis and the Advisory Committee on Attracting Strategic Enterprises of the Government of the HKSAR. He is Co-Chairman of Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Union, Advisor of Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation, sits on the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Council of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (“HKTDC”), the Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area Committee of HKTDC, the Risk Management Committee of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and is also Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, etc.Mr SUN has extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry with substantial knowledge in business management and strategy, corporate governance, risk management and sustainable development. He graduated from Nankai University with a Master’s Degree in Economics in 1998.

Aveline San is Chief Executive Officer for Citi Hong Kong and Macau, responsible for the businesses and operations in the two markets. She is also the Chief Executive of Citibank N.A., Hong Kong Branch. Aveline joined Citi in April 2019 as Regional Chief Compliance Officer for Asia Pacific (APAC). Prior to that, she was with UBS where she spent 14 years in various senior management positions, including APAC Group Regional Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control, General Counsel of Wealth Management for North Asia, and Supervisor of the Board of UBS’ China banking entity. Aveline is actively involved in industry developments and implementation of regulatory changes impacting the financial industry in the region. She is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Financial and Treasury Services Committee of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Association of Banks, Board of the Community Chest Hong Kong, and the Financial Education Coordination Committee of the Investor and Financial Education Council in Hong Kong. She was the Compliance Committee Chair of Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) from 2017 to July 2020, actively promoting industry collaboration on innovation initiatives and leading regulatory dialogues on industry topics. She founded the ASIFMA Regtech Group in 2020 and currently serves as a board member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

Yat Siu moved to Hong Kong in 1996, where he set up Hong Kong Cybercity, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. In 1997 Yat joined AT&T Solutions' System Integration practice, but left in 1998 to set up Outblaze, which developed innovative web-based multilingual white label communication and collaboration services.Yat Siu's steady leadership and vision steered Outblaze through the Dotcom Bubble and several subsequent crises. Outblaze became a world leader in white label hosted web services, winning numerous awards and accolades. With over 75 million end-users under management, Outblaze secured clients and partners from all over the world and business sectors, including service providers, telecommunications operators, corporations, academia, media and publishing companies.In April 2009, Outblaze messaging assets were sold to IBM and incorporated in IBM's LotusLive suite of services. IBM also used the Outblaze assets to open its first cloud computing laboratory in Hong Kong. The transaction established beyond doubt that -like banking and finance services- Hong Kong's local information technology can compete on a global scale.Yat Siu was called World Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow and a Young Global Leader of Tomorrow. He has also been awarded for his contributions in business and society: Standard Chartered Platinum Achievers Award, the URENCO Innovation Award, and, for the execution of his vision at Outblaze, the IT Excellence Product Award, Linux Business Adoption Award 2003 and the Asia Pacific Information & Communication Technologies Award 2003. Most recently he won the Young Entrepeneur Award from the Hong Kong Business Awards 2009.Specialties: Internet, messaging, e-mail services, social media, development, video and online gaming industry, new media licensing and brand development

As Chairman of the Board, Dr. Xiao oversees and leads the Group’s activities and strategic direction. He is also currently Vice Chairman and Executive Director of China Wanxiang Holding, and Chairman and CEO of Wanxiang Blockchain. With more than 25 years of experience in the securities and asset management industry, he was previously Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Bosera Asset Management, one of the largest asset management companies in Mainland China.

Founded in 2016, Crypto.com is trusted by more than 80 million customers worldwide and is the industry leader in regulatory compliance, security and privacy. Our vision is simple: Cryptocurrency in Every Wallet™. We are driving the global adoption of cryptocurrency through three strategic pillars: - user-centric, utility-driven product innovation - built on top of a robust foundation of compliance and security- followed by thrilling, never-been-done before partnerships that increase the brand awareness not only for Crypto.com, but the entire cryptocurrency spaceCrypto.com was one of the world’s fastest growing companies in 2021, growing revenues 22x to over US$1b, followed by another US$1b+ revenue year in 2022. Crypto.com is privately held and has its Global Headquarters in Singapore.

Alisara is Deputy Governor for the Monetary Stability at the Bank of Thailand. Alisara is responsible for overseeing monetary policy, financial markets operation, and digital currency policy and development. Prior to her current role, Alisara has involved in a number of responsibilities in major functions of central banking including economic research, money market operations, reserve management, payment systems, and monetary and financial policies. Alisara was also appointed as Executive Director, representing the South East Asia Voting Group at the IMF During May 2019- May 2021.

Forest Lin is the Managing Partner of Tencent Investment, in charge of Tencent's domestic and international equity investments. Mr. Lin has rich experience in e-commerce, internet finance, O2O, media and content areas, solidifying Tencent’s endeavour in building a healthy ecosystem. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Lin held various senior positions in finance, strategy, and operating management at Microsoft and Nokia. Forest Lin holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Zhejiang University and a MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Specialties: Financial technology, investment, M&A, strategy, business planning, operation, corporate finance

Umar Farooq is the CEO of Onyx by J.P. Morgan and Global Head of Financial Institution Payments. Onyx is a J.P. Morgan business unit that leverages cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain to develop innovative products, platforms and marketplaces. Prior to this Umar was the Global Head of Digital Wholesale Payments and Head of Blockchain for the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). Previously he was the CFO responsible for financialoversight and business management across CIB Technology, Operations, and Controls. Umar has also held leadership positions in Chase Bank in the past including Head of Small Business Segment and National Sales Manager for Chase Business Banking. Umar holds a B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Economics and M.Engg. in Computer Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Umar received his JD from Yale Law School.

Cecilia Skingsley became Head of the BIS Innovation Hub in September 2022. She is a member of the BIS's Executive Committee. Previously, she held the position of First Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank since November 2019.Most recently she chaired the BIS's Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Future of Payments Working Group, was the Governor of the Riksbank's alternate on the General Council of the ECB and a member of the Advisory Technical Committee (ATC) of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).Ms Skingsley was Deputy Governor of the Riksbank from May 2013 to November 2019. Prior to that position she held various roles including Head of FX and Fixed Income Research and Chief Economist at Swedbank (2007-13), financial journalist and Head of Financial Markets Section at Dagens Indutri (2000-07) and Macro Analyst at ABN Amro Bank (1998-2000).Ms Skingsley holds a degree in economics and political science from Stockholm University. She received a financial analyst degree from SSE Executive Education at Stockholm School of Economics (formerly IFL at Stockholm School of Economics) and studied journalism at Poppius School of Journalism in Stockholm.

Currently CEO of Ledger, the world leading actor in securing critical digital assets,Pascal started his career at Kelkoo, a price comparison service acquired by Yahoo for EUR 475 million in 2004. He then joined the advertising company Criteo in 2008 where he worked for 5 years as COO, being instrumental in the pivot to advertising, which led to the company’s global expansion towards a EUR 2.17 billion market capitalisation. His first investment after Criteo was in Teads.tv, a premium viewable advertising marketplace which was acquired by Altice for EUR 256 million. Before leading Ledger, Pascal worked as Venture Partner in Mosaic Ventures, a London based venture capital firm focusing on Series A stage companies.Pascal is also non-executive chairman of Kaiko, a financial data website on Bitcoin. He also engineered Komainu: the joint venture between Nomura, Ledger and CoinShares, that safeguards BTCs and other cryptocurrencies on behalf of financial institutions (of which he is board member).

Harshika Patel is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan based in Hong Kong. She isresponsible for running Strategy for J.P. Morgan in Asia Pacific partnering with theCorporate and Investment bank, Asset and Wealth Management and CommercialBanking businesses to drive and implement the firm’s strategy across our 16markets.She also serves as the CEO for Hong Kong which is home to the firm’s Asia Pacificheadquarters. Harshika sits on the Board of J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific)Limited and on the EXCO of ASIFMA where she also serves as Treasurer.Harshika joined J.P. Morgan in November 2013 as a Managing Director based inSingapore to run the Asia Commodities Sales and Structuring business and theElectronic Sales business, delivering electronic trading services across FX, Rates,Credit and Commodities to clients.Prior to joining the firm, Harshika was at Barclays Capital for 10 years where sheheld a variety of roles based in London including Deputy Treasurer for BarclaysCapital, and Global Chief Operating Officer for the Commodities business. Between1994 and 2003, she was a Senior Manager in the Financial Services Practice atDeloitte London providing assurance and advisory services to global financialinstitutions.Harshika is based in Hong Kong with her husband and two children.

Wang Bo, Executive Vice President of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. He joined the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2002 and has served as the Director of the Technology Center, the Director of the Technology Development Headquarters, and the General Manager and Chief Technology Officer of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Technology Company. In 2021, the Shanghai Stock Exchange established a Digitalization Professional Committee, where he served as the Deputy Director.Wang Bo has been engaged in the construction of securities information technology platforms for a long time, insisting on nearly twenty years of frontline research and development, accumulating rich experience in trading system construction and operation and maintenance, and is an expert in domestic securities trading systems. The new generation trading system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which he promoted as a core member, was successfully launched in 2009 and won the first prize of the Securities Futures Science and Technology Award in 2011. The comprehensive business trading platform he presided over won the third prize in 2014, and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading settlement technology system he presided over won the second prize in 2017. In 2016, Wang Bo was selected as an advanced individual of the “May 1st Labor Medal” for the 2014-2015 securities futures regulatory system and “Shanghai Leading Gold Talent”. In 2019, he was awarded the “Outstanding Contribution Individual for Establishing a Science and Technology Board and Piloting Registration System Reform” by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Mr. Li joined the Shenzhen Depositary and Clearing Company in 1995 and has worked at multiple departments of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (the SZSE) including the Administrative Office, Office of SZSE Committee of the CPC, Human Resources Department and Department of Main Board Compliance and Disclosure. In 2016, he was appointed Executive Vice President of the SZSE.Mr. Li holds a Master’s Degree in Economics.

Daniel Alegre is the new Chief Executive Officer at Yuga Labs. He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Activision Blizzard (NYSE: ATVI) from early 2020- 2023, where he oversaw the international delivery and commercialization of its creative franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch and Candy Crush. Under his leadership, the company expanded its gaming footprint across platforms for console, PC and mobile availability, while spearheading the international growth of its studios.Previously, Daniel spent more than sixteen years at Google in various leadership roles. He was President of Global Retail and Shopping, where he embedded ecommerce across all Google product areas and helped to diversify beyond advertising into the retail transactions business. Prior to that, Daniel was President of the company’s Global and Strategic Partnerships organization, developing and strengthening strategic relationships with major global brands across Google’s core business areas. Daniel was also instrumental in Google’s expansion in key international markets, serving as President of Google’s Asia-Pacific and Japan businesses while based in China, Singapore and Tokyo, and also as Vice President of the Latin America business. Prior to Google, Daniel served as Vice President at Bertelsmann Media where he ran a division of BMG Music in Latin America as well as partnerships for the Bertelsmann eCommerce Group in New York City.Daniel holds dual MBA and JD degrees from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, respectively, and a BA degree with Honors from Princeton University from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Daniel is fluent in English, Spanish, French and German, and proficient in Russian.

Gordon Liao serves as the Chief Economist at Circle International Financial, a leading financial services firm building payment infrastructure for the internet. He is also a Research Fellow at the Cornell Fintech Initiative and a co-chair of the National Association for Business Economics Finance Roundtable. In addition, he advises Uniswap Labs, where he previously led research. Gordon’s experience spans the full spectrum of finance, from fixed income trading and portfolio management at the Harvard endowment to policy advising at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to leading research and development in decentralized finance. His academic contributions have been published in respected journals such as the Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Financial Economics. His work has been featured in Bloomberg, WSJ, Barrons, PYMNTS, among others. Gordon holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College.