2026 Speakers

As the founder of GLOWE and Gui Ling Yuan Fang, Bebemona Yim carries forward a century-old lineage of wellness heritage. Her grandfather founded Kung Wo Tong, one of Hong Kong's most iconic traditional herbal tea shops. Deeply rooted in this legacy, Bebemona blends centuries of TCM/herbal wisdom with a modern technological vision to reimagine the global wellness market. She has transformed labor-intensive herbal brews into convenient, stylish tea bags and ready-to-eat supplement sachets. Leveraging her expertise in brand strategy, she has reinvented traditional leung cha into a contemporary self-care ritual tailored for health-conscious individuals and modern professionals. She is currently also a board director of SEA (Space Economy Association) and 2GHK (2econd Generation Entrepreneur Association)

Ben Berenson is a Hong Kong–based partner at AsiaSGE and a senior business architect for tokenization, stablecoins, and digital-asset infrastructure. He works at the intersection of traditional finance and Web3, helping institutions and founders design commercially viable, regulatorily sound on‑chain products.

His focus spans real‑world asset (RWA) tokenization, crypto lending and custody, payments and settlement, and the market infrastructure that connects them. Ben translates complex regulatory, operational, and technological constraints into clear operating models, partnership structures, and go‑to‑market strategies that banks, asset managers, fintechs, and crypto-native firms can execute.

He is a frequent speaker and panelist on digital assets, tokenization, and institutional adoption, and is known for turning abstract “blockchain use cases” into concrete revenue lines and risk frameworks. His commentary blends macro perspective with hands‑on deal experience across lending, custody, payments, and structured products.

Beyond advisory work, Ben builds early‑stage tools for CRM, automation, and AI‑agent workflows to make institutional sales and partnership development more scalable. He is deeply engaged in the Asian and global digital‑asset ecosystem, cultivating relationships across regulators, incumbents, and innovators.

Outside work, he is an avid long‑distance and trail runner, a dedicated family man, and a creator of stories and visual content inspired by manga, anime, and superhero narratives.

Bénédicte is the Head of the BIS Innovation Hub, Hong Kong Centre. Prior to this appointment, she was a managing director at SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered Bank that leads a series of new ventures across digital banking, banking as a service, SME finance and blockchain. From 2018-2019, she was the Vice President of International Government Relations at Circle, involved in the evolution of blockchain and digital assets. From 2012-2018, she was the Head of Risk & Strategy of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and in that capacity also acting as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Emerging Risks and the Fintech research lead for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). From 2007-2012, she was a managing director at Credit Suisse and before that from 1997-2007 she was an associate and executive director at Goldman Sachs. Originally from Belgium, she holds LL.M. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Leuven. She is admitted to the New York Bar since 1999. In 2016, she was a recipient of the China Daily Asian Women Leadership Awards for her efforts related to entrepreneurship, innovation and charity. She remains closely engaged in these topics, most recently through her involvement in the Fintech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) and Women in Finance Asia (WiFA). 

Ben Wong is the founder and CEO of Riverchain, a fintech company transforming the construction sector with innovative working capital solutions. By leveraging advanced technology, Ben has adeptly simplified the complexities of the construction supply chain, substantially enhancing transparency, efficiency, and liquidity for businesses within this critical industry.

With nearly two decades of experience, Ben brings a deep expertise in supply chain management, finance, real estate, and cross-border trade. His passion for technology and his proven track record in creating scalable enterprises address real-world challenges, particularly the pervasive issue of limited access to working capital that stunts growth among construction businesses.

Before founding Riverchain, Ben was the General Manager of Technology Innovation at New World Development, where he led strategic initiatives in property, retail, health & wellness, and sustainability. His leadership was instrumental in managing early-stage investments and leading venture-build projects, propelling the company to the forefront of industry innovation.

Earlier in his career, Ben served as the Head of Online Strategy and Product Development at Global Sources.  His contributions were pivotal in the company's acquisition by Blackstone in 2017, particularly through the relaunch of Global Sources Direct, a B2B e-commerce platform. He also founded Startup Launchpad, one of Asia’s largest IoT startup trade events.

Ben holds a Bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Bernard Chan is the Chairman and President of Asia Financial Holdings Limited and Chairman of Asia Insurance Company Limited. He chairs the Hong Kong–Thailand Business Council, an advisor to Bangkok Bank (China) Company Limited and serves as Non-Executive Director of Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company.

Mr Chan currently holds the following key positions in public service: Chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Chairman of Tai Kwun Culture & Arts Co. Ltd., Chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation, Chairman of Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, Chairman of the ICAC Operations Review Committee, Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and a member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers.

Mr Chan has over 25 years of experience working with the Hong Kong Government and has extensive experience in leading public institutions. He previously served as a Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, the Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council, Member of the Legislative Council, Chairman of M+ Museum, Chairman of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Chairman of the Council of Lingnan University, the Council for Sustainable Development and the Antiquities Advisory Board.

Over 25 years of experience in fintech and consulting services. Long-term service in core management roles at IBM; IBM Industry Academy Member. Serving as an MBA alumni mentor at Tsinghua University and an entrepreneurial mentor at Tsinghua X-LAB Innovation Center. Extensive hands-on experience in core banking, bank strategic transformation, process banking, payment systems, risk management, and complex project management. Led and participated in numerous consulting and implementation projects for transformation and change for financial industry clients in the Chinese market. Dedicated to digital reinvention practices across banking, insurance, and financial markets; actively promotes the application of fintech use cases such as blockchain and artificial intelligence; and leverages advanced technologies to help banking and financial market clients achieve business innovation and enhance business value.

PhD in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Chief Strategist, Hexun Wealth.

Focus on hedge funds and funds allocation, 15 years in the hedge fund industry. 200K followers across social platforms

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I am a technology executive, information security expert, and venture builder who thrives at the intersection of institutional discipline and disruptive digital innovation.

As a leader, my purpose is to leverage emerging technology to solve the industry's deadlocks. Currently steering my venture as CEO of BeatSpark Music, my philosophy remains clear—empower independent creators, and build architectures that stand the test of time.

I am driven by the challenge of solving systemic industry inefficiencies, leading high-performance cross-functional teams, and championing the shift toward open, secure, and user-centric digital transformation.

Braham Djidjelli is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of HugoHub, the financial-infrastructure company helping banks, fintechs and businesses build, modernise and operate financial products and services from core to customer.

He leads HugoHub’s product strategy and market positioning, drawing on a career spent building companies, products and teams across technology, financial services and high-growth enterprises. Prior to HugoHub, Braham spent more than a decade founding and operating businesses across technology and services in the United Kingdom, including eight years mentoring early-stage founders as an Expert in Residence at the Imperial Enterprise Lab. He also founded HugoBank, a licensed digital bank in Pakistan, and Hugosave, a consumer wealth management app, both of which were built and launched with HugoHub’s proprietary platform.

Braham is a public voice on the cost of fragmented financial infrastructure, the challenge of building regulated products and services for the future of finance, responsible financial innovation in the age of AI, and the leadership required to scale enduring companies. He holds a First Class Honours BSc in Physics from King’s College London.

Brian Hui is Chief Customer Officer, Hong Kong, at HSBC, where he leads customer growth and experience across all segments, as well as international expansion by connecting cross-border customers, including Global Chinese, to banking and wealth opportunities. He also oversees Data Analytics and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), harnessing data, digital, and AI innovation to drive growth, transform digital experiences, and sustain market-leading customer satisfaction in Hong Kong.

Mr. Hui is an industry advocate for digital transformation, fintech, and AI. He serves as Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Hong Kong and is a former Co-Chair of the Digital Banking and Payments Committee at the Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Hui held global senior executive roles at Faraday Future, LeEco, and Amazon in the US and mainland China. Earlier in his career, he worked for Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank.

Brian Saluzzo joined Citi in April 2026 as Chief Information Officer. In this role, he is responsible for technology across Citi's five core businesses (Banking and International, Markets, Wealth, Services and U.S. Consumer Cards), ensuring the firm delivers safe, secure and optimized solutions to serve its clients. In this role, Brian focuses on accelerating the modernization and simplification of technology and building platforms that enable a united approach across the firm.

Brian brings over 30 years of technology and financial-services leadership, with deep experience guiding global engineering, infrastructure and operation transformations. He has built and led high-performing teams across complex enterprise environments, driving modernization and scaling software development through the use of agentic AI across the front, middle and back office.

Before joining the firm, Brian served as Vice President of Core Developer Engineering & Product Management at Google, building and operating developer ecosystems, frameworks, tools and AI components leveraged by all Google developers for all of Google's products. Previously, Brian built deep expertise in financial services technology, holding senior roles at American Express and Goldman Sachs. At American Express, he held leadership positions across enterprise and infrastructure technology as well as CIO positions in Payments and Corporate Functions and Technology COO, focusing on strategy and vendor management.  At Goldman Sachs, Brian was mainly infrastructure-focused with strong knowledge of markets and FX including building out of new trading floors and site reliability practices for Markets.

Brian holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the State University of New York College at Geneseo.

Brian Zhou Boyang, the founder of an Orbital AI company, Space Zenith, from China. Providing AI solutions from space.

Brian was graduated from Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before founding Space Zenith, Brian worked as VP in AIRSAT Technology Group, mainly for international business. Brian has rich experience in international cooperation on space projects especially on EO satellite construction and Value-added Service with EO data. Brian has very good relationship with partners from China and outside China, and will link them together by providing Orbital AI solutions, to boost the AI progressing for the next decades.

Bridget Li is Co-founder of Asseto, an RWA launchpad building institutional pathways for real-world asset tokenization. She brings decades of experience across traditional finance, digital asset investment, and institutional business development.

Before co-founding Asseto, Bridget served on the investment committee of Pacific Waterdrip Digital Asset Funds, covering crypto venture and liquidity strategies. She was previously Executive Director and Head of Business Development at CPIC Investment Management (HK) Company Limited, Vice Chairman of World of Allocator Beijing, and Head of Client Businesses at Morgan Stanley China. Earlier in her career, she worked across FX, rates, and credit at Standard Chartered Bank and UBS Investment Bank.

Bridget holds both a B.A. and M.A. in Finance from Peking University.

Brit Blakeney is currently a Principal Consultant, advising on digital product strategy and digital transformation. Brit held the role of Senior Vice President, Digital Advisory & Wealth Management – APAC for Franklin Templeton. She led the transformation of FT’s business in the region to a digital first, client-centric model, translating the needs of clients and key internal and external partners in the digital space.

Prior to this role, Brit was Head of Innovation and Ecosystems for DBS Bank Hong Kong where she was responsible for the bank’s digital strategy and partnerships. Brit has also held senior positions at major data & analytics, media and internet companies, such as Dun & Bradstreet, AOL and Univision, and helped launch and run several successful internet and financial startups.

Brit is a founding Advisory Committee member of CEFAR (CUHK Engineering, Fintech and Applied Research Academy) and is also an Advisory Committee member for ISDAC, City University of Hong Kong, Information Systems Department (ISDAC). Over the years, Brit has been actively involved in the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and Women in Tech Hong Kong. Brit holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Georgetown University and also studied at the Université Stendhal in Grenoble, France.

Carrying with her over 25 years of experience in life and medical insurance operations, Candy leads the company’s customer operations and health journey endeavour in Hong Kong. On the operations side, she is responsible for delivering customer excellence and transformation across various operational functions, including underwriting, health assessment, claims and policy service, customer contact centre and service centre.

On the health side, Candy plays a leading role in developing Prudential’s Health strategy and enhancing operations, including value creation for the end-to-end customer health journey, health ecosystem development and partnership, diversified health products and value-added service development, as well as medical network expansion.

Candy first joined Prudential in 2013 and worked with the company for eight years in various senior operations roles. She re-joined Prudential in 2023 after serving as the Chief Operations Officer at Manulife Hong Kong. Candy has also worked in different insurers in Hong Kong, including AIA HK, Bupa HK, MetLife HK and Zurich Insurance in a variety of roles, giving her considerable experience in the insurance sector.

Carmen Cheung joined Hang Seng Investment Management Limited (HSVM) as Head of Product since Dec 2023. Carmen leads and drives the Investment Product and Solution Strategy for the Asset Management business.

She has been working in financial industry for over 20+ years . Prior to joining HSVM, Carmen worked at Samsung Asset Management and Mirae Asset Global Investments with the capacity of Head of ETF and Index Investment, leading their ETF business in Hong Kong, overseeing Portfolio Management, Capital Market, Product Development and Sales strategy that covers Asian region. Carmen worked at ABN AMRO Bank NV on Cash Equities, then became The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC since 2007 on Equities Business Development for both Cash and Derivative platform and then as Regional Equity Delta One Sales & Trading mainly focusing on Index/ETF, algorithmic electronic executions, and Equity Synthetic business.

Cathy Chen leads China investments at TPC Group, where she focuses on backing high-growth technology companies and driving cross-border innovation. She specializes in helping Chinese enterprises leverage technological and supply chain advantages to expand into global markets, while supporting international companies seeking growth opportunities in Asia.

With over 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity, Cathy has held investment roles at CICC Investment Banking, New Horizon Capital, Meridian Capital, and other leading financial institutions. Her investment portfolio includes companies such as Nanopore New Materials, Sylvan Bio, SenzAI Medical, FansAI, and Dexmate.

Cathy holds a B.A. in Mathematics-Economics from Columbia University.

Dr. Chao He is an AI pioneer, entrepreneur, and educator with over 20 years of experience bridging academia and industry. He is the Founder and CEO of AIVI Technologies, an Adjunct Associate Professor at HKUST Business School, and a Senior Member of IEEE. He holds a Ph.D. in AI and an Executive MBA from Kellogg-HKUST.

With an international career spanning Canada, the UK, and Greater China, Dr. He previously served as Lead Researcher at NCR Corporation and Vice President & Head of AI at Wisers. Notably, he invented the world's first successfully commercialized AI-powered banknote validation technology and holds over 40 international patents.

Passionate about talent development, he has taught hundreds of MBA students and contributed to the 10x1000 Tech for Inclusion initiative, helping train over 800 fintech leaders from more than 70 countries. Today, Dr. He’s work focuses on advancing AI-driven decision intelligence for financial institutions, empowering them to navigate risk, generate alpha, and unlock competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving market.

Starting in 2017, Charles Chang has served as the Deputy Dean of Academics at Fudan International School of Finance. He is a Professor of Finance, PhD thesis advisor, and Founding Director of the Fintech Research Center.

From 2010 to 2017, Professor Chang was a Professor and Director of the Master of Finance (MF) program at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, whose MF was named the best finance master's program in Asia by the Financial Times, ranking among the top 10 in the world. He has been a member of the faculty at Taiwan University, Peking University and Chinese University of Hong Kong after starting his professorial career at Cornell University.

In 2019 and 2020，he co-hosted Fintech forums with the UN Digital Finance Task Force and China Digital Finance Advisory Group in Davos during the World Economic Forum. He has also interacted in public forums with a number global leaders including Swiss Federal President Ueli Maurer and his finance and economics delegation in China 2019.Lead the Fintech Research Center to host the UnDavos forum in 2026.

Charles is the CEO of the dYdX Foundation, a DeFi derivatives protocol.

Before joining dYdX, Charles served as Global Head of Business Development at ConsenSys. His diverse career includes entrepreneurial ventures, executive roles in FinTech startups, and a stint as Head of FinTech with the Hong Kong government.

In 2021, he authored Block Kong, a book exploring Hong Kong's blockchain leaders. In 2025, he published Arabian Crypto, highlighting the crypto industry's progress and ambitions in Arab countries, with a focus on the UAE.

Mr. Charles Li is the Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect Group.

Since founding Micro Connect in 2021, he has been dedicated to connecting global capital with the real economy. He is currently driving the development of NUMA and advancing Contract-Based Financing (CBF), harnessing artificial intelligence to support the standardization and risk-return analysis of real-world contract information,transforming dispersed contract cash flows into assets that professional investors can identify, compare and allocate, and building market infrastructure for the investment and financing of real-world contract cash flows.

Before founding Micro Connect, Mr. Li served as Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from January 2010 to December 2020. During his tenure, he championed a number of major strategic initiatives, including the acquisition of the London Metal Exchange in 2012; the launches of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Bond Connect in 2014, 2016 and 2017 respectively, strengthening connectivity between international and mainland Chinese markets; and the 2018 listing reforms, which opened a new pathway for new-economy companies to list in Hong Kong.

Prior to joining HKEX, Mr. Li served as Chairman of J.P. Morgan China from 2003 to 1. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1994 and served as President of Merrill Lynch China from 1999 to 2003. Earlier in his career, he practiced law at Brown & Wood and Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.

Mr. Li graduated from Xiamen University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, and went on to earn a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Alabama and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Columbia University.

Charles Lu is co-founder and COO of Espresso Systems. Prior to Espresso's founding in 2020, Charles worked in various investment and technology roles at Binance Labs (now YZi Labs), Citadel, Meta, and Amazon, and conducted research as a Ph.D. student in Dan Boneh's cryptography group at Stanford University. Charles holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford in computer science.

Espresso Systems builds digital asset infrastructure for enterprises that need speed and customizability without giving up architectural control. The company is the lead developer of Espresso, a modern high-performance blockchain that provides real-time settlement with subsecond finality and scales to millions of transactions per second. Institutions use Espresso to run dedicated environments for stablecoins, payments, tokenized assets, and collateral management, each with its own compliance and privacy controls, while staying connected to onchain liquidity. Espresso works with leading teams including Offchain Labs (developers of Arbitrum), Polygon, Celo, Cartesi, LitVM (Litecoin), and beyond. We are backed by more than $50 million in funding from leading investors in technology and crypto including a16z, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Electric Capital, Paxos, and Coinbase Ventures.

Dr. Charleston Sin is currently the Head of AI, Data & Physical AI at Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. His vision is to spearhead preparing Hong Kong to be more AI ready.

In addition to 25 years of industry experience across Canada, the United States, and China in the technology sector, he spent five years in academic leadership as Executive Director of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node. Since 2018, he has been a part-time faculty member at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and The University of Hong Kong.

Charleston holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Charlie Renzoni is VP of Carbon Markets at Deep Sky, where he leads commercialization and financing across the company's carbon removal platform.

His mix of technical, commercial, and capital markets experience lets him work cross-functionally to translate complex technical requirements into high-value, high-trust partnerships with both global enterprises and institutional investors.

Charlie structured the commercial framework behind Deep Sky Alpha, the world's first technology-agnostic carbon removal project, as well as Deep Sky's enterprise product offerings. He is now focused on corporate development and capital formation for Deep Sky's industrial scale facilities.

Before Deep Sky, Charlie was a climate and fintech investor at OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of the $140B Canadian pension fund, building investment strategy across North America from a US$750M fund. He worked with leadership teams across more than a dozen high-growth venture and growth-stage businesses, completed 26 transactions, and executed four exits. He began his career in mechanical engineering.

Charlotte Wong is Managing Director and Chief Technology and Operations Officer for Hong Kong, Greater China and North Asia (GCNA) at Standard Chartered. She leads the integrated Technology and Operations agenda across the cluster, aligning technology, operations and transformation priorities with the Bank's business strategy, and overseeing the implementation of service delivery strategy.

Charlotte also sponsors strategic transformation and digitisation initiatives to simplify processes, strengthen controls, enhance productivity and improve client outcomes. She champions operational and service excellence, business resilience, agile ways of working, and a culture of client centricity, accountability, diversity and inclusion across Technology and Operations.

Before joining Standard Chartered, Charlotte spent more than 20 years with HSBC in global, regional and country leadership roles, most recently as Chief Information Officer for Hong Kong, where she was responsible for technology strategy and delivery for the Hong Kong business. She is also Chairperson of the FACE Club at the Hong Kong Computer Society, supporting the advancement of women in technology leadership.

Chen Li serves as General Counsel at RedotPay, a global fintech provider building regulated stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure. She brings over 20 years of post-qualification experience specialising in technology, digital platforms and complex cross-border legal work, with deep expertise in Web3, virtual asset regulation and stablecoin payment compliance.

Prior to joining RedotPay, Chen spent more than 13 years at Microsoft, serving as Asia Pacific Strategic Partnership Lead and previously Head of Legal for Microsoft Greater China Region. Before Microsoft, she was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal at NASDAQ-listed GigaMedia Limited, where she led an in-house legal team and managed multi-jurisdictional M&A and investment transactions.

Chen began her legal career as an associate at top-tier international law firms Fried Frank and Simmons & Simmons. She holds an LL.M. from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and is admitted to the New York Bar.

Recognised as one of Chambers Greater China GC Influencers in 2025, she has received multiple awards from China Business Law Journal. Her practice covers emerging technologies, data privacy, AI governance, and the full lifecycle compliance of virtual asset services and cross-border stablecoin payment programmes. At RedotPay, she owns the legal strategy to enable responsible, compliant global rollout of stablecoin payment solutions across multiple jurisdictions.

Concurrent with his role as Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Business), Professor Chen Lin is the Stelux Professor in Finance and Chair Professor of Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is also the Director of the Centre for Financial Innovation and Development, and Executive Director of the HKU-Standard Chartered Foundation FinTech Academy.

Professor Lin’s research interests span banking and financial institutions, corporate finance, financial technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, finance and economic development. He has published extensively in top science, finance, accounting, management, law and economics journals. He actively contributes to public policy and academic advisory work. He serves on the Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government, the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Expert Group of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), and the Fintech Advisory Group of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). He is an Advisory Council member at the Academy of Finance of HKMA, a member of Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, an Advisory Group member of Cyberport FinTech Proof-of-Concept Subsidy Scheme, a member of Digital Assets Alliance. His works and views have been presented at institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, Asian Development Bank, Bank for International Settlement, US Federal Reserve, People’s Bank of China, Development Research Center of the State Council; and covered by international media such as the Bloomberg, CNNMoney, Economist, Forbes, Nature and Wall Street Journal.

Chen Wu (吴晨) is an AI and education content creator and edtech product practitioner. She creates content on RedNote (Xiaohongshu) under the name “橙橙橙橙橙子.” Chen previously served as a Visiting Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia and Director of Curriculum Development at Xigua Chuangke. She also founded Ollie, an AI-powered interactive reading project.

With more than a decade of experience in educational technology, her work spans AI product design, AI agent applications, content innovation, and commercialization. She led product iterations for Microsoft’s AimWriting, spearheaded the development of generative AI courses for young learners, and contributed to the planning of related popular science books.

As an independent creator, she brings together perspectives from product development, learning sciences, and user experience to explore the opportunities and challenges of putting AI into practice. Her focus is on how technology can strengthen human capabilities and make knowledge and services more accessible.

Founder of Kalowave Technology, the leading TikTok Insights & Efficiency Platform with 4M+ user globally. 7 years of experience in big data and e-commerce; Senior Product Expert at ByteDance, Alibaba and Ant Financial Group.

Christina Pantin is a seasoned communications leader with more than three decades of experience spanning business journalism, corporate communications, and investor relations. She has held senior roles at global consultancies and Fortune 500 companies, including Brunswick Group, Abernathy MacGregor, Samsung Electronics America, and blockchain pioneers Block.one and Bullish.

Her career began at Thomson Reuters, where she advanced through roles as Correspondent, Bureau Chief, Equities Editor‑in‑Charge, and General Manager, covering corporate news and stock markets from Wall Street to Ho Chi Minh City and ultimately establishing a major offshoring news operation in Bangalore, India.

Christina directed communications strategies for multinational clients and corporations. At Block.one and Bullish, she spearheaded messaging frameworks for media, investors, and partners, including the launch of the $10bn Bullish exchange. A specialist media trainer, she has designed and delivered training for senior executives in financial services, digital assets, global luxury, consumer and hospitality sectors.

She has written for Sandmark, the South China Morning Post, Financial Times’ Ignites Asia asset management specialist publication, and has covered Fortune magazine’s design conference. Her sidelines passions are  hosting podcasts, moderating at conferences and public speaking/media coaching.

She teaches business journalism and financial reporting at the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University, as well as strategic communications for HKBU’s Family Office Master’s degree program.

Born and raised in Malaysia, she holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from West Virginia University.

Christine Yu is Co-Founder of Sophia, the world’s only B2B-focused financial education platform dedicated to advancing women’s wealth at-scale. With over 20 years of experience spanning impact finance, innovation, venture building, and capital markets, she champions diversity and inclusion in investing through wealthtech.

She is also Head of Innovation at the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi), a nonprofit supporting a network of family offices and asset owners. After a global career in capital markets, she co-founded Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, a Hong Kong Section 88 nonprofit closing the gender investing gap.

As an impact investor, startup mentor, and advisor, Christine is devoted to building equity and participation for women in global finance. She serves on the board of HELP for Domestic Workers and is a recognized thought leader on financial inclusion as a catalyst for positive change. She frequently speaks and writes on women and wealth, and her insights have appeared in the World Economic Forum, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Tatler Asia, CNN Philippines, SCMP, and Prestige.

Christine holds a BA (Honors) in Political Science and an MBA, both from the University of Chicago.

Yolanda Yu, Co-founder & CMO of Rabyte Technology, is mainly responsible for the Global market sales and customer operations.

Yolanda has over 10 years of experience in market operation and sales team management in global financial information companies. She once served as the Sales Director of S&P Global China, where she formulated and followed up the strategy of S&P Global's data business line in China. She also worked as the Key Account Manager for the financial sector business of Thomson Reuters (now London Stock Exchange Group), in charge of business development for non-bank financial clients. Additionally, from 2019 to 2021, she held the position of Deputy Director of the Digitalization Team at a leading domestic public fund company, overseeing the digital operation of investment research.

Cicy Zhang is a founding member and Vice President of BrainCo, a Harvard iLab-incubated company pioneering brain-machine interface technology. A Harvard Ed.M. graduate, she has led teams of scientists and engineers to develop neuroscience-driven EdTech solutions that unlock student learning potential. She is also a certified team coach, supporting organizational and talent development. A serial entrepreneur and founder of multiple startups and educational NGOs, Cicy has worked across 28 countries with organizations like AIESEC and Atlas Corps—bringing a truly global, hands-on perspective to innovation and leadership.

Chenguang leads the ZAN, Anvita, and Jovay product lines, driving the company's overseas Web3 and AI product strategy.

He holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University, specializing in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence.

Prior to his current role, Chenguang served as Senior Technical Product Manager at Hulu, where he led the Content Intelligence and Advertising Intelligence platform products. Before that, he was General Manager of AI Platform R&D at Megvii Technology, overseeing the product development and engineering of AI (deep learning) training platforms, inference platforms, vector databases, and data mining platforms.

Corey Chen is CEO, Greater China, at Unloq, the global trade finance platform of Linklogis, where he leads strategy, growth and regional commercialization. He brings over 15 years of experience across fintech, payments, financial services, management consulting and retail, with leadership and advisory experience spanning Greater China and the United States. His work combines commercial expansion, technology-enabled financial services and cross-border business growth, with a focus on helping Chinese enterprises grow internationally.

Unloq helps businesses unlock working capital, strengthen supplier relationships and grow across borders. It enables suppliers to get paid earlier and buyers to secure more flexible payment terms, bringing financing directly into the flow of trade. Combining Linklogis’s supply chain finance expertise with digital trade data and international funding partnerships, Unloq connects businesses with capital to fulfil orders, manage payment cycles and pursue new opportunities across markets.

Through SC+, its smart-contract-based trade finance infrastructure, Unloq connects trade obligations, financing and digital settlement in a coordinated workflow. In August 2026, it completed a trade finance transaction in Hong Kong using HKDAP, a regulated Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, demonstrating a practical application of digital assets in financing real commerce.

At Hong Kong FinTech Week, Corey brings a commercial and operational perspective on the future of cross-border finance. His focus is on translating fintech capabilities into business value: expanding access to working capital, bringing stablecoins into everyday trade, and strengthening Hong Kong’s role as a bridge between Chinese enterprises, international markets and global capital.

Cynthia Siantar is General Manager of Dyna.AI, a Singapore-headquartered enterprise AI company that builds conversational AI for banks, insurers and other regulated industries. She leads the company's sales, partnerships, delivery and investor relations across Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Cynthia has spent more than 15 years in banking, fintech and digital banking. She began her career in investment banking at HSBC, working on equity capital markets deals across Southeast Asia. In 2014 she co-founded Call Levels, one of Singapore's early fintech startups. She went on to hold senior roles at ING, then helped build Bank Jago, one of Indonesia's first digital banks. This gives her experience from both sides of the table - as the bank buying technology and as the operator building it.

At Dyna.AI, she works closely with banks across the region to deploy AI agents in customer service, lending and operations.

Cynthia was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 (Finance) list in 2016. She holds a BSc in Actuarial Science from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Financial Mathematics from Stanford University, and is currently completing an Executive MBA in the Belt and Road programme at Tsinghua University's PBC School of Finance.

Cyrus has nearly 20 years of experience in biomedical tech field spanning from academic researchers to incubator lead to investor. He is now an associate in Qiming Venture Partners focusing on biotech healthcare investment mainly in therapeutic, diagnostic and medical devices field. Before joining Qiming Venture Partners, Cyrus is the director of biotech incubation program of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP) overseeing the biotech translation and early-stage biomedical tech startup. During his tenure in HKSTP, Dr Chan brought in different multinational pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim to serve as co-incubation partners leveraging on their resources to support many start-ups in the ecosystem. Cyrus worked on wide variety of research projects including medical devices, metabolic diseases and inflammation research which were recognized by international peer-reviewed journals and awarded as young investigator in international conferences. Cyrus Chan holds a PhD degree in Physiology from The University of Hong Kong and Bachler of Law (LLB) degree from University of London.

Mr. Daniel Hong joined Tencent in 2016 and currently serves as Vice President of Tencent Fintech & Chief Executive of WeChat Pay HK. He oversees the international and cross-border businesses of Tencent Fintech, building upon Tencent's extensive experience in mobile payments and the unique advantages of Tencent's ecosystem. Mr. Hong also leads business analytics and strategic planning for Tencent Fintech, driving strategic partnerships with external financial and commercial institutions.

Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Hong was with Bain & Company and Accenture. He holds a bachelor’s from Fudan University and an MBA from Chicago Booth, combining global perspective with deep local expertise.

Danielle Tichner is a seasoned investor, venture builder and operator, with experience building, scaling and commercializing technology ventures across Europe, Asia, the US and the Middle East. She is the Founder & GP of W-SOURCE / FuturaeX Ventures, a deeptech venture builder and micro fund investing in and actively building companies at the intersection of AI, Web3, cybersecurity, and other exponential technologies. W-SOURCE has recently expanded into a full Venture Studio, where Danielle and her team build and launch high potential deeptech ventures.

Her operating background spans CMO, COO, strategy, sales and business development, including leadership roles across AR, new space and enterprise technology.

Her edge is combining the investor lens with hands-on operating and venture-building experience, bringing capital, strategy and execution together to build companies, not just fund them.

Dan Roberts is Managing Director, Growth & Change, Commercial Banking Hong Kong at HSBC.

Dan is responsible for delivering business and technology change to improve client banking experience across the commercial banking space at HSBC HK.

Previously he was Global Head of Business Banking at HSBC responsible for the USD5-50m turnover business customer segment in 21 markets globally.  Prior to joining HSBC, Dan was Global Head of Transaction Banking at Barclays.  He has wide experience in commercial banking across coverage, products, treasury, risk and technology.

Dan has an MBA from the University of Chicago and an MA in Maths from the University of Oxford.  He is based in Hong Kong.

Dave Fan leads the commercialization of WeBank’s fintech products and SaaS solutions, with a focus on eKYC, Cross-Border Data Validation, and supply chain SaaS. He also drives business initiatives across Hong Kong and international markets at WeBank Technology Services. Prior to joining WeBank, he worked on mobile internet and mobile payments at Tencent WeChat and Huawei.

David Friedland is the regional head and managing director of Interactive Brokers Group’s Asia Pacific operations.

Mr. Friedland’s tenure with the firm dates back to 1985 where he assisted with the programming and development of its trading systems. In 1995 Mr. Friedland relocated to Hong Kong to oversee and commence the group’s derivative market making (Timber Hill) and brokerage operations (Interactive Brokers) in Asia and Australia.

Mr. Friedland has served as vice chairman on the Hong Kong Futures Exchanges HSI Future & Options migration special committee, was a member of the Security and Future Commissions Steering Committee on the Enhancement of the Financial Infrastructure in Hong Kong User Working Group, the Derivative Market Consultative Panel at the HKEx and currently is a member of the HKEX Clearing Risk Working Group, HKEX Cash Market Consultative Panel and the SGX DT Advisory Committee.

Mr. Friedland received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Vassar College, cum laude, and his MBA at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.

David Wu is Managing Partner for Hong Kong Financial Services leading Deloitte's Consulting, Audit and Tax services for clients in the banking & capital markets, insurance and investment management sectors. In addition, David serves as Asia Pacific Financial Services Market Activation Leader. With more than 28 years of consulting and financial services industry experiences across the Asia Pacific region, David specializes in advising clients and leading large-scale, multi-disciplinary business, finance and regulatory transformation programs.

David also oversees regional Consulting Businesses operations to drive execution excellence, enhance operational effectiveness and supports the delivery of strategic priorities as Asia Pacific Consulting Businesses Chief Operating Officer.

Dax D. ZHENG is the Co-founder and Executive Director of BUBIX. He is a Harvard Business School alumnus and holds an EMBA from Peking University.

With extensive experience in technology investment, business incubation, and capital markets, Zheng has focused on the digital economy, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence.

He has advised and invested in startups as well as listed companies

including Egls and Xunyou Technology in mainland China, as well as Wanka Online and Innoscience in Hong Kong.

Since 2016, Zheng has focused on blockchain entrepreneurship and investment, becoming one of China's early investors and advocates in the sector. In addition to co-founding BUBIX, he has participated in establishing and investing in technology ventures, including Yimeng Xinke and Wulian, supporting blockchain innovation, infrastructure development, and industry ecosystem growth.

At BUBIX, Zheng is committed to bridging blockchain technology with the real economy through the development and adoption of Digital Trust and Intelligence Infrastructure (DTI). His work supports the company's expansion from foundational blockchain technologies to national-level and cross-border digital infrastructure, covering digital identity, trusted data, stablecoin payments, real-world asset tokenization (RWA), and cross-border digital finance. Through its Build & Operate model, BUBIX aims to connect digital assets with real-world business applications and enable sustainable digital economic ecosystems.

Dennis Mak is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ValoraEX, bringing more than 20 years of leadership experience across logistics, supply chain, automation, technology adoption and international business development. His work focuses on connecting commercial needs, operational expertise and cross-sector partnerships to turn sustainability ambitions into practical action and shared value.

Through ValoraEX, Dennis is building a collaborative ecosystem that helps businesses extend asset value, coordinate circular-economy activities and establish evidence for governance and sustainability reporting. Starting with furniture, fixtures and equipment, his approach connects enterprises, brands, technology providers, service partners and community organisations through coordinated workflows. He is particularly interested in how AI-assisted decision-making and digital traceability can support accountable collaboration across organisational boundaries.

Dennis previously held senior leadership roles with Rhenus Logistics and served as an Industry Advisor for Mobility and Logistics at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. His experience spans business transformation, logistics innovation and the development of solutions that bridge technology with real operational requirements.

He received the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award for Professional Achievement from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and was recognised as a Fellow of the Social Enterprise Research Academy.

Beyond his commercial work, Dennis actively supports university mentoring, internships and industry–academic collaboration. He advocates Creating Shared Value: bringing businesses and communities together so that innovation delivers both commercial opportunity and meaningful social benefit. His perspective combines hands-on operational experience with a commitment to developing people, partnerships and sustainable business models.

Devendra Verma is the Business Lead for Digital Assets at Swift, where he leads strategic client engagement for the Shared Digital Ledger initiative. In this role, he works with global financial institutions to advance the integration of digital assets into the global financial ecosystem, with a focus on interoperability, strategic alignment, and practical industry adoption.

Previously, Devendra served as Head of Global Strategic Relations for Asia Pacific, where he managed high-value partnerships with leading global banks. He brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across the UK, Hong Kong, and India, with deep expertise in payments transformation, strategic relationship management, and cross-border financial services.

Devendra spent a significant part of his career at HSBC, where he served as Senior Vice President and led large-scale international payment and currency clearing initiatives across APAC. He began his career at Kotak Mahindra Bank in India, focusing on e-banking innovation. He is currently based in Hong Kong.

Devendra holds a master’s degree in business administration from NMIMS Mumbai.

Based in Hong Kong, Devon Sin leads TransUnion’s product, data and analytics strategies across Asia Pacific, driving innovation and customer-centric solutions that promote financial inclusion. With 20 years of experience in the banking industry spanning both conventional and digital institutions, Devon brings a strong track record of integrating traditional banking with innovative solutions to enhance user experiences through customer-centric strategies. He joins TransUnion from ZA Bank, Hong Kong’s first digital bank, where he was a founding member. Prior to that, he also held senior positions at Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank.

Devon holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the Business School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dick Ho is the leader of BOC Credit Card (International) Limited, where he spearheads initiatives to enhance mobile payment experiences, drive cross-border payment innovations, and advance the integration of e-CNY. He oversees the company's array of services, including credit card operations, the BoC Pay+ mobile payment application, the BoC Bill integrated service, and digital currency strategies. Under his leadership, the company has significantly expanded its influence across the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and Southeast Asia (SEA), established a new payment ecosystem, and introduced a cross-border marketing brand. Ho has successfully broadened the company's market reach to both young consumers and premium segments while establishing significant payment partnerships with various government entities. He also actively enhances payment connectivity in SEA by facilitating key cross-border QR payment partnerships.

With over 25 years in the banking sector, Ho has extensive experience across multiple domains, such as product and segment management, customer experience, data science, marketing, sales management, digital transformation, and mobile banking. His leadership on key projects, such as the mobile-first digital transformation strategy, RM Chat, Digital Hub, and the development of a payment ecosystem, has established him as a key driver of banking innovation.

Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of UnionPay International Northeast Asia Regional Member Council and as a Councillor of UnionPay International Member Council.

Dicky Wong is the CEO of Syber Couture, a consulting company that provides cybersecurity advisory services, primarily to critical infrastructure organizations. He specializes in cybersecurity and technology risk and has extensive experience across corporate security operations and major infrastructure projects.

Previously, Dicky served as Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk for New World Development Group, where he oversaw security operations across Hong Kong and mainland China. He also served as Principal Consultant of Cyber Security for Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong.

Dicky has held various roles within the Hong Kong Police Force, including management positions in the Information Systems Wing and the Cyber Security & Technology Crime Bureau. He led the Cyber Security Centre (CSC), which provides round‑the‑clock cybersecurity protection for Hong Kong's critical infrastructure. Dicky was also involved in major cyber‑attack cases in the region.

Dominic Maffei is Co-founder, Board Member and Chief Executive Officer of Anchorpoint, the first Hong Kong licensed stablecoin issuer, and a joint venture between Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), HKT and Animoca Brands.

Dominic brings more than 15 years of experience across banking, financial markets, fintech and digital assets. Before assuming his current role, he led the development and execution of Standard Chartered Hong Kong's digital asset strategy and contributed to the delivery of the Group's Fintech 2025 agenda. During this time, he spearheaded initiatives focused on tokenised money, digital asset infrastructure, and emerging financial technologies.

Prior to this, Dominic led Standard Chartered's SC Ventures teams in both Hong Kong and the UK, supporting venture-building, fintech partnerships and the development of new business models. Earlier in his career, he held markets, treasury and business management positions at Standard Chartered and JPMorgan. He began his professional career as a lawyer in Silicon Valley, advising start-ups, investors and technology companies, and has also worked with early-stage ventures on business model development and fundraising.

Dominic holds an MBA and a Juris Doctor degree, is a licensed (inactive) attorney in California.

Doug has worked across most aspects of investment and the AI that increasingly supports it. He spent 15 years in institutional markets at Citi, JPMorgan and Nomura across London, Tokyo and Singapore, then four years at an applied-AI firm building and deploying predictive equity and credit risk frameworks for large asset managers and sovereign wealth funds. As CIO of a UK family office, he used AI to manage global multi-asset allocation across public and private markets - sitting on the buy-side as the end user of these tools, not just their builder.

This path has given him an unusually complete view of the field: as a practitioner on both the buy- and sell-side, as a vendor deploying enterprise-scale AI projects, and as a designer, builder, investor and first-hand user of the technology itself.

His core focus is the application of AI to decision intelligence in investment, risk and asset allocation. He now co-manages the DART Fund, an AI-native global thematics fund, and is CIO & Chief Product Officer at Ice Brook AI, which builds neuro-symbolic systems for investment decision-making.

Drew Propson is the Head of Technology and Innovation in Financial Services at the World Economic Forum. She leads a portfolio of initiatives focused on advancing innovation while maintaining financial system stability. Current research areas include the deployment of AI and emerging technologies in financial services, technology-driven systemic risks, and fintech developments. Drew has additionally presented and authored work on financial inclusion, regulatory dynamics, and entrepreneurship.

Drew holds MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School, a PhD in Spanish literature from UC Berkeley, and a BFA in Painting from the University of Washington. Her experience prior to joining the Forum includes private equity research, development finance, and international strategy and operations. Drew is also a Research Affiliate at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge.

Edison Sam is the Chief Digital & Technology Officer of CTF Life, where he leads the company's technology, digital, data, AI and transformation agenda. He is responsible for advancing the strategic capabilities that support sustainable growth, innovation and operational resilience, while elevating customer and distribution partner experiences.

With over two decades of leadership experience across the insurance and financial services sectors, Edison has a proven track record of driving business transformation through technology, digital innovation and data-driven strategies. His expertise spans Generative AI, enterprise technology, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and operational excellence.

Prior to joining CTF Life, Edison held senior leadership positions at leading insurers, including AIA Hong Kong, YF Life, Ping An Insurance, Chubb, New York Life and Sun Life. Throughout his career, he has spearheaded large-scale transformation initiatives, strengthened organisational capabilities, and delivered measurable business outcomes through technology and innovation.

Known for his strategic foresight and collaborative leadership style, Edison is passionate about harnessing emerging technologies to accelerate innovation, create long-term value and support sustainable business growth.

CFO of Sanyue Technology, CPA and ESG specialist, former Partner at a Big Four accounting firm. She boasts deep expertise in finance and fintech, with hands-on experience in listing planning, financing and M&A. She specialises in corporate strategy, investment and financing, capitalisation roadmap design and financial compliance framework building.

She has led IPOs, annual audits, bond issuances and various capital operations for multiple fintech enterprises. As a senior expert in cross-border capital transactions and offshore finance, she is proficient in Hong Kong and US listing planning and capital operations, with solid practical experience in digital credit and the rollout of trusted trading platforms for physical assets.

She is currently dedicated to building infrastructure based on vertical AI technology, restructuring the trusted circulation system of real-world assets, and developing a world-leading unicorn providing AI-powered industrial-financial digital infrastructure.

Mr. Emmanuel Andrew Hui is a biomedical entrepreneur and investor with a decade-long track record spanning clinical care, scientific innovation, and venture capital. Starting as an EMT while completing his Senior Fellowship in Chemistry at Dartmouth College, he went on to co-found Moogene Medi, a gene therapy company now listed on the Korean stock exchange (322970.KS). After listing, he returned to Hong Kong to join Sagamore Investments, managing a portfolio of over 2,000 companies in China private equity.

In 2021, he founded the Tiger Jade Pebble Accelerator (“Pebble”), a company dedicated to i.) incubating and investing in Hong Kong biotech startups, ii.) bringing global innovations into China, and iii.) bringing Chinese innovations to the world through Hong Kong. Pebble is backed by Tigermed, China’s largest clinical CRO and other major institutions such as Morningside and Nan Fung. Through Pebble, he has done multiple deals and projects with Saltagen, and he officially joined Saltagen as a Partner in 2025; representing Saltagen on various Board Seats and contributing significant venture building capabilities to the fund’s overall portfolio.

Adjacent to venture capital work, Mr. Hui has served as a Senior Advisor to the Chairman of HN Group, Macau’s oldest (since 1896) and only integrated provider of medical and healthcare products and services – spanning pharmacies, clinics, beauty salons, insurance, and medical distribution. His significant access to the healthcare ecosystem in the Greater Bay Area supports our portfolio companies to unlock meaningful cross-border opportunities.

Mr. Hui also has strong ties to academia in Hong Kong, sitting on the investment committee of the Chinese University's (CU) innovation fund and teaching weekly as a Lecturer for CU’s School of Life Sciences. Mr. Hui additionally serves on several governance boards including the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Central Institutional Review Board (Paediatrics) and the Hong Kong Life Sciences Society.

Emma Wang is Chief Marketing Officer at Eminence Ventures, where she works with AI founders on go-to-market and global expansion across China, Hong Kong, and Silicon Valley.

She leads Eminence Tea House in the Bay Area and is building an AI accelerator in Hong Kong, connecting Chinese AI companies with global customers, partners, and investors. Emma also leads AI Cloud 100 China, an annual gathering of nearly 1,000 AI founders, investors, and ecosystem partners.

Previously, she held a senior brand and communications role at Gopher Asset Management, a leading multi-asset manager focused on global asset allocation.

Ms. Emma Wang is Senior Director of Business Development at EHang, Low-Altitude Economy Advisor to Yizheng City, and a Torchbearer of the 15th National Games of China. She holds a Master degree in International Management and Marketing from an Australian university, with her research focused on aviation operations, and has completed multiple relevant papers. Prior to joining EHang, she worked for six years at foreign-invested enterprises, specializing in brand building and promoting the development of foreign brands in the Chinese market.

Since joining EHang in 2019, she has served as Head of Aerial Media (drone light shows). She helped the company participate in the Africa Cup of Nations Opening Ceremony, obtain Europe’s first permit for drone light shows, and set a new altitude record for drone formation flight at the Everest Art Festival in 2023. In recent years, her focus has shifted to the commercialization of the low-altitude economy and cultural-tourism integration. She has put forward a phased plan to develop a full-coverage low-altitude air transportation network.

With a career and academic path combining global vision and local implementation expertise, she continues to contribute to the development of the low-altitude economy industry with a pragmatic approach.

Ir Eric Chan is the Chief Public Mission Officer of the Hong Kong Cyberport. Chan oversees the public mission operation at Cyberport, building the ecosystem of nurturing start-ups from inspiring the next generation, through nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit, to empowering global ambition, through comprehensive entrepreneurship programmes with funding and other value-added services.

Chan has over 30 years of experience in the ICT industry, a chartered engineer, a chartered marketer, and a Fellow of Institution of Engineering & Technology (UK). Prior to joining Cyberport, Chan held various senior positions in global ICT companies. Chan has been active in public services, especially in education and industrial training, professional bodies, and charitable organisations. Chan is the Chairman of Knowledge Management Development Center, Chairman of Industrial Training Advisory Committee (ICT Sector) and serves on a number of advisory committees under Education Bureau and Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau. He also serves on advisory boards and mentorship programs at the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong.

Chan holds a BSc. (Hon) degree in Engineering from University of London, an MBA in Finance from Manchester Business School and received Senior Executive Education from INSEAD (France) and IESE (Spain) business schools.

Eric Chen is the ceo of injective foundation. eric has worked within the crypto industry for over six years with his latest project, injective, garnering interest from leading professionals across hedge funds, venture capitals and blockchain projects, including but not limited to pantera capital, mark cuban, hashed and binance. 

Eric was featured in forbes 30 under 30 in 2024 for his work on injective.

Mr Eric Kwok joined the eMPF Platform Company in 2022 and his current position is Director (Digital and Information Technology).

Eric is a technology and digital transformation leader with more than 25 years of experience in the financial services sector. He holds both a BSc in Information Engineering and an MSc in Information Technology Management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Throughout his career, he has led major transformation programmes, modernized critical technology platforms, and strengthened governance frameworks to support innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Eric setup Happiness Capital, the global venture capital arm of the Lee Kum Kee Group with the mission to create global impact and make the world a happier place. The investment portfolio covers US, UK, Europe, Israel, Japan, Korea, mainland China and Hong Kong, from seed to growth stage. Environment (both Earth and Space), Sustainable Food Systems, Health and Trust are the main investment areas. Happiness Capital is a Certified B Corp, which is not common among global Venture Capital firms. He is a member of the Policy Research Committee of the Financial Services Development Council HK, and a board member of Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA).

Prior to joining the Lee Kum Kee Group, Eric co-founded AGENDA in 2000 and grew it to the largest independent digital marketing agency in Asia, which was acquired by WPP. Stayed with WPP after the acquisition as the Chief Client Officer (Asia Pacific) of the WPP Wunderman network. Eric’s first venture was an AI cancer diagnostic and treatment planning startup in the US, which was acquired. He was with Cap Gemini US, a global consulting group, as Director of e-Business in late 90s to help Fortune 500 companies on digital innovations. Eric was an AI research scientist and university lecturer in the UK in early 90s.

Mr Eric Or is a veteran in the information and technology industry with over 30 years of experience in organisational management, business development and major account engagement. He leads the HKSTP team in driving the development of Hong Kong's innovation and technology ecosystem through collaboration with corporate clients, business channels and system integrators.

Prior to his tenure at HKSTP, Eric served as the Managing Director, Greater China for Jardine OneSolution (HK) Limited from 2015 to 2020. He also spent over 10 years at Atos in various senior positions and his last role there was Country Managing Director for Hong Kong & Taiwan. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Toronto and has previously served in sales leadership roles at renowned companies including IBM, EMC, HP, and NCR.

Dr. Wang Fengyu has almost 20 years of investment management experience, specializing in bonds, stocks, and private equity, with deep expertise in asset allocation, multi-strategy investing, and quantitative investing. Dr. Wang possesses extensive practical experience in capital markets, having managed investment portfolios through multiple economic cycles while consistently delivering steady and outstanding performance.

Dr. Wang has received numerous international investment awards. In 2014, a fund he managed was named "Best Greater China fund" by Hedge Fund Manager  Week (HFM). In 2016, another fund he managed was nominated for "Best New Comer fund of the Year" and "Best New Fund of the Year" by both Hedge Fund Manager Week (HFM) and AsiaHedge.

Dr. Wang founded Oakwise Capital in 2018. Dr. Wang also serves as the 7th President of the Tsinghua PBC School of Finance Hong Kong and Macao Alumni Association.

Esther is a digital transformation leader who has helped shape the evolution of banking in Hong Kong, from building a virtual bank from scratch to reinventing digital banking within one of the world's leading international banks.

Currently Managing Director and Head of Digital Banking, Client Experience & Analytics at Standard Chartered Hong Kong, Esther is responsible for driving the bank's digital strategy, customer experience transformation, and data-led growth agenda. Her career spans Digital Banking, Operations, Risk Management, and Innovation, giving her a unique perspective on how technology, people, and customer needs intersect.

A founding member and former Chief Operating Officer of Mox Bank, Esther played an instrumental role in launching and scaling one of Hong Kong's leading virtual banks.  Since rejoining Standard Chartered in 2023, she has led major digital transformation initiatives, including the launch of the bank's next-generation mobile banking platform, and currently, the transformation of the client contact centre.  Esther’s work has contributed to industry recognition including The Asian Banker's Best Mobile Banking Service and Euromoney's Hong Kong Best Digital Bank awards.

Passionate about using technology to make banking simpler, more accessible, and more human, Esther champions innovation that delivers real value to customers while creating sustainable business impact.

Ethan Luo is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Beijing Shengshu Technology Co., Ltd., overseeing the company's research and development, product strategy, commercialization, and team management. He joined the company on March 12, 2025.

Ethan graduated from the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University and has over a decade of experience in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining Shengshu Technology, he served as Head of the AI Applications Product Line at ByteDance's Volcano Engine, where he led a team of several hundred employees and was responsible for strategy, product development, and commercialization.

Since joining Shengshu Technology, Ethan has driven the adoption of the company's AI video generation model, Vidu, across industries including film and television, education, and advertising, accelerating the commercialization of AI technologies and their real-world applications.

Bao Fan is Co-founder and CTO of Shengshu Technology, with a PHD in computer science from Tsinghua University. He has published dozens of papers at top-tier academic conferences in multimodal ai and led the team that developed Vidu.

Fiona Murray

Vice President and Managing Director of APAC, Ripple

Based in Singapore, Fiona Murray is Vice President and Managing Director of APAC for Ripple,  leading the company’s strategy and business operations in the Asia Pacific region.

During her tenure she has played an instrumental role in onboarding key partners and products  critical to digital asset trade across the region, including building out payment rails for on/off  ramping and overseeing the growth of OTC in APAC.

She drives Ripple's efforts to scale enterprise blockchain and crypto adoption in this region's  fast-growing digital asset hubs, including working to secure the company's landmark Major  Payments Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Fiona joined Ripple in 2018 and has led the APAC sales team since 2020. Prior to Ripple, Fiona  held business development positions within large enterprises, including Oracle, Fiserv and  Misys (now Finastra), helping financial institutions innovate in payments across Europe and  Asia. Fiona holds a Master of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of  Oxford.

Forrest Chai joined the HSBC Group in 2000 and has over 26 years of experience in banking technology and digital transformation. Over the years, he has held a number of leadership roles across the Group, with responsibilities spanning multiple core business lines—from developing the very first internet banking services in the industry, to building the global Wealth Management technology platforms serving international Wealth markets—he has led global teams across Hong Kong, UK, Mainland China, Canada, US, India, Poland and Mexico. In the past three years, he has led Hang Seng Bank’s technology function of over 1,800 professionals and drove strategy and innovative application of emerging technologies.

In July 2026, Forrest took on a new role as Chief Information Officer for Hang Seng Bank and HSBC Hong Kong. In this role, Forrest brings the technology teams supporting Hong Kong Business together to deliver best-in-class products and services to customers.

Forrest is also active in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific technology leadership community, passionate about driving innovation, and works closely with organisations including the Hong Kong Science Park, Cyberport, and many of the tertiary education institutions.

Dr. Frank Pun serves as the head of insilico hong kong at insilico medicine, a pioneering global biotechnology company dedicated to integrating ai and automation technologies to accelerate drug discovery. he leads a team of r&d and application scientists focusing on ai-powered biological target discovery, indication expansion, drug repurposing, and ai biomedical platform development. his team has recently introduced targetpro, a disease-specific machine learning model for therapeutic target discovery, as well as pandaomics agent (for biological science) and inclinico agent (for clinical science) to biomedical professionals worldwide, empowering them to accelerate drug discovery and development.

Dr. Frank Pun received his ph.d. in biochemistry from the hong kong university of science and technology in 2010. following his graduation, he served as a visiting scholar and led a team dedicated to studying human central nervous system diseases and cancer for several years. in 2019, he obtained an mba from rutgers business school in the united states. throughout his career, Dr. Pun has made significant contributions to the fields of target discovery, drug repurposing, and ai-powered biomedical platform development. his work has appeared in numerous industry collaborations and peer-reviewed publications.

Frank Tsui was appointed as the Head of Responsible Investment Development for Asia ex-Japan at Amundi in January 2025. Based in Hong Kong, Frank leads the implementation of responsible investment strategies, as well as advocacy initiatives across the regional, encompassing all business segments and client units.

Prior to joining Amundi, Frank spent over 9 years at Value Partners Group, where he was the Head of ESG Investment and Client Portfolio Management.  Frank led the group’s ESG investment functions, including ESG portfolio management, established and integrated ESG investment process, research, stewardship and strategic developments etc.  He was the Chairperson of the group’s ESG Committee to oversee the group’s ESG governance and practices.

With over 24 years of experience in asset and wealth management, Frank has held positions at UBS, Julius Baer, Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Asset Management.  

Frank has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from The Max M. Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and he is a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA).

Prof. Frederik Anseel is Dean of Business and Management and Chair Professor in the Department of Management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

He is a senior academic leader with over 15 years of management experience in globally leading business schools and social science faculties of higher education institutions in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and Asia. His key expertise lies in designing cross-disciplinary collaborations and partnerships with the industry to solve societal challenges.

Before joining HKUST, Prof. Anseel served as Dean of the University of New South Wales Business School. Under his leadership, the school was ranked the number one business school in Australia for three consecutive years and achieved continuous top-ten rankings in the Financial Times for its Online MBA.

His prior global leadership roles include Vice Dean at King’s College London in the UK, Head of Department and Talent Management Advisor to the Rector at Ghent University in Belgium, and Visiting Professor positions at École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) Business School in France and Bocconi University in Italy.

An acclaimed scholar in leadership, learning, and feedback in organizations, Prof. Anseel is ranked among the world’s top 2% of scientists by Stanford University and serves on the editorial boards of seven journals. His work has won several academic awards, including multiple Best Paper awards at the Academy of Management.

He is also a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in the US, and the International Association of Applied Psychology, and served a five-year term as President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology.

Prof. Anseel holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology from Ghent University, Belgium.

Fred has over 15 years of experience in private market transactions, management operations, and turnarounds as both a deal maker and a former General Manager. Fred holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Science in Biotechnology from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) of HKICPA and a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA).

Fred began his career as a restructuring advisory specialist at Deloitte. Later, he gained full-cycle deal experience and served on the board of directors of portfolio companies during his positions at VC and PE firms, including Senior Associate at Ocean Equity Partners (MFO), Vice President at CITIC CLSA Capital Partners, and Executive Director at Hywin International. He also gained practical experience in business management, successful turnarounds, and digital transformation as Group General Manager at Gaia Group, a 1,000-person task force company in his previous portfolio.

He has served as a lecturer, advisory committee member, vetting panelist, trainer, and mentor for ecosystem partners such as Hong Kong’s Universities, NUS, BIOHK, BIOCHINA, HKSTP, and Cyberport. Fred has hybrid experience across technology, business strategy and operations, with a focus on university spin-offs, Healthcare & Biotechnology, AI+ and GreenTech

Fred is the Co-Founder & Director of Bowtie Life Insurance Company, a mission-driven life and health insurer in Hong Kong.

Fred believes insurance is fundamentally a force for good and that healthcare protection should be accessible to everyone. With a mission to close the health protection gap in Hong Kong, he co-founded Bowtie, Hong Kong’s first virtual life insurer, to challenge the traditional insurance model and provide simple and affordable insurance to everyone through modern technology.

Bowtie has delivered HK$150 billion in protection coverage and secured HK$1.0 billion in funding from esteemed investors, including Sun Life and Mitsui & Co. It proudly leads Hong Kong’s direct insurance channel with a customer base of approximately 150,000.

Fred is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for innovation and disruption. Before launching Bowtie, he also co-founded Coherent Capital Advisors and Seasonalife. He previously practiced in Chicago, London, Toronto, and Hong Kong as a consulting actuary for over 10 years at reputable global advisory firms.

Fred is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Honorary Fellow of the Financial Technologists (FFT), a Member of the Insurance Authority’s Future Task Force and a Member of the Market Development Committee of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC).

Ganesh Rengaswamy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Quona Capital, one of the leading fintech-focused venture funds investing in the intersection of developed and developing markets. Based in Singapore, he leads Quona's India and Southeast Asia investment strategy and has spent over two decades backing financial inclusion and fintech innovation across the region.

Before co-founding Quona, Ganesh led Accion Frontier Investments' Asia work and served as General Partner at Lok Capital, a venture growth fund focused on financial inclusion and social enterprises. Earlier in his career, he led Greylock Partners' entry into the Indian market, directed Unitus Inc.'s Asia operations, and co-founded Travelguru.com, which was acquired by Travelocity. He began his career at Infosys, driving growth engagements for Fortune 1000 clients.

His investment track record spans category-defining companies including IndiaMart (IPO), Coins.ph (acquired by Go-Jek), and Shubham (acquired by Premji Invest), as well as institutions such as Ujjivan, Equitas, Bandhan, and IFMR/NorthernArc. Ganesh is a frequent speaker at Singapore Fintech Festival, SuperReturn, the Asia Investment Conference, GIIN, and LendIt, and has been featured in Bloomberg, CNBC, The Economic Times, and Mint.

Gary Liu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Terminal 3, a deep tech company building cryptographic solutions for some of the world’s most pressing privacy and security challenges. Terminal 3 powers cross-border identity verification, secure data computation, and privacy and governance for AI agents.

Gary is also Chair of W3H, Hong Kong’s Digital Economy Association, and Co-chair of GDF’s APAC Committee. Both organizations work toward the responsible growth of blockchain and digital assets. He sits on the Technology and Digital Innovation Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and serves on a subcommittee of the Hong Kong Government’s Web3 Task Force.

Before Terminal 3, Gary was CEO of the South China Morning Post. There he led a major transformation of the century-old publisher: he grew its global audience, built new revenue streams, and made SCMP Asia’s leading news media company. Earlier, he was CEO of Digg and Head of Labs at Spotify, and he also worked at AOL and Google.

Gary is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and an Aspen Institute Global Fellow. He previously chaired the WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific Committee and sat on INMA’s global board. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, The Business Times, and Nikkei Asian Review, and Tatler Asia has named him one of the region’s most influential leaders.

Born in the United States, Gary grew up in Taiwan and New Zealand, then spent 20 years living and working in America. He now lives in Hong Kong with his wife and sons. He holds an Economics degree from Harvard University.

Gavin is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of SNZ Holding and SNZ Capital, based in Hong Kong. He also serves as a subcommittee member of the Hong Kong Government’s Web3.0 Task Force, OAT Board Member of Arbitrum DAO, Senior Advisor to FUTU (Nasdaq) and leads Chainlink ecosystem investment.

With over a decade of experience across blockchain and fintech, Gavin has built an extensive network in both Web2 and Web3 industries. Gavin has completed more than 200 deals (from angel investment to IPO and M&A) and the total transaction value is more than 20bn USD.

Prior to SNZ, Gavin was Director of Business Development and Strategic Investment at FUTU, Great China Business Lead of UBS Private Capital Markets, and Vice President of EOSVC at Block.one.

Gavin holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Law from Tsinghua University.

Geoff Kot is responsible for developing digital platforms for the Corporate and Investment Bank, as well as leading innovation initiatives in AI across the Group.

In September 2022 Georgina joined the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) as Managing Director, Head of FinTech and Digitalisation. In line with ICMA’s mission to promote well-functioning cross-border capital markets, essential to funding sustainable economic growth, promoting resilient and well-functioning international debt capital markets, Georgina’s role is to oversee and provide guidance on all of ICMA’s work and engagement on FinTech and Digitalisation topics Globally.  The team supports market stability and consistency whilst driving the safe and secure adoption of innovative and transformational technologies such as AI and DLT. Georgina works in close conjunction with the regulatory and legal communities and strives to design and deliver common and open standards supporting data and lifecycle events in order to encourage interoperability and efficiency across the primary, secondary, repo and collateral markets. ICMA also provides education on all of these topics which is offered to ICMA’s membership and the wider Global community.

Prior to ICMA Georgina worked for HSBC for 17.5 years (16 years as an internal member of staff and 1.5 years as a consultant) running large scale transformation programmes in Global Markets (building a new Equity Prime Services business) and then delivering all change for the Global Banking and Markets business (a budget of $1.2Bn a year). She spent 4 years transforming the Global HR function, building the HSBC University and driving the wholesale transformation of the function putting the technology platforms into the cloud across 64 countries and 285,000 staff Globally. This was one of the biggest ever undertakings of its type, and certainly the only one ever delivered in the Financial Services industry at this scale. Her final role before leaving HSBC was to lead the Transformation, Digital and Innovation team for the Group’s Private Banking business covering regulatory change, Business growth and cost reduction initiatives as well as the pivot to digitalisation.

Prior to HSBC Georgina spent 13 years with Accenture as a Management Consultant joining the technology division as a graduate and working across a range of different industries before moving into Financial Services in 1997.

Georgina holds a BSc Honours in Ergonomics and an MSc in Information Technology. She is a fully qualified NED and has held several school Governor and trustee positions and is currently a NED on the Board of the Blind Veterans UK Charity.

Mr. Gilbert Ting brings over a decade of cross-domain expertise spanning energy digitalisation, telecommunications infrastructure and industrial finance, with a proven track record of turning AI, blockchain and IoT technologies into deployable, scalable and fundable industry infrastructure. As Deputy General Manager of the New Energy and Trusted Industry Business Unit at Ant Digital Technology, he leads energy AI product solutions covering the EnergyTS time-series foundation model, the Agentar power-trading agent, an energy-and-carbon digital workforce platform, and a new energy asset tokenisation framework, serving power generators, retail electricity companies, grid operators and zero-carbon parks.

As the technical lead for Ant Digital Technology's new energy RWA initiatives, Mr. Ting drove the technical implementation of three landmark projects: Longshine charging-pile asset tokenisation, GCL solar asset tokenisation, and Xunying Group battery-swap asset tokenisation, establishing an end-to-end pathway from asset confirmation, on-chain registration and credit enhancement to cross-border financing.

Prior to joining Ant Digital Technology, Mr. Ting worked at Huawei in the energy communications business and at Ping An Group in IDC and smart city finance, building deep expertise at the intersection of energy and finance.