2026 Speakers

I’ve spend 15 years in the tech industry as an exec helping shaping the future: expedia, circle, mettle (natwest) and near.

today i serve on boards (ig group, qivalis, n26), i advise investors and companies and share my thoughts at currency of power to help others understand these shifts and what they reveal about leadership, trust, and decision-making in a permanent state of uncertainty.

As Founder and CEO of Lise, Mark Kepeneghian is dedicated to modernizing market infrastructures in Europe.

Through Lise, he is developing a unified infrastructure integrating both trading (MTF) and settlement (CSD) functions. This project aims to create the first natively tokenized stock exchange, operating 24/7, with the goal of simplifying access to financing for SMEs and mid-caps through instant settlement.

Mark also leads Kriptown, the technology company designing the technical architecture (trading and post-trade) required to operate these tokenized financial instruments.

Alongside his operational roles, he actively participates in industry initiatives regarding financial regulation:

- AMF (French Financial Markets Authority): Member of the "Market Organisation and Functioning" Consultative Commission.

- ADAN: Vice-President and Chair of the Tokenization Committee, contributing to the definition of the regulatory framework for digital assets.

- France FinTech: Board Member, focusing on topics related to tokenization and capital markets.

He also sits on the boards of startups in the MedTech and LegalTech sectors.

Mārtiņš Beņķītis is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gravity Team, a dominant, long-standing emerging-market crypto liquidity provider he founded in 2017 with childhood friend Edgars Laimīte.

Under his leadership, Gravity has grown into a leading emerging market crypto market maker and liquidity provider, handling more than US$500 billion in cumulative spot trading volume. The firm accounts for approximately one per cent of global crypto spot today with connectivity to over 40 exchanges and settlement networks spanning more than 45 key markets.

Mārtiņš’s leadership and strategic vision have been instrumental in cementing the firm’s position as a trusted institutional counterparty across both emerging and developed markets, having built deep partnerships with major global & local exchanges, along with top-tier digital assets. Today, Gravity Team maintains leading liquidity provider status across key emerging markets in Southeast Asia and Latin America, remaining one of very few liquidity providers in the world with the scale, networks, and track record to move and settle value across key emerging and developed markets.

Mārtiņš is an authoritative voice on the institutional pivot reshaping crypto OTC, the structural decline of correspondent banking, and what stablecoin-anchored settlement infrastructure means for institutions moving capital across global markets now and into the future of finance, regularly providing thought leadership to tier-1 media and at the industry’s most consequential gatherings.

Maryann is the Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President at Phancy Group (6682.HK), a leading full-stack AI cloud services platform listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and ranked No. 1 in China’s machine learning platform market for eight consecutive years.

With over two decades of experience in equity capital markets, global institutional investors, cross assets and AI business strategy, Maryann previously served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at SenseTime (0020.HK). Her career spans top-tier global institutions including Morgan Stanley and CLSA.

A passionate advocate for bridging industry and academia, Maryann serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and as a Corporate Advisory Board Member for HKUST’s MSc in Business Analytics programme. She holds executive certificates from Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Matti Lievonen is a distinguished leader in the renewable fuels industry, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EcoCeres, a global innovator in sustainable biofuels. Appointed CEO in January 2025, Matti brings decades of executive experience, a strong track record in scaling renewable energy businesses, and a deep commitment to combatting climate change through cutting-edge decarbonization solutions.

Matti is renowned for his transformative leadership in the energy sector, particularly during his tenure as CEO and President of Neste Corporation, where he spearheaded the company’s rise as a world leader in renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). His expertise in biomass-based biofuels and bioproducts has been instrumental in driving the adoption of renewable fuels across industries. Prior to Neste, he held senior executive roles at UPM Biofore Corporation and served on the boards of Fortum, SSAB, Solvay, and the Confederation of Finnish Industries, cementing his reputation as a strategic visionary in sustainable industrial development.

Maximilian Plank is Managing Partner of Tenity Hong Kong. Tenity is a VC-led innovation platform built exclusively for financial services, with 200+ early-stage investments and corporate innovation services for 65+ institutions worldwide.

Through Tenity's GoGlobal initiative he builds bridges in both directions: helping scale-ups from China/HK expand into Europe and the Middle East via Hong Kong, and bringing international scale-ups into Asia. He is an honorary global ambassador and mentor at Cyberport and co-authored Tenity's KSA Fintech Opportunity Report 2025.

A serial entrepreneur with ventures across software, consumer products and services, he holds board and advsior roles at Keragenix Biotech, KGH Group and Stabelton, and sits on the Excom of the INSEAD Alumni Association Saudi Arabia.

Melody He currently serves as the Deputy CEO/ Chief Business Officer at CSOP Asset Management Ltd. In her role, Melody oversees the Trading, Capital Markets, Sales and Marketing, and IT departments, aligning her strategic vision with the firm's objectives and client needs.

Beyond her primary role, Melody also serves as the Vice Chair and Product Development Committee Chair for the Chinese Asset Management Association of Hong Kong. Her responsibilities primarily involve chairing and guiding the Product Development Committee. Leveraging her industry experience, she contributes thoughtfully to discussions that shape the evolution of asset management within the region.

Before her tenure at CSOP, Melody was at Goldman Sachs covering Greater China Institutions in the FICC division. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s dual-degree in Economics and Psychology.

Michael is the Managing Director and General Manager of Google Hong Kong, overseeing strategy and market operations in Hong Kong.

Since joining Google in 2011, Michael has held key leadership roles in sales and strategic partnerships. Notably, he spearheaded the launch of Google Pay across the Asia Pacific region and has been instrumental in driving digital transformation for partners across diverse sectors. In 2018, he was appointed Google's global head of sales strategy and enablement, tasked with developing and growing the advertising sales force.

Michael serves on the boards of the American and Canadian Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong and the Advisory Board for Information Systems Programs at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School, drawing on over two decades of experience in the technology field.

Michael holds an Executive MBA from the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program and an Honours Business Administration (HBA) from Ivey Business School in Canada.

Michele Fung is Head of APAC at Unlimit, where she leads the company’s regional expansion strategy, and Chairperson of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK). In her role at Unlimit, she leverages an extensive global network to identify high-potential markets, provide deep insight into local and competitive landscapes, and build strategic partnerships with local and international stakeholders to accelerate growth and strengthen market credibility.

She brings more than a decade of experience in global market entry, business development, and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Unlimit, Ms Fung held senior leadership roles at leading firms, including Lianlian Global, where she drove client acquisition and retention and delivered tailored solutions to meet diverse market needs.

Beyond her corporate leadership, Ms Fung plays an active role in advancing Hong Kong’s fintech ecosystem through her position as Chairman of FTAHK, fostering industry collaboration and engagement across the financial services and technology communities.

A trusted industry representative and brand ambassador, Ms Fung has represented organisations at international conferences, trade shows, and industry events, significantly enhancing their global visibility and reputation. Her ability to build trust-based relationships and navigate complex market dynamics has consistently contributed to sustained business success.

Michelle is the Global Managing Director & Partner of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She focuses on insurance sector and leads the insurance practice of BCG Greater China as well as Corporate Finance & Strategy (CFS) in Greater China. She’s also one of BCG’s global topic leader on ecosystem strategy and distribution excellence.

Michelle worked for 27 years in consulting/insurance sectors, with experience across multiple markets including US, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She supported leading players in these markets on various topics from digital transformation, distribution upgrade or innovation, operations transformation, to corporate governance, people and organization. She also spearheaded the development of thought leadership for overall industry. Her main publications include digital innovation in insurance, digital insurance in China, digital transformation of insurers, ecosystem strategy, insurance consumer insights etc.

Michelle has an MBA from the University of Illinois (finance and marketing) and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certificate. She is also a member of New York Society of Security Analysts.

Mikaal is the CEO of Boom, Asia’s first online brokerage. Boom provides individual and institutional investors in 90 countries with access to more than 50,000 global equities across 18 markets and 10 currencies through a single account.

Previously, he co-founded 8 Securities, Asia’s first mobile-only brokerage. Over the course of building the company, the team raised $40 million in venture capital and introduced several first-to-market innovations in Asia, including robo-advisory, social trading, fractional shares, subscription pricing, and the first end-to-end cloud deployment of a regulated brokerage.

The company was a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt and was selected by Amazon as one of the Top 5 Startups in Asia. In 2020, 8 Securities was acquired by SoFi, where it went on to deliver more than 500% growth across revenue, customers, and AUM.

Earlier, he spent a decade at E*TRADE, leading business and product expansion across 14 markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and India. During that period, the business scaled to $11 billion in AUM, $200 million in annual revenue, and $60 million in annual profit.

Mikaal launched his career at Deloitte during the dot-com boom as a management consultant in the technology practice. In an era of rapid digital transformation, he led project teams for pioneers of the modern internet, including America’s first digital bank, its first online brokerage, and one of the largest e-commerce platforms.

Mikaal has lived in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Dubai, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. He holds a joint MBA from Columbia University and London Business School, and a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University.

Mohamed Keraine is the Global Head of Digital, Wealth and Retail Banking (WRB) and Enterprise Co-Head of AI at Standard Chartered, where he leads the digital transformation agenda. Mohamed is responsible for driving innovation and delivering a differentiated customer experience across the Bank’s affluent, private banking and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) segments. In his role as Enterprise Co-Head of AI, he leads the Bank’s business-led AI agenda, aligning strategy, adoption and delivery to scale AI capabilities across the enterprise in a safe, responsible and impactful way.

Beyond his core responsibilities, Mohamed is also actively engaged in the Bank's Diversity and Inclusion efforts. He serves as the Council Chair of WRB Diversity and Inclusion Council, and is the Global Sponsor of the Generations Colleague Community, championing initiatives that foster an inclusive and equitable workplace.

Mohamed began his career with ING Direct France in 2006 before taking on several positions at ING’s head office in Amsterdam for retail markets in Europe, Australia and Asia from 2011 to 2017. In 2018, he was appointed Head of Retail Development Asia where he launched the first digital bank in the Philippines and led several strategic initiatives in Southeast Asia and China.

Mohamed holds a Master of Science in Strategic Marketing Leadership from the Henley Business School and a Master’s degree in social sciences from Paris la Sorbonne University.

Mostafa Abdel Aziz is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Act Financial and Wilzy, with more than 28 years of experience across Egypt and the Middle East’s investment banking and financial services industry.

Throughout his career, Mostafa has held senior roles at leading regional investment banks, building extensive experience across investment banking, capital markets, investments, and corporate finance.

In 2015, he co-founded Act Financial, an activist investment company focused on identifying and unlocking value in publicly listed and privately held businesses. Under his leadership, Act Financial evolved into a prominent investment platform and successfully listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in 2024.

Mostafa is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Wilzy, a new-generation wealth management platform designed to transform how individuals learn about, plan, and manage their wealth. Wilzy aims to make investing and wealth management more accessible, engaging, and intuitive, bringing together financial education, planning, and investment solutions within a single digital ecosystem.

Mostafa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cairo University and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mohamad Masri is a fintech entrepreneur, operator, and technology leader dedicated to simplifying how money moves across borders. With a career built at the intersection of financial services, payments, stablecoins, banking infrastructure, and regulation, he has spent the last decade helping startups and growth-stage companies transform complex financial challenges into scalable, customer-focused products.

As CEO of Pyypl, Mohamad is leading the company's transformation into a modern financial platform focused on enabling global collections, payments, stablecoin settlement, and accessible financial services for businesses and individuals across emerging markets. His work spans strategic partnerships, regulatory engagement, fundraising, product development, and operational execution, bridging the gap between innovation and compliance in highly regulated environments.

Prior to his executive leadership roles, Mohamad built his foundation as an engineering leader, designing and delivering large-scale fintech products, payment systems, card programs, digital wallets, remittance solutions, and banking integrations. This technical background continues to shape his practical, execution-driven approach to leadership and company building.

Beyond fintech, Mohamad has founded and contributed to ventures across logistics, SaaS, e-commerce, and developer tooling, reflecting a strong entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for solving real-world problems through technology. He is particularly interested in the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets, and how emerging technologies can create more efficient, transparent, and inclusive financial ecosystems.

Known for his hands-on leadership style, Mohamad enjoys working closely with teams, regulators, partners, and investors to build businesses from the ground up. His mission remains simple: make financial services more accessible and enable money to move as seamlessly as information does today.

Li Na is a seasoned financial sector executive with over 23 years of expertise in compliance and enterprise risk management. At PalmPay Group, she holds multiple senior roles including Chief Compliance Officer, Global Head of Legal  and Chairman of the Group Corporate Governance Committee, overseeing global regulatory compliance and corporate integrity.

She excels at navigating complex cross-border regulatory regimes. Her core areas include compliance governance, financial crime compliance (AML and anti-bribery), due diligence and audit. She advises foreign entities operating in China and helps Chinese companies build international-standard compliance frameworks for overseas expansion.

Her career includes senior positions at international banks, domestic payment firms and a global consulting firm. Selected by the PBoC, she joined FATF’s first evaluation of China and supported its fourth review. She won national AML excellence awards repeatedly from 2008 to 2015, and led an AI-powered due diligence solution that earned a UK trade fintech award in 2018.

Outside corporate work, she acts as a compliance expert for trade and cross-border e-commerce bodies and a part-time graduate tutor. She also supports social initiatives covering autistic children’s rehabilitation, child online protection and wildlife smuggling prevention.

Ms. Karen Zheng, the founder of Superlink Consulting and the curator of the influencer account "The Greater Bay Area Headhunting Queen", is a highly respected and seasoned expert in the field of human resources. Ms. Zheng is a seasoned expert in human resources, with experience at globally renowned companies such as IBM, Tencent, and Baidu. Since 2020, she has served as a Partner at CGL, focusing on HR services for hard-tech and internationally expanding enterprises. Over her nearly twenty-year career, she has participated in and witnessed the successful IPOs of two startups, and has played a key role in supporting technology companies like Pudu Robotics and Narwal Robotics in building talent and organizational systems from the early startup phase to structured growth. Her firm provides comprehensive HR solutions for innovative and entrepreneurial companies, covering organizational development, leadership cultivation, and talent strategy consulting. In early 2025, she published her professional book, *Practical Human Resource Management for Innovative Startups*.

As a prominent HR thought leader, Ms. Zheng’s self-media account "Greater Bay Area Headhunting Queen" has attracted nearly 150,000 entrepreneurs and professionals across platforms, influencing a new generation of entrepreneurs and workplace professionals through her clear professional insights and in-depth case analyses. She is also a certified lecturer at Tencent Academy, a contracted instructor with the GHR Global HR Think Tank, a mentor on the program "Hi, City Hunter", and an expert guest on the talk show "Renjun Teacher". She has provided executive talent identification and management training for companies including Mango TV, Meitu, SenseTime, and iFLYTEK.

As a "New Hong Kong Resident", Ms. Zheng moved to Hong Kong in April 2023, choosing to settle, purchase property, and embark on a new entrepreneurial journey. She actively engages in the Greater Bay Area’s innovation ecosystem, helping hard-tech and science & technology enterprises establish a presence in Hong Kong, connect with capital and talent resources, and support mainland Chinese companies in using Hong Kong as a platform for global expansion.

In terms of public affairs and social influence, Ms. Zheng has been invited to participate in major events such as the Hong Kong Talent Summit and the Global Talent Forum, where she shared insights on talent mobility and innovation development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, appearing alongside Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Mr. Paul Chan Mo-po. As a representative of Hong Kong’s talent introduction program, she actively promotes talent exchange and enterprise establishment in the Greater Bay Area, assisting the government in attracting high-quality companies and professionals to Hong Kong. She has also been interviewed by leading media outlets, including the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Bureau, providing in-depth perspectives on innovation, entrepreneurship, and talent development.

Guided by the philosophy of "enabling mutual success between enterprises and talent", Ms. Zheng continues to provide strategic HR support for innovative and cross-border enterprises, helping Chinese companies achieve high-quality growth in the era of globalization.

Neil leads XTransfer’s overall corporate development and capital market activities. He also heads XTransfer's Hong Kong business and oversees financial institution partnerships globally.

Prior to joining XTransfer, Neil worked in the Greater China M&A Department of Standard Chartered Bank and at Antin Infrastructure Partners, a private equity fund of BNP Paribas, in both Paris and Hong Kong.

Neil has accumulated 10+ years of extensive experience in cross-border buyout investments and M&A advisory, focusing on sectors such as consumer goods, TMT, and renewable energy.

Nick Trudgen is the founder and CEO of Space Markets, a company building financial infrastructure for the space economy, backed by Coinbase Ventures.

Nick started Space Markets around a simple gap. More satellites, spectrum, power and computing capacity are reaching orbit every year, but there's still no clear way to price any of it or trade it. Deals happen privately, prices aren't public, and investors outside the industry have few ways to take a view. Space Markets is building the markets, price data and settlement tools to change that.

The company's first product is SMX, a venue where people and AI agents can trade on space-economy events, alongside the Space Markets Index, which tracks the sector with a source for every number. Nick is building SMX for software as much as for people: its data feeds and agent tools come first, and the app sits on top of the same system. The company runs much of its day-to-day work through AI agents, with a small human team setting direction.

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

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

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

Niki Ariyasinghe is Vice President of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, leading Chainlink's engagement with commercial banks, central banks, asset managers and FMIs across the region. He has 20 years of financial services and consulting experience, including 10 years leading projects applying blockchain technology with large enterprises. This includes pioneering CBDC projects Project Ubin in Singapore and Project LionRock in Hong Kong; live blockchain deployments with leading financial institutions such as UBS; and a cross-border sandbox program with Swift and ANZ Bank under MAS' Project Guardian to enhance the liquidity and efficiency of financial markets through asset tokenisation. Most recently, this includes Project Pangea, a collaboration with Korean and European banking consortia to advance real-time, stablecoin-based cross-border FX settlement.

Prior to Chainlink, Niki worked at blockchain companies R3 and Abra. He also has extensive experience in banking and management consulting, having worked at ING Bank and Accenture Strategy, respectively. He holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Nikolay Seleznev, Сo-founder, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer

Nikolay Seleznev joined Uzum as a co-founder and has been leading the strategy and business development effort since early 2022.

Mr. Seleznev has extensive experience in Strategy, M&A and Special Situations. Prior to joining Uzum, he worked at ERG, leading diversified natural resources group, and covered projects in Kazakhstan, Africa and Latin America. Before ERG Seleznev worked in management consulting and investment banking in London and Moscow. Mr. Seleznev received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics and finance from the Higher School of Economics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He is married and father of four sons.

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

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

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

In 2016, Mr. Peilung Li founded LUN Partners Group, an Asia-based global investment firm that focuses on fintech and innovative technology companies from around the world. LUN Partners aims to create long-term value for investors, portfolio companies, and society by promoting collaborative partnerships within its industry ecosystem.Today, the LUN Partners portfolio brings together industry pioneers in cross-border payments, digital trading platforms, digital wealth management, insurance technology, and AI & big data analytics, spanning the US, China, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, and Brazil.Mr. Li has lived, studied, and worked in the US, Japan, and China, where he accumulated over 25 years of extensive experience in business building, cross-border M&A and investment management.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outside of work, Peter enjoys meditation and playing soccer.

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

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

He holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ray Chan is the chairman and CEO of MemeStrategy (HKEX: 2440), where he leads the company’s mission to bring digital innovation to collectibles. Under his leadership, the company launched Grade10, an integrated ecosystem spanning manufacturing, grading, vaulting, tokenization, financing, retail, merchandise, and live events for trading cards.

Ray is also the co-founder and founding CEO of 9GAG, which he launched in 2008 with a simple mission: make the world happier. The platform has since grown into one of the world's top three humor-focused social networks by traffic, reaching more than 200 million users today.

Beyond business, Ray serves as an honorary advisor to World Vision Hong Kong, a board member of the Hong Kong Genome Institute, and a member of the Hong Kong government's Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ray lives in the city with his wife, son, and dog. He is a passionate trading card collector and lifelong anime fan, and he holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ronald Leung is the founder and Group CEO of Esperanza.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sally is the Chief Executive Officer of AXA Greater China and is responsible for the management and operations of AXA Hong Kong & Macau and AXA Tian Ping. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of AXA Global Private, a comprehensive, unified platform serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth customers. She also has oversight of the ICBC-AXA business and AXA Asian Markets Services which specialises in information technology services in Asia.

Sally has extensive management and business development experience in insurance companies covering Asia Pacific Region. She has held a number of senior positions in major insurance companies in Asia, including Hong Kong and Japan.

Prior to joining AXA Hong Kong and Macau in 2018, Sally was with AIA Group for more than 11 years in various senior positions including Regional Director in Financial Planning and Management and Regional Business Development Director. She spent 7 years in Tokyo with Allianz Fire and Marine Japan Ltd as Chief Financial Officer and other senior positions.  She started her career in KPMG Hong Kong in 1996.  

Sally is a Fellow with CPA Australia and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from The University of New South Wales, Australia.

Mandates held outside AXA:
•        The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (HKFI):
o        Chairman of Governing Committee (GC)
o        Councillors of the General Insurance Council (GIC) and the Life Insurance Council (LIC)
o        Deputy Convenor of Special Working Group on IA’s Proposed Enhanced Measures for Participating Products
o        Chairman of the Legal Working Group of GIC
o        Chairman of the FemPower Insurance Network of the GC

•        The Insurance Authority (IA):
o        Member of the Industry Advisory Committee on General Business

•        Member of the Market Development Committee for the Financial Services Development Council
•        Industry Member of General Committee of the Insurance Complaints Bureau
•        Council Member of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Hong Kong
•        President of the 31st East Asian Insurance Congress
•        Member of the HKMA Insurance Management Committee
•        Member of the HKTDC Financial Services Advisory Committee
•        Member of the Advisory Committee on Tax Policy
•        Member of HKGCC Economic Policy Committee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr. Shuoling Liu is currently the Chief Information Officer of E Fund Management Co., Ltd., and is a member of its Fintech Executive Committee and the Fintech Committee of the Asset Management Association of China.

Dr. Liu boasts 15 years of experience in asset management and 20 years in technology. Since joining E Fund Management Co., Ltd. in 2017, he has achieved significant accomplishments in the fintech field, including one first prize, five second prizes, and two third prize of the People’s Bank of China Fintech Development Award. Dr. Liu holds 30 national invention patents and serves as the Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Special Issue on Financial Large Models for the 2025 Frontiers of Information and Electronic Engineering journal by the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Liu earned a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a PhD in Computer Science from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As Deloitte Asia Pacific Financial Services Industry Leader, Stuart is responsible for executing the regional strategy, driving profitable growth, and leading a cohesive team spanning geographies and functions. In this role, he oversees market activation, client leadership for priority accounts, and the development of critical capabilities, partnerships, and alliances with key market players. Stuart also serves on the Global Financial Service Executive, contributing to global decision-making and strategy.

In addition to his AP FSI leadership, Stuart is also responsible for Market Activation across the Asia Pacific region.  He focuses on elevating Deloitte’s reputation and regional brand presence, while cultivating strategic relationships with the firm’s most important clients through CxO engagement programmes and targeted initiatives.

Earlier, as Deloitte’s Global Clients Leader, Stuart managed a portfolio of more than 300 of the firm’s largest clients, representing approximately $15 billion in global revenues. He chaired the Global Client Council, driving innovation and continuous improvement in client experience, sales excellence, and account-based marketing, enabling major clients to achieve industry-leading outcomes.

Stuart began his Deloitte career through the acquisition of DotCom start-up Eclipse in 2001, which became the foundation for Deloitte Digital. With two decades of expertise in digital and emerging technologies, he is passionate about helping clients design customer experiences, business strategies, and operating models that enable them to thrive amid digital disruption.

This breadth of experience underpins Stuart’s ability to connect strategy with execution, foster cross-border collaboration, and guide clients through complex transformation.

Stuart Riley joined HSBC as Group Chief Information Officer in February 2024 and was appointed to the Group Operations Committee in October 2024. He is responsible for leading the bank’s technology strategy, enabling the delivery of an efficient, resilient, and innovative digital bank for customers.

Before joining HSBC, Stuart was Co-Chief Information Officer of Citi where he oversaw the technology and infrastructure for the global businesses and functions and led cross-functional artificial intelligence initiatives. He previously worked in senior technology roles at Deutsche Bank and was a partner at a technology consulting firm.

Stuart holds a bachelor’s degree in software engineering management from Bournemouth University. He has been commercially involved in software from a very young age, spending many years as an engineer and developer – something he continues to be engaged in today.

Beyond software engineering, Stuart is passionate about diversity and education initiatives: He was co-lead of the Citi Women initiative and is a member of Teach First’s technology committee, which aims to develop solutions to create a fair education for all.

At HSBC, he is the executive sponsor for Strive UK, an employee resource group which supports and advocates for colleagues from different economic backgrounds.

Dr Sue-Anne Toh is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of NOVI Health, a multi-disciplinary medical practice and health technology company dedicated to transforming the prevention and management of metabolic diseases for health longevity.

She concurrently serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Honorary Senior Consultant and Director at the National University Hospital (NUH), and Founding Director of the Singapore Population Health Improvement Centre (SPHERiC).

A respected clinician, researcher & leader in the fields of diabetes, metabolism, weight care & population health, Dr Toh brings decades of clinical and academic experience. She previously held the role of Senior Consultant, Endocrinology, at NUH, and Director, Regional Health System Office, at the National University Health System (NUHS). She leads one of the world’s largest comprehensive studies on the progression to diabetes in Asian populations and has contributed extensively to national clinical, research & innovation initiatives. These include the Ministry of Health Lipid Clinical Practice Guidelines Workgroup, the National Diabetes Research Taskforce, National Telehealth Implementation, Outpatient to Community Care, and Precision Medicine: Clinical Practice Adoption Workgroups, among others.

Dr Toh has received multiple national & international honours, including the American Heart Association Awards, Singapore’s National Medical Research Council Clinician Scientist Award, Public Service (PS21) Gold Award, and the National Healthcare Innovation & Productivity Excellence Champion Medal.

She graduated with BA, MA (Pharmacology) and MBBChir degrees from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and subsequently obtained American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certifications in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. She also holds a Master of Science in Translational Research from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Sunny Chow oversees and leads the retail cards and lending business to drive sustainable growth. His teams have been recognised across the industry for product and service excellence.

With nearly 20 years at HSBC, Sunny has held a range of leadership roles across Retail Banking. He brings deep expertise in product strategy, consumer portfolio management, digital sales growth and commercialisation, and the development of loyalty and partnerships ecosystems.

Sunny holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Economics) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Syed Musheer Ahmed is the Founder and Managing Director of FinStep Asia, a Hong Kong-based advisory firm focused on fintech, digital finance and digital assets across Asia and the Middle East. With more than 20 years of experience spanning capital markets, financial services, fintech and digital assets, he has played an active role in the development of the region's fintech and digital assets ecosystem and in policy development for the region. He co-founded and served as the inaugural General Manager of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and was part of the founding team of Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). Founded in 2019, FinStep Asia advises financial institutions, fintechs, technology firms, regulators, government agencies and multilateral organisations and recent projects include market studies, ecosystem assessments, policy and regulatory research, industry reports and strategic advisory mandates across digital finance and emerging financial infrastructure. The firm operates across Hong Kong, Greater China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East.

Musheer is a recognised industry expert and thought leader, having spoken at more than 200 major industry conferences globally, including Singapore FinTech Festival, Hong Kong FinTech Week, Money20/20, Shanghai Bund Inclusion Summit, GITEX Dubai, Global Fintech Festival, Rise by Web Summit, TEDx and London FinTech Week. His commentary and research have been featured in leading international media, including Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Asian Investor and CGTN.

As the group chief operating officer of standard chartered, tanuj heads corporate strategy, bank-wide transformation, group operations and corporate functions (hr, brand & marketing, corporate affairs, corporate services). leading at the intersection of strategy, transformation, people and brand, she is responsible for how the bank develops, executes and communicates its strategy. prior to taking on this role in 2026, tanuj was the bank’s chief strategy and talent officer.

tanuj is a non-executive director on the board of sainsbury’s plc and a member of their nomination and remuneration committees. in addition, tanuj serves on the board of mindbeat, an ai-powered coaching platform, and is a member of the asia house board of trustees. she has previously served as an associate non-executive director on the board of nhs england, advising the nhs on their workforce transformation agenda, as well as a board member of the uk financial services skills commission and vault22, an integrated digital wealth, health, and lifestyle solutions start-up

tanuj is a recognised thought-leader on the future of work. she is often featured by leading global media including the economist, financial times, bloomberg, bbc and in publications such as the harvard business review, on a range of topics, including strategy, culture, leadership, transformation, inclusion and skills. she is a regular participant at the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos. her first book ‘the skills-powered organization – the journey to the next generation enterprise’ has been published by the mit press in 2024.

prior to joining standard chartered in 2017, tanuj built her career in banking across multiple markets, including hong kong, singapore, dubai, india, and london.

Mr. Tao ZHANG has been Chief Representative of the BIS Office of Asia and the Pacific since September 2022. As a member of the BIS senior management, he takes lead in its activities in Asia and the Pacific.

Mr. Zhang has extensive experiences both in international arena and at the national level in China. He served as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC during 2016-2021. Mr. Zhang also held senior positions in China, including Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited. Earlier in his career, he had worked as an economist at the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Mr. Zhang has a Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, and a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University, China.

Zhang Ting is the CEO of Ecosphere Technology Co., Ltd., a company dedicated to strategic planning and transformation in the fields of carbon emission reduction and carbon trading.

She serves as an expert member of the CN100 Green and Low-Carbon Supply Chain Public Service Platform, an accredited expert at the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, and a Carbon Neutrality Expert at the Hong Kong Association for Science and Technology Youth.

Under her leadership, the company provides enterprises with comprehensive energy management and low-carbon transition services, including carbon asset management, carbon trading, green electricity and green certificate trading, corporate carbon neutrality solutions, CBAM compliance services, green supply chain development, and low-carbon transformation support for businesses expanding overseas.

Li Tong, founder and CEO of KEENON Robotics. Li has been working in the robotics industry for over 20 years and is a pioneer in the service and delivery sector. KEENON specializes in embodied service robot products and comprehensive solutions, focusing on various complex scenarios. Offerings include delivery robots,，cleaning robots、humanoid robots ，and more， serving industries such as catering, hospitality, healthcare, factories, supermarkets, and airports etc,.

Today, KEENON Robotics has evolved into a globally renowned leader in the service robot industry, with operations spanning over 600 cities worldwide, setting industry benchmarks.

Li Tong has been honored as a "U40 China Entrepreneurial Pioneer" by Fortune Magazine, and recognized among Hurun's "Top 40 Under 40 Business Elites in China".

Dr. Tony Han is the Founder and CEO of WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD;HKEX: 0800), a global leader in autonomous driving technology. Since founding WeRide in 2017, he has led the company’s expansion across 13 countries and more than 60 cities worldwide. Under his leadership, WeRide became the first publicly listed Robotaxi company on Nasdaq in 2024 and the first Robotaxi company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2025.

Prior to founding WeRide, Dr. Han served as Chief Scientist of Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Division. He was also a tenured professor and doctoral advisor at the University of Missouri, where he directed the Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lab. Dr. Han holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Toya Zhang is the deputy ceo of ex.io group — a hong kong-licensed virtual asset trading platform and infrastructure group dedicated to bridging traditional finance with digital asset markets — where she also heads the marketing function. a seasoned marketing and communications specialist with over a decade of experience across technology, finance and blockchain, she entered the digital asset industry in 2016 and has held senior roles at okcoin (okx), aax and bit (bit.com), where she served as chief marketing officer accountable for the exchange's branding, marketing and growth. she began her career at a communications agency servicing hedge funds and asset management firms, and has since helped notable crypto startups raise tens of millions of dollars.

At ex.io group, toya drives the group's strategic positioning within the global crypto ecosystem, focusing on three core areas: leading the decision-making process of the token listing committee, optimising liquidity management systems, and strengthening the platform's market influence and brand awareness through precise marketing and branding strategies. a graduate of the city university of hong kong, she brings a rare blend of tradfi communications discipline and web3-native growth expertise, and is a frequent speaker on exchange strategy, web3 adoption, rwa tokenisation and compliant digital asset infrastructure across hong kong and the wider apac region.

Ms. Tracy Ji is the Founding Managing Partner of Meridian Capital. She holds an MBA from Imperial College London. She also serves as a member of the Investment Committee of Zhongyuan FoF and a director of the First Council of the China Digital Economy Investment and Financing Alliance. With nearly two decades of experience in venture capital, Ms. Ji previously conducted in-depth research in hedge funds and trading before entering the VC industry.

Leveraging her holistic perspective on economics and finance, sharp grasp of technological trends, and deep understanding of user behavior, Ms. Ji founded Meridian Capital in 2008. Under her leadership, the firm has built a robust investment portfolio across technology, consumer, enterprise services, and the digital economy, establishing Meridian Capital as a leading innovation-driven private equity fund in China.

Meridian Capital maintains offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Silicon Valley. Currently managing over RMB 15 billion in both RMB and USD funds, the firm focuses on leading Series A and B rounds, with investments extending into early-stage and growth-stage companies, alongside strategic industrial M&A and integration opportunities. Meridian Capital has consistently ranked among the Top 50 Venture Capital Firms in rankings published by leading financial institutions and media including Zero2IPO, ChinaVenture, and 36Kr. Ms. Ji herself has received dozens of prestigious awards from Forbes, Fortune, Zero2IPO, ChinaVenture, 36Kr, and 21st Century Business Herald, including Best Investor, Most Influential Businesswoman, Best Female Investor, and Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Investor.

Among the 300+ companies invested in by Meridian Capital, Ms. Ji has led and participated in numerous landmark deals, including:Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited、Golden Union Commercial、Weimob、Kanzhun Limited、Biren Technology‌、BFB HEALTH、Ocean Butterflies、Vastai Technologies‌、Shenzhou Semiconductor、Zinsight、Weinian Group、Hefu-Noodles、Yellow Swan、Origin Quantum、TENWAYS、Jiemian News and Cailian Press、DEEPRobotics、X Square Robot、D-Robotics、TCab Tech、Volant Aviation、Chang Guang Satellite Technology、Neolix Autonomous Vehicle.

Tracy Wong Harris is an Asia-focused sustainable finance executive with over 20 years’ global experience across Asia, Europe and the US. She is Chief Investment Officer and Head of the Asia Team at the Green Accelerator. Green Accelerator makes green projects in emerging markets investment-ready and connects them with the right capital from philanthropic, public, and commercial sources, using blended finance as needed. She also serves as Private Capital Mobilisation Strategy Advisor to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where she led the design of the Bank’s blended-finance platform to crowd institutional capital alongside AIIB’s origination.

Former Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, Asia at Standard Chartered, she scaled the franchise eightfold across 21 markets, financing renewables, green buildings, aviation, shipping and industrial decarbonisation. As Executive Vice President of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA), she contributes to policy and market development. She serves on the board of the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and on the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) Policy Research Committee. She previously served on the Sprinkles Charity Foundation board and as an Alternate Board Member of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

She holds BA and MSc degrees in International Finance and Capital Markets (UK), completed the Social Finance Executive Programme at Oxford Saïd Business School, and is certified in Green and Sustainable Finance by the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers.

Vanessa Lau is the Chief Operating Officer at HKEX. In addition to this role, she is Chief Executive of HKEX’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, and a Director of the London Metal Exchange. Ms Lau also serves as a director at CMU OmniClear Holdings Limited, the holding company jointly established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and HKEX, which oversees the operation of the Central Moneymarkets Unit in Hong Kong.

Ms Lau brings over 30 years of global finance and capital markets experience and has held a number of leadership positions since she joined HKEX in 2015. As Chief Operating Officer, she is responsible for spearheading the Group’s strategic delivery and overseeing HKEX’s market operations in Hong Kong. Previously, Ms Lau was Group Chief Financial Officer and led the Group’s finance operations globally, including its financial and management reporting, investor relations and treasury functions.

Ms Lau has worked at multinational firms in the US, Europe and Hong Kong. She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, and later worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company. In 2007, Ms Lau took on her first CFO role at a subsidiary of Alcoa, Global Rolled Products, based in New York and Geneva. Between 2011 and 2015, she was a senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein in Hong Kong.

In addition, Ms Lau has been an independent non-executive director at Swiss Re since April 2023.

Ms Lau holds an MA in Mathematics & Computation from the University of Oxford. She is a chartered accountant, having qualified with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Ir Dr Venus Lun is the Special Project Director at the Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre (LSCM). She holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of London and an MSc in Business Information Technology. Her work has been recognized by the European Patent Office, where she is a Designated Inventor, supported by a diverse portfolio of patents. She is also an Erasmus Mundus Scholar awarded by the European Commission. She is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in the UK and a Registered Professional Engineer (RPE) in Hong Kong, with fellowships in the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE). She was further honored with a Faculty Award from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). She has published over 100 scholarly articles in journals and conference proceedings. Committed to public service, Dr Lun contributes to key governmental advisory and statutory bodies including the Hong Kong Town Planning Board, the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board, the Enterprise Support Scheme, the Hong Kong ICT Awards Judge Panel, and the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council. She has also held major leadership roles, serving as President of CILT Hong Kong (2018–2020) and CILT International Vice President (East Asia) (2021–2025). In 2025, she became Chair of the International Trade and Supply Chain Committee at CAGA, the Chinese Academy of Governance (HK) Industrial and Commercial Professionals Alumni Association.

Vera (known online as Xiao Ye Jiang) is a prominent Chinese venture investor, published author, and podcaster operating at the intersection of capital, technology, and global narrative.

Holding dual Master’s degrees in Business and Finance, Vera built a solid analytical foundation in top-tier venture capital, serving as Executive Director at leading funds and managing strategic investment initiatives alongside veteran dealmakers.

Beyond balancing portfolios, Vera is a celebrated literary voice and media creator. She is the founder and host of Yeah's Talk Business (野说商业), a flagship business podcast that decodes market dynamics, dissects tech trends, and fosters candid dialogues with visionary founders and investors. As the author of four best-selling books, she seamlessly bridges the rigor of financial analytics with the nuance of human-centric storytelling.

A global mind and keen observer of industrial paradigms, Vera brings a holistic, forward-looking perspective to Artificial Intelligence, Embodied AI, and Global FinTech—empowering innovators to not only build physical and digital intelligence, but to shape the global narratives of tomorrow.

Vincent is currently the Global Head of Digital Money at HSBC Global Payments Solutions (GPS). In this role Vincent leads HSBC’s digital currencies and emerging payments development with clients, central banks and industry consortiums globally. Vincent is currently based in Hong Kong and is an appointed member of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) Policy Research Committee.  As part of his global remit, Vincent leads HSBC GPS’s efforts in developing HSBC’s DLT-payments, Tokenised Deposit Service, Stablecoins related services, and supporting central banks’ digital money explorations, including Project Agorá, Swift Digital Ledger, GBTD, Project mBridge, E-CNY Pilot, Project Ensemble, Project eHKD+, HKSAR Tokenised Green Bond project, Project Guardian (SG), and other CBDC consultations.

Vincent has over 20 years of transaction banking experience across HSBC, Citi, and ANZ, covering Cash Management, Supply Chain Finance, and Digital Currencies businesses globally.  Vincent holds a BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  He receives his Masters Degrees, in Information Economics, Management and Policy from University of Michigan School of Information, and E-Business Management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School.

Wayne Shiong is currently Co-founder and Managing Partner of Argo Venture Partners, a physical AI seed fund based in Silicon Valley. 

Wayne is a cross-border venture capitalist with 27 years of tech entrepreneurship, investment banking and early stage venture investing experience between China and US. During his tenure at China Growth Capital, Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Matrix Partners China, and WI Harper, he has helped create nearly $1 billion in aggregate equity value.

His recent standout investments include WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD), Seyond (HKEX: 7855), PlusDrive (NASDAQ: CCCX), Biren Technologies (HKEX: 6082), XREAL, Landspace, and DeePhi (acquired by NASDAQ: XLNX).

He was among the first-generation Wall Street analysts covering Chinese technology stocks and previously founded a Bluetooth technology startup. 

Wayne earned his economics degree from Peking University, with a strong academic interest in game theory and complexity science.

Shi Wei served in the military for 11 years before transitioning to civilian work and joining ZTE Corporation. He once participated in the development of a military application system for the Beidou-1 Project and the formulation of national standards for smart education in China. Currently General Manager of Baidu Intelligent Cloud for Hong Kong and Macao, he is primarily responsible for partnership development and project implementation for Baidu’s Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Center.

He focuses on the practical deployment of AI technologies to boost productivity within the primary and secondary industries, covering the full spectrum from AI algorithm research to integrated engineering architecture design and implementation. He holds the view that the future of artificial intelligence lies in the integration of algorithms and hardware. His work aims to customize and popularize dedicated intelligent devices tailored for industrial scenarios, especially manufacturing and agriculture. Ultimately, these solutions can replace human labor in repetitive, mechanical, inefficient and hazardous work environments.

Wei Zhou is the Founder of Cyber Creation Ventures (CCV) and former Founding Member and Managing Partner of KPCB China, where he led the firm’s China technology investment practice.

With over 30 years of entrepreneurial and venture investment experience, Wei is recognized as an early pioneer in China’s fintech sector and a long-term investor in transformative technology trends, including artificial intelligence, robotics, deep technology, and next-generation digital infrastructure.

His investments include JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), VenusTech (SZSE: 002439), CreditEase (NYSE: YRD), Rong360 (NYSE: JT), ChineseAll (SZSE: 300364), Arrail Dental (HKSE: 06639), Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF), Mininglamp Technology (HKSE: 2718), Beijing SYS Science & Technology (SZSE: 301372), Ximalaya FM (acquired by Tencent Music Entertainment), as well as leading private technology companies such as Linkerbot, Shukun Technology, Coowa, Quicktron, and PPIO.

Wei has been recognized by Forbes, Fortune, and Caijing Magazine as one of the leading venture capital investors among global Chinese. He also serves as Governor and Treasurer of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA).

Wei received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a long-term entrepreneurship mentor at Wharton, Tsinghua PBC School of Finance, and the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Wilton Kee is Chief Executive Officer of Manulife (International) Limited, overseeing the company’s business in Hong Kong and Macau. He is also a member of Manulife’s Asia Division Executive Committee and Global Leadership Team.

Mr. Kee joined Manulife in 2013 and has held senior leadership roles across pricing, product, health and finance in Hong Kong and Macau. He served as Chief Product Officer and Head of Health before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2022 and taking on the additional role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer in March 2026. As Chief Financial Officer, he led the Finance function and oversaw distribution compensation and business intelligence, championing performance management and accountability.

He brings extensive experience in actuarial pricing, financial reporting and risk management in Hong Kong and Japan, including earlier experience in the Asia regional office of a leading international insurance group.

Mr. Kee holds a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from the University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) in the United States and holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation and Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF).

Winnie has over 20 years of experience in various leadership roles across Sales Management, Wealth Products, Retail Products, Propositions, International, and Marketing. She is responsible for HSBC's wealth solutions and strategies across the retail and private banking segments in Hong Kong.

Prior to her current role, Winnie served as Head of Distribution Sales Management, driving sales performance, and as Head of International, Jade & Premier Propositions, where she focused on customer growth and portfolio deepening within high-net-worth segments.

Before joining HSBC, Winnie spent over 14 years at Citi in senior roles.

Winnie is the CEO & Executive Director of Asia Insurance Company Limited and Avo Insurance Company Limited.  Prior to Asia Insurance, she was the CEO of Aon Risk Solutions Hong Kong/Macau.

She is a recognized industry expert in insurance, insurtech and risk management, regularly speaking at numerous industry conferences and is very active in the financial services industry and community in terms of proposing recommendations to develop the financial services/insurance industry, re-brand the industry image, and develop young talent by serving on various government-appointed Advisory Boards such as the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation (HKECIC) and the Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the Executive Council and the Legislature, and Officials under the Political Appointment system of the HKSAR, industry-elected boards, university trustee and charity boards.

Awards:
•        Best Growth in HR Initiative Award 2025/2026 by Jobsdb
•        The Employer of Choice Award 2025 by JobMarket
•        Top 10 HKUST Alumni Leaders 2024 listed in CEO Insights Asia
•        Directors Of The Year Awards 2023 by The Hong Kong Institute of Directors
•        Winner of Asia’s Most Inspiring Executives of the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) 2022
•        Winner of Elite Women 2021 by Insurance Business Asia
•        Top 3 Finalist of Women of Influence (Leading Woman on Boards) 2021 by The American Chamber of Commerce in HK

Ms Wivinia Luk holds the position of Senior Manager of Policy Research at the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). She steers the Council’s research agenda, covering policy development across several key financial sectors. Her areas of focus include green and sustainability, FinTech, asset and wealth management, insurance, and connectivity with the Mainland and international markets.

Prior to joining the FSDC, Ms Luk worked in the field of corporate strategic planning and development, with a series of commercial roles in the banking and financial services sectors.Ms Luk graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics and a Master of Social Science in Global Political Economy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.