Mr John Lee was born in 1957. He joined the Hong Kong Police Force in 1977 as a Probationary Inspector of Police and was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Police in 2010. He served in a variety of posts in the Force, including Assistant Commissioner (Crime), Director of Crime and Security and Deputy Commissioner (Management). He holds a Master's degree of Public Policy and Administration from Charles Sturt University in Australia.
Mr Lee was appointed Under Secretary for Security in 2012 and Secretary for Security in 2017. During his service in the Security Bureau, he was responsible for the formulation of security policies covering law and order, immigration and customs control, fire and emergency rescue services, correctional services, government flying services and other areas. He also oversaw and coordinated the work of six disciplined services departments and two auxiliary forces under the Bureau.
Mr Lee was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration in 2021. Apart from assisting the Chief Executive in policy administration, Mr Lee was also responsible for supervising the work of nine policy bureaux, harmonising the work which straddled across different bureaux and departments, as well as promoting a good relationship between the Executive Authorities and the Legislature.
Mr Lee won the Chief Executive Election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 8 May 2022, and was appointed as the sixth-term Chief Executive by the Central People's Government on 20 May 2022. Mr Lee assumed office on 1 July 2022.
Mr Chan is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a former President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Before joining the Government, Mr Chan held a number of public service positions including member of the Legislative Council and Chairman of Legal Aid Services Council.
Mr Chan served as Secretary for Development from July 2012 to January 2017. He has been Financial Secretary since 2017.
Mr Hui has been Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury since 2020. He serves on the boards of Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Airport Authority and also as the Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.
He was an Administrative Officer in the Government from 1999 to 2003 and served in the Economic Development Branch, the Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing and the Home Affairs Department. After leaving the Government, Mr Hui spent 13 years at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, having been the Managing Director for Market Development and Head of Project Management and also in various senior roles in Listing and Market Development. He worked for a number of multi-national companies in the private sector as well. He was appointed the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council from 2019 to 2020.
Mr Hui previously held a number of public roles including Councillor of the City University of Hong Kong, Member of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority Process Review Panel, Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Review Committee and also Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Disciplinary Panel.
Mr Hui holds Bachelor and Master (Hon) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and Master of Business Administration Degree from INSEAD. He also attended the Stanford Executive Programme (SEP).
Mr Yau assumed the post of the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development on July 1, 2022. His portfolio covers policy areas from trade, commerce to telecommunications and broadcasting, and from promotion of intellectual property and consumer protection to boosting inward investment.
Before joining the Government, Mr Yau held key managerial positions in the aviation and logistics sector. He was Chief Executive Officer of Greater Bay Airlines, and prior to this, Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Dragon, Executive Director of Cathay Pacific Board, and Director Service Delivery of Cathay Pacific. Mr Yau managed different aspects of business operations throughout his career in the private sector, and also served on various advisory bodies of the Government.
Mr Yau holds a Bachelor of Business degree in Transport and Logistics from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University. He is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong.
Mr Eddie Yue was appointed Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) from 1 October 2019. He began his career as an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong Government in 1986. He joined the HKMA upon its establishment in 1993 and was promoted to Division Head a year later. He was appointed Executive Director in 2001 and subsequently Deputy Chief Executive in 2007 before taking up his current position.
Mr Yue has participated in numerous areas of the HKMA’s work. During his tenure as Deputy Chief Executive, he steered major policies and initiatives relating to reserves management, research, external affairs and market development. Mr Yue was also actively involved in tackling major financial crises and played an instrumental role in enhancing the Linked Exchange Rate System.
Mr Yue was educated at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Harvard Business School.
Ms Julia Leung has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) since 1 January 2023.
Ms Leung joined the SFC in March 2015 as Executive Director of the Investment Products Division. She became Executive Director of the Intermediaries Division in June 2016 and took on the additional capacity of Deputy CEO in March 2018.
In more than 25 years of public service, Ms Leung has extensive experience in financial regulation, market development and international cooperation. Prior to joining the SFC, Ms Leung was the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury from August 2008 to December 2013. Before that, she served at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for 14 years, spending the last eight years as the Executive Director responsible for financial cooperation with Mainland and other international regulators. Currently, she is the Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and a council member of the Treasury Markets Association.
Ms Leung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and earned a master's degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. In 2014, she authored a book on how Asia has surmounted various financial crises.
Mr Cheung has been serving in the role as Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Authority since 2018 after retiring from the civil service in 2017. Some major positions that he held include the Commissioner of Insurance (2006 to 2009), the Postmaster General (2009 to 2011), the Commissioner of Customs and Excise (2011 to 2015), and a political appointment as Secretary for the Civil Service (2015 to 2017).
At the global and regional levels, Mr Cheung is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors as well as the Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee from 2021 to 2025. He is also a member of the Asian Forum of Insurance Regulators and its Chairman from 2018 to 2023.
Mr Chan was appointed the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury on 16 August 2017.
Mr Chan has many years of senior executive experience in the banking industry. He was a Managing Director in the Global Markets Division of Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, and was a Managing Director in Financial Markets of Standard Chartered Bank.
Prior to joining the Government, Mr Chan held multiple roles in a number of public and professional bodies, including Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts, Director of Hong Kong Securities & Investment Institute, Advisor of the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society, as well as a General Committee member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Mr Chan was also a member of the Central & Western District Council.
Mr Chan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Hon) and Psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Ms. Cheong joined the Government in 2017 as Political Assistant to the Secretary for Innovation and Technology and was appointed as Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry in July, 2022.
Before joining the Government, Ms. Cheong served as Assistant to Executive Director and Joint General Manager at a listed company, and had experience in operation and management of real estate development, cross-boundary retail, technology investment, business development and restructuring, digital transformation, investor relations, etc. In addition to profound knowledge in the business sector, Ms. Cheong has extensive public service experience including serving as a co-opted member of the Community Building Committee of the Wan Chai District Council, adviser to a think tank, etc.
Miss Wong joined the Administrative Service in 1985. Throughout the service with the Government, Miss Wong had taken up a wide range of duties at different Bureaux and Departments, including the former City and New Territories Administration, the former Education and Manpower Branch, the Tsuen Wan District Office, the former Transport Branch, the former Housing Branch, the Wong Tai Sin District Office, the former Health and Welfare Branch (subsequently reorganised to become the former Health, Welfare and Food Bureau), the former Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau (subsequently reorganised to become the Development Bureau), and the former Food and Health Bureau. She was appointed as a Deputy Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in 2018 and subsequently as the Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology in August 2022.
Miss Wong possesses a broad spectrum of experience in various areas of public administration, including food and environmental hygiene, land development, home affairs and social welfare. During her tenure as the Under Secretary for the Environment, she helped support the formulation of policies on air quality, waste management, climate actions and conservation.
Ms Alpha Lau has been Director-General of Invest Hong Kong, the government department responsible for attracting and facilitating direct investment into Hong Kong, since November 2023.
She serves on the government’s Trade and Industry Advisory Board, International Business Committee, Expert Advisory Group on Legal and Dispute Resolution Services, Air Silk Road Task Force, Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board, Market Development Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, Task Force on Promoting and Branding Hong Kong, Mega Events Coordination Group, Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development, and on the Task Force on External Relations.
Prior to joining the government, Ms Lau held various senior roles in multinational and Chinese financial institutions, with experience in personal wealth and corporate coverage, risk management, fintech, transactional banking and M&A project management.
Ms Lau holds Bachelor and Master (Hon.) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Certificate in further education from Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Arthur Yuen is in charge of the full range of banking policy, supervision, conduct, and enforcement issues. He joined the HKMA in 1996 as Head of Administration and has since taken up different responsibilities including research and liaison on China economic and market development issues before being appointed Head of Banking Supervision in 2000. He took up the position as Executive Director (Banking Development) in July 2004, Executive Director (Banking Supervision) in June 2005 and Executive Director (External) in July 2008. He was appointed to his present position on 1 January 2010.
He has been playing an active role as member of the FSB Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation. He has also been a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision since March 2010, and a Co-Chair of the Committee’s Policy and Standards Group (“PSG”) since 2021. He also chaired the Committee’s Supervision and Implementation Group (“SIG”) from September 2018 to December 2020.
Mr Nelson Chow is responsible for developing and ensuring the stable operation of the financial market infrastructures in Hong Kong, as well as promoting the development of fintech. Since joining the HKMA in 2004, Nelson has worked in a number of functional areas, including banking development, banking supervision, banking conduct, the New York Office and the Fintech Facilitation Office. Nelson was appointed as Chief Fintech Officer in 2016 and served in the role for nearly seven years, promoting the healthy development of Hong Kong’s fintech ecosystem. Prior to taking up the current role in December 2024, Nelson was seconded to the Hong Kong FMI Services Limited as its Chief Executive Officer, maintaining the stability and operational efficiency of the financial market infrastructures under the purview of the HKMA.
Dr Eric Yip is a member of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). He is also an Executive Director heading the Intermediaries Division, which comprises the Intermediaries Supervision and Licensing departments. The Division is primarily responsible for administering licensing requirements and conducting ongoing supervision of licensed corporations with a focus on their business conduct and financial soundness.
Dr Yip is a seasoned financial professional having in-depth knowledge of the operation and regulation of the financial markets in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Prior to joining the SFC, he held senior roles in banking, asset management and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. He began his career as a Management Consultant at McKinsey and Company.
Dr Yip sits on the SFC’s Executive Committee.
Mr Enoch Fung is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance (AoF). In this capacity, he also serves as the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR), which is the research arm of the AoF.
Mr Fung joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in 2011, and has worked in various areas including financial stability surveillance, market development, and international financial cooperation initiatives. Mr Fung has been on secondment from the HKMA to the AoF to take up the CEO post since 2023. Prior to joining the HKMA, Mr Fung was a Senior Economist with Goldman Sachs (Asia), where he specialised in Asia-Pacific macroeconomic and investment research.
Ms Elizabeth Wong is a Director and Head of Fintech unit of the Intermediaries Division of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Her work involves the formulation of the Commission’s policy on fintech matters and leading and supervising the licensing application approval process for virtual asset trading platforms, robo-advisers, virtual asset fund managers and traditional securities and asset management firms. Prior to taking up this role, Ms Wong worked in the Investment Products Division and the Intermediaries Supervision Department and played a key role in Commission-wide policy initiatives including developing and enhancing Hong Kong as an international asset management centre and introducing guidelines for regulating the sale of investment products through online distribution and advisory platforms.
Ms Wong practised as a banking and finance lawyer in Hong Kong prior to joining the Commission.
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As the Global Head of Financial Services, Fintech & Sustainability at InvestHK, the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for attracting Foreign Direct Investment, Mr. Leung’s mission is to attract investment and boost job creation in the financial services, fintech, and sustainability sectors in Hong Kong. Moreover, Mr. Leung and his teams also help enrich the ecosystem and contribute to raising the long-term competitiveness and innovation of the related sectors in Hong Kong. Mr. Leung achieves this goal through collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders – policy bureaus, regulators, financial institutions, investors, fintech and sustainability companies, associations, etc. in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other major international financial, fintech, and sustainability hubs.
Prior to joining the government, Mr. Leung had a diverse private sector background as a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor, fintech lecturer where his first data-related startup was established through seed investment from Credit Suisse. His startup served numerous world-renowned financial institutions in wealth management, insurance, personal finance, etc. Prior to embarking on his entrepreneurial journey, King was a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton and KPMG Consulting in the US, as well as a venture capitalist at Innovate@, a technology fund jointly managed by Booz Allen & Hamilton and Lehman Brothers in the US.
King received his MBA in Finance and Strategy (honors) from the University of Chicago and BSc in Mechanical Engineering (honors) from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Mr. Michael Law is currently Senior Fintech Director at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, with responsibilities for facilitating the healthy development of the fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong. In this role, he collaborates closely with various stakeholders to advance research and development of central bank digital currencies, tokenisation, and other fintech initiatives.
Mr. Law joined the HKMA in 2009 and has worked in several key functional areas. From 2020 to 2023, he was seconded to the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C., where he served as Advisor to the Executive Director for China. Earlier in his career, Mr. Law worked in investment management and strategy consulting in New York and Shanghai.
Mr. Law holds degrees from Peking University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Harvard University.
Jayne is Head of Startups at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the government department responsible for attracting and retaining Foreign Direct Investment into Hong Kong. Her role at InvestHK is to attract innovative startups, investors and other stakeholders to Hong Kong, provide information and connections to support these companies setting up in the city, and help build the ecosystem to transform the city into a global hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Jayne graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc(Hons) in Zoology. Prior to joining InvestHK, Jayne was Executive Director at a global non-profit network focused on fostering entrepreneurship. She has also worked in marketing roles at various firms, managed product development for a number of startups at Hong Kong’s first tech startup incubator, provided digital strategy consulting for corporates at a consulting firm, and produced a number of interactive programmes at 4A’s & digital agencies.
With 17 years of rich working experience in equity investment, strategic consulting, capital operation and financial management, she has cross-industry and whole industry chain working experience and complex background from strategic investment to early stage investment, focusing on early stage technology investment for more than 10 years. Since its establishment in 2014, TusStarVC has managed a total of 18 funds with a management scale of 2 billion yuan. It has invested 300+ technology startups in total, with the second-round financing rate exceeding 70%. Investment in the new generation of information technology, new materials, new energy, life and health, high-end equipment, science and technology services and other fields of angel round project has grown into a leading enterprise in various industries at this stage. Managed 30+ FOF equity participation funds, covering 1000+ science and technology projects, and 40+ IPO.
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Bojan Obradovic is the Group Head of Innovation and Digital Partnerships at HSBC, based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for driving firm-wide innovation efforts using emerging technologies and accelerating partnerships with our strategic technology providers, universities, FinTechs as well as innovation and technology hubs, globally. He also leads the group-wide patent and technology research strategy.
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Mr Hui is Chief Customer Officer, Hong Kong, HSBC. In this role, he oversees the bank’s customer growth and experience in Hong Kong across all client segments, from retail to Private Bank. He also leads Data Analytics and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in Hong Kong, as well as the bank's international expansion and strategic partnerships, with a focus on enhancing connectivity within the Greater Bay Area and key international corridors.
Mr Hui serves as the Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau Hong Kong. He is a former Co-Chair of the Digital Banking & Payments Committee at the Fintech Association of Hong Kong.
Prior to joining HSBC, Mr Hui held global senior executive roles at Faraday Future, LeEco and Amazon based in the U.S. and Mainland China, where he led a wide range of functions including sales and marketing, user growth, digital channels, product development and customer experience. Earlier in his career, he worked for Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank across Hong Kong, China and the U.K. in the areas of innovation, digital banking and sales.
Camilla Bullock is an entrepreneur, connector, and recognised leader in the global payments industry.
As CEO and Co-Founder of the Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA), she has positioned the organisation as the voice of payments in the Asia-Pacific region and an advocate on the global stage. Since its founding in 2018, EPAA has become a trusted counterpart in international dialogue, contributing actively to FSB task forces and the G20 agenda to enhance payments, drive innovation, and improve cross-border interoperability.
Camilla’s career in financial technology began in London, where she spent 14 years in various roles at Reuters, now part of LSEG. Her work in the payments sector reflects a consistent focus on uniting industry leaders and accelerating innovation across the ecosystem.
Beyond her role at EPAA, she founded the “Meet-Her She Knows Payments” initiative, which champions female thought leadership in the payments industry and reinforces diversity as a driver of innovation. She also serves on the board of the Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce and mentors emerging talent, reflecting her commitment to shaping the next generation of payments leaders.
Deng Chao is CEO of HashKey Capital. HashKey Capital invests in the crypto and blockchain industry globally through dedicated funds with more than US$1 billion in client assets under management.
Under Deng Chao's leadership, HashKey Capital successfully received the Capital Markets Services (CMS) License issued by the MAS. The company also engages in CSR via the Mandai Zoo Asiatic lion adoption program and charitable donations (universities, Mendaki, etc.), the company was also recognized as a Singapore SME 500 company.
Previously, Deng Chao was Managing Director at DataYes and a core founding member of Wanxiang Blockchain Labs. Deng Chao started his career at Bosera Asset Management and has a Master's Degree from the University of Hong Kong. He most recently joined the Forbes Business Council in 2024.
Charles is Founder and Chairman of the Micro Connect Group and Chairman of the Micro Connect Macao Financial Assets Exchange (MCEX). He was most recently Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) from January 2010 to December 2020. During this time, he orchestrated some of the most significant strategic initiatives in HKEX's history, including the acquisition of the London Metal Exchange in 2012, the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect cross-border trading scheme in 2014, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in 2016, Bond Connect in 2017, and the Listing Reforms in 2018. Prior to joining HKEX in 2009, Charles served as Chairman of JP Morgan China from 2003 to 2009 and worked at Merrill Lynch from 1994 to 2003, where he served as President of Merrill Lynch China from 1999 to 2003.
Christina Ong is Managing Director, Head of Business Banking, Commercial Banking, Hong Kong, HSBC.
Ms Ong is responsible for driving the growth of HSBC’s business banking franchise in Hong Kong, spearheading the Bank’s strategy to support the banking and financial needs of SMEs and startups through its expertise, extensive network and continuous digital innovations.
With over 25 years of experience at HSBC, Ms Ong has held various key management roles spanning client coverage across SMEs, mid-market segment and large corporates, as well as senior positions in strategy and propositions, and marketing. In her previous role as Managing Director, Corporate, Commercial Banking in Hong Kong, Ms Ong had been instrumental in building HSBC’s industry specialty corporate coverage strategy, and in driving digital and sustainable initiatives for corporate clients.
Ms Ong is also an active promotor of diversity and inclusion culture in HSBC. She is the Founding Chairman of HSBC Women’s Network, an employee resources group that aims to support women’s professional growth.
Chuan is the Asia Pacific Head of Fintech Investment Banking at HSBC, based in Hong Kong. Chuan is responsible for serving the investment banking needs of fintech clients across the region including IPOs, Private Fundraises, M&As, and other strategic initiatives. Chuan began his investment banking career at J.P. Morgan FIG Investment Banking in New York in 2006, and having worked at Credit Suisse IBD and UBS IBD prior to joining HSBC.
Chuan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University.
Clara was the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") Head of Fintech Unit and Director of Licensing. She was the primary initiator, core architect, and author of Hong Kong's fintech and virtual asset (VA) regulatory framework and licensing requirements.
Clara left the SFC in 2021 and set up her consulting firm which serves major local and international clients in the financial industry. Her firm has a unique and experienced team of ex-SFC senior licensing managers, lawyers and professionals and specializes in licensing applications in Hong Kong with a focus on virtual asset businesses for securities brokers, crypto fund managers, exchanges, RWA, tokenized bonds and stablecoin issuers and distributors. Through all her work, Clara has a vision to enhance the VA regulatory requirements, bridge the gap among the financial industry, financial regulators and the government, and push for the robust digital assets market development in Hong Kong.
Clara is an appointed member of the SFC Fintech Advisory Group. She also sits on the HKSI Corporate Committee. Clara practised as a lawyer at international law firms before joining the SFC.
Clara holds a Bachelor of Laws (HKU), PCLL and Master of Laws (London).
Dr. Crystal Fok is the Head of Business Development at Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, where she leads initiatives to advance AI development. Her focus is on building a comprehensive AI ecosystem and enhancing infrastructure support to drive innovation in the field.
Previously, Dr. Fok was the Head of the Digital Service Hub at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). In this capacity, she directed various innovation and technology initiatives aimed at promoting technology adoption across industries and enabling cross-industry data collaboration.
Her career began at the Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), where she managed a diverse project portfolio, including market analysis, feasibility studies, product development, and technology commercialization. Additionally, as a Consultant at the Hong Kong Productivity Council, she led the optical design team and provided consultancy services focused on precision manufacturing.
Dr. Fok earned her PhD in Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Her research interests include artificial intelligence, robotic arm manipulation, micro-robotics, MEMS, and micro-optics.=
Dan Roberts is Managing Director, Strategic Change, Business Risk & Client Services, Commercial Banking Hong Kong at HSBC.
Dan is responsible for delivering technology change to improve client banking experience and leads the teams covering transformation, data & analytics, risk, and client servicing.
Previously he was Global Head of Business Banking at HSBC driving in particular the digitization agenda for this important growth segment. Prior to joining HSBC, Dan was Global Head of Transaction Banking at Barclays. He has wide experience in commercial banking across coverage, products, treasury and risk.
Dan has an MBA from the University of Chicago and an MA in Maths from the University of Oxford. He is now based in Hong Kong.
Daniel Chan is the Head of Greater Bay Area (“GBA”) for HSBC, responsible for HSBC’s Greater Bay Area strategic development as well as mainland China and Hong Kong connectivity.
Mr Chan joined HSBC in 1988, and has extensive experience working in retail and commercial banking, including roles in strategy and proposition development, learning and development, non-financial risk and control functions. Since 2007, Mr Chan has assumed a number of leadership positions of Commercial Banking in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has become Head of Business Banking for Hong Kong in 2015.
Mr Chan was appointed Head of GBA since Apr 2021, spearheading HSBC’s strategic development in GBA, a key focus of the Bank’s Asia growth strategy, capturing opportunities brought by GBA’s economic growth and policy enhancement measures. He is also responsible for deepening market connectivity and business collaboration across lines of business between mainland China and Hong Kong to deliver holistic cross-border client solutions. HSBC was named the Best International Bank for GBA in 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2021, as well as the Best International Bank for the GBA Wealth Management Connect in 2022 by Euromoney (previously Asiamoney) .
Mr Chan holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
I am the Head of Web3 for Banking Circle, a B2B Bank licensed in Luxembourg. We are the first bank to issue a MICA compliant stablecoin in EU. Our stablecoin (EURI) is used in major exchanges including Binance. We had also issued a tokenised deposit to Ant Group. Banking Circle processes more than €700bn worth of payments per year. Prior to Banking Circle, I was in DBS for 22 years where in the founding team of the DBS Digital Exchange.
Daren Guo is a Co-Founder at Reap, where he leads the company's vision and strategy to build stablecoin-enabled financial infrastructure for efficient global money movement. Under Daren's leadership, Reap was among the first fintech companies in Asia to develop stablecoin-enabled financial services, a strategic decision that has driven the company's impressive growth and global expansion.
As one of Stripe's early employees, Daren witnessed the company's rapid growth helping businesses process online payments. After relocating from Stripe's San Francisco headquarters to Singapore, he played a key role in establishing their APAC operations.
Recognizing the challenges businesses faced in managing financial connectivity and access, Daren identified a market opportunity to address these issues using stablecoin and blockchain technologies, leading him to found Reap with his childhood friend, Kevin Kang.
Based in Hong Kong, Daren is passionate about contributing to the startup and fintech communities, through advising and investing in local AI and e-commerce tech startups. He is a sought-after speaker in the fintech industry, having spoken at international conferences and interviewed by recognized media outlets including The Economist and Forbes Asia.
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David Katz is Vice President for Strategy and Policy, Asia Pacific, at Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL). He is a member of Circle’s global and APAC senior leadership teams. He drives strategic planning across regional markets and leads engagement with governments and stakeholders on policies related to Circle's products and services as well as the broader digital assets ecosystem.
Prior to joining Circle, David was Managing Director of Public Affairs at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), where he led corporate communications, government relations, sustainability, and citizenship initiatives across Asia Pacific. He was a member of KKR’s regional leadership team.
David previously held senior public affairs roles at Intuitive and at PayPal Inc. Earlier in his career, he held public policy roles at eBay Inc. and Visa Inc., where he was the first Head of Government Relations for Asia.
He also served as Chief of Party for a USAID program at the APEC Secretariat in Singapore, promoting policy development and capacity building. Earlier, David spent eight years in the Executive Office of the President as Senior Director at the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), managing trade policy for Southeast Asia, APEC, China, and Taiwan. A former U.S. diplomat, he held overseas assignments in Taiwan, Mongolia, and Singapore, and served as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell.
David Ng is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of AXA Hong Kong and Macau. He is responsible for leading AXA’s operations and information technology across Life and Health, Employee Benefit and Property & Casualty business units in Hong Kong and Macau. He also oversees the digital, data & AI, marketing, customer and strategy functions of the organisation.
Dave has extensive experience in the areas of strategy, business development and digital and data transformation in the insurance industry. He has held a number of senior positions in both major insurance companies and InsurTech companies across Asia Pacific.
Dave has 20 years of experience and started his career with Lincoln Financial Group in the United States. He later took up various senior positions at AIA Group where he spent 6 years, with his last role being Regional Director of Digital Strategy. Prior to joining AXA Hong Kong and Macau in December 2018, Dave co-founded an InsurTech venture with the objective of helping insurance companies develop products that dynamically reflect premiums based on lifestyle behaviours.
Dave holds a Bachelor degree from Northwestern University in the United States.
Dennis Lun is the Co-founder and CEO of 10Life, a digital insurance ecosystem combining technology with compassion to drive fair products, fair sales, and fair claims, with a mission to bring fair insurance to life. Dennis is a frequent speaker in local and online media and industry events, advocating for fair insurance through big data and technology. He strives to create the next generation insurance experience for consumers while enhancing profitability for insurers.
Graduated from the Wharton School of Business (MBA), Dennis possesses 20+ years of investment banking, strategy and insurance experience. He has worked in the US, Greater China, India and SE Asia leading teams of over 200 people.
Dewey, a former lawyer, has over 40 years professional experience in aerospace finance, government advisory. He has served at CEO level positions at investment banking, aviation finance & aircraft leasing firms. He is currently on the faculty at HK PolyU.
Douglas Arner works at the intersection of finance, technology, regulation and sustainable development. He is the Kerry Holdings Professor in Law and RGC Senior Research Fellow in Digital Finance & Sustainable Development at the University of Hong Kong and the Associate Director - Research Programmes of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance of Cambridge University Judge Business School. Douglas has published widely and has worked with dozens of countries and international organisations around the world on issues relating to financial sector development strategy. His most recent book is FinTech: Finance, Technology and Regulation (with Ross Buckley and Dirk Zetzsche), published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.
Nan Shi is the Lead AI Engineer & Client Engineering Manager from IBM Hong Kong. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Northwestern University and is recognized as an Open Group Master Certified Data Scientist. Nan has dedicated himself to research and projects across various fields of artificial intelligence, including Generative AI, computer vision, natural language processing, quantum computing, machine learning, and deep learning.
Joining IBM in 2021 as a data scientist, Nan quickly demonstrated his expertise in AI. He has spearheaded numerous Data and AI modernisation initiatives for leading enterprises in various sectors, including finance, automotive, retail, and healthcare. Since 2023, he has concentrated on the adoption of generative AI, ensuring trustworthiness through AI governance, and developing standardised processes for the LLM lifecycle.
Dr. Thomas Zhu is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of AlloyX Group, a leading stablecoin aggregated payments and RWA tokenization technology platform in Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in FinTech from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and serves as President of the APAC Blockchain Policy Lab. He is an Independent Non-executive Director of the HK-listed company China New Economy Fund Ltd (0080.HK), and also sits on its audit committee, remuneration committee, and nomination committee. Previously, Dr. Zhu was the head of digital assets and family office business at China Asset Management and an executive director in the securities division at Goldman Sachs. During his tenure in New York, Boston, and Hong Kong, he executed over 100 corporate IPO and secondary market financing projects.
In 2025, he successfully launched Asia's first SFC-approved compliant RWA product – a retail tokenized money market fund. In 2024, he led the issuance of Asia's largest Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETF. His team has participated in all the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Central Bank digital currency and stablecoin sandbox initiatives. In 2023, Dr. Zhu founded the Asia RWA Work Group and was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Cyberport Entrepreneurship Committee Advisory Group and a consultant for the Web3 Incubation Fund. He has long been providing policy recommendations on digital assets, RWA, and stablecoins to regulatory authorities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. He authored the world's first Chinese-language book on RWA, 《RWA与通证化》published under the Chinese Ministry of Finance. The English version was published by Springer, the world's largest book publishing group.
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Elizabeth Cheung started her career as a journalist in 2012 and joined the South China Morning Post in 2014, specialising in Hong Kong's healthcare news. Throughout the years, she has been writing about the city's healthcare policies, scientific research and human stories.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, she was one of the journalists leading the coverage, breaking news of the latest epidemic measures.
Elizabeth graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication in Chinese University of Hong Kong, and had a Master's degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.
Elliott is an award-winning TV news correspondent, master of ceremonies/moderator, and media & public speaking trainer. A regular on CNN, he received an Emmy for being part of the network’s breaking news coverage in the Middle East. Prior to reporting for CNN, Elliott was Bloomberg Television’s Middle East Editor, and before that, the network’s Europe Business Editor. He led coverage of the biggest stories, including the global financial crisis, economic meltdowns in Ireland and Greece, and elections in the UK, Turkey and the Netherlands. In 2008 he was shortlisted for a Business Journalist of the Year award. From 2003 till 2005, Elliott was the BBC’s South America Correspondent, and before that, the broadcaster’s man in Lima, where he also reported for ABC News, CBS and a number of major newspapers and magazines. During his 25-year career in broadcasting, Elliott has also interviewed prime ministers and presidents, including Hugo Chavez, Mark Rutte and David Cameron; fintech founders, like Revolut’s Nik Storonsky and Klarna’s Sebastian Siemiatkowski; and Nobel Laureates, such as Mario Vargas Llosa. As an in-demand speaker, Elliott has hosted and moderated at scores of conferences around the world, on subjects ranging from global trade and geopolitics to fintech and artificial intelligence. He lives in London with his two children and his one-eyed dog, Molly.
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Ethan is a financial services executive with 15 years’ experience across traditional finance and digital assets. He has led initiatives in trading infrastructure, institutional partnerships, and regulatory engagement, working with regulators in HK, SG, the US, UAE, and BVI. As CEO of LTP’s Hong Kong office, he drives APAC expansion and policy dialogue, positioning LTP as a globally regulated leader in institutional digital assets.
Nikkei-backed leading media company for insights into Asia's private markets.
Eudora Wang serves as Deputy Editor for the Greater China region at DealStreetAsia, with a focus on reporting the PE-VC and startup ecosystem.
Eudora previously served as the Chief Reporter at Hong Kong-based online media outlet China Money Network, where she focused on technology innovations, smart investments, and special situations in Greater China. Prior to China Money Network, Wang worked with Bloomberg Businessweek (Beijing) and Hunan TV Station in mainland China.
She has a Master’s degree in International Journalism Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University and a Bachelor’s degree in Radio & Television from Xi’an International Studies University, China.
Mr Evan Auyang is the Group President of Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based multinational blockchain technology and investment company focused on developing the digital property rights ecosystem, including play-to-earn games, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain marketplaces, infrastructure and more.
Mr Auyang is also the Chairman of the Board of Civic Exchange, a non-partisan public policy think tank. He serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on two boards: Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd. and Asia Financial Holdings Limited. He is an Advisor for Our Hong Kong Foundation, and serves on the Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Subcommittee on Ecosystem and Infrastructure of the Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development, the Development Fund Committee of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, the Advisory Council for Institute at Brown for Environment and Society for Brown University, as well as the Board of Advisors of Hong Kong 2050 is Now. In addition, Mr Auyang is a lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy of Politics and Public Policy.
Prior to joining Animoca Brands, Mr Auyang was the Managing Director and Head of GLG International (Gerson Lehrman Group), a technology-enabled expert insight platform where he ran and grew its business spanning Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific across 15 locations. Before GLG, Mr Auyang was the Deputy Managing Director of the Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. (“KMB”) and a board director of Transport International Holdings Limited, the parent company of KMB. Prior to joining Transport International and KMB, Mr Auyang was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company. Before that, Mr Auyang worked at Citigroup’s Derivatives Structuring and Marketing unit.
He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science from Brown University and his MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management.
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