2026 Speakers

Ashley Alder became Chair of the FCA Board in February 2023.

Ashley was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong, a role he has held since 2011.

He also chaired the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

Ashley began his career as a lawyer in London in 1984 and practised in Hong Kong for more than 20 years. He was Executive Director of the SFC's Corporate Finance Division from 2001 to 2004, before returning to private practice at Herbert Smith LLP, a law firm, as Head of Asia.

Ashley also holds the position of PSR Chair, effective 26 January 2026.

Skills and experience: Georges has almost 30 years of experience in the banking industry across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and has held a number of executive roles at a regional, global business and functional level.

Career: Georges was appointed Group CEO from 2 September 2024. He most recently served as Group CFO between January 2023 and September 2024. Georges joined HSBC in 2005 with extensive trading experience in London, Paris and Tokyo. He has since held a number of senior leadership roles, including Head of Global Banking and Markets, Middle East and North Africa; Chief Executive Officer for HSBC, Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye; Global Head of Markets; and co-Chief Executive Officer, Global Banking and Markets based in London. He was named Euromoney’s Banker of the Year in 2026.

He holds a degree in Engineering from the École Polytechnique in Paris, France, as well as a postgraduate degree in Statistics and Economics from the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE).

External appointments:
– Member of Monetary Authority of Singapore, International Advisory Panel
– Member of the Asia Business Council
– Member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council (Beijing IBLAC)
– Member of the UK-India CEO Forum
– Member of the Semafor World Economy Global Advisory Board
– Member of the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
– Member of the World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab
– Member of Advisory Board of The China Children Development Fund
– Principal Member of The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
– Member of Financial Services Task Force of the SMI

Bill Winters was appointed to the Board of Standard Chartered PLC as Group Chief Executive on 10 June 2015.

Bill has had a distinguished career in banking, having spent 26 years with JP Morgan in diverse leadership roles, becoming co-Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Bank in 2004 until he stepped down in 2009. Bill was the only career banker to be invited to be a committee member of the Independent Commission on Banking, established by the UK government. Subsequently, he served as advisor to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards and was awarded a CBE for his services to the UK economy and financial services.

In 2023, Bill was appointed UK chair of the India-UK Financial Partnership formed between the Ministry of Finance of India and HM Treasury.

Bill is an Independent Director on the Board of Stripe Inc, Board Advisor of the International Rescue Committee and Chair of The Coronet Theatre Board of Trustees

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of Bank of China since January 2025 and President of the Bank since December 2024, Chief Compliance Officer of the Bank since February 2026, and Deputy Secretary of the CPC BOC Committee since November 2024, concurrently as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited since February 2025,

Mr. ZHANG served as Executive Vice President of China Development Bank from February 2021 to November 2024. Prior to that, Mr. ZHANG had worked in Bank of Communications for many years, and he served as Chief Risk Officer from July to November 2020. Mr. ZHANG served as General Manager of the Risk Management Department and Director of the Internal Control and Crime Prevention Office from February 2019 to November 2020, General Manager of the Risk Management (Asset Preservation) Department from February 2017 to February 2019. Before that, he held a number of other positions at Bank of Communications, including President of Guizhou Branch.

Jenny Johnson is Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton. In a career spanning more than 35 years, she has been a driving force behind the company’s transformation into one of the largest global investment managers with $1.7 trillion in assets under management.

Ms. Johnson held leadership roles in all major divisions of the business before becoming CEO in 2020. She has led the evolution of the business in recent years, further diversifying the company’s investment capabilities and solutions for clients. Ms. Johnson was named to Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women” list in 2026, recognizing the world’s most influential business leaders. She has also been named to Forbes’ “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list and Barron’s list of the “100 Most Influential Women in US Finance.” The Committee for Economic Development honored Ms. Johnson with a 2024 Distinguished Leadership Award. In 2026, she was named a CNBC Changemaker. A sought-after speaker at industry conferences and global forums, Ms. Johnson frequently shares her perspective on leadership, the evolving investment landscape, technology, innovation and digital assets.

Ms. Johnson serves on the board of directors of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Investment Company Institute and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Foundation. She is a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Advisory Board on AI in Finance for Luxembourg and the Advisory Group to the Asian Development Bank, and serves on the NYSE Board Advisory Council.

Ms. Johnson earned her B.A. in economics from the University of California at Davis.

Denis Beau has been Deputy Governor of the Banque de France since August 2017 and First Deputy Governor since January 2024. In this capacity, he represents the Governor as Chair of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and has chaired the Observatory for the Security of Payment Means since January 2024. He is also a member of the Board of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and of the ECB Supervisory Board, and has chaired the ECB Budget Committee since 2023. At the international level, he co-chairs several groups dedicated to payments, market infrastructures and financial stability. In particular, he has co-chaired the Working Group on Modernisation (WGM) of the Financial Stability Board since March 2026.

His responsibilities cover in particular microprudential supervision, payments and market infrastructures, innovation, currency activities, the Banque de France branch network, and internal management.

As graduate of Sciences Po Paris and INSEAD, Denis Beau joined the Banque de France in 1986. He has since held numerous senior positions in financial markets, payments and financial stability, including Director General of Financial Stability and Operations from 2012 to 2017.

Maggie Ng is the Chief Executive Officer for Hong Kong at HSBC, while also serving as the Head of Retail Banking and Wealth (RB&W) in Hong Kong. In her dual role, Maggie oversees HSBC’s Hong Kong franchise, and leads the strategic growth of the Bank’s flagship RB&W business.

Maggie has a proven track record of delivering growth, particularly in wealth management, improving customer advocacy; driving digital transformation and effectively managing risks – all underpinned by a people-focused culture.

She joined HSBC in 2020 from IG Group, a leading online trading provider, where she was the Greater China CEO. Prior to that, Maggie co-founded a fintech wealth management and asset management company – Assured Asset Management – which was recognised in 2019 as the “Best New Wealth Management Platform” by AsiaAsset Management magazine and “Editors’ Triple Star” by the Asset magazine.

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Maggie is a seasoned banking professional, having held a number of senior local and regional positions at Citibank in both business and risk management. In her earlier career, Maggie worked for leading professional services firm Ernst & Young (Australia) and global resources company BHP Billiton.

She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Business Information Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from California State University, Hayward.

Fred is Primavera Capital Group’s Founder, Chairman and CEO. He oversees the firm’s overall strategy, talent development and culture, and assumes the primary responsibilities in establishing and maintaining the firm’s long-term partnerships with global investors. Fred initiated and led investment transactions such as Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Yum China, ByteDance, Xpeng Inc., Kuaishou Technology, SenseTime, and Mead Johnson Greater China.

Prior to forming Primavera, Fred was Partner and Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs and a member of Goldman’s Partnership Committee. He previously served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He also served on the Hong Kong Government’s Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and was an independent director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and ICBC.

Fred is currently the non-executive chairman of Yum China Holdings Inc. and serves on the boards of UBS Group AG and Chubb Limited. In addition, he is a member of the The Nature Conservancy’s global Board of Directors and the co-chair of its Asia Pacific Council, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and the China Medical Board, a member of the HKEX Mainland China Advisory Group, the Global Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia University, Harvard Kennedy School’s Dean’s Leadership Council and Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council.

Fred holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University and a Master and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

Aveline San was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Citi Hong Kong in 2022. She became Hong Kong CEO and Head of Banking in 2023. Aveline also serves as Board Director and Chairman of Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.

Aveline began her career as a banking and capital markets lawyer after qualifying as a solicitor and barrister in Australia in 1997. She joined Citi in April 2019 as Regional Chief Compliance Officer for Asia Pacific (APAC). Prior to Citi, she spent 14 years with UBS in various senior management positions, including APAC Group Regional Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control, General Counsel of Wealth Management for North Asia, and Supervisor of the Board of UBS’ China banking entity.

Aveline is passionate about promoting industry collaboration on innovation. She currently serves on the board of FinTech Association of Hong Kong. Aveline was conferred as an Honorary Certified Banker by the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers in 2024.

Mr. Lin oversees Tencent’s overall fintech business, including payment, wealth management, securities and other fintech services. Previously he was the Managing Partner at Tencent Investment, where he was responsible for Tencent’s equity investment in various areas, such as e-commerce, Internet Finance, Online to Offline and digital contents etc. Notable deals including JD.com, China Literature, Tencent Music, Meituan, PDD, Bilibili etc. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Lin held various senior positions in finance, strategy, and operating management at Microsoft and Nokia.

Forest Lin holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Engineering from Zhejiang University.

Mr. Gan Tian has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) since September 2020, with 20 years of investment management experience. Joining ChinaAMC (HK) since its establishment in 2008, he had previously served as the Managing Director and the portfolio manager, overseeing the firm's longest-running equity absolute return strategy.

Established in 2008, China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited ("ChinaAMC (HK)") is a leading Chinese asset manager in Hong Kong, with expertise in a variety of asset classes, covering equities, fixed income, ETF, L&I products, digital assets, as well as mandates and investment advisory services. ChinaAMC (HK) adopts a global outlook to build a versatile platform catering to institutional and retail investors in the region and worldwide. Committed to innovation and growth in the financial sector, ChinaAMC (HK) is actively leading developments in the Web3 space, strategically positioning itself in decentralized finance to explore frontier investment opportunities.

Zhu graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University and worked for Lenovo Group for 10 years before joining Baidu in December 2008.

At Baidu, Zhu successively served as Senior Director of Public Relations, Vice President and Senior Vice President, responsible for government affairs, Baidu News and other initiatives.

Zhu led Baidu’s Financial Service Group (FSG) established in December 2015. His team swiftly established a business structure covering multiple areas including consumer credit, wealth management, payments, and internet insurance. The FSG reduced financing costs for customers, particularly owners of small and micro enterprises. On April 28, 2018, Baidu announced an agreement on the divestiture of the FSG with investors led by TPG and The Carlyle Group, which involved $1.9 billion in financing and resulted in the new brand “Du Xiaoman Financial” with Zhu as CEO.

Under his leadership, the fintech company driven by AI innovation covers six segments: consumer credit, wealth management, payment, insurance, fintech for personal finance, and fintech for supply chain finance. His team has adhered to the principle of "partners win first, long-term win-win", empowering traditional financial institutions with intelligent solutions while building a strong fintech partner ecosystem.

Du Xiaoman Technology, committed to inclusive finance, has continuously improved its AI prowess, enabling financial institutions to expand access to reliable services for more people. The company has also open-sourced Xuanyuan, the first Large Chinese Financial Chat Model with hundreds of billions of parameters, to offer customers more personalized and higher-quality services.

Additionally, Zhu was elected as Deputy Director of the China Internet Finance Association at the third session of the association’s first council held on March 17, 2018.

Albert Liu, Kneron’s founder and CEO. After graduating from the Taiwan National Cheng Kung University, he got the scholarships from Raytheon and the University of California to join the UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD research programs, and then got his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Before establishing Kneron in San Diego in 2015, He has worked in R&D and management positions in Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics R&D centre, MStar and Wireless Information.

Albert has been invited to give lectures of computer vision technology and artificial intelligence at the University of California, as well as to be a technical reviewer for many internationally renowned academic journals. In addition, Albert owned more than 30 international patents in the areas of artificial intelligence, computer vision and image processing. He has published more than 70 papers in major international journals. In 2020, published Deep Learning – Hardware design. In 2021, published Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 4th Industrial Revolution.

Moreover, Albert has received numerous awards such as 2021 IEEE TCAS Darlington award, 2022 Pan Wen-Yuan Foundation IoT Innovation Award, 2022 IEEE CTSoc Awards Corporate Innovation Leadership Award.

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

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

Annabelle Yu Long is an experienced venture capitalist and board member with a strong background in digital innovation, and business operations in Asia/Pacific. She currently serves as Founding and Managing Partner of BAI Capital, a venture capital firm focused on businesses operating in Asia and beyond with investments across AI, fintech, consumer retail, media and content innovation. Additionally, Ms. Long is a member of the Group Management Committee of Bertelsmann, where she contributes to global corporate strategy and development, and where she has led Bertelsmann’s China growth strategy and its transformation into a well-regarded global investment powerhouse.

Ms. Long serves as an independent director on the boards of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL), Tapestry, Inc. (NYSE: TPR, whose portfolio includes Coach and Kate Spade), and NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO). In addition, she serves as an independent nonexecutive director on the board of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

Ms. Long holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and, as a distinguished alumna, served on the School’s Advisory Council as its first Chinese member. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2011 and has been actively involved in WEF activities. She has been featured in the Forbes Midas List and Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen list, among others.

Manoj Bohra is executive vice president and chief data and AI officer at State Street, leading the firm's global strategy for enterprise data, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced analytics. In this role, he is responsible for building the data and AI platforms that power innovation, strengthen risk and operational intelligence, and enable scalable AI adoption across the organization and its client solutions.

Manoj is recognized for building enterprise-scale data and AI platforms that enable global financial institutions to operationalize AI in complex, highly regulated environments.

He brings more than two decades of experience leading enterprise technology, data, and AI transformation initiatives across global financial services organizations. His work has focused on modernizing large-scale data platforms, operationalizing machine learning through enterprise machine learning operations (MLOps) frameworks and enabling organizations to translate advanced analytics into measurable business outcomes.

Prior to joining State Street, Manoj served as managing director at Google Cloud, where he advised C-suite leaders across major financial institutions on large-scale data modernization and AI transformation initiatives. His work included helping organizations design cloud-native data platforms, operationalize machine learning and generative AI capabilities, and deploy large language models (LLMs) and emerging agentic AI architectures to support use cases across risk management, regulatory compliance, client intelligence, and operational automation. He also worked with institutions to establish governance frameworks for responsible AI adoption.

Earlier, Manoj spent over two decades at Bank of America in several senior leadership roles including senior vice president and managing director. In these roles he led global teams responsible for enterprise data platforms, AI/ML infrastructure, and cloud transformation initiatives supporting hundreds of thousands of users across the bank’s global operations. During his tenure he helped architect and scale one of the largest AI and data science platforms and built foundational enterprise data infrastructure enabling advanced analytics at scale.

Manoj holds several U.S. patents related to data security, distributed data architectures, and scalable data processing.

He frequently speaks on enterprise AI strategy, generative AI adoption, responsible AI governance, and modern data platforms within the financial services industry.

Manoj holds a Master of Science in technology management from Columbia University, a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Mumbai, and a Bachelor of Science from Jodhpur University.

Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli became Head of the BIS Innovation Hub on 1 March 2026. As Head of the Innovation Hub, he is a member of the Bank's Executive Committee. Prior to joining the BIS, Mr Mancini-Griffoli was an Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this role he was responsible for payments, currencies and financial market infrastructures including digital money and finance. In former roles, he led work on monetary policy and central banking operations. Prior to joining the IMF, Mr Mancini-Griffoli was a senior economist in the Research and Monetary Policy Division of the Swiss National Bank, where he advised the Board on quarterly monetary policy decisions. Earlier in his career, he worked in the private sector at Goldman Sachs, the Boston Consulting Group and technology startups in Silicon Valley. Mr Mancini-Griffoli holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, as well as degrees from the London School of Economics and Stanford University.

Abby is the Chief Compliance Officer of Elebank, a forward-thinking digital bank driving customer-centric innovation through the extensive use of AI in risk models, systems, and user journeys.

With over 30 years of regulatory and banking experience, Abby spent more than a decade at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) before holding senior compliance leadership roles across major commercial and retail banking groups. Her expertise spans Financial Crime Compliance (FCC), wealth compliance, and general regulatory frameworks.

Actively engaged in industry development, Abby has contributed to various Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) committees, including AML and the Code of Banking Practice, and was among the pioneering first batch of public-private partnerships uniting banks with the Hong Kong Police Force’s Anti-Deception Coordination Centre (ADCC) to combat fraud.

Dr. Abdel Mahmoud is the founder and CEO of Anterior, the clinical AI company serving leading US health plans, covering more than 50 million lives. Anterior has raised over $64 million from Sequoia Capital, NEA, founder of Google DeepMind, now with teams across New York and London.

His career spans product leadership at Google, where his work helped bring more than 1.6 million Indian merchants onto Google Business Profiles, incubating new technology at Meta, and healthcare M&A and strategy at BCG. Dr. Mahmoud is dual trained, holding both an MD and a computer science degree from UCL. Prior to that, he was commissioned from the RMA Sandhurst at 19, becoming the UK's youngest infantry officer at the time.

Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, his work has been covered by the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Axios. He has written for Fast Company and spoken at AHIP, the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, and Web Summit amongst others.

With over 15 years of experience in legal and investigative fields, Afia has honed her skills in criminal investigations, stakeholder engagement, and writing, positioning herself as a trusted authority in the industry.

She has worked on extremely high-profile and landmark cases in the criminal defense domain, showcasing her ability to navigate complex challenges. Afia proudly holds multiple certifications from esteemed institutions and is currently pursuing her PhD in Counter-terrorism and Deradicalization, reflecting complete commitment to ongoing education and professional growth.

Agnes K Y Tai, PhD, CCB.D, SCR®, FRM, CFA Sustainable Investing, Responsible AI, CAIA, MBA, FHKIoD

Prof Tai is a board director at Great Glory Investment Corporation, a globally recognized expert in sustainable and responsible investing, governance, risk, and strategy with 46 years of experience in financial markets and 15 years of board training worldwide.

She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance, a Trustee of Chapter Zero Alliance (overseeing 35 chapters in 70+ countries), a Supervisory Board member of Global Reporting Initiative, a Council member and Training Committee Vice Chair of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, an Adjunct Professor of the University of Hong Kong, a Global Association of Risk Professionals Hong Kong Committee member, a VTLP Impact Circle Advisory Board member, and a frequent speaker, author and judge.

She has a PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with dissertation titled “Do carbon risks matter for Hong Kong equity prices?”, an MBA from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business, a BSc (Honors) from Roosevelt University in USA and is a graduate of the Stanford University Senior Executive Leadership Program and the 2011 Stanford Directors’ College.

Mr Carstens served as General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) from 2017 to 2025. Prior to that, he was Governor of the Bank of Mexico from 2010 to 2017. During his time as Governor, he was a Member of the BIS Board from 2011 to 2017 and chaired the Global Economy Meeting and the Economic Consultative Committee from 2013 to 2017. He also chaired the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy advisory committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), from 2015 to 2017.

Earlier in his career, he served as Mexico's Finance Minister from 2006 to 2009, and as Deputy Managing Director at the IMF from 2003 to 2006. From 2000 to 2003, he was Mexico's Deputy Finance Minister, and from 1999 to 2000, he held the position of Executive Director at the IMF.

Mr Carstens began his career in 1980 at the Bank of Mexico. He is a member of the Group of Thirty (G30).

Ajay Mathur is Managing Director and Head of Consumer Banking Group and Wealth Management of DBS Hong Kong.

He joined the bank in December 2017. Ajay is responsible for leading DBS HK’s consumer banking and wealth management business. He has more than 25 years of extensive retail and wealth exposure in Indonesia, Singapore and India.

Ajay holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Mumbai in India.

Alan Chan is a veteran business executive and visionary strategist, currently serving as the Managing Partner of Full Vision Capital. Revered for his investment acumen and his commitment to impactful initiatives, Alan is Founding Investor in a diverse portfolio of green-economy ventures, including EcoCeres, EnerVenue, StarFive and Towngas Lifestyle. Additionally, Alan serves as the Co-Chairman of EcoCeres.

Upholding the ethos of “Doing well by doing good”, he actively seeks and incubates innovative solutions and technologies at the forefront of the green energy sector. His relentless passion for sustainability and innovation drives transformative changes and foster progress towards a greener future.

Alan is a consulting partner based in HK with a focus on advanced analytics, digital transformation and emerging technology (Blockchain/DLT, Data and AI) in financial services industry. Alan has over 16 years of experience supporting Banks and Insurance Companies on emerging technology assessment, digital transformation, system architecture design, and has led over 10 full SDLC of large scale Enterprise Application, Analytics and Blockchain Solution implementation.

Alan Lau works at the intersection of technology, finance, and culture. His deep experience spans the two technologies reshaping our world: AI and tokenisation.

He builds and scales technology businesses. As Executive Chairman of Growhill Wealth, he leads an AI-native wealth platform that uses agentic AI to empower independent financial advisers serving high-net-worth investors across Asia. Earlier, as founder-CEO of Tencent WeSure, he built one of the world's first AI-native regulated insurance carriers serving 100 million customers, with machine learning designed into underwriting, distribution, claims, and service. More recently, at Animoca Brands, he led the build-out of tokenisation infrastructure that brings real-world and virtual assets on-chain.

Before Animoca, he spent nearly two decades at McKinsey. He led McKinsey Digital across Asia-Pacific, running large-scale transformation programmes in big data, e-commerce, and digital user experience design for the region's biggest companies.

He is an independent director of Tapestry (NYSE: TPR), the $30bn S&P500 owner of Coach and Kate Spade. Earlier, he served on the Digital Advisory Board at Burberry (LSE: BRBY). These roles, alongside his operating work, have given him an unusually close understanding of Gen Z consumers, the cohort that will define the next decade of consumption and customer experience across multiple sectors.

Dr. Albert S. Hu is Chief Executive Officer of CiDi, a global leader in autonomous driving for commercial vehicles. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and is an expert in autonomous‑driving solutions and systems engineering. Since joining the company in 2018, he has helped build its full‑stack technology, which powers some of the world’s largest fleets of driverless mining trucks. In 2025, CiDi became the first company focused on self-driving trucks to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the first public listing globally for driverless mining‑haulage technology.

A champion of applying AI to transform heavy industry, Dr. Hu has guided CiDi’s global expansion while pursuing a focused, R&D‑driven business model. He is a frequent media contributor, sharing insights on the commercialization of autonomous driving across mining, logistics, and intelligent transportation, and hopes to push industrial transport toward a safer, more efficient, and more sustainable future.

Albert is a Managing Director at Eurazeo within the Venture team, based in Singapore. He is leading a growth stage fund looking at insurtech and fintech opportunities across Asia. He has experience both operating and investing into tech companies in Asia, particularly Southeast Asia, over 16 years, including the past 12 years as a VC. He also previously spent 5 years in management consulting.

He completed his MBA at the University of California, Berkeley and did his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Alfian is a senior technology and operations professional with experience in implementing large group-wide programs and projects and for defining technology and operations road maps and strategies for financial organisations.  

Experienced in building high performing teams of technologists and operations professionals who operate well in high pressure situations delivering the operational backbone of the bank. 

Experienced in leading large operations and technology teams to deliver end to end, highly scalable technology and operations digital platforms in the area of financial services.  

Alfian is also actively involved in charity activities and regularly participates in activities with charity organisations helping various initiatives around Asia. 

Alfian is currently based in Hong Kong since 2019. Prior to Hong Kong, Alfian spent 3 years in Mumbai and 16 years in Singapore with DBS.

Mr. Alger Fung is Chief Executive Officer for AIA Hong Kong & Macau since 2021. Alger is passionate about driving leading customer experience and has led AIA Hong Kong to be recognised as the No.1 insurer of choice in Hong Kong**, and has achieved the highest number of No.1 market positions in the 2025 Provisional Statistics on Hong Kong Long Term Business¹, whilst AIA Hong Kong & Macau delivered exceptional business performance with growth on multiple fronts, making it the largest contributor to AIA Group’s Value of New Business (VONB) in 2025².

Prior to this role, Alger was Chief Executive Officer of AIA Thailand. He led the AIA Thailand team to significantly expand its protection propositions and strengthen its unit-linked business, while continuing to raise the productivity of the agency force. The partnership with Bangkok Bank was also strengthened with sustained new business growth and increased productivity of the banca sales force.

Before leading the AIA Thailand business, Alger was the General Manager of Guangdong Branch, AIA China, where he transformed the agency business into a full-time, professional agency model that delivered significant VONB growth, contributing towards AIA China’s overall outstanding track record of success.

Alger brings with him a wealth of experience with over 30 years in the life insurance industry. Throughout his career, he has served in a wide range of leadership roles with an exceptional track record of success. He is a Governing Committee Member of The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers from 2022.

¹ Provisional statistics of the Insurance Authority on Hong Kong long-term insurance business from January to December 2025. The policies refer to Direct New Business and Direct Inforce Business of Individual Life, Annuity and Linked Individual (Classes A & C) and Other Individual Business (Classes B, D, E&F). "Agency channel" refers to "Agents" as classified by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority under Distribution Channel. “Brokerage channel” refers to “Brokers” as classified by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority under Distribution Channel.

² Source: AIA Group Limited 2025 Annual Results’ “Results highlights” and “Announcement”.

Aliya Grig is a founder and keynote speaker working across financial infrastructure, advanced technology, and industrial systems. Her work focuses on how modern economies operate across finance, manufacturing, and emerging technologies.

She leads RA88 Finance, a platform focused on modernizing trade finance and cross-border settlement for the real economy. The platform addresses a structural gap in global commerce: while trade has become increasingly digital and multipolar, the financial infrastructure supporting it remains fragmented, slow, and operationally inefficient.

RA88 Finance integrates trade finance, cross-border payments, stablecoin settlement, compliance infrastructure, and tokenized financial workflows into a programmable platform designed for exporters, manufacturers, and commodity traders operating across jurisdictions. The platform combines embedded finance infrastructure, AI-powered compliance systems, and blockchain-based settlement tools to support faster, more transparent, and scalable global trade operations.

Aliya is also the founder of Kosmos City, a global platform focused on human and industrial development, and the Kosmos Foundation, which focuses on empathetic AI, sustainable technologies, and human-centered innovation.

She has spoken at international conferences including FT Future of AI, Web Summit, GITEX Global, TNW Conference, CES Unveiled, AIM Congress, and Hong Kong FinTech Week. She has been recognized by ESA, Forbes 30 Under 30, and Leta Capital’s Top 100 Women in AI.

Alkie is Executive Director and Head of Cash Management Product, of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. She owns the strategy, P&L and full product lifecycle for the bank’s cash management and liquidity franchise. She drives product innovation and revenue growth across payments, collections and account services, including the bank’s digital currency strategy – to deliver client-centric transaction banking capabilities.

Alkie brings 19 years of experience to this position. Prior to joining DBS, she was Regional Treasury Product Lead within HSBC Markets & Securities Services, where she managed the cash and FX needs of custodian clients. Prior to that, she spent majority of her career at HSBC’s cash management franchise, where she built a strong track record in liquidity and liability management and product commercialization – having started her career there as a Management Trainee.  

Alkie holds a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Allen Huang is Head of the Department of Accounting at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also a Faculty Associate of the Center for Quantum Technologies at the HKUST Institute for Advanced Study.

Professor Huang leads HKUST Business School’s collaboration with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to develop a Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Toolkit for the banking sector. The toolkit offers banks a practical reference framework for migrating to quantum-safe cryptography. He is a member of the HKMA CBDC Expert Group and the wCBDC Architecture Community, and serves on Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Review Tribunal. He also developed the Distributed Ledger Technology module for the HKMA’s Enhanced Competence Framework for Fintech Professionals.

His research focuses on AI and large language models in capital markets, textual analysis of corporate disclosures, and blockchain. His work appears in leading academic journals and has been featured by CNBC, The Economist, the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and The Washington Post. He is an Editor of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. He teaches Big Data and AI in Business and Cryptocurrency and Blockchain across HKUST’s executive, MBA, and undergraduate programs.

Before academia, Professor Huang worked in quantitative equity strategy at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. He trained in electronics and information science at Peking University and studied communications and networking at George Mason University. He holds a PhD from Duke University.

Serial entrepreneur, product manager, and inventor

Personally recruited by Elon Musk to lead Tesla’s China Design & Research Center

Led the China design and engineering teams in contributing to and partially leading the development and mass production of Tesla Optimus, Robovan, Tesla Diner, and MY/M3/NVXX programs

Led the establishment of Tesla China Design & Research Center, including government negotiations, site selection, construction, and operational launch

Recipient of Red Dot (Germany), GOOD DESIGN (Japan), and CES Innovation Awards (USA)

Bachelor of Science, University of New South Wales

Alvin Kwock is the co-founder & CEO of AIFT. AIFT operates in 3 key verticals globally, with local operations in UAE, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea:

- AI/ cybersecurity - Vulcan: GenAI protection with comprehensive risk assessment, red teaming and real time detection solution. Solution provider for Sovereign AI models and leading enterprises in Asia and Middle East;
- Blockchain - OneInfinity: The first insurer in Asia and Middle East, and second in the world, to insure digital assets and AI risks;
- Pet & B2C - OneDegree: Leading virtual insurer with dominant market share in pet insurance, with award winning AI system.

Amanda cassatt is the founder and ceo of serotonin. amanda previously served as chief marketing officer of consensys from 2016 through 2019. joining one year after the launch of ethereum, amanda played a crucial role in defining, creating, and growing the narrative for consensys, ethereum, and blockchain overall.

amanda stewarded the consensys brand through its global expansion across enterprises, governments, developers, and consumers. she created and scaled the marketing team to over 50 people, serving both the consensys brand and 50+ portfolio companies such as metamask, infura, truffle, and gitcoin; managing teams in product marketing, growth, design, content, community, events, email, analytics and seo. amanda’s contributions to some of the most successful product launches, token sales and fundraises landed her on forbes 30 under 30 in 2016. amanda is the author of the world's first web3 marketing book, web3 marketing: a handbook for the next internet revolution and the host of serotonin’s flagship podcast: endgame.

Amber Henderson-Smart is Global Head of Client Connectivity at HSBC, responsible for the bank’s global client connectivity strategy across transaction banking. She leads channel innovation, platforms, standards, connected banking partnerships and onboarding to enable secure client access to HSBC’s payments, liquidity, FX, trade, and security services worldwide.

Her remit spans APIs, host-to-host channels, interactive channels, embedded finance, fraud prevention controls, ISO20022 and open banking enablement, with a focus on interoperability, resilience, and digitisation of client experience. She works closely with multinational clients, fintechs and market infrastructures to simplify onboarding and integration, strengthen risk controls and modernise treasury workflows.

Multi-jurisdiction lawyer, author and founder with more than 10 years of legal practice and professional services experience across digital assets, FinTech, AI, healthcare, insurance, data, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution. Founder of law firm. Her work focuses on the legal and governance architecture required to scale innovation across highly regulated sectors and markets.

Professional engagement with UNIDROIT in Rome on digital assets and private law adds a comparative private-law dimension to his cross-border regulatory practice as first private sector secondee under Hong Kong Department of Justice Secondment Programme at international organization UNIDROIT, Rome in 2022. Founder of Harvard Alumni Entrepeneurs (HK Chapter).

Amélie is the CEO & Co-founder of Alea, one of Hong Kong’s leading health insurance brokers and Employee Health Benefits experts.

Amélie believes that good health starts with good information. Her mission is to empower people with trusted health insurance information so they can make the best decisions for themselves and their families.

Drawing on her extensive experience in Hong Kong’s health sector and her expertise as a lawyer specializing in medical law and bioethics, Amélie brings a deep understanding of the challenges consumers face in accessing appropriate medical care and adequate health coverage throughout their lives.

Amelie is the past Chair of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, one of the largest and most influential international chambers outside of Canada.

She has received various prizes including: the 2022 Liv Media Women of Wellness Award (Entrepreneur Category); the 2021 JCI APAC Female Entrepreneur Award; the 2016 Entrepreneurial Achievers Under 35 Award by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; and 2016 the Catherine Nance Common President of the Year Award by McGill University.

Prior to entrepreneurship, Amelie worked in Montreal (Canada) as a lawyer within Heenan Blaikie LLP's Health Law practice. She remains a registered lawyer with the Quebec Bar. She holds a Master’s Degree in Medical Law and Medical Ethics from King’s College, London, and holds two bachelors of laws from McGill University (Common Law & Civil Law).

Andrea Baronchelli is the Co-founder and CEO of Aspire, the finance stack for global founders.

Before launching Aspire, Andrea was part of Lazada’s founding team (exit to Alibaba Group), where he led growth and operations across multiple markets, including roles as CMO, EVP, and CEO. That experience shaped his conviction that modern founders deserve a financial platform as global as their ambitions.

Under his leadership, Aspire has grown into a global company serving 50,000+ businesses across 30+ markets, backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed, Y Combinator, and PayPal, and recognised by CB Insights and CNBC as one of the world’s Top Fintechs two years running.

Andrea is a Y Combinator and Rocket Internet alumnus, and continues to champion the next generation of founders building across borders.

Mr. Andre Blumberg leads the digital function for CLP in Hong Kong, spanning data, AI, cybersecurity, and technology delivery and operations. Beyond the day-to-day, he drives CLP's digital transformation agenda, including the rollout of its ERP programme. At Group level, he sets the related policies, standards, and assurance framework, aligning technology with business strategy and supporting CLP's energy transition.

Mr. Blumberg joined CLP in 2001 and has since held a series of senior leadership roles across the Group's technology function. He holds bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and in Information Systems from the University of Cologne and completed Executive Development Programmes at IMD and Ivey Business School. Prior to joining CLP, he was based in Singapore as a Management Consultant with PwC, serving Fortune 100 clients across the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Blumberg chairs the CIO Board of the Hong Kong Computer Society and serves on several industry advisory committees.

Outside work, he is the founder and organiser of the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge, a 298km annual ultra-endurance trail running event.

Angelina Kwan is a Hong Kong–based financial services executive, former regulator, and Chief Executive Officer of Stratford Finance, a boutique consultancy advising financial institutions and digital asset businesses on regulation, operations, licensing, technology, governance, and resilient operating models. She brings extensive experience across traditional finance, capital markets, market infrastructure, and the evolving Web3 ecosystem.

Her senior leadership experience includes roles at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, Cantor Fitzgerald, and IMC Asia Pacific. Across these organisations, she has worked at the intersection of regulation, risk, operations, technology, and business development. She has also held executive and advisory positions with digital asset organisations including HashKey Group and BitMEX, contributing to the development of responsible and sustainable practices in a rapidly changing sector.

Alongside her executive career, Angelina is a committed advocate for diversity, inclusion, and women’s advancement. She chairs The Women’s Foundation and serves on Hong Kong government, education, non-profit, Web3, corporate, and insurance boards and committees, including the Financial Services Development Council’s New Business Committee. Her board portfolio reflects a longstanding interest in strong governance, innovation, talent development, and the future competitiveness of Hong Kong’s financial services industry.

A Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand, she holds qualifications in finance, accounting, business, and law. In July 2026, Manchester Metropolitan University awarded her an honorary Doctor of Business Administration in recognition of her distinguished global financial services career and commitment to advancing women in fintech and finance.

Angie Lau is a global financial journalist, founder, and strategist at the intersection of capital markets, digital assets, and emerging financial infrastructure.

As co-founder of OnChain Benchmark, she is building the independent measurement standard for tokenized real-world assets — the first rigorous, institution-grade scoring system tracking tokenized capital across blockchain networks, bringing transparency and comparability to an asset class that has long lacked both.

Her career in media spans 25 years. As a Bloomberg Television anchor and correspondent, she covered every major market event across Asia-Pacific — from monetary policy shifts to the emergence of digital assets — interviewing central bank governors, finance ministers, and heads of state. In 2018, she founded Forkast.News, one of the region's leading digital asset media platforms, which she built and led until its acquisition by a leading digital asset data firm.

Angie is a professional moderator and keynote speaker who brings rare fluency across journalism, financial markets, and blockchain infrastructure. She splits her time between the United States and Hong Kong, and works across Asia-Pacific and North America.

Anita has over 20 years’ experience in the Asian Insurance market, managing risk, ensuring compliance, enabling business growth and transformation. Anita has performed leadership roles in both First and Second line and successfully led complex strategic projects from ideation to execution.

Anita has a long history with HSBC Life, performing a diverse range of roles – Programme Lead, Compliance Head, Chief Control Officer and Head of Operations. In each of these roles she has transformed the teams she led, to drive positive change and safe growth for the organization. Prior to HSBC, Anita was a Lead Consultant at Cap Gemini where she supported major Life Insurance clients in Asia.

Ankur Prakash is Head of Digital and Strategic Initiatives for Global Banking at Standard Chartered, where he leads the bank's strategy at the convergence of capital markets, digital assets, and emerging financial infrastructure. He is responsible for shaping the bank's approach to digitally native fixed-income products, blockchain-enabled market infrastructure, and next-generation settlement models, including the application of regulated stablecoins in institutional capital markets.

With over two decades of experience across global investment banking, Ankur has held a range of leadership roles spanning capital markets, strategic transformation, and innovation.

Based in Singapore, Ankur is a frequent speaker at global industry forums and contributes actively to discussions on the future of fixed-income markets, digital assets, and the transformation of financial market infrastructure.

Anna Liu is the Chief Executive Officer of HashKey RWA. She is a pioneer and strategic leader in Asia’s institutional asset tokenisation sector. Since 2023, Anna has led HashKey RWA and the Group’s tokenisation business, guiding it from its early stages into one of Asia’s leading institutional RWA platforms. Under her leadership, HashKey RWA has evolved into an end-to-end tokenisation platform spanning product design, technology architecture and institutional distribution, serving as a key bridge between global traditional capital and on-chain asset markets.

Anna works closely with global institutions to explore and develop tokenised asset offerings and use cases, drawing on HashKey’s integrated capabilities across product design, technology and distribution. Combining deep capital-markets expertise, legal rigour and a forward-looking perspective on digital assets, she has played a central role in advancing the integration of traditional finance and blockchain ecosystems across Asia.

Anna joined HashKey Group in 2018 and previously led the Group’s legal function as Head of Legal. She oversaw the Group’s regulatory strategy and licensing initiatives across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and multiple other jurisdictions, spanning exchanges, custody, brokerage, asset management, venture capital and Web3 infrastructure. This experience enabled her to participate actively in, and help advance, the evolution of Asia’s digital-asset regulatory landscape.

Before joining HashKey, Anna served as Senior Legal Counsel at Tencent and worked at Skadden, a leading international law firm. She brings more than a decade of experience across private equity and investment funds, cross-border M&A, and Hong Kong and international capital markets.

Anna holds an LL.M. from the University of San Francisco.

Archana Kotecha is a UK-qualified barrister, CEDR-accredited mediator, and a leading voice in business and human rights, with expertise in forced labour, human trafficking, and responsible business conduct. With over 18 years of experience advising UN agencies, governments, businesses, and civil society across Asia, she develops solutions that centre the rights-holder perspective and ensure human rights are embedded in business operations.

Archana founded The Remedy Project in 2019 with a mission to influence human rights due diligence and to advise large corporations on grievance mechanisms and remedy frameworks. In September 2026, she was appointed Interim Group CEO of Diginex, where she brings together technology, data and specialist expertise to help businesses see how compliance and business value go hand in hand, and how Diginex's methodologies turn insight into practical action and measurable outcomes.

Archana’s leadership has been recognised by the Financial Times, the Emilie Ashurst Anti-Slavery Award, and Industry Era Women Leaders, among others. She contributes to global standards-setting through advisory roles with the Asian Seafood Improvement Collaborative, the Forest Stewardship Council, the UN OHCHR, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, and as a member of the European Commission DG GROW Informal Expert Group on Forced Labour. She is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ariel Lin is VP, Head of the AI Innovation Lab at Beyondsoft, driving enterprise AI implementation, technology transfer, and commercial robotics initiatives. After co-founding a tech startup acquired by Beyondsoft, she now focuses on bridging cutting-edge technology with commercial execution. Ariel is an NUS alumna, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), and a Practicing Management Consultant (PMC).

Join Ariel as she shares how Beyondsoft—a leading AI partner for tier-one financial institutions in China—is driving the next era of enterprise technology. Grounded in high-stakes financial deployment case studies, she will share practical frameworks for building Scalable AI Infrastructure, establishing Robust Algorithmic Governance, and fostering Cross-Border Innovation Ecosystems. Discover how leading organizations leverage proven enterprise AI models to transform complex operations into agile, resilient business drivers.

Mr Arnold Chow oversees wealth management and retail products in Hong Kong across UHNWIs, affluent, mass retail and business banking clients. His current capacity includes the regional oversight of product management across 9 Southeast Asia countries.

Arnold currently serves as Directors of Livi Bank Limited, BOCI Prudential Trustee Limited, JETCO Limited, EPS Company Limited and BOCHK Nominee Company Limited. He is a Member of Academy of Finance under HKMA, as well as Investor and Financial Education Council under SFC. In the past, he had served in Wealth Management Committee of HKAB and Fintech Committee of Private Wealth Management Association (PWMA).

Prior to joining BOCHK, he had held senior leadership positions in Retail Distribution, Private Banking, Product Management and Strategy Planning in Hong Kong and Mainland China of HSBC Group. He started his career in Morgan Stanley (Asia) with focus in Hong Kong and Mainland capital markets.

Arthur Calipo is the Asia Pacific Leader for our Insurance practice. He has 30 years of experience working in the Banking, Insurance and Wealth Management industries leading Strategy, Operations and Transformation efforts. His consulting career includes leading projects across Australia and Southeast Asia, Latin America, United States, and Europe. In addition to his Consulting experience, Arthur brings five years of experience in the Industry working in Banking and Insurance with global organisations where he had senior roles in Operations and Products. He also served on the Board of Directors of a Life Insurance company in Portugal.

He has extensive experience in retail, business and corporate banking, general and life insurance, and wealth management. His areas of focus include strategy development and implementation, operational effectiveness & improvement, customer experience enhancement and target operating model definition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Daré Okoudjou is the Founder and CEO of Onafriq. Africa's largest payments network, connecting over 200 cross-border payment partners across 44 African countries and beyond. Our network links over one billion mobile wallets around the world enabling seamless real-time digital payments at an unprecedented scale.

Onafriq enables domestic and cross-border disbursements and collections across our network of networks and work closely with all our partners across the globe to make borders matter less. The company’s network of networks also includes 400 000 strong agent network in Nigeria. Onafriq is also a leading prepaid card processor, partnering with over 80 banks and multiple programmes in over 30 African countries. Onafriq was named by the international business magazine, Fast Company as one of Africa’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies.

Prior to founding Onafriq, Daré worked at MTN Group, where he developed its mobile payment strategy and led its implementation across 21 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East. He began his career as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Paris. Daré was recently named as one of the Endeavor Entrepreneurs of the Endeavor Network, a leading supporter of high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. He was also selected as one of 13 African founders into the inaugural Foundry Fellowship at MIT. As a Fellow he will use his experience and skills to catalyse the next generation of innovation-driven entrepreneurship across the continent. He has an MSc in Telecom Engineering from ENST-Paris and an MBA from INSEAD.

Daré is originally from Benin and now based in Johannesburg, South Africa."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eason Wang leads WeBank’s bank-wide AI development and adoption. His work spans AI infrastructure and engineering capabilities, key AI applications, and the exploration of emerging technologies and innovative use cases. He focuses on translating AI technologies into scalable solutions across banking businesses and internal operations.

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

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

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

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