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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Hong Kong based CEO’ operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Co-Founder & CEO of FTX
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About Alameda Research, FTX: FTX Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange company that develops a mobile trading platform.
Charles Wong
Co-Founder and CEO of Prive Technologies
Charles Wong was former Managing Director and Responsible Officer, Asia Head for Coventry Capital. Based in Coventry Capital’s Hong Kong office, Charles Wong directed the capital markets efforts throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to his role at Coventry Capital, Charles Wong was with J.P. Morgan in Asia, holding senior positions managing the bank’s development and marketing of its structured investment products in Asia. Charles Wong currently sits on the Advisory Board of National Chengchi University (Taiwan) Risk Management and Insurance Research Center. Charles Wong holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Prive Technologies: Prive Technologies is a leading innovator in the financial and wealth management industries.
Julian Schillinger
Co-Founder and CEO of Prive Technologies
Julian Schillinger was a former Director and Responsible Officer, Structuring for Coventry Capital where he played a senior role in developing and marketing Coventry’s longevity-linked transactions. Previously, Julian Schillinger worked at JPMorgan Chase Securities in Asia where he led product development for quantitative indices and gained in-depth experience in product placement of alternative investment products. Prior to his experience in finance Julian Schillinger was founder and CEO of a company specializing on software development. Julian Schillinger is a graduate of the University of Regensburg, Germany where he majored in business computer science.
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About Prive Technologies: Prive Technologies is a leading innovator in the financial and wealth management industries.
Jonathan Larsen
Chief Innovation Office, Ping An Group and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Global Voyager Fund of Ping An
Jonathan Larsen is Citi’s Global Head of Retail Banking, appointed in June 2012. The Global Retail Banking business unit spans 40 countries, serving 27 million clients through some 4,600 branches and a wide range of digital and partner channels. The business houses approximately $400 billion in client assets in the form of deposits and investment assets under management. In 2011, Global Retail Banking generated $11.4 billion in revenues for the firm. In parallel, Jonathan is Head of Citi’s Consumer Business in Asia Pacific. Citibank is Asia Pacific’s pre-eminent retail bank and credit card issuer with over 16 million customer accounts and more than 600 branches in Asia Pacific in 14 countries. Jonathan has been in this role since late 2009. In 2011, Citi reported revenues in its Asia Pacific Consumer Business of $8 billion, accounting for nearly 25 percent of Citi’s consumer banking revenues globally. Net income was $1.9 billion, representing over 30 percent of Citi’s Consumer Banking net income globally. Jonathan is a member of Citi’s Global Consumer Management Committee and Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Jonathan joined Citi in 1998 and has held various leadership roles across Asia Pacific. Jonathan was the Country Head and Citi Country Officer for Singapore, with oversight of the Institutional Clients Group, Consumer Banking and Global Wealth Management businesses. He assumed this role in September 2008. He was appointed in April 2005 as the Country Business Manager and CEO for Citibank Singapore Ltd. In this role, he was instrumental in transforming Citibank’s presence from five customer touch points to over 800 and repositioning Citibank as a mainstream retail bank in Singapore. From August 2007, he assumed the additional role of Head of Citi’s Consumer Business across South East Asia.
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About Ping An, Ping An Global Voyager: Ping An Insurance Company is a holding company deals with insurance, banking, and financial service.
Alvin Kwock
Co-Founder & CEO of OneDegree
Kwock Alvin Yin Lun (“Alvin”) is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of OneDegree. A financial technologist, Alvin has previously launched AR and consumer banking technology innovations. Between 2004 to 2015, he served in multiple management positions in J.P.Morgan in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the Asia-Pacific Head of Technology Research and Greater China & Emerging Technology Strategist since 2009, and Taiwan Head of Research since 2013. He has built award-winning teams, product innovations, and technology solutions. Alvin currently serves as an advisory board member of Kii, a global leading Internet of Things platform and mobile app supported by Cisco. Alvin received a Joint Bachelor-Master degree in the Social Sciences with a major in Economics from the University of Chicago.
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About OneDegree: OneDegree is an insurtech company that has digitized the insurance process from end-to-end.
Stefan Bruun
Co-Founder and CEO of CompareEuropeGroup
Before Nova Founders Capital, Stefan Bruun has worked as CMO at Rocket Internet Asia and as Vice President at Groupon Asia. Stefan has been also involved in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley in London and private equity with the Nordic Real Estate Partners across Scandinavia respectively. Stefan holds a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School.
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About CompareEuropeGroup, Nova Founders Capital, Vendigo: CompareEuropeGroup is a pan-European financial comparison platform.
Coen Jonker
Co-founder and CEO of TymeBank
Coen Jonker is the co-founder and CEO of Tyme. Coen Jonker was previously the Group Executive, International Financial Services (IFS), responsible for the Group’s offshore retail banking, digital banking and life insurance businesses outside Australia and New Zealand. With financial inclusion at its core, Coen leads a team focused on increasing access to, and awareness of, financial services through digital innovation for underserved consumers and small businesses. With more than 23 years’ experience in legal, financial and professional services, Coen began his career in law and became the CEO for Edward Nathan, Africa’s largest law firm, in 2000. He has also served as the Executive Committee of Nedcor Investment Bank, and as the Director of Inclusive Banking at Standard Bank in South Africa. Coen holds an MBA and two law degrees with honours. He has held multiple Board positions, including eBank Namibia, TYME, Edward Nathan and more recently Vietnam International Bank (VIB). Coen’s other contributions include his role as Advisor to the Gates Foundation on Poverty Alleviation, and a lecturer in Corporate Governance & Ethics and Emerging Markets at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Prior to joining the Group, Coen was the co-founder and CEO of TYME (Take Your Money Everywhere) – a South African FinTech start-up which CBA acquired in 2015. Before commencing as Group Executive IFS, Coen was the Executive General Manager responsible for the digital banking strategy across IFS.
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About Commonwealth Bank of Australia, TymeBank: TymeBank is a South African fully black-owned and controlled investment company.
Juwan Lee
Chairman and Group CEO of NexChange
Entrepreneur, VC, blockchain and fintech influencer with decades of investment experience for hedge funds, proprietary trading desks, asset management and VC firms. Also CEO of Arrakis Ventures, Co-Founder of tokenScale, a blockchain accelerator and Co-Founder and Director of the Blockchain Center of Hong Kong. Formerly, the CIO of Shanghai’s largest based asset management firm. JP Morgan principal investments to heading equity within asset management. A pioneer in managing technology portfolios on behalf of SAC Capital, Rothschilds and Montgomery. Funded many star companies to include Netscape, Yahoo and Eidos (Tomb Raider).
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About Aravis Ventures, NexChange: NexChange is an innovation and media platform, specialising in Blockchain, Fintech, AI, Healthtech and Smart Cities.
Duane Kuang
Founder & CEO of Qiming Venture Partners
Duane Kuang joined Intel Capital as Director.
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About Intel Capital, Qiming Venture Partners: Qiming Venture Partners is a venture capital firm investing in the TMT and healthcare industries at the early and growth stages.
Jeffery Liu
Co-Founder and CEO of XanPool
Jeffery Liu is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at XanPool.
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About XanPool: XanPool is a fintech firm that offers a software solution for exchanges, wallets, and other cryptocurrency businesses.
Gerry Wang
Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seaspan Corporation
Gerry Wang was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer and a director in May 2005, and as Co-Chairman of our board of directors in February 2011. Gerry Wang joined the Offshore Division of Seaspan Marine Corporation in early 1990. Gerry Wang was appointed as a director of our Manager in August 2005 and also serves as a director and officer of certain of our Manager’s operating subsidiaries. In 2011, he was elected as a director of MagIndustries Corp. From 1986 to 1989, Gerry Wang was the business manager for China Merchants Group in Hong Kong. He graduated from Shanghai Maritime University in 1983 with a Bachelor’s degree in Navigation, and in 1986, he earned a Master’s degree in International Economics under the sponsorship program of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Asia Pacific. In 1993, he obtained his Master of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver
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About Seaspan Corporation: Seaspan Corporation is a leading independent owner and manager of containerships.
George Harrap
Co-Founder and CEO of Bitspark
Founder at Bitspark
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About Bitspark: Bitspark is a web and mobile platform that has built products and services that make it easier to buy, exchange and sell crypto with cash.
Simon Loong
Founder and CEO of WeLab
Simon Loong is the Founder and CEO of WeLab – Asia’s leading Fintech company – which operates Wolaidai (我来贷), one of China’s largest mobile lending platforms and WeLend, Hong Kong’s leading online lending platform. Founded in 2013, WeLab reinvents traditional financial services with its proprietary risk management technology and seamless mobile lending experiences. WeLab’s investors include Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, Chinese provincial government fund Guangdong Technology Financial Group, CK Hutchison’s TOM Group, ING Bank, China Constuction Bank, World Bank’s IFC, and Sequoia Capital. WeLab was named in a KPMG-sponsored report as one of the top 100 fintech companies in the world – #6 in China and #33 globally. Prior to founding WeLab, Simon spent 15 years in retail banking divisions of leading international banks. Most recently, Simon served as the Head of Standard Chartered’s Unsecured Lending business in North East Asia. Prior to that, he was the Marketing Director for Citibank Taiwan and the Regional Risk Officer for Citibank Asia Pacific. Simon serves as an advisor on a number of professional organizations including Shenzhen Consumer Council, Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Simon has a Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He was awarded “Innovation Leadership Achievement in Hong Kong” by The Asian Banker in 2017, “CEO of the Year” by Capital CEO in 2016 and Silicon Dragon’s “Entrepreneur Achievement Award” in 2014.
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About WeLab: WeLab is a Hong Kong-based fintech company offering virtual banking and consumer financing solutions.
Yew Kiat Phang
Vice Chairman & CEO of Credit China FinTech Holdings
Yew Kiat Phang is the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Credit China FinTech Holdings Limited. He has over twenty years of experience in the finance and banking industry. Phang was the Principal Director of the Standard Chartered Private Bank from 2011 to 2012, and the General Manager of SME business for Singapore and Malaysia Standard Chartered Bank (2009-2010). He was responsible for the establishment of China Bohai Bank in 2005, and served as the Executive Director and Deputy CEO (2006–2009). In 2001, Yew Kiat Phang served as Strategy Director of DBS Group.
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About Chong Sing, Credit China FinTech Holdings: Credit China FinTech Holdings is a financial services company.
Riccardo Capelvenere
CEO of Currenxie
Riccardo has extensive experience in investment banking and asset management. He has held senior roles at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, Goldman Sachs and quantitative hedge fund JCH Capital. Riccardo is also a Responsible Officer under the HK SFC for Types 1, 4 and 9 regulated activities. He grew up in Hong Kong and holds a B.Eng in Aeronautical Engineering from City, University of London.
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About Currenxie: Currenxie is a fintech company that offers business accounts, bank and card payments, and currency exchange for the borderless economy.
Alex Kong
Founder and Group CEO of TNG FinTech Group
Alex Kong is the Founder and Chairman of TNG FinTech Group, which offers the next generation financial services to the 1.2 billion unbanked population in Asia through its various e-wallet platforms under the Global E-Wallet Alliance, including TNG Wallet, PhiliPurse, INDompet, XIN Wallet and others. In Alex’s leadership, TNG Wallet has recorded rapid development in both user base and transaction volumes, with transactions exceeding USD1 billion in the first two years of launch. Alex’s vision and mission is to provide financial inclusion to the unbanked populations around the world.
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About TNG FinTech Group, TNG Wallet: TNG Fintech Group is an investment holding company focused on impact investment in companies that provides financial and digital inclusion.
James Giancotti
Founder and CEO of Oddup
James Giancotti is the CEO and CIO of Bigcolors, a private company with a platform that invests in startups. He leads the strategy and sales and startup acquisitions functions. James is active in the Hong Kong startup eco-system and is well known in the Asia Pacific startup scene. James is a successful angel investor having invested in a number of startups producing high returns. A law graduate and a former investment banker, James previously worked for Goldman Sachs covering complex financial research models for investment banks and internet and telecommunications company research and at JP Morgan, managing large business development projects.
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About Bigcolors, Oddup: Oddup is a data-driven research platform that provides analytical information on startups.
Richard Byworth
CEO of Diginex
Richard is CEO at Diginex based in Hong Kong. Previously he was Managing Director at Nomura where he ran Multistrategy Sales for Asia Pacific product globally. Over a 14 year period, he led Nomura’s Asia distribution initiative, building and maintaining the number one franchises in convertible bonds and flow derivatives. Prior to this he worked at Nomura in London as a proprietary trader running dispersion portfolios in equity derivatives and convertible bond risk arbitrage. He also worked at BNP Paribas, and has advised a number of Fintech start-ups. He is also board adviser to Privatemarket.io, a secondary private equity marketplace, and a board member of Bletchley Park Asset Management. He holds a BA in French with Management from Royal Holloway, University of London.
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About Diginex: Diginex is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company.
Honson To
Chairman & CEO at KPMG China of KPMG International Limited
Honson To is Chairman & CEO at KPMG China.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
David Rosa
Co-founder and CEO of Neat
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About Neat: Neat offers an alternative to a bank account for individuals, startups & SMEs. Open a Neat Account online in 10 minutes.
Vincent Chok
CEO of Legacy Trust Company
Vincent Chok is the Chief Executive Officer at Legacy Trust Company.
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About Legacy Trust Company: Legacy Trust Company offers a wide range of digital asset services, including custody and trust services for digital assets.
Henek Lo
CEO and Co-Founder of HYPE
Henek is the founder of Hype Asia, a Venture Builder that help Startups demystify, unlock, and succeed in Asia. By leveraging our local market expertise, operation networks, and proven experience we partner with Founders and Investors to scale their business into pan-Asia markets. We expand the addressable market potential for our partners and work hand-in-hand as stakeholders to build long term winning businesses. Hype Asia has worked with 12 startups since launching in 2018 already, some notable names include Carousell, Snapask, Surkus and Homage who are backed by VCs like GGV, Sequoia and Jungle Ventures. Henek was previously part of the first landing team to expand WeWork into the APAC region in 2016 as the General Manager for Asia ex. China – launching 5 locations in Australia, Hong Kong and S. Korea. WeWork is a platform for creators currently in 100+ locations and 12 Countries. Previous to WeWork – Henek was the General Manager for Greater China at Airbnb and part of its 2012 landing team that started Airbnb operations in Asia through setting up the Singapore hub. In his various roles with Airbnb, Henek helped grow Airbnb’s presence in the region and oversaw the hyper-growth of the company. At the start of his career – Henek worked in Bear Stearn, JP Morgan and Macquarie – departing as VP in Sales Trading where he serviced large institutions and funds that traded in APAC. He holds a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in the USA.
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About HYPE: HYPE is a team of passionate Venture Builders that help Startups demystify, unlock, and succeed in Asia.
Lawrence Morgan
CEO of Nest
As an entrepreneur and startup investor, Lawrence has built, scaled and exited businesses across sectors including property, media, finance, marketing and manufacturing. He is passionate about supporting founders and powering up early-stage companies so that they can achieve rapid growth. With a long family history of entrepreneurship, Lawrence’s calling to the world of building businesses started at the age of 12. Moving to Hong Kong in 2004, he started three businesses within his first year, whilst quickly establishing himself as an investor and advisor to startups. Combining critical analysis, commercial acumen and angel investor skills, Lawrence brings a unique viewpoint to evaluating business ideas and helping entrepreneurs develop a clear path to commercialisation. Lawrence’s drive to revolutionise led him to establish numerous new businesses within multinational organisations. He co-founded Nest in 2010 and held the position of COO until April 2016 when he became CEO.
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About Nest: Nest operates corporate accelerator programmes, invests in startups and runs a global entrepreneurial community called Mettā.
Timothy Tam
Co-Founder & CEO of CoinFi
Timothy Tam is the co- founder and CEO at Coinfi.
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About CoinFi: CoinFi uses crowdsourced research, analysis, trading signals and market-moving news.
Charmaine Lo
Founder and CEO of Actelligent
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About Actelligent: Actelligent is a platform where investors, corporates, brokers, stock exchanges and industry experts can interact and share knowledge.
Karen Contet
Founder & CEO of AngelHub
Karen Contet Farzam is passionate about Technology and Startups, which is why she co-founded WHub.io, Hong Kong biggest startup community. Karen has been working in Asia for 13 years, starting in Tokyo as JP Morgan Exotic Equity Derivatives Trader to Software Engineer for an IoT Startup, teaching Front-End Web Development before co-founding WHub. She is immersed in the Startup Scene as a Community Leader for Techstars, a Front End Web Development instructor, a Mentor for several accelerator programs, speaker at International Conference like JS conference 2015 in Singapore, French Foreign Trade Advisor, FrenchTech Ambasador and Founder of WomenWhoCodeHK. Karen has a double degree engineering diploma (France EPF – Canada ETS) and Master in Finance International from HEC Paris.
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About AngelHub, WHub, Women Who Code: AngelHub is the only SFC-regulated tech investment platform that enables investors to co-invest on a deal by deal basis
Ken Yeung
Co-Founder and CEO of Clare.AI
Fullstack developer, which has over 8 years experience as an Associate Director in investment banking (Saxo Bank). Ken has a passion for technology and brings technical expertise and knowledge drawn from the successful delivery of award winning solutions including a multi-asset trading platform.
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About Clare.AI: Clare.ai is building AI powered customer service chatbot helping financial institutions to provide a personalized banking experience.
Maarten Verweij
Founding Partner & CEO of Origin X Capital
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About Origin X Capital: A leading consultancy firm specialised in global business, legal, governance, and compliance for the financial technologies industry.
Zhang Yichen
Founder, Chief Executive Officer of CITIC Capital Holdings
Graduate, MIT. Formerly with: Greenwich Capital Markets; Bank of Tokyo; Merrill Lynch. 2000, Exec. Dir., CITIC Group CITIC Pacific and Pres., CITIC Pacific Comms; 2002, founded and currently, Chairman and CEO, CITIC Capital. Member, 11th and 12th Nat’l Cttee, CPPCC. Founding Member and Vice-Chair: Beijing Private Eq. Assoc.; Tianjin Private Eq. Assoc. Exec. Cttee Member, Board of Governors, and former Chair, China Venture Capital and Private Equity Assoc. Vice-Chair, Center for China & Globalization. Board Member: Emerging Markets Private Equity Assoc.; Foundation Board, Young Global Leaders, World Economic Forum.
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About CITIC Capital Holdings: CITIC Capital Holdings is an alternative investment management and advisory company headquartered in China.
Kelvin Lei
Co-Founder and CEO of Aqumon
Kelvin Lei Chun Ran, currently CEO of Magnum Research, is an investment banking veteran with eight years of experience in sales and trading. Previously, he held the role of Vice President at Deutsche Bank and helped allocate USD 10 billion worth of capital in global FICC market. Kelvin was able to see through the struggle of traditional wealth management and sense the industry’s urge for disruptive technological breakthroughs. In light of such need, he founded Magnum Research in November 2015 and brought the idea of robo-advisor to the Hong Kong market. Kelvin is now leading the financial market team, specializing in business development and strategic planning.
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About Aqumon: Aqumon is a algorithm-driven, technology-based investment platform.
Chen Shuang
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Everbright
Chen Shuang serves as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of China Everbright Limited. Additionally he is the Chairman of the Management Decision Committee and a member of the Executive Committee and the Strategy Committee of the Board and he responsible for the overall operation of China Everbright Limited. Chen Chen is also a director and deputy general manager of China Everbright Holdings Company Limited, a director of Everbright Securities Company Limited, a supervisor of China Everbright Bank Company Limited, an independent director of Noah Holdings Limited, and an independent non-executive director of China Nonferrous Mining Corporation Limited. He is currently a non-official member of Financial Services Development Council, the Chairman of Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong, the Vice-Chairman of Chinese Securities Association of Hong Kong and the visiting professor of East China University of Political Science and Law. Chen Chen is a qualified lawyer in the PRC and a senior economist. Prior to joining China Everbright Group, he was the Chief of the Legal Department of Bank of Communications.
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About Everbright: Everbright is China’s cross-border investment and asset management company.
Alex Yang
Founder and CEO of Fund V
Founder of FundV, Co-founder of Bitbank Group,Bitbank Group owns ZB.com EXX.com BW.com
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About Fund V: Fund V is one of the first token funds that focus on blockchain companies and related investment opportunities.
Arthur Le
Founder and co-CEO of Juno Markets
Arthur Le is the founder and co-CEO of Juno Markets, the Asia-based partnership-driven broker. Arthur has been in the leveraged FX industry for over 10 years and has been working with clients in Asia since 2008. Arthur was formerly VP of Institutional Sales with FXCM, primarily focusing on developing partnerships throughout Asia. More recently, Arthur was Managing Director of Asia for Leverate, a leading FX technology firm, where he established and successfully grew their Asia headquarters. Arthur strongly believes in the value of combining technology with personal service to build strong partnerships.
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About Juno Markets: Juno Markets is Asia’s Global Broker, delivering the best forex and CFD trading environment for Asia-based traders.
Roger Haenni
Co-Founder & CEO of Datum
Tech Wizard & Serial Entrepreneur, 17 years experience in big data systems. Co-Founder of StockX, SwissInvest, PCP.ch and Kosi.
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About Bymo.co, Clever Baby, Datum: Datum is a marketplace where users can share or sell data on their own terms.
Adrian Lai
Chief Executive Officer of Liquefy
Adrian Lai is the Chief Executive Officer at Liquefy.
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About Liquefy: End-to-end tokenization technology solution to that provides a seamless experience for asset owners to create security tokens
Michelle Leung
Chief Executive Officer of Xingtai Capital Management
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About Xingtai Capital Management: Xingtai Capital is an investment manager focused on listed Chinese consumer businesses.
Henry, Heng Li Chong
Chief Executive Officer of FUSANG
Henry Chong is the Chief Executive Officer of Fusang Corp. Fusang’s mission is to enable #StakeholderCapitalism by operating Asia’s 1st Digital Stock Exchange, so that we can all live in a world where Companies are Aligned with their Customers and their Communities. That is why we have built Fusang Exchange, Asia’s first fully-regulated digital stock exchange; Fusang Custody, our issuance, custody, settlement & asset-servicing platform; and Fusang Digital Identity, our AI-driven investor identification & compliance platform.
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About FUSANG: Asia’s First Fully-Licensed Digital Stock Exchange
Eric Ng
Managing Director & CEO of Happiness Capital
Eric Ng is a CEO & Managing Director at Happiness Capital company.
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About Happiness Capital: Happiness Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in startups that aim to improve the world’s happiness.
Max Liu
Co-Founder & CEO of EMQ
A veteran of the financial services industry, Max’s career spans more than 20 years across Asia and the United States. Across Asia, Max has seen how conventional banking excluded large segments of society, particularly low-income overseas workers from having access to financial services. Over time, these overseas workers have become a pillar of the economy while providing a critical lifeline to millions of households in the developing countries. This has inspired Max to build a financially inclusive business leveraging Fintech innovation to meet the needs of the overseas workers. EMQ was launched in 2014 and offers remittance services between two countries at a fraction of the price of conventional banks by utilizing aggregation and netting. With a strong presence across Asia, the company partners with financial institutions and other strategic partners in each country to enable and settle cross-border remittance via banks and various modes for top-up and cash pickup. Earlier, Max served as a founding member and portfolio manager of the Special Situations Asia team at Citadel Investment Group, a global multi-strategy hedge fund with US$26 billion in assets under management. At Citadel, Max led the Greater China team that sourced, structured, invested, and managed assets across the capital structure. Prior to Citadel, Max held several leadership roles at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York and Hong Kong in the Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities division and served as the Head of Proprietary Research for the Asia Convertible and Credit Trading Group. Max received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He was also named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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About EMQ: EMQ is a financial settlement network.
Alex Ypsilanti
CEO and Co-Founder of Quantifeed
Former managing director for Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. 15+ years of experience in investment research with a focus on systematic investment strategies, portfolio construction, and development of tradable indices for ETFs and other products. Top ranked analyst by Institutional Investor. PhD in Quantitative Finance from Imperial College, University of London.
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About Quantifeed: Quantifeed is a provider of digital wealth management solutions to financial institutions in Asia.
Gianluca Pizzituti
CEO and Co-Founder of Velotrade
Started his career in the Equity Derivatives desk at Dresdner Kleinwort in London. In 2009, Gianluca moved to Singapore where he founded and managed his proprietary trading company, engaging in high-frequency equity and currency derivatives. Involved in Velotrade in Hong Kong since 2014.
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About Velotrade: Velotrade is Asia’s digital trade finance marketplace: Professional investors buy trade receivables to finance SMEs working capital
Terrence Hau
CEO of HedgeVista
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About HedgeVista: HedgeVista is a technology platform for investors and funds .
Winston Wong
Founder & CEO of Qupital
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About Qupital: Qupital is a fintech company that develops a one-stop financing platform for cross-border e-commerce sellers.
Anson Suen
Founder and CEO of FundPark
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About FundPark: FundPark is a FinTech focused trade finance platform.
Han Gao
Founder & CEO of HKbitEX
Han Gao is the Founder and CEO at HKbitEX.
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About HKbitEX: HKbitEX is a virtual asset trading platform meant for professional investors.
Elena Obukhova
CEO of FAS | Fintech Advisory Services
Elena Obukhova is an entrepreneur and business strategist. She is a founder & CEO at FAS, an advisory firm that helps SMBs to apply blockchain and fintech technologies as well as assists startups with venture building and facilitates their fundraising journey. Elena is also a founder of MakeAvent, an e-meetup platform with networking experience.
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About FAS | Fintech Advisory Services, makeAvent: Fintech Advisory Services is a consulting company that bridges blockchain and fintech experts.
Nate Emerson
Chief Executive Officer of InvestLab
Former Head of Greater China Equities, Deutsche Bank, CEO ABN AMRO Asia Equities and most recently Co-Head of Institutional Equities at Yuanta Securities – the largest retail securities firm in Taiwan. Nate has successfully built three institutional equities businesses over the course of his career. Being fluent in Mandarin Chinese, he brings a wealth of operating experience and relationships within the Greater China region. At Yuanta Securities, Nate was instrumental in sourcing and building the technology needed for the retail branch network to offer global execution.
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About InvestLab: InvestLab is an on-demand financial services technology company serving the global investment market.
Keith Hung
co-founder & CEO of Custonomy
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About Custonomy, OneOneDay: Custonomy provides institutional-grade MPC key management solutions to manage, store and transact crypto assets.
Anthony SAR
Founder and CEO of FINNOVASIA
Anthony founded FINNOVASIA in 2015 and Hong Kong FinTech Club in 2017 to meet the growing demand in financial technology knowledge from the industry. FINNOVASIA is the officially appointed organiser of the Hong Kong FinTech Week, the leading industry event with over 8,000 attendees from 57 countries. Previously he ran the executive education company with the focus of innovations in various industries, including banking and finance. Anthony has over 18 years experience in event management, communications and media in Asia and Europe. Prior to starting of his business in Hong Kong, Anthony was a business journalist at the joint newspaper by The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. He holds an MBA degree from the SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management.
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About FINNOVASIA: Fostering #FinTech revolution in Asia and globally by connecting entrepreneurs, investors, bankers and regulators.
Zuo Lesi
Founder and CEO of WeShare
Zuo Lesi is a Founder and CEO at WeShare Holdings Limited
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About WeShare: WeShare is a Chinese financial services provider.
Luke Moore
Chief Executive Officer of Oreana Financial Services
Luke leads the team at Oreana Financial Services, bringing over 18 years’ experience in financial services. He has extensive investment management and wealth advisory experience having held senior roles within a number of top tier firms in both Australia and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Oreana, Luke was head of National Australia Bank’s (NAB) Private Wealth Advisory capability across Asia. In this role, Luke had responsibility for the strategic direction, leadership and management of the firm and was a member of the NAB Hong Kong leadership team with accountability for the delivery and expansion of the Private Wealth capability in Asia. Prior to this role, Luke held senior positions within NAB’s Global Asset Management business (a wealth management capability with more than $170 Billion in Funds under Management) and was key to delivering strategies and insights to the market. In this role, Luke developed a deep practical understanding of asset allocation, portfolio construction and delivering advice to high net worth investors. Before joining NAB, Luke held various roles with Goldman Sachs JBWere, Vanguard Investments and a boutique property and infrastructure firm in Melbourne, Australia.
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About Oreana Financial Services: Oreana Financial Services provider of asset and financial management services intended to facilitate investment opportunities.
Raymond Wyand
Co-Founder & CEO of gini
Gini helps you manage your personal finances and get rewarded for it – Gini’s multi award winning app links all your bank accounts into one app so you can easily track your spending. It also automatically saves you money by finding you cheaper deals and rewards at brands you love. (Currently in Closed Beta) Prior to gini, Ray worked for Citigroup Global Markets where he worked first in the firm’s Asia Investor Sales division before becoming a Vice President in the Global Credit Trading division where Ray originated, structured, distributed and executed structured finance transactions. During this time Ray was responsible for a number of bespoke transactions including several regulatory capital-related trades, tax credit financing and loan securitizations. Ray began his career at Amias Berman (now Orion Investments Limited) as an Analyst on the Alternative Assets Group trading desk where he was responsible for analysing all non-flow credit instruments. Ray received his Bsc (Hons) from Kings College London.
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About gini: gini helps finance teams grow their companies.
Andrew Lee
Co-Founder & CEO of Ybex
Prior to starting YBEX, Andrew spent his entire career in finance and technology in different global financial centers. Most recently, he was a FX trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong driving the electronic trading of Asian currencies. Before that, he worked as macro analyst and head of technology solutions at billion-dollar hedge funds in Singapore and Hong Kong. Andrew started his career as a software developer for KPMG in New York after obtaining his computer engineering degree at the University of British Columbia.
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About Ybex: YBEX is a financial technology company that helps travellers find and book the best foreign exchange rates.
Sam Cooper
Chief Executive Officer of CCW Global
Sam is a permanent Hong Kong resident and grew up in the territory completing his secondary education at Island School (part of the English Schools foundation) in Hong Kong. He further improved upon his secondary education with a Bachelors of Science degree in Sports Science and Management (BSc.), and a Master’s degree in Finance and Management (MSc.). Both were completed at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. A regulated insurance broker with extensive experience in the general, group medical, employee benefits and life insurance market in Hong Kong, Sam’s’ experience has focused on Employee Benefits Consulting, Business Development, Market Analysis and Account Management. He is a fully licensed insurance intermediary with PIBA through the IIQAS and holds licenses for papers 1,2,3& 5. Sam was a regulated insurance broker with Pacific Prime from 2005 – 2012, helping the company grow from 15 staff to 100 staff during this period. He successfully won and managed corporate groups from multinational firms in the Law, Finance and Fund Management field. Sam took up the CEO position at CCW Global on September 20 2017.
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About CCW Global: CCW Global is a single solution for all their Hong Kong Insurance needs.
Francis Lu
Co-Founder, CEO of Smart Transfer
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About Smart Transfer: Smart Transfer facilitates International and Domestic Peer-to-Peer Payments through mobile phones and social media apps.
Water Cheung
Senior Principal & Asia-Pacific CEO of StormHarbour Securities
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About StormHarbour Securities: StormHarbour is an independent global markets and financial advisory firm.
Joseph Chan
Founder and CEO of AsiaPay
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About AsiaPay: AsiaPay is a digital payment solution and technology vendor.
Robin Hammond
CO-Founder and CEO of EFA
Robin is one of the founders and the CEO of EFA. He has 13 years of equity research experience, having held positions as a highly ranked writing analyst throughout his time as Head of Asian Banks Research at ANB Amro, Head of HK and China Research at Paribas Asia Equity, Head of Asian Research at Bear Stearns, Deputy Head of HK & China James Capel (HSBC), and a Senior Analyst at SBCI Asia ( Swiss Bank). Robin has always been passionate about efficiency in research generation, and use of technology to automate key processes, thus allowing analysts to work more effectively and more efficiently. He is also a keen programmer who honed his skills, particularly with regard to automation of Microsoft Office, building in-house systems used to raise the productivity and rankings of the research teams he ran. Robin is the lead architect of the EFA Platform, aiming to achieve a balance of power and functionality with ease of use, while ensuring that most rigorous analytical integrity is maintained at all times. Robin has also trained extensively in financial analysis and modelling for several global banks, has been a guest lecturer for the highly ranked HKUST MBA programme, has been a board member of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children for 25 years. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Computing. He first started programming in 1979, at which time he used to hand write assembly language in hexadecimal when computers were tiny and memory was scarce.
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About EFA: EFA is a FinTech company providing software solutions to investment banks & asset managers.
Frazer MacRae
Founder & CEO of Yuan2Pay
Frazer is recognised as a visionary in the payments industry and for his strategic foresight, creative solutions to complex challenges and positive energy. He has been influential in driving blockchain development in Asia in addition to successfully bridging Asian and western financial technology. Frazer has over 15 years of financial services experience in Asia and the UK. Previously, Frazer was Vice President at Merrill Lynch Investment Bank, Foreign Exchange Derivatives Trading in Hong Kong. During his time in Asia he has developed unique relationships with some of the largest payments companies in China and has a global network of industry professionals at the most senior level. Mark has over 25 years of extensive financial services experience, covering Greater China, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Professionally trained with KPMG London, through to Partnership and Head of Corporate Finance at KPMG Hong Kong, his experience covers IPOs, M&A;, financial advisory, valuation and due diligence, working across the APAC region. Mark is a UK-qualified Fellow Chartered Accountant and CPA, operating with integrity and the highest level of professionalism and ethics. He also has a successful track record in asset management and is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor.
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About Yuan2Pay: Y2P Technologies is a service provider in merchant payments and foreign exchange services.
Eddie Rong
Chief Executive Officer of HEYCOINS
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About HEYCOINS: HEYCOINS is a chain kiosk that tackles the hassle and inconvenience created by the use of physical cash.
Bryan Messer
Chief Executive Officer of Messer Financial Software
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About Messer Financial Software: Messer Financial Software is a hedge fund technology company.
Eddie Chang
CEO of Wesurance.io
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About Wesurance.io: Wesurance’s technology lets insurers build a faster, smarter & simpler way to run their business for today and be prepared for the future.
HK Mo
Chief Executive Officer of Serisys
HK Mo has more than 30 years of IT experience in the Capital Markets and Banking industries in Asia for UBS and HSBC (formerly Midland Bank) including regional leadership roles.
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About Serisys: Serisys provides next generation solutions and services to the financial services industry.
HK Mo
Chief Executive Officer of Serisys
HK Mo has more than 30 years of IT experience in the Capital Markets and Banking industries in Asia for UBS and HSBC (formerly Midland Bank) including regional leadership roles.
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About Serisys: Serisys provides next generation solutions and services to the financial services industry.
Jess Cheng
Co-Founder and CEO of FinMonster
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About FinMonster: FinMonster provides an online banking platform to SME for their business operation integrated with financial management tools.
Robert Lin
President and Chief Executive Officer of Seabury Trade Finance Exchange
Robert is CEO of Seabury Trade Finance Exchange LLC (Seabury TFX) and holds overall responsibility for the company’s strategy and key business initiatives. With more than 20 years of industry experience, he has a unique background in trade, finance, supply chain and technology as a practitioner and as a service provider. Prior to Seabury TFX, he was managing director of TradeCard Inc., now GTNexus, where he built and oversaw the company’s global supplier business to a network of over 20,000 companies. Before TradeCard, Lin held management positions at NewView Technologies, Omnivision Technologies, and Cargill Financial Markets Group. He holds a B.A. in cognitive science from University of California, San Diego and an M.B.A. from University of Southern California. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events on supply chain and trade finance
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About Seabury Trade Finance Exchange: Seabury TFX is a trade finance collaboration system that provides end to end trade finance solutions.
William Lam
CEO of FundingReach
William is instrumental to the development of AI supported credit systems which help Corporates and Financial Institutions to increase their business visibility and make better business decisions. William has extensive experiences in Banking, prior to founding FundingReach, he had held various senior positions in the Corporate and Commercial Banking sector, including Head of Large and Medium Corporates of Commercial Banking at Citibank, Head of Agri and Energy at Standard Chartered Bank, and Head of Local Corporates at ANZ. William obtained BBA from City University of Hong Kong and LLB from University of London.
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About FundingReach: FundingReach is a fintech platform which focuses on providing risk mitigation solutions.
Scott Lane
Founder, CEO and Chairman of The Red Flag Group
Scott Lane started The Red Flag Group in 2006, and has developed the firm to more than 200 employees in four continents. He has personally been involved in building the client base of the firm to more than 600 clients, many of whom are household names and some of the largest companies in the world. He has more than 15 years of experience in legal, compliance, internal audit, export control, ethics and corporate governance, providing counsel and advice to senior management throughout the world in the development of legal and compliance practices.
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Thomas DeLuca
CEO of AMP Credit Technologies
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About AMP Credit Technologies: AMP is dedicated to serving the needs of small businesses through banks and business service providers.
Robert Christie
CEO & CFO of CFO Counsel
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About CFO Counsel: CFO Counsel providing news for Asia business owners, to help you with ideas, funding, managing and selling your business.
Nicol Chan
Chief Executive Officer of EAB Systems
Nicol Chan serves as the Chief Executive Officer of EAB Systems Limited (also known as, Eastpro Limited).
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About EAB Systems: EAB Systems is a leading enterprise software company in the Asia Pacific.
Nicol Chan
Chief Executive Officer of EAB Systems
Nicol Chan serves as the Chief Executive Officer of EAB Systems Limited (also known as, Eastpro Limited).
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About EAB Systems: EAB Systems is a leading enterprise software company in the Asia Pacific.
Pollyanna Lee Yuet Wah
Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Financial Group
Dr. Chu Yuet Wah is the co-founder of the Group, she has over 20 years of experience in financial services industry. Mrs. Chu has also been appointed as the Permanent Honorary President and Vice Chairman of The Institute of Securities Dealers, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Securities Professionals Association. Moreover, she is a Member of National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice President of Belt and Road General Chamber of Commerce, Permanent Member of the Friends of Hong Kong Association, the Founder and Permanent Honorary Chairman of The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, Chairman (2015–16) and Advisory Board Member (2016–17) of Po Leung Kuk, Standing Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Guangdong Community Organisations, Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Dongguan Associations, Permanent Honorary Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Zhuhai Community, Chairman of Aplichau Promotion of Tourism Association, Chairman of The Aplichau KaiFong Welfare Association, Honorary President of Hong Kong Army Cadets Association, Honorary President of Hong Kong New Arrivals Services Foundation Limited and Director of Sun Yat-Sen University Advisory Board. She earned an Honorary Ph.D. degree in Business Management from York University, the United States and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science of Management from Golden Gate University, the United States.
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About Kingston Financial Group: Kingston Financial Group provides financial services including securities trading, futures trading, corporate finance, and asset management.
LI Bin
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of China Success Finance
LI Bin, aged 46, is our executive director and the chief executive officer of our Group.. LI Bin joined our Group in 2006 as an assistant to the general manager of Success Guarantee and manager of the post-guarantee management department. He was promoted to general manager of Success Guarantee in 2009 and appointed as our executive director and the chief executive officer of our Group on 18 October 2013. LI Bin resigned as the chief executive officer of our Company with effect from 15 September 2014 in order to focus his time and effort on the development of the guarantee business of the Company and continued to serve as an executive director of our Company. LI Bin was appointed as the chief operating officer of our Group on 31 August 2015 and is responsible for overseeing our Group’s operations and internal management system. He was appointed as the vice chairman of Success Guarantee in 2016. He has been resigned as chief operation officer of our Group and appointed as chief executive officer of our Group with effect from 18 May 2018. Prior to joining our Group, LI Bin had worked at the Foshan branch of Bank of China from 1993 to 2005 and was responsible for sales and marketing activities in the bank and specialising in the provision of loans and credits which are relevant to the business of our Group. His last position in the bank was assistant manager of the sales department. LI Bin obtained a master of business administration degree from Jinan University in Guangdong, the PRC in June 2007.
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About China Success Finance: China Success Finance Group an investment holding and financial consultancy company.
Hugh Whitehill
CEO and Co-Founder of Linda Francis
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Bian Fang
Chief Executive Officer of Bison Bank
Bian Fang has more than 30 years of experience in investment banking and commercial banking across Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Beijing. Former positions held include Chief Executive Officer of Bison Finance Group Ltd. (2018) and Member of the Management Committee at Bison Capital Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. (2017-2018). Between 2013 and 2018, within the Bank of China International (BOCI) Group, Bian Fang held positions including Non-Executive Director and Responsible Officer at BOCI Asia Co., Ltd., Executive Director and Responsible Officer at BOCI Securities Ltd., Non-Executive Director at BOC International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Non-Executive Director of BOCI Financial Products Ltd. and Non-Executive Director of BOCI Structured Products Co. Ltd. Also, between 2013 and 2018, he was former Managing Director and Head of Financial Product Division at BOCI. Current Non-Executive Director at Banco Mais, S.A. in Mozambique.
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About Bison Bank: Bison Bank is offers services in the areas of wealth management, asset management and investment banking.
Ken Zou
CEO of TusMaker Global Network
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About TusMaker Global Network: TusMaker Global Network is an international entrepreneurial innovation and investment service platform.
Ken Zou
CEO of TusMaker Global Network
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About TusMaker Global Network: TusMaker Global Network is an international entrepreneurial innovation and investment service platform.
Rajah Chaudhry
Co-Founder & CEO of Paycelerate
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About Paycelerate: Paycelerate is a marketplace for short-term investing and working capital.
Rajah Chaudhry
Co-Founder & CEO of Paycelerate
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About Paycelerate: Paycelerate is a marketplace for short-term investing and working capital.
