Thought Leadership Team
Morris Hui
Chairman & CEO
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CFA FCCA CTP LSSBB
Entrepreneur *Previous co-founder of a funded EdTech. Two decades of senior leadership experience in Fortune 500 organisations.
Ex Group Treasurer, Head of Investment Portfolio, Executive Director and Regional Banker. Previously with Standard Chartered Corporate & Investment Banking, HSBC, AIA Group, Sun Life Financial, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Exchange Fund, and Hong Kong Jockey Club.​​​​
Biswajyoti (BJ) Upadhyay
Strategic Advisory Board
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Ex Managing Director and senior network coverage banker
GCNA, Middle East, South Asia
Standard Chartered
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Dicky Lee
Board of Director & Strategic Advisory Board
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Entrepreneur & Chief Financial Officer
Experienced in driving business from start-up to unicorn-level scale.
ACCA CPA CTA EMBA (London Business School & Columbia University)
Consultant EdUHK
Outstanding Alumni Award 2023/24 EdUHK
Margery Wong
GM, Committee Secretariat
FCCA ACG HKACG​
Senior leader in finance and fund administration with previous roles at State Street, HSBC, BOCI-Pru, BNP Paribas, and others.
Dr. Teddy Liu
Chief Operating Officer
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Juris Doctor (JD) CUHK; MBA HKU
Former President of HKU Business School Alumni Association and many other top-tier associations and social communities.
Ex senior leader at New World. Founder and CEO of MentorHub with decades of leadership in finance, risk and governance, and talent development
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Doris Kuo
Managing Director
Senior leader in banking and finance with over 25 years of experience, previously at JPMorgan, HSBC, and other institutions, specialising in corporate banking, finance and accounting, business consulting, and transformation.
Lawrence Au
Strategic Advisory Board
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Ex Asia Pacific Securities Services CEO BNP Paribas & Northern Trust
Global Custodian Industry Legend Award (2023)
Asia Asset Management Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
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Andrew Chan
Managing Director
Governor of HK Institute of Internal Auditors
Chairman (2022) Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong
Ex Group Head of Risk Management
Technical - Digital & Tech
Nicholas Yip
Digital and Tokenisation (Head)
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Ex Asia Head of Digital Client Solutions. Front-line practitioner of digital solutions and virtual assets at a leading international bank.
Kenson Leung
Computer Science & Software Engineering​
AI & Robotics Research
Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2023-Present)
MSc in Computer Science CUHK
BEng in Computer Engineering
Billy Fung
IT Infrastructure & Operation
World CIO 200 | CITP | MBCS | CISSP | CISM | PMP
Senior leader in IT infrastructure & operation with previous roles in insurance, corporate and investment banks
International Chapter Managing Directors
*in alphabetical order by English name
Byron Gardiner
(Singapore)
Singapore & ASEAN
CFTP, Group Treasurer and Global Head of Treasury Solutions & Advisory with previous roles at Traveloka, Merrill Lynch London, Standard Chartered, Oracle, Symantec, and Huawei
Author of 30+ Industry White Papers/influential articles
Nelson Chau
(Melbourne)
Australia & New Zealand
Ex Chief Operating Officer at Sun Life Asset Management
Creamson Tsai (Osaka)
Japan
Executive Board Director
Business Transformation Strategist, Operational Excellence, M&A
Patrick Leung (Reading)
United Kingdom
Ex senior leader in change management at HSBC
Margery Wong (Aveiro)
Europe
Senior leader in finance and fund administration with previous roles at State Street, HSBC, BOCI-Pru, BNP Paribas, and others.
Tang Miao (Shanghai)
China
Leading bank's ED and Regional Head of Client Services North Asia and GCNA
Marie Hong (Hong Kong)
South Korea
Asia Treasurer at Manulife Financial
Committee Chairperson
*in alphabetical order by committee name
Lawrence Au
Assets Servicing Committee
Award Vetting Committee
Ex Asia Pacific Securities Services CEO BNP Paribas & Northern Trust
Global Custodian Industry Legend Award (2023)
Asia Asset Management Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
Edward Lee
Family Office & Wealth Committee
CIO of Multi-Family Office
Long tenure at leading American I-Bank and Global Hedge Funds including Soros and Tiger Management
MSc, Standford University
Bsc University of London
FRM, PRM, CWM
Timothy Chan
Global and Financial Markets Committee
Head of Global Markets Sales at leading Chinese bank
Dicky Lee
Professional Development Committee
Entrepreneur & Chief Financial Officer
Experienced in driving business from start-up to unicorn-level scale.
ACCA CPA CTA EMBA (London Business School & Columbia University)
Consultant EdUHK
Outstanding Alumni Award 2023/24 EdUHK
Vincent Huen
Business Consulting Committee
Ex Partner at EY with 30 years of consulting experience. Helped Accenture establish consulting practice in China in 2000. Spearheaded large-scale corporate transformation programs. Mentor of Tsinghua University EMBA program
Jame DiBiasio
Fintech and DeFi Committee
Media Entrepreneur & Founding Editor of AsianInvestor
JDBAdvisors
Emeritus Member and Board Director of FinTech Association of Hong Kong
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Byron Gardiner
Global Treasury Committee
Group Treasurer
Ex Global Head of Treasury Solutions & Advisory at Standard Chartered
Author of 30+ Industry White Papers/influential articles
CFTP
Andrew Chan
Risk Management & Governance Committee (Asia Co-Chair)
Events Committee
Governor of HK Institute of Internal Auditors
Chairman (2022) Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong
Ex Group Head of Risk Management
Simon Tung
DCM and IPO Committee
Deloitte Audit Partner
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Biswajyoti (BJ) Upadhyay
Global Transaction Banking Committee
Ex Managing Director and senior network coverage banker
GCNA, Middle East, South Asia
Standard Chartered
Dennis Luk
Hong Kong Rising CIO Committee
Chief Investment Officer YF Insurance
Board Director
Thomas Leung
Deal Valuation and M&A Committee
KPMG Partner - Deal and Valuation
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Kin Tai (Ken) Cheung
Global and Financial Markets Committee
Ex Chief Asian FX Strategist
CFA MPhil (Econ)
Shannon Chow
Private Markets Committee
Managing Director and Head of Solutions Greater China Hamilton Lane