Agenda

Hua is currently the Head of Model Validation at BOCHK where she manages both model risk management and model validation functions. Hua has worked in modeling, analytics, risk management areas for about two decades and built her expertise on model risk management in her role at HSBC Asia Pacific covering all models underpinning the bank’s operation and decision making for 10 years.

Hua also has decent experiences in both risk management and asset management. Previously, as Head of Development and Commercialization at the Lab for AI-powered FinTech, the only FinTech lab sponsored by HK government, she has built a team and successfully delivered securities analytics tools covering valuation and risk measures, as well as algorithmic trading strategies by combining traditional valuation approaches for financial products with AI techniques to utilize big data. The analytical solutions carry her passion to put return, risk, liquidity, and compliance perspectives in one analytical tool package for asset management.

Hua holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with specialization in optimization techniques for profit making, with the constraints of operation and cost efficiency. She has established rapport and credibility with diverse stakeholders to drive business growth, enhance risk capabilities, and promote strategy efficiency through her career in the financial industry.

Juyoung Lim is responsible for Model Risk Management of the subsidiaries of Bank of America in Asia Pacific.

She is a senior leader in Model Risk Management with expertise in governance, regulations and end-to-end Model Risk Management. Her past experiences include quant roles in Model Validation, Front Office and Academia covering Equity, Credit, and Rates in New York, Seoul and Hong Kong.

She has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University and a B.S in Mathematics from Seoul National University.

Rian is the Chief Risk Officer of Ant Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, a licensed virtual bank in Hong Kong. 

With over 15 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry, Rian has expertise across an extensive range of risk management areas, including credit, market, capital, and liquidity, as well as overall risk management frameworks. 

Prior to joining Ant Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Rian worked at Airwallex, Airstar Bank, HSBC, and KPMG.

 

Balakerthy is a highly motivated, self-reliant individual with an ability to respond positively to challenges; He has proven management skills with a particular talent for performance improvement and building motivated, sustainable teams; He is adept at managing ambiguity and providing clear leadership and guidance while ensuring flexibility to include and react to new information; Effective communication skills at all levels with a strong track record of proactive change initiation.

Balakerthy has extensive experience in building and managing credit analytics functions for retail and wholesale products across different markets; He is specialized in portfolio credit risk analytics, credit decision modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions, pricing, Basel II modeling, Basel III standardized requirements and data compliance, IFRS9 ECL modeling, model governance, regulatory reporting, and Stress Testing. He has led successful interaction with regulators (e.g. HKMA, PRA, APRA, etc.), internal audit, and independent review functions on various credit risk analytics projects.

Daniel Wong is Managing Director, Head of Operational Risk, Asia and Hong Kong at Standard Chartered Bank. Daniel began his career as an auditor in Australia and moved to Hong Kong in 2006. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in risk management.

Tom has extensive experience in financial service industry, with expertise in risk management particular in technology, cybersecurity, cloud and AI. Tom currently works as the Head of Technology and Operational Risk Management in Livi Bank, focusing on the risk management of innovative solutions that enhance customer experience in day-to-day banking. Prior to Livi Bank, Tom worked in global financial services companies.

Welcome holds an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science Technology, and a Bachelor Degree of Electronic and Communications Engineering from The University of Hong Kong.  Welcome is also a qualification holder of CISA, CISM, CISSP, CSSLP, CGEIT, CRISC, CCNP, CREST CPSA, CRT and IRCA ISO27001 ISMS and ISO20000 ITSMS Principal Auditor.

Wien is currently the Head of Technology and Operational Risk with Airstar Bank. He holds an MBA and Bachelor degree in Information Technology & Telecommunication Engineering from University of South Australia and University of Adelaide respectively. His experience including hand-on experience in IT Service Management, Technology and Operational Risk and Auditing. Prior to Airstar. He has worked in different lead roles in financial sectors with virtual banks and insurance firm. He also works in various consulting firms and has been helping multiple industry sectors to establish appropriate framework (in both IT and business operation) to meet the organisation and regulatory requirements.

Wien has more than 15 years of experience and he is an expertise in conducting security risk assessment, controls governance framework, operational resilience framework and vulnerability management. With deep knowledge include IT controls governance, cybersecurity framework, IT risk assessment, vendor management, technology compliance review, application and data security, web application penetration test, network security assessment, database / operating system / network device security reviews and data loss prevention services.

Steven has a 20+ years accomplished Banking (risk management, valuations, and regulation) career across Asia Pacific and the United Arab Emirates.

His responsibility at FIS is leading Treasury and Risk (Market Specialist) in Asia Pacific, which sees him working directly with Banking clients to adapt FIS’ solutions to their strategic priorities.

Steven has worked for systemically important banks such as Standard Chartered Bank and as consultant with KPMG. His experience stretches across value propositions such as capital measurement & planning (ICAAP, Enterprise-Wide Stress Testing), prudential regulation (Basel III, Recovery & Resolution Planning), and behavioural modelling (credit (IFRS9), counterparty credit (xVA), operational, balance sheet (IRRBB) & liquidity).

Steven currently sits on the International Actuarial Association’s (IAA’s) Artificial Intelligence Task Force (AITF), where he is leading a work stream on how AI is changing the Actuaries role across the financial sector.

Balakerthy is a highly motivated, self-reliant individual with an ability to respond positively to challenges; He has proven management skills with a particular talent for performance improvement and building motivated, sustainable teams; He is adept at managing ambiguity and providing clear leadership and guidance while ensuring flexibility to include and react to new information; Effective communication skills at all levels with a strong track record of proactive change initiation.

Balakerthy has extensive experience in building and managing credit analytics functions for retail and wholesale products across different markets; He is specialized in portfolio credit risk analytics, credit decision modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions, pricing, Basel II modeling, Basel III standardized requirements and data compliance, IFRS9 ECL modeling, model governance, regulatory reporting, and Stress Testing. He has led successful interaction with regulators (e.g. HKMA, PRA, APRA, etc.), internal audit, and independent review functions on various credit risk analytics projects.

Shinichi Yoshiya is the Head of Regulatory Affairs for Asia in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters for Morgan Stanley’s Asia region. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Yoshiya was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising on financial regulatory matters. Mr. Yoshiya has held academic appointments at Duke University Law School as Visiting Professor and currently teaches global financial regulations at Meiji University Law School. Duke University, Law School (LL.M.), Aoyama Gakuin University, Business School (M.B.A.), Sophia University (LL.B.). Mr. Yoshiya is admitted to the bar of the state of New York.ew York.

Chui Fong LEE is an Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Finance with DBS Bank Hong Kong. As part of the senior Finance management team, Chui Fong provides leadership in the Finance transformation journey, driving collaboration and the building of a strong risk and control culture, enabling Finance to deliver strategic value to its stakeholders.

After spending over three decades in the financial services industry across geographical locations for multiple global banks including UBS and Barclays, Chui Fong has experience with what truly drives transformation and the challenges they come with. The transformation covers beyond processes and technology changes across finance functions. It is also in managing the change in mindset to enable people to embrace changes and doing things in different ways, amid the rapid development in technology, market and regulatory environment.

Chui Fong holds a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. She is also a member of the National Center For Sustainability Reporting with certified training on sustainability reporting, and the author of the research report “Green Finance Opportunities in ASEAN” jointly published by DBS and UN Environment Inquiry in November 2017.

Dr. Benz is the CEO and Founder of Intensel Limited, a global award-winning AI-powered climate science for predicting financial risk related to weather extremes and climate change. Her company consults some of the largest corporations in Asia such as Jardine Matheson Group, Hang Lung Properties, ING Bank SG etc on the financial and operational impact of climate risk for the real estate sector and infrastructure.

Besides, since 2008, she serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Finance, HKUST Business School, teaching a variety of courses such as Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives, Investment Analysis, ESG/Sustainable Investing (since 2014) mainly for Master level. For more than 15years, Dr. Benz has been acting as consultant/advisor/executive trainer on ESG and Impact Investing for various institutions such as Citibank, JP Morgan, DBS, CLSA, Robecco, San Paolo Intensa, Morgan Stanley, Tencent etc. She has held executive seminars for IMD Institute, Switzerland, NY Stern, Kellog University and is a frequent speaker in large scale conferences such as The Economist, and the like. Previously, she worked for UBS Investment Bank in Hong Kong, and a Fund of Hedge Funds in Geneva, Switzerland etc.

Currently, she sits on the board of VEIL Fund (LSE listed) of Dragon Capital Group Limited, the Board of Advisors of International Care Ministries (ICM), as well as the Friend of Earth NGO Advisory Board.

Her publications and Harvard Business Review cases studies are on ESG integration, physical and transitional climate risk impact on company performance in general, China A-Shares, Asia-based companies etc. Previous academic research is on Portfolio Optimization with Credit Default Risk, as well as Venture Capitalist contract pricing using numerical simulations techniques.

She graduated with a PhD in Financial Asset Management and Engineering (FAME /Swiss Finance Institute) from HEC – University of Lausanne, Switzerland, also holds an MPhil in International Economics from HEI- Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland and a Finance Certificate postgraduate degree from Linacre College, Oxford University. 

Mr Angus Tsang is an accomplished banking professional with extensive experience in risk management in Greater China. He was appointed as the Chief Risk Officer of OCBC Hong Kong in January 2023 overseeing risk management of the group’s full suite banking services in the region.

Pivoted in Greater China, Mr Angus Tsang has diverse and on-the-ground experience ranging from senior banking coverage, risk management to leading transformational project. Prior to joining OCBC, he held a number of leadership roles in Guangdong, China promoting collaboration and connectivity in the Greater Bay Area for HSBC. He was also the Global Head of RMB Internationalisation for HSBC Group pioneering the setup of global market infrastructure on RMB offshore centres. More recently, Mr Angus Tsang was the Chief Risk Officer for HSBC Taiwan. 

Paul CHAN is currently an Executive Director, Rates & FX Linear at Natixis.  He joined the firm in 2011.  Prior to Natixis, he traded derivatives for National Australia Bank.  Before that, he worked at various trading positions in Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan for Standard Chartered Bank.  He has over 25 years of market experience in Asia.

Michael Rothlin is the Co-Founder, Managing Director of the 2023 launch White Elk Macro Hedge Fund, based in Hong Kong.

Michael has 25 years markets experience, most of which leading various trading teams across the Asia region with focus on FX and Rates products. He has extensive knowledge and experience running both significant client flow businesses and discretionary risk-taking businesses across G10 and EM markets.

Prior to the new Hedge Fund launch, Michael was most recently at HSBC based in Hong Kong where he was Regional Head of G10 FX and Short End Rates Trading.

In addition, also held prior roles across the region at Société Generale, Barclays, ABN Amro and NM Rothschild.

As the Chief Operating Officer of China Renaissance International, Ken heads strategic development and business operation of China Renaissance’s investment banking and equities businesses in major global financial hubs. Prior to that, he worked at BNP Paribas as Asia Head of Product Development and Deputy Head of Execution, driving firm’s equities product strategy and providing best execution for institutional clients. He had also held key roles driving electronic and algorithmic trading product innovation in JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. 

Ken is a CFA charterholder and holds a bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering.

Benoît Gourisse has worked for ISDA for 13 years. He has served as Senior director, European Public Policy, then Deputy Head, European Public Policy and was appointed Head of Asia Pacific in April 2021.

He headed European ISDA work streams on MiFID 2/ MiFIR framework, Commodities, Non-cleared margin rules, Recovery and resolution framework for CCPs, CCP supervision, Market Abuse and was the ISDA primary contact to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

He now heads ISDA public policy workstreams in Asia Pacific, covering the whole region except Japan.

Prior to ISDA, Mr. Gourisse spent five years at the French Banking Federation in Paris, where he was deputy director of Corporate and Investment bank activities. In this role he advised the executive management of French banks in every issue relating to financial markets, corporate services, custodian activities, asset management and distribution of financial instruments to retail investors.

He also worked for the French Savings banks as head of legal department in the Savings Banks of Brittany, and for Société Générale as compliance officer.

Mr. Gourisse has a Masters Degree in Tax and Business Law from Paris XI University.

Emily Li, Vice President, APAC Collateral Services Product Manager, Securities Services, J.P. Morgan

Emily is based in Hong Kong and is co-Head of the APAC Collateral Management business. She is responsible for executing the business strategy and developing collateral solutions for buyside clients trading OTC derivatives, bilateral repos, and securities financing.

Emily joined J.P. Morgan in 2019 as a Custody Network Manager before her current Product Manager role in Collateral Management. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Emily spent 7 years as a Project Manager at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited where she supported various business initiatives across OTC derivatives, exchange-traded derivatives and securities clearing.

In addition to her current responsibilities, Emily is the founder of Book Club as well as the Chair of Arts & Culture for J.P. Morgan Club Hong Kong.

Emily holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance and a Master of Laws in Corporate and Financial Law from the University of Hong Kong.

Jim Tsim is the Head of Asian Non Deliverable Forward ( Trading at Crédit Agricole CIB Based in Hong Kong, he leads the Bank’s Asian NDF business across Hong Kong, London, and New York

Jim is an experienced trader with more than a decade of experience in the Asian NDF market Prior to joining Crédit Agricole CIB Jim worked as an emerging market (EM) trader at State Street and MUFG Bank. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Hong Kong/

Irene is the Founder and CEO of the award winning IX Fintech Group Limited (“the Group”). The Group produced the first crypto market index- ixCrypto Index in Hong Kong and the first post quantum safe digital asset machine & wallet. Today the index business is running 29 crypto indexes real time 24x7 and with 3 flagship indexes running via Nasdaq exchange and major vendors such as Bloomberg and Reuters to over 50 countries. The indexes obtained ISO/IEC 27001 certification and maintain it governance through the establishment of IX Asia Index Advisory Committee since July 2020 with representation from different industries, including fund management, exchanges, brokerage, financial blockchain experts, crypto service providers, etc.  For consecutive three years, 2022 and 2021, 2022 the Group won the “Start-up of the year” of the Hong Kong Fintech Impetus Award by Metro radio and KPMG. Since 2019, the Group has five platforms which received Fintech awards covering traditional finance and new digital finance. Each platform has its mission which includes promoting financial literacy, nurturing youth, and promoting financial inclusion etc.

Before founding IX Fintech Group, Irene held various positions including senior vice president of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Head of Hang Seng Indexes Company, senior trader of Alliance Bernstein etc. Some of her projects including HKEX’s Hong Kong stock option revamp and Hang Seng Indexes Company’s H-shares index futures and FTSE/Hang Seng indexes series. Irene started in the finance industry as a futures and floor trader for Morgan Stanley and experienced the financial crises in 1997-1998. Between 2006- 2009, after serving two hedge funds, she was head of Asia trade execution for a global hedge fund-Eton Park, managing Asia trade execution and hedging strategies for a global USD 13bn portfolio.

Graduated from London School of Economics with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Hong Kong. Irene is a US qualified CPA and CGMA and later in her career, she took various financial engineering and executive management courses from Stanford University and Wharton Business School respectively. She spoke on TV, radio and being guest speakers for international conferences such as China International Derivatives Forum and Futures and Options World. She is also a regular columnist on economic and investment topics for Hong Kong Economic Journal other papers and awarded “Journalist of the Year- Highly Commended” (Alternatives, Chinese language category) at the State Street 2018 Institutional Press Award APAC. In 2021, Irene is selected by Amcham Women of Influence-STEM category as final three. She served in the task force for United Nations UNDP ESCAP on Fintech and Regtech areas.

Gordon Tsui is a seasoned bond fund manager with more than two decades of financial market experience. He previously led the fixed income team at Taikang Asset Management (Hong Kong) and managed the USD bond portfolio of Taikang Insurance Group Inc. Prior to this role, Gordon was Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Hang Seng Investment Management and Lead Fund Manager of Hang Seng RMB Bond Fund, which won the “Best in Class” award in 2014 for “RMB Bond” category in Hong Kong by Bloomberg Businessweek. Gordon obtained first class honours degree in Economics from the LSE on Sir Edward Youde Scholarship awarded by Hong Kong SAR Government. He stationed in New York as Representative of Hong Kong Monetary Authority between 2001 and 2004.

Marco Lim has over 14 years of experience overseeing electronic sales and trading operations in institutional fixed income, commodities, currencies with major financial institutions. Prior to joining MaiCapital, a Hong Kong licensed blockchain-focused asset manager. He was the Head of North Asia Fixed Income, Commodities, Currencies electronic distribution for Goldman Sachs Asia LLC. Mr. Lim is the co-fund manager for Blockchain Opportunity Fund and the fund manager for the Bitcoin Plus Investment Fund.

Esme is an accomplished investment professional and the CEO of EmergentX, an institutional-grade, insights-driven community that sits at the intersection of digital assets and blockchain technology.  With her extensive background in digital assets, strategic investments, and venture building, coupled with a strong legal foundation, Esme has led the charge in pioneering digital innovation within global investment banks and multinational corporations for over a decade. An award-winning expert and CFA charterholder, her strategic insights have profoundly impacted capital allocation strategies globally.