Mr. Will Chen, Director, Ant Financial Cloud

Will Chen is the director of Ant Financial Cloud, who leads Ant Financial’s partnership with external financial institution clients. He has over ten years of experience in banking, government, and telco industries, and has built many applications and systems. Before joining Ant Financial, he worked for Pivotal as platform architect, helping traditional enterprise customers on digital transformation. Prior to this, he worked at IBM as big data tech lead in the information management team, helping customers develop big data-oriented, comprehensive data solutions.

Mr. Zhu Baifan, General Manager of FSG Strategic Cooperation Department, Baidu

Zhu Baifan is the general manager of FSG Strategic Cooperation Department of Baidu, and is currently in charge of establishing and maintaining partner ecosystems. As a core department in Baidu Finance, the team with Zhu’s leadership has provided financial technology services to more than 300 internet and traditional financial institutions. Zhu has been working in the financial technology industry for over 17 years. He is also a senior executive at Baidu Payment and a member of the board of supervisors at the Payment and Clearing Association of Beijing.

Mr. Chen Zhentao, Solution Director, FSI, Enterprise BG, HUAWEI

Chen Zhentao is the solution director of FSI, Enterprise BG at HUAWEI. Chen gains 20 years experience in IT field, including financial service, IT strategy, enterprise architecture, database technology/operation, clouding computing and system implementation. With his expertise, he has provided cloud transformation, new core system architect design and implementation, IT strategy and architect plan, technical architecture design and implementation of datacenter to various domestic and international banks.

Mr. Foo Boon Ping, Managing Editor, The Asian Banker

Boon Ping manages The Asian Banker publication business and engages practitioners, customers, partners and the media on critical issues that impact the industry. He has more than 19 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry, specializing in strategic branding, marketing communications and consumer insight. Prior to The Asian Banker, he was at United Overseas Bank (UOB), covering Singapore and key markets in the region, such as China,Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Mr. Matt Dooley, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker

Matt Dooley, a well respected authority on banking innovation will be the chairman of this tour. He is the founder and director of Connected Thinking, providing digital strategy, marketing, and training to banks. Dooley is a member of the NextBank team with over 20 years international experience driving change at two of the world’s leading banks, across three continents. He was global head of Internet strategy and head of digital experience for the global commercial banking division in HSBC. He pioneered HSBC’s global Internet design standards as a result of establishing the first Internet banking platform back in 2000. Dooley stays abreast of the latest trends in mobile and virtual technology as well as social media and is instrumental in helping participants develop their own personal disciplines in handling these areas.

Mr. Bill Chua, International Resource Director, The Asian Banker

Bill Chua was former MD and head of global financial institutions group, UOB, managing relationships with banks, non bank financial institutions, supra-nationals, sovereigns and sovereign entities. In his 34 years of experience in the financial services industry, he has covered institutional wholesale and consumer banking in the front, middle and back offices. Prior to joining UOB in 2000, Chua was with Citibank for 20 years. He serves as a director for several UOB-owned companies and/or joint ventures, and is also an active member of the financial and education communities in Singapore.

Mr. David A. Jones, President, SSVB and SVB Asia

David A. Jones is primarily responsible for SVB’s businesses in Asia, including the SPD Silicon Valley Bank. David joined SVB in Shanghai, China in August 2013 and has been working with the bank for the past eighteen years. He first joined SVB as chief credit officer in 1997, where he was responsible for credit policy, credit underwriting, and credit quality. During his tenure, SVB’s volume of loans to investors and innovation companies grew from $500 million to over $10 billion.

Mr. James Zheng, Marketing Lead, The Floow Limited and Owner & Director, Say-DE Consulting

James Zheng is currently the CFO of Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange Co.Ltd (Lufax). Before joining Lufax, Mr. Zheng has over 20 years of experiences working both domestically and internationally in many management responsibilities in various companies, including MD for Fosun Capital, CEO of Joy.cn, Deputy CFO of Fosun group, COO / CFO of eBay China, COO of PayPal China, and consultant of Accenture.

Mr. Andy Dan, Project Manager, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs

Andy Dan is a software professional with more than nine years of experience. As a project manager of Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and the core team member of the China Ledger project, Andy is responsible for technology management, research and development of blockchain core and protocol. Prior to joining Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, Andy served as software engineer and project leader at Sony Corporation where he was responsible for the design, development and commercialization of software.

Mr. Richard Kelly, Chief Catalyst, Fung Group

Richard is a member of Fung Management, who is focused on new value creation and innovation within the group. Prior to this job, he was managing director at IDEO Asia Pacific. Based in Shanghai, his role was to help clients realise new opportunities and build innovation capabilities. His clients included Coke, Samsung, TCL, VF Corp, and the Singapore government. Before joining IDEO London in 2006, Richard worked for Levi’s Strauss & Company for nine years, and also ran his brand consulting business in London and San Francisco.

Mr. Jackal Ma, Co-founder, Tongdun Technology

Jackal has more than 30 years of working experience covering North America, Australia, Asia and Europe. He founded Tongdun Technology (formerly known as Fraud Matrix). He is also a pioneer in the application of big data technology with his “Cross Industry Joint Defense” concept.