Agenda

Su Yen collaborates with Asian regulators to craft a responsible regulatory eco-system for the Asia crypto industry and serves as the spokesperson for the Alliance’s membership body.

Su Yen was previously with Euroclear Bank where she served as Deputy CEO and authorized bank officer for the HK Branch. She actively engaged with government authorities to promote Euroclear’s platform as an enabler of a secure cost-efficient solution for cross-border capital flows to Asia’s financial markets. Su Yen also served as the Head of Government Relations, Asia Pacific, for Barclays Bank and Vice-President of Public Policy for Credit Suisse AG.

A graduate of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs who underwent an attachment with UNDP-NY office, she is passionate about leveraging technology to promote inclusive societies and financial diversity.

Alvin Fan is the Chief Executive Officer of OP Investment Management Limited (OPIM), responsible for the company’s overall strategy. He has over 15 years’ experience in finance and strategy - spanning across managerial, private equity, and fund of funds. Alvin was previously Director of Incubated Funds and Head of Investor Relations at OP Financial Investments Ltd, a Hong Kong listed Investment Company, where he was responsible for monitoring the company’s portfolio of public equity investments. Prior to joining OP, Alvin was previously working in private equity focused on distressed assets and property. Alvin received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario) in 2006.

Kelvin has over 20 years of experience in investment and research across multiple asset classes and geographies.
Prior to serving as CIO of Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm of Spartan Group, Kelvin was Managing Partner of Trident Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm.
Previously, Kelvin was a Partner and China CIO at Indus Capital, an Asia-focused equity hedge fund with over $6.5 billion in assets under management. Before joining Indus Capital, Kelvin was also Partner and Head of Research at Goldman Sachs, where he spent 18 years across its Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing offices. He started his career there as a research analyst, during which he garnered top rankings from Institutional Investor, AsiaMoney and Greenwich Associates for his industry-leading analysis.

Kayvon Pirestani leads Coinbase’s institutional client business for the APAC region and also serves as COO for Coinbase Singapore, an applicant for the Payment Services License under the MAS. Kayvon and his team help institutional investors, corporates, and other large players invest and trade digital assets through Coinbase’s suite of institutional products including Coinbase Prime and
Coinbase Custody.

Before joining Coinbase, Kayvon ran the Japan OTC equity derivatives sales desk for Morgan Stanley where he marketed structured volatility and synthetic equity products to global institutional investors. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Kayvon was at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong where he put together some of Asia’s largest-ever equity options transactions.

Kayvon received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Kayvon has been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013.

Su Yen collaborates with Asian regulators to craft a responsible regulatory eco-system for the Asia crypto industry and serves as the spokesperson for the Alliance’s membership body.

Su Yen was previously with Euroclear Bank where she served as Deputy CEO and authorized bank officer for the HK Branch. She actively engaged with government authorities to promote Euroclear’s platform as an enabler of a secure cost-efficient solution for cross-border capital flows to Asia’s financial markets. Su Yen also served as the Head of Government Relations, Asia Pacific, for Barclays Bank and Vice-President of Public Policy for Credit Suisse AG.

A graduate of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs who underwent an attachment with UNDP-NY office, she is passionate about leveraging technology to promote inclusive societies and financial diversity.

Damien is the CEO of Matrix Asset Management, a Singapore based fund management company that is part of the Matrixport ecosystem - Asia’s fastest growing digital assets financial services platform. Prior to his transition into crypto assets, he was the CIO of Ensemble Capital which used deep learning forecasting techniques to deploy capital in currency markets. He started his career in JP Morgan where he spent over 15 years as a currencies options trader in NY, Tokyo and Singapore. Damien received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Cornell University.

Prior to joining the crypto asset management industry, Cici had over 10 years of institutional banking career, specifically in Investment Banking, FI & FX trading across 4 continents.

Cici has been following blockchain technology since 2018 combined with her ESG knowledge from the recent assignment at BNP Paribas in 2021, she has a unique perspective on crypto assets as tools to enable UN Sustainable Development Goals.

She is also an ardent advocate for Blockchain applications in philanthropic management at the Association of Family Office in Asia.

Takatoshi Shibayama is the Head of Sales APAC for Copper, a crypto prime brokerage and custodial service. He provides institutional clients with a secure way to access the world of crypto investing. 

Prior to this, he was analyst and investor of distressed corporate situations for 17 years, starting his career with investment banks such as JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, later joining a US hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and co-founding 3D Investment Partners in Singapore, with nearly US$1bn in AUM.

Malik is a globally recognized Digital banking expert, FinTech mentor, Futurist, acclaimed author and Fintech Faculty. He has been recognized as a global thought leader at various forums:

• ‘Who’s who of Fintech 2021’ by Onalytica. Among the top 100 global fintech experts.  ’20 Fintech experts to watch out for, Dubai, 2019’.
• ‘Top Fintech champions- Singapore 2018’
• ‘Our legend’- featured in the editorial of PCN (Payments and Cards Network) Magazine, one of Europe’s leading FinTech publications. Sept 2020 issue.
• Covered in various media: Netherlands, Singapore, Philippines, India, Malaysia etc.
• Fintech columnist and speaker at the Economic Times, India’s largest business media network.

In his 20 year career, he has managed global roles in Multinational banks, run billion dollar businesses in various markets, driven key innovations, and been a serial entrepreneur.

He is currently the Co-founder and Chairman of Finnovation Labs, a global Fintech consulting and venture growth company. It works with connects progressive Banks, cutting edge Fintechs and Policy across the globe.

Before this, he spent nearly 14 years at Citibank in varied roles in Digital Banking and E-payments, and was last SVP- Global Digital Transformation till 2016, based out of Singapore, where his group helped drive digital engagement for the bank in 42 countries. Prior to that, he headed Citi’s Merchant payments business in the Philippines and India, as also Digital Marketing for Citi’s Global Consumer Bank, India.

Malik is a sought after global keynote speaker on Digital Finance, Fintech, Innovation, Blockchain, Digital Financial Inclusion and Industry 4.0. He has chaired and spoken at 150+ marquee events, addressing 50,000+ professionals in 25 locations across APAC, EU, US and Middle East. These include Money 20/20, Seamless Asia & Dubai, Blockshow US, EU and Asia, Fintech Innovation Forum Singapore & HK, Chain 2020 HK, Asian Banker Future of Finance Summits in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, American Banker’s Digital Banking Summit in Austin, Indonesia Fintech Summit by the Indonesian Regulator, Bangkok Fintech Fair by the Thailand Central Bank, Asian Financial Services Congress, ADB’s Asia Finance Summit etc.

Malik is a passionate Fintech, Digital and Blockchain ecosystem builder. He is the Co-Founder and Board Chairman- Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Foundation, the most diverse and inclusive Fintech think tank globally, with top ecosystem leaders from 65 countries across all regions, across Banks, fintechs, Regulators, Central Banks, Multilaterals etc. It actively engages with and advises Governments, policy makers, Multi-lateral agencies, Banks and Industry associations across the globe, and is dedicated to deeper engagement between ecosystem players for social & financial inclusion.

Therefore he is regularly invited by governments and regulators to keynote at their summits and moderate panels. He has engaged and shared the stage with them at various forums.

Malik has also been a mentor at leading Fintech and Digital Accelerators in Singapore (the Finlab (UOB and IIPL), Global Xchange by the Singapore government agency) and China (Ping An), and a judge at marquee hackathons and Digital awards, including those of IDC, Asian Development Bank etc. He has mentored 10+ cutting edge Fintechs, and engaged with over 300 start-ups all over the world. He loves helping young companies scale up to successful, sustainable businesses.

Malik is an acclaimed author with global readership. His first book- The New Ages- was loved by readers in two dozen countries. He is working on the next 2 books, to be released in 2022.

Passionate about giving back, Malik is Adjunct Professor for Fintech at the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines, and has co-developed the program, for MBA and Executive MBA students.

Malik is extremely passionate and committed to making the world a better place, and runs an online community dedicated to personal and collective wellbeing. It has nearly half millions social media followers in 60 countries with a BILLION impressions!

Henrik is the co-founder and CIO of Apollo Capital, Australia’s premier crypto fund. Henrik has over 17 years of experience in global financial markets, with almost a decade on Wall Street. Henrik has extensive experience across three continents as a quantitative analyst, senior research analyst and in institutional equity sales. Henrik holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and a Master of Science in business administration and economics from Stockholm University. He is a CFA charterholder.

• Experienced derivatives trader with a background in intraday momentum and arbitrage trading, strategy development, high and medium frequency research, and establishing new businesses.
• Quantitative research - high and medium frequency predictive algorithms, statistical and machine learning, derivative pricing, lead-lag analysis, Kalman filters, volatility reversion.
• Specialization in Futures and Options, Asia Equity Derivatives, Electronic Market Making, Volatility Arbitrage, Event Driven, Momentum Trading, Prop Trading

Skills:
Python, R, kdb, C++, VBA.
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Recommender Systems, Prediction Algorithms, Reinforcement Learning.

Education:
MCS, Data Science (University of lllinois Urbana-Champaign)
BSE, Mechanical Engineering (Princeton University)
Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (Stanford University)
Certificate in Data Mining and Analysis (Stanford University)
Certificate in Quantitative Methods in Finance (Stanford University)
Certificate in Finance (UC Berkeley)
Neural Networks & Deep Learning Certificate (Coursera Deeplearning.ai)

Specialties:
Recurrent Reinforcement Learning
Deep Learning & Machine Learning
Prediction Algorithms
Expert Systems
Quantitative Trading & Research
Electronic Market Making and Proprietary Trading

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.

Shinichi Yoshiya is Head of Regulatory Affairs for Japan and APAC in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters and transactions for Morgan Stanley’s Japan and Asia Pacific region including ESG, OTC derivatives regulations of Japan, U.S. and EU, the Volcker Rule, Resolution Stay, MiFID2, Brexit, LIBOR and Basel 3 capital rules. 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.