ABOUT THE EVENT
What is Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and what similarities/differences does it have with traditional finance? Is there more to crypto than just Bitcoin? Is too late to get into the crypto and DeFi space? 

In October 2021, the crypto market capitalization topped US$2.6 trillion, the first-ever bitcoin futures ETF made it’s debut in the US, and 631 x 631 pixels sold as an NFT named “Bored Ape Yacht Club” topped US$2.7m. Join us over drinks as our assembled panel of DeFi experts take us through their world by drawing parallels with their past traditional finance lives.

Join us as our Finance Committee and panel of experts explore the world of blockchain-based finance! 

Ticket includes 2 drinks.

RUNDOWN

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Michael Lau
Vice President of Marketing & Head of Institutional Clients
Bullish
Michael Lau is Vice President of Marketing and Head of Institutional Clients for Bullish, a technology company focused on developing financial services for the digital assets sector and a subsidiary of Block.one. Michael joined Block.one's Financial Services division in early 2020 to lead the marketing and institutional sales of the crypto exchange product that is now known as Bullish. Prior to joining Block.one, Michael spent over a decade in traditional capital markets, most recently at CLSA, including serving as the Global Chief Marketing Officer, and prior to that as Chief Operating Officer Equity Advisory. He also served in various roles within the equities businesses at JPMorgan in Asia. Originally from Canada, Michael holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategy & Innovation from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford.


Christian Ng
Principal
GBV Capital
Christian is a technologist and investment professional with unique experience in early-stage tech, corporate innovation, and financial markets. He is currently the Principal at GBV, an early-stage blockchain venture fund with 180+ portfolio companies. Prior to GBV, Christian was the manager of Swire Properties New Ventures, the corporate innovation and venture capital arm of Swire Properties.


Scottie Siu
Co-Founder & Managing Partner 
Orichal Partners
Scottie has over 10 years of traditional finance experience, formerly at top-tier investment banks and multiple top-tier hedge funds, with active management experience in leading the field of digital-asset investment and blockchain innovations since 2017. Currently, he is the co-founding managing partner of Orichal Partners, a proprietary investment management and corporate consulting firm specializing in enterprise solutions, blockchain, and smart-contract developments, as well as digital asset innovations and investments. Scottie has advised on NFTs for many tier-1 artists, global entertainment companies, festival event organizers, and IPs. He is an experienced financial professional with years of experience at leading global financial institutions. Prior to entering the blockchain industry, he began his career at JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, and then spent most of his financial career at tier-1 hedge funds such as Turiya Capital, Balyasny Asset Management and Janchor Partners.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Colin Fung
Director, Head of Multinational Sales Hong Kong, Global Liquidity and Cash Management
HSBC
As part of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Financial Services Committee, Colin is committed to helping connect interesting people, companies and ideas together between the traditional, and decentralised finance world.  Particularly relevant to his day job is the disruption from fintechs and technologies innovating in the payment landscape and changing the way money and information move around the world. With over 17 years of experience across transactional banking, his current role has him leading a sales team focused on the Asia Pacific cash management needs of global multinational treasuries across short-term investment and liquidity management, payables and receivables. Prior to this, he lead a couple of industry-specific cash management sales teams, and also spent time in global trade and receivables finance and coverage banking. While he calls Asia home, he was born and raised in Canada having graduated from Simon Fraser University in beautiful British Columbia prior to moving to Hong Kong.

Event Organizer

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