The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital finance worldwide, continuous upskilling will be key to thrive at the intersection of finance and technology for finance professionals.
Chia Hock Lai
Co-founder - Global Fintech Institute / CEO, Onfet / FinTech Advisor, Brunei Darussalam Central Bank / Co-Chairman, Digital Assets Association
Biography
Chia Hock Lai is the co-founder of the Global Fintech Institute, venture partner of Tembusu Partners and partnership lead at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). He has two decades of experience in the financial and technology industries, having worked in Singapore’s GovTech and NTUC Income.
An alumnus of NUS and NTU, he is the co-chairman of the Blockchain Association Singapore, and former and founding president of Singapore Fintech Association.
He is a council member of and strategic advisor to numerous tech start-ups and organizations such as Bondevalue, RootAnt Global, RegTank, Morpheus Labs and IEEE Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Standard Committee.
In addition, he is also an Institute of Banking and Finance fellow for digital transformation, fintech fellow at the SUSS and fellow at SkillsFuture Singapore.