LATTICE80 presents a list of 50 top Fintech influencers in Hong Kong you need to know and follow.

Hong Kong, pegged as the most free economy in the world, has seen a consistent growth in fintech companies. It remains to be one of the best markets for the industry within Asia at par with Singapore and India.

Investments in fintech grew steadily from US$107.5 million in 2015 to US$215.5 million in 2016 to US$545.7 million in 2017, and the number of mainland deals went up from 54 in 2016 to 146 last year.

WeLab – a mobile lending company – raised US$220 million in November and was the highest fund raised by a single fintech in 2017.

The fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong is supported by a free market that remains open to talent and investments due to the presence of excellent accelerators such as SuperCharger, and associations that work for the fintech community such as the FinTech Association of Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) maintains a progressive regulatory environment that allows for innovation with a dedicated fintech sandbox and supportive regulations. Access to the mainland China market is also a key trait of the HK fintech scene, while Hong Kong itself continues to remain a global finance centre.

Syed Musheer Ahmed, one of our top 50 influencers in Hong Kong, in an interview with the South China Morning Post shared what makes Hong Kong an important centre of fintech:

“Banks went from being sceptical about fintech, to realising it can be beneficial to them. Following on from this, they moved from reviewing proofs of concept to actual implementation and adoption of fintech solutions, meaning start-ups now have a steadier revenue stream, making them more attractive.

“Secondly, the Hong Kong government and regulators now have a more active agenda to push for innovation across sectors, as highlighted in the 2018 budget speech, particularly in fintech.”

LATTICE80 in its continuing series of reports aims to identify key people that contribute to the Fintech industry as influencers through action. We present our latest list of top 50 fintech influencers in Hong Kong whom you must follow to keep in the know of latest developments and trends in the industry.

In case you think we have missed someone or wish to suggest a correction, please email info@lattice80.com.

HongKong FintechInfluencer Name Title Company Profile Adrian Gostick Managing Director & Chief Revenue Officer BondIT

Alex Medana Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder FinFabrik

Alokik Advani Managing Director – Head of Principal Strategic Investments, APAC Goldman Sachs

Andrew Eldon Head of Digital – Hong Kong HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Management

Antony Morris Managing Director Industrie&Co

Audrey Wong COO & CFO Quantifeed

Benedicte Nolens Former Senior Director, Head of Risk & Strategy Securities and Futures Commission

Benjamin Quinlan CEO & Managing Partner Quinlan & Associates

Byron Wong Head of Robo-Advisory Yunfeng Financial Group

Charles d’Haussy Head of FinTech Invest Hong Kong

Charlotte Miu Head of Hong Kong LATTICE80

Cindy Chow Executive Director Alibaba Entrepreneurs Hong Kong Fund

Douglas Arner Kerry Holdings Professor in Law The University of Hong Kong

Duncan Wong CEO and Founder CryptoBLK

Florian Matthaeus Spiegl Co-Founder & COO FinFabrik

George Harrap CEO Bitspark

Henri Arslanian Chairman FinTech Association of Hong Kong

Hugh Madden CTO Equichain

Jakub Zakrzewski International Expansion General Manager Revolut

James Lloyd Partner; Asia-Pacific FinTech & Payments Leader EY

Janos Barberis Founder SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator

Jehan Chu Co-Founder, Managing Partner Kenetic

Jim Lai General Manager Tencent Holdings Jonathan Larsen Chief Innovation Officer Ping An Group Inc.

Karen Farzam Co-Founder W Hub

Leiming Chen General Counsel & Senior Vice President Ant Financial Services Group

Leonhard Weese President The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong

Maaike Steinebach CEO Hong Kong Branch and MD IB&M Hong Kong Commonwealth Bank

Maggie Ng Founder & CEO FinEX Asia

Matt Dooley Founder and Managing Director Connected Thinking Ltd

Maxine Ryan Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer Bitspark

Medhy Souidi Director – Project Management Privé Technologies

Melissa Guzy Managing Partner and Founder Arbor Ventures

Mikaal Abdulla Co-founder and CEO 8 Securities

Nelson Chow Chief Fintech Officer Hong Kong Monetary Authority Nelson McKey Head of Fintech Solutions, Asia Sun Life Financial

Pindar Wong Chairman VeriFi Ricardo Medrano López Director of Partnerships for Hong Kong & Australia NEM Foundation

Ron Savino Founder Asia Fintech Angels

Sam Allen CEO CompareAsiaGroup

Simon Loong Founder & CEO WeLab

Steve Monaghan Chairman & CEO Gen.Life Limited

Sunny Cheung Chief Executive Officer Octopus Holdings Limited Syed Musheer Ahmed General Manager FinTech Association of Hong Kong

Ting Li CEO Yunfeng Financial Group

Venetia Lee General Manager, Alipay Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan Ant Financial

Veronika Kuznetsova Managing Director SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator

William Chu Managing Director SparkLabs Global Ventures

Xu Li Co-founder and CEO SenseTime

Yosha Gupta Consultant – Digital Payments & Financial Inclusion IFC, World Bank Group



Last updated on 10th July, 2018