Henri Arslanian
FinTech and RegTech Lead, China/Hong Kong, PwC
Henri Arslanian is the PwC FinTech & RegTech Lead for China and Hong Kong. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches graduate courses on Entrepreneurship in Finance as well as the first FinTech university course in Asia.
Henri is a TEDx speaker, a published author, and currently sits on several finance, academic, government, civil society, and FinTech/RegTech-related boards in Asia and globally. Henri is a member of the Hong Kong regulator’s SFC FinTech Advisory Group and the Hong Kong government’s FSDC FinTech working group. He also sits on the board of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and the board of the International RegTech Association.
Before joining PwC, Henri was with a FinTech start-up and previously spent many years with UBS Investment Bank in Hong Kong. Henri started his career as a financial markets and funds lawyer in Canada and Hong Kong. He holds a Masters in Chinese Law from Tsinghua University, a joint Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School, London Business School and Hong Kong University; a Masters in Transnational Law from the University of Sherbrooke; and a Bachelors of Law from the University of Montreal (Dean’s List of Excellence).
Federico Bagiotti
Partner and Research Director, Amareos Ltd.
Federico, a CFA and a Bocconi graduate cum laude, has more than 20 years of experience in the Equities and Equity Derivatives markets, as Equity Sales and as Analyst of major international financial institutions.
At Amareos Ltd., Federico integrates innovative News and Market Sentiment Analytics tools with his broad technical and quantitative background, his experience in the generation of investment ideas on single stocks, pairs, and portfolio of stocks and in option trading and evaluation, and index and benchmark replication. Amareos Ltd, a FinTech start-up founded in Hong Kong by a group of market veterans in 2015, provides Research, Advisory, and Asset Management solutions based on News and Sentiment Analytics.
Melissa Guzy
Founder and Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures
Melissa is the Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures and has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and as a venture investor in Asia and Silicon Valley. Previously, from 2001-2012, Melissa was a Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee at VantagePoint Capital Partners. Prior investments include Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR), Pure Digital (acquired by Cisco), Oxford Semiconductor (acquired by PLX) and iWatt (acquired by Dialogics). Melissa’s current boards include DeMyst.data and Paidy.
Melissa attended from Wellesley College and received a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Florida. She has been a guest lecturer on the venture capital industry at the University of Florida, Hong Kong University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Melissa is a member of the Venture Operating Committee for the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA) and a Hopkins Fellow, and participated in the Women’s Leadership Program at Harvard University.
Nina Zhou
Partner, CreditEase FinTech Fund
Nina is a Partner at CreditEase FinTech Fund, focusing on opportunities in the broader FinTech space both in China as well as overseas. The direct investment fund thus far has made nine investments spanning lending, big data, insurance to capital markets.
Nina brings with her a unique set of experiences and perspectives in finance and technology spanning developed and emerging markets. Prior to joining CreditEase, she was a financial institutions investment banker with investment, M&A and capital markets transaction experience totalling more than $80bn. She has led transactions across key financial centers, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Nina graduated from New York University.
Syed Musheer Ahmed
General Manager (Interim), FinTech Association of Hong Kong
Musheer is the General Manager of FinTech Association of Hong Kong. He has an extensive background in financial services and technology, having been a global markets trader for a decade, and a strategy consultant following his MBA. He was a founding member of the board of directors of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and board member in charge of its Artificial Intelligence Committee. In addition, Musheer is a member of the UN Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) Young Entrepreneurs Taskforce (YET).
Musheer has a keen interest in technologies impacting or disrupting investment banking, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and data analytics. He is a mentor and speaker at industry events and hackathons on FinTech in Hong Kong and guest lecturer on topics of FinTech, investment management, trading and artificial intelligence at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKU Space, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University.
