Scott Littlewood

Scott Littlewoord is the Head of Business Development in TZ APAC. He is an early adopter of cryptos and the co-founder of the first fully regulated, institutional grade crypto fund, as well as a securities custodian focused on digital assets in Singapore. Scott is a former emerging markets finance professional specialising in asset protection and cross border asset structuring for private individuals, trusts, family offices and asset managers.

Dr. Waishun Lo

Dr. Waishun Lo is currently General Partner of DL Capitals (點亮資本), an angel investment fund focusing on disruptive and exponential technologies. He is also Adjunct faculty of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (MSc/Entrepreneurship/ IT Management, EMBA/Innovation, OneMBA/Entrepreneurship), and Visiting Professor of PKU (School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship).

His expertise and current interests include Intellectual Property Commercialization, Business Models Innovation and Technology Transfer.

His previous experience includes positions with Bell Labs, Cable & Wireless Innovation, Hong Kong Telecom, and S Venture, an early stage investment company. He had served as Board of Directors for two listed companies in Hong Kong, as panel of assessors of SERAP (Small Entrepreneurs Research Assistance Program), and as Director of the Young Entrepreneurs Development Council.

Dr. Lo was a Senior Researcher at Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Asia-Pacific Research Center. He had conducted many consulting projects for institutions and PE funds such as HK Government (regulatory policy), IFC of World Bank (Investment strategy in China), Intellectual Ventures (Invention Network) and had advised many startups in the past.

He holds BSc and Mphil from CUHK, a Ph.D. from Brown University, and has executive management training from INSEAD.

Emi Lorincz

Emi’s professional background has ranged from corporate finance to aircraft financing and later to commodity trading. Since 2017 her focus has been directed towards the ever evolving world of start-ups around digital assets and blockchain technology.

Bringing a wealth of work experience from the traditional markets and the field of cryptocurrencies, she enjoys combining these two worlds to help companies benefit from both.

Dedicated to increasing the usage and adoption of cryptocurrencies, Emi is engaged in rolling-out the enterprise-grade solution of the security company Ledger while serving on the council of the Bancor Foundation and on the board of the Crypto Valley Association.

Julian Low

Julian Low is the Business Development Director for South East Asia TZ APAC. He has been involved in several start-ups, and is a founding member of a Singapore-based start-up well-known for its live customer support chat widget. Julian is also a former director of a socially-conscious enterprise that helps scores of low-income and disadvantaged individuals in society earn a living in a scalable manner, and an advisor to an early and growth stage VC firm.

Brian Lio

Brian is the founder and CEO of Smith + Crown. He is the Chief Research Adviser to the Digital Chamber of Commerce’s Token Alliance and a Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. Previously, he founded the Bright Iron Group, a design, strategy and user experience consultancy based in NYC and has held positions at Microsoft and DDB.

Irina Litchfield

Irina S. Litchfield is the Founder/CEO at BlockchainCubed, a boutique consulting firm and Managing Partner at LGI. She is a senior advisor at SpaceFund, advisor at ProChain Capital and founding advisor at ABE, global securities exchange. She co-founded a payments company in 2005. Early to the blockchain space, she cofounded a bitcoin exchange in 2013 and later built an online bank. Passionate about innovation technology, positive social capital and financial technology, Irina often speaks as a subject matter expert. She is a co-organizer of BitAngelsTexas and columnist at CoinRivet, contributing to Yahoo Finance.

Jonathan Macey

Jonathan Macey is a Hong Kong based Art Investment Specialist, Auctioneer, Founder and CEO of Macey and Sons Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd. Jonathan has over 25 years of experience in the collectables industry and auction specialising in the field of European Antiquities and Fine Arts.

As one of the foremost and most experienced auctioneers in Hong Kong, Jonathan has presented auctions for many luxury categories and in various locations and countries. His active status for charity auctions have helped raise over millions for many charities that Macey & Sons support over the past eight years.

With a dedicated team of professionals at Macey & Sons, Jonathan provides comprehensive services for art investors worldwide, specialising in Art Valuations and Private Sales including but not limited to Fine Art, Antique Silver, Classic Watches and Clocks, Vintage Jewellery and Diamonds.

Aly Madhavji

Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Aly consults organizations on emerging technologies such as INSEAD and the UN on solutions to help alleviate poverty. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow at INSEAD and was recognized as a “Blockchain 100” Global Leader by Lattice80.

He is an internationally acclaimed author, publishing three books and a monthly columnist for the leading blockchain magazine. Aly serves as a board member of CryptoStar Corp. (TSXV: CSTR) and has served on various advisory boards including the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, which manages a $2.5B budget. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, an elite accelerator program operated by the venture fund SOSV with $700M+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX).

Aly holds a Master of Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar from Tsinghua University (清华大学), a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (Singapore and France), and a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Toronto.

Felix Mago

Felix is Co-Founder of Dash NEXT & Dash Thailand. Dash is the leading cryptocurrency for real-life payments. Dash Next is focused on biz-dev and partnerships. Dash Thailand has established the first crypto payment ecosystem in Asia. He published the “Bitcoin Handbook” and is Co-Founder of FUTERIO and the Blocktech Institute. Felix focus is on mass adoption of cryptocurrencies and decentralized businesses.

Urszula McCormack

Urszula McCormack is one of Asia’s leading blockchain and financial regulatory lawyers, with a focus on emerging technologies and financial crime. In 2018, she was recognised as a Financial Times Top 10 Legal Innovator of the Year.
 
Urszula advises global banks, custodians, regulators, multilaterals, virtual asset issuers, new DLT developers, payment providers, market makers, asset managers and other innovators on new products, compliance and licensing.
 
Urszula’s work in the technology arena covers:
trading platforms and market conduct;
payment technologies;
financial services licensing;
blockchain based virtual assets and CBDCs;
digital platforms, including SVFs, rules based OTC desks and regulated exchanges;
custody solutions; and
eKYC / KYC utilities and digital identity projects.
 
Spanning these areas, she advises on privacy regulation, digital transformation and algorithmic design.
 
Urszula is a member of the SFC Fintech Advisory Group, Co-Chair of the Fintech Association Policy & Advocacy Committee and a member of the ASIFMA Fintech Working Group and Global Digital Finance KYC Working Group. She is regularly called on to brief financial regulators and transnational bodies.
 
Urszula is admitted in Australia, England & Wales and Hong Kong, and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist with ACAMS.
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