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At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Hong Kong based CFO’ operating in the FinTech space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Patrick Wan
CFO of SAIF Partners
Patrick joined SAIF Partners in September 2013 as Chief Financial Officer of the private equity funds. Before joining SAIF, Mr. Wan was a senior manager with Deloitte with over 10 years of experience in auditing, particularly in the financial services industry. Mr. Wan has extensive experience in audit of private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, ETFs and commodity funds, as well as filing of registration statements / prospectuses in both U.S. and Canada. Mr. Wan obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with high distinction from University of Toronto in 2001. He has obtained professional qualification from Chartered Accountant, Canada and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Illinois). He has also completed the CFA Level 2 exam.
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About SAIF Partners: SAIF Partners is a venture and growth capital fund invested in helping Asia’s exceptional companies grow from concept to IPO.
Basil Sgourdos
Group Chief Financial Officer of Prosus
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About Naspers, Prosus, Prosus & Naspers: Prosus is a consumer internet group and a technology investor that operates and invests in markets with long-term growth potential.
Paul Ewing
CFO of Diginex
Paul is the Chief Financial Officer at Diginex based in Hong Kong. Paul has spent more than a decade working in Asia and was the former regional Chief Financial Officer at ICAP, as well as Chief Operating Officer for ICAP’s electronic broking division. Prior to Diginex, Paul has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for a proprietary trading business with a focus on financial markets and digital assets. Paul is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales.
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About Diginex: Diginex is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company.
Annie Lok
CFO of 8 Securities
Annie brings to her role of CFO extensive experience in financial, regulatory and management reporting gained at E*TRADE. Annie also has extensive experience having successfully launched and implemented a global accounting system, SOX implementation and management, cash flow and tax & financial planning across Asia-Pacific. Throughout her career, Annie demonstrated achievements in many projects, roles and responsibilities for different locations, such as Australia, UK, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, India and Ireland. Annie holds a Bachelor Degree of Commerce from the University of NSW, Australia and a MBA from the University of South Australia. Annie is a CPA of Hong Kong and Australia
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About 8 Securities: 8 Securities offered mobile-only investing, a robo-advisory service, a social trading platform, and zero-commission brokerage.
Karena Belin
Co-Founder, COO and CFO of AngelHub
Karena Belin co-founded WHub out of passion for entrepreneurs and to foster the growth of the startup ecosystem. WHub showcases startups and helps bring their business to the next level by making meaningful connections to Talent, other Startups and Investors. Since 2013, she is deeply immersed into the startups scene and acts as speaker, mentor and judge at events and organisations such as the Chicago Booth GNVC, Google EYE, RISE Conference, Tech Open Air Berlin, Techstar’s StartupWeekendHK and Poly U Entrepreneurial Mentorship Network as well as driving diversity and inclusion as board member of WOW of the American Women’s Association. She holds a double diploma in business and administration from the University of Mannheim and the MBA business school ESSEC in Paris. Previously, she has worked 15 years for Procter & Gamble in various roles throughout Finance, Sales, Strategy and Management across Europe, North East Asia and Greater China. Responsibilities included product line launches, portfolio management, strategic business planning, organisation re-design and Gillette integration.
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About AngelHub, WHub: AngelHub is the only SFC-regulated tech investment platform that enables investors to co-invest on a deal by deal basis
Chi Ho Law
Co-Founder and CFO of StockViva
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About StockViva: StockViva is a fintech company that provide real time investment analysis and education from financial key opinion leaders and trading
Michael Basler
CFO and COO of APrivacy
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About APrivacy: APrivacy is a FinTech company that provides the banking industry with information security and tracking services.
Nicholas Rose
Chief Financial Officer of WIC WorldCom Finance
Nicholas Rose is Chief Financial Officer at WIC WorldCom Finance.
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About WIC WorldCom Finance: WIC WorldCom Finance develops Wizdraw, a mobile application that specializes in the transfer of money from remittance.
Ronald Tam
Chief Financial Officer of Chong Sing
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About Chong Sing: Chong Sing is an integrated FinTech group with a focus on providing 24 x 7 online financial services to SMEs, merchants and individuals.
Jeremy Hall-Smith
CFO of Property Passbook
Jeremy is a business leader and entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience in media and technology sectors across Europe and Asia. Currently he is consulting on technology and media opportunities across Asia from his base in Shanghai. For the past five years he lead the development of Persuasive Networks to exploit the new opportunities afforded by mobility, new forms of content and changes in consumer behaviour. Prior to this he successfully launched the networks KIX and Thrill at Tiger Gate Entertainment, a business funded by Lionsgate. Before that he headed up STAR’s (now part of Fox International Channels’s) business development team for the Asian region. There he developed and launched new business initiatives around content, distribution, digital monetisation, gaming and home shopping. Jeremy was an investment banker at Robert W Baird in London and Paris and has handled over 50 transactions in Technology, Media and Telecoms for European and US clients. He is skilled in running businesses to handle and deliver change across geographies as well as business development, M&A, fund raising, and product market positioning. He holds an MBA from SDA-Bocconi in Milan a B.Comm (Hons) degree from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Chartered Securities Institute in the UK.
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