SPEAKERS:

Angelina Kwan, Senior Advisor to the Board, HashKey Group

Angelina has extensive experience throughout Asia and the United States in business development, restructuring, regulatory / compliance, as well as investor and stakeholder relations.

She has held senior management, committee and / or board positions with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, and other multinational companies and financial institutions. Angelina holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA in Finance from the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

Ben El-Baz, Head of Ecosystems, HashKey Group

Ben leads HashKey Group’s strategic partnerships, blockchain applications and asset tokenisation projects, and post-investment management of a US-based tokenised securities firm. Ben is also an Advisor to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Bank for International Settlements’ projects on tokenised financial products.

With over 13 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Mainland China and Hong Kong, he started his career as a derivatives trader, then as a China cross-borders corporate finance analyst, before moving into technology product management and business development, serving Big Tech clients like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. Ben is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned his Master’s degree in Management and led the university’s largest working group on blockchain applications.

Scott Thiel, Head of Technology, DLA Piper

Scott Thiel is a Partner at global law firm DLA Piper and Head of the Technology team in Hong Kong, advising both users and suppliers of IT outsourcing service on the procurement process and complex technology transactions. Scott’s background in engineering and dual qualifications in both intellectual property law and computer science provide him with a unique opportunity to understand the technical aspects of client's ICT and outsourcing projects. His work usually involves him on business-critical projects frequently valued in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, and he is also the go-to-person for the firm’s information, cyberlaw and blockchain practice in Asia.