LATTICE80 Fintech 50 Hong Kong – Top Influencers

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 satyarth@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