Crypto-assets: The Dawn of a Tokenized World | AmCham Hong Kong on Glue Up

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Save the dateNovember 28, 20188:00 AM - 9:30 AMGMT+8 Add to Calendar

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The American Chamber of Commerce in HK

1904 Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road
Central, Hong Kong SAR (China)

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Organizer

Organizer: AmCham HK

Phone: +852 25306900

Contact Person: Natalie Yu

Email: nyu@amcham.org.hk

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*This is a rescheduled event form Nov 8

Few issues have captured headlines like crypto-assets and digital currencies in recent years. With thousands of digital assets available, a patchwork of regulations globally and a seemingly endless stream of both positive and negative news there is a considerable amount of confusion around what these assets are and why they will be important to the future of financial services. Will global regulations arise that encourage institutional investors to join the party or will it remain a mostly retail investment? Most importantly, what do these new assets mean for financial services in Hong Kong – and for the firms innovating in this space?

Join experts from across the financial industry as they discuss these increasingly important assets, how they could move from retail to institutional platforms and what you need to know regarding the current state of regulations in Hong Kong and the compatibility with the U.S. and other jurisdictions.

Hosted by the Financial Services Committee

Light breakfast included

Speakers

Bénédicte Nolens

Head of Regulatory Affairs for Asia and Europe & CCO for Asia at Circle

Bénédicte Nolens

Head of Regulatory Affairs for Asia and Europe & CCO for Asia at Circle

Bénédicte Nolens is the Head of Regulatory Affairs for Asia and Europe & CCO for Asia for Circle.

From 2012 to 2018 she was the Head of Risk and Strategy of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, from 2007 to 2012 she was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse, and before that an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs and an associate at White and Case.

She also is a Board Member of the Hong Kong Fintech Association, a Member of the Global Digital Finance Advisory Council and the co-Head of the Educational Committee of Women in Finance. In 2016 she was a recipient of the China Daily Asian Women Leadership Awards for people who are dedicated to entrepreneurialism, innovation and change.

She holds a J.D. from the University of Leuven (1995 - High honours) and an LLM (1996) and MBA (2004 - High honours) from the University of Chicago. She is admitted to the New York State Bar since 1999.

Benjamin Quinlan

CEO and Managing Partner of Quinlan & Associates

Benjamin Quinlan

CEO and Managing Partner of Quinlan & Associates

Benjamin Quinlan is the CEO and Managing Partner of Quinlan & Associates. He also sits on the Board of Directors at the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK), is an official Mentor for PingAn’s FinTech Accelerator, is a Guest Contributor for eFinancialCareers and Regulation Asia, and was named as one of Lattice 80’s top 50 FinTech influencers in Hong Kong in 2018.

Benjamin has an extensive track record advising many of the world’s leading multinational companies, financial services organisations, SMEs and start-ups on a variety of high-profile strategic engagements. He is quoted extensively in the global financial press and is frequently interviewed by leading media outlets, including Bloomberg, Reuters and CNBC. He is also a regular keynote speaker at leading financial services industry conferences across the world.

Prior to founding Quinlan & Associates, Benjamin was the Head of Strategy for Deutsche Bank AG’s Equities business in Asia Pacific and its Investment Bank in Greater China and sat on a number of the bank’s global and regional executive committees. He was also the global strategy lead for several of Deutsche Bank’s landmark projects executed out of London and New York.

Prior to Deutsche Bank, Benjamin worked as a Management Consultant at Oliver Wyman, a leading international strategy consulting firm. As part of the firm’s Corporate & Institutional Banking practice, Benjamin advised a variety of global and regional financial institutions on a range of strategic matters. He was also actively involved in the firm’s thought leadership publications and was widely regarded as one of Oliver Wyman’s global subject matter experts in investment banking and capital markets strategy.

Before joining Oliver Wyman, Benjamin worked at UBS AG in the bank’s Asia Pacific Client Coverage and Group Strategy departments, reporting into the regional President and CEO. He began his career in M&A and Capital Markets Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Sydney.

Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a First-Class Honours Degree in Economics (on scholarship) from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Liam Bussell

Chief Marketing Officer and Head Of Tokenization at Diginex

Daniel Warelis

Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Asia-Pacific at Refinitiv

Daniel Warelis

Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Asia-Pacific at Refinitiv

(Moderator)

Daniel Warelis is Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Asia-Pacific for Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk business), working with the business to identify policy issues that may impact Refinitiv and its customers. This includes legislative and regulatory changes related to data privacy, anti-money laundering, Fintech and the G20 financial standards.
Previously, he was with the Standards Council of Canada, working with regional organisations and countries throughout Asia, Latin America and Africa to mitigate market access issues facing Canadian companies. A native of Toronto, Canada, Dan started his career working on technical barriers to trade issues related to free trade agreements being negotiated by Global Affairs Canada.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Ottawa.

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