Alicia García Herrero is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis. She also serves as Senior Fellow at the Brussels-based European think-tank BRUEGEL and a non-resident Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute (EAI) of the National University Singapore (NUS). Alicia is also Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. .....More

Ko-Yang Wang is an entrepreneur, author, and educator focusing on applying AI, Big Data, Blockchain, and Fintech to digital transformation. He has extensive experience in strategic business and IT consulting services. Dr. Wang was a Chair Professor at Asia University. He was an EVP at the Institute for Information Industry (web.iii.org.tw). He managed strategy, R&D, industry partnerships, and business development during his tenure. He was instrumental in shaping the Taiwan government’s strategy on cloud computing, big data, AI, smart agriculture, and FinTech. A leader in Taiwan’s FinTech and Blockchain community, Dr. Wang is the founding chairman of the Taiwan FinTech Association (TFTA), a co-founder and a steering member of the Taiwan Blockchain Alliance, the Vice Chairman of Taiwan Cloud Computing and IOT Development Association, and a co-founder of the EU IOT Forum......More

Walter Yao was Director in Financial Institution Supervision and Credit at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) before his retirement in December 2020.  He joined the FRBSF in 1989 and served in various capacities such as Supervising Financial Analyst and Accounting Specialist.  In addition, he participated in a number of Federal Reserve System initiatives, most notably co-chairing the Accounting Communications Network which is a nationwide committee dedicated to researching and discussing pertinent accounting issues among Reserve Bank Accounting Specialists. .....More

Sergio currently serves as CEO of ANETO, an independent Asset Management company and multi-family office he founded years ago. Previously he was Senior Portfolio Manager for INVESCO, managing institutional and private portfolios, and Investment professional at banks such as UBS, HSBC or LGT, where he trained many of its junior bankers. As a Managing Director, he also led International Teams in Europe and South America......More

Angel Chia is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Fountainhead Partners. Established in 2015, Fountainhead is a multi-family office, primarily focuses on investment management for ultra-high-net-worth families.
Angel has accumulated 20 years of experience in the financial industry, ranging from securities dealing to asset management in Taipei, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. She has been with Solomon Smith Barney, ABN Amro and BNP Paribas. Angel has been recognized in the industry for building out new country offices. She first set up the Singapore office for Chinese broker-dealer Shenwan Hongyuan (000166.CH) and managed the Chinese firm’s offshore asset management business in HK and Singapore. She then set up the Hong Kong office for a Singapore head quartered wealth manager SingAlliance.......More

Mr. Wang is the CEO of  TIH Investment Management Pte Ltd which is a Singapore based special situation multi strategy investment management firm investing in private credit, private equity, distressed, shareholder engagement and venture capital in Asia. Over the last two decades of his professional career, he has been involved in numerous cross border transactions in countries such as Australia, Canada, Greater China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, UK, and the US. 
Previously, he was a Managing Director at Argyle Street Management in Hong Kong where he was responsible for origination, research and execution for special situation investments across capital structure in Asia region.  .....More

Orina Chang, a distinguished specialist in finance, for example private equity, hedge funds, and real estate investments. As Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of Alternative Investments at Morgan Stanley (2016 - Present), Orina has provided many excellent investment strategies that have consistently .....More

Bryan Low, a distinguished specialist in finance, for example asset allocation and equities to portfolio construction, wealth planning, and structuring.  Currently serving as an Executive Director at Credit Suisse (瑞士信貸) .....More

Martin Cooke currently works at Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), primarily teaching Presentation Skills, Negotiation, Discussion and Public Speaking, Business Reading and Discussion, Meetings Skills, Report Essentials, etc. Since 2010, Martin has been dedicated to teaching and education, and has served at TAITRA as a full-time English Instructor since 2016. From 2006 to 2009, Martin worked in the UK financial industry for Barclays and Capita Financial Managers, building a knowledge foundation of the international finance market. Martin is experienced in not only education but also finance. .....More

Dr. Congmin Peng joined National Sun Yat-sen University at early 2021 when she back to Taiwan. Before joining NSYSU, Professor Congmin Peng has been working for Finance and Economics in the UK for decades. Professor Peng received her Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Essex, UK, which ranks among the top 100 universities of economics, finance and accounting & finance in the world. Immediately after graduation, she joined Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK. With excellent teaching methods and outstanding research production, she obtained the university’s tenure qualification in less than two years. In addition, Professor Peng holds the British Higher Education Senior Teacher Qualification Certificate (Fellow of The Higher Education Academy), and has also won the honor of research fellowship of the Universities she was working with such as Cambridge University. .....More

Thomas Hayward is a full-time assistant professor at Si Wan College of National Sun Yat-sen University. He holds a PhD in applied linguistics from City University of Hong Kong and a Master of Arts from Durham University, UK. Dr. Hayward teaches both English for Academic Purposes and General English courses in the Center for EMI Teaching Excellence and is head of the International Forum on campus. A national of the United States, he has previously taught at universities in Germany (Christian Albrechts University, Kiel), Hong Kong (City University) and Japan (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration), as well as in Taiwan......More