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Biography 

(Current Appointments)

• Board Director and Secretary General at the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum (Singapore).

• Co-Leader of the Financial Inclusion and CBDCs Working Groups at the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum (Singapore).

• Founder and Host of the Podcast A Digital Tomorrow.

• Advisory Council Member at Blockchain for Europe (BC4EU), Brussels.

• Fellow at AI2030 (United States).

• Research Contributor at the Blockchain Research Institute (Canada).

• Former Member of the CBDC Committee at the National Bank of Georgia (NBG).

• Mentor at R3 (Singapore).

• Startup Mentor at Cyberport (Hong Kong).

• FinTech Mentor at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP).

• FinTech Mentor at F10 Incubator & Accelerator/Tenity (Singapore).

• FinTech Mentor at Rise by Barclays (London and Mumbai).

• Former Chairman of the Private Digital Euro Working Group at the Digital Euro Association (Germany).

• Expert at the Digital Euro Association (Germany).

• Lecturer at the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), London.

• Lecturer at the Barcelona Finance School, Barcelona.

• Honorary Fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law -AIIFL- at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

• Member of the International Digital Economies Association (iDEA).

• Former Member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK), Digital Banking & Blockchain Committees.

• Former Member of the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA).

• Fellow at the University of Saint Joseph, Macau (China).

• Fellow at the Cardiff Fintech Research Group, Cardiff University (UK).

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Asian Speaker of the Year 2021

Best Academic Career by UAB

First Winner of the Award "Best Academic Career" by UAB (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona). The "Alumni UAB" Award rewards an academic career that stands out among all the university's students.