HKU ICB

After having gained a wealth of experience in banking and fintech across traditional banks and fintech / bigtech companies, Paul currently specializes in cross border payment, digital currency and Web3.

As a fintech veteran, Paul is now the general manager of Banking Circle in the Greater China region. Banking Circle is a fintech bank in Europe focusing on providing cross border payment infrastructure to financial institutions. Prior to Banking Circle, Paul is the head of B2B payments and cash management in the Alibaba group, where he used technology to enable inclusive financial products for SMEs. Prior to his fintech journey, Paul undertook various roles across a number of traditional banks. In 2007, seeing the opportunity for foreign banks under the WTO agreement, Paul moved from the Hong Kong office to the Shanghai office of HSBC in order to manage the strategy department for HSBC China. Until 2013, Paul ventured around different cities in China to build corporate banking franchises for HSBC, Standard Chartered and subsequently BNP Paribas.

Currently, Paul is the President of Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association, which is founded in 2014 and aims at facilitating the interaction between fintech companies in Hong Kong and China and promoting the collaboration between fintech and traditional finance industry. Paul has also participated in public services like co-director of Law and Web3 Joint Lab of HK Polytechnic University, adviser of Our Hong Kong Foundation, research fellow of Zhejiang University Academy of Internet Finance, part-time lecturer of HKU and industry commentator on topics of fintech, Web3 and regtech.