Ms. Melissa K. Pang has been serving as a Law Society Council member since 2005. Ms Pang was elected Vice-President of the Law Society on 2 September 2014 and re-elected in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Ms. Pang currently serves as the Chairperson of Consents Committee and Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee. She is also a member of several other committees overseeing compliance, policy and resources, external affairs, constitutional affairs and human rights, Greater China legal affairs and international legal affairs.

Ms. Pang is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Australia, England and Wales, and Hong Kong. She is also a Notary Public, Civil Celebrant, accredited mediator, associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and China Appointed Attesting Officer. Her main areas of practice are commercial law, property law and litigation. She is a Partner of Pang & Associates.

Ms. Pang is at present Vice-President of LAWASIA and represents the Law Society in Hong Kong Legal Aid Services Council. With her devotion to public service, Ms. Pang was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2006 and Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong in 2010.

Mrs Carrie Lam joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in August 1980 and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006. She became a Principal Official on July 1, 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. She was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration on July 1, 2012.

Mrs Lam has served the public for more than 36 years in 20 public service positions including Director of Social Welfare, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Secretary for Development and Chief Secretary for Administration.

Mrs Lam was elected as the Fifth-Term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on March 26, 2017, and was officially appointed to this position by the Central People’s Government on March 31, 2017 to assume office on July 1, 2017.

Mrs Lam is married and has two sons.

Mr. Xie Feng has been the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since 2017. He received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1986 and a Master of Public Administration degree in 2008.

Mr. Xie Feng has 21 years of engagement in China-US relationship during his 30-plus years of diplomatic service. He served in the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. twice (2000-2003 and 2008-2010) and in the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry, holding important posts including the Minister of the Embassy, Deputy Chief of Mission (2008-2010) and the Director General of the Department (2010-2014).

Prior to his present functions, Mr. Xie Feng served as the Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia from 2014 to 2017. Amb. Xie was deeply involved in China’s diplomacy towards its neighbors and the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, in particular the major China-Indonesia infrastructure cooperation projects such as the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway.

Mr. Xie Feng started his diplomatic career in the Foreign Ministry at the British desk, West European Affairs Department, and was involved in Sino-British consultations on Hong Kong affairs before the return of the city.

Ms. Teresa Cheng, SC, was appointed Secretary for Justice on January 6, 2018. She was a Senior Counsel in private practice before joining the Government. She is also a chartered engineer, chartered arbitrator and accredited mediator. She was frequently engaged as arbitrator or counsel in complex international commercial or investment disputes.

Ms. Cheng was one of the founders and Chairman of the Asian Academy of International Law. She is a Past Vice President of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration, Past Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Past Chairperson of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. In 2008, she became the first Asian woman elected through a global election as President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She served as Deputy Judge / Recorder in the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong from 2011 to 2017. She is a member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Panel of Arbitrators, and was a member of the World Bank's Sanctions Board.

Ms. Cheng is a Fellow of King's College in London, and was the Course Director of the International Arbitration and Dispute Settlement Course at the Law School of Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Ms. Cheng has co-authored numerous books and articles in journals and seminars. Some of her publications include “Construction Law and Practice in Hong Kong” and “Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide”, published by Sweet & Maxwell, as well as papers in the “International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress Series”, published by Kluwer Law International.

Professor Chan is Adjunct Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean at HKUST Business School. He was appointed as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from July 2007 to June 2017. Prior to that, he was Dean of Business and Management in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Before joining the HKUST Business School in 1993, Professor Chan had spent nine years teaching at Ohio State University in the United States.

Professor Chan received his bachelor's degree in economics from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago. He specialised in assets pricing, evaluation of trading strategies and market efficiency and has published numerous articles on these topics.

Professor Chan held a number of public service positions including Chairman of the Consumer Council, Director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and Member of the Commission on Strategic Development, Commission on Poverty, the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, the Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, and the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation. He was former President of the Asian Finance Association and President of Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools.

Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BA and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong in philosophy, his MSc from the University of Sussex in knowledge-based systems, and his PhD in philosophy and cognitive science from the University of Minnesota. His teaching and research have focused on comparative social and political philosophy, applied and comparative ethics, end-of-life decision making, and the problem of rationality. His journal articles and book chapters have appeared in Journal of Medical Ethics, Bioethics, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, and Education Philosophy and Theory among others. He is currently a Vice Chairman of the Clinical Ethics Committee of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong and chairs its Working Group on Advance Directives. He is also the Chairman of Hong Kong Bioethics Association and has recently co-edited the book “Towards Sustainability: Medical Ethics and Professionalism”(in Chinese) (City University of Hong Kong Press, 2018) among others.

Mr. Kan is the Senior Partner of Fred Kan & Co., an established commercial law firm in Hong Kong.

Mr. Kan graduated from the University of Toronto in mechanical engineering as well as in law.

Mr. Kan was a member of the Council of the Law Society from 1997 to 2002. He is currently the Chairman of the Law Society’s Belt and Road Committee. In May 2016 Mr. Kan was admitted to the Law Society’s Roll of Honour in recognition of his distinguished service to the Law Society, to the Council and to the development of the practice of law in Hong Kong.

From 1997 to 1998 Mr. Kan was the Chairman of the Banking and Finance Standing Committee of LAWASIA and from 1998 to 2001 he was the Chairman of its Banking, Finance and Insurance Standing Committee.

Mr. Kan was a Council Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He was also a Member of the Macau Law Reform Advisory Committee. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre.

Mr. Kan was a Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Review Body on Bid Challenges (under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement). In March and April 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar of government procurement law at the University of Nottingham.

Mr. Kan is a member of the Executive Committee of UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats / International Association of Lawyers) and is its Director of National and Regional Activities.

Mark Kingwell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine in New York. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books of political, cultural and aesthetic theory, including the national bestsellers Better Living (1998), The World We Want (2000), Concrete Reveries (2008), and Glenn Gould (2009). In addition to many scholarly articles, his writing on politics, art, architecture and technology has appeared in more than 40 mainstream magazines and newspapers. His most recent books are the linked essay collections Unruly Voices (2012) and Measure Yourself Against the Earth (2015), and a study of sports and error, Fail Better (2017). Works in progress include a monograph on the future of work (2018), and philosophical studies of boredom (2019) and risk (2020).

Dr. LU Chuanying is a senior research fellow of Shanghai institutes for international studies (2009--). He received his Ph.D. and M.A of International Politics, and B.S. of Computer Science. He was a visiting fellow of Center for Strategic and International Studies(U.S.), Oxford University(U.K.). Dr. LU is specialized on cyberspace governance and cyber security，and the Editor Chief of Information Security and Communication Privacy. He is also a member of China-EU digital economy and cybersecurity working group. He has published a couple of articles on the issues of cyberspace on journals and newspapers including Cyberspace Governance, Cyber Security. Dr. Lu has also contributed to a variety of research projects related with Cyberspace Governance Strategy, and American Cyber Security Strategy. He has attended several academic activities on the issue of cyberspace home and abroad.

Johnny Chan is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Group Company Secretary of China Merchants Securities International Company Limited (“CMS”), the international arm of China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd., one of the top tier Chinese investment banks with a total number of 10,000 staff providing premier and comprehensive financial products and services.

Johnny has over 15 years of experience in the financial and banking industry and he is responsible for managing all legal, regulatory and compliance-related matters for CMS’ Hong Kong and overseas operations (including offices in the UK, Korea and Singapore).

Before joining CMS, Johnny was the Senior Legal Counsel of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (Hong Kong) where he managed and responsible for the legal affairs of ABN AMRO’s clearing, global markets, prime brokerage and stock borrowing and lending activities in the region. Before that, Johnny was a Legal Counsel of CITIC Securities International Co., Ltd. (now CITIC CLSA Securities) for about 4 years.

Johnny’s practice focuses on advising on issues relating to regulatory and compliance matters, corporate governance, anti-money laundering, SFC and regulatory investigations, corporate litigation, cybersecurity, data security and privacy law, corporate finance, cross-border M&A, private equity investment, asset management as well as equities and derivatives transactions.

Johnny is a frequently invited speaker at international industry conferences and has recently spoken in the Thomson Reuters 15th Annual HK In-House Legal Summit 2018 on the topic “Legal Segmentation: Achieving More with Less”.

Johnny graduated from The University of Technology, Sydney with Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws (with honours) degrees and qualified in Hong Kong. Johnny was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2002.

Mr. Chen is Ant Financial’s General Counsel, responsible for the company’s legal and compliance functions (including anti-money laundering compliance). Mr. Chen joined Ant Financial in March 2016. Prior to joining Ant Financial, he was a Partner with U.S.-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and was head of the firm’s Mainland China Practice. Mr. Chen, who has been based in Hong Kong since 1997, has worked on a variety of equity and debt offerings and mergers and acquisitions involving primarily Chinese companies. Mr. Chen has extensive experience in corporate governance and regulatory matters, and is qualified to practice law in New York and Hong Kong. Mr. Chen received his J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University at Toronto, Canada.

Ms. Carmen Kan is the General Manager, Legal & Compliance and Operational Risk Management Department and General Counsel of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK). She was one of the first batch of lawyers to qualify in Hong Kong, China and the Mainland China. Ms. Kan is a China-appointed Attesting Officer by the Chinese Ministry of Justice and she is listed on the Panel of Arbitrators by Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (also known as South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission).

Ms. Kan is one of the top 20 Global General Counsel named by Financial Times in 2017 and is awarded Woman Lawyer of the Year (In-House) 2017 by Asian Legal Business.

Ms. Kan joined BOCHK in 2010. Prior to her current tenure, she had been a top-notch banking and finance partner of Clifford Chance, and served as the Chief Representative and Managing Partner of its Beijing office for four years. Ms. Kan graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor's Degree in Laws with First Class Honours and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws.

Samson Lee (or Sam) is the Founder & CEO of Coinstreet Partners, Founding Chairman of Belt & Road TechFin Association, Co-Founder of the Blockchain Centre of Hong Kong, Co-Founder of Ethereum south China community; Chief Crypto-Economic Advisor of Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange, and Chairman of STM Digital Group.

Prior, Samson held numerous senior management positions of internationally renowned companies, including Ucast Asia President, Next-TV President, Ericsson Asia UDN Business Consultant, Movideo Greater China Executive Vice President, Neulion Greater China and South Asia Pacific Vice President, Rovi Asia Pacific Business Managing Director, DivX Greater China and South Asia Pacific General Manager, PCCW Head of Mobile Commerce and early stage management team of Hong Kong's first publicly listed internet company - TOM Group's (GEM#8001).

Apart from being an experienced blockchain entrepreneur and a crypto-investor, Samson has over 20 years’ experience in TMET sector, with proven success in commercializing various digital services and e-business operations across in Asia, including the world’s first 4G premium VOD service in 2012 with China Mobile, launched Asia’s first VOD service with four major Hollywood studios in 2006, commercialized Asia’s first O2O E-commerce service with Li & Fung Group in 2004, launched the world’s first mobile e-wallet in 2003 with PCCW, the world’s first verified-by-VISA SMS payment service with VISA and Bank of China in 2002, and the world’s first charge-to-bill mobile payment service with Hutchison Telecom in 2000.

Samson graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelorof Commerce degree, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, with MBA and a Master of Science degrees.

Dr. Lawrence Ma has over 25 years of academics, finance and technology development and business experiences.

He is currently the President of Hong Kong Blockchain Society, Committee Member of China’s Central University of Finance and Economic’s Da Xin Blockchain Research Center Expert Committee Society and co-founder and CEO of eMALI.IO.

Inaugurated in 2017, in Hong Kong Blockchain Society is dedicated to take part in building a vibrant blockchain community and ecosystem in Hong Kong.

eMALI is a Hong Kong based blockchain company. The primary focus of eMALI is to develop blockchain applications in Public and Fin/Insur Tech sectors. eMALI has been (Dec 2016) chosen as a winner of AIA Blockchain Global Challenge; a competition with entries from 19 countries.

Professional Career: National University of Singapore (Lecturer, Department of Mathematics), Man-Drapeau Research (Head of Quantitative Group), Orbrich (China) International Factors (COO & Director), Bain for Greater China- Bain & Company (Senior Consultant), Fortel Solutions Limited (CEO), eMALI.io (Co-Founder & CEO)

He received his BA in Mathematics from Yale University, MS in Mathematics from Stanford University, and PhD in Mathematics from Cornell University.

Mr. Amirali B. Nasir first joined the Law Society Council in 2005 and has since been involved in the work of Standing Committee on Practitioners Affairs, Standing Committee on Policy and Resources, Standing Committee on Compliance, Standing Committee on External Affairs, Belt and Road Committee, Guidance Committee, Consents Committee, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights Committee, International Legal Affairs Committee, Innotech Committee, Working Party on Islamic Finance and various other committees. Mr. Nasir was elected as Vice-President of the Law Society in 2016 and re-elected in 2017.

Mr. Nasir is the founder of Nasirs Solicitors. His main areas of practice are litigation, company, commercial, islamic finance, property, trusts and notarial services.

Mr. Nasir was educated in, and first qualified as a solicitor, in London, UK. He moved to Hong Kong and first practised as a solicitor at a prominent local firm of solicitors after which he established the firm of AB Nasir & Co later renamed NASIRS. In addition to his practise as a Solicitor in Hong Kong, he is enrolled as a solicitor in England and Wales and as a Notary Public by faculty granted in Hong Kong and in England and Wales. Mr. Nasir is also a trustee of a local charitable trust serving the local community in all aspects of life. Mr. Nasir was appointed a Justice of the Peace in July 2005.

Helen Avakyan is experienced in different areas of law, and has taken an active role in both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Her extensive legislation drafting experience includes work on governing the capital markets sector, corporate relations, insolvency procedures, commercial litigation and more. She was repeatedly involved in drafting the decrees of the Presidium and Plenum of the Supreme Arbitrazh Court of Russia.

Helen is on all taskforces for each stream of the governmental program for Digital Economy with the Skolkovo competence centers and an expert at the Expert Advisory Board for Improvement of the Financial Market and Banking Sector Regulation and the Expert Board for Digital Economy and Blockchain Technologies with the State Duma.

Prior to joining the Firm, Elena was the Head of the Analytical Department of the Russian Higher Arbitrazh Court. She was an ideologist and a manager of the e-justice system implementation project in Russia.

Since 2018 Elena has been a member of the Expert Board for Legislative Support of the Securities Market Development with the Russian State Duma’s Committee for the Financial Market.

Helen is an Active State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 2nd class. She was awarded the Russian Judicial System honorable charter and is commended by the Court of Intellectual Rights.

In 2016, Russian Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov awarded a letter of commendation to the Firm for Helen’s persistent "pro bono" efforts in protection of entrepreneurs’ rights at a session of the Business against Corruption Public Center.

From June 2018 Elena is the Counsel in Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers.

She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University Law School.

Helen Avakyan is fluent in English.

Christina studied Jurisprudence at Oxford and qualified as a solicitor in 1991. She has developed and managed law firms including a virtual law firm. In 2011 she set up the Co-operative Legal Services family law offering, later becoming their Director of Policy and more recently was the Director of Innovation at top 100 firm Cripps LLP.

She holds a range of public appointments including member of the Family Justice Council, trustee of LawWorks and council member for the Women Lawyers Division.

Christina is the 174th President of the Law Society of England and Wales.

She is an award winning published author, speaker and lecturer and frequent media commentator.

Christina is passionate about diversity and inclusion, technology and access to justice and uses every opportunity to advocate and progress positive change in these areas.

As part of her presidential plan, Christina is leading on a workstream which focuses on women in law, to promote and support gender equality in the legal sector and to level the playing field for all women working in law irrespective of role, including business service professionals and the judiciary.

Eric Chang is the Senior Director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft Research Asia, where he works on IP portfolio management, starting research themes, and guiding technologies to real world impact. Previously, Eric co-founded Microsoft Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in 2003 where he led teams to develop Office, Windows, and other Microsoft products and started a multidisciplinary incubation team.

Prior to joining Microsoft Research, Eric was one of the founding members of the Research group at Nuance Communications, a pioneer in natural speech interface. While at Nuance, Eric led the development of the world’s first deployed Japanese natural language speech recognition system.

Eric graduated from M.I.T. with Ph.D., Master and Bachelor degrees, all in the field of electrical engineering and computer science. Eric has published in the fields of eHealth, speech processing, and machine learning. He is also the inventor of over 15 granted and pending patents.

Mr. Thomas S. T. So has been a member of Council of the Law Society since 2005. Mr. So was Vice-President of the Law Society since May 2013, and was elected as President of the Law Society from June 2016 to May 2018. Mr. So has also acted as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Compliance, Standing Committee on Practitioners Affairs, Greater China Legal Affairs Committee and Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights Committee.

Mr. So is a partner at Mayer Brown JSM advising on property-related, libel and media related litigation work, as well as cross border litigation and arbitration in the PRC. Mr. So is also a solicitor advocate having rights to appear in the higher courts in HK. He obtained his LL.B degree from University of Hull (1985), LL.M degree in International Commercial Law from University of Hong Kong (1993), LL.B degree at China University of Political Science & Law, Beijing (1997), and Doctor of Laws from Tsinghua University, Beijing (2005).

He is admitted to practise in Hong Kong (1988), England & Wales (1991), Australia - ACT (1991), Australia - High Court (1991), Singapore (1993) and the People’s Republic of China (2009), and is also a China-Appointed Attesting Officer (2003).

Ben Yates is a litigation and arbitration solicitor specialising in technology-related disputes and regulatory issues. His practice has two main, overlapping, areas of focus. The first is cybersecurity, where he manages RPC's cyber incident crisis response service, ReSecure, across the Asia region and advises on compliance with data protection regulations. The second is blockchain and cryptocurrencies, in which he deals with everything from cryptocurrency fraud to regulatory advice.

Ben is the author of a 48,000-word new chapter on “cyber law” in Chitty on Contracts, covering data protection, cloud computing, cybersecurity, blockchain technology, smart contracts and related subjects.

Ben holds degrees in English law and French law from the University of Liverpool and the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne respectively. He is qualified as a solicitor in both Hong Kong and England & Wales.

Elizabeth Espinosa is the Senior Vice President of the Law Society of NSW and will be President of the Law Society of NSW from 1 January 2019. Elizabeth will be the first of her generation and the first graduate from the University of Wollongong (UOW) to hold this position. She is a dynamic professional with no limits to her interests or capacity in dealing with legal matters. Elizabeth is a strong supporter of professional integrity, the rule of law, natural justice principles, education and diversity and inclusion. 

In her current and previous role as General Counsel in a local government authority Elizabeth is a crucial part of the executive team and a lead decision maker in numerous complex matters, often involving the interplay of various Commonwealth and State legislation and corporate governance and probity principles, including responding to investigations by the NSW Ombudsman and ICAC.

Elizabeth currently manages and supervises 3 different divisions of Liverpool City Council:

• Legal;
• Governance; and
• Procurement.


Clarice Kan is Ethics & Compliance Counsel for North Asia at Google. She is currently on rotation to Google’s Global Business Development Team, covering partnerships for Google Assistant Smart Home distribution, Ads, and Google Arts & Culture initiatives in Hong Kong and the China Greater Bay Area. Clarice is a member of the Law Society of Hong Kong’s Belt and Road Committee.

Peter Koo is the National Leader of IT advisory and Assurance services. He is also the HK FinTech Integrated Management Office Lead Partner. Peter's extensive experience also covers system processing consulting, internal audit, risk management consulting and business process re-engineering in the Greater China Region. He also serves Deloitte's key industry groups, including the Global Financial Services Industry (GFSI) Group as well as the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Group.

Peter has been an organizer, moderator and panelist of a number of FinTech events and activities, those highlighted such as ISACA Panel, Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Conference, IES Forum. He is certified to implement WebTrust Assurance Services and a founder for the Hong Kong office's Certification Authority/PKI initiative. Peter holds a number of advisory roles in major financial and academic organization, including the Cyberport Advisory Panel and FinTech Association of Hong Kong – co-chair of the Greater Bay Area committee.

Dr. LIN FEI is an associate consultant who works at the Intelligent Robotics & Automation division in Hong Kong Productivity Council, focusing on areas of industrial AI and intelligent robotics. Dr. Lin Fei has received bachelor degree (1st class) in electrical and electronic engineering and MSc degree (Distinction) in Electrical Systems Engineering from the University of Manchester, and Ph.D. in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lin Fei is the member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). In the past five years, she has published more than ten papers, mainly focusing on motor systems, motor design, mechanical fault diagnosis, embedded systems design. Recently, she is awarded the HKIE outstanding paper award for young engineers/researchers 2018.

Hin Han Shum has a broad range of advisory and contentious commercial experience. She focuses her practice on telecommunications, and advises on litigation, media, data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology matters. She has served as legal representative in various litigation proceedings and is an accredited general mediator. She also has experience with handling a range of criminal cases, including white collar criminal cases, both as legal representative to defendants and to clients in reporting cases to authorities. She is also on the panel as a prosecutor on fiat for the Department of Justice.  

Hin Han has been a speaker for local seminars and in international conferences, and has written widely on a variety of commercial and litigation issues, including those relating to technology and liability.  She is also the current International Bar Association National Representative of Hong Kong in the Young Lawyers’ Committee.

Mr. Huen Wong is the Past President of The Law Society of Hong Kong. He is also the Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre as well as the Past President of Inter Pacific Bar Association. Mr. Wong is currently the Chairman of Copyright Tribunal and a Deputy Chairman of the Inland Revenue Board of Review.

Mr. Wong was admitted to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England & Wales in 1985 and 1989 respectively. He is currently the Principal of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Mr. Wong is a member of the Board of the Hospital Authority, the Hong Kong Aviation Security Company Limited and The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited.

Andy Ann is the Founder and CEO of NDN Group, a digital conglomerate heavily invested in mobile ad network, social networking, digital out of home, big data analytics, ad tech and many others. He is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor who has founded and funded over 20 pioneering companies.

Andy is well known in the business startup community for discovering and mentoring high-potential entrepreneurs, and has been actively involved in multiple local and Silicon Valley incubators including Google EYE, 500 Startups, Founders Institution, Entrepreneur Organization, KPMG and more. He is also one of the founding members at the TEDx conferences, focusing on inviting inspirational speakers in areas of NGO, Social Enterprise and Philanthropy.

Andy was awarded as Young Entrepreneur Winner of DHL and SCMP as well as Piaget in 2008 and 2013 respectively. Recently, he has joined Our Hong Kong Foundation as their organizing committee, pooling together local and mainland entrepreneurs to foster social cohesion and driving long-term economic prosperity.

Clara Chiu is the Head of Fintech and a Director of the Licensing Department of the SFC. She is an ex officio member of the SFC Fintech Advisory Group.

Clara oversees the SFC Fintech Contact Point which handles initial enquiries from Fintech companies. As the Director in charge of Fintech in the SFC, Clara formulates policy initiatives and drives regulatory reforms. Clara also supervises teams in processing and approving licensing applications in her capacity as a Director of the Licensing Department.

Clara is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong, and England and Wales. Prior to joining the SFC, Clara worked in international law firms specializing in commercial and regulatory litigation. Clara has also worked in the Intermediaries Supervision Department of the SFC leading teams on inspections, policy and regulatory reforms.

Philip Kwok is a Member of the InnoTech Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Senior Associate of Dechert, and Non-Clinical Lecturer of the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong.  Mr. Kwok has practiced law in the Beijing and Hong Kong offices of international law firms for more than 10 years. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes resolution, regulatory investigations, cybersecurity and data protection, financial technology compliance, electronic data preservation and retention, as well as disputes and regulatory matters for internet and e-commerce businesses.  Mr. Kwok frequently writes, speaks and advises clients on issues relating to blockchain, cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, digital signatures, virtual identity verification, anti-money laundering issues, and other legal issues in relation to the latest technology.  While he was in Beijing, Mr. Kwok participated in various research projects on e-commerce regulatory matters commissioned by the PRC Ministry of Commerce and the National People’s Congress Finance and Economic Committee.  As a Non-Clinical Lecturer of the University of Hong Kong, he is responsible for the course PRC Information Technology Law for Master of Laws and Juris Doctor students.  Mr. Kwok also assisted, as a member of the InnoTech Committee, in analyzing legal issues relating to distributed ledger technology, the Electronic Transactions Ordinance, assisting the Access to Justice InnoTech Law Hackathon as well as other research projects.

Mr. Steven Lee is the founder and CEO of MoneySQ.com, has nearly 20 years of experience in the loan market. With his thorough knowledge of loan products and relentless pursuit of innovations, he then established Konew FinTech Corporation Limited which is focusing in developing various Fintech products.

MoneySQ.com is a member of the Konew FinTech Corporation Limited, a Hong Kong's first crowdfunding + online lending platform, and is legally approved by HKSFC authority. With the mission "Create Value through Sharing", MoneySQ.com offers a streamlined and secured approach to personal finance which connect both qualified borrowers and smart investors in just one click.

In 2018, MoneySQ.com has initiated Financial Revolution 2.0 and launched the first business platform supported by Blockchain technology in Hong Kong – trustME. trustME provides SME in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong with the opportunities of using Blockchain technology with a relatively low cost to achieve business process and cost optimization. Business opportunities can be extended and support the development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Mr. Kunchou Tsai, Esq. has been licensed in Taiwan and engaged in legal career for decades. He specializes in FinTech, financial regulations, corporate finance, securities trading, international investment and arbitration. He received his LLM degrees from the first tier law schools of University College London and U.C. Berkeley, USA. In recent years, Mr. Tsai focuses on the resolution of financial investment disputes, such as TRF and other complicated high-risk derivative products. He also assisted the Taiwan Bar Association and Chinese Arbitration Association in the design of relevant arbitration mechanism. Mr. Tsai was selected and appointed as the arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in 2017, among the very few Taiwanese legal professionals, for his financial expertise. He has detailed knowledge of FinTech and Blockchain financing. He actively participates in the crypto ecosystem and consulted the first public ICO fundraising case in Taiwan.

Martin Maisner is a specialist in the field of information technology, cybersecurity, alternative dispute resolution, sports law and contract law.

Since 1990, he has been actively engaged in the law of information technology and participated in not only the formation of a number of componential legal theories, relating to specific areas of information technology law (outsourcing, comprehensive cybersecurity), but also in the creation of the legal environment and business practices in related industries both in the Czech Republic and internationally. He provides comprehensive legal advice to both suppliers of technology and customers, and also in some instances to candidates for public procurement regarding the preparation of their tenders.

Martin has in-depth experience with arbitration, both at the national and international level. He acts as an arbitrator in a number of the permanent arbitration courts in the Czech Republic as well as on the international scene. He has ruled as a sole arbitrator, arbitrator and Chairman of the arbitration board in almost 200 Disputes, many of which were particularly significant both in terms of the value of the subject of the dispute (10% of disputes over 100 million CZK, 5% of disputes over 1 billion), the participants or indeed the business context. In addition to the performance of duties as an arbitrator he also represents clients in arbitration proceedings, or participates in representations before arbitration tribunals held by Czech and international arbitration bodies.

Other areas of law, in which Martin is actively engaged, can include sports law and the law of obligations in general, including the theory of bargaining. In the context of sports law he is dedicated to resolving disputes primarily within sports federations, and to effective handling of disputes between sports clubs and their referees. In the international field, Martin mainly deals with the question of the enforceability and binding nature of the decisions of sports tribunals and international arbitration institutions. He is a member of the Legislative Council of the Czech Olympic Committee, the Arbitration Board of the Czech Football Association, and the National Court of Appeal of the Czech Automobile Club.

In the area of contract law and contracting, Martin is primarily dedicated to distance contracts, legal electronic conduct and business negotiation strategy in the novel 21st century environment regarding the conditions laid down by new legislation.

He is actively engaged in significant publishing activities in the field of IT law, as well as in the area of arbitration and does so in the form of legal monographs, commentaries on the law or professional articles in various specialized journals.

Martin is a sought after speaker at conferences and he makes use of his infuential and interesting talks in his teaching activities. He has done so for years at a number of colleges, where he primarily applies his practical view on specific legal disciplines.

Roden is a Council member of the Law Society of Hong Kong. He started his career as a solicitor in Hong Kong focusing on Insurance related and commercial litigation. In 2007, he joined a multinational insurer as in-house claim specialist and thereafter promoted to be the Regional Claim Manager to oversee all financial lines and specialty large loss across North Asia.

In 2016, he joined Berkley Insurance Asia as Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Hong Kong Branch and Head of Claims, Financial Lines for Asia. Roden has extensive experience in handling complex Financial Lines claim matters, including Lehman-related investment mis-selling issues, US class actions against Hong Kong and Mainland China companies, and major fidelity claims.

Alongside with his work, Roden has a passion in social service. He serves in various Law Society’s committees and working groups including the Standing Committee on Standards and Development, Standing Committee on Practitioners Affairs, Standing Committee on Member Services, Consents Committee, In-House Lawyers Committee, Insurance Law Committee and the PIS Panel Solicitors Selection Board. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Recreation and Sports Committee and the Chairman of the Teen Talk 2017 & 2018 events, an annual flagship event of the Law Society to provide a platform for secondary students to discuss the core values of the society and legal issues that may have an impact on their lives.

Mr Stephen Wong joined the Attorney General’s Chambers of the Hong Kong Government as a Crown Counsel in 1986. He was seconded to the UN Human Rights Committee based in Geneva and became the Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions in 1992. Mr Wong later assumed the offices of Deputy Solicitor-General; Founding Director of Berlin Economic and Trade Office; and Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission, responsible for human rights (including reporting to UN human rights treaty monitoring bodies); cross-boundary legal affairs; Constitutional law and “Basic Law” issues; legal policies; economic and trade affairs (Central and Eastern Europe) and law reform. His fields of legal practice also include commercial law, arbitration law, intellectual property and criminal law. Mr Wong went to HKU, LSE, Harvard and Wharton. He has been appointed as the Adjunct Professor of Law of the City University of Hong Kong for more than 10 years and was appointed as the Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong in August 2015.

Jason is a US CPA certified in the state of New York and a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP). Jason has been with RSM since 2004 and was a member of RSM US global expat team prior to joining RSM Hong Kong.

He spearheaded the first Asia-Pacific region expat program and subsequently established the Technology and Management Consulting division in Hong Kong, which focuses on providing high-quality IT solutions to corporate customers, including ERP/CRM implementation, cloud strategy, cybersecurity, infrastructure, IT audit and computer forensic etc.

Jason is also the partner-in-charge for RSM Hong Kong's internal IT department, responsible for the overall IT strategy, infrastructure, support, security, and data privacy matters for the Hong Kong firm, and internal system upgrades that have direct impact in providing high quality services to RSM clients.

Jason brings over 15 years of professional experience with a focus in financial services industry. Prior to his expat assignment, Jason was based in RSM New York office providing audit and consulting to financial services companies. Jason also has extensive experience in Sarbanes-Oxley and IT-related control testing, including information security over electronic transfer of customer funds, and customer balances held by clearing brokers and forex dealer members. During his time with RSM US, Jason assisted several multinational companies with US IPO and S-1 registration processes.

As the Chief Legal Director, Yeung is responsible for all government, industry and community affairs activities as well as legal work at Microsoft Hong Kong. Yeung plays a leading role at the Company on intellectual property, corporate compliance, privacy and other Internet, cloud computing, AI legal and public policy issues. She also oversees the strategy development and delivery of the Company’s citizenship initiative.

Yeung has extensive experience in the IT and media/entertainment industries. Before joining Microsoft, she was in private practice in Hong Kong, specializing in IT licensing, intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. Prior to taking up her current position, she also acted as the regional legal lead for Microsoft’s Xbox team in Asia.

Yeung has expanded her role to lead the Commercial Legal team for Microsoft in Greater China since 2012. Her team provides legal support to consumer, enterprise and cloud services business groups in Greater China.

Yeung graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. She is accredited as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales. She also holds an MBA from the University of Toronto.

Yeung currently serves as a member of the Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee under the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, the Chinese Language Interface Advisory Committee under Office of Government Chief Information Officer, Self-financing Post-Secondary Education Fund Steering Committee and Committee on Self-financing Post-Secondary Education under Education Bureau. Yeung is also a Vice-President of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation. During the period of 2011 – 2017, she served as a Director of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.

Mr. Chen Fang is the director of Sincere Qianhai Law Offices. He is also a founding Partner of Sincere Partners & Attorneys. He is the vice president of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, the vice president of Institute of Qianhai International Cooperation Legal Studies, the vice president of the faculty of advocate of the South China Normal University，as well as the guest professor and the postdoctoral co-supervisor of the Southwest University of Political Science & Law.

Mr. Chen Fang has developed his career as a lawyer since 1998, with rich practical experience. He is specialized in real estate development projects and related cross-border investment and financing services as well as the corporate governance and enterprise development strategy designing. Since 2013, Mr. Chen focused his attention to Qianhai to explore the foreign related legal service area on Belt & Road and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Collaboration. He also devotes himself into promoting the development of the lawyer sector and the cultivation of the lawyers.

Mr. Ng was one of Uber’s first legal team members in Asia and is based out of Uber’s Hong Kong office covering the APAC region. Mr. Ng leads Uber’s transactions team which includes advising Uber on commercial transactions, business strategy, fund-raising matters, investments and corporate structuring matters. Mr. Ng has also been involved in regulatory and government-relation matters with a particular focus in North Asia. Mr. Ng has been involved in all aspects of Uber’s business in APAC since 2015 helping the region and the global business grow from being in 100 cities to over 600 cities. Mr. Ng was also involved in advising on the growth of the Mainland China business before the merger with Didi Chuxing as well as the launch of Uber’s new lines of businesses including Uber Eats. More recently, he has been advising the company in the ground-breaking merger of Uber’s South-East Asian business to Grab.

Prior to joining Uber, Mr. Ng was a lawyer with the leading international law firms, Latham & Watkins (in Hong Kong), White & Case (in London and the Middle East) and Herbert Smith (in London). In 2014, Mr. Ng was also seconded to work with the Government of Qatar to prepare for the hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Mr. Ng has worked closely with the Chinese business community including advising SAFE, China Life, China Harbour Engineering, Nanjing Automotive and China Shenhua Energy during his career.

Dr. Poon is the General Manager of Hong Kong Productivity Council and Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems R&D Centre. Dr Poon took lead a team of professional Engineers and researchers with rich experiences in EV and connected vehicle technology development. The most representative R&D results include a series of pure electric and hybrid-electric commercial vehicles, EV chargers, active safety systems and big data analytic platform for automobile. In addition to automotive R&D, Dr. Poon and his team also conducted many technology and market study with focus on EV, EV charging infrastructure and connected vehicles.

Dr. Poon is also serving as Hon Secretary of SAE HK and Section-Chair of HK Bio- & Eco- Energy Industry Association and Fellow of Green Strategy Association. He has been appointed as Technical Expert by the HK Council for Accreditation and Academic & Vocational Quality since 2015. His major research interests focus on the development of energy storage systems, electrical vehicle control systems and EV charging infrastructure.

Dr. Poon graduated with first class honor degree from HKPolyU Mechanical Engineering Department. He got the doctoral degree in 2004. In addition to the duty in HKPC and APAS R&D Centre, he is also a visiting lecturer in HKPolyU for number of subjects related to Automotive Safety and Reliability, and Product Design.

Charles serves as Senior Legal Counsel for Tencent’s Technology Transactions Group where he has a lead responsibility for Tencent’s International Business Group covering various regions including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa and Myanmar. He provides legal and business advice for Tencent’s overseas businesses concerning social media, video streaming, music streaming, advertisements, cloud and games. Prior to joining Tencent, Charles worked as in a multinational corporation and a US law firm where he advised clients in the technology, media and telecommunications space on various commercial and corporate matters.

Furthermore, Charles published widely and had been invited as a speaker on issues relating to intellectual property, data privacy, cyber security, employment, fintech, blockchain and life science. He currently serves as a committee member of the InnoTech Committee, committee member of the Employment Law Committee and as deputy leader of the Intellectual Property Vetting Group for the "Sing Tao Legal Mailbox" of the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Mr. C.M. Chan first joined the Council in February 2016 and has since been involved in the work of Standing Committee on Compliance, Standing Committee on Practitioners Affairs, Standing Committee on Standards and Development, Public Policy Committee and various other committees. Mr. Chan was the founding chairman of In-House Lawyers Committee. He was nominated to represent the Law Society in the International Bar Association Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (2007 - 2012) and LAWASIA as Country Councilor (2016 - 2018). He currently serves on a number of statutory bodies, including the Board of Review (Inland Revenue) and the Committee on Provision of Space in the Legal Hub.

Mr. Chan is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong (1997) and England and Wales (2002). He is also a Civil Celebrant, Registered Financial Planner, and Chartered Tax Advisor. Mr. Chan holds an LLM degree from London School of Economics, an MBA degree from the University of Oxford and an MPA degree from Harvard University.

Mr. Chan had practiced in a notable law firm, where he advised high net-worth clients and corporations in relation to their asset management, trust, succession and tax planning matters. Thereafter, he became a legal adviser of different Family Offices for prominent families. Mr. Chan is now a General Counsel of an investment company.

Jianyu Tu (Jason) is the Cofounder and CEO of MioTech, an artificial intelligence provider for financial institutions. Jason’s career covers banking and financial technology startups around the globe. He kicked off his career at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, and has since then worked at a number of startups such as WeLab and Robinhood in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the U.S. Jason holds an MBA degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business, master’s degree from Toulouse School of Economics in France, and bachelor’s degree from Purdue University.

Mr. Wu is the Chief Information Officer at Link Asset Management Limited (HKEX: 0823). In addition, he is also the Chairman of Smart City Consortium’s Proptech Committee, as well as an advisor for various organizations such as the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park and the Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre (LSCM), etc.

Mr. Wu has over 20 years of IT management, IT consulting and IT Startup experiences, and is responsible for the formulation of information technology strategy as well as the management of all information technology functions of Link.  Prior to joining Link, he had held senior IT management roles at various multinational consulting firms and local conglomerates, including Avanade (a Microsoft and Accenture JV) and Orange Sky Golden Harvest.  He was also the co-founder / CTO of two successful IT startups in Hong Kong, including Resources Link Ltd. (A JV with China Resources) and Wisers Information Ltd.  Mr. Wu holds a Bachelor of Mathematics (Joint Honours in Management Accounting and Computer Science) degree from The University of Waterloo in Canada.

Ir Andrew Young has over 34 years of executive experience in senior positions including Director of Partnership Development for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chief Commercial Officer of Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation. He is now Associate Director (Innovation) for Sino Land Company Ltd with responsibility to explore and identify innovations and technologies for application in the group and explore investment opportunities in technology ventures.

He has developed closely knitted and professional working relationships with leading and renowned institutions and innovation nodes in Hong Kong and around the World including Imperial College, University of Oxford, University of Waterloo, Stanford University, etc.

He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of HKIE, an Adjunct Professor with the HKUST and an advisor to Hamlyn Centre of Imperial College London as Chairman of the Translation Advisory Panel. He is a member of the Knowledge Transfer Committee of CityU; serves on the Departmental Advisory Committee of the School of Optometry and Dept of Mechanical Engineering of PolyU; and Dept of Electronics Engineering of CityU. He also sits on various committee in leading commerce and industry associations and is active within the startup and VC community.

Julianne is a partner at Dentons, an international law firm. A graduate from the University of Hong Kong (LLB) and Cambridge University (LLM), Julianne is involved in Dentons' Venture Technology practice. She focuses on investments, cross border M&As, corporate, commercial and financial/securities matters, including fundraising, compliance and regulatory and Hong Kong and overseas listing matters. She is an external examiner for the Overseas Lawyers Qualification examination and the Chinese University of Hong Kong's PCLL Corporate Finance course and a regular speaker for the HK Academy of Law. As well, Julianne actively serves in advisory positions in government and statutory bodies and community organizations and charities.

Orsolya is a partner at Szecskay Attorneys at Law, a market-leading, independent Hungarian law firm which is consistently top-ranked in all the major legal rankings publications.

Orsolya is a transactional lawyer based in Budapest, with vast global connections and two decades of experience. Her motto is: “I help clients to cross borders - both state borders and business ones.” She works with clients from around the world in all stages of establishing, acquiring and operating businesses in Hungary, and in assisting Hungarian clients in expanding their business activities abroad.

Orsolya served in 2015-2016 as the President of AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers. In 2016 she led the AIJA team in charge of the joint CCBE/AIJA survey project on the future of the legal profession. Currently she is vice-president of the Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership and Learning (SCILL) Commission of AIJA. She is also a member of the IBA's Presidential Task Force on the Future of Legal Services, and ambassador of ELTA, the European Legal Tech Association.

Orsolya received the “Exemplary Lawyer” award from the Hungarian Bar Association in 2016 in recognition of exemplary dedication to highest principles of the legal profession.

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Anthony LEUNG is the CEO and Co-founder of Silk Road And Belt Technology Limited (member of Hong Kong Blockchain Industry Analyst Association), the Founding Executive VP of HONG KONG O2O E-COMMERCE INDUSTRIES FEDERATION, Director of Hong Kong General Chamber of Cross Border E-Commerce, Advisor of The Chamber of Hong Kong Logistics Industry, member of FinTech Club Hong Kong, and HENGQIN FTZ (HONG KONG) REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. Anthony is also the active key executive of many of China’s leading and cross border e-commerce companies, like the Business Director (Greater China), EC-Council. Being the Program Lecturer of Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and the event speaker of KPMG, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) for branding in Mainland China, BUD (Branding, Upgrade, Domestic Sales) Fund supported by HKSAR Government in Qingdao, Hangzhou, Guangzhou. Anthony has built many successful cases, like Cross Border International Intellectual Property Trading Platform; Cross Border Custom compatible eLock system Bilateral B2B Cross Border KYC & Settlement Platform with A.I., Blockchain, Big Data analysis applied.

Garrick Ng is the Chief Technology Officer for Cisco Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, leading Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial and Service Providers systems engineering strategy and operations in these markets. Garrick joined Cisco in 2007, and was promoted to his current role with expanded territories in 2016. With more than two decades of experience in the ICT industry, he has been driving innovations in the local market with deep knowledge in technology, and has attained significant achievements in developing turnkey cross-architecture solutions to best align with customers’ business needs and goals. He has been recognized by the company as Manager of Excellence three years in a row since 2014.

Garrick is the Cisco Security Ambassador and has been vocal to promote cybersecurity awareness and actions to the publics. He received the qualification of Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from the world-renowned International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² in 2017. He was awarded Gold (Communication/Management category) in the Cyber Security Professional Awards, organized by the Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) and Government Computer Emergency Response Team Hong Kong (GovCERT.HK), in 2016.

In addition, Garrick has made notable contributions to the industry. He is the Vice President (Technology) of HK Internet of Things Industry Advisory Council of GS1, Chairman of the Smart City Consortium Security Special Interest Group, and Committee Member of the Cyber Security Alliance under Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF).

Prior to joining Cisco, Garrick co-founded WiseSpot and was the CTO to lead innovation in the company. He invented the world’s first music ringback tone (彩玲) for GSM Mobile Network, Asia’s first real-time financial streamer on cellular PDA “Wireless Teletext Machine”, and the world’s first wireless PDA to stream real-time horse-racing data. All innovations were very well received in the market.

Garrick holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from New York University, a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in the United States. In his leisure time, he teaches Martial Art and Kung Fu; he is also a certified hypnotherapist, and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner.

Rozaiman is the founder and managing partner of Rozaiman Abdul Rahman (a member of Zicolaw) and has more than 20 years of experience in civil and criminal litigation, corporate commercial law, intellectual property and real estate matters. He has advised a wide range of clients ranging from large and midsized corporations, banks and financial institutions, government linked entities as well as high net worth individuals.

A former Deputy Public Prosecutor with the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC), Rozaiman has also worked as legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary for several of Brunei’s largest banks and financial institutions, and is well versed in various banking and Islamic finance transaction and matters.

Rozaiman was admitted in 1997 as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam. He subsequently served as Legal Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney General’s Chambers before holding held several positions as Legal Counsel and corporate secretary for several notable banks and financial institutions. Rozaiman also acted as Head of Consumer Banking of Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) Sdn Bhd and as Deputy Managing Director, Takaful BIBD.

Kerry Westland is Head of Innovation & Legal Technology at Addleshaw Goddard. She is responsible for driving the use of technology and developing solutions to deliver a wide range of legal work across the firm. Dubbed as AG's 'Secret Weapon' by The Lawyer Hot 100, she's a new breed of lawyer, shaping the changing legal profession.