Green Fintech: Driving the Transition in Greater China

Sandeep is a seasoned financial services professional specialising in corporate banking and Corporate Treasury advisory in Asia-Pacific and is CEO of Sustainable Solutions (SS) Consulting Limited, a consultancy specialising in sustainable solutions for financial services firms and corporate treasuries. He is a certified expert in Sustainable finance, a winner of sustainable finance leadership award, a frequent speaker at business forums across APAC, and co-chairs the GreenTech and ESG Committee in the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. Sandeep is also International Resources Director and Contributing Editor for The Asian Banker and has written on a vast spectrum of topics including ESG, corporate treasury, fintech, banking and digital assets. In the past, Sandeep has held leadership roles across corporate banking, cash management and transaction banking operations in a top global bank. Sandeep was recognised as the ‘Best Relationship Manager’ by The Asset Magazine in 2020. Sandeep holds degrees in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, India.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

I hope that HK :
– Establishes itself as a leading Global Greentech centre through the continued focus and efforts of the HK authorities as well as the various industry organisations
– HK grown Green fintechs establish themselves on a global scale and become a showcase for HK as a Green fintech centre

Dr Alan Cheung is the Chief Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies division at ASTRI. He leads the division in driving ASTRI’s initiatives, particularly in FinTech and Smart City, through Generative AI, multimedia data analytics, Federated Learning, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and privacy-enhancing applications. The division has won numerous local and overseas innovation awards. His collaboration partners comprise both the public and private sectors. They include government departments and regulators such as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, as well as financial institutions and corporations. He has over 25 years of rich R&D and management experience and is also the owner of multiple US patents.

Tracy Wong Harris is the Head of Sustainable Finance for Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, focusing on the Bank’s sustainable finance strategy, by developing new products and solutions, further incorporating ESG considerations into banking decisions, and identifying sustainable finance opportunities for clients. Tracy is also the Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA), an appointed Policy Research Committee member of Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), Board member of Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation Limited (s88) and Senior Advisor to the Green Building Project of HK2050isNow.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Tracy had been driving the green and sustainable finance development in Hong Kong and had over 20 years of financial markets experiences across various fixed income and complex structured products in JPMorgan, Mizuho International, Barclays Capital and BNP Paribas based in London and Hong Kong.
Tracy received her MSc and BA in International Finance and Capital Markets in the United Kingdom and graduated from the Oxford Said Business School in Social Finance Program.
Former appointed member of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Climate Change Technical Expert Group (TEG), served as Board member of AIDS Concern, Hong Kong LGBT+ Interbank, and founder of the JPM PRIDE HK network.

Julien Martin has 25 years in financial services in sell side and infrastructure organizations of which 18 in Asia.

He is the CEO and founder of Digital Climate Group, a financial service company working on democratizing access to green finance products for issuers and investors leveraging blockchain, Web3 and AI.

Previously, Senior Managing Director for HKEX and CEO of the Bond Connect Company Limited, a joint venture established by China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and HKEX. Leading the development of Fixed Income products (Cash, derivatives, and post trade), Data & ESG initiatives including regulatory disclosure, data monetization, ESG products development, index, rating and carbon, digital assets build up. Julien is the key architect that led to the launch of Bond Connect in July 2017, delivering policy breakthroughs and market efficiencies in pre-trade admission, trading, and settlement for the China interbank bond market.

A total of 17 years capital market experience in BNP Paribas group, in FICC trading sales, risk management and platform build up. Julien holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from ESSEC Business School, Paris.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

• I wish for the creation of a real group of impact investors in HK
• I wish for a greater fight against poverty in HK
• I wish for our ocean to be clean and healthy with biodiversity

Neil Tan has over 20 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Business Development and Partnerships — across Banking (HSBC, Deutsche Bank), Management Consulting (Boston Consulting Group BCG) and Industry (Philips Electronics, Siemens).

Neil is the Managing Partner at Tsunami Advisors, an advisory and consulting firm dedicated to helping FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Asset, and Web3 firms expand, grow and scale in the Asia Pacific Region.

Prior to this, Neil served as the CEO of Neptune Digital, an award-winning blockchain start-up under the Cyberport Incubation Program (CIP). He was previously the Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific in the Digital Partnerships & Innovation Team at HSBC, where he focused on Banking-As-A-Service (BaaS) and Embedded Finance, including digital payments, lending, wealth and insurance.

Neil is the Former Chairman and current Board Member of the FinTech Association Hong Kong (FTAHK) and a Member of the Hong Kong Government Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development (Web3 Task Force). He is also a Steering Committee Member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and a Conference Ambassador of the Hong Kong Tourism Bureau (HKTB).

LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiltan1/

FTAHK
https://ftahk.org/our-team

WEB3 TASK FORCE
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202306/30/P2023063000579.htm

HKTDC
https://www.asianfinancialforum.com/conference/aff/en/steering-committee

HKTB
https://www.mehongkong.com/hkca/ambassadors.html