Sandeep Sethi

Sandeep is a banking professional turned consultant with over three decades of experience in the financial services industry out of which twenty years have been in Hong Kong. Sandeep is MD of Sustainable Solutions (SS) Consulting Limited, a consultancy specialising in sustainable solutions for financial services firms, fintechs and corporates.

Sandeep is a certified expert in Sustainable finance, a winner of sustainable finance leadership award and holds a specialist certificate in Green Finance and Sustainability from Hong Kong Institute of Bankers. Sandeep is a frequent speaker at business forums across APAC and is a Board Member at the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. In the past couple of years, Sandeep also co-chaired 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 where he has written on a vast spectrum of topics including sustainability, corporate treasury, fintech, banking, decentralised finance 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 where he worked for over 27 years. 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. Sandeep has also done courses from other leading global universities including Certified expert in Sustainable finance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany; Fintech course on Innovation and transformation in Financial Services from National University of Singapore and Leadership development programme from London Business School, UK.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. I hope that HK continues to drive the Sustainability agenda for not only HK but also for the Region and thrives as a leading global green finance and greentech centre.
2. Becomes the leading Green fintech centre of the world where new green fintechs continue to emerge and existing ones scale up and make a difference to us achieving a more inclusive and sustainable world.