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Degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. He was previously with Sun Microsystems (Oracle) and ATI Technologies (AMD) in California, the US. ‍ Alan has rich industry and R&D experience overseas. He has also brought success in the commercial adoption of Blockchain technology in insurance, property mortgage, and supply chain management for major utilities. Commissioned by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, he led the ASTRI team to publish the first whitepaper on Distributed Ledger Technology in Hong Kong in 2016.

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He is a pioneer in Blockchain technology, and his research focus spans both hardware and software applications in the secured systems domain. ‍ Alan has more than 20 years of experience in research and development. Being a proactive collaborator with strong business acumen, Alan is always keen to connect commercial partners to develop innovative use cases across industry sectors. He leads the division in driving ASTRI’s initiatives, particularly in Fintech and Smart City areas with innovative applications such as blockchain systems, cybersecurity, secure fintech services, federated learning, risk assessment and multimedia data analytics. Alan Cheung is the Senior Director of the Trust and Artificial Intelligence technologies division in ASTRI. He is also an alumnus of UPennWharton School and affiliate alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management. Simon holds a BBA degree (1st Class Honours) from HKUST, a master of medical science from the University of Hong Kong and two masters of law from Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University. Related patent applications were filed in China in 2020. Simon is a co-inventor of three blockchain related methodologies and systems. Simon is the co-founder and co-chairperson of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Hong Kong Blockchain Chapter as well as the award winner of Leader of the Year (2019/20) of IFTA Fintech Achievement Award – Outstanding Financial Technologist. He started his career in Morgan Stanley and moved to PwC before joining the SFC as a regulator. Ant Financial, RBC Wealth Management, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and BNP Paribas. Prior to HashKey, Simon also led different business/service functions in global financial institutions, e.g. He is one of the founding members of HashKey Digital Asset Group and assumed the roles of Head of Strategic Initiatives of the Group and the Chief Operating Officer of its virtual asset trading platform. Simon Au Yeung is currently the CEO of Blockchain Finance of ARTA TechFin Corporation Limited. Ron is a graduate fromThe Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ron’s career includes 25+ years of driving innovation and building businesses for global financial institutions both in the US and Asia, including senior management positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ING, NewEdge and Goldman Sachs. During this time he invested in 20+ Fintech Companies including Blockdaemon, Unit, Aspire, Brankas and Causalens.

Prior to AFG, Ron founded and led Asia FintechAngels an Angel Investor Network of 100+ Senior Financial Services Professionals and family offices dedicated to and specialised in FinTech. AFG is differentiated by its unique network of Asian Financial Services expertise, with extensive industry connections that we leverage to accelerate the growth of FinTechs across the region.

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AFG invests in Seed+ to Series B Enterprise / B2B FinTechs built by entrepreneurs with specific domain expertise, strong industry networks, solving difficult problems and who are reliable partners and addressing the critical needs of FinancialInstitutions and challengers.ĪFG is managed and advised by leaders and specialists in Asian FinancialServices and backed by curated industry investors. Ron is the Founder and Managing Partner of AFGPartners, a FinTech Venture Capital Fund with the mission to be the growth partner for the next generation of global and regional FinTechs that will transform Asian Financial Services.

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