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      Prof. David Lee Kuo Chuen

      Prof. David Lee Kuo Chuen

      Chairman

      Global Fintech Institute

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      David LEE Kuo Chuen is a Professor of Fintech and Blockchain at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), a founding Council Member of the British Blockchain Association, and Editor-in-Chief or Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fintech and Annual Review of Fintech.
      Professor LEE is also an internationally renowned scholar and industry opinion leader in the field of blockchain, an expert in the development of WEB3 and Artificial Intelligence (AI) application scenarios, the Chairman of the Global FinTech Institute (GFI), a co-founder of FLEX, the Chairman of the Board of Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX), a co-founder of the Singapore Blockchain Association, a co-founder of the Blockchain Security Alliance and Global Web3 Association, a CBDC advisor to the Asian Development Bank, Vice President of the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS), a cryptocurrency advisor to the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF) of NUS, an independent director of several companies in Singapore such as eTORO, founder of Western Australia Web3 Association, an angel investor in blockchain, WEB3, inclusive finance and AI innovation, a senior advisor and Investment Committee member of Artichoke Capital which is backed by institutional limited partners, including sovereign wealth and family office funds.
      Professor LEE previously served as a Senior Advisor to the Provost of Singapore Management University (SMU), an advisor to the SUSS Node for inclusive FinTech (NiFT), Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economic (SKBI) in Singapore, a member of the Research Council of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of Ping An One Connect, an independent director of Lu Global in Singapore, and long taught at the Mayor's Class in Singapore.
      In addition, Professor LEE served as an international consultant to the Distributed Trust Research Project at Stanford University, Group MD of listed companies OUE Enterprise and Auric Pacific, a Fellow at Harvard University - National University of Singapore (1991-1993), a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University in 2015, a stockbroker from 1993-1998, the founder of hedge fund Ferrell Asset Management (1998-2012), and a licensed developer of real estate developer Ferrell Residences.

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