Who will present in WDES？
Speakers and VIP Guest:
Prof Pei Sai Fan
Investor and Mentor of Fintech Startups; Former Director of the MAS Academy
Dr Pei worked for 10 years in commercial banking and then another 10 years in investment banking. The last held position was Senior Vice President & Head of Capital Markets in a local banking group. In 1999, Dr Pei joined The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS, the central bank and integrated financial regulator in Singapore) as the Director of Banking Department, supervising banks’ investment banking, capital markets, and treasury and derivatives activities. In 2008, Dr Pei was appointed Director of the newly established MAS Academy which provides professional and leadership training, research and knowledge management for MAS staff, and capacity building and technical assistance programmes for the peer central bankers and financial regulators from regional countries.
Dr Pei joined Singapore Management University in April 2014 as Associate Professor of Quantitative Finance (Practice) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business. Dr Pei is now the Adjunct or Visiting Professor teaching at National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore University of Social Sciences in Singapore, Renmin University and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and Hong Kong Financial Services Institute.
Dr Pei is also active in consulting, advisory and training services for businesses. In recent years, Dr Pei spends significant amount of time acting as angel investor, adviser and mentor to several fintech start-ups, serving the industry association and assisting some Chinese provincial governments on fintech development.
