As a practitioner, I am the Founder of Lightbulb Capital in Hong Kong and Singapore. Previously, I was the CIO of the Modular Blockchain Fund at Modular Asset Management and the COO of HSBC Securities in Singapore.

As an academic, I am an Affiliate Faculty Member at Singapore Management University where I teach courses on Blockchain & Digital Assets, and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). I am also a Lecturer in ESSEC’s top-ranked Master in Finance program. Previously I was a visiting professor at IE business school, where I received the teaching excellence award.

My research work investigates blockchain in the financial markets context, and has been published by various academic journals by Springer and MIT Press. I am also the founding Associate Editor-in-Chief of World Scientific Annual Review of Fintech journal.

I am completing my PhD in Finance at Erasmus University, and hold Master degrees in Innovation (SMU) and Finance (IE).