Hock Lai Chia
Founding President
Singapore FinTech Association
Chia Hock Lai is the CEO of Switchnovate, a FinTech consultancy firm
that provides financial blockchain solutions, and has close to 2 decades of experience in the financial and technology industry. He has previously worked in organisations like the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) and NTUC Income. He is also an alumnus of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Besides being the founding president of the Singapore FinTech
Association and co-chairman of the Blockchain Association Singapore,
he is also a Strategic Advisory Council member of the ASEAN Financial
Innovation Network (AFIN), Advisory Board member of the IEEE Computer Society Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Standards Committee (IEEE C/BDL), Council Member of Singapore Sichuan Trade
& Investment Committee, Fellow of the Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS), member of the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) - Technology & Operations Industry Workgroup, member of
the Banking & Finance and Fund Industry panel of Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) and advisor to start-ups. He also teaches and speaks frequently on topics related to FinTech and Blockchain at international events and universities.
Under his leadership, the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) has grown its membership base to more than 700 corporate members, with an extensive international partnership network in over 40
countries. NTUC conferred the prestigious ""Partner of Labour Movement"" award to SFA and him in 2018 and 2019 respectively, in recognition of their work in helping workers to re-skill and up-skill into
FinTech. In January 2019, SFA made history by becoming the first NTUC U Associates to become an affiliated association of NTUC. NTUC. In addition, he was amongst the LinkedIn Power Profiles for
Finance in 2018, for his active contribution as a key opinion leader in the professional FinTech and Blockchain community.
Singapore FinTech Association
Chia Hock Lai is the CEO of Switchnovate, a FinTech consultancy firm
that provides financial blockchain solutions, and has close to 2 decades of experience in the financial and technology industry. He has previously worked in organisations like the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) and NTUC Income. He is also an alumnus of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Besides being the founding president of the Singapore FinTech
Association and co-chairman of the Blockchain Association Singapore,
he is also a Strategic Advisory Council member of the ASEAN Financial
Innovation Network (AFIN), Advisory Board member of the IEEE Computer Society Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Standards Committee (IEEE C/BDL), Council Member of Singapore Sichuan Trade
& Investment Committee, Fellow of the Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS), member of the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) - Technology & Operations Industry Workgroup, member of
the Banking & Finance and Fund Industry panel of Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) and advisor to start-ups. He also teaches and speaks frequently on topics related to FinTech and Blockchain at international events and universities.
Under his leadership, the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) has grown its membership base to more than 700 corporate members, with an extensive international partnership network in over 40
countries. NTUC conferred the prestigious ""Partner of Labour Movement"" award to SFA and him in 2018 and 2019 respectively, in recognition of their work in helping workers to re-skill and up-skill into
FinTech. In January 2019, SFA made history by becoming the first NTUC U Associates to become an affiliated association of NTUC. NTUC. In addition, he was amongst the LinkedIn Power Profiles for
Finance in 2018, for his active contribution as a key opinion leader in the professional FinTech and Blockchain community.
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