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Guest Speaker

Dr. Dorothy C.K. Chau
Dr. Chau was a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director at the HK Baptist University, within the School of Business. Dr. Chau was the Director of the new Master in Finance (FinTech and Financial Analytics), bringing together the best minds and leaders in Finance, FinTech, A.I., RegTech, Privacy and Cybersecurity. With over 8 years in this space, Dr. Chau is a seasoned FinTech professional with a strong reputation as being an industry and academic liaison. Dr. Chau’s deep industry connections has allowed her to bring the biggest and best organizations from Tencent, Alipay, IBM, UBS, BNP Paribas, Ant Financial, Deloitte, Ping An Bank, Crypto.com and others to work with her to integrate content into her programmes, where she has successfully built industry-academic collaboration.  She is also the advisor and chairman of the Data Privacy Special Interest Group of the Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia (IFTA) and the founding council member and chairman of the blockchain education committee of the Hong Kong Blockchain Development Association (HKBCDA).
Dr. Chau is also the Co-Chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and inducted as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP). In addition to her CIPP/A and CIPM certifications, her Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe (CIPP/E) certification makes her a sought out expert on the topic of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where she has presented to audiences both locally in Hong Kong and China, including CPA Australia, The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Hong Kong Independent Non-executive Director Association, HKUSPACE, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, and more.

Mr. Henrique Centieiro
Henrique is a Best Seller author with 2 blockchain books and 6 years of experience with blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
Henri is working as Innovation Project Manager for HSBC Hong Kong implementing Blockchain and Innovation Projects and he has been teaching blockchain for 4 years. With 15 years of experience in the financial industry and extensive experience managing Blockchain and Fintech projects, in the last few years, he has implemented multiple Fintech related projects leveraging public and private blockchains such as Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric and Corda to bring business value to corporate customers and financial industry.
Henrique is also a Scrum Master and a Certified Blockchain Architected, Blockchain Developer, AWS Certified Architect, Developer and Sysops Admin, and Certified Corda Blockchain Developer. He has been teaching Blockchain and Fintech for the last 4 years and is also a frequent speaker in Blockchain, Fintech and Supply Chain conferences.

Ms. Frankie Tam
Frankie is qualified in Hong Kong, New York, and England & Wales. Her practice covers a wide array of commercial and tech-related matters, including Fintech, Regtech, blockchain and virtual assets services agreements and data privacy matters.
Frankie is a member of the Vetting Committee of Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission’s General Support Programme and Enterprise Support Scheme, where she advises the Government on merits of technology projects. Frankie has mentored distributed ledger technology companies at Accelerator programmes, and contributed to CBDC research projects with leading blockchain companies. She is on the advisory board of the Stanford University’s Responsible Digital Leadership project. Frankie is the Convenor of AML Regtech Committee of Institute of Compliance Officer of Hong Kong. She teaches Regtech and Fintech programmes at postgraduate degrees, and has extensive experience sharing at professional bodies’ CPD programmes and industry conferences.

Mr. Edmond Lau
Mr. Lau has 20 years of profound experience in investment, financing and business development, and is currently the Managing Director of Lingfeng Capital focusing on Fintech investment.  He was the Head of Innovative Incubation Centre and the Head of Merger & Integration in SF-Express responsible for establishment, due diligence and management of incumbents and investments.  Prior to that, he served as the Head of Investment in FIH Mobile and the Investment Director in CLSA Capital Partners focusing on areas like mobile Internet, mobile application and water technologies.  Edmond was previously a Vice President in Citigroup and a senior consultant in Accenture providing financing solutions and strategic advices to telecom, media and technology corporations.
Mr. Lau holds an MBA (distinction) from London Business School, a Bachelor of Information Engineering (first class) from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Bachelor of Laws from China University of Political Science and Law.  He is the founding board member of CFA Shenzhen Association, Co-President of Hong Kong Internet Finance Association, and a former board member of Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts.  He is also a CFA and a FRM.

Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association (HKFIA) is a non-profit organisation established in Hong Kong. HKFIA leads some of the most ambitious efforts in Hong Kong to promote and advance the education of Fintech and of the use of technology for benefit of the public. We facilitate communication between Fintech practitioners and governmental bodies and promote international exchange of idea around Fintech development.
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Executive Certificate in Applications of Blockchain in Financial Technology provide students the essential concepts and contemporary issues about Blockchain. It helps executives and managers to understand the applications of Blockchain and its applications in Financial Technology. Moreover, they can apply the platform of Blockchain to add value to their workplace. Furthermore, interested learners can further their studies in FinTech and Digital Currency in degree and postgraduate levels.

Students under this programme are eligible to apply free membership for Hong Kong Internet Finance Association. The association offers talks, workshops and/or seminars related to the FinTech.

• Saturday, 10:00am - 1:00pm - 2:00pm - 6:30pm

• 30 hours per module

• Hong Kong Island Campus
• Kowloon East Campus

Course Content :

Assessment method:  two take-home exercises + individual assignment

The Executive Certificate will be conferred to candidates who pass in continuous assessment and final assessment as well as achieved at least 70% attendance of the programme.

Timetable

Jan 2025 intake

Remarks:
- Tentative timetable is subject to change, and course commencement is subject to sufficient enrollment numbers.
- To ensure that student’s academic progress is not affected, the School may substitute face-to-face classes with online teaching if face-to-face classes cannot be held.

HK$150 (Student only needs to pay one time application fee for all EC in Big Data Series)

• Course Fee : HK$9200 per programme (Course fees are subject to change without prior notice)

Applicants shall hold:
a)    a bachelor’s degree awarded by a recognized University or equivalent; or
b)   an Associate Degree/ a Higher Diploma or equivalent, and have at least 2 years of relevant working experience.

Applicants with other qualification and substantial senior level work experience will be considered on individual merit.
 

**Please upload copy of HKID and proof of degree while applying online. 

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