EDUCATION SESSION

What Are the Risks and Opportunities of Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets?

Gain insight into the latest market trends in digital assets and hear about the developments in the ever-changing crypto industry. Learn how cryptocurrencies create new means to meet current and future payment needs. Hear about changes in the regulatory environment as digital assets continue to evolve.

Bring your questions and consider the role that digital assets may play today and in the future for your clients, your firm and your own portfolio. Share your perspective with peers over lunch as you build your network of contacts.

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DATE

7 February 2023

TIME

11:00 AM Registration

12:00 PM Event Begins

The program will begin promptly at 12:00 PM; please allow time to get through building security and to register before the event begins. Those arriving after registration has closed may not be admitted.

Lunch will be served.

LOCATION

Bank of Singapore

63 Market St, Level 16

Singapore, 048942

Registration will be at Level 1.

PARTICIPANTS

S. Alice Chen

InvestaX

Pamela Lee

Talos

Lasanka Perera

Independent Reserve Singapore

Tuhina Singh

Propine

Celine Le Cotonnec

Moderator

Bank of Singapore

HOST

Bank of Singapore

www.bankofsingapore.com

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BIOGRAPHIES

S. Alice Chen

Co-founder & General Counsel, InvestaX

Alice Chen is the Co-founder and General Counsel of InvestaX. InvestaX is a MAS-licensed platform offering end-to-end solutions for the tokenisation, primary issuance and secondary trading of digital securities in the private securities markets. InvestaX leverages the best of TradFi (traditional finance) and DeFi (decentralized finance) concepts to bring technology-driven investment products and innovation. Alice spent more than 10 years in private practice with firms such as Skadden Arps and DLA Piper across multiple jurisdictions (US, China and Japan) prior to her entrepreneurial journey. Alice is actively engaged in the Fintech and blockchain communities in Singapore and beyond, regularly speaking, presenting and mentoring in the areas of Fintech, blockchain and entrepreneurship. She is a regular guest lecturer at Singapore Management University Academy in the area of Digital Assets and Blockchain and also teaches an IBF accredited course in Blockchain and Digital Securities. Pioneering a new industry requires her to constantly engage with regulators, policymakers and multilateral agencies across markets. She is currently the Chair of the Singapore Fintech Association Digital Financing Subcommittee, a Charter Member of TechGC, and a mentor for Tezos APAC EGG Web3 Incubator.

Pamela Lee

Head of Sales, APAC, Talos

Pamela is Head of Sales, APAC at Talos and responsible for driving sales growth and managing sales operations in this region. Prior to joining Talos, Pamela was Head of Partnerships, APAC at LMAX Group where her focus was to lead business growth with institutional clients in the FX and digital assets space. Outside of work, she is passionate about women empowerment and has served on the committees of YWLC (Singapore) and WIFA ASIFMA (Hong Kong). She started her career with Credit Suisse as an analyst in the equities sales trading division.

Lasanka Perera

COO, Independent Reserve Singapore

Lasanka is the chief operating officer at Independent Reserve. He oversees the operations and growth at Independent Reserve (established in 2013), Australia’s number 1 crypto exchange and the first crypto exchange in Singapore to receive a licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Before joining Independent Reserve, Lasanka’s experience spanned across markets and trading, including establishing several regulated consumer-facing financial services businesses. During his career in TradFi, Lasanka noticed the inefficiencies of foreign currency transfers and saw a huge potential in Bitcoin and the benefits the technology brings to improve people’s lives, leading him to pivot his career into the crypto space. As an early crypto adopter and avid crypto advocate, Lasanka is a regular participant at trade conferences and industry events, connecting like-minded advocates and businesses to foster the industry's growth. Lasanka resides in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two daughters but has fallen in love with Singapore.

Tuhina Singh

CEO & Co-Founder, Propine

In a career spanning over 18 years, Tuhina has made markets for institutional investors in several asset classes, set up derivatives trading desk for a private Indian bank from scratch and successfully led the implementation of Calypso for a bank treasury before becoming an active participant in the Singapore crypto space from 2015. Having graduated as a computer engineer from the prestigious BITS Pilani and then an MBA from the premier Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Tuhina, is the CEO and co-founder of Propine, backed by well-regarded institutional investors in Singapore.

Celine Le Cotonnec

Chief Data Officer, Bank of Singapore

Celine Le Cotonnec received the accolade of Data Leader of the Year at the 2020 Women in IT Awards Asia and was listed in the inaugural SG 100 Women in Tech List . She oversees the data strategy of Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC Group, looking after data analytics and Governance. Her mission is to foster a culture of innovation while running the Bank’s Innovation Centre of Excellence. Prior to joining Bank of Singapore, Celine was the Chief Data and Innovation Officer for AXA Insurance Singapore and the Head of ASEAN Connected Services, Digital and Mobility for car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen in China.

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Bank of Singapore

Bank of Singapore is the dedicated private banking subsidiary of OCBC Bank. It has a strong Aa1 credit rating from Moody’s and offers a unique value proposition as a safe Singapore-registered private bank. It has strong research capabilities, especially in emerging market research, to help its clients make the right decisions for fixed income, equities and money market investments as well as portfolio management, trust and insurance services. Over the years, it has built Managed Investments capabilities and premium trust and advisory services, supported by one of the largest research teams in Asia. Beyond private banking services, clients of Bank of Singapore have access to personal and business banking services, as well as investment opportunities offered by OCBC Bank or its subsidiaries. It is able to leverage OCBC Bank’s commercial banking capabilities to extend its clients a broad array of consumer and corporate banking, corporate finance and treasury services across the OCBC Bank’s regional and international network. The Bank of Singapore serves high net worth individuals and wealthy families in its key markets of Asia, Greater China, the Indian subcontinent and other international markets. Headquartered in Singapore, the Bank of Singapore has branches in Hong Kong and Dubai, with a representative office in Manila. In Europe, the bank serves clients through BOS Wealth Management Europe Société Anonyme (S.A.) which is headquartered in Luxembourg and has a London office. In Malaysia, it serves its clients through BOS Wealth Management Malaysia. For more information, please visit www.bankofsingapore.com.

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