Malaysia-based Fusang has appointed various fintech leaders to its global board of advisors to support its ambitions in the digital asset and blockchain industry.
Fusang has established a global board of advisors, according to a statement, to strengthen its «thought leadership» in the digital asset and blockchain industry.
«Fusang's aim of democratizing investments by tokenizing a wide range of asset classes depends on us being ahead of the changes in this space. As such we are honored to have these four digital leaders join Team Fusang,» said Fusang chief executive Henry Chong.
Global Board of Advisors
The board of advisors will include Benjamin Quinlan, Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz, Vivien Khoo and Deniz Guven.
Quinlan is the CEO and managing partner at strategy consulting firm Quinlan & Associates. He is also the chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong.
Abdul Aziz has over 20 years of experience in regulatory compliance and technology with a current role at digital payment firm WorldRemit as its Malaysia country director and head of ASEAN business. He was also the last president of the Fintech Association of Malaysia.
Khoo is a former banker at Goldman Sachs, where she spent 20 years where she was a managing director overseeing compliance in Asia ex-Japan and a management committee member for the region. She is currently CEO and founder of Digital Boutique.
Guven is the ex-CEO of Hong Kong virtual bank Mox and is currently CEO and founder of London-based angel investing platform PlatformXIT.
Chief Communications Officer
In addition, Fusang has also hired Farah Jaafar as its managing director of Malaysia and chief communications officer for the group.
Jaafar has more than 25 years of experience and was previously the CEO of Labuan IBFC Inc., the development arm of Malaysia’s Labuan Financial Services Authority.
Fusang was founded in Malaysia in 2015 and it provides fully licensed and regulated access to digital securities including the tokenization of real world assets including shares, bonds, and funds on a blockchain. It currently operates in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
