Wednesday, 16 October 2019, Hong Kong

Sou is the HSBC Head of Regulatory Affairs, Asia Pacific. She read Law at Cambridge University and is a Barrister-at-law in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. She is a Mediator and Arbitrator with extensive Compliance and Risk experience. She was instrumental in the drafting of the Mediation Ordinance for Hong Kong. As inaugural CEO, she set up the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre for the Hong Kong Government, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission. She was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Investor and Financial Education Council (formerly Investor Education Centre). She was Head of Human Rights Policy at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and Head of Legal at New Zealand Funds Management Limited. As Senior Crown Counsel in the Commercial Crimes Unit of the Hong Kong Attorney General’s Chambers, she prosecuted various leading cases and represented the Hong Kong Government at the Privy Council.

Nelson Chow has been appointed to the present position from September 2016 with responsibilities for facilitating the healthy development of the fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong, and promoting Hong Kong as a fintech hub in Asia. He joined the HKMA in 2004 and was responsible for the supervision of banks' technology risk management and business continuity planning, as well as the formulation of related policies and guidelines. He was the Deputy Chief Representative of the New York Office in 2010. After returning to Hong Kong in 2013, he took up responsibilities to supervise banks' operational risk management and perform macro-prudential data analysis. Prior to joining the HKMA, Mr Chow was Vice President of JP Morgan Chase Bank and was responsible for information risk management of the Asia Pacific region. 

Heidi heads the litigation and dispute resolution department and had served as the internal legal advisor of several Chinese banks.

She is strong in handling disputes involving companies, including but not limited to shareholder disputes, derivative actions, petitions relating to unfair prejudicial conduct, breach of fiduciary duties by directors or senior management. She acts for banks, financial institutions, listed companies, directors, management team, shareholders and investors in urgent applications regarding affairs of the company, holding of AGMs and EGMs, removal of directors or senior executives, misappropriation of assets, investigations relating to irregularities in corporate transactions and fraudulent conduct. 

Rockson Hsu is the CEO of ZA Bank, which is one of the first three virtual banks in Hong Kong approved by the HKMA in March 2019. Rockson has 27 years of banking experience in wholesale & investment banking and risk management with major foreign and local banks in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Prior to joining ZA Bank in May 2019, he was the CRO of a HK-listed bank. Rockson graduated from NYU Stern School of Business with a Bachelor degree in Finance and International Business.

Urszula McCormack is one of Asia’s leading blockchain and financial regulatory lawyers, with a focus on emerging technologies and financial crime. In 2018, she was recognised as a Financial Times Top 10 Legal Innovator of the Year.

Urszula advises global banks, custodians, regulators, multilaterals, DLT developers, payment providers, asset managers and innovators on creating new products and platforms, compliance and licensing. She speaks internationally on digital transformation, virtual assets, digital identity and algorithmic design. 

Urszula is a member of the SFC Fintech Advisory Group, Co-Chair of the Fintech Association Policy & Advocacy Committee and a member of the ASIFMA Fintech Working Group. She is admitted in Australia, England & Wales and Hong Kong, and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Charles To is a Partner of Ella Cheong & Alan Chiu, Solicitors & Notaries. Charles has a diversified practice covering commercial, corporate, entertainment, licensing, intellectual property, advertising, data privacy, e-commerce, employment, and general commercial matters in the TMT industry.

Prior to joining Ella Cheong & Alan Chiu, Charles had extensive practical in-house experience where he served as Senior Legal Counsel for Tencent’s Technology Transactions Group and Fox Networks’ APAC Senior Legal Counsel where he was responsible for advising the businesses’ international commercialization of its services and platforms, covering music, video OTT, mobile games, advertising, social media, and cloud technology.