Michael Owen is a famous former English footballer who played as a striker for Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United and the England national team among others. He became England's youngest player and goalscorer at the age of 19. He is also considered to be the youngest player to have reached 100 goals in the Premier League. Owen’s dominance and prowess, of course, did not go unnoticed, and he was awarded the coveted Ballon d’Or in 2001 for his magnificent performances for club and country. Owen will share his personal journey from being a great footballer to how skills and resources can be invested and deployed in creating a better society.

Since 2017, Liu Fuqing has been serving as the vice president and secretary-general of China Charity Alliance (CCA), a national social organisation dedicated to the development of China’s philanthropy under the leadership of the Civil Affairs Ministry. She served as the vice chairwoman of China Social Welfare Foundation before she joined CCA. And, prior to becoming the head of charity organisations, she worked for the central government for more than 20 years. She served as the deputy director of the Audit Bureau of the National Audit Office of People’s Republic of China, in the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), director of the Discipline Inspection Group (Inspection Bureau) of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, in MCA and various posts at the planning and finance department of MCA.

Jiang Jianqing is one of the most influential international leaders in the global financial community. Before assuming the role of chairman at SINO-CEE Capital Management, Jiang steered the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) continuously for 16 years from 2000 to 2016. He has over 40 years of experience in managing financial institutions, including ICBC and Shanghai Urban Cooperation Commercial Bank (now known as Bank of Shanghai). Over the years, Jiang has taken up many prominent global and industry leadership roles, such as board member of the International Monetary Conference, co-chairman and member of the World Economic Forum International Business Council and board member of the Institute of International Finance. Jiang has also conducted in-depth and thorough researches on the operation management of the banking sector, theoretical and practical bank innovation and financial sector history.

Professor Wang Zhenyao is the president of China Global Philanthropy Institute and the dean of Beijing Normal University’s China Philanthropy Research Institute. He is dedicated to supporting innovative and high impact philanthropy through education. He is also pushing forward international dialogue and cooperation. Wang worked for over 22 years at China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA), where he was instrumental in launching several renowned national policies, including direct village elections and the country’s urban/rural minimum welfare social safety net system. Following the devastating Wenchuan earthquake, he established the National Natural Disaster Response System, a four-tiered mechanism for coordinated emergency response. While at MOCA, Wang also focused on expanding social security benefits to the country’s most vulnerable as well as reforming the national welfare system to provide allowances and greater support to groups, such as orphans and senior citizens.

Guy Dietrich is the managing director at Rockefeller Capital Management in New York. The Rockefeller Global Family Office was founded in 1882 and currently invests over $40 billion for many of the wealthiest families in the world. Guy has over 35 years of investment experience and is responsible for advising ultra-high-net-worth clients, family offices, foundations, and endowments. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Guy spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley and established the Citigroup Family Office practice in the Silicon Valley. He was a fellow at the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Institute, and was on the advisory board of the Stanford University Institute for Economic Policy Research.

Thomas McMahon has over 30 years of experience in international exchange based commodity and derivative product creation, clearing, trading and regulatory licensing. Over the past decade, he has worked broadly across Asia to bring to the market major international exchange formation and licensing projects in Singapore, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Dubai and India. McMahon concluded the licensing and launch of the Singapore Mercantile Exchange, where he was the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director. He also served as the deputy CEO of Allocated Bullion Exchange (ABX) and was a member of the Advisory Committee as well as CEO of the UD Trading Group. Prior to this, McMahon was the president and managing director, deputy chairman of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, overseeing its development and implementation from the ground up. He has served in various leadership positions at The New York Mercantile Exchange/Commodity Exchange from 1983 to 2003.

Fu Changbo is the associate president of the China Global Philanthropy Institute (CGPI) and a professor and PhD supervisor at the Beijing Normal University. He has worked in news media and the government – both municipal and central. Since 2012, he has been devoted to promoting utilisation of internet and artificial intelligence in empowering the development of charity work and social innovations. Fu created customised courses, including Family Legacy and Strategic Philanthropy, Family Legacy and Social Innovation, Rockefeller Family Legacy and Philanthropy Communication in the Internet Era, all offered through CGPI. He has also led the research and publication of a number of reports, such as the 2018 List of Top 100 Philanthropists in China, 2018 Report on Family Foundations in China, Report on Global Philanthropy’s Support for Sustainable Development (2016) and a Comparative Study on Donor-Advised Funds.

David Chang is the vice president of Shanghai Blockchain Association, under the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission. He is also an industry fellow of The University of California’s Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator and the chief executive officer of Blocknology Capital, a technology investment bank that focuses on incubating decentralised applications, designing token engineering, raising capital, governing community economy and managing digital assets. Chang previously worked as vice president at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, managing director of corporate and investment banking at BNP Paribas and member of the management committee and head of international business at Guotai Asset Management. He also managed hedge fund investment for Canadian largest family, Thomson Family. Chang is also a leading figure in private wealth management. He has presented numerous trainings on traditional and digital wealth management to China Banking Association, China Construction Bank Private Banking and Private Banking, China Merchant Bank.

Wu Fei is a professor at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF). He is also the faculty director of the Executive Master of Business Administration program and the faculty co-director of the Doctor of Business Administration program. He was a board member of Asian Finance Association (AsFA) and the co-chair of the 2013 AsFA Annual Conference. He was also a guest editor for Emerging Markets Finance and Trade and Economic Systems and was part of the editorial board of the International Journal of Managerial Finance and Issues in Economics and Business (IEB) International Journal of Finance. He has published extensively in leading financial journals, including Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of International Business Studies and Review of Finance. He is the host and writer of the Report on the Competitiveness of China's Domestic Family Office Service and the Research Report on the Intergenerational Entrepreneurship of Chinese Family Enterprises in 2018. Wu has in-depth research in the field of private wealth management and he offers courses such as High Net Worth Group Wealth Management and Family Wealth Management at SAIF

Zheng Huan is the founder and executive director of Youth Leader Fund of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation. The foundation aims to empower youth with the framework of Artech futurism to make the world a better place. She has shared her insights at the United Nations Climate Change Conference on behalf of the youth for four years, continuously. She joined Dr. Denis Mukwege’s team to specialise in the treatment of women raped during the conflict in 2015. Dr. Mukwege is a gynaecologist and human rights activist from east Congo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize as a campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war. As a representative of Gen X, Zheng is dedicated to appeal to global young people for them to participate in building sustainable future by means of technology, arts, social media and education.

Vince Zhang is the president of Phoenix Finance. He previously worked as a corporate strategy consultant for Boston Consulting, Deloitte Consulting and World Bank. He has completed a host of key projects in a number of leading domestic and foreign banks as well as high-tech companies. He also worked for Epic, a well-known medical software company in the United States. After returning to China, he served as the vice president of Siemens China, leading the capital operation and business strategy of the company.

Xu Jin is the head of wealth management and general manager of the wealth management division at CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank (CCB). He has accumulated extensive experience in wealth management and international management when he successively served as the general manager of the private banking department at CCB Beijing branch, head of business development department at CCB London branch and deputy head of the preparatory team at CCB Zurich branch. Xu is a holder of certificated financial planner and chartered wealth management certifications.

Urs Bolt is an expert in digital wealth management and digital assets with over 30 years of experience working in financial services, mainly in wealth management, risk and regulation, investment banking and financial technology business. His core expertise is to bring new digital business platforms to the market. He has some successful projects, including the rollout of a business to business social business platform for independent wealth and asset managers as well as establishment of prime services for ultra-wealthy clients, post-trade services for foreign exchange and over-the-counter products for the two biggest Swiss banks. Bolt is an opinion leader and global influencer in wealth management, wealthtech, regtech and blockchain.

Since joining the Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE) in 2015, Zhang Yuan has served as the director of fundraising department, the director of the fundraising and communications department as well as deputy secretary-general at SEE Foundation. Currently, she works as the secretary-general of SEE Conservation and Aleshan Foundation. SEE Conservation is the first institution in China that is initiated by entrepreneurs to carry more environmental and social responsibilities. The organisation has established SEE Foundation and Aleshan Foundation, which are committed to maximise entrepreneurs' resources and innovative spirits to protect the environment. Prior to joining SEE Conservation, she served as the founding secretary-general of Shenzhen Voluntary Service Foundation and deputy secretary-general of Shenzhen Youth Development Foundation.

Li Huijuan is the vice president of Jumbo Sheen Group. She believes in “business for good”, actively engages in various philanthropic activities to carry out corporate social responsibility and has been focusing on the growth of the youth since 2016. She founded the International Art Intelligence Interactive Education Platform (AIIES) that aims to diversify China’s education model with innovative international philosophies and practices. In 2018, with the support of China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, Li established the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation Young People Creative Public Welfare Fund to support young talents.

Dr. Shirley Yu is a former China National Television News Anchor, a seasoned senior executive and board member. She is currently a senior visiting fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at London School of Economics and Political Science, and an Asia fellow with the Ash Center of Harvard Kennedy School. She is a frequent speaker on China’s political economy, geopolitics, and their implications to the transforming global order.

John Gong is a professor, researcher and expert in the fields of finance, international trade, antitrust, patent dispute and competition policies. He serves as an expert consultant at the Ministry of Commerce’s Antitrust Bureau in China, and acted as the chief architect of the Bureau’s national competition database project. Meanwhile, he is serving as an academic affiliate with Global Economics Group, a leading global economics consulting firm based in the US. He is also the principal author for the China section of the policy position paper by the BRICS New World Bank’s steering committee during its foundation time. He is also a renowned op-ed columnist for several leading newspapers including the South China Morning Post, Global Times and China Global Television Network, on economic and political issues.

Tang Ning founded CreditEase in 2006, as China’s first marketplace leading company, and over the past decade, the company has developed into one of the leading Fintech company in China, specializing in small business and consumer lending, as well as wealth management for China’s rapidly growing mass affluent and high net worth investors. Under Mr. Tang’s leadership, CreditEase has expanded its nationwide network to 267 cities and rural areas in 20 provinces across China, as well as establishing international footprint in Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, Europe and North America.

Gaeta has been a banking consultant for around 25 years, and is one of Asia’s leading banking consultants and risk control experts. He has advised and served many of the leading financial services organisations across Asia and close to half of the top 100 banks worldwide. He specialises in developing and implementing analytical solutions for complex strategic issues in financial services-related industries undergoing significant change or being exposed to intricate risk issues.

Gaeta has published around 20 articles on banking and financial services and several books, notably “Frontiers in Credit Risk” and “Opportunities in Emerging Markets”. He is also a regular speaker on the international conference circuit, and a Guest Lecturer at several universities.

Pan Xilong is an associate professor at the Chinese Finance Research Institute of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and a corporate governance coach at the International Finance Corporation. With more than 30 years working experience in financial education, he teaches all aspects of finance and is a frequent speaker at international seminars. His expertise is in designing financial products and in planning investment projects with a variety of financial tools, as well as offering comprehensive financial plans and investment advice to both enterprises and individuals. Pan is the author of“Fixed-Income Instrument Analysis”, “Study on the System of Catastrophe Compensation Fund” and other books.

Boon Ping manages The Asian Banker publication business and engages practitioners, customers, partners and the media on critical issues that impact the industry. He has more than 21 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry, specializing in strategic branding, marketing communications and consumer insight. Prior to The Asian Banker, he was at United Overseas Bank (UOB), covering Singapore and key markets in the region, such as China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Founder of The Asian Banker, the most respected provider of consulting and intelligence in the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific region and other emerging markets. Mr. Daniel has led it to become a combination of leading industry research, publication and consulting house, with a strong reputation worldwide.