About Us

Mr. Heng Fai Amrose Chan is an expert in banking and finance, with years of experience in the industry. Mr. Chan has restructured 35 companies in various industries and countries in the past 40 years.

Mr. Chan currently is the largest single shareholder and chairman of the board of Document Security Systems (NYSE: DSS); the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore eDevelopment Limited (SGX : 40V); the director of BMI Capital International LLC, a boutique investment bank in USA regulated by FIRNA and SPIC.

Mr. Chan formerly served as Managing Chairman of Heng Fai Enterprise Limited (HKSE : 185); a Non-Executive Director of Holista Colltech (ASX : HCT), the Managing Director of SingHaiyi Group (SGX : 5H0); the Executive Chairman of China Gas (HKSE : 384); Director of Global Med Technologies (NASDAQ : GLOBU); and Chairman and Director of American Pacific Bank (NASDAQ : AMPB); a director of Skywest (ASX : SXR).

Mr. Law is currently the managing director of ANS Capital Limited, an investment holding company. He is also currently an independent non-executive director of China Everbright Limited (stock code: HK165), a member of the board of directors of SOW (Asia) Foundation and a council member of Hong Kong Business Accountants Association.

Mr. Law served as the finance director and a member of the executive directorate of MTR Corporation Limited (stock code: HK66) (“MTR”) from July 2013 to July 2016. Prior to joining MTR, he was the chief financial officer of Guoco Group Limited (stock code: HK53). Prior to that, Mr. Law had served as the managing director of TPG Growth Capital (Asia) Limited and had also held various senior positions in the Morningside Group and the Wheelock Group. He was also previously, from March 2011 to September 2012, a non-executive director of China NT Pharma Group Company Limited (stock code: HK1011), from June 2010 to September 2012, an alternate director in MIE Holdings Corporation (stock code: HK1555) and, from July 2016 to September 2018, an independent non-executive director of AAG Energy Holdings Limited (stock code: HK2686). He was a council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2010 to 2017 and also served as an adjunct professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2015 to 2017. He is currently a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Besides, Mr. Law has been appointed by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China (the “MOF”) as an expert consultant to provide advice on finance and management accounting to the MOF. Mr. Law holds a Bachelor ’s degree in Science (Civil Engineering) from the University of Birmingham, the United Kingdom and also received a Master ’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Hull, the United Kingdom.

Mr. Samson Lee (or Sam), is a prominent entrepreneur and FinTech executive with over 25 years’ experience in the TMET sector and substantial success in commercializing various blockchain, digital asset and e-business projects. He is also a board advisor, independent / non-executive director, public speaker, lecturer, corporate trainer and private investor. He has been a keynote speaker and expert panelist at over 50 international conferences, regional meetings and corporate events. His vision is to bring wealth inclusion and improve economic inequality in the world by diminishing the boundaries among nations and connecting isolated economies through financial technology and innovation.

Currently, Mr. Lee is the Founder & CEO of Coinstreet Partners.  In addition,  Mr. Lee  is Honorary Guest Lecturer & Fintech and Blockchain Committee of Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (EDC), Independent Director of DSS (NYSE:DSS), Co-Founder of the Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute, Ethereum Shenzhen Community, RENE Fund, CSX, The STO Lab, and STO Global-X. Mr. Lee has also held various senior management positions in internationally renowned companies in the past, including Asia President of UCast, President of Next-TV, Business Consultant of Ericsson (STO: ERIC-B) UDN Asia, Business Managing Director of Asia Pacific of Rovi (NASDAQ: TIVO, ROVI), General Manager of Greater China and South Asia Pacific of DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX), Head of Mobile Commerce of PCCW (HKSE:0008) and Hong Kong’s first publicly listed Internet company – TOM Group (HKSE:2383). 

Mr. Lee  graduated with an MBA and a Master of Science degrees from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsonlee/  

Samuel is a mathematician, business executive, inventor, and STEM polymath who has authored 10+ public papers, spoken at 100+ conferences, and has a deep portfolio of classified work.

Also as the CEO and Co-Founder of Geometric Energy Corporation (NATO Commercial and Government Entity), he provides advisory services and execution for technology feasibility and development in energy systems, aerospace and defense, and blockchain and cybersecurity.

Previously, Samuel was Head of Space at IOTA Foundation, Co-Founder / Board Member of The Institute for Exotic Science, Chief Blockchain Engineer of the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange, and held CEO positions at Clean Crude Corporation, Homeostasis Healthcare and Symbiosis Systems, Geometric Medical, and GeometricLabs. He is also on the Signature Technology Consultation Committee of the Canadian Space Agency.

Ms. Yip has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance and participated in numerous corporate finance exercises such as IPOs, M&As, debt and equity fund raisings and a wide range of corporate financial advisory, independent financial advisory and placement transactions in Hong Kong, the PRC and Singapore.

She started as a consultant with Coinstreet in January 2021 and became its Vice President of Corporate Development in April 2022. Ms. Yip is currently a Director of Signum.

Ms. Yip was a director in corporate finance with Merdeka Corporate Finance Limited, Frontier Capital Investment Limited, and Associate Director in corporate finance with Kingston Corporate Finance Limited.

Ms. Yip holds a Bachelor degree from University of Washington – Information System and a Diploma in International Corporate Financial Laws from University of Wolverhampton.

Pietro Doran has over 30 years of Real Estate industry experience. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Doran served as a founding partner, Managing Director and Senior Investment Officer for the New Songdo City development and developed a $24 billion project of Songdo City in Korea.

Prior, he was a senior investment advisor at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, President of Morgan Stanley Properties Korea, Managing partner and Chief Investment Officer at Gale International Korea.

He holds a MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a BS (Cum Laude) from the University of Massachusetts.

Founder & CEO of Karm Legal Consultants, UAE

Previously Managing Partner at Mahmood Hussain Law Firm (a full service law firm) in UAE

15 years of experience as a Corporate/Commercial and technology lawyer in UAE

Masters in Law, in Digital Economy from the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and Oxford and Harvard certifications on blockchain and Fintech Strategy.

Blockchain trainer for Legal Affairs Department, Dubai. Mentor for various start-ups at global accelerator and incubation programmer.

Xiaochen Zhang, President of FinTech4Good, leads to introduce impactful fintech and blockchain solutions to frontier markets through incubation, acceleration and investment.

He is the Chairman of the Global Digital Economy Leadership Council, and serves on the Crowdfunding Professional Association Board of Directors, UN ESCAP Digital Economy Task Force and as a senior advisor of the Inter-America Development Bank. He is also the founder of Blockchain Frontier Group.

He brings more than 17 years of thought leadership and global experience to build impactful solutions and scale up innovative ideas in North America, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Mr.Jérôme A. Schonbachler is Founder of TheMFO, an independent regulated fiduciary & family office services company with offices in Zurich, Geneva, Malta and Dubai. He is also the founder and external director at TAAS Capital Fund, the first Luxembourg open-end investment fund with a primary focus on blockchain.

Prior, Mr. Schonbachler was heads the alternative investment activities for EFG Bank. Prior, he was the global product manager for both the consumer bank and private bank, creating the third-party asset management offering in EMEA, Asia and Japan. He spent 16 months as an actuary for Sorema UK in the Lloyd’s of London reinsurance market, developing forecast reinsurance models. Before that, he worked at Paribas Capital Markets for business developments, and in capital markets division of Credit Lyonnais as a swaps trader. Mr. Schonbachler earned a degree in financial engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris.

Robert Trapp has over 30 years of cross-cultural business experience with both public and privately-owned companies from a diversity of industries – finance, hospitality & tourism, real estate, mining, software, biotech and consumer goods. His expertise is in the areas of operational management, administration, financial management, marketing, and regulatory compliance.

Mr. Trapp held senior-level positions, these roles included; CEO, GM, Managing Director and participated on several boards.  Mr. Trapp is currently CEO of BMI Capital International LLC a registered US FINRA & SIPC broker dealer a premier private investment bank. Mr. Trapp is a graduate of the University of Calgary and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. He holds the FINRA Series 7, 24, 79, and 63 Licenses.

CEO at Koherent Inc. Sean is an expert in cross-border transactions in finance, technology, infrastructure, media, and entertainment. Structuring various private equity and project financing deals with leading global institutions under his family office, Koherent Incorporated.

Sean is a partner of the leading stock market for tech unicorns Equidate and its fund Equidate Asset Management (EquiAm).

Sean manages and produces some of the top global artists and his companies worked with top artists such as Beyonce, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Jessica Jung, among others.