President

Ida Mok

A firm believer in diversity and inclusion, Ida advocates that access to finance, health and education should never be curtailed by credit, colour or creed and believes firmly that the blockchain provides the technology to execute and deliver this. This belief also forms the foundation for everything that she has built in the blockchain through Spool, Fluidity Money and SEHAT.

Previously, Ida was an M&A and corporate commercial lawyer in London. A serial entrepreneur and starter at heart, Ida has founded and built 3 startups and deployed them on the blockchain.

A frequently invited speaker in the blockchain scene, Ida also sits and contributes to the Global Assets and Cryptocurrency Association Drafting Committee’s response to the US SEC range of proposals that will affect the crypto and DeFi market. 

Vice President

Poesy Liang

Poesy is a contemporary artist and award-winning social innovator who embeds technology into her creative endeavours.
She is a painter, designer, composer, poet, sculptor, street artist, and movement maker; who spun out capsule brands of streetwear and fashion accessories – entrepreneurial expansions of her signature art series – Harry Putter, Running Rabbit, Pink Yakuza and a large scale installations, piecing together paintings, objects, music & poetry – evident in her pavilion scale work, the Pirate’s Daughter.

Poesy was schooled in architecture and business, and is the principal designer for a boutique jewellery house; and designs luxury hotels & residences since early 2000. In 2015, she started her crypto journey which led her to adopt blockchain solutions to track the provenance of her art stock.

Recently, Poesy’s Running Rabbit, her signature of 20 years, continues the story in the form of NFTs, and a game extension of Helping Angels 善行天使 – her social movement since 2007. She reinvents with technology to raise compassion, kindness and empathy through media reform.

Secretary

George Wong

George Wong is a business strategist, techpreneur & investment advocate over the past decade. His early MNC corporate career, for example in Sony Malaysia, saw him managing up to a MYR120 million business portfolio, winning internal domestic and & international awards for explosive business growth & marketing innovation in the process.

Prior to this, he has ventured into more than 20+ startups and initiatives from retail to publishing & most notably in the investment and blockchain space. He has managed a variety of investment-related firms, supported the growth of a regional investment community and even successfully completed an ICO in 2018.

Currently, Goerge is the Chief Executive Officer for Reactive Labs, focusing on blockchain advisory, project management & development of NFT digital assets & goods. Concurrently, he’s the Sub-committee Chairperson for NFTs & Metaverses in ACCESS Blockchain Association and the Chief Technology Officer for Finnax Asia.

Farah Jaafar

A fervent communicator and public speaker, Farah is passionate about equality, financial inclusion and win-win partnerships, as she strongly believes that “a rising tide lifts all boats”.

A seasoned market development professional, Farah has more than 25 years of experience in wholesale financial services, financial eco-system curation, business advisory, strategic communications, and branding.

Farah is formerly the CEO of Labuan IBFC Inc, the market development and marketing arm of Labuan Financial Services Authority. She curated bespoke solutions in respect to financial structuring, wholesale international finance and corporate structuring.

Previously attached to the Asian Institute of Finance and Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia’s national stock exchange), she has had senior management in the B2B financial services industry.

Her professional experience provides unique insights in wholesale financial intermediation, strategic thinking, management of multiple high-level stakeholders, strategic communications, brand building and public relations.

Farah is currently the Managing Director and Chief Communication Officer of Fusang Digital Security Exchange.

Surina Shukri

Surina Shukri is a venturer and growth catalyst. She spent the bulk of her professional career in New York City, including 17 years as an investment banker, strategist and transformation leader at JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest financial institution in the world.  

Surina left JPMorgan Chase to start SheNovation Ventures, a transformation and growth venture studio where she advised fintech and blockchain startups on growth strategy and capital raising and consulted business leaders on culture change and transformation. In 2019, she returned to Malaysia to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the lead government agency for digital economy development in Malaysia. 

Surina currently serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Capital A Berhad (formerly known as AirAsia Group Berhad), ASEAN’s most recognizable digital travel and lifestyle brand, Independent Non-Executive Director of CIMB Investment Bank Berhad and a Director of Accelerate Global, a social enterprise aimed at tackling youth unemployment issues worldwide. She also advises startups, corporates and SMEs on innovation and adopting new technologies. 

Jasmine Ng

A serial start-up investor, entrepreneur and mentor, Jasmine believes that with the advent of technology, the opportunity to democratize access to prosperity, health, information and education is literally at the fingertips of every individual, it is a question of choice and will. Jasmine’s passion for blockchain is borne from a sense of socio-economic justice that she believes this technology can deliver when used properly.

Having been a career banker for more than 20 years has exposed her to the progressive innovation of financial solutions, which has positioned her to go on to helm blockchain & fintech companies. She believes that this technology will bring about the next paradigm shift in technological evolution for new business models apart from financial services.

Jasmine’s other latest startup targets women and their finances, Wahine Capital which will help women plan their financial health, growth and legacy. Jasmine also serves as an independent non-executive director of listed companies and social enterprises.

Ivy Fung

Ivy believes that change starts with education, and the best way for one to learn is to teach. Becoming an educator seems natural to her.

Curious about everything leads her to work in different industries, including FMCG, property development, and medical.

She finds her experiences in different industries have helped her in the implementation of blockchain in various industries.

No matter which industry Ivy was in, she always find herself having a role in training and education. While serving as the Branch Manager of an FMCG, she multiplied the sales 10x compared to the time she took over the branch. She attributes the success to continuous learning, for both herself and the teams.

Ivy started her journey in blockchain in 2017. She spent a great deal of time in 2018 and 2019 developing blockchain-related training materials for working professionals and syllabus for universities and conducted training for lecturers while serving as a Training Manager in a blockchain company.

Chezka Gonzales

(Philippines Representative)

Known in social media as Filipina Pilot, Chezka believes that a scholarship has the power to change a person’s life.

It all began during the pandemic when the aviation industry was down. She started diving into cryptocurrency and later found herself in the Web 3 world because out of thousands who applied, she was chosen as a scholar for Crypto Mastercourse by Nas Academy and Metapurse headed by Metakovan, and that changed her life. This prompted her to start her Web3 journey. She incorporated charity work and scholarship into the sale of her organization’s NFTs, the Women of Substance NFT.

Chezka is an Airbus A320 Pilot, Women of Substance NFT founder, content creator, Philippine Air Force reservist, Motivational speaker, Registered nurse, Former flight attendant and a mother of two. She always tells others to never be afraid of trying, failing and getting back up again. Whatever profession or interest you are in, you can be successful if you really want to.

Belinda Lim

(Singapore Representative)

Belinda’s passion is to bridge disruptive technologies to the masses. Her expertise lies in new venture creation with innovative technologies such as blockchain, cloud computing, fintech, etc. 

Belinda is the co-founder of Avarta.io which aims to reimagine Trust for DeFi and Web3.0 applications through a decentralized identity management system and Trust Scoring. A five-year blockchain veteran, she had advised several blockchain startups which have since raised millions of dollars. Her past portfolio includes leading a team behind the formation of a multi-million Joint Venture with a Singapore government-linked entity.  

Belinda has also published a book on Blockchain for ladies, Blocklass, that demystifies blockchain and shines insights into various career paths in the cryptocurrency space. 

Belinda holds a Masters in Technopreneurship and Innovation from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). She is a Registered Management Consultant (RMC) and serves as an Entrepreneurship Mentor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in her free time.