Global Thought Leader: Fintech & Blockchain

• Professor of Quantitative Finance in Singapore Management University
• His research encompass digital finance, blockchain, and financial inclusion
• Independent Director of SGX listed companies
• VP of the Economic Society of Singapore
• Member of the SGX Security Committee
• He speaks frequently in international conferences
• Occasional appearances in Bloomberg, Reuters and Channel News Asia.

David LEE Kuo Chuen is currently a member of the advisory board of Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics. He holds the appointment of Practice Professor of Quantitative Finance, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, in Singapore Management University. He is also the founder of Ferrell Asset Management Group and a property developer. He is the 2015 Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University.

His research interests encompass digital and Internet finance, digital banking, Asia finance, impact investing, blockchain, financial inclusion and asset allocation. During his time as a Fulbright Scholar at Shorenstein APARC, his research focused on harnessing Silicon Valley technology for connectivity and financial inclusion in ASEAN and Singapore.

David is also an Independent Director of two SGX-listed companies and sits on the Investment Committee and Council of two charitable organizations. He is the Vice President of the Economic Society of Singapore. He was the Founding Vice Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (Singapore Chapter), a member of the SGX Security Committee, and MAS Financial Research Council. He was also the Group Managing Director of OUE Limited and Auric Pacific Limited, as well as the Non-Executive Chairman of MAP Technology Limited.

David speaks frequently in international conferences around the world with occasional appearances in Bloomberg, Reuters and Channel NewsAsia. He has published in Financial Analyst Journal, Journal of Financial Perspective, Journal of Investing, Journal of Wealth Management, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Applied Financial Economics, and several books and chapters on Household Economics and Hedge Funds.  His two books on Asia Finance focus on Banking, Sovereign Wealth Funds, REITs, Financial Trading & Markets, and Fund Performance. His latest book is on Digital Currency.

He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a BSc (Econs), MSc (Mathematical Economics and Econometrics) and a PhD in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics.