Department of Economics and Finance hosted a thought-provoking FinTech Seminar on 10 April 2026, bringing together students for an engaging session titled “Shareholders to Stakeholders, Corporate Hierarchy to One-Person Company: A 30-Year Perspective on the Evolution of Finance.”

The guest speaker, Mr. Henry Chan, CFA, CESGA, brought with him more than three decades of frontline experience across equities and multi-asset strategies. His career has spanned senior positions at globally recognized institutions such as Invesco, Baring Asset Management, and Fidelity Investments. He now channels that expertise into a start-up venture centered on tokenization and sustainability.

The session unfolded in two parts. In the first part, Mr. Chan reflected on his long career in listed equities to illuminate how institutional investors can be a force for social good through concrete decisions in asset allocation and the exercise of fiduciary duty. In the second part, he examined how artificial intelligence is fundamentally lowering the barriers to entry in finance, enabling a single individual to operate with capabilities once reserved for entire departments.

Attendees left with a richer understanding of how the finance world has transformed over the past 30 years and what it may look like in the decades ahead. Dr. Philip Lee, Associate Head of the Department of Economics and Finance, is thankful for Mr. Henry Chan’s valuable insights shared with our students. He emphasized that the Department remains committed to connecting students with distinguished practitioners whose experiences extend well beyond the classroom.