Seasoned executive with extensive global leadership experience. Drives and champions financial technology, business transformation and restructuring, specializing in corporate strategy and governance, operational excellence and start-up programs. Achieves exceptional results by delivering aggressive performance targets. Adept at making decisions, brokering consensus, and leading organisational change in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. In his professional career, Michael partnered with business on formulating winning and think out-of-the-box strategies, launching new markets and activities, planning and executing the bank takeover, M&A, turnaround and integration. He led diverse teams for global IT, Fintech, Digitalization & transformation projects and crisis management. Initiated and setup global outsourcing, offshore/centralised operations to optimise cost synergy. Michael was selected to attend the global talent programs to be trained in leadership & universal banking by Harvard professors and group CEOs in different regions. Externally, Michael is active in various professional associations and mentoring Fintech & NPO startups. He was one of the founding members of Private Equity, M&A Association of Taiwan and was also one of the book authors on Asia Leadership. Michael loves travel, golf, making new friends and voluntary work. + Born, raised and studied in China, Indonesia, HK, Australia & U.S. + Extensive multicultural and diversified banking experiences across continents. + Strong entrepreneurial leadership, innovative, result driven & putting strategy into action + Executive MBA, Financial Engineering, Information Technology + Fluent in English, Native in Mandarin & Cantonese Specialties: + Banking, Global Markets, Fintech, IT, Operation, Risks Control + Strategic Sourcing, Managing geographically & culturally diverse teams + Global Scale Project Management, Cost restructuring & Transformation + Dealing with regulatory complexity + Corporate Strategy & Governance