David Lee Kuo Chuen is a Professor at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He is also the Vice President of the Economic Society of Singapore and council member of British Blockchain Association. He is the founder of several entities including Libai Academy, the external advisor to Stanford University’s Distributed Trust Initiative, a Fulbright Scholar, and an Independent Director of listed and technology companies. He graduated with BSc, MSc, and PhD from the LSE in Econometrics.
He was the Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, Group MD of OUE and Auric Pacific. He founded Ferrell hedge fund in 1998 and was a property developer. He has more than 60 cited articles and nine books on Asian economics, digital currency, blockchain, and inclusive fintech. His latest books are entitled “AI & Quantum Computing for Finance & Insurance: Fortunes and Challenges for China and America” and with Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority “Artificial Intelligence & Data, and Blockchain in a Digital Economy”.
As a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University in 2015, he started mentoring and investing in inclusive blockchain projects. He devotes his time in learning and sharing his knowledge on inclusive FinTech, assists international organisations and governments on public policy as consultant, and publish books on AI, Blockchain, quantum computing and other emerging technology.