23rd August 2024: Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-Founder of the Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), has been appointed as the Co-Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce – Singapore’s Financial and FinTech Committee. In addition to continuing her leadership at CFTE, Tram Anh will bring her passion to build collaboration with the community to foster innovation and growth between Singapore and the UK’s thriving and dynamic financial services and fintech sector, furthering its mission to foster dialogue, promote collaboration in Singapore’s financial and fintech sectors. Tram Anh’s new role enhances the connection between UK and Singapore’s mission of inclusion in the new digital age of finance, united by a vision to drive inclusive growth and innovation across the industry.
Championing Inclusivity in Fintech
A trailblazer in up-skilling the finance and technology industries, Tram Anh co-founded CFTE in 2017, a global platform designed to bridge the skills gap in financial services and fintech through education at scale. Her work has been instrumental in creating transformative programs that empower professionals with cutting-edge knowledge, skills, and mindsets necessary to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital economy.
She is also the Board Member of EDHEC and serves as a Non-Executive Director and advisory board member, including Elevandi in Japan, a nonprofit organisation set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to foster an open dialogue between the public and private sectors, and is a proud Ambassador for the Singapore Fintech Festival. She was awarded Top 10 Asia Tech Pioneers in the UK’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builders, Top 10 Women transforming Tech. Tram Anh is globally recognised as a thought leader in fintech, frequently speaking at international forums, particularly on adult education and lifelong learning in fintech and financial services.Tram Anh collaborates with governments, regulators, and experts to advance financial education in the digital era.
A leading authority in empowering professionals to thrive with cutting-edge knowledge, skills, and mindsets through transformative Fintech and Finance programs, Tram Anh aims to extend the committee’s impact, also leveraging her extensive experience in capital markets and wealth management, which spans over 18 years at major financial institutions like Standard Chartered Bank and UBS Wealth Management across New York, London, and Asia.
Strengthening UK-Singapore Connections
The appointment also amplifies the strong connections between the UK and Singapore as exemplified by the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, reflecting her unique dual presence in both markets. As an engaged member of the British Chamber’s Financial and Fintech Committee, she brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to fostering collaboration between these two dynamic financial hubs.
In line with her relentless drive to advance inclusivity, create impactful dialogue, and shape the future of financial services, Tram Anh Nguyen will carry forward this mission through her appointment as Co-Chair of the Financial and FinTech Committee. Her global perspective, born from her French-Vietnamese heritage and extensive experience across London, Singapore, and globally, will undoubtedly lead to transformative contributions in this new role.
“Taking on the Co-Chair role at British Chamber of Commerce Singapore (BritCham)’s Financial and FinTech Committee is both an honour and a responsibility I deeply value. I am truly excited to work alongside trailblazing leaders, Shayan Hazir and David Sharratt. It is a chance with the Britcham Singapore Chamber of Commerce to support the work on building collaboration with the whole community to foster innovation and growth between Singapore and the UK’s thriving and dynamic financial services and fintech sector. I’m eager to work with our community to drive inclusive growth and innovation in both the UK and Singapore’s financial landscapes.”
A Vision for Inclusive Growth Across Sectors
Tram Anh holds a steadfast commitment to advocating for diversity and inclusion, empowering individuals within the finance sector to reach their full potential. She co-authored the Fintech Job Report, which highlights key findings in the fintech industry, potential job roles, and the employability skills needed for future job creation, influencing the future of fintech education and policy.
Her ambition in this new role is to promote inclusion and access across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, technology, fintech, e-commerce platforms for example, allowing and encouraging new market entrants eager to understand the fintech ecosystem.
It is with this overarching objective to maximise impact, access and equitable benefit to the various stakeholders in this growing sector, that she will commence efforts to achieve a flourishing fintech and financial services sector in the scope of the committee.
A New Leadership Team
Tram Anh will be working with esteemed colleagues and industry leaders in the British Chamber of Commerce – Singapore’s Financial and Fintech Committee:
● Chair: Shayan Hazir, Chief Digital Officer, Southeast Asia, HSBC Singapore
● Co-Chair: David Sharratt, Global Head of Data Product Commercialisation, Standard Chartered
● Co-Chair: Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-Founder, CFTE – Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship
About the Committee:
The Financial and FinTech committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, covers some of Singapore’s leading financial market sectors where a high level of major and niche British institutions and financial firms occupy strong and influential market positions. Its aim is to significantly expand and enhance the standard of and focusing the networking and promotional opportunities within both the financial services and thriving FinTech sector and to the rest of the committees and membership.
Read more about their mission here: https://www.britcham.org.sg/committees/financial-and-fintech
About CFTE:
Founded in 2017 in London, the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) is a global platform for education in FinTech and the future of financial services.
CFTE’s objective is to equip professionals and students with the skills to thrive in the new world of digital finance. CFTE platform includes 900+ industry experts (from heads of innovation in banks to CEOs of challenger banks and CEOs of Fintech VCs), creating a platform that helps the industry acquire this knowledge quickly, from Fintech to Artificial Intelligence with an engaged community of 160,000+ alumni from around the world. CFTE is based in London, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and works with most Tier 1 financial institutions.
Read more about CFTE in the UK and Singapore here:
https://www.cfte.education/ and https://courses.cfte.education/online-fintech-courses-certifications-sg/
Contact:
Press: press@cfte.education
Europe: 30 Churchill Pl, London E14 5RE, United Kingdom
Middle East: Cloud Spaces, AI Sarab Tower, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi
Asia: 80 Robinson Road, Singapore
About British Chamber of Commerce Singapore
The British Chamber of Commerce Singapore (BritCham) is an independent not-for-profit membership organisation supporting approximately 3,200 members from 300 member organisations, part of the British Chambers of Commerce Global Network and a leading member of the Britain in South East Asia network (BiSEA). With members vary from startups and SMEs to global MNCs, spanning all sectors and industries, the chamber is a registered Society, with the mission is to drive British business growth in Singapore, create opportunities for our members, facilitate industry knowledge sharing, and support exporters from the UK. This is achieved by working alongside the Government, their partners and their engaged members to deliver services, committee participation, activities and opportunities throughout the year.
