The Global Fintech Institute is convening the Digital Assets Security and Compliance Subcommittee to advance institutional thinking on cybersecurity, compliance, and operational resilience within digital asset ecosystems.
The subcommittee is chartered to address the challenges faced by institutions operating in regulated, high-risk environments, particularly where custody, infrastructure, risk management, and governance are critical. Its two areas of focus are digital asset security — spanning custody, wallet infrastructure, operational resilience, and incident response — and compliance, covering regulatory expectations, controls, and governance best practices within digital asset operations.
The subcommittee is chaired by Jag Foo, Chief Security and Policy Officer at Safeheron, with Adeline M. Chan, Founder of Blue Stocking Studio, serving as Vice-Chair. Both are GFI Chartered Industry Fellows.
They are joined by Liz Steininger, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Least Authority TFA GmbH; Ho Hee Meng, Senior Lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Technology; Glen Chee, Chief Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Coinhako and a GFI Industry Fellow; Huaqun Guo, Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology; Lim Tuan Liang, Director of Digital and Information Forensics at HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency); Joseph Hoo, Head of Compliance, Singapore and Group Institutional Business at Blockchain.com; Leona Ang, Digital Forensics Engineer at HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency); and Kang Li, Chief AI Officer at KangGuru.ai.
The lineup spans audit, risk and custody providers, regulated exchanges, compliance leadership, academic research, and law-enforcement-adjacent digital forensics, reflecting the breadth of expertise required to address security and compliance challenges across institutional digital asset operations.
Its outputs will inform GFI's digital asset education, executive programmes, and policy discussions, supporting responsible adoption and strengthening trust across the ecosystem. The subcommittee's flagship course has been in development for two years and is preparing to launch alongside this announcement. Full details and enrolment information will be published shortly.
External stakeholders interested in the subcommittee's work or the upcoming course can reach out at [email protected].