Bio

Dr. Lillian Koh was in the Ministry of Education for 17 years before teaching postgraduate courses at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She was Faculty Associate at A*STAR and Principal Investigator of research grants at NTU. ​ She is the Founder and Chair of the Fintech Academy in Singapore, which spearheads talent development programmes and certifications for fintech, in collaboration with universities. She is Advisor to the Institute of Blockchain Singapore. ​ She is also the Director of the Center for Research and Innovation @ NTUitive, a spin-off of NTU and was the Chair of the Center of Financial Education at NTU in partnership with Citi and SGX. She was Advisor of NTU Investment Club too ​ Appointed International Consultant by the World Bank, she was also consultant to National Healthcare Group, Pearson, Citigroup and UNESCO. She was also Research Director for Curtin, Singapore.​ Dr Koh is the editor and co-authored “Singapore: The Fintech Nation”, one of the first books about Singapore’s financial technology journey and the first International Handbook of Financial Literacy by Springer. ​ Dr Koh was also the Speaker on Future Ready Skills @ Talent Pavillion Singapore Fintech Festival 2021