Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is the department of HKSAR government tasked to attract and retain foreign direct investment in Hong Kong. Its dedicated Fintech team promotes Hong Kong as one of the fastest growing Fintech ecosystems and attracts and facilitates innovative Fintech companies to set up and expand in the city. <br> <br>Hong Kong has emerged as a premier hub for the overseas, local and Mainland Fintech communities to meet and explore business opportunities. As one of the top three global financial centre and a business capital in Asia, Hong Kong acts a landing pad for Fintech companies eyeing regional opportunities in Asia, and as a launch pad for Mainland Fintech enterprises seeking international expansion. <br> <br>To demonstrate the business opportunities in the Fintech sector that can be seized by investors in and via Hong Kong, InvestHK is looking for a seasoned and enthusiastic candidate to fill the important management position of Head of Fintech. With a strong drive for results and impact, the incumbent will lead a team of specialists to achieve performance targets, through reaching out to potential investors worldwide in collaboration with the InvestHK global team and key external stakeholders. The incumbent is expected to possess deep understanding of Hong Kong’s Fintech sector and the general business environment. Being highly goal-driven and client-centric, the incumbent should demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills. <br> <br>Duties <br> <br>

• (i)To lead a Fintech team in developing and executing an investment promotion strategy and business plan to attract, facilitate and provide support to overseas and Mainland Fintech companies, entrepreneurs, investors, talents, Incubators, Accelerators and Innovation Labs (including WealthTech, Credit Tech, Insurtech, Blockchain and Regtech) to establish their presence and/or expand their business operations in Hong Kong and connecting them with relevant stakeholders, and promoting the city as a global hub for Fintech; <br>
• (ii)To participate and speak in local and overseas business events, promoting the unique advantages and opportunities of Hong Kong’s Fintech sector to the international business community, supporting and staging Fintech events, marketing and PR initiatives in Hong Kong, in the Mainland and overseas. To lead the planning and organisation of the annual flagship event Hong Kong Fintech Week and related promotional activities; <br>
• (iii)To establish strong relationships and networks with financial regulators and other Fintech stakeholders in the public and private sectors to maximize impact, enhance quality service delivery and effectively convey policy being formulated in Hong Kong and overseas; and build a relevant database; <br>
• (iv)To build and implement a range of service offerings for the Fintech team to serving Fintech companies and entrepreneurs and provide aftercare support; <br>
• (v)To keep abreast with the latest developments of the Fintech sector, collect, analyse market intelligence to build market knowledge and share and exchange information with clients, industry stakeholders and InvestHK’s global teams and recommend ways to improve Hong Kong’s competitiveness and attractiveness as a leading Fintech hub in Asia; and <br>
• (vi)To liaise with other government departments to coordinate Fintech development in Hong Kong; to prepare relevant papers and responses to media and other government departments as required on the Department’s role in developing Fintech. <br> <br> (Remarks: The position will require some international and Mainland travel.)

• (a)Minimum 10 years of relevant full-time work experience gained in account management, business development, or marketing within the Fintech, financial services, media or technology industry, experience in line management and relevant working experience in Hong Kong are important; <br>
• (b)A Hong Kong Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in business administration, marketing, economics, computer science or related field; a higher degree would be an advantage; <br>
• (c)Sound knowledge and good understanding of Fintech and startup ecosystems and experience in working with the Fintech community. Experience in investment promotion or economic development would be an advantage; <br>
• (d)Good networks within the Hong Kong and/or overseas Fintech startup ecosystems; and <br>
• (e)Have an excellent command of written and spoken English. Good command of written Chinese, spoken Cantonese and Putonghua is desirable. Proficiency in other languages will be an advantage.