Nicole is among the most active evangelists for emerging technologies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and the mastermind behind serial initiatives such as 2,000+ delegate Vietnam Blockchain Week, Vietnam Fintech Summit initiative and APAC DAO web3 community. She has been a speaker at over 20+ international conferences and interviewed by the Forbes, the Business Times Singapore and South China Morning Post as an industry thought leader.
With over 15 years of experience in the corporate sector, technology startup, and emerging technology advocacy, Nicole has been trusted to support hundreds of startups and companies in their APAC expansion endeavour with profound market insights, regulatory strategies and business structuring. At her current role as ASEAN vice-chair of Global Impact Fintech Forum (GIFT) thinktank with 20+ international chapters and 200+ professional members from Central Banks, Fintech associations and institutions across the globe, Nicole chairs numerous initiatives including the most notable Vietnam Fintech Summit – an official side event to Vietnam’s largest tech conference Techfest Vietnam under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology She also runs a community powerhouse in web3 and blockchain technology – APAC DAO with over 3,000+ members from 1000+ projects across Asia, powered by partnership with 50+ prominent web3 players around the world including Ripple, Story Protocol, Arbitrum and Worldcoin.
Nicole is no stranger to innovation key stakeholders in the region as she was the architect of various innovation programs such as the 3-time Hack4Growth innovation contest under the auspices of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Asia Blockchain Review – a pioneering technology research and media focusing on Asia-Pacific. She’s also a passionate evangelist for women empowerment as an honorary advisor to BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Women Entrepreneurship vertical.
