Huy Nguyen Trieu

About Huy Nguyen Trieu

Huy Nguyen Trieu is the co-founder of CFTE, was the first Fintech Resident at Oxford Said Business School, and is a frequent keynote speaker in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He was previously a Managing Director at Citi, and was on the Fintech advisory board of the World Economic Forum.

He is a sought after speaker on the future of financial services and lectures at board level on digital assets, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse, and the impact on business models.

He is also a Venture Partner at Mundi Ventures, an early-stage VC fund in Fintech and Insurtech. He believes that in a world led by technology, we shouldn’t forget the importance of people, which is why he co-founded CFTE to help people improve their skills and find opportunities.

Prior to starting up CFTE, Huy was a Managing Director at Citi, and previously at Royal Bank of Scotland and Société Générale. Before banking, he was the CEO of Ukibi, a VC-funded startup in the US. He is a frequent keynote speaker in Europe and Asia, likes to teach and share with students and entrepreneurs, and is regularly quoted in articles on innovation and finance.

He writes the blog Disruptive Finance, is an entrepreneurship expert at the Oxford Said Entrepreneurship Centre, and a Fintech Fellow at the Centre for Global Finance and technology at Imperial College. He was also a member of ESMA’s Consultative Working Group for financial innovation and a founding member of the Asian SuperCharger, one of the largest Fintech accelerators in Asia. Huy is a graduate of MIT (US), École Polytechnique (France), and Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées (France).

As a part of CFTE, a few of Huy’s significant achievements include being a part of releasing the Fintech Job Report and the Blockchain Job Report. The Fintech job report is the first of its kind in history, where the major developments in the field, possible work roles, and pertinent employability skills required to help governments, regulators, employers, and job applicants with future job creation and prospects have been outlined. The Blockchain job report examines the employment implications of blockchain Technology from the viewpoints of prospective employees, financial institutions, blockchain enterprises, and governments. The positions that are now in demand in blockchain and the qualifications that are necessary for success in this fiercely competitive market for blockchain are also explored in the report.