
Division Head of Digital Finance, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Ernest currently leads the Digital Finance Division at the HKMA and is responsible for the overall coordination of the HKMA’s ongoing work on digital assets, including regulation for stablecoin issuers, policy research, monitoring and surveillance of the digital assets market. He is also actively participating in the work of the Financial Stability Board on crypto assets.
Prior to the current role, Ernest was the Head of Real Estate and Technology in the HKMA’s private markets team, overseeing the HKMA’s private investment in real estate, venture capital and technology. Before joining the HKMA, he was a Research Associate at Morgan Stanley focusing on China macroeconomic research.