Corey Thompson

Executive Vice President and Head of Digital, Retail Banking Group

2022 - Current

Responsible for leading Digital in Mashreq’s Retail Bank, with holistic accountability to bring all the pieces of our digital business together and to perform optimally. These include: Mobile and Online banking channels; the digitization of customer journeys; executing via our modern technology stack for speed and scale; and instilling Agile ways of working across the business, through self-organized teams, continuously delivering incremental value to our customers.

Partner

2018

True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV) has invested in 3 unicorns, namely Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, Forge. TGV GPs are investing their own money between 20%-40% of the Total Fund AUM. The fund is investing in equity across 3 verticals in Web3: Entertainment, Financial Services, Infrastructure & Data Analytics/AI. TGV is licensed under Monetary Authorities of Singapore. Animoca Brands: Unicorn global market leader leveraging gamification & blockchain to develop and publish a portfolio of games The Sandbox: Global market leader in gaming metaverse empowering artists, creators, players to play, build, own, monetise virtual experiences on blockchain Forge Global (NYSE: FRGE): Global market leader in secondary private market shares transactions, with over 12 B USD transaction volume, in > 500 companies Chromaway: Creator of relational blockchain protocol Chromia ($CHR), powering Metaverse game My Neighbor Alice ($ALICE), incubator behind Mines of Dalarnia ($DAR) Coinhouse: Leading French regulated digital assets platform for individuals, companies & institutions Chronicled: Industry-led, blockchain-powered network in life sciences &pharmaceuticals, providing administration & building solutions on MediLedger Network to facilitate trust & enable automation GCEX: Regulated digital brokerage & end-to-end trading platform bringing Tier 1 liquidity for Institutional clients bridging gap between traditional finance & digital assets SATO Technologies Corp (TSXV: SATO): Bitcoin mining company based in Quebec utilising 100% renewable energy Enjinstarter: Leading Launchpad for GameFi & Metaverse Blockchain Ecosystems Iomob: Decentralized protocol for creation of Internet of Mobility, world’s first interoperable Mobility Marketplace Network Dedoco: Next-generation digital Document Management as-a-Service built on blockchain technology, providing increased data privacy & document security

Co-Chair, Digital Banking & Payments Committee

2020 - 2022

The FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) is an independent, not-for-profit, membership-based organisation that is the voice of the FinTech community in Hong Kong. Members range from promising startups and passionate individuals to global financial institutions and service providers. The Digital Banking & Payments Committee focuses on running initiatives and discussions on the developments and workings of digital banking. The committee led FTAHK’s response to HKMA on Virtual Banking and Open APIs. It has jointly hosted seminars with HKMA. www.https://ftahk.org/

Head of Digital Product

2020 - 2022

Responsible for the Mobile and Online Banking propositions, for Hong Kong’s largest bank - leading a team of Digital Product Managers and Platform Managers to drive HSBC’s transformation to become a customer-centric, digitally-led bank.

Head of Digital Strategy & Enablement

2016 - 2020

Responsible for Manulife’s digital strategy across Asia; and Product Owner for website platforms - leading an Agile team to deliver enhanced digital capabilities to increase discoverability, customer engagement & customer growth in, 9 markets.

Head of Banking & Wealth Management Product

2016 - 2016

Responsible for leading the Banking and Wealth Management Product business within Citi Australia, incorporating strategy and P&L ownership across all Deposit and Investment Products.

Head of Investments (Acting)

2015 - 2016

P&L ownership across Structured Products and Managed Funds.

Head of Traded Investments

2014 - 2016

Responsible for Traded Investments with Citibank Wealth Management. P&L ownership across Equities, Fixed Income, Foreign Currency and Dual Currency Accounts.

Head of Online Trading

2011 - 2014

Responsible for developing the retail online trading strategy and client proposition; implementing the end-to-end operation; and the ongoing ownership of the business P&L.

Senior Product Manager

2008 - 2011

Responsible for developing E*TRADE’s strategic product roadmap and ensuring its alignment with the broader ANZ Group. Built and led a high performing team responsible for executing the E*TRADE product strategy and driving EBIT growth across all product categories. Responsible for E*TRADE being recognised through a suite of reputable innovation awards including Canstar Cannex, Money Magazine and AFR Smart Investor.

Product Development Manager | Investing

2007 - 2008

Full product development, management and P&L responsibility for International Equities, Options, Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and Warrants.

Product Marketing Manager

2006 - 2007

Business & IT Systems Manager

2004 - 2006

Senior Technical Services Manager

2002 - 2004