Bernard Soo

• Master of Business Administration, MBA

Bernard has more than 17 years of professional experience in the Banking and Wealth Management Industry, of which 7 years was in the frontline serving High-Networth Individual across the region and more than 10 years in management designing wealth propositions and equities product management.

During his stint at Standard Chartered Bank, Bernard was Head of Wealth Proposition in charge of designing various propositions ranging from retirement planning, children's education, and legacy planning to accredited investor propositions for High Networth Individuals. In addition, Bernard was also Head of the Online Equities Trading platform, in charge of product management, business strategy, and management of the online equities business. In UOB, Bernard was Head of Digital Wealth Proposition and also the Product Owner of UOB Roboadviser, Simple Invest, and Simple Insure, and also the Business Lead representing UOB in the MAS-driven Open Banking initiative.

Bernard is currently an Executive Committee Member in the Singapore Fintech Association, representing the Fintech community in Singapore. He is also the Chief Strategy Officer of CitaDAO, a DeFi Property Tokenisaing platform. He has more than 5 years of experience in Fintech, providing consultation and product development. He has also been conducting outreach and training on emerging technologies for the past 3 years.