About
Xiaochen Zhang, President of FinTech4Good, UN ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) Executive Council. He is a co-chair of the DeFi Alliance, World Digital Economy Council, Digital Finance Advisory Group, and a member of the UN ESCAP Digital Economy Task Force and Green Business Task Force. Listed as one of the Top 100 Blockchain Influencers by Lattice80, Xiaochen leads the design and implementation of FinTech4Goods’s strategy to introduce the most disruptive technological innovations in frontier markets. FinTech4Good was awarded the Best FinTech Impact Investing Network 2019 and 2020 by Wealth & Finance International. As a trusted figure in the digital economy and blockchain, he addressed 100+ high-level international forums as a keynote speaker and produced three blockchain and Fintech shows with 500K+ followers. He worked with many portfolio companies in launching new offers, entering into new markets and building transformative collaborative initiatives with the most reputable organizations from all over the world. In the past 20 years, Xiaochen has built strong collaborations with government agencies, multinational organizations, and financial institutions through work with the World Bank, United Nations, Inter-America Development Bank, Global Inclusive Economy Society, Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute, Astana International Finance Center, Israeli Blockchain Association, Crowdfunding Professional Association, and many other international platforms.
Industry
FinTech4Good
United States
Currently, Xiaochen is an Adjunct Professor at North China University of Politics and Law. He is also a Fellow at Southern Methodist University. Xiaochen taught at Virginia Tech during his PhD study. He was also an adjunct professor at Peking University. He served as a guest lecturer at John Hopkins University, Columbia University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and many other universities.
Contacts
Papers
Xiaochen led a team completed several reports on Central Bank Digital Currency, DeFi, Digital Asset Backing Lending, Blockchain for Green Finance, Transforming Energy System through Blockchain Innovation in the past few years. He also writes on topics such as innovative finance, climate change and entrepreneurship.
Projects
Currently, FinTech4Good is preparing for its acceleration program which aims to scale up blockchain and fintech solutions to address sustainable housing, food security and financial inclusion challenges in multiple cities.