Speaker

Forest Lin

Forest Lin
Speaker

Forest Lin

Head of Tencent Financial Technology

Tencent

Speaking at

Monday 27 October, 10:00 - 10:20

Glocalization in Fintech: Balancing Global Platforms and Local Realities

Biography

Forest Lin

Corporate Vice President of Tencent, Head of Tencent Financial

Technology

Mr. Lin oversees Tencent’s overall fintech business, including payment,

wealth management, securities and other fintech services. Previously he

was the Managing Partner at Tencent Investment, where he was

responsible for Tencent’s equity investment in various areas, such as

e-commerce, Internet Finance, Online to Offline and digital contents etc.

Notable deals including JD.com, China Literature, Tencent Music,

Meituan, PDD, Bilibili etc. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Lin held various

senior positions in finance, strategy, and operating management at

Microsoft and Nokia.

Forest Lin holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of

Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Engineering from Zhejiang University.