Our Team
Leadership

Bénédicte N. Nolens
From 2018-2019, she was the Vice President of International Government Relations at Circle; from 2012-2018, she was the Head of Risk & Strategy of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and in that capacity also the Fintech lead for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) From 2007-2012, she was a managing director at Credit Suisse; and from 1997-2007 she was an associate and executive director at Goldman Sachs.
Originally from Belgium, she holds LL.M. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Leuven, and is admitted to the New York Bar since 1999. In 2016, she was a recipient of the China Daily Asian Women Leadership Awards for her efforts related to entrepreneurship, innovation and charity.

Aoife McGillion
Why WiFA? I was attracted to WiFA by the opportunity to do something totally different from my day job and stayed so long because the energy and enthusiasm of the people involved in this association is so addictive. Being co-chair gives my life a bit of balance and also allows me to meet the most fantastic people.
Please link in with Aoife via linkedin

Bonnie So
Bonnie So is the former President of High Technology Crime Investigation Association for Asia Pacific Chapter between 2017 and 2018 with experiences in organising seminar and events. At Morgan Stanley, Bonnie is the Portfolio Manager for Security Development, Enterprise Security Platform in the Technology Division. Prior to this role, Bonnie worked numerous roles including the Insider Threat Outreach Asia Lead supporting the Insider Threat Program and the Asia Office of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), the Data Leakage Prevention Asia Lead and the Investigation Team Asia Lead.
At the weekends, you can find her out and about either hiking, swimming, cycling or playing in the parks with her husband Jason and 3 children; Stella, Harvey and Harry.
Why WiFA? I was attracted to WiFA by the opportunity do something totally different from my day job with a great network to meet exciting and energetic people in Hong Kong and nearby cities.
Thought Leadership

Rebecca Sin
Previously, Rebecca was the head of Commerzbank ETF Sales Trading for Asia Pacific. She was responsible for supporting and educating clients with respect to the ETF market and the entire spectrum of ETF products, assisting clients in executing trades, and driving the growth of Commerzbank’s ETF business and client base in Asia Pacific.
Rebecca’s career has been spent in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong, and she has experience working as a portfolio manager, market maker and synthetic equity trader. She began her career with Deutsche Bank and also worked for Barclays Capital prior to joining Commerzbank.
Rebecca earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Mathematics. She is also the co-chair of Asia’ Women in Exchange Traded Funds (WE), Young Investor Society and is the Chair of Tradeweb’s Asia Regional Diversity Committee. She is passionate about gender diversity and equality.

Oonagh van den Berg
Oonagh is a frequent industry speaker on key regulatory issues, recognized as a thought leader, and a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong University on financial crime.
Philanthropy Committee

Penny Barsha
Corporate Responsibility Manager, Asia at Linklaters

Karen Liu
Research and Content Development, Asia-Pacific, Market Entry Solutions at State Street
Mentor Mentee Committee

Sonja Key

Donna Titley

Tonia Wong Kee
Tonia has worked in the UK, Australia before moving to Hong Kong 8 years ago.
Education Committee

Laurence Van Der Loo
Based in Hong Kong, Laurence is responsible for coordinating ASIFMA’s Operations and Technology efforts including regulatory implementation, cost efficiencies, KYC/AML, fintech/regtech and cyber and cloud. ASIFMA’s work in this area includes regulatory advocacy, driving harmonization and work on industry best practices in these areas. In addition, she oversees several of ASIFMA’s regional committees in China and India. These committees help develop and shape ASIFMA’s regulatory engagement s to drive capital markets development in both countries. Laurence also supports the CEO team with ASIFMA’s corporate governance and board processes.
Laurence has over 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining ASIFMA in 2016, she was responsible for European business development at Vistra Hong Kong, assisting foreign companies and funds to set up in Asia. Before that, she managed a portfolio of Natural Resources Companies at ING Corporate Banking in Brussels, working on numerous ECM, DCM, securitisation and syndicated loan deals for her clients.
Laurence holds a Master Degree in Business Economics from the University of Ghent, and a Master Degree in International Business from EAE Business School. She is member of the Exco of the Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (BLCC) in Hong Kong as well as Women in Finance Asia. She is fluent in English, Dutch and French.

Marie Swarbreck
Marie is the founder of FLEXImums, a recruitment and coaching consultancy, focused on empowering women and Hong Kong corporations to strive for gender equity and work-life balance.
Before devoting her time to FLEXImums, Marie started her career as an International Correspondent with the South China Morning Post, International Herald Tribune & The Asahi Shimbun meeting business leaders across Asia, Middle East, Europe and Canada. Driven by building relationships and connecting people, Marie went on building her network as the Communications & Business Development Manager with a leading international trade fair organiser across Asia.
After her daughter Arabelle was born in Hong Kong during 2014, she found herself in need of flexible yet challenging work and little to no options to choose from. This was the beginning of a new adventure, the birth of FLEXImums.
Marie together with her husband Sebastian and their two children, Arabelle and Jude, moved from HK island to South Lantau 4 years ago to combine the best of what Hong Kong has to give.
Why WIFA? Passionate about Diversity & Inclusion and Gender Equity, Marie joined WIFA and its Education Committee to support and inspire young female professionals as well as bring together industry professionals, men and women, for inspiring talks, panels and networking events in Hong Kong.
Please link in with Marie via linkedin
Emerging Talent Committee

Co-Chair Katie Mok
Senior Consultant, Protiviti
Katie is a Senior Consultant within the Financial Services Consulting practice at Protiviti Hong Kong. She specializes in transformation project management and compliance advisory and assurance work, leveraging on her law degree and CAMS certification.
Katie is passionate about empowering emerging talents to build and maintain a meaningful external network as part of their professional development. She is also keen to connect individuals to help drive diversity and inclusion initiatives together.
It’d not be a surprise to find Katie on one of the islands here in Hong Kong on weekends hiking or skateboarding.
Why WiFA? I started off as a volunteer to help out with their events on-site from time to time. I was increasingly drawn to the level of enthusiasm and dedication that the WiFA Committee members had consistently shown, which inspired me to get more involved. To step up as a co-chair was a great opportunity for me to practice what I preach as I help deliver some of WiFA’s signature events with a lasting impact.
Networking Committee

Jennifer Hsieh
Jennifer is Head of Asia Pacific for TradingHub, a fintech/regtech firm offering trade data analytic solutions. She began her career with Merrill Lynch’s investment banking division in New York and Hong Kong, then moved to product structuring in its Debt Capital Markets. After receiving her MBA from INSEAD, Jennifer resumed her career specialty of product development, focusing on the buyside. She looked after this function at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (London), ETF Securities (London), and BlackRock (HK). Prior to joining TradingHub, Jennifer was the founding COO for a boutique hedge fund manager in Hong Kong.

Bernice Choi
Bernice holds a BA from Boston College with a major in Art History and minor in French. Prior to her career, she has also co-founded the Lean In at Boston College chapter inspired by Sheryl Sandberg.
On the weekends or her spare time, you will find her doing yoga or on hiking trails, and enjoying quality time with friends and family over good food and wine.