
Thursday, 2024 · 7:00 PM JST · Airmeet
- Global Partner Event
How to Launch a Startup in Asia



Bill Ashlock, Giang Trịnh, Omar Abedin, Kevin Brockland
Bill Ashlock is a financial services leader, consultant and coach serving as Founder at BOSA Advisers Pte Ltd. He is also listed as a Pioneer at Mingzulu, an advisory firm for financial services and technology companies. He was CTO of Anglo Gulf Trade Bank, where he oversaw technology for a new digital, cloud-native SME and corporate bank, and in 2020 he spoke at the OECD Blockchain Forum as CTO and distributed ledger lead at FourAid. Earlier he held global positions at Citibank, ABN Amro, ANZ and Bank of America in San Francisco, New York, London and Singapore. He has mentored and coached with the Founder Institute for more than ten years. Bill brings a banking-operator and technology perspective on building digital financial services, business transformation, distributed ledger projects and cross-cultural leadership. The work provides direct exposure to how a new bank is designed and launched, and to how early-stage founders develop under coaching. Bill is particularly relevant to conversations around fintech and digital banking, technology strategy in regulated industries, transformation programs, and leadership coaching for founders.