About James A. Fok

James Fok is the Chief Commercial Officer of the Central Moneymarkets Unit of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Previously, he served for a decade as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (SEHK: 388), where he played a major role in a number of landmark Chinese capital market internationalisation initiatives, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014), Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market's Listing Reforms (2018). In his earlier career, Fok worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia, specialising in the financial services sector.

Fok has written and spoken extensively about market structure issues and the intersection between geopolitics and international finance. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Ardmore Shipping Corporation (NYSE: ASC) and a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's Fintech Avisory Group. He has also previously served as an International Member of Ireland for Finance's Industry Advisory Committee (2021-23), on the Executive Board of the International Securities Services Association (2018-21), and on the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (2014-21).

Fok holds a BA (Hons) from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and two sons.