REGA Risk Sharing, a Russian startup which is developing a decentralized “crowdsurance” platform based on smart contract and blockchain technologies, has announced the appointment of Vince Chan, Co-Founder at Creta Ventures, as its Founding Advisor with immediate effect.
Vince is a serial entrepreneur, seasoned finance professional, academic and career book writer, startup advisor and career coach. Before entrepreneurship, she has founded and managed US$1bn institutional fund at TCW Asset Management. She has also served in various capacities at Deloitte & Touche, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Goldman Sachs and Standard & Poor’s across Asia and U.S. A CFA and CPA, Vince has graduated from University of Toronto B.Comm. Summa Cum Laude, Yale University MBA Full-Time and University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA Executive. In 2015, she was recognized as “Outstanding Overseas Returnee” by Forbes China.
Specific venture mentorship for founders aside, Vince is passionate about transforming human skills development in the AI era. To that end, she has recently co-founded Creta Ventures, a strategic investment partner of TUS Education and TUSPark Global Network (affiliate members of Tsinghua University’s corporate family). The goal is to accelerate growth and deepen value in domestic and international tech innovations in 21st Century learning through government, school and education business networks.
“I’m a strong believer in blockchain technology as a game changer across all industries. The philosophy of crowdsurance platform not only opens up possibilities of creating new products and services, but also forges a completely new format of relationships among people in a shared economy. Founded by an experienced and devoted management team with a committed vision, REGA Risk Sharing is well positioned to derive value from those possibilities and relationships.”
“It is of immerse importance for new ventures like ours to be supported by someone who truly resonate with our ideas and our team. We believe that Vince Chan is one of those mentors. Her financial and investment credential, entrepreneurial experience and Asian market knowledge are particularly useful to us as we grow and develop innovative сrowdsurance products and services in a global context.”
