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      Lewis Sun

      Lewis Sun

      Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Currencies

      HSBC

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      Lewis Sun was appointed Global Head of Digital Currencies, Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), HSBC in May 2026. He provides strategic leadership for Digital Assets and Currencies initiatives within Global Payments Solutions (GPS), with end-to-end accountability for strategy, client proposition, technology and risk, partnering with teams across HSBC.

      Mr Sun has held a range of payments and cash management roles in China and Hong Kong since joining HSBC in 2002, including Head of Sales for GPS in China and Head of GPS China.

      In August 2017, Mr Sun was appointed Regional Head of Product for GPS, based in Hong Kong. Leveraging his technical expertise and deep understanding of market trends, he assumed the role of Global Head of Domestic and Emerging Payments for GPS in April 2022.

      Mr. Sun holds a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering and an International MBA from Tsinghua University, as well as a Certificate in International Cash Management from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK).

      Speaking At

      • 3:30–6:00pmTue 17 NovWorkshopWorkshop Room 1Open

        Accountability & Liability In Agentic SystemsThe Scaling Challenge in Tokenized MarketsPreparing Finance for the Quantum Era

        Trusted at Speed: Building the Future of Commerce, Money and Trade - Powered by HSBC

        WorkshopWorkshop Room 1Open

        About this session

        The next 24 months could compress a decade of change. For corporate leaders, the opportunity is not simply to understand new technology — it’s to determine where it may help strengthen resilience, accelerate growth and inform decision-making across the organisation.

        Analysts estimate that agentic AI and quantum computing could unlock more than $1 trillion in value by 2035. Join us for a 2.5-hour executive session designed to help you translate emerging capabilities into practical business outcomes. We’ll examine whether trust and security, rather than technology alone, may become key constraints and why this may require action now.

        You’ll explore the foundations of trust in agentic commerce: from agent identity, permissions and human-in-the-loop design to evidence trails designed to support auditability. Learn how robust controls, accountable human judgement and collaboration across regulators, industry partners and the wider ecosystem can support the safe deployment of autonomous commerce at scale.

        We’ll then examine how connected banking may help your business move money, trade and grow internationally. Gain practical insight into where digital money, tokenisation, digital assets and currencies could fit within your operating and treasury flows. We’ll explore how unified connectivity can help your organisation make better decisions and serve customers more effectively.

        Throughout the session, we’ll explore how AI, modern platforms and emerging digital rails can support relevant, real-time experiences at scale, with a focus on customer trust, human accountability and responsible decision-making.

        3:30pm - 3:40pm

        Welcome & Opening Primer: The Case for Urgency

        Speaker: Manoj Dugar, Managing Director and Head of Asia, ex Greater China, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC

        3:40pm - 4:00pm

        Resilience in 2028: When AI and Quantum Redraw the Risk Map

        The Agentic AI revolution, driven by the latest frontier models, and quantum computing are on track to unlock over $1 trillion in economic value by 2035. But both these frontier technologies are simultaneously redrawing the risk and resilience paradigm, creating an urgent landscape in which cyber threats can scale faster, attack surfaces can expand and today’s protections may not withstand tomorrow’s capabilities. For organisations with the right capabilities and governance, uncertainty can become a competitive advantage. How can we build the capabilities, controls and foundations to anticipate threats and strengthen resilience?

        Speaker: Robert Oates, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Singapore, HSBC, Shayan Hazir, HSBC – Chief Digital Officer, Asia (ex. HK) and Middle East, HSBC

        4:00pm - 4:30pm

        Automated, Always-on and Real Time: Governing Commerce in the Agentic Decade

        Autonomous agents will soon be initiating and settling commerce and treasury transactions on behalf of corporates and institutions – the practical question is whether the right guardrails are in place before adoption scales. Our panellists will share how they’ve applied regulatory principles in practice through a proof of concept, including a walkthrough of what was tested and the controls underpinning it. They’ll explore what make agentic AI in payments trusted, from agent identity and permissions to human-in-the-loop design, segregation of duties and evidence trails that stand up to policy and audit scrutiny.

        Speaker(s): Koh Tze Yong, Lead Solutions Architect, AXS, Patrick Sze, Chief Technology Officer, Green Link Digital Bank, Dr. Maxim Afanasyev, Financial Services Industry Lead for JAPAC, Global Strategic Industries, Google Cloud, Kenneth Gay, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Gary Liu, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Terminal 3, Amber Henderson-Smart, Global Head of Client Connectivity, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC, Jessie Saw, Head of Product Management, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC (Moderator)

        4:30pm - 4:35pm

        Break

        4:35pm - 5:05pm

        Connecting Digital Currency and Digital Asset to Power 24/7 Value Movement at Scale

        As digital asset and digital currencies see an increase in momentum in the institutional space, it promises the ability to move funds and deliver assets 24/7 instantly. The panellists will discuss what this means for corporate and institutional players, how this can revolutionalise the way money moves, treasury functions, yield enhancements with tokenised money market funds and value of asset tokenisation. They will share their views on how the different forms of digital currencies and digital assets are fit for purpose, the role of digital ledgers and their views on the road ahead for digital asset and digital currencies.

        Speaker(s): Lewis Sun, Global Head of Digital Currencies, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC, Chetan Karkhanis, Franklin Templeton - SVP Digital Asset Client engagement, Selene Chong, Global Head of Digital Assets, Corporate and Institutional Banking, HSBC (Moderator)

        5:05pm - 5:20pm

        Dynamic banking for a new era of business  

        As agents, data, and ERPs coincide – simplified connectivity across channels will be the true enabler behind the flows. Speakers will explain how innovative connectivity links ERPs, bank channels and emerging agentic tools so data, approvals, execution and confirmation are joined up end-to-end.

        Speaker: Amber Henderson-Smart, Global Head of Client Connectivity, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC

        5:20pm - 5:50pm

        Reimagining Trade: From AI to Smarter Working Capital

        Explore how AI and digital innovation are transforming trade, simplifying document processing, reducing manual hand-offs and enabling faster processing. The discussion will demonstrate how technology, specialist expertise and appropriate controls are coming together to create simpler, more seamless trade experiences and shape the next generation of digital solutions.

        The session will feature HSBC TradeCash, a digital financing solution designed to unlock cash flow and support business growth, with Advanide sharing its experience.

        Speaker(s): Holger Roessner, CEO, AdvanIDe Holdings Pte Ltd, Tze Tze Lee, Global Head of Documentary Trade, Global Trade Solutions, HSBC, Vinay Tiwari, Head of Product & Propositions, South East Asia Cluster, Global Trade Solutions, HSBC

        5:50pm - 6:00pm

        Closing Synthesis – Connecting the Dots: Your Institution's Next Move 

        A crisp synthesis of the day’s takeaways – what’s real, what’s next, and what requires action now. We’ll close with sharing of practical 12 month roadmap: priority use cases to pilot, key trust/control guardrails to lock in early, and the collaborations and operating model shifts needed to move from insight to execution.

        Speaker: Ruby Ho, Managing Director and Head of Markets and Securities Services, ASEAN, HSBC