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Expert Thought Leader > Farah Jaafar

A seasoned financial services professional, Farah has close to 30 years of experience in capital markets, offshore finance, financial eco-system curation, fintech, digital assets, reinsurance, corporate & business advisory, stakeholder management, strategic communications and branding.

She is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Webull Securities (Malaysia), an online stockbroker regulated by Securities Commission Malaysia. Webull Malaysia is a subsidiary of WeBull Corporation, a technology-driven financial services leader committed to providing equal inclusive access to the world’s financial markets.

Farah also serves on the Board of Tyndall Insurance, a full-fledged insurance company licensed by Labuan Financial Services Authority, focussed on insuring trade credit especially for SMEs. Tyndall Insurance is a related entity to Marketlend, Australia’s leading peer to peer marketplace trade credit platform.

She is now the Advisor to the Fintech Association of Malaysia, after serving for almost 3 years as its Vice President and was most recently was the Managing Director of Fusang Digital Asset Exchange, Asia’s first private and public stock exchange for tokenised securities.

Prior to that, Farah served as CEO of Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, where she grew its network of intermediaries, advisors and eco system partners to become the fastest developing fintech, wealth management and captive insurance centre in Asia.

Farah has also served in roles as an institutional trader, Head of Marketing Communications for Bursa Malaysia, General Manager of the Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia and as Director of Communications for the Asian Institute of Finance.

Farah is passionate about all forms of equality and equity, with a strong personal focus on financial inclusion via digitalisation and win-win partnerships. As a DEI advocate, she believes “a rising tide lifts all boats”.

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