Hongsong Chou has been a finance professional for almost 20 years, holding senior positions with Lehman Brothers, Nomura and Citic Securities in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shen Zhen, China. Hongsong co-founded Charles River Advisors, and is currently a founding partner with SETH Technologies, a fintech firm that focuses on Asia-Pacific algorithmic trading and investment practices. Hongsong is also on the advisory board of the Crypto-FinTech Laboratory of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Hongsong holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Harvard University.