Rachel Freeman

Board member and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, AMTD Group

^{Rachel Freeman was appointed AMTD Group’s director and chief strategy and innovation officer in June 2019. Ms. Freeman is an experienced and internationally recognised financial expert, especially in the areas of cross-border financial services and innovative financial technologies. Before joining AMTD, Ms. Freeman served as manager of Asia Pacific Advisory, Financial Institutions Group (Hong Kong) for International Finance Corporation (IFC) since 2014, where she led Asia Pacific Advisory in designing and implementing client solutions in digital banking, bank-fintech collaboration, climate change or green finance, SME finance, Banking on Women, and agri-digital solutions. From 2004 to 2014, Ms. Freeman held several senior positions within IFC, including manager of access to finance in East Asia Pacific, senior operations officer in Central Asia, and regional business line leader in Africa. Prior to joining the IFC, Ms. Freeman also worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of State between 1997 and 2000. She holds an MBA from University of Michigan Business School. In addition, she completed the executive education programme at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.}