Mai Duong Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Hokodo Mai is the Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Hokodo, leading the commercial effort with platform partners and marketplaces. Hokodo is one of the fastest growing fintech companies (straddling France and the UK) and the world’s first dedicated provider of commercial “Insurance-as-a-Service”. Hokodo revolutionises financial services, making them simple and accessible to the many small businesses (SMEs) left behind by today’s industries. Hokodo is backed by the VC fund Anthemis. Hokodo Services Ltd is a coverholder at Lloyd’s and the insurance products underwritten and distributed by Hokodo are backed by the Channel Syndicate, a unit of SCOR global P&C. Previously, Mai worked for 12 years in Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets at BNP Paribas, in Paris and Hong Kong, where she developed a taste for new technologies, insurance and SMEs problem-solving