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Huy Nguyen Trieu
CEO at The Disruptive Group
United Kingdom
Overview
Huy Nguyen Trieu is an accomplished entrepreneur, academic, investor, and banker, currently serving as the Co-founder of CFTE (Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship) and a Venture Partner at Alma Mundi Ventures. With a background as a former Managing Director at Citi, Huy's expertise spans across AI, e-learning, investment banking, and entrepreneurship, making him a sought-after expert in the field.
Huy's career highlights include co-founding CFTE, a leading institution in finance technology education, and serving as a Venture Partner at Alma Mundi Ventures, where he focuses on investing in Series A and seed-stage startups in sectors such as AI, FinTech, and consumer internet.
Work Experience
Council Member
2024 - Current
As a Council Member at ADI Foundation, I contribute to shaping the Foundation’s mission to empower nations to build sovereign digital futures. The ADI Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping governments connect with trusted partners to advance digital transformation and blockchain adoption worldwide. Rooted in Abu Dhabi, the Foundation leverages its $120 million fund and a global network of partners to deliver blockchain solutions that enhance trust, transparency, and efficiency in key sectors such as healthcare, financial systems, sustainability, and governance. With a focus on fostering financial inclusion and sustainable development, the ADI Foundation supports governments and enterprises in implementing transformative technologies, including smart contracts and digital identity systems. By creating a global technology hub in Abu Dhabi, the Foundation aims to drive innovation, attract top talent, and position the UAE as a leader in blockchain-driven societal progress.
Book Author
2024
The AI-fication of Jobs analyses the complex topic of AI's impact on jobs by using structured frameworks to identify key trends. By drawing on past industrial revolutions and leveraging innovation models, the book helps readers to think about the future of work in a structured way. A must-read for anyone looking to stay ahead in an AI-driven world.
Co-founder
2017
CFTE is the knowledge platform for financial services to adapt to a tech world. Hundreds of world-class experts (Heads of innovation in banks, CEOs of challenger banks, Fintech VCs, etc.) contribute to teach the core skills of finance today and tomorrow. CFTE has created world-leading courses in Fintech, Artificial Intelligence in Finance, Open Banking and platforms, Digital Payments, Intrapreneurship in finance, etc. CFTE is in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, and works with most Tier 1 financial institutions with tens of thousands of participants around the world.
Venture Partner
2020
Venture Partner of Mundi Insurtech fund. Mundi Insurtech is an early stage investor in startups such as Wefox, Dreamquark or Element. Investments to date based in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Barcelona, Madrid and Tel Aviv.
Educational Counselor
2015
MIT Educational Counselors recruit, interview, and respond to the concerns of admissions candidates within communities across the country and abroad. Uniquely positioned to put a human face on the Institute, ECs encourage and assist students and their parents in discovering MIT's educational, social, and extracurricular opportunities.
Fintech Fellow at the Centre for Global Finance and Technology
2017
The Centre for Global Finance and Technology at Imperial College Business School serves as a hub for multidisciplinary research, business education and global outreach aimed at greater understanding of the impact of technology on finance, business and society.
Ambassador at Singapore Fintech Festival
2022
Ambassador of Singapore Fintech Festival, world's largest fintech festival. Join me at SFF 2022 for the reunion of the global FinTech community on 2-4 November in Singapore. Learn more at fintechfestival.sg
CEO
2016
- Founder and CEO of The Disruptive Group, a business builder and advisory firm in Finance 2.0 - Builds businesses that leverage technology to create new business models in finance - Advises CEOs and Board Members on their strategies in a tech-driven world
Advisory Board - Digital Tech Fund
2017
The Digital Tech Fund provides seed financing to entrepreneurs running innovative startup companies active in the field of Digital Technologies. The fund’s aim is to foster long-term innovation, support the technology startup ecosystem in Luxembourg and facilitate the transfer of new digital technologies developed at the University of Luxembourg into successful spin-off companies.
Member of the Council
2021 - 2023
Co-opted member of the Council of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. The Council is responsible for the stewardship and strategic direction of the ACT and accountable to the members. The Association of Corporate Treasurers is the professional body for treasurers and related roles in the UK and internationally. We were one of the first professional bodies in treasury, established in the 1970s, and we are the only treasury association to hold a Royal Charter.
Education
Master in Technology and Policy
1997 - 1998