Zhang Yinfan

Mr. Yinfan Zhang leads Ant International’s Global Affairs and Strategic Development team in North Asia. He manages our engagement strategy with various policymakers, regulators, and academics in the region to form strategic partnership with both public and private sectors.

Prior to working for Ant International, he had worked at the UK Department for International Trade based in the British Consulate General in Shanghai on various roles, where he led the capital markets, asset management, and fintech team to develop policy objectives in support of trade and investment opportunities between the UK and China, as well as developing bilateral collaboration in financial services. He worked closely with the industry, government, and financial regulators in several bilateral mechanisms including the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue, Capital Markets Working Group, and Close-out Netting working Group. He also led the UK-China Green Finance collaboration in capital markets, covering taxonomy, product innovation, and capacity building.

Yinfan is a graduate of the University of Glasgow in the UK, where he earned a MSc in Management and a graduate of East China University of Political Science and Law where he earned a BA in Journalism and LLB.