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Malcolm Tan - (Gravitas International Associates, Gravitas.Financial (ex-CrowdBank), BitAngels City Leaders

Malcolm Tan - Chairman of Gravitas International | Founder & CEO of Gravitas.Financial (Challenger Bank)

Chairman and General Counsel of Gravitas International, Founder and CEO of Gravitas.Financial (Challenger Bank), amongst other companies, Malcolm Tan is an established Singaporean legally-trained entrepreneur with extensive experience in the construction, telecommunications, engineering, retail, IT and financial industries. Previously trained at top law firm Allen & Gledhill, Malcolm developed and acquired skills in litigation, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions. He previously held legal counsel positions in both global and regional capacities across the Asia-Pacific region, MENA, and North America.

Malcolm also has direct interests in legal services, corporate services, corporate advisory, finance and wealth management and digital marketing, which directly contribute to the success factors required for new companies and businesses. He also has exposure and connections in multiple industries, including corporate advisory, technology and finance (venture capital, private equity) which are particularly pertinent for the fintech, consulting and ICO space.

He published a book last year on “How to ICO/ITO – Legal and Regulatory Framework in Singapore” and has already, and is still advising over 80 companies who have already, or are intending to ICO/ITO in Singapore and around the world, with clients from the UK, Malta, Russia, Ukraine, China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, etc. Many clients are also in the midst of licence applications in Singapore for Payment Services Act licences, and other types of regulated licences such as Recognised Market Operators, Commodities, Precious Metals etc.

In the ICO, IEO, STO, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain space, Malcolm has done regulatory reviews and consulted with multiple governments, and is frequently a speaker and thought leader for DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) and ICO and Cryptocurrency regulations and law.

Gravitas International is a full service, end-to-end service provider with advisory, corporate structuring, legal, white paper and tokenomics, marketing and PR, smart contract, dapp and token launcher building capabilities, and can also assist with post ICO activities such as exchange listings, token offering underwriting and business development. Gravitas has direct partners and/or a presence in many countries around the world, such as the USA, UK, Europe, Russia, MENA, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Australia, etc.

Gravitas.Financial is a major initiative that Malcolm is heading, that is a crypto-industry enabling project, encompassing financial services, e-wallet, stable coin, crypto deposits, crypto lending and exchange, P2P, OTC, insurance, etc. It is slated to be a major game changer and industry-wide enabler of the new and upcoming Crypto Economy. Gravitas.Financial is under Malcolm’s www.qrypttech.com umbrella, and is a consortium member of the Enigma Technologies group that applied for one of Singapore’s new Digital Full Bank licences and will be looking to acquire digital bank and fintech licences internationally.