Jael Tan

Head of Government Programmes

Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Jael is responsible for steering strategic government affairs and internal consulting efforts to scale GFTN’s Connections business globally. Her portfolio includes driving engagement with public sector stakeholders and ecosystem leaders across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, and expanding GFTN’s presence in new geographies. She currently plays a key role in shaping high-level dialogue platforms such as the Global SME Finance Forum, Point Zero Forum, Insight2040 and Singapore FinTech Festival, which convene policymakers, innovators, and institutions to co-create future-ready financial ecosystems.

Prior to her role, she served at the FinTech & Innovation Group with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and was responsible for driving global partnerships with public and private sector bodies that help shape Singapore as a Smart Financial Centre and to grow and expand Singapore’s vibrant FinTech ecosystem. Besides extensively engaging ecosystem partners of various jurisdictions on innovation and financial technology, Jael was also actively involved in developing the Singapore FinTech Festival, a knowledge platform for the global FinTech community.

Prior to joining MAS, Jael was a public relations and communications expert for companies in the B2B tech space. In addition, as the organiser of the inaugural Singapore Cocktail Festival which featured top cocktail bars in Singapore, she is passionate about giving small businesses in Singapore a platform to showcase their craft and in growing the vibrancy of the local ecosystem.

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12:00–1:30pmThu 25 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpenModerator
Blueprint for Digital Assets

Building a Practitioner's Guide for Tokenization in Finance: Working Group Members Convening

GFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpenModerator
About this session

The problems that constrain tokenization at scale do not belong to one working group, one institution, or one regulatory perimeter. Cross-ledger settlement, stablecoin licensing fragmentation, FMI readiness in developing markets, and the legal enforceability of smart contracts are structurally connected with each a precondition for the next, each requiring actors across infrastructure and regulation to work from the same evidence base.
This session brings both working groups together for the first time in person. Working Group 1 (Interoperability and Infrastructure) and Working Group 2 (Regulation, Trust, and Governance) will each present their problem statements before presenting to the Oversight Panel. The purpose is to establish shared understanding of the initiative's full scope, test framing with peers who approach the same challenges from different vantage points, and sharpen the asks that each working group will direct to the Oversight Panel in the session that follows.
About the initiative
GFTN has launched _Tokenization in Finance: Evidence and Implementation Pathways_, a structured, multi-stakeholder initiative convening two working groups drawn from leading financial institutions, infrastructure providers, and market participants to assemble a practitioner-oriented evidence base spanning spanning digital money and payment rails through to tokenized real-world assets, securities, funds, and capital markets infrastructure. At Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2026, the initiative will publish a practitioner guide designed to give financial institutions a structured basis for sequencing their digital asset strategies, and to equip regulators and finance ministries in emerging and developing economies with implementation pathways they can draw on directly.
2:00–3:30pmThu 25 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpenModerator
Blueprint for Digital Assets

Building a Practitioner's Guide for Tokenization in Finance: Oversight Panel Convening

GFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpenModerator
About this session

Tokenization is reshaping financial infrastructure across many economies. The decisions that are being made now on architecture, standards and governance will determine whether that infrastructure serves developed and emerging and developing economies, or leaves some behind. Ensuring that outcome requires senior public sector voices at the centre of these conversations.
This session brings both working groups and the public sector Oversight Panel together for the first time. Working group leads will present their confirmed problem statements on what the evidence shows, and receive feedback and recommendations that working groups will pursue to build the practitioner's guide that will publish at Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2026.
About the initiative
GFTN is launching _Tokenization in Finance: Evidence and Implementation Pathways_, a structured, multi-stakeholder initiative convening two working groups drawn from leading financial institutions, infrastructure providers, and market participants to assemble a practitioner-oriented evidence base spanning spanning digital money and payment rails through to tokenized real-world assets, securities, funds, and capital markets infrastructure. At Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2026, the initiative will publish a practitioner guide designed to give financial institutions a structured basis for sequencing their digital asset strategies, and to equip regulators and finance ministries in emerging and developing economies with implementation pathways they can draw on directly.

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Building a Practitioner's Guide for Tokenization in Finance: Working Group Members Convening

Building a Practitioner's Guide for Tokenization in Finance: Oversight Panel Convening