Ilaria Chan

ILARIA is the founding Chairwoman of Tech For Good Institute: a non-profit think tank founded by Grab to encourage and enrich dialogue on social, economic and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy. She is also the Group Advisor on Tech & Social Impact for Grab (Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, Nasdaq: GRAB). Prior to assuming this role, she served as a corporate finance executive and helped drive Grab's historical Series H fundraise - the largest in the history of Southeast Asia. She was formerly an Executive Director at the Sales & Trading Division of Goldman Sachs New York where she was celebrated as a top quartile performer, in charge of helping Asian companies go public globally.

Ilaria is currently a global keynote speaker, regularly featured at forums organized by world class organizations such as Milken Institute, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Stanford University, Princeton University etc. She is also selected by the World Economic Forum as a Global Future Council member (an invite-only global network of leading experts across sectors to provide insights to drive the forum's initiatives), a private investor, serves on the board of trustees of humanitarian organization CareForChildren, an operating advisor to Owl Ventures (largest Education Tech focused venture capital fund in the world), an advisory council member to Stanford University’s “SCPKU” that promotes academic exchange between the US and China, an advisor to former NBA basketball player Jeremy’s Lin’s family office, and an advisory board member to GlobalSF's Women Empowerment Initiative and British real estate development firm Kinrise.

Ilaria holds a B.A. from Stanford University. She is also a freelance singer, concert pianist, former food critic & restaurant judge, culinary school graduate, actress in musicals & plays and an avid scuba diver. A common theme between her work in multiple sectors is the dedication to building bridges between the East & West with a mission to further mass flourishing.