Angelo Chan

Managing Director, BlockFi

Angelo Chan is a Managing Director at BlockFi, a cryptocurrency financial services company. In his role, Angelo specializes in the structuring and execution of complex financing transactions and moving BlockFi’s most strategic initiatives forward within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Prior to joining BlockFi, Angelo worked at Merrill Lynch and Barclays in London and New York, where he developed extensive experience in building new financial products across established and emerging markets. Angelo also co-founded a technology-driven, specialist lender for responsibly sourced diamonds.

In his spare time, Angelo is a venture investor in fintech/cryptocurrency, healthcare, space exploration and climate data technologies. He is also an expert witness with a passion for solving sophisticated, cross-border financial crimes. He is an avid supporter of DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion) initiatives at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, where he serves as a member of the Museum’s Collections Council as well as co-chair of its Asian Art Circle. From time to time, he moonlights as a charity auctioneer.

Angelo obtained his MA and MSci from Cambridge University, England, where he graduated as the top Theoretical Chemist with first class honors. He was born in Hong Kong and is fluent in Cantonese.