Dr. Bo Zhou is a seasoned commercial and business executive in global financial service industry, with strong entrepreneurial spirits and love for technology.
Dr. Zhou is the Head of APAC at PICO, driving its expansion efforts in Asia Pacific while overseeing all sales, operations and engineering throughout the region, in partnership with key global executives. She also sits on the board and advisory panel of several small business, including SensorEra (a U.S. tech start-up), Ascent Partners (an APAC boutique financial service firm), Firinne Capital (a US/Cayman hedge fund specialized in digital asset management).
Throughout her Career, Dr. Zhou has always been a strong advocate for diversified workplace and leadership group. Late 2019, Dr. Zhou initiated IHS Markit “Women in Leadership” forum. Since then, the forum has brought many senior women executive and leaders globally to share their experience and efforts in Diversity & Inclusion. Dr. Zhou was recognised as HSBC Top 20 Ethically Diverse Women Role Models in 2022 and Yahoo Finance HERoes Top 100 Women Executive in 2021. She also served on the judging panel of 2021 ‘Kindness and Leadership – 50 Leading Lights in Asia Pacific’, to support the broader Diversity and Inclusion conversations happening in the region.
Dr. Bo Zhou
Seasoned Commercial and Business Executive in Financial Services
Past Experiences
Dr. Bo Zhou was Partner and Senior Vice President/Managing Director at IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global), a global leading service vendor to provide data, solutions, research in financial, resource and transportation industries. Dr. Zhou’s team was responsible for managing senior client relationships in APAC Financial markets, as well as the commercial results and regional growth strategies. Prior to IHS Markit, Dr. Zhou has served in various leadership positions at Bloomberg such as company director and regional business manager for its global fixed income & trading solutions in Hong Kong and New York over seven years. Prior to that, she held senior positions in Fixed Income Trading, Research and Risk Management at BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, and State Street Global Advisors in the United States.
Education
- Ph.D. degree in Material Science and Engineering from MIT
- Financial Technology Option certificate from MIT School Management School
- B.S. degree from Fudan University in China.