Ilaria Chan

Ilaria Chan is the Chairperson of the Board at the Tech ForGood Institute, a non-profit founded by Grab (Southeast Asia's leading superapp), to encourage and enrich dialogue on social, economic, and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy. She also serves as the Group Advisor on Tech & Social Impact for Grab, focusing on advancing diplomacy, thought leadership and social impact reach for the Technology Decacorn startup.

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. Ilaria was formerly an Executive Director at the Sales &Trading division of Goldman Sachs New York where she was a top quartile performer at the bank, focusing on Asia Equities.

She is currently a global keynote speaker, a private investor, serves on the Board of Trustees of humanitarian organizations Care For Children and Emancipaction, an Operating Advisor to Owl Ventures (largest Education Tech focused venture capital fund in the world), an advisory committee member to Global SF's Women Empowerment Initiative, and serves on the advisory board of British real estate development firm Kinrise.

Ilaria holds a B.A. from Stanford University. She is also a freelance singer, concert pianist, food critic & restaurant judge, culinary school graduate, actress in musicals & play sand an avid scuba diver.