Edmund To is the Chief Technology Officer of Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), the world’s first independent, not-for-profit technology consortium to reimagine global trade. As CTO, Edmund oversees and manages the blockchain-enabled data infrastructure to accelerate the digital transformation of the shipping and trade industry, as well as enabling greater efficiencies and resilience of the global trade ecosystem. Edmund is a blockchain veteran who understands profoundly the technology’s value in facilitating data exchange in a secure and trusted way. Prior to his role at GSBN, Edmund was a Senior Technical Architect at ConsenSys, a leading blockchain engineering company, where he was working with central banks, financial institutions and corporates to solve real-world problems in multiple industries by leveraging blockchain technology. He started his career in finance with a focus on equity derivatives. Edmund holds a Master of Engineering in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.