Huy Nguyen Trieu

Huy Nguyen Trieu serves as Council Member at ADI Foundation, a blockchain infrastructure initiative launched in Abu Dhabi that is developing a dirham-backed stablecoin designed as an internationally replicable model for sovereign digital currency issuance. In this capacity, he has represented the Foundation publicly, including speaking to its strategic ambitions around digital sovereignty, cross-border payments, and regulated stablecoin frameworks. The Foundation's infrastructure, built on Ethereum, reached mainnet in 2025, alongside announced collaborations with Franklin Templeton, Mastercard, and BlackRock. The dirham stablecoin, led by IHC and FAB, was described as forthcoming at that time. Nguyen Trieu's stated position on stablecoins is that a regulated intermediate model — between private stablecoins and full CBDCs — is necessary to prevent less transparent alternatives from establishing themselves by default in global markets.

Beyond ADI Foundation, Nguyen Trieu is co-founder and CEO of The Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), a fintech education platform with operations in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi, built around certifications covering fintech, artificial intelligence in finance, open banking, and blockchain. He is also a Venture Partner at Mundi Ventures, an insurtech fund, and holds an entrepreneurship expert role at Oxford. Earlier in his career he served as Managing Director at Citi, where he worked with European insurance companies, pension funds, and international banks. He also served as founding partner of a fintech accelerator in Asia and as an industry fellow at Imperial College. He is the author of The AI-fication of Jobs.