Christopher Ngoi is the Chief Strategy and Business Officer of Libeara, a venture wholly owned and incubated by SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered. 

He drives Libeara's go-to-market and business development objectives. 

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👋🏼  How would you explain your job to someone outside tech?

I look after go-to-market and business development objectives for Libeara. We help bring safe financial products to Web3.

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🧐  What's something about you or your job that would surprise us?

Big imposter syndrome — I am winging half my job.

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🏆  What has been the biggest highlight of your career so far?

Creating a lot of companies and products from scratch, and figuring out how to do it in a safe way, especially with new technologies.

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🔍  What's a startup trend or space you're watching this year?

Payments - we are at an inflection point where payments will fundamentally change.

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💼  What advice would you give someone starting out in your industry? 

Read and study a lot all the time. This space moves really fast. Keep trying to pick the brains of people smarter and more experienced than you.

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🗣  What's one thing you can keep talking about for hours? 

Tokenisation, digital identity, money, longevity. 

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🎥  What's your favorite movie/TV show? 

Seinfeld.

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🍨  What's your go-to ice cream flavor?

Midnight chocolate.