Kah Kit Yip
Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets, UOB Group
Kah Kit is the Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets at UOB Group. He is a seasoned banking and finance professional, having held various roles in Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). At the BIS Innovation Hub, Kah Kit co-led several innovation projects most notably Project Nexus which developed a next-gen multilateral fast payment network, Project Mandala which pioneered a programmable compliance model and Project Rialto which devised next-gen FX settlement protocols. At BNM, Kah Kit was instrumental in spearheading Malaysia’s migration to digital payments and foster the development of interoperable real-time payments. He also led BNM’s Digital Currency Research Hub to advance exploratory work on tokenisation, CBDCs and digital assets, including Project Dunbar which tested a multi-CBDC network involving the central banks in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has been admitted as a Barrister-at-law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom.
