Brenda Hu 胡則華
Director-General 執行秘書 , Financial Supervisory Commission 金管會金融科技發展與創新中心
Bio
Ms. Brenda Hu is Director-General in Department of Planning and Executive-Secretary of the Fintech Center, Financial Supervisory Commission. She takes charge of planning overall policies and strategies of the FSC and coordinating relevant implementation. Major policies under her current responsibilities include Green Finance Action Plan, Fintech Development Roadmap, and financial inclusion projects. She also supervises the work of gender equality in financial industry, administrative plans, fintech development services carried out by the Fintech Center such as giving guidance and advice to startups aiming to use fintech to provide services in the market, reviewing applications for regulatory sandbox, making sure smooth operation of the FintechSpace (incubator), and promoting fintech related policies and measures to maintain a friendly ecosystem.
Before those roles, she was Assistant Director of the Corporate Finance Division in the Securities and Futures Bureau, FSC. Her prime responsibility was to review and propose policies on the corporate governance and social responsibility of listed companies. She was also in charge of reviewing and giving advices on fund-raising cases submitted by listed companies for effective registration, following up their financial and operational status, and safeguarding market integrity and shareholder rights. Ms. Hu has overseen listed companies, securities firms, futures commission merchants, and foreign banks for 20 years. She helped the market to grow by deregulation and completed legislations governing futures trust funds, offshore structured products and financial consumer protection. Her commitment to internationalize the market also brings the commission and exchanges to actively participate in various international organizations and to closely collaborate with foreign regulators.
胡小姐為金融監督管理委員會綜合規劃處處長，並兼任金融科技發展與創新中心(簡稱創新中心)執行秘書，負責該會整體政策與方案之規劃。她目前督導規劃執行之重要政策包含金融科技發展路徑圖、綠色金融行動方案、金融包容性計畫等，同時也督導創新中心工作，包含輔導、審查金融科技創新實驗及健全金融科技創新園區之營運。
在此職務前，胡小姐任職於金管會證券期貨局、國際業務處及銀行局，她草擬2013年公司治理藍圖，協助建置公司治理評鑑、擴大設置獨立董事與審計委員會，及推動上市櫃公司編製企業社會責任報告書等，早期亦規劃建置期貨信託基金的相關法制，及帶領同仁及證券期貨周邊單位拓展國際舞台，參與相關國際組織工作，強化與外國主管機關之交流及合作。
胡小姐於86年進入公職，最初係在台北市政府負責老人福利政策。她在美國取得杜克大學國際發展政策碩士及南加州大學公共行政碩士，在台灣則畢業於輔仁大學應用心理系。
