Rahul Advani is Policy Director for APAC at Ripple, based in Singapore. He is responsible for leading Ripple’s engagement and advocacy with regulators and policymakers in APAC to support and develop regulation that promotes responsible innovation in digital assets and blockchain technology. Prior to joining Ripple, Rahul spent over 12 years in financial services, most recently as the Head of Public Policy for APAC at ISDA. Prior to that, He worked with Bloomberg LP in their offices in Mumbai, Singapore, and Hong Kong in multiple roles across valuations, business development, and sales for both exchange-traded and OTC derivative products.