Samson
Leo
Samson Leo is currently the Chief Legal Officer of Fazz and Xfers, which are both high-growth “Fintech 250” companies. Since his time as co-founder and Chief Legal Officer in Xfers, he has grown Xfers from a 3-person start-up to a regional company with more than 200 people across Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines, and now more than 800 people in the merger to form Fazz. Today, he heads the Fazz Financial Group’s legal team of 6 legal counsels in Singapore & Indonesia, and oversees the Fazz Compliance committee consisting of senior compliance professionals and their team.
Samson’s external partners and stakeholders welcome his “collaborative mindset” and his ability to “construct workable solutions in challenging situations” and “successfully [lead] complex contract negotiations that involve the management and alignment of interests from multiple stakeholders”. Samson has shown his “tenacity in dealing with legal, regulatory and financial-related challenges” and a “remarkable ability to manage legal and regulatory risks”.