Sandra Lam is an innovation advocate in the financial services industry. She was an Innovation Catalyst and Partnerships Lead, Senior Vice President at Citi Innovation Lab where she drove the acceleration of innovation delivery with start-ups, regulatory bodies, and academia partners. She is dedicated to foster partnerships between mature corporates and agile start-ups to accelerate transformation of businesses. She led experiments by designing proof of concepts and expedite connectivity with start-ups via sandbox. She also led FinTech program in Citi to coach industry experts on innovating by bringing the outside in.
Sandra has spent more than a decade in the financial services and technology. Known for her passion, curiosity, and strong collaboration skills, she has managed change, led innovation, and coached intraprenuership, putting organizations on a path of growth enabled by technology. She is the author of the upcoming book “The Intrapreneurship Formula”, a book dedicated to help corporate leaders to drive corporate entrepreneurship through employee empowerment.
Sandra is attending MIT Sloan Fellows MBA. She also holds a Master’s degree in IT in Business from Singapore Management University and a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong.