Kah Kit is an Adviser at the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH) in Singapore. He leads policy and governance work in next-generation financial market infrastructure projects such as Project Nexus which aims to interlink fast payment systems to enable instant cross-border payments. He also provides policy support for Project Mandala which seeks to develop compliance-by-design architecture to enhance cross-border payments. Aside from project contributions, he also represents the BISIH on the Governance and Oversight workstream of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), providing insights and practical learnings to contribute to the G20 cross-border payments programme.

Kah Kit is a secondee from the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) with over 16 years’ experience ranging from legal advisory and prosecution of financial crimes to policy development in the areas of payments, fintech and digitalisation. At BNM, he was instrumental in spearheading Malaysia’s migration to digital payments and foster the development of interoperable real-time payments. He also led the Digital Currency Research Hub where he was responsible for developing policies and strategies on CBDC and digital assets. 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.