Dea heads Forefront Advisers’ technology practice, which delivers political and regulatory risk assessments for the EU and UK markets. She joined Forefront having led digital assets advocacy campaigns in the EU. Dea relocated back to Europe after her post in the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where she developed innovation programmes and infrastructure in the MAS Financial Technology and Innovation Group. She was also Head of Programmes for Innovate Finance, the UK FinTech trade association. Dea is an affiliate with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.