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Based out of Singapore, Mitul Kotecha is a TD Securities Senior Emerging Markets Strategist with a wealth of experience. His career as a strategist and economist extends over 25 years and across offices in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Prior to joining TD Securities, Mitul held the position of Head of FX and Rates Strategy for Asia-Pacific at Barclays, and prior to that, served as Head of Global FX Strategy and Head of Asia Research at Credit Agricole CIB.

Mitul has developed strong client relationships across the region focusing on Asian macro strategy and global emerging markets. His coverage of financial products spans bonds, interest rates, equities, and foreign exchange. Mitul has been highly ranked in various FX research and forecasting polls including FX Week, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Asiamoney.

He is a frequent speaker at various economic and financial global conferences, is regularly consulted by the media for views on markets and economies, has given a TEDX talk, and authored the book “Chronology Of A Crisis.” Mitul has appeared on business channels such as CNBC and Bloomberg TV and is regularly quoted in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, Associated Press, and Dow Jones.

Mitul holds a Masters of Science Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick and an Honours Degree in Economics.

Frances joined OCBC Global Treasury in January 2021, responsible for interest rates research. She has over 20 years of experience as an economist, rates and FX strategist. Prior to OCBC, she was Head of Asia
Macro Strategy with Westpac, Head of Rates Strategy Asia ex Japan with Societe Generale , and Head of Asian Rates Strategy with Credit Agricole.

Frances was named as No.1 of Best for Overall Interest Rate Research Analyst in Asiamoney Fixed Income Poll 2012, 2013 and 2014; No.1 as Best Local Currency Analyst in FinanceAsia Fixed Income Research Poll 2012 and 2013; No.3 of Best for Overall FX Research Analyst in Asiamoney FX Poll 2012 and 2014; and No.1 as Best Analyst in FinanceAsia Fixed Income
Research Poll 2011.

She received her Master of Philosophy (Economics) and Bachelor of Social Science (Economics) degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is also a CFA charterholder .

Sameer Goel is Managing Director and Head of Research for Emerging Markets and Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Research Executive Council of the bank. Mr.Goel joined DB in 2005, and has over 20 years of experience in coverage of macroeconomics, fixed income and currencies in emerging markets. His team, consistently highly ranked in surveys like Institutional Investor, and with a global footprint across offices in New York, London, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Tokyo, is responsible for providing macroeconomic and strategy analysis on financial markets in Asia Pacific and global emerging economies, evaluating investment opportunities, and advising on asset allocation to a broad range of institutional and corporate clients. In this capacity, Mr.Goel engages regularly with senior policy officials, appears on business news channels like CNBC and Bloomberg, and is quoted in various print media like Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, to represent the bank’s views on key global macroeconomic and financial issues.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr.Goel worked as the regional currency and rates strategist for Bank of America in Singapore. He has also worked with ICICI limited, India’s largest private sector bank, as an interest rate strategist. An economist by training, Mr.Goel has an MSc degree from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MA from the University of Cambridge. He read Economics for his undergraduate degree at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.

<p>Khoon is the Head of Asia Research for ANZ. He oversees and co-ordinates the Asia economics and strategy research functions in Singapore. His particular area of focus is on Asian currencies. Khoon actively travels to market ANZ's views to investor clients, such as central banks, hedge funds and real money; as well as corporate clients. He also appears regularly in the media. ANZ's Asia research team have been ranked in the top two for FX Research and Market Coverage as voted by financial institutions in the AsiaMoney FX Poll in the last five years (2012 to 2016). ANZ was also ranked second for best regional team for Asian macroeconomic research in the AsiaMoney Fixed Income Poll 2016, and ranked first for three years running in the KangaNews Fixed-Income Research Polls between 2015 and 2017 for best research on Asian markets. ANZ was the top EM Asia FX forecaster in 2015 and 2016 as ranked by Reuters. Khoon has over 15 years of experience working in various economic and strategy roles across both the public and private sectors. Graduating with a Master of Commerce (Hons) degree majoring in International Economics from the University of Auckland, Khoon was the Manager in charge of the New Zealand Treasury's Macroeconomic Forecasting Team where he was responsible for producing the official government forecasts that underpin the Budget and key policy decisions. He also served as an Economic Adviser at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.</p>

David has unique experience spanning the full trade lifecycle, execution to ledger. An experienced C-suite executive, David has significant exposure reporting to and working alongside CEOs and other C-suite focussing on strategic direction and operation of firms.

His geographic experience spans London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Moscow and Johannesburg having held senior executive positions in ask these locations. His experience spans established and emerging markets.

Currently based in Singapore he is looking at opportunities to work with businesses focussed on growth and geographical expansion where his strategy and build experience can be leveraged.

Mike has over 25 years of experience in financial markets across structuring, trading, portfolio management and risk management in Asia and Europe.

He is currently a Senior Investment Officer with the Investment Office at Singlife with Aviva in Singapore. His responsibilities cover investments, derivatives, and structuring.

Previously he was a Derivative Specialist with AIA’s Derivatives Centre of Excellence, expanding their derivatives capabilities.

Before this, he was a member of RBS’ Capital Resolution team, managing the close-out and wind-down of non-core OTC derivative and fixed income portfolios in Asia.

Mike has also held senior roles in the United Kingdom at Audley Capital Advisors, Bluecrest Capital, RBS and WestLB.

Mike has an MBA and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago.

Markus Georgi has been appointed as Eurex’ American and Asian Fixed Income Sales Head earlier this year. Previously he was responsible for Eurex’ Asian Fixed Income business and also served as Head of Eurex’ Hong office. Markus started his career at Eurex Product Development in Frankfurt in 2001 and then moved to Chicago to take on a role as Lead Business Analyst at Eurex US. In 2008 Markus joined RTS Realtime Systems, a leading trading ISV, in Singapore as Head of Product Management Asia Pacific. Early 2011 Markus moved to Newedge Financial Singapore, a brokerage firm, where he managed Newedge’s key PTG accounts in the region. Markus holds a Master of Finance degree from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

Mr KC Lam joined SGX in October 2013. He has overall responsibility for FX and Interest rates and holds the position as the Head of FX and Interest Rate derivatives business in SGX. He is responsible for rolling out new innovative FX and Rates products, driving adoption globally, diversification of customer base and in the promotion of the OTC FX Clearing solutions

Mr Lam joined SGX from CME Group, where he was Executive Director heading the FX / OTC Business Line Management in Asia. Prior to CME Group, Mr Lam was Head of Sales for EBS Asia (ICAP E-Broking, now known as NEX group), where he led the firm's new and existing product sales efforts throughout the Asia Pacific.

Mr Lam also previously held regional leadership positions with Siebel Systems and Commerce One and consulting roles with Oracle Corporation and Booz-Allen & Hamilton.

Mr Lam holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the National University of Singapore and an MBA degree.

Dr. Frederick Shen is Senior Vice President and Head of Business Management for Global Treasury, OCBC Bank, leading to strengthen the infrastructure, processes, monitoring and analytics to tackle the increasing regulatory and risk requirements, all the while enabling the markets business for strategic growth in countries we currently operate in while planning for the future. He also leads the Global Treasury FinTech strategy employing new and innovative technology solutions to deliver Treasury products to clients and to enhance productivity and efficiencies within the organisation.  Additionally, he is the chair of the OCBC Group iBOR Project Committee leading the organisation though the transition. Fred re-joined OCBC in mid-2013 from Emirates NBD, Dubai, where he headed up the Group Market Risk unit. Prior to the Middle East assignment, he was with OCBC Bank Market Risk for 3+ years, and appointed its Head of Market Risk in 2011.

Fred started his career as a Professor of Finance at the University of Waterloo, Canada, before joining the financial industry, starting with global risk oversight of the financial engineering trading group at RBC Capital Markets. With over 25 years in the financial industry, his extensive experience includes assignments with various global financial institutions and specialisations, including structured credit and real-asset securitizations at a privately held investment bank, Head of bank-wide economic/risk capital and risk modelling/analytics at Bank of Montreal, and Head of life insurance and asset management risk management at Manulife. Fred has a PhD in Financial Economics.

Leo Tay is Managing Director and Head of FX, Rates and Derivatives Trading in ING, based in Singapore. He leads a team of traders across five locations, and is responsible for the electronification of the FX Rates trading business. He is also the digital asset champion for the bank, sponsoring the development of digital asset ecosystem in Asia.

Leo holds an M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany, and is a guest lecturer in Financial Economics in the Ateneo de Manila University.

Dr David Broadstock is an economist with around 15 years of experience, most of which in Asia. He has worked within academia, consulting and strategic policy research (thinktanks) and is specialised in the areas of energy and environmental economics, with recent research concentrating on areas of green and sustainable finance. Topics he researches on include: ESG integration in investment; understanding the trends and determinants of green bond pricing; evaluating commodity price trends and connectivity; and reviewing the effectiveness of carbon pricing and climate finance practices.

David is a Senior Research Fellow with the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) where he also heads the Energy Economics Division, and also a Research Affiliate with the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN), both housed within NUS. Through these roles David regularly interacts with government agencies, research foundations, policy makers and industry leaders to develop and implement strategic research to support sustainable economic development for Singapore.

As an academic David has published in high level journals spanning accounting, finance, management and economics, and enjoys a healthy citation profile. David is Editor for The Energy Journal, and sits on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Management and Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances. David frequently engages with media, and has been interviewed or quoted by CNA (online and TV), Reuters, Straits Times and CGTV, among others.

Evolved from an Institutional Investor magazine-ranked Investment Strategist to Head of Sustainability at Vulpes, a Family Office-backed investment management firm. I have a passion for integrating sustainability into the investment process to achieve necessary and impactful environmental, societal and financial outcomes.

My shift to Sustainability accelerated in recent years, including designing and developing research approaches and shaping corporate strategy. My prior role was as the first Head of Sustainability at Maybank Kim Eng and member of the parent Maybank’s first Group Sustainability Council.

My investment approach is to incorporate both macro and micro factors with emphasis on data and rigorous process. I have built and managed ranked sell-side research teams across multiple countries.

This buy- and sell-side investment experience, across all asset classes and geographies, has provided a unique foundation for my current role. In the past, I have been Merrill Lynch’s Global Sector Strategist, the Global investment strategist at NewSmith’s macro hedge fund and also completed a consulting project on sub-Saharan Africa for Standard Bank.

I have worked in New York, London, Hong Kong (where I grew up) and am now based in Singapore.

Urvi Guglani is an Investment Researcher at Silverdale Capital, Singapore, where she works on the quant-fundamental research strategy and leads the AI-based ESG initiative.

Prior to joining Silverdale, she worked at PIMCO New York, in their Portfolio Management division for the Total Return, Municipal, and Dynamic Bond Fund strategies. Earlier, she worked at BlackRock San Francisco, in Quantitative Research for their Systematic Fixed Income hedge fund.

Urvi is a Computer Science and Quantitative Economics (Honors) graduate from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prashant has over 15 years experience working with a wide range of global financial services institutions to understand, convey, and partake in advocacy initiatives on global and regional regulation as well as work on the implementation of the like.  He is APAC Global Markets FO Liaison on IBOR readiness, including being member of numerous industry Working Groups on individual rates transitions.  Prashant has also worked on regulation in relation to market structure and investor protection including MiFID, Benchmark Reforms, Transaction Reporting, Central Clearing & Uncleared Margin Rules. Previously, Prashant worked at Credit Suisse AG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and EY, and has been based in EMEA, APAC and the US.

Experienced sustainability professional and strategic planner.

Two things that Winnie does now for work: (i) Bringing to life the corporate sustainability strategy in Asia, and
(ii) evaluating how to manage the downside and opportunities of ESG.

Other fun things Winnie does, or used to do, at work - Strategic communications, sponsorship management and activation, Brand management and governance and Crisis management.

Who she is at work - Team player and Problem-solver. I see patterns and trends, and devise plans based on insights.

Who she is as a person - An avid reader who loves new experiences, the great outdoors and anything related to F&B.

All comments made here are personal and not representative of her employer.

Philip Woo is the Chief Risk Officer and oversees corporate governance and risk management in Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore (TMLS). He has over 26 years of experience in the financial sector, and began his career at MAS before joining the insurance industry. Over the period, he has played leadership roles in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Business Continuity & Crisis Management, Outsourcing/Vendor Risk Management and Technology Risk Management (TRM). He currently chairs the Governance, Risk and Compliance Committee (GRCC) at TMLS, and oversees the managing of operational, financial and strategic risks in the company. In addition to risk management, Philip has a wealth of experience in strategic planning, financial technology and payment system matters.

Dr. Sang-Ryong Lee, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Biological and Environmental Science, Dongguk Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Currently working as Director of Researcher Association of Microplastic Monitoring in environment and ESG director, Korean Society of Business Ethics (KABE), South Korea
Past experienced as Professor, Dept. of Graduate School of Business, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Korea
Research Scientist, Rural Development Administration, MOFRA, South Korea
Research Scientist, Affiliated Grade 11, The Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Riverside, California, Researcher, Research Triangle Park (RTP), USEPA and earned Ph.D. at the Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, NC, USA

Risk professional with in-depth knowledge of sustainability and climate risk, corporate governance and credit risk. In my current role, I have helped the bank integrate climate risk in both the first and second line, particularly by establishing climate risk reporting, client level climate risk assessments and scenario analysis. Prior to the climate risk, I have worked on credit risk models for a diverse range of portfolios with hands-on model development experience of credit scorecards (application and behavioural), LGD, EAD, IRB PD and IFRS9 PD models.

Experienced Chief Sustainability / Chief Energy Officer with 20+ years of global experience and leadership in Sustainability (ESG) and Energy -- covering strategy, policies, risk management, compliance, audits and certifications, solutions, technologies, new market development, marketing, publicity, business development, project development, project investment/financing, client and stakeholder partnerships, Sustainability Reports etc at various MNCs (commercial, real estate, manufacturing, industrial) in multiple S. E. Asian countries, Hong Kong and China.

Senior leadership and management of regional multi-geographical and multi-cultural sustainability teams, focusing on Sustainability (ESG), energy efficiency, renewable energy, Carbon Neutrality / Net Zero strategy, risk management, targets and implementation of sustainability / decarbonisation solutions and technologies as well as RE100, Science Based Targets (SBT), Virtual PPA, PPA, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and Carbon Offsets etc.

Experienced Chief Sustainability / Chief Energy Officer with 20+ years of global experience and leadership in Sustainability (ESG) and Energy -- covering strategy, policies, risk management, compliance, audits and certifications, solutions, technologies, new market development, marketing, publicity, business development, project development, project investment/financing, client and stakeholder partnerships, Sustainability Reports etc at various MNCs (commercial, real estate, manufacturing, industrial) in multiple S. E. Asian countries, Hong Kong and China.

Senior leadership and management of regional multi-geographical and multi-cultural sustainability teams, focusing on Sustainability (ESG), energy efficiency, renewable energy, Carbon Neutrality / Net Zero strategy, risk management, targets and implementation of sustainability / decarbonisation solutions and technologies as well as RE100, Science Based Targets (SBT), Virtual PPA, PPA, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and Carbon Offsets etc.

Tim has over 10 years of investment and content experience with the likes of Schroders, The Motley Fool, and CGS-CIMB Securities, covering everything from US stock markets to Asian equities and multi-asset.

As Head of Content and Investment Lead for ProsperUs, he’s responsible for educating investors on the benefits of long-term investing and how to find the best long-term structural growth stories in a fast-moving world.

Rana Bhattacharjee is the Director and Senior Client Advisor at Alpha Quest Pte. Ltd., a licensed fund management company, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, providing wealth and portfolio management services to its clients.

Rana has an extensive experience of over 20 years in the wealth management industry and worked for Private Banks including Fortis, Standard Chartered Private Bank and CIC Banque Privee before setting up Alpha Quest with his partners. He focuses on allocation across all traditional and alternative asset classes to achieve the portfolio goals for his clients.

He is a CAIA, CFP, CMT and CFTe charterholder and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Jordi Chiu is a Macro Portfolio Manager based in our Singapore office. He joined BAM in February 2020 from Graticule Asset Management where he was a Macro Portfolio Manager. Prior to his career with Graticule, Jordi was a trader at JP Morgan Hong Kong – trading Rates and FX, his other career roles include Soc Gen, and Standard Chartered. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Gareth Nicholson joined Nomura in July 2021 as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management for International Wealth Management. He is based in Singapore.

Gareth works closely with Nomura’s Global Markets and Investment Banking businesses to expand the firm’s product offerings and spearhead a streamlined, solutions-driven coverage effort for high-net-worth clients, external asset managers and family offices. With a strong institutional investment background, he creates and manages DPM strategies for fixed income, equity and multi-asset portfolios, while providing risk management support.

Gareth has over 16 years of experience in financial markets. Prior to Nomura, he was Head of Fixed Income DPM at Bank of Singapore, where he was also a member of its investment committee. Before that, he was with Aberdeen Standard Investments for almost 10 years as a fixed income trader and an Asian credit portfolio manager. He began working in finance in 2004 as a derivatives specialist with Deutsche Asset Management after an early career as a mathematics teacher.

Gareth holds a BSc in Financial Mathematics from the University of Johannesburg. He was born and raised in East London, South Africa.

Patrice Conxicoeur is CEO, HSBC Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd and has been working in the financial industry since 1990. Patrice assumed this position in April 2020. Previously, he was CEO of HSBC Asset Management (Japan) K.K. From 2011-2015, Patrice was Global Head of the Insurance Segment, with overall responsibility for the further business development of HSBC Asset Management with insurance companies globally. Prior to that, Patrice spent three years as Head of Institutional Business for Asia Pacific with HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong. From 2004 to 2008, he was Chief Executive of Sinopia Asset Management, Asia-Pacific. Patrice joined Sinopia in 1992 as an equity fund manager, later becoming Head of Global Equities and subsequently promoted to Head of Strategy, Equities and Balanced Products. Patrice was posted to Asia in 2000, initially in Japan as Chief Executive Officer of Sinopia T&D Asset Management Co, Ltd., and from 2004 in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Sinopia, Patrice worked in Tokyo with Japan Gamma Asset Management. He graduated from the E.M. Lyon Business School (France).

Kevin focuses on valuation anomalies and believes in detailed research and analysis and works with a group of like minded professionals within his investment ecosystem that lead up to investment decisions. Kevin was a volunteer with CFAS - UIRC, an advisor to CFA Institute China-India strategy team and was a Board Member of CFA Singapore and Secretary. Kevin has spoken for CFAI across the region (Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, HCMC, Hanoi) and has conducted lectures in Beijing Normal University, Zhongshan University-Lingnan College, National University of Singapore, HKUSpace and the Wealth Management Institute. Kevin is also a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore - Commercial Affairs Department Panel of Experts on Securities Offenses and also serves as a senior advisor to GoDigitalediaGroup, a leading media company focused on intellectual property rights management. GDMG is transforming how music networks and brands.

Kevin brings with him more than 30 years of investment experience and was the Head of Greater China Property Research with Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) with responsibilities ranging from research coverage and analysis, marketing, assisting in primary and secondary equity issues, PE and funds. Prior to Yuanta, Kevin was the SVP with Pacific Star Financial (a subsidiary of Pacific Star Group) and was engaged in fund creation, structuring, documentation, marketing, fund raising and investment. Kevin was also the Chief Operating Officer of CITIC Securities (formerly known as CITIC Frontier China Research), Managing Director of Matrix Venture Capital, Director of Matrix Venture Catalyst, Director of Kleinwort Benson Securities Asia, Head of Regional Property and Singapore Country research. Prior to his senior management appointments, Kevin was a regional special situations analyst with Barclays de Zoette Wedd, a quantitative analyst with BZW Australia (both part of Credit Suisse), Assistant Manager (FX) with Chase Manhattan Bank Singapore and a Japanese equity salesman with Nikko Merchant Bank Singapore.

Kevin graduated with an MBA from New York Stern School of Business/Australian Graduate School of Management in 1992 and a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil, Hon's) from the University of Melbourne in 1986. Kevin was awarded the Australian Post Graduate Scholarship Award and an AGSM scholarship and was conferred the Chartered Financial Analyst charter in 1992.

Sanjay Guglani is the Founder of The Silverdale Group, Director & Chief Investment Officer of Silverdale Fund VCC, and Director & Chief Executive Officer of Silverdale Capital Pte Ltd.

Sanjay has over 30 years of investment experience managing over a billion-dollars across a dozen funds, inter alia: Silverdale Bond Fund, Silverdale Asia Bond Fund, Silverdale Fixed Maturity Funds, and Silverdale Multi-Strategy Fund.

Earlier, as Managing Director of Silverdale UK, his firm channelized over US$ 4 billion of investments into emerging markets, including in joint venture with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers.

Investing is a passion for Sanjay, and he has been a frequent guest lecturer at various business schools in UK, India, and Singapore. His expert opinions are widely sought by media, from The Wall Street Journal to Economic Times India, The Straits Times Singapore to The Yield Report Australia, from CNBC to ET Now. He has delivered presentations at several forums, including at the United Nations.

By qualification, Sanjay is a Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant, Company Secretary, and Sloan Fellow of Management from the London Business School (as British Chevening Scholar).

Su Yen collaborates with Asian regulators to craft a responsible regulatory eco-system for the Asia crypto industry and serves as the spokesperson for the Alliance’s membership body.

Su Yen was previously with Euroclear Bank where she served as Deputy CEO and authorized bank officer for the HK Branch. She actively engaged with government authorities to promote Euroclear’s platform as an enabler of a secure cost-efficient solution for cross-border capital flows to Asia’s financial markets. Su Yen also served as the Head of Government Relations, Asia Pacific, for Barclays Bank and Vice-President of Public Policy for Credit Suisse AG.

A graduate of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs who underwent an attachment with UNDP-NY office, she is passionate about leveraging technology to promote inclusive societies and financial diversity.

Carney Mak currently manages the fintech investments for FXHB Asset Management and also holds a role as a Commercial Director in Mitrade where he is in charge of expanding the company's geographic reach and establishing them to be a leading trading platform. Under his leadership, Mitrade was awarded the Best Forex Fintech Broker Asia 2021 Award

Carney was also part of the Digital Currency Subcommittee at (ACCESS) Association of Crypto Currency Enterprise and Startups Singapore – which is the main representative body for cryptocurrency businesses in Singapore with the local government and served as a member for Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) and Blockchain Association of Singapore (BAS) where he use such platforms to educate the public on new digital currencies and payments.

He often volunteers to be guest lecturer to facilitate payment modules for Singapore FinTech Association (SFA), as well as speaking on topics related to Fintech, Payments and Blockchain at international events, polytechnics and universities - the most recent one at Nanyang Technology University (NTU). He is featured in several newswire for his remarks on the cryptocurrency markets and payments.

Carney currently serves a mentor for the local polytechnic and universities, an advisor and consultant for payments, fintech, blockchain and NFT related projects.

David has unique experience spanning the full trade lifecycle, execution to ledger. An experienced C-suite executive, David has significant exposure reporting to and working alongside CEOs and other C-suite focussing on strategic direction and operation of firms.

His geographic experience spans London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Moscow and Johannesburg having held senior executive positions in ask these locations. His experience spans established and emerging markets.

Currently based in Singapore he is looking at opportunities to work with businesses focussed on growth and geographical expansion where his strategy and build experience can be leveraged.

Kalpana Seethepalli is the Director of ESG for Asia Pacific and leads the work on results frameworks, measurement, monitoring and sustainable finance taxonomies for ESG transactions.

Dr. Seethepalli brings 20 years of sustainable finance experience across 15 countries from the multilateral and private equity markets. She is a global expert in design, measurement and reporting frameworks to achieve positive ESG impact through commercially viable investments.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Dr. Seethepalli was Managing Director, Sustainability & Impact for Infra-Tech Capital, an impact fund investing in companies utilizing technology to provide infrastructure services and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She joined Infra-Tech Capital after a long career with the World Bank Group focusing on sustainable development and investment policy, blended finance and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). She has $2 billion in direct investment experience in sustainable finance, and led complex World Bank advisory mandates in Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, South Africa, Poland, Timor Leste, Kenya and Ghana.

Dr. Seethepalli led the World Bank Group’s dialogue with APEC, ASEAN, G20 Finance Ministers, multilaterals and development partners, and is a frequent speaker participant on sustainable financing at global fora, such as the World Economic Forum, convening private investors, advisors and thought leaders. She has also strengthened dialogue with NGOs and global civil society on ESG issues on live investments.

Dr. Seethepalli has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management & Public Policy focusing on infrastructure privatization in emerging markets from the George Washington University, USA.

Fatema Bookwala is the Markets and Securities Services COO at HSBC Singapore with regional responsibilities in ASEAN (TH, MNL, VN). Fatema is a seasoned Front Office COO with 16+ years of Cross-Asset experience in Financial Services industry. Her areas of expertise include Strategy Development and Execution, Transformation, Regulatory Change, Risk Management and Governance as a strong business partner with all business infrastructure areas.
Fatema is a Rank holder Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and completed Level 3 CFA from CFA Institute Charlottesville.
Fatema is passionate about diversity & inclusion and sustainability initiatives, and is an active member of the Sustainability Employee Resource Group at HSBC.

Colin is responsible for the execution and delivery of the GIA Functional strategy with the aim of building the audit practice and auditor of the future, embedding agile auditing, audit analytics, automation and continuous auditing in the function. Colin also oversees Audit Operations, including Governance, Delivery, Methodology, People and Training, Data Management, Systems, Business Intelligence, Resource Planning and Global Business Services.

Colin has about 20 years of experience in Technology Audit, Audit Transformation and Data Analytics in the Banking Industry. Externally, Colin has been involved in the establishment of the Audit Analytics Roundtable with other Banks and speaking at Audit Conferences and Universities.

In Standard Chartered Bank, Colin had previously headed Global Audit Services, Analytics and Operations and was responsible for the establishment of the Audit Function in Global Business Services and Audit Analytics globally. Colin had also been the Head of Audit for a variety of technology and operations audit portfolios including Group Digital Banking, Retail, Private Banking and Wealth Management Technology, Group Functions & Risk Technology and Third Parties Audit Teams globally. He has also worked in Technology Infrastructure, CCIB Technology and Consumer Banking Operations Audit Teams.

Prior to joining the group, Colin spent four years as a Manager in the IT Risk Advisory Services practice in KPMG Singapore where he was primarily responsible for providing IT Governance, IT security, IT audit, business process reviews, business continuity and IT advisory services for clients in the Banking and Finance industry.

Bobby Thomas is a seasoned Risk Management Professional with nearly 2 decades of extensive experience primarily in the insurance industry specialising in Risk Management, Internal Process Controls and Analytics.

He has primarily been with the Prudential Group in India (ICICI Prudential) where he was Vice President – Operational Risk before moving to Prudential Assurance Company Singapore as the Head of Risk Analytics and then moving as an Innovation Lead. In his current role, he is the Head of Governance and Analytics, Global Technology Operations with Prudential Corporation Asia. His passion lies in Risk mitigation and control using Technology and Analytics. In his last role in Innovation, he worked on solutions with various Fintech partners across the globe to identify best in class solutions.

Edmund is an experienced Risk and Technology professional in the financial and technology industries. At The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), he oversees the Technology and Operational Resilience initiatives. Prior to joining ABS, he worked at institutions in the private and public sectors, including Deutsche Bank, UOB, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. He holds an MBA (Distinction) from the University of Manchester and a BEng (First Class) from the Nanyang Technological University.

Jed Khoo is Group Head of Process & Conduct Risk at OCBC, where he oversees the Group’s Process controls and risk assessment regime, manages the Conduct Risk monitoring framework, leads a Risk Analytics team to track the evolving risk landscape, all the while supporting the Group’s strategic growth ambitions through collaborating with the business on the associated risk agenda. Prior to OCBC, Jed ran his own risk consulting practice, with a focus on client suitability, AML/KYC onboarding, and risk projects for MNC banks. With over 20 years in the financial industry, Jed’s extensive experience includes assignments with various financial institutions. He was Business Risk Partner for the Ultra High Net-Worth segment at UBS and co-led Group Operational Risk APAC for BNP Paribas Wealth Management. Jed spent his formative years in PwC, where he was led risk, process and strategy reviews as part of the Financial Services Industry Practice. He holds a Master of Science in Wealth Management (SMU) and two Chartered Accountant Qualifications (Singapore, Australia & New Zealand).

Venkatesh is a senior leader with 25 years of financial services experience in transaction banking, operations, credit, and sales. He has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor via a track record of strategic foresight, shaping customer centric solutions and leading teams through complex change.

He is currently the Regional COO for ANZ's institutional division. His role includes end to end operational management responsibility for all institutional client needs, as well as property and administration for countries across Asia. In this role, Venkatesh has been able to draw on his experience and collaborative work style to strengthen ties with country CEO's, thereby helping to deliver the strategy, protect the bank, and improve overall performance.

Prior to ANZ, Venkatesh was an executive director with ABN Amro, where he was responsible for the bank's global service centre in Chennai. Earlier in his career, he held sales and credit roles at GE Capital.

Throughout his career Venky has taken a keen interest in personal and professional development of staff. He assigns challenging opportunities to high potential staff, provides honest feedback, mentors junior staff, presents at training programmes and participates in external speaking engagements.

Bobby Thomas is a seasoned Risk Management Professional with nearly 2 decades of extensive experience primarily in the insurance industry specialising in Risk Management, Internal Process Controls and Analytics.

He has primarily been with the Prudential Group in India (ICICI Prudential) where he was Vice President – Operational Risk before moving to Prudential Assurance Company Singapore as the Head of Risk Analytics and then moving as an Innovation Lead. In his current role, he is the Head of Governance and Analytics, Global Technology Operations with Prudential Corporation Asia. His passion lies in Risk mitigation and control using Technology and Analytics. In his last role in Innovation, he worked on solutions with various Fintech partners across the globe to identify best in class solutions.

James leads the ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management and Security Operations business across Asia driving the integrated risk and security management agenda through innovation and solution-based technical advisory.

As a Solution Leader, he provides leadership and coaching abilities for the team to attain set goals and targeted development to drive net new logos and drive incremental business across identified market segments and industries. This requires strong management capability across a wide geography and regional markets spanning different timezones, language, culture and risk management maturity. He also engages senior levels of organisations (Directors & C-suite levels) as well as front-line technologists to drive technology adoption and reference sites for ServiceNow across the governance, risk and compliance space.

He brings with him a wealth of experience having been instrumental in implementing comprehensive governance, risk management, compliance & assurance frameworks for top corporations throughout the region for close to 20 years. He has worked with Boards of Directors in addressing corporate-wide issues relating to governance, risk and compliance and advised them on linking risk management and business objectives.

James is also experienced in devising and establishing future risk, compliance and continuity strategies; and in particular, conducting risk-based management and operational auditing for publicly listed companies. He has also been involved in the implementation of Business Continuity Management systems and is familiar with global standards and best practice in this area.

Prior to ServiceNow, he was driving the business of GRC solutioning for a leading global GRC & Security company, was the Southeast Asia Risk & Compliance Solution Lead for Protiviti Singapore, Executive Director of Consulting Services for a regional leading risk and audit management consulting and software firm, a Management Consultant / Auditor with a Big 4 consulting firm, and was a Project Manager with a multi-national group driving business and process improvement initiatives.

He is also a prominent and regular speaker at local and international thought leadership forums and conferences on risk management, governance, assurance and internal controls.

Khang Nie Lee is the Head of Non-Financial Risk (NFR) for Asia Pacific (APAC) at Credit Suisse.

She is a trained accountant and is a Fellow at the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (FCA). Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Khang Nie was a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers where she ran a number of process improvement projects for clients in the financial services sector.

In Credit Suisse, she headed various functions across the CFO Division in APAC, including Investment Banking Finance, South East Asia Legal Entity Finance and SOX program before joining NFR in the CRO Division.”

Neeraj Bansal is a seasoned strategy consultant with 16 years of experience who focuses on digital transformation. He is currently  part of  Fintech and ecosystem team and responsible for evaluation and aligning possible match who are in line with strategy of bank.  In his prior assignment he is focusing on providing solutions and assurance related to the AML Risk & Compliance Management.

As the head of compliance, Devonna is responsible for all AML and compliance aspects of the branch. This includes but not limited to updating of policies and procedures, advisory, staff trainings, transactions monitoring and STR filings. Prior to this, she was with DBS and OCBC Singapore, specializing in KYC CDD.

Devonna is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS), certified financial crime specialist (CFCS) and also certified global sanctions specialist (CGSS). She also contributes to the banking ecosystem by leading and advising her juniors on their future career paths in her alma mater via their industry network programme. Devonna is also one of the founders of Singapore Compliance Association and Network and recently awarded the Top Emerging Legal Player by the Legal Gorilla.

Senior Leader with 20+ years of experience in Banking industry with specialization in Financial Crime Compliance and Risk Management, spanning over 17 countries in Asia Pacific and Middle East.

Instrumental in designing and implementation of Regulatory AML projects in Asia Pacific and Middle East with key focus on policy execution, governance, and operational effectiveness. Recognized strengths include ability to work with Senior Leadership and multiple stakeholders in Business and Technology across the globe, leading sustainable Digital Transformation initiatives with focus on risk management and compliance to local regulatory requirements.

With experience in various Leadership positions across AML and Business Risk & Controls, career objective is to contribute to success of organization with timely delivery of high-performance projects with ethos on risk management, ethics, and sustainable growth.

Peter Deans is a former Chief Risk Officer. Peter retired in May 2019 after seven years as Group Chief Risk Officer of the Bank of Queensland (BOQ) in Australia and a finance career of over 32 years. Peter was awarded Australian Banking & Finance magazine’s Chief Risk Officer of the Year award in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.

Peter now undertakes selected risk and strategy advisory engagements in the financial services, corporate and start up/technology sectors.  Peter is a regular speaker, in Australia and overseas, on risk management, ethics, technology, and regulatory and compliance topics. 

Peter is also the Creator & Founder of the 52 Risks management framework (www.52Risks.com) and a Non-Executive Director of The Regtech Association in Australia.

I am currently heading the Global Risk Analytics function at Mizuho.

I have started my career at Societe Generale's Economic Research Department focusing on the Eurozone. I have then worked on Counterparty Credit Risk modelling for Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank and Rabobank International in Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and London, putting in place centralised Monte Carlo frameworks, developing targeted solutions for wrong-way risk and non-vanilla transactions.

I hold a M.Sc. in Statistics & Economics from ParisTech ENSAE and a Master’s Degree from Sciences-Po Paris. I am a CQF and GARP FRM alumni.

Josephine Woo has more than 17 years experience in risk management with regional exposures and worked in Australia and Hong Kong prior to relocation back to Malaysia. She has rich expertise as both risk management practitioner and consultant.

Josephine has vast industry knowledge specifically in financial institutions, banking, insurance, asset management and government-linked companies. These includes both conventional and Islamic principles businesses. Additionally, her role involved as regulatory liaison with relevant local regulators of the regional countries.

Josephine currently a chairperson for operational risk committee with RIM and committee member of the global risk professional certification (PRMIA).

Josephine coverage of expertise includes fraud risk management, anti-money laundering risk, regulatory compliance risk, financial risk management, insurance risk management, operational resilience, cyber security risk management and third party risk management.

Sasha currently serves as the Director for Financial Crimes Legal at Barclays Asia.  In that role, Sasha advises clients on a broad-spectrum of Financial Crime matters that affect the business on a day-to-day basis.  Prior to joining Barclays, Sasha worked at American Express Global Business Travel, where she served as Chief Compliance Officer for the company’s international operations. 

Sasha has worked as in-house counsel in APAC for the last 10 years, focusing on areas of law such as economic sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and data privacy.  Sasha regularly supports thought leadership in the industry in APAC on financial crime developments impacting the region. 

Sasha received her BA from Columbia University and her law degree from Brooklyn Law School, both in New York City.  She now lives in Hong Kong with her husband and two children.

Dr Adam Ruff, joined NAB 3 years & 8 months ago as Head of Global Sanction Compliance and now Executive, Sanctions & ABC Compliance.  Prior to joining NAB, he was a Director within the Advisory team of Deloitte Forensic, having joined the firm in 2007. Recently, he has managed several regulatory investigations on behalf of financial institutions, including assisting three European banks to respond to information requests from United States regulators. The focus of both his recent thesis, and project work has been financial institution compliance, specifically, economic crime law.

Raymond leads an award-winning China research team based in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The team has been recognised by KangaNews as the #1 Asian Research Pool in 2021, 2020, 2018 and 2017, and #2 Best Team for Asian Macroeconomic Research in 2016 by Asiamoney. He is the author of China’s Trump Card Cryptocurrency and its Game-Changing Role in Sino-US Trade published by John Wiley & Son (ISBN: 978-1-119-69912-5).
Raymond has covered China’s economy for more than 25 years. His provocative ideas and non-consensus market calls have garnered a strong following among ANZ’s clients, including central banks, corporate treasurers and portfolio managers. He presents at international conferences regularly and shares his view on Bloomberg, CNBC and CBN. He is often invited to participate in consultative meetings with governments and supranational organisations and serves on the steering committee of China Chief Economist Forum.
Raymond earned a Ph.D. in economics at Queen’s University, Canada, and is a holder of Financial Risk Manager (FRM). He started his career in 1997. Prior to joining ANZ, he was Deputy Head of Asia Economic Research at Swiss Re.

楊宇霆
 澳新銀行大中華區首席經濟學家，2016年起任中國首席經濟學家論壇理事。
 加拿大皇后大學經濟學博士，財務風險管理師（FRM）資格。
 曾任瑞士再保險公司經濟研究亞洲副主管，德勤資深管理顧問，香港大學助理教授。
 近期著作：China’s Trump Card: Cryptocurrency and its Game-Changing Role in Sino-US Trade, John Wiley & Son (ISBN: 978-1-119-69912-5)
楊博士領導的澳新銀行大中華研究團隊定期發表深度經濟分析，其獨特的觀點獲澳新銀行的客戶（包括中央銀行，企業財務官和投資基金經理）高度讚譽，經常獲邀出席國內相關部門組織的經濟研討會。他的觀點經常獲彭博、路透、第一財經等知名國內外媒體引用。近年，楊博士成功判斷影響境內、境外市場的重要經濟指標和事件。他長期關注人民幣跨境業務和市場的發展，2010年發表的人民幣的國際化報告，對澳新銀行以及外國央行發展人民業務幣平台起了巨大的貢獻。楊博士為財新網，金融街等國內平台的專欄作家。

Alicia García Herrero is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis. She also serves as Senior Fellow at the Brussels-based European think-tank BRUEGEL and a non-resident Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute (EAI) of the National University Singapore (NUS).

Alicia is also Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Finally, Alicia is a Member of the Council of Advisors on Economic Affairs to the Spanish Government and an advisor to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s research arm (HKIMR) among other advisory and teaching positions. In previous years, Alicia held the following positions: Chief Economist for Emerging Markets at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Member of the Asian Research Program at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Head of the International Economy Division of the Bank of Spain, Member of the Counsel to the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Head of Emerging Economies at the Research Department at Banco Santander, and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. As regards her academic career, Alicia has served as visiting Professor at John Hopkins University (SAIS program), China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and Carlos III University. Alicia holds a PhD in Economics from George Washington University and has published extensively in refereed journals and books (see her publications in ResearchGate, Google Scholar, SSRN or REPEC). Alicia is also very active in international media (BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC and CNN) as well as social media (LinkedIn and Twitter). As a recognition, Alicia was included in the TOP Voices in Economy and Finance by LinkedIn in 2017 and #6 Top Social Media leader by Refinitiv in 2020.

Dr Alex Joiner is the Chief Economist at IFM Investors and also sits on its Investment Committee. He is responsible for the firm’s economic, financial market, policy and geopolitical analysis and forecasting that underpin its investment and portfolio management processes. He represents IFM with domestic and global clients as well as with governments, central banks, financial institutions and corporates. He has over 15 years professional experience and prior to joining IFM Investors, Alex was the Chief Economist (Australian & New Zealand) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a senior economist at ANZ Bank and an economist at the Victorian Department of Treasury. He holds a First Class honours degree in Economics and a PhD in Econometrics from Monash University. Alex is a committee member of Australian Business Economists and sits on the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment Macroeconomic Risks Advisory Group.

My passion for economics stems from my commitment to provide businesses with deep insights to the economy on a macro-level and what it means for them. I have been a part of the economic discussion in Australia for 25 years and am a trusted advisor in economic and policy issues nationally, and on a global scale. While my title is economist, perhaps it should include communicator. Collaboration and inter-personal skills are critical, and I actively work to make economics relevant and easy to absorb for all. In addition to my role at Barrenjoey, am a Member of the Committee for Economic Development Australia’s (CEDA) Council on Economic Policy, an Executive Member of the Australian Business Economists, a Member of a Business Council of Australia working group, and I sit on the Advisory Board for the Financy Women’s Index.

Rana Bhattacharjee is the Director and Senior Client Advisor at Alpha Quest Pte. Ltd., a licensed fund management company, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, providing wealth and portfolio management services to its clients.

Rana has an extensive experience of over 20 years in the wealth management industry and worked for Private Banks including Fortis, Standard Chartered Private Bank and CIC Banque Privee before setting up Alpha Quest with his partners. He focuses on allocation across all traditional and alternative asset classes to achieve the portfolio goals for his clients.

He is a CAIA, CFP, CMT and CFTe charterholder and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Puneet Singh is a Director in the Equity Quant Research team with more than 15 years of experience in Quantitative Research and Modelling on both the buy and sell-side. He joined SG in September 2017 from Citi, Singapore. At Citi, Puneet spent 6 years in quantitative research covering Asia-Pacific, Japan and Emerging Markets and 4 years in Financial Engineering working with structuring and solutions to create and sell products to clients globally. He has also worked at Bear Stearns, HSBC, HALBIS, Arthur Andersen and 3M. Puneet has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Kirsten Wymer is Head of Risk Strategies and Research at BT Investment Solutions (BTIS), specialising in risk allocation, member analysis and asset allocation modelling techniques for multi-asset portfolios. Kirsten is a published author with papers appearing in 'The Journal of Retirement' among others. Prior to joining BTIS, she spent 15 years as a sell-side derivatives trader and quantitative researcher in a career spanning electricity, rates and equities asset classes. 
In addition to quantitative research and modelling for BTIS, Kirsten’s team also manages 10bln in cash and fixed income on behalf of BT – part of the Westpac Group.

Stephen has twenty five years’ experience as an investment professional with leading investment management groups in the United States, Asia and Australia. Immediately prior to co-founding First Degree in 2011, Stephen was the Head of Global Fixed Income Product – Asia Pacific at JPMorgan Asset Management, and had investment responsibility for the firm’s mandates from Central Banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds and some of the largest Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region.

Prior to that role, Stephen held roles with J.P Morgan Investment Management in New York and Australia, including those of Australian Head of Capital Markets Research and Asia Pacific Regional Head of Capital Markets Research. Stephen’s specialist areas of expertise include the quantitative analysis of fixed income, equity and derivative securities and asset allocation techniques. He has advised some of the leading Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds on reserves management practices and his research has been widely published.

Stephen holds a Master of Science (Finance) an a PhD (Finance) from the WE Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, New York, and a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney. Stephen is also a Non-Executive Director of Avation Plc, a commercial aircraft leasing company listed on the Main Board of the London Stock Exchange.

Jie Lu is a member of our Quantitative Strategies (QS) team and a Portfolio Manager for our Multi Factor strategies. In addition, Jie is the named Portfolio Manager for our China A-share Growth SICAV Fund. He is responsible for research and development of QS strategies and funds and heads up the team’s research effort. Jie joined Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited in April 2017.

Prior to joining our Firm, Jie was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President at Acadian Asset Management in Boston, where he worked for over 10 years. He has extensive experience in stock selection factor research for global equity markets as well as systematic country and industry allocation strategies. Jie was a member of their investment policy committee overseeing changes to their investment models. Jie has 16 years of industry experience.

Jie holds a PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Financial Technology Option from the MIT Sloan School of Management in the USA. He also holds a MSc and a BSc in Physics from Tsinghua University in China. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Patrice Conxicoeur is CEO, HSBC Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd and has been working in the financial industry since 1990. Patrice assumed this position in April 2020. Previously, he was CEO of HSBC Asset Management (Japan) K.K. From 2011-2015, Patrice was Global Head of the Insurance Segment, with overall responsibility for the further business development of HSBC Asset Management with insurance companies globally. Prior to that, Patrice spent three years as Head of Institutional Business for Asia Pacific with HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong. From 2004 to 2008, he was Chief Executive of Sinopia Asset Management, Asia-Pacific. Patrice joined Sinopia in 1992 as an equity fund manager, later becoming Head of Global Equities and subsequently promoted to Head of Strategy, Equities and Balanced Products. Patrice was posted to Asia in 2000, initially in Japan as Chief Executive Officer of Sinopia T&D Asset Management Co, Ltd., and from 2004 in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Sinopia, Patrice worked in Tokyo with Japan Gamma Asset Management. He graduated from the E.M. Lyon Business School (France).

Jason Mortimer is Head of Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager at Nomura Asset Management in Tokyo. In this role, Jason is focused on fixed income ESG-integration and sustainable investing in fixed income and credit, as well as Green, Social, Sustainability Bonds and other mainstream impact investment strategies.

Manish Singhai is a seasoned investor, having joined the industry in 1993. Since 2003, he has held Asian CIO and CEO roles at global asset managers AllianceBernstein, Aviva Investors, Lazard AM, and Tokio Marine AM.

Manish is an early thought leader in the ESG space, and an active proponent of DEI. At AllianceBernstein as early as in 2000, he pioneered an inhouse Corporate Governance (CG) assessment framework, much before CG and SRI eventually morphed into ESG. In all investment processes he has since designed and led, he has ensured that ESG considerations are central but, in a pragmatic, and not pedantic manner.

Manish has also engaged continuously with corporate managements on ESG issues over more than two decades. In the early 2000s, he worked closely with a Korea University think-tank and other institutional investors to get truly independent directors elected to the boards of leading Korean corporates.

Manish was a member of the Equity Advisory Group, International Institute of Finance, Inc., and a leader/member of their Corporate Governance Task Forces on Indonesia, Malaysia, China and India. He has presented white-papers on ESG-related topics at prestigious forums such as the Fourth OECD roundtable in Asia and the Council of Institutional Investors (cii.org) plenary session in Washington DC. Very recently, Manish has created https://esg-matters.today to post periodic thought pieces on the E, S and G challenges encountered as an investor, and as a repository of ESG resources

Manish holds a B Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, and is a CFA charterholder.

• In February 2020 Mr. Tamama joined a real estate investment advisory start-up in Tokyo, PROFITZ K.K. as Chief Investment Officer. PROFITZ is an established development and asset management company focused on residential and office assets in Japan with total AUM of approx. US$200 mn.
• Prior to joining PROFITZ in February 2022, Mr. Tamama worked for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority from 2013 to 2022, and managed its real estate portfolio as a senior management in the Asia Pacific team. He primarily covered the Japan, Korea and India markets and managed US$4 bn GAV assets on average during his tenor.
• From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Tamama worked for LaSalle Investment Management and Shinsei Bank. He sourced and made investments for LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund I & II and acquired US$750 mn GAV assets. He also took fund management role for LaSalle Japan Logistics Fund I & II, and managed US$ 2.5 bn portfolio and led divestment of JLF I portfolio. At Shinsei Bank, Mr. Tamama led sourcing, structuring, pricing, and execution of property backed non-recourse loans. He financed approximately 100 real estate transactions and provided US$8 bn loans over five years.
• Prior to 2005, Mr. Tamama was engaged in investment in non-performing loans (NPLs) at Daiwa SMBC Principal Investments.
• Mr. Tamama received a BA from Keio University (Faculty of Economics) and a MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. He finished a general management program (GMP) at Harvard Business School. Mr. Tamama is a member of both the CFA Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Entering financial markets in a trading capacity, John’s career spans 30 years in financial services and has included senior markets-based roles overseeing FICC businesses for HSBC, Westpac Institutional Bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Macquarie Bank. He has also had extensive offshore experience in both London and Hong Kong in regional and global teams across most products.

He is currently Chief Investment Officer at market-leading fintech SocietyOne.

Henrik is the co-founder and CIO of Apollo Capital, Australia’s premier crypto fund. Henrik has over 17 years of experience in global financial markets, with almost a decade on Wall Street. Henrik has extensive experience across three continents as a quantitative analyst, senior research analyst and in institutional equity sales. Henrik holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and a Master of Science in business administration and economics from Stockholm University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Thomas is the Chief Operating Officer at Trovio Group – a firm providing a range of services across asset management, blockchain technology and digital infrastructure solutions. Thomas is a member of AIMA's global council; acting as an appointed representative for the APAC region for the period 2022-2024. Prior to joining Trovio, Thomas was CEO of Aralian Capital Pte Ltd., a Singapore based global macro hedge fund. Thomas joined Aralian from Tudor Capital, where he was an employee for over 12 years, most recently as head of their Singapore office. With over 16 years’ experience in global macro hedge funds, Thomas has a diverse skill set across middle office, risk, compliance, fund marketing and due diligence functions.

Aziz has over 19 years of experience in international banking and finance, and in setting, enforcing and providing training on regulatory policies and standards, including climate risk and sustainable finance policies. At the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research office (AMRO), Aziz is responsible for the provision of capacity development and technical assistance to ASEAN countries and China; Hong Kong; Japan; and Korea.

He previously worked for 5 years at The SEACEN Centre, providing technical assistance and delivering training programmes to SEACEN’s 35 Central Banks and Regulatory Authority stakeholders across Asia on issues related to Supervision, Financial Stability, Risk Management, Climate Risk and Financial Market Infrastructures.

Before joining SEACEN, Aziz spent 7 years working as a Senior Technical Specialist at the Bank of England / Prudential Regulation Authority, undertaking asset quality and Non-Performing Loan reviews globally and managing the wholesale Concurrent Stress Testing programme. Aziz began his career in the Strategy, Finance and Economics practice of Andersen Business Consulting in London, and later worked at Standard Chartered Bank UK, covering the Origination, Structuring and Syndication of loan products. He also worked at Lloyds Banking Group in ALM and Leveraged Finance Loan Restructuring and Workout.

Aziz is a graduate in Economics and Philosophy from The University of Nottingham, UK, and also studied for an M.Sc. in Computing for Industry at Imperial College London.

DG Fonacier is the head of the Financial Supervision Sector (FSS), which is mainly responsible for the regulation of banks and other BSP-Supervised Financial Institutions (BSFIs). Under her direct supervision are five subsubsectors which handle onsite examination and offsite surveillance (or integrated supervision) of BSFIs including specialized supervision of specific areas (i.e., anti-money laundering, trust, financial market operations and information technology), credit information system infrastructure, policy studies/research, and supervisory data management.

DG Fonacier joined the BSP in 1984 as a bank examiner and worked her way to become the deputy governor of FSS in 2017. In 2008, she headed the BSP’s primary supervisory unit that handles specially-challenged banks. Under her watch, a record number of bank issues and developments were successfully resolved and implemented. She also led the development of various programs, in coordination with the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC), aimed at strengthening the thrift, rural, and cooperative banking sectors by encouraging mergers, consolidations, and acquisition involving weak banks.

DG Fonacier is on her second and extended term as Chair of the Executives’ Meeting of East Asia Pacific Central Banks Working Group on Banking Supervision (EMEAP WGBS), composed of central bank and supervisory authorities from 11 countries in the East Asia and the Pacific which focuses on bank supervision matters that are relevant to EMEAP WGBS members. She is also currently the Chair of the Global Standards and Policy of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion and BSP’s representative to the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) Plenary and Workstream 1 (Supervision/Micro-Prudential Practices).
She is the permanent alternate of the BSP Governor in the Board of Directors of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) and the National Development Corporation (NDC).

DG Fonacier has served as panelist/resource person in various international conferences/fora on banking supervision, sustainable finance, financial technology and digitalization, financial inclusion, shadow banking, microfinance, bank resolution and crisis management, financial stability, capacity building, etc. organized by international bodies such as the United Nations (UN), IMF/World Bank, Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Financial Stability Institute (FSI), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Asian Bankers Association (ABA), South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) and central banks and monetary/supervisory authorities of various countries.

DG Fonacier took up her Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Accounting degree at University of St. La Salle - Bacolod. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a holder of a Career Service Executive Eligibility (CSEE). She obtained her Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) at the Ateneo de Manila University. She attended the Program on Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Smart Design for Policy and Practice organized by the Harvard Kennedy School.

In March 2019, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) decided to create the position of Chief Sustainable Finance Officer (CSFO), to plan and coordinate on promotion of sustainable finance internally and globally. Upon its creation he was appointed, and has been serving, as the first CSFO.

In this capacity, he covers a wide range of issues concerning sustainable finance which include, among other things, aligning private finance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting TCFD disclosures by business corporations and financial institutions alike, acting as Vice-chair of the Impact Investing Roundtable co-organized by GSG National Advisory Board of Japan and JFSA, and serving as Co-chair of the Work Stream on ESG Data and Ratings of the IOSCO Sustainability Taskforce as well as Co-chair of the Work Stream on Climate Disclosures of the FSB.

Ricco Zhang is Senior Director, Asia Pacific of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) based in Hong Kong. Mr. Zhang is responsible for ICMA’s development in Greater China and works very closely with regulators, financial institutions and other organizations who are active at the capital markets in the region to promote and maintain the best market practice. He has previously worked for international law firms, investment banks and other financial institutions engaged in capital market transactions and mergers & acquisitions in Asia and has extensive experience as a market practitioner. Mr. Zhang graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.

張順榮先生為國際資本市場協會駐香港辦事處亞太區資深總監。張先生負責協會大中華地區的工作，與各監管機構、金融機構及其他活躍於區域內資本市場的市場機構緊密合作，致力於推動及維持最佳市場實踐規範。張先生在此之前，曾就職於國際律師事務所、投資銀行以及其他金融機構，從事資本市場以及兼併收購的工作，擁有豐富的市場執業經驗。張先生畢業于香港大學法律系。

Experienced Regional Manager with global work scope and a demonstrated history of successfully working across all levels of the organization in various industries---from public relations and communications to food and beverage to semiconductors to architecture and engineering to the news and information technology and services industry. Strong consulting professional skilled in Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility, Branding, Strategic Management, Human Resources, and Public Relations.

Kylie-Anne Richards is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer and leads the implementation of responsible investment practices at Fortlake. Kylie-Anne is also a member of the Fortlake Asset Management Board and a board member of IAM Funds.

Kylie-Anne has extensive industry experience both domestically and overseas, having worked at Macquarie Group in Hong Kong as Head of Financial Engineering for the Asia Pacific. Subsequently, Head of Indexation and Quantitative Trading Research at CLSA in Sydney. Most recently she held the position of Director, Portfolio Manager at QTR Capital, a proprietary trading business, which was active in trading MSCI Global Index rebalances in developed markets globally and depository receipt arbitrage in Australia and the USA.

Kylie-Anne is a tenured academic at the University of Technology Sydney with research and teaching interests in sustainable finance, green finance, ESG and high-frequency finance. Kylie-Anne has developed and lectures the Sustainable Finance subjects offered in the Master of Finance, MBA, Executive MBA, Master of Financial Planning and Microcrediential suite. She is an internationally published academic with papers appearing in ‘International Journal of Financial Engineering’, ‘Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes’, among others.

Kylie-Anne completed her PhD at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of NSW (UNSW). She was awarded the QRSLab Boronia Managed Funds PhD Scholarship in 2011. Kylie-Anne also holds a Master of Finance (Financial Engineering) from The University of Hong Kong, a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from The University of Melbourne.

Kylie-Anne is also a Board Member of Sport & The Spectrum Ltd, which is a not-for-profit enriching the lives of children on the Autism Spectrum through sport.

Elisha Harrington is an Evangelist on the Innovation team at ServiceNow. In her role, Elisha is laser focused on the future of work, digital transformation, and the power of intelligent systems.

As a thought leader in operational improvement and innovation, she is responsible for all efforts to evangelize the transformative world of work for enterprise customers in the Asian-Pacific region. Elisha is helping customers re-imagine the possible and solve important problems to create stunning change. 

Prior to ServiceNow, Elisha worked for a number of top tier professional services firms, consulting with the largest global and Australian local enterprises across banking, telecommunications and more. From running large Digital transformations (both technical and business). Elisha worked for PwC across technology solutions which included fraud detection, risk sentiment, automation, and advanced analytics as well as blockchain and other leading technology cloud SaaS solutions.

Working within C-suite agendas and large impactful programs impacting employee and customer experience, Elisha aims to supercharge productivity scaling across the organisation whilst cultivating a culture of innovation at its core.

Independent corporate director based in Hong Kong working in asset management, private wealth management and financial technology. Member of the Honorary Advisor Panel of the Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong and a Member of the Products Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Types 1, 4 and 9 Hong Kong SFC Licensed Representative for Peak Capital Limited since 14th December, 2020.
Non Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Diginex Ltd (www.eqonex.com), a Crypto currency exchange listed on Nasdaq (EQOS). Director and Senior Advisor at the Financial Modeling Institute (FMI www.fminstitute.com) Senior adviser at inflection Point Intelligence (www.ipi-edu.com), a leading Asia based online education provider in the alternative and family office industries. Director of El Dorado Asset Management SAF in Peru.

Founding member of SustainFinance. A mission driven not for profit geared towards helping asset owners and managers integrate sustainability into their decision making process; www.sustainfinance.org

Trustee and Adviser to the Board of China Insight www.china-insight.org.uk. A London based foundation sharing analysis, knowledge and understanding of China to help inform UK influencers in government, commerce and civil society

Served as President and CEO of CFA Institute from 2015 to 1 September, 2019, having joined in 2012 as Managing Director for Asia Pacific.

I was appointed to head up CFA Institute on account of my 30+ years’ experience in the investment management industry. I believe I’ve gained a reputation as an innovator who’s willing to take a calculated risk, one with a solid track record in opening up new markets, overseeing global asset allocation and creating new products.

I am committed to being an independent advocate for the industry, and to helping develop a visionary, trustworthy, forward-thinking financial sector that serves society well.

That commitment has made me a vocal and enthusiastic speaker, blogger and commentator. I travel extensively all over the world but have a particular affection for developing markets in Asia, Africa, Latam, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. I am an outspoken and often quoted proponent of attaching finance to a greater sense of social responsibility.

Based in Singapore, Eric is responsible for setting the ESG research, integration, and active ownership agenda in Asia. In his role, Eric conducts proprietary research to identify and manage investment risks and opportunities related to the sustainability strategies of companies in the region. Eric also works with Asian based portfolio managers on evaluating ESG exposures at a portfolio level. He collaborates with the ESG team on methodologies for product development and represents Manulife IM’s ESG capabilities among the local investment community..

Prior to joining Manulife Investment Management, Eric led the Sustainable Finance initiatives for Asia-Pacific at S&P Global where he helped to develop and launch the ESG Evaluation Framework.  He worked closely with analysts across the region to evaluate ESG exposures in corporate and infrastructure entities. Before joining the Sustainable Finance team, he covered various sectors as a credit ratings analyst at S&P in both the United States and Asia. Preceding S&P, Eric worked on an equity portfolio at Barclay’s PLC in New York, and on the special situations desk of the boutique investment bank StormHarbour Partners LP.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Colgate University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Singapore.

Shinichi Yoshiya is Head of Regulatory Affairs for Japan and APAC in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters and transactions for Morgan Stanley’s Japan and Asia Pacific region including ESG, OTC derivatives regulations of Japan, U.S. and EU, the Volcker Rule, Resolution Stay, MiFID2, Brexit, LIBOR and Basel 3 capital rules. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Yoshiya was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising on financial regulatory matters. Mr. Yoshiya has held academic appointments at Duke University Law School as Visiting Professor and currently teaches global financial regulations at Meiji University Law School. Duke University, Law School (LL.M.), Aoyama Gakuin University, Business School (M.B.A.), Sophia University (LL.B.). Mr. Yoshiya is admitted to the bar of the state of New York.

Hong Tat obtained his Master of Science (Process Engineering) and Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has in-depth experience related to Climate Change, Climate Strategy and Sustainability.

He has served various sectors, such as renewable energy, oil & gas, power, green technology and retail sectors). His expertise lay in Greenhouse Gas/ Carbon Footprinting, ISO 14064, Sustainability/ Climate-related strategy, TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure), ESG risk management and Sustainability Reporting.

Head of ESG Research at Ausbil Investment Management Limited following nearly five years as Senior ESG Research Analyst at AMP Capital. Since 2007 I have worked as a financial analyst as well as an ESG specialist covering Australian, New Zealand and Scandinavian equities across a wide range of sectors and sustainability issues.

In my current role, I focus primarily on a) proprietary ESG research and integration of the research into Ausbil's fundamental stock analysis / investment process, b) engagement on ESG issues with ASX-listed companies, c) portfolio construction for Ausbil's Active Sustainable Equity Fund and d) proxy voting.

The proprietary ESG research is tailored to Ausbil's investment philosophy and focuses on earnings revisions, earnings sustainability and management quality. The proprietary ESG research is also contributing to ideas for the stock selection meetings. From previous roles I also have experience in ESG integration for fixed income and international equities products.

Specialties: ESG and sustainability research / engagement across a wide range of sectors and issues, including: climate change, labour rights / human rights in supply chains, corporate governance, ESG disclosure, corporate culture and more.

I have presented on ESG and ESG integration at various investment industry events, including PRI in person, the ACSI Conference, the RIAA Conference, the Thomson-Reuters Stop Slavery Summit, the CSR Asia Summit, AIRA and more. I have also presented at numerous industry events, such as the KPMG/SEDEX conference, BAML's ESG series, the Australian Sustainable Fashion Conference and much more.

Chair of RIAA’s Human Rights Working Group and also a Director of the board of RIAA.

Serena is currently working as Executive Director in the Sustainable Finance team within the Institutional Banking Group of DBS Hong Kong.

Ms. Mak also has over 15 years of experience with Goldman Sachs treasury and market operations in Singapore and Hong Kong, with focus on liquidity management and payment transaction surveillance across the APAC region.

Ms. Mak serves as a Board Governor & Honorary Secretary at Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong) with a focus on Green and Sustainable Finance development in Asia.

Ms. Serena Mak holds both MSc Investment Management and BBA (Hons) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Ms Mak is a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and CPA (Aust.).

Viisti is an Industry Expert at UTS, with both public and private sector including as a Senior Director in top tier consulting firms and in-house, across financial services, telecommunications, media, and education sectors. She focuses on helping organisations with their biggest challenges - including M&A, Diversity and Inclusion, Culture change, Risk, Innovation and ESG - often on high priority programs. Her focus on business transformation is commercial, strategic and pragmatic.

Viisti is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, jas a Masters of Law (USyd), Masters of International Relations (UQ & Sciences Po Paris), and a Bachelor of Business (QUT). She has lived and worked in France, UK, Chile and Vietnam.

Roman Novozhilov is a Head of ESG at the New Development Bank, a Shanghai-based multilateral development bank established in 2016 by BRICS countries. He is responsible for integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects in the NDB’s operations and delivery of ESG advisory services to the Bank’s clients in emerging markets. Prior to joining NDB, he was with International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington D.C., and Hong Kong focusing on ESG aspects of IFC’s investments in APAC and held various roles at the World Bank in Washington D.C. He holds a Ph.D. from American University (Washington D.C.), an M.A. from Central European University (Vienna), and a B.A. from St. Petersburg State University (Russia).

Stuart Mackenzie is Associate Director for IBIS in North Asia, based in Hong Kong.  Stuart has been working in sustainability for over 17 years in Asia and the UK and has practical experience delivering Sustainable Finance, ESG and ESIA services across various sectors.  He regularly works with international environmental and social (E&S) risk frameworks and standards used by banks, private equity and other institutional investors to assess or benchmark projects and investments from an E&S perspective.

His work includes supporting investors/lenders and sponsors alike to evaluate the alignment of projects and operations against E&S risk frameworks, undertaking E&S due diligence, and assisting projects/investees in navigating, understanding and meeting financiers’ E&S expectations.  He is fully conversant with the use and application of international environmental and social standards such as the IFC Performance Standards, WBG EHS Guidelines, ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, Equator Principles, OECD Common Approaches etc.  He also has working experience with the TCFD framework and its application for undertaking climate change risk assessments in due diligence exercises for both physical and transitional climate change risks. 

Shinichi Yoshiya is Head of Regulatory Affairs for Japan and APAC in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters and transactions for Morgan Stanley’s Japan and Asia Pacific region including ESG, OTC derivatives regulations of Japan, U.S. and EU, the Volcker Rule, Resolution Stay, MiFID2, Brexit, LIBOR and Basel 3 capital rules. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Yoshiya was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising on financial regulatory matters. Mr. Yoshiya has held academic appointments at Duke University Law School as Visiting Professor and currently teaches global financial regulations at Meiji University Law School. Duke University, Law School (LL.M.), Aoyama Gakuin University, Business School (M.B.A.), Sophia University (LL.B.). Mr. Yoshiya is admitted to the bar of the state of New York.

At Murex, Omar heads the Trading & Structuring Client Services division for Asia Pacific. His teams provide expert support and delivery services to customers across 6 regional offices, earning the MX.3 platform the Asia Risk Awards for “Pricing and trading system of the year” for four consecutive years and “Best structured products support system” since the award’s inception in 2021.

Omar also leads the Murex APAC task force on the IBOR reform, enabling the successful transition to alternative interest rates benchmarks at over 40 clients. He has a strong focus on product innovation, and in 2022 is spearheading new packaging and go-to-market initiatives for the MX.3 Carbon Trading and Digital Assets solutions in the APAC region.

Leo Tay is Managing Director and Head of FX, Rates and Derivatives Trading in ING, based in Singapore. He leads a team of traders across five locations, and is responsible for the electronification of the FX Rates trading business. He is also the digital asset champion for the bank, sponsoring the development of digital asset ecosystem in Asia.

Leo holds an M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany, and is a guest lecturer in Financial Economics in the Ateneo de Manila University.

Jacky Tai is the Group Head of Trading & Structuring for Treasury & Markets at DBS Bank. Assuming this role since 2018, Jacky has been responsible for the management of trading, market making, product structuring and risk
warehousing activities across asset classes regionally.

He joined Treasury & Markets in DBS in 1999 and was tasked to build up DBS Greater China trading operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. In addition to driving business outcomes, the teams in Greater China have also won many awards and accolades in local and derivatives markets from Asian Risk, Global Finance, Banker, and other leading market intelligence under Jacky’s stewardship.

An avid innovator and market pioneer, Jacky has also represented DBS Hong Kong, Singapore, and China in public forums and associations initiated by regulators such as the Hong Kong Treasury Market Association committee,
ACI, ASFIMA task force, China QFII, Singapore RQFII, FX Global Code, Blue Book, China Bond Connect. Most recently, he was appointed as Treasurer of the Financial Markets Association of Singapore in January 2021. Jacky is also a strong believer in embracing Asian connectivity and digitalisation for the advancement of financial markets.

Before joining DBS Bank, Jacky was Head of Asian Derivatives Trading at Dresdner Bank AG. He has also worked at Nomura, and JP Morgan in Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York. Jacky graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

John Feeney manages Martialis Consulting working on financial markets product and infrastructure. He has been in financial markets for over 30 years in trading and management roles across most asset classes. Mr. Feeney has worked for National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank in Sydney, Citibank in Sydney and London and Macquarie Bank in Sydney. Over this time he has traded and managed interest rate derivates, foreign exchange, traded credit, commodities and funding businesses. Most recently, he has been focussing on LIBOR and other IBOR transition issues as well as the broader practice areas of Martialis Consulting.

Recently, Mr. Feeney has been an ISDA Board Member and Vice-Chairman and an AFMA Board member.

Mr. Feeney has a PhD and BSc (Hons) from University of Sydney.

Karim Chabane is a Director within Citi Futures, Clearing and Collateral division based in Hong Kong and Regional Head of Collateral Management for Asia Pacific. He has responsibility within Investor Services Division for all aspects of the margining and collateral management products to Citi's customers including Investors, Banks and Financial Intermediaries.
 

Karim joined Citi in January 2011 from Euroclear Bank, the International Central Securities Depository to take responsibility of regional product management of the Citi collateral management and administration services before taking the Regional Head role.
 

While at Euroclear, Karim spent two years as Head of Product Management for the Asia-Pacific region covering the full range of Euroclear's products and services, including settlement & custody, collateral management and fund processing. Prior to this, Karim spent 18 years at Euroclear 's head office in Brussels and held various senior positions across Cash & Treasury Operations, Sales & Relationship Management covering London-based brokers and investment banks, Project teams for some major market and infrastructure initiatives as well as Product Management.

Robert Fievez is Melbourne based with 15+ years’ experience in Financial Markets specialising in derivatives reform, execution and collateralisation. His experience has includes helping firms, large and small, to match the regulatory requirement against the underlying portfolio impact and make the transition to new operating and business models. Most recently, his focus has been with buy-side firms as they seek to acquire a wider range of market risk management access methods. Mr. Fievez has also led engagement with local (APRA and RBA) and overseas (US Federal Reserve, Japanese Financial Services Agency, etc.) regulators across a range of derivative reform issues.

Shinichi Yoshiya is Head of Regulatory Affairs for Japan and APAC in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters and transactions for Morgan Stanley’s Japan and Asia Pacific region including ESG, OTC derivatives regulations of Japan, U.S. and EU, the Volcker Rule, Resolution Stay, MiFID2, Brexit, LIBOR and Basel 3 capital rules. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Yoshiya was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising on financial regulatory matters. Mr. Yoshiya has held academic appointments at Duke University Law School as Visiting Professor and currently teaches global financial regulations at Meiji University Law School. Duke University, Law School (LL.M.), Aoyama Gakuin University, Business School (M.B.A.), Sophia University (LL.B.). Mr. Yoshiya is admitted to the bar of the state of New York.

Nitin Jain , Working as Head of Treasury and Capital markets at Agrocorp International based in Singapore. Seasoned Global Leader with proven track record in financial services, corporate finance and banking across Asia Pacific. More than 15 Years of domain expertise in the field of Foreign Exchange and Treasury. Worked for Fortunes 500 corporates, International Banks and Hedge Fund across APAC region.

Edoardo Sirtori is Group Vice President and Head of Treasury Asia at STMicroelectronics based in Singapore. Prior to STMicroelectronics, Edoardo held positions in corporate banking, structured finance and treasury at Banca Commerciale Italiana (now Intesa Sanpaolo). He has a degree in economics from Edinburgh University and a Master of Finance from the Cass Business School in London. Edoardo is currently an executive committee member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (Singapore).

In January 2014, Gopul joined Golden Agri-Resources Limited, Singapore to head the Global Treasury and Trade Finance business.  His aim is to align the business to international standards and practices with a focus on revenue generation and risk management, which he successfully accomplished at Cargill. Prior to joining Golden Agri, Gopul spent 10 years at Cargill’s proprietary structured funding, treasury, emerging markets trading, and risk management group. Prior to Cargill, Gopul worked in Thailand, Singapore and USA on corporate, project and trade financing, international commodities trading, mergers and acquisition, proprietary fixed income and money markets.

Gopul is passionate about international business, international finance, commodities, behavioral finance, entrepreneurship, understanding the power of finance, growth of human capital that is currently influencing and driving growth in emerging markets, and the importance of ethics and principles in conducting business in emerging markets.  He has been invited to speak and be a panelist at many external forums organized by international banks, Euro-finance, universities, and also internal forums held by Cargill India.

Gopul holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai, is a Chartered Accountant by training and Associate CPA Australia. 

Viisti is an Industry Expert at UTS, with both public and private sector including as a Senior Director in top tier consulting firms and in-house, across financial services, telecommunications, media, and education sectors. She focuses on helping organisations with their biggest challenges - including M&A, Diversity and Inclusion, Culture change, Risk, Innovation and ESG - often on high priority programs. Her focus on business transformation is commercial, strategic and pragmatic.

Viisti is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, jas a Masters of Law (USyd), Masters of International Relations (UQ & Sciences Po Paris), and a Bachelor of Business (QUT). She has lived and worked in France, UK, Chile and Vietnam.

Gunjan Gupta is Sr. Director – Information & Data Management at Philips in India.  She heads their Data programs across the enterprise and evangelizes the use of data.  She also leads the Simplification-Automation-Standardization initiatives across the Technology organization, with the objective of enabling the Philips commitment of improving the health of 2Bn people per year by 2025.

Gunjan built her early career in the US and witnessed and worked through the sub-prime housing crisis of 2008.  During the span of her 20+ years career, Gunjan has successfully led, jumpstarted, and scaled up Data, Analytics, & Technology teams for organizations such as HSBC, Fidelity Investments, Genworth Financial, Bajaj Allianz Insurance, and Barclays Bank.

Aislinn Malone is an Executive Director within JP Morgan and is the Lead for the Technology Management Office supporting the Asia Pacific Region. Since joining the firm in 2001, Aislinn has held various roles in both Finance and Technology within Asset Management, Corporate Investment Banking and Enterprise Technology. Prior to working in Hong Kong, Aislinn worked for 5 years in Geneva, Switzerland and 7 years in New York.

Prior to joining JP Morgan, Aislinn worked in Dublin, Ireland and in Zurich Switzerland as a Management Consultant for KPMG. 

Aislinn holds a Bachelor and a Master degrees in Law from the University College Limerick, Ireland.

Aislinn currently resides in Hong Kong with her three children and her husband.

Rodney Gollo is Head of Risk for Bupa Asia Limited, a division of the international healthcare and insurance company Bupa. Where he leads the risk management function, overseeing financial and non-financial risks for a portfolio of insurance and health provision businesses.

He specialises in emerging and frontier markets, and has international experience working in healthcare, insurance, consultancy and social enterprises. He has particular interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG), blended finance, impact investing and the megatrends shaping the global economy.

He also acts as a Judge for two awards programmes: the Asia Risk Technology Awards, awarding companies leading technology and risk innovation in Asia. As well as the UK’s Better Society Awards, awarding companies helping create a better, more ethical and sustainable world.

Mr. Steven Low Weng Haw was appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer on 1 September 2019.

Mr. Steven is responsible for directing and implementing the Bank’s risk management programs, policies and procedures. He is also entrusted to oversee the Bank’s governance and strategy for risk management and compliance, including relationships with key regulators and supervisory institutions.

Mr. Steven brings with him more than 28 years working experience in the Financial Services Industry, encompassing Risk and Credit Management, Credit Evaluation, Account Management, Research and Data Analytics. He has served in both local and foreign banks as Chief Risk Officer.

Mr. Steven holds the professional qualification in ICSA from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and a Diploma in Commerce (Business Management) from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Cyril Arnesto is a lawyer specializing in privacy, compliance, fraud and anti-financial crimes. He currently heads the Anti-Financial Crimes Office of UnionBank of the Philippines where he is responsible in detection, prevention of and response to external fraud and financial crimes. He is a Fellow of Information Privacy by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He likewise holds Governance, Risk and Compliance certifications from the GRC Institute of Australia and PARIMA-ANZIIF. Cyril is a lecturer of privacy and fraud management.

He has an extensive experience in financial budgeting control, risk management, technology implementation, process improvement and internal control for over 10 years for financial service institution and large multinational Companies. He actively drive business to achieve the business result and monitoring the goal both financial operation and regulatory compliance. Currently he is a Vice President IT Security Leaders at Ayudhaya Capital Services Co., Ltd. the largest Credit Card and Consumer Finance in Thailand with more than 6 million accounts.

Noppachai was a financial controller of Minor Dairy and Minor Cheese the biggest cheese manufacturing in Southeast Asia. Supervised 10 staff responsible for budgeting, accounting and controlling business performance and internal control. His past achievement is driving EBIT from 80 MB to 120 MB in year 2004 plus cost reduction 6 MB.

He has extensive experience as a Internal Audit of Minor Group, oversee the business operation, computer management, risk management for Audit Committee and Board of Directors of minor groups the diversify business including Quick Serve restaurants, retails and hotels and properties of Minor International Hotel properties including Marriots, Four Seasons chains.

He was a IT audit Manager cover for all general computer of DBS Thai Danu Bank and Head of Consumer Bank Audit, leading 12 staff to audit for all major consumer banking for both Head Office and 60 Branches He implemented risk based audit methodology for both IT audit.

He was a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was a team leader of review the SAP R3 security configuration review and business process review of SAP R3 for Shell companies in Thailand, Exxon, IBM, Review the JDE World business process for Rayong Refinery and Star Refinery project, Tesco and Makro Thailand)
 

Vidhya is a Senior leader driving business outcome with clear Data and Digital strategic direction who is a Winner of Analytics India Magazine Women In AI Leadership Awards 2021 & CXO BFSI Top 100 Women Achiever Award 2021.

She has hands-on problem solving experience at all levels of business. She adds value to the business through data analytics offerings and insightful advisory services using Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.

She is adept in developing & leading top-performing teams with Data Scientists and Machine Learning experts to solve challenges by providing data-driven sustainable solutions through Big Data technologies and analytics storytelling.

Certified in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Deep Learning, Agile and Product Owner.

Her strengths include Strategic Planning & Forecasting, Business Intelligence, Develop & communicate compelling narratives, strong networking, communication & influencing skills, ability to build, shape, lead, inspire, coach & mentor high-energy teams.

Yasuhisa Watanabe is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for RGA Reinsurance Company Japan Branch, where he leads the finance and accounting team. He is responsible for the overall financial management of the Japan Branch, and is also Regional Finance Projects Director for improving business management in the Asian region for RGA. He joined RGA Japan as CFO in 2004 when RGA was granted a full license to operate in Japan.
In addition to these roles, Yasuhisa serves on the Japan Management Board, RGA Japan’s highest decision-making body, and he chairs the Investment, Compliance, and Audit & Risk Management committees.
Prior to joining RGA, Yasuhisa led the finance team for PCA Life and was responsible for enhancing its EV-based financial reporting system. He also worked for Merrill Lynch Japan Securities as Controller, contributing to the industry-first launch of bancassurance by Merrill Lynch International Private Client Group (IPCG), which serves high net worth customers and supports merger and acquisition initiatives for banks in the Core Finance Division.
Yasuhisa received an Executive M.B.A. (EMBA) from the Keio Business School. He is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA), recognized by the New Jersey Society of CPAs, and is a member of The Japan Committee for Economic Development.

Welcome Chan is the Head of Technology Risk Management of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited (ICBC(Asia)).  With his capacity, he is responsible for ensuring the ICBC(Asia)’s information security policies, technology risk matters to ensure the adherence of regulatory and compliance requirements.  He also plays a key role on information and cyber security risk matters of the bank and provides security advises to businesses, projects, IT infrastructure and application reviews to alleviate the potential security risks.  Prior to joining the ICBC(Asia), he was the Security Manager of CMB Wing Lung Bank, Assistant Vice President of IT Security of China CITIC Bank International, the Information Security Manager of Bank of Communications, Hong Kong Branch, and had held different IT audit management and Security roles of listed companies and manufacturing enterprises.

Welcome holds an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science Technology (HKUST), and a Bachelor Degree of Electronic and Communications Engineering from The University of Hong Kong.  Welcome is also a qualification holder of CISA, CISM, CISSP, CSSLP, CGEIT, CRISC, CCNP, CREST CPSA, CRT and IRCA ISO27001 ISMS Lead Auditor.