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Frederic Azemard is a Managing Partner at TR Capital. He joined the firm in 2012 and focuses on deal screening, quantitative analysis, due diligence, deal monitoring and exit of transactions. Mr. Azemard is a board member of a number of TR Capital's investee companies. Mr. Azemard began his career at Bain & Co. in Los Angeles. In 2005, he joined Electra Partners in Europe, before becoming the CEO of Sunnco GC. Mr. Azemard is also a former Officer of the French Navy. Mr. Azemard holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENST.

Steven Barnett spent nearly three decades at the International Monetary Fund, the last five as its Senior Resident Representative in China — the Fund's senior presence in Beijing. He is now Professor of Practice in Economics at HKU Business School in Hong Kong.

At the IMF he also ran the China Division and advised the Deputy Managing Director. He served as Assistant Director of the Fund's Tokyo office, as Resident Representative in Thailand, as Mission Chief for Mongolia, and on fiscal reform programs in Turkey and Georgia.

His work interprets China's economy, with a focus on household consumption and saving — and on the policies that might shift them. He writes on the global economy as well: why growth is stuck in low gear, and why the imbalances between the world's large deficit and surplus economies are best addressed at home.

Since joining HKU his writings have appeared in the Financial Times, Bauhinia Magazine, China Forex, and FT Chinese, and weekly at StevenBarnettMacro on Substack.
 

Dominik Burckgard joined Partners Capital in 2018. Dominik was initially based in the Singapore office, before relocating to Hong Kong in 2019, where he is a Managing Director and Head of the Hong Kong office. He is responsible for our Hong Kong client franchise and Private Markets investment program across Asia Pacific. Dominik is a long-term citizen of Asia having lived and worked in the region since 2010. He was previously an Executive Director at Delta Capital, a Myanmar focused private equity firm, and at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the firm’s Investment Banking and Securities Division in London and Hong Kong. Dominik holds an MSc in Economics & Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and a BSc in International Business from University of Maastricht.

Yingwen joined Albourne in 2015 and is a Partner on the Asian private markets investment due diligence team focusing on Greater China and Pan-regional managers. Her experience spans across multiple alternative asset classes including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. Prior to joining Albourne, Yingwen was the Head of Asia for funds research at Nutrimenta, a Swiss-based multi-family office, where she had responsibility for the firm’s hedge fund investments in the region.

Yingwen is from the pioneer class of graduates from Singapore Management University where she obtained her Bachelor of Business Management. She has been a CAIA Charterholder since 2006.

Thomas Friedberger joined Tikehau Capital in 2014 and holds the positions of Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Tikehau Investment Management. Prior to this, he spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was Managing Director since 2008, with responsibility for France and Benelux. Thomas began his career in 1996 and has worked between Paris, Milan and London, mainly in capital markets, convertible bonds, equity derivatives, fixed income and credit. Thomas Friedberger is also a member of the investment committee of the Musée du Louvre endowment fund.

Ryan is the Vice President and Executive Director of Public Policy Institute at Our Hong Kong Foundation. He leads the Foundation’s think tank to advise the government and private sector organisations on public policy and strategic development. Before joining OHKF, he was an economist at JLL and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and is a Chartered Surveyor. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director at China Merchants Land Limited.

Ryan is active in public service and is a member of the Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis, the Land and Development Advisory Committee, the Town Planning Board, the Tourism Strategy Committee, the Estate Agents Authority, and the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board. He is also a Vice President of the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and International Chapter, and a board member of the Hong Kong Proptech Association.
 

Katrina has 30 years' experience in financial services and is responsible for originating research, building new capabilities, product innovation and product governance at QIC. In the last three years she has brought several new capabilities into the QIC fold, including private debt, natural capital and social housing.

Prior to joining QIC in 2006, Katrina worked for JP Morgan in a variety of roles in Melbourne, Sydney, New York, London and Tokyo, predominately in structured credit.

Katrina has a passion for empowering young women in STEM disciplines, particularly finance. In 2020 she received a commendation for Women in Leadership Excellence as part of MBA graduation for her commitment to gender diversity in finance. She is co-chair of the Alumni Committee for the Business, Economics and Law school at the University of Qld, and patron of the Qld Theatre. She mentors elite professional female athletes via the Minerva Network and is a member of the Advisory Board of UQ's Trust, Ethics and Governance Alliance.

Katrina has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Queensland.
 

Jeffrey Kwan is the Chief Investment Officer for Lee Kum Kee Family Investment. Prior to joining Lee Kum Kee, Jeff was with Credit Suisse Private Banking and was previously the CEO of a Single-Family Office in Hong Kong. Before joining the family office arena, Jeff was a hedge fund manager and proprietary trader running convertible bond arbitrage strategies in various institutions in New York and Hong Kong.

Jeff holds a Master of Laws degree from The University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University. Jeff is a Singaporean and has lived in Hong Kong for over 20 years.
 

Claire joined The World Gold Council in 2020 and is Global Head of Institutional Relationships. Her team’s core focus is to support investors in their understanding of gold as a mainstream asset and showcase the role it can play in investment portfolios. Prior to joining the World Gold Council, she spent more than 15 years working in front office sales roles within financial services firms including Bloomberg, Credit Suisse, and BNY Mellon in London.

Dr. Yang Liu joined The University of Hong Kong in 2017. He is recognized as a National-level Young Talent. He is the founding co-director of the Wealth Management Academy and the founding director of the Master of Wealth Management Program. He serves as the associate editor of Management Science and Economic Letters.

His research interests span international finance and macroeconomics. He published in top academic journals such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, Management Science, and won numerous research awards. He is the principal investigator or co-investigator of an NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Program, an NSFC Major Program, an NSSFC Major Program, an RGC Theme-Based Research Grant, a NSFC Emergency Program, an RGC Early Career Scheme, and multiple RGC General Research Funds. He was a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund and a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Economics from Fudan University. His research and policy analysis have been widely featured in media such as the Xinhua, Financial Times, Associated Press, AFP, VOA, China Daily, SCMP, HKEJ, Ming Pao, Wen Wei Po, Ta Kung Pao, HK01, Hong Kong TVB, Master Insight, RTHK, Tencent, Sina, NetEase, Sohu, Toutiao, Yahoo, Phoenix News, Economy Chosun, among others.

Andrew heads Family Advisory North Asia and has advised UHNW families on investment management, family governance, setting up family office, and family’s Next Gen’s training & development. For client situations, he has worked with wealth planners to structure family trusts (including Pre-IPO trust), advised clients in managing liquidity events, and assisted clients in drafting family constitution.

Dr. Lo is appointed to University of Oxford’s China Advisory Group and gives counsel on regional alumni and development matters. He is also a member of the advisory committee for China Oxford Scholarship Fund which awards scholarships for master’s and doctoral degree studies at Oxford University.

He received a Doctor of Business Administration from The University of Manchester, an MSc in Management Research (Finance) from the University of Oxford, BASc (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Toronto, a CAIA Charter in alternative investment, and a professional engineer license (P.Eng.) in Ontario, Canada.

Mr. William Ma, CAIA, CFA, is the Founder and Global Chief Investment Officer of GROW Investment Group, a China-based multi-strategy alternative investment asset manager, whose shareholders include Lighthouse Partners and Bank Julius Baer. With over 20 years of experience and research on more than 3,500 hedge funds, he launched the first multi-strategy hedge fund in China. He was previously Chief Investment Officer of Noah Holdings and Gopher Asset Management, overseeing a combined USD 80 billion of assets, and earlier CIO of Gottex Penjing Asset Management and co-founder of Penjing Asset Management, the industry's first Asian funds of hedge funds.

Mr. Ma serves on the Global Board of Directors of the CAIA Association and the Investment Sub-Committee of the University of Hong Kong Endowment, and is an APAC Committee Board Member of SBAI and a Foreign Expert QDLP Review Committee Member for the Shanghai Municipal Government. His funds have won more than 50 industry awards, including recognition by BarclayHedge as the best emerging market fund of hedge funds globally and the Golden Bull Award – Best Domestic Fund of Hedge Funds in China. He is a regular commentator on China and Asia markets for Bloomberg and CNBC, and holds a BEng from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
 

Nick Pollard is a seasoned leader with over 15 years of international finance experience in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Currently, he is helping drive CAIA Association’s expansion in this key market, leveraging his expertise in business development and his passion for training the next generation of finance professionals. Nick’s career includes a successful seven-year tenure as Managing Director for the CFA Institute in APAC, where he worked closely with institutional partners, employers, universities, and regulators.

Prior to joining the CFA Institute, Nick held senior leadership roles at The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Coutts Asia division, where he served as CEO, and later, as Head of International Learning and Professional Development for Coutts International. His career began with NatWest Group where he honed his skills in marketing and talent development.

Nick has lived and worked in the APAC region for nearly two decades, positioning him at the forefront of the region’s economic and demographic shifts. His deep understanding of the growing demand for private capital investments—particularly in infrastructure, real assets, private equity, venture capital, and private credit—makes him an invaluable asset to CAIA’s efforts in APAC. He holds a B.A. from University College, London.

Hing Wa Poon is a Vice President at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, and a member of the APAC Infrastructure Credit team based in Hong Kong. He focuses on the origination and execution of infrastructure credit investments across developed and emerging markets in Asia Pacific, covering sectors including power and energy, transportation, digital and social infrastructure. As part of GIP’s global infrastructure credit platform, he invests in investment-grade and non-investment grade opportunities, providing financing solutions across the capital structure from senior debt to junior/mezzanine debt and structured equity.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2022, Hing Wa worked in BNP Paribas' Energy & Natural Resources team and DZ BANK's Project Finance team. He has more than 12 years of experience arranging and executing project finance, structured and corporate finance transactions across a broad range of sectors, including infrastructure, power, oil&gas, and metals&mining throughout Asia Pacific.

Hing Wa is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany.
 

Chenhua Shen is a Fund Partner of I Squared Capital, where she is focused on investments and asset management in Asia. She is a member of the Operating Committee and leads the ESG Subcommittee. In 2023, Chenhua was recognized by PEI's Infrastructure Investor as part of the 20 Rising Stars in the industry under 40.

She initially joined ISQ in Hong Kong and has been working closely with portfolio companies in platform rollout, operation, financing, financial reporting, human resource and communication with regulators. She set up Asia Cube Energy, one of the largest renewable energy developers in Asia, invested in Asia Cube Water, a dedicated China wastewater treatment platform, and HGC Global Communications, a leading Hong Kong and international fixed line operator. She set up the ISQ Taipei office in 2021 and re-launched a renewable energy strategy in Taiwan in the name of HEXA Renewables in Fund II and further extends it to a pan-Asia renewable platform in 6 countries in Fund III. She also led the first social infrastructure investment in Asia, Formera Senior Care in Growth Market Fund. She focuses primarily in renewable, utilities and social infrastructure sectors in Asia.

Chenhua was previously an associate on the investment team at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners. The portfolio included investments in several countries and diverse sectors including power generation, co-generation, gas distribution, transmission and distribution companies, airports, toll roads and container ports. Chenhua covered the renewables, gas transmission pipeline, waste to energy, water/wastewater treatment and storage facilities sectors in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. She participated in the Zhaoheng Hydropower deal and closed another investment in the company with a consortium of investors.  

Chenhua holds a Master of Economics from the New York University, a Bachelor of Finance from Peking University, and is a CFA charterholder (inactive).

 

Qi Shou (Theodore) is Chief Investment Officer at Skybound Capital, a global alternative asset manager. He receives his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Shanghai International Studies University. He is a CFA charterholder and CAIA Charterholder.

Theodore started his career lecturing economics in a university. Subsequently, he was working for HSBC, where he was mostly specialized in manager selection and portfolio construction. He was stationed in London, New York, Geneva and Hong Kong. In 2010, he helped to found a family office HGI Capital in Hong Kong and was in charge of managing a multi-asset portfolio there.In 2011, he joined Skybound Capital to build up its Asian business and oversee the group’s portfolios.

Leonard Tso is responsible for the formulation of policy initiatives to attract corporates to set up treasury centres in Hong Kong, enhance Hong Kong’s competitiveness in providing supply chain-related financial services, and develop Hong Kong as a global asset and wealth management hub. He joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in 2009 and served in various functions including reserves management, regulation of retail banking products and development of offshore Renminbi business in Hong Kong. He also served in the office of the Chief Executive of the HKMA, and was seconded to the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to launch a global promotional campaign for Hong Kong. Leonard is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Will Wang is Managing Director of I Win Securities Limited and concurrently serves as Head of the CAIA Greater China Chapter. He has near 30 years of extensive experience in the wealth management industry and has held senior management positions at a number of renowned financial institutions in Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere, including Julius Baer, Barclays, and China Merchants Bank International etc.

Will has been a CAIA member since 2005 and also holds the CFA and CMT charters.

Foreky Wong is a Managing Partner of Argile Partners (Hong Kong) Limited. Argile Partners is a management consulting, turnaround and corporate advisory firm based in Asia, providing global leadership, problem-solving and value creation for organisations across industries around the world.

Foreky has more than 17 years of experience in corporate finance, financial advisory, corporate restructuring, insolvency management, investigations and litigation support. His industry experience includes, but not limited to, property development, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and trading.

Before his current role, Foreky was a co-founder of Fortune Ark Restructuring Limited. Prior founding Fortune Ark, Foreky was a Managing Director in Corporate Finance and Restructuring Segment at a New York listed consulting firm and based in Hong Kong.

Foreky has led engagements in various countries including but not limited to Hong Kong, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. He is fluent in Mandarin, English and Cantonese.

Stephen Wong is Associate Director, Investment at AIA Hong Kong & Macau, overseeing fixed income and alternative investments for the insurer’s general account. He is responsible for portfolio management, investment decision making, oversight of asset managers, due diligence, steering of ESG initiatives, and stakeholder engagement. He also serves as a part-time lecturer.

Previously, Stephen worked for AXA in investment and ALM, China Re in credit research, Moody’s in institutional investment consulting, and China Construction Bank in portfolio management and trading.

Stephen earned his Master of Finance from the University of Cambridge – Judge Business School. He also holds the CAIA charter, FRM certification, and CFA Institute’s Certificate in ESG Investing.