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Robert is the Founder and Managing Director of Raffles Capital, an independent, privately-owned business and management consulting firm incorporated in Singapore. Raffles Capital provides business development, research and advisory services to the public and private sectors, with a particular focus on the investment management industry. Prior to founding Raffles Capital, Robert was responsible for the business development of an alternative investment manager in Southeast Asia. He was previously in charge of marketing the investment funds practice of a leading global professional services firm in the MENA region, and was based in Dubai. Robert started his career with BNP Paribas in Frankfurt (Germany) and Paris (France), before moving to Singapore in 2005 to help grow their asset management business. He holds a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Robert is a CAIA charter holder and Head of the CAIA Association's Singapore Chapter.

Chee Loong is a Principal Consultant at Mercer Investments. He has over 20 years professional experience in the financial/investment industry, spanning across financial supervision, investment management and investment consultancy. Prior to joining Mercer, Chee Loong was a Senior Investment Director with Cambridge Associates where he worked with a range of institutional investors, including universities and private clients, to develop investment strategy, implement portfolios and served as an adviser on construction and oversight of their hedge fund portfolios. Chee Loong started his career with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 1995, first as a financial regulator where he was primarily responsible for formulating policies regulating the securities and financial advisory industries. He subsequently held the position of Lead Portfolio Manager (Foreign Exchange) where his core responsibility was the investment management of Singapore’s official foreign reserves. After leaving MAS in 2008, Chee Loong joined Pacific Asset Management Singapore as an investment manager, where he was responsible for managing portfolios through FX strategies and fixed income securities. Chee Loong holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (1st Class Honors) degree from Nanyang Technological University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Pierre DeGagne joined DBS in September 2013 and is heading up new initiatives in Fund Selection & Strategy across both DBS Retail and Private Bank Segments. He is responsible for the selection of high conviction funds in both the traditional and alternative space. With focus on delivering client oriented solutions, Pierre is responsible for identifying, reviewing, and communicating our conviction ideas though multiple channels. With an emphasis on deep dive subjective research, his team works to identify funds that can deliver outperformance on a forward-looking basis. He is integral to our efforts to institutionalize our overall annuity strategy with enhanced systems, client support and implementable model solutions. Pierre has over 15 years of experience interviewing Portfolio Managers globally and identifying teams with competitive advantages in the market. Before joining DBS, Pierre was the Head of Fund Selection for Standard Chartered Bank, and held the position of Director at Merrill Lynch. Most recently, Pierre worked as Principal at Mercer Consulting. Pierre holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Political Studies from University of Manitoba and is a CFA Charterholder. A Canadian citizen, Pierre has lived in Austria, Germany & UK, before settling in Singapore with his wife as a Permanent Resident seven years ago. Together they have a young daughter.

Edward Moon is an Executive Director and leads Hedge Fund and Liquid Alternative investments at Bank of Singapore. Prior to joining BOS, he was a Managing Director at Lighthouse Canton where he was responsible for all business and strategy decisions for Ataraxia Quant Strategies. Prior, Edward served as CIO of Woori Absolute Partners (“WAP”), the alternative investment management platform for the Woori Group. Under his direction, WAP was named “Best Manager of Funds of Hedge Funds” by AsianInvestor for its Korean Awards for three consecutive years (‘12, ‘13 and ‘14). The flagship fund was also named “Best Fund of Hedge Funds Multi-Strategy” by HFM for its Asia Awards 2013. Edward was also previously a Vice President at Citigroup and a financial analyst at Credit Suisse. Edward holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA with honours from Brown University.

Karim Mrani Alaoui is the Chief Investment Officer of a Single Family Office based in Singapore. Karim started his career at BNP Paribas in Paris before moving to Singapore to join Societe Generale. He held successive investment responsibilities in the Private Banking and Asset management arms of the Societe Generale Group, starting as a Discretionary portfolio manager before moving on to a product manager and specialist role, focusing on Asia ex Japan equity funds, at SG Asset Management. After a mission at the corporate strategy department of Societe Generale Private Banking, Karim returned to the investment team as an investment counsellor for ultra high net worth individuals, and also taking charge of developing the funds and hedge funds business in Asia ex Japan. He subsequently joined the Investment Manager after leaving Societe Generale. Karim graduated from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP Europe), with a Master’s degree. He is a CFA Charterholder, as well as a CAIA Charterholder.