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Vanessa Hemavathi is Global Program Director for the Henley Executive Hedge Program and is responsible for overseeing the program’s activities within Asia and US. Prior to this, she worked at the Wall Street Journal in Singapore and Hong Kong where she was handling commercial partnerships to accelerate the digital growth of the business across Asia Pacific. She also spearheaded the go to market strategy of several high profile projects with both Newscorp and Dow Jones entities globally. She has also worked at Terrapin as Business Development Director overseeing the sales for Greater China, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan. Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Science from the National University of Singapore and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the National Institute of Education.

Peter Henke is the Founder of the firm myRPOAsia, which offers economical and comprehensive outsourced recruitment solutions to Investment Management industry in Asia, with a focus on Hedge Funds. He has been in Asia for 20 years and in Singapore for 10. He has lead Asset Management practices at several boutique recruitment firms, and has led the Singapore practice for Japan’s largest Executive Search firm.

Tahnoon Pasha is based in Spencer Stuart’s Singapore office and is a member of the firm’s Financial Services Practice. With nearly three decades of experience in the investment management industry, Tahnoon specializes in financial services searches, working with a range of clients in the asset management, insurance and sovereign wealth sectors in Southeast Asia. Prior to Spencer Stuart, Tahnoon was the co-founder and the chief executive officer of Cynopsis Solutions, providing statutory, regulatory and management reporting solutions to insurers, asset managers, financial advisers, banks and securities companies. Previously, Tahnoon served Aviva Investors as the CEO of the Singapore office as well as the CEO for its Equity and Fixed Income businesses across Asia Pacific. His key achievements in Aviva Investors include overseeing asset under management of several billions of dollar in Asian mandates, setting up strategic offices in Asia in particular, hubbing key businesses in Singapore and developing successful growth strategies which involved building high performing investment teams in the region. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration and an M.B.A. from the University of Karachi, Pakistan. He is a chartered financial analyst and has been a member of the CFA Institute since 1995.

Previously, Peggy was the Head of Singapore and Digital Lead of Ryan Communication, which was acquired by Teneo in May 2017. She has significant experience working across industries including investment banking, asset management, private equity, real estate, universities and non-profit organisations, among others. Ms. Wu’s experience includes providing strategic counsel for global asset managers in Asia, developing a multi-media crisis simulation to train CMOs and CROs for global investment banks and advising a private individual involved in a high-profile multi-year legal dispute. She has worked in Beijing, Singapore and Hong Kong. She counsels US, UK and Asia-Pacific executives, directors and in-house communications teams on branding and positioning, special situations, reputation repair and management and integrated content marketing. Peggy has developed and executed localised and sustainable digital and social media campaigns for clients. She also has experience in developing crisis simulation and training activities for global financial firms. Peggy has been a keynote speaker for universities, clients and associations in Asia on various topics, including thought leadership, building strategic digital and social media campaigns and the state of the media landscape in Asia. She has written for a number of publications including PRWeek and The Holmes Report. She has been quoted in publications including Ignites Asia and Marketing Interactive. Peggy holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from American University in Washington D.C. She also holds the CFA Institute’s Investment Foundations certificate and the Social Media Marketing Certificate from Hootsuite. Previously, she was a consultant for social media platform Sina Weibo. A native New Yorker, Peggy speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. Memberships and Affiliations • CFA Institute • CAIA Association