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Pre-conference masterclass:
8 Sept 2008, 9am - 6pm
Conference:
Day 1
9 Sept 2008, 9am - 6pm
Day 2
10 Sept 2008, 9am - 6pm
Post-conference masterclass:
11 Sept 2008, 9am - 6pm
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We are delighted to announce a new Advisory Board for Hedge Funds World Asia 2008 event. Terrapinn would like to thank the following members of the advisory board for their invaluable help and input in the planning and creating of this event.
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Joel Katzman
Independent Consultant
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Mr. Katzman was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Inc. from its inception in 1995 until his retirement in April, 2005. In this role he was responsible for developing and managing hedge fund of fund products for J.P. Morgan Chase's institutional and private banking clients. During his tenure the group grew from $7 million to over $9 billion in assets under management. At the time of his retirement the group had over 70 staff and invested with over 120 hedge fund managers.
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Farhar Malik
Chief Executive Officer
PMA Investment Advisors
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Farhat Malik is chief executive officer of the Hong Kong headquartered PMA. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry in connection to positions such as executive director responsible for new initiatives in Asia for Goldman Sachs, as well as head of strategy (Asia Pacific Region) and country manager (Hong Kong) for Credit Suisse. Along with his core team, he founded PMA in 2002 as the largest ex-Japan hedge fund manager. PMA has a broad range of strategies with a focus on Asia ex-Japan with assets of more than $2 billion.
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Gerard Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Fullerton Fund Management
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Gerard Lee is the Chief Executive Officer of Fullerton Fund Management Company Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. He was previously the head of Temasek’s Fund Management Division. Before joining Temasek, he had held positions as Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Deutsche Asset Management Singapore, Head of Fixed Income Sales at SBC Warburg Singapore and Head of GIC's New York Office. He takes an active interest in the professional development of the Singapore capital markets and is currently an advisor to ACI Singapore - The Financial Markets Association.
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Jerry Wang
Chief Executive Officer / Chief Investment Officer
Vision Investment Management
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Jerry is the founder of Vision Investment Management. He has been in the asset management industry for 17 years. In 2000, Jerry established Vision, aspiring to develop a comprehensive alternative investment management company with efficient investment process, stringent risk management and producing superior risk-adjusted absolute returns. As the CIO of Vision, Jerry works closely with the investment team to continuously enhance every phase along the investment process. The concerted effort results in a sound combination of a meticulous qualitative manager selection process and a proprietary quantitative analysis platform.
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Peter Fletcher
Managing Director
Parly Company SA
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Peter H. Fletcher is the Managing Director of Parly Company, a Geneva-based family office that invests internationally in alternative investments. Fletcher has more than 30 years of international experience covering a broad spectrum of financial management functions in the trust and banking industry in Canada, Australia, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Switzerland. In addition to holding numerous directorships of investment funds and companies, Fletcher has served on various government financial regulatory bodies.
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Kevin Birkett
Director, Asset Management
Dubai International Finance Centre
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Kevin R. Birkett is Director, Asset Management, at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the world’s fastest-growing financial centre. In this role within the Business Development Unit of the DIFC, he is responsible for attracting asset managers to the DIFC and helping them to obtain the appropriate licenses to operate within the financial centre. Mr. Birkett, who brings considerable experience to the position, interacts with asset management companies and at all levels, including Boards of Directors.
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Kirby Daley
Senior Strategist
Head of Capital Introductions - Asia
Prime Brokerage Group
Newedge Group (Hong Kong Branch)
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As Senior Strategist and Head of Capital Introductions – Asia, for Newedge Prime Brokerage Group, Kirby Daley services hedge fund investors and managers all over the Asia-Pacific region.
After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Kirby started his career as a trader for the Special Commodities Division of the Pillsbury Company in the early 1990's. He made a move to Japan in 1993, where his work experience included broking Japanese commodity futures and dealing foreign exchange, with a focus on Japanese yen crosses, before joining Newedge Group in Tokyo (formerly called Fimat Group) in 2001. At Newedge, Kirby worked initially as a Japan Strategist, but added the Hedge Fund Capital Introductions role in late 2002, and currently handles all of these duties out of the Newedge office in Hong Kong.
Kirby is featured prominently in the media for his views on the global economy, markets and politics, having had a regular Monday morning weekly spot on CNBC Asia (Asia Squawk Box) from early 2003 through Spring 2008, and continuing frequent appearances on CNN International, Bloomberg TV, the BBC.
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Richard Johnston
Managing Director
Albourne Partners (Asia)
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Richard set up Albourne Partners (Asia) Limited in September 2004 in order to expand Asian coverage for Albourne Partners Limited, a leading UK based independent hedge fund advisory firm representing over 111 clients with over $150bn invested in hedge funds. Albourne Partners Limited was establish in 1994 and now has over 131 employees in 11 countries.
Richard had spent the previous eleven years with UBS AG in Hong Kong and Singapore, in various senior positions managing equity proprietary tradings, convertible bonds and prime brokerage in the region. Prior to this, he was with Baring Securities in London and Tokyo, specialising in arbitrage trading and risk management.
Richard graduated in Computer Science from Manchester University, UK in 1981 and was admitted as a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales in 1984.
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David Chiu
Executive Director
CY Capital
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David Chiu is the Managing Director of CY Capital, a family office managing the investments of Chung Yuen Electrical Co Ltd. The family office has over 10 years of experience investing in hedge funds .In addition to hedge funds, the family office also allocates to private equity investments and other structured products. Mr Chiu is a chartered accountant by training.
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Nicolas Kong
Chief Investment Officer
National University of Singapore Investment Office
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