Denise Valentine Senior Analyst Aite Group, USA
Denise Valentine is a senior analyst at Aite Group, focusing on institutional asset management, hedge funds, and the intermediary market, evaluating systems in the front, middle, and back office, as well as general industry trends. She has supported clients in the selection of technology systems, the identification of product gaps, new market entry initiatives, and vendor firm acquisitions.

David Stocken Manager, Trading & Market Access, Equity Markets Australian Securities Exchange, Australia
David Stocken has worked in financial markets for over 2 decades. His work experiences include broking, principal trading and equity derivatives market making. David previously worked for Macquarie Bank and helped develop their London, New York and Hong Kong equity & equity derivatives trading desks.

Masaki Suzuki General Manager and Chief Representative, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Singapore
Masaki Suzuki joined the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. in 1989.  Throughout his career with TSE, he has been assigned to various fields.  Mr. Suzuki was the Head of Asian Relations of the Global Business Development before coming to Singapore where is currently the General Manager and Chief Representative of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Dr John Bates Founder and Vice President Progress Apama, USA
Dr John Bates leads the design and development team of the Apama event processing and algorithmic trading products, as well as the team ensuring successful customer deployments. Prior to joining Progress, he was the co-founder, president and chief technology officer of Apama, acquired by Progress in 2005.

Frank Holle Co-Founder Director Quant Asset Management

Frank Holle co-founded Quant Asset Management in 2003, and founded Capital Fund Management in 2001. Prior to this, he managed Holle Guilonard, a company specialising in international electronic equities trading. From 1992 until 1998, Frank worked at Merrill Lynch in London, where he was a director of institutional equities. Prior to this Frank worked in ABN AMRO where worked in the investment banking division.

Kingsley Jones Senior Quantitative Analyst AllianceBernstein Australia

Kingsley is a Portfolio Manager within the International Equities team and is focused on the Thematic Funds series commencing with the Climate Change fund.  Kingsley joined us in 2008 where his responsibilities include supporting the day-to-day management of existing international portfolios along with the development of newer products and the ongoing enhancement of quantitative models. Prior to joining Macquarie, Kingsley helped establish the Australian Value Equities business of AllianceBernstein LP in Sydney performing a quantitative portfolio management role along with a second role as Global Head of Quantitative Trading Research. He has ten years experience in a variety of sell-side and buy-side quantitative equity roles at AllianceBernstein LP, CSFB and County Investment Management. Kingsley holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bristol and has completed the CFA.

Chris Montagu Director, Global Quantitative Research Division Citigroup Investment Research

Chris Montagu is a Director in Citigroup Investment Research? Quantitative Research Group. Chris has worked in the industry for the last eleven years, holding quantitative positions at ITG, Lend Lease Investment Management, and Goldman Sachs JB Were. Chris has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia and a Master of Science from the University of Reading

Mr John Morrison,  Chief Executive Officer,  Man Investments

John Morrison is Chief Executive of Man Investments,  one of the world's largest providers of alternative investment products . Based in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, and in London, Man has offices in 13 countries and its parent, Man Group plc, is a constituent of the FTSE 100.   Since being appointed as Chief Executive in 2005, John has seen Man Investments’ funds under management grow from US$43bn to more than US$71.7bn. John, a pioneer of the Australian alternative investment industry, was awarded the Contribution to the Australian Hedge Fund Industry Award in 2007.   John was previously Managing Director of Man Investments Australia Limited and Chairman of Man Financial Australia Limited (now MF Global). With an extensive legal background, John moved in to the managed funds industry in 1986 with Elders Finance Limited, in Sydney as Head of Derivative Funds Management. He joined the Ord Minnett Group, of Australia, in 1989, becoming a board member and Head of Managed Funds for that group. He was chairman of the Managed Futures and Hedge Funds Association of Australia. John Morrison holds a Bachelor of Legal Studies from Macquarie University.

Mr Richard Gibbs,  Chief Economist,  Macquarie Bank

Richard Gibbs is Chief Economist and Head of Economics for the Macquarie Group Limited. He has worked for Macquarie for the past 14 years and is responsible for the formulation and presentation of the Group’s economic scenarios and forecasts for Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the major industrial economies. He also acts as a specialist adviser to several of the Group’s major corporate clients. Richard is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading global analysts and policy commentators. In the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Greenwich surveys of institutional investors, Richard and his team were ranked number one for Australian economic and market research by investors in the US, the United Kingdom/Europe and Asia. In Australia, the team continues to occupy a Top Two ranking with major institutional investors. He also provides regular briefings to the Australia-China Business Council (ACBC) and frequently delivers the ACBC’s China Economic Updates.  Richard regularly provides commentary on economic and business developments in Australasia and East Asia for CNN, CNBC Asia and BBC World. Richard also acts as Consultant Chief Economist to the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East region. Richard holds a Masters degree in Economics and Finance and a Masters degree in Business Administration as well as a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.  He is also a Trustee of the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), member of the executive committee of the Australian Business Economists and a member of the advisory board for the Centre for Middle Eastern and Central Asian studies at the Australian National University. Richard is also a member of the Board of Youth Off The Streets and is Chairman of the Board Development Committee and Advisory Board member of  Rein Foundation.

Mr William H. Evans, Global Head of Economics, Westpac Economics

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Mr Warren Hogan, Head of Financial Market Economics and Marketing Strategy, ANZ

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Mr Scott Haslem, Executive Director and Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, UBS

Scott Haslem is an Executive Director and the Chief economist for Australasia at UBS. He was rated the number one economist in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Australian BRW Equities Market Report. Scott heads up the UBS economics team, which in 2006 ranked number one in the Australian BRW Equities, Asia Money and Australian & US Greenwich Institutional surveys. Prior to joining the firm, he spent seven years working for the Reserve Bank of Australia, primarily in the Economic Activity and Forecasting section. Scott holds an honours degree in economics (1990) and a masters of economics degree (1994) from the Australian National University.

Chris Caton Chief Economist BT Financial

Chris Caton is the Chief Economist for BT Financial Group.  He was Chief Economist at Bankers Trust from 1991 until July 1999.  From 1994 to 1997, he was also Chairman of the Indicative Planning Council, which advised the Government on matters relating to the housing industry. Previously he worked in the Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and for an economic consulting firm in the United States. Chris was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of Pennsylvania.

John Edwards Chief Economist HSBC

John Edwards is the Chief Economist for Australia and New Zealand for the global financial group, HSBC. In this position he advises the group and its clients on the economic outlook, the direction of exchange rates and interest rates, and on a range of economic policy issues. From 1991 to 1994 John was principal economic adviser to Treasurer and then Prime Minister, Paul Keating.Earlier in his career he was a political and economic journalist in Sydney and Canberra, and worked as a reporter for ten years in Washington. Immediately before joining Mr. Keating, he was the Sydney Morning Herald’s correspondent in Washington, DC. As Chief Economist of HSBC Australia and New Zealand his articles on economic issues have appeared in The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, the Financial Times and other publications, and he is frequently quoted on these issues in the local and international news media and interviewed on television and radio. He has given evidence on economic issues before parliamentary committees, and presented briefings for state and federal officials and ministers. He is also a frequent guest speaker at business forums.

Datuk Yusli Yusoff CEO Malaysian Stock Exchange
Datuk Yusli Yusoff is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia Berhad and a Board Member of its group of companies. He also sits on the Malaysian Capital Market Development Fund Board and is an executive committee member of the Financial Reporting Foundation/Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.

Ms Suzanne Murphy Managing director Acorn Partners

Suzanne Elizabeth Murphy joined Acorn partners as a managing director, due diligence and business development, and member of the investment committee in August 2003. Murphy, who has been in the investment business for more than 15 years, was most recently managing director in charge of alternative investments for CE Unterberg Towbin, a boutique investment bank in New York. While at CEUT, she developed the firm's brand in the alternative investment area and was instrumental in launching a hedge fund in partnership with Standard & Poor's and a fund of funds. She also has experience in the private equity and real estate areas of the investment business. Prior to joining CEUT, her career was in capital markets, where she developed expertise in convertible bonds and US equities at firms like Drexel Burnham and Morgan Stanley. Murphy received a BA, magna cum laude, from Wheaton College in 1988. She currently serves on the president's commission of the college as well as on its investment committee..

Dr Richard Horodeck Managing Driector Drake Management

As a Managing Director in Drake's Client Management Group, Richard heads the team that manages relations with and develops products for investors across Asia. He also serves as President of Drake Management (Asia) Ltd., the firm's Asian regional headquarters in Tokyo. Richard joined Drake following a career as an attorney and consultant whose clients included many of Japan and Asia's leading financial institutions. As an attorney, Richard focused on the tax, legal and business structuring of offshore investments, creating the first investment limited partnerships funded with Japanese public pension money (the historic "Nenpuku" funds), and the first unit trusts organized by Japanese insurers. A consulting arm, known as "HedgeJapan," was added to this practice in 1996, in response to calls from Japanese institutions for more accurate information about hedge funds. HedgeJapan served as a catalyst for the Japanese alternative industry, from 1997 to 2004 operating the first and only regular monthly seminar dedicated to bringing Japanese institutions and hedge fund managers together, and in 2002 launching www.hedgejapan.com, the first Japanese-language website dedicated to the needs of Japanese institutional hedge fund investors.

Mr Glenn Langton, Principal GCL Consulting
Datuk Yusli Yusoff is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia Berhad and a Board Member of its group of companies. He also sits on the Malaysian Capital Market Development Fund Board and is an executive committee member of the Financial Reporting Foundation/Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.

Ms Jill Zelenko Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer EnTrust Capital

Jill is a Managing Director and has been the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Risk Officer of EnTrust Capital Inc. since July 2000. EnTrust Capital is an SEC registered investment advisory firm which currently manages over $2.8 billion of assets for institutions, nonprofit organizations, and high net worth individuals in hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and long-only equity and fixed-income accounts. Prior to joining EnTrust Capital, Jill was a ManagingDirector/Partner of American Express Tax & Business Services Inc./Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP, which she joined in 1990. There she served as auditor, regulatory and business advisor to her clients, which included investment advisors, broker-dealers and hedge funds

Mr Richard Keary Head of Altenatives, MFS

Richard is CIO Alternative Investmetns and MFS and CEO of MFS Alternative Asset Limited.  The firm manages the MFS Water Fund and invests in the equity of absolute return fund managers. Prior to joining MFS Ricahrd spent almost ten years with BT Financial Group where he oversaw almost $1.8 billion of investments in hedge funds and commodities.  He created the first comingled fund that specifically seeded local hedge fund managers in 2000 and lauched the first multi-manager commodity product in 2002.  He has an MBA from MBS and Degrees in Banking and Finance and Oriental Studies from CIT and the University of Melbourne.

Mr Martyn Wild Senior Consultant Russell Investment Consulting
Datuk Yusli Yusoff is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia Berhad and a Board Member of its group of companies. He also sits on the Malaysian Capital Market Development Fund Board and is an executive committee member of the Financial Reporting Foundation/Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.

Asoka Markandu General Manager, FXall Asia

Asoka has overall responsibility for FXall's operations in Asia, working closely with the Singapore and Tokyo offices to drive sales and distribution across the region. Asoka joined FXall from Reuters Asia, where he worked for 14 years in a variety of sales, marketing, and product management roles, most recently as Business Manager & Head of Sales for Reuters Transactions, Sale & Trading Division, Asia. In this role, he was responsible for managing and growing the Reuters Electronic Trading (RET) business in Asia and in leading the successful sale and implementation of a multi-bank portal at CFETS in China. Prior to this, he was posted to Mumbai, India as the Reuters Marketing Manager for South Asia with responsibility for business development, product and data management, public relations and marketing support for the region. Before joining Reuters, Asoka worked briefly for Citibank and Andersen Consulting. Whilst at Andersen's he was posted to Indonesia for an extended period of time with responsibility for design and development of banking solutions for the retail segment. Asoka completed his post-graduate studies (MSc) at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) on the back of a Raffles scholarship from the British Council in 1991. He did his undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore where he achieved Honours in Economics in 1988.

David Broadfield Manager ITG

David Broadfield is the Manager of ITG's Analytical Product Research group in Australia, specialising in pre-and post trade analysis of equity execution costs.  David joined ITG in early 2007 from the London office of UBS, where he had worked for over five years in a variety of derivatives sales and product management roles.  David holds a Masters degree in mechanical engineering from Warwick University.

Phillip York Chief Executive Officer,  Empyreal Investments Group

Mr York is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Empyreal Investments Group.  Mr York’s has been trading equities and derivatives for over 20 years. In 1992, Mr York commenced trading Managed Accounts.  In 1996 Mr York formed his first hedge fund and in 2004 merged with the Empyreal Investments Group to diversify his interests. As CEO of the Empyreal Investments Group Mr York manages a diverse range of funds with traders and advisors specializing in sectors from Commodity Arbitrage to Long/Short and Distressed Equities. Mr York strong background in trading remains a significant factor as he continues to be a principal driver behind the much of the research, development and implementation of the systems and methods employed by the Empyreal funds.

Richard Coggins Head of Algorithmic Trading Citigroup

David Broadfield is the Manager of ITG's Analytical Product Research group in Australia, specialising in pre-and post trade analysis of equity execution costs.  David joined ITG in early 2007 from the London office of UBS, where he had worked for over five years in a variety of derivatives sales and product management roles.  David holds a Masters degree in mechanical engineering from Warwick University.