Quant Invest Asia - list of speakers 

Ms. Ali joined the firm in 2005 and is part of the investment team for the Research Enhanced products. Ms. Ali is responsible for quantitative model research, developments and enhancements, portfolio construction R&D for global enhanced index products. Previously, she was a Consultant for the Financial Models Company. Ms. Ali holds degrees in...

Giovanni is Managing Partner at FGS Capital LLP, where he has been CEO and responsible for portfolio management since co-founding the firm in 2002. Previously he was Associate Director of hedge funds at First Quadrant Ltd, where he set up and managed its Pan European long/short equity market neutral portfolios, and was responsible for UK-based...

Aaron Boesky is the founder and CEO of Marco Polo Investments and the Marco Polo Pure China Fund. He has ten years experience Asset Management in the United States at Rosenberg Investments and in China as CEO of Marco Polo Investments. Aaron has been dedicated to the Chinese markets since 2001. As CEO and Founder of the world’s first foreign...

Didier Brizard is Tiaré Groupe’s Representative for the Asia Pacific Rim. He is representing the group at some public speaking events and manages the company PR campaigns in Asia with the objectives of developing the clientele portfolio of Tiaré Groupe in this part of the world. - In 1987, Didier has started his professional career in France as...

Mr. William Chan is Founder and CEO of Stamford Priveẽ, a full service Multi-family office and fund management co. Stamford Management where they help business owning or wealth owning families to execute investment management and asset allocation; business transition planning; financial, wealth and estate planning; wealth preservation and...

Johnson Cheung has over 20 years of experience in the securities industry, specializing in China equity research and investment banking. He started his career in 1992 at HSBC James Capel and then joined Credit Lyonnais Securities (CLSA) in 1994 covering first China then Taiwan equity research. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 as the China Equity...

Heather Davis is a senior managing director and Head of Global Private Markets for the TIAA-CREF organization. Ms. Davis is responsible for overseeing the organization’s private fixed-income and private equity investments including direct private equity investments in natural resources, energy and infrastructure. Most recently, she was Head of...

John Dawson is a Hong Kong-based markets reporter for Bloomberg Television. Dawson, who has interviewed some of the world's leading newsmakers, provides in-depth coverage of Asia Pacific business, political and economic news for Bloomberg's global television network. He also frequently moderates panels and speaks at high-level conferences and...

Rudyard EKINDI is a civil engineer from Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne in France. He also studied actuarials at ISFA in Lyon. Rudyard started his career in 1996 as an actuary consultant, then spent two years as a senior consultant for KPMG – Strategic Risk Management, on the capital market side. In 1999 Rudyard joined Credit Suisse Asset Management ...

Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED, which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager. Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter "The...

Marc Fisher is responsible for Marketing in Asia Pacific ex-Japan and Korea. Additionally, Marc manages the FRM Principia business and serves as product head for FRM’s managed futures fund, Sigma. Previously, Marc was a Managing Director at Citigroup where he founded and managed the fund derivative marketing business, overseeing $11bio of client...

Mr Fung joined the Market Development Division of Hong Kong Monetary Authority in 2011. His main responsibilities include the development of marketing and outreach efforts to promote Hong Kong's asset management business, together with the associated policy formulation work to enhance Hong Kong's competitiveness as an international asset...

Felix Gasser manages at Man Investments’ multi-manager business in Switzerland $2bln in client portfolios across managed futures and global macro portfolios. Prior he was Head of Managed Futures Hedge Fund Research at Man/RMF, in charge of manager selection and due diligence. Felix started his career as futures- and physical- cocoa and sugar...

Bryan is the Head of Alternatives at DBS Bank. Prior to DBS Bank, Bryan was responsible for due diligence and research at First Avenue. He focused primarily on the hedge fund practice and was responsible for manager sourcing, selection and due diligence as well as investment strategy. Prior to First Avenue, Bryan was a Director at the Oaks...

Mr. Gottschalk, co-founder and board member of Gottex Fund Management, is a German citizen and joined Gottex in August 1998. Mr. Gottschalk played an integral part in designing Gottex’s suite of products and growing the business to become one of the main alternative investment groups globally. From 1998 to 2011, Mr. Gottschalk ran Gottex’s...

Robert R. Griffin is an Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager for the Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan. Mr. Griffin joined MERS in the spring of 2007 and is involved in all aspects of the $6.5 billion system. His duties include: the portfolio management of a $325 million short duration fixed income strategy; a member of a...

Pranay Gupta joined Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch in 2012, as the Chief Investment Officer – Asia, and Global Head of Investment Solutions for the Investment Management and Private Client businesses. In this dual role, Pranay leads all the investment efforts in the Asia Pacific region, as well as oversees the creation of optimal investment...

Edward Gustely serves as the Managing Director of Penida Capital Advisors, Ltd. He has over $30 billion of emerging market experience involving infrastructure and low-carbon investments, capital restructurings and privatizations, and has advised on $7.5 billion of securitization issues including the successful launch of Indonesia’s maiden 30-year ...

Sean is responsible for the management of the Future Directions range of single and multi-sector funds as well as any third-party fund management relationships. Sean has extensive manager research and investment strategy experience stemming from his investment consulting background. Sean chairs the various Investment Committees which provide both...

Peter Hodgson is the Group Chief Executive Officer of The Myer Family Company. He joined the group on 1 July 2009. Until 2008, Peter was Group Managing Director Institutional at ANZ. Previously he was Chief Risk Officer for two years (2005-2007). During this time at the ANZ, he was also on the Bank’s Management Board, whilst also serving as a...

Education 1984-1989 University of Utrecht – Masters Dutch Corporate Law Professional Experience 1989-1990 University of Utrecht- Academic Researcher Corporate Law Department 1990-1992 Abn Amro Bank, Amsterdam – International Investment Banking Division 1992-1998 Merrill Lynch, London – Director Institutional Equity Sales (to Benelux and...

Stephen Joske is the Senior Manager, Asia at AustralianSuper. Based in Beijing, he is responsible for overseeing the fund’s strategy for its increasing investments in the Asian region across all asset classes. With $42billion in funds under management and a net cash inflow of over $3.5billion a year AustralianSuper is increasingly expanding its...

Nirav Kachalia is a Managing Director of Investments at Morgan Creek and one of the founding members of the investment team with a principal focus on private investments. Mr. Kachalia joined Morgan Creek in December 2004 and has led the team in completing over $4.0 billion in commitments to private assets across both funds and co-investments. ...

Jason Hyunjae Kim is Senior Professional at Asset Management Executive Department in Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance CO., Ltd. He executes duties related to due diligence, transaction sourcing, financial advisory service, and credit approval of worldwide Public Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure financing projects. Prior to joining...

Barry is the founding partner of Gen2 Partners and also serves as the CIO of the private investment business, currently managing a portfolio of USD100m in the Asia Private Credit Fund. He previously ran the structured collateralised financing team at BNP Paribas HK on the hedge fund asset-side. Barry originated, executed and managed a portfolio of ...

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Mr. Magnoli Bocchi is Chief Economist, member of the Management Team and the Investment Committee at the Kuwait China Investment Company (KCIC). Prior to joining KCIC, Mr. Magnoli Bocchi was with the World Bank as a Senior Economist. He also was a Research Associate with Harvard University and an economist with the Inter-American Development...

John Maragiannis is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Axius Partners. Axius Partners is a Third Party Marketing, Funds Management Advisory and Capital Advisory firm. Axius is headquartered in Sydney with representative offices in Chicago and Singapore. The company has extensive experience across Funds Management, Banking and Finance. Axius’ ...

History of specific experience includes: - Member of Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Bank Negara Indonesia - Member of system development team for middle-size credit in Bank Negara Indonesia - Member of Rescue Team for Pasific Bank - Chairman of BPD Nusa Tenggara Timur Due Diligence - Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) in Bank Negara Indonesia...

Jose Minaya is Managing Director and head of TIAA-CREF’s Natural Resources & Infrastructure Investments team. He is based in North Carolina and his responsibilities include building and managing TIAA’s Agriculture, Timber, Energy, and Infrastructure investments, and overseeing TIAA-CREF’s relationships with various investor and strategic...

Thor Monsen is the Hedge Fund Strategy Head in Asia for Citi Private Bank (CPB). Thor has eleven years experience in hedge fund investing. Prior to joining Citi, he was a Director at Cadogan Management based in Hong Kong where he selected and monitored Asian hedge funds. Previously he was a Senior Research Analyst with Schroders NewFinance...

Marco Montanari Head of db x-trackers ETFs –Asia Deutsche Bank Marco Montanarijoined Deutsche Bank in 2006 and he is the Head of Deutsche Bank’s ETFs, branded as db x-trackers, in Asia. Marco brings a wealth of European ETFs experience to Asia. Prior to his appointment in this region, Marco was responsible for developing the European Fixed Income...

Tetsuo Ochi is the Chief Executive Officer of MCP Asset Management Company Limited, an investment management company based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining MCP Asset Management Company Limited, Mr. Ochi was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse Financial Products in Tokyo. Before April 1997, when Credit Suisse Financial Products commenced business...

Mr. Okada is Chief Investment Officer of Highland Capital Management, L.P. and is responsible for overseeing Highland’s investment activities for its various strategies. Mr. Okada is a pioneer in the development of the bank loan market and has over 25 years of credit experience. He is responsible for structuring one of the industry’s first...

Tushar Patel is the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director at Hedge Funds Investment Management Ltd (“HFIM”). London. He is responsible for Investment Management for the fund of hedge funds activities at the firm. The firm’s approach is identify, research and invest in Emerging Alpha Strategies. He has 15 years of experience within hedge...

Brian Pohli established and presently manages the CQS (Hong Kong) Limited office and is responsible for daily management functions, including compliance and oversight, for the operations of the firm. He is the Responsible Officer for the Securities and Futures Commission Hong Kong. Prior to joining CQS in 2004, Brian worked at CSFB in Hong Kong...

Judith Posnikoff, PhD is a Managing Director and a Founding Partner of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC (PAAMCO), a leading provider of hedge fund portfolios to sophisticated global institutional investors. As chair of PAAMCO’s Investment Oversight Committee and a member of the firm’s Account Management Committee, she is involved ...

Prior to joining Tano Capital in 2007, Terry Robacker founded Robacker Global Investments, Ltd, an asset management company for high net worth clients. He developed client-specific hedge and risk management strategies to protect against global currency fluctuation and inflation. Previously, Mr. Robacker was the Chief Administrative Officer for...

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Karsten is the Executive Chairman of Amplitude Capital and the portfolio manager for Amplitude’s range of funds. He oversees all the key decisions related to product development, research and strategy. Together with his partners he founded Amplitude Capital in September 2004. Prior to that he was with McKinsey where he was involved in a number of...

Judith joined WyeTree in September 2007 to launch the residential mortgage and residential real estate platform and develop risk analytics. She brings with her a wide variety of experience in asset selection and analysis. Prior to WyeTree, Judith was the head of the ABS team at Solent Capital, which was awarded best CDO manager of the year for...

Tokihiko Shimizu is Director-General of Research Department & Investment Policy Actuary at Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), Japan. He is responsible for Designing and implementing the strategic asset allocation. He also lectures the actuarial mathematics and financial engineering at Waseda University. He has 23 years experience in the...

Hao Sun, Senior Financial Engineer at Ketchum Trading, a subsidiary of Hull Investments, is responsible for researching and developing strategies in high frequency futures and options trading. Before taking this role he served as Financial Engineer at Matlock Capital, focusing on market making and volatility forecasting for equity options...

From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Teng served the China Northeastern Power Group (NEPG), with responsibilities of corporate planning and project development. He then joined the China Development Bank (CDB) for 10 years as credit management focusing on energy and infrastructures projects. He moved to China Southern Grid Finance Corporation (CSGF), served the...

Ms. Tse joined Permal in 2005, with responsibility for marketing and business development initiatives to financial intermediaries and institutional clients for the Permal Group in HK, Taiwan and China. Prior to Permal, Ms. Tse was with Pioneer Investments where she was in charge of business development in Greater China. Ms. Tse holds a Master...

Sandeep Tyagi is the Chairman and Managing Director of Estee Advisors. He is responsible for setting the firm’s direction, sustaining a winning culture and developing profitable investment strategies. Prior to Estee Advisors, Mr. Tyagi was the CEO of Inductis for seven years, a consulting and analytics outsourcing firm that he founded in 2000. ...

Richard Waddington is a founding partner and the CEO of The Sherpa Funds, a systematic FX Trading business based in Singapore. Richard has been a Trader and Derivatives professional for 20 years, running sell-side global trading businesses, as well as his own technology company, before moving to set up The Sherpa Funds. Richard holds an M.A. & ...

David Walter, MA is a Director in PAAMCO’s Portfolio Management Group based in the firm’s Singapore office. He is responsible for Asian focused investments and acts as Head of Research for Asia and Portfolio Manager for the Pan Asia Portfolio Solutions’ funds. Prior to joining PAAMCO, David performed a similar role for KBC Alpha Asset...

Mr. Wang is the portfolio manager of the Angel Funds as well as Managing Director of Samena Capital Hong Kong. Prior to joining Samena Capital where he heads Samena Asia Managers, he was a Managing Director with Vision Investment Management in charge of the firm’s hedge fund seeding business. He has 18 years experience in the investment management ...

Mr. Ronnie Wu is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Penjing Asset Management Ltd founded in 2005, a HK-based firm with 25 of which 10 are investment professionals. He leads the effort in hedge fund research and selection, portfolio construction and monitoring the macro environment. As a key management partner, Mr. Wu is also responsible ...

Harold Yoon is a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of SAIL Advisors Limited. Prior to joining SAIL in July 2009, Harold was the Chief Investment Officer and Head of ING Fund of Hedge Funds where he served as portfolio manager for the funds of hedge funds offered by ING. He joined ING Investment Management in 2002. From 2000 to...