Ryan Zurrer

Founder, Dialetic

Ryan is the founder of Dialectic, a Swiss-based family office focused on alternative assets. Ryan was a very early investor in some of the best-performing venture investments of the last decade including (chronologically) Ethereum, MakerDAO, Polychain Capital, Filecoin, Polkadot, Dfinity, Solana, Near, Avalanche, Axie Infinity, Yield Guild Games and dozens of others. Ryan launched Polychain’s private investment activities and is considered the co-creator of the SAFT. He has built a reputation for being a value-add venture investor with a uniquely global purview and deep understanding of decentralized networks as well as crypto-native challenges and opportunities in an international context. He is the owner of an important digital art collection which includes Beeple’s HUMAN ONE. Previously he was CEO of a large Brazilian renewables firm and is responsible for roughly 1GW of wind and solar power development globally along with a range of renewable energy innovations.

Sean Xiang

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hermitage Capital

Sean Xiang is the Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital, a technology-dedicated private equity firm with AUM of US$1.2 billion and teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York. He has been involved in all phases of Hermitage’s development since its founding in 2017.

Hermitage invests across the value chain of global technology sectors, in particular Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Vehicles, SaaS, FinTech, Cloud, Semiconductors, and Internet. With its mission to partner with legendary tech companies and determined spirits and to generate outstanding return for the investors, Hermitage’s portfolio companies include Tencent Music (NYSE: TME), Lufax Holding (NYSE: LU), 360 DigiTech (NASDAQ: QFIN), SenseTime (HKEX: 0020), Airwallex, Horizon Robotics, PingCAP, XTalpi, SmartMore, Innovusion, Factorial Energy, ScaleFlux, WeDoctor and Ximalaya.

Sean has over 16 years of private equity and investment banking experience. He was named China’s 40 Under 40 Investors in 2021 by CYZone and China’s Top 100 Private Equity Investors in 2021 by ChinaVenture. From 2006 to 2016, Sean served in the Investment Banking Division of J.P. Morgan (Hong Kong) and Macquarie (Beijing).

Sean is currently based in Hong Kong.

Rosaline Wong

Founder, HomeArt; Founder & G.P., Zheng He Bella Romaine

Rosaline Wong founded ‘HomeArt’ in 2015 with its headquarters in Hong Kong. She started her art and design collection and business in 2006 and is now one of the world's most highly respected and influential collectors. With discerning taste and an exceptional eye for quality, Rosaline’s interest and extensive collection span from antiquity to modern and contemporary, Chinese to African and Oceanic art.

HomeArt provides professional advice to private collectors and corporations and assists them in their art acquisitions and investments. HomeArt’s strength lies in its ability to focus on discreet sourcing of rare and important artworks with an appreciating long-term value. Together with Rosaline’s insightful advice and encouragement, HomeArt has been instrumental in many private and corporate clients’ decisions to start and grow their art collections.

With a focus on building long-term relationships with collectors, HomeArt has established a strong track record in transacting artworks of the highest quality and value. Many of these works are regularly borrowed worldwide for exhibitions by major museums and institutions. HomeArt has empowered the most defining exhibitions by providing masterworks of art and making them accessible to a larger public audience.

HomeArt also collaborates with major auction houses and museums to promote and enhance the value of art. Below is a list of its recent collaborations:

• May 2021: HomeArt collaborated with Christie’s to showcase a collection of masterpieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat in “Radiance: The Basquiat Show”. This phenomenal exhibition was followed by a sale of a major Basquiat work at Christie’s in its ‘20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale’ in Hong Kong: - ‘Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox face), 1982’ sold for HK$234,290,000 in May 2021, and represented a 98% increase in value from its last auction price in 2017.

• November 2021: To celebrate the 100th birthday of François Gilot, one of the world’s most important female artists in the 20th century, and a dear friend of Rosaline, HomeArt collaborated with Christie’s to exhibit the show "Françoise Gilot: A Celebration" at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  
  Coinciding with the François Gilot exhibition, Gilot’s ‘Living Forest’ painting was auctioned in Christie’s ‘20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale’ in Hong Kong in November 2021. This exceptional artwork achieved a price of HK$9,850,000, representing a 398% increase in value compared to its last auction price in 2014.

• May 2022: HomeArt collaborated with Christie’s on the “Flesh and Soul: Bacon/ Ghenie” show. This was the world’s first-ever exhibition to showcase masterpieces by Francis Bacon and Adrian Ghenie and it attracted over 20,000 viewers in just 8 days at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. An equally successful exhibition was repeated in Seoul at the “Boon The Shop” in September 2022, and the exhibition attracted major local and international collectors, gallerists and art specialists from all over the world.

  
  Coinciding with the “Flesh and Soul: Bacon/Ghenie” show in Hong Kong, Adrian Ghenie’s ‘Pie Fight Interior 12, 2014’ was auctioned in Christie’s ‘20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale’ in May 2022. The work was sold for HK$80,060,000 and is the most expensive work by Ghenie sold in an auction.

• October 2022: “Golden Boy – Gustav Klimt”, a major exhibition that took 7 years in the making, opened at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to critical acclaim. This exhibition was made possible in cooperation with Rosaline and HomeArt who were key in securing iconic masterpieces for the show and providing advisory support.

Adam Watson

Partner & Co-Head of Asia Pacific, Partners Capital

Adam Watson is a Partner and Co-Head of Asia Pacific at Partners Capital, a global Outsourced Investment Office with over $45B of client assets under management.

He joined Partners Capital in London in 2009 before relocating to Asia to set-up the firm’s Hong Kong office in 2013 and Singapore office in 2015, where he is now based. He is the lead Portfolio Manager specialising in Asian multi-asset class investing, alongside being client CIO to a number of Asia Pacific client portfolios.

Prior to Partners Capital, Adam worked as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He completed his undergraduate degree in Economics at the University of Cambridge and has a Masters in Finance degree with distinction from INSEAD Business School. Adam is also a CFA Charterholder.

Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang

Founder & President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), the leading Chinese think tank that ranked 64th worldwide; In addition, he is Vice Chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation under Ministry of Commerce; a Director of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and a Director of China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, both under the supervision of Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; and the Dean of Institute of Development Studies of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics of China. Currently, he is a Steering Committee Member of the Paris Peace Forum and Metropolis International and also sits on the Advisory Board of Duke Kunshan University and Richard Ivey Business School.

Dr. Wang pursued his PhD studies at University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester. He was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, a Visiting Fellow of Brookings Institute. He was once in charge of Chinese companies going global at the then Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in the early 1980s ; he also worked as Chief Trade Representative for the Quebec Government Office in Hong Kong and Greater China, Managing Director of Asia at SNC-Lavalin, and Vice President at AMEC-AGRA in Canada and an expert for World Bank, IOM and ILO. He has published nearly 100 books in both Chinese and English on global trade and investment, international relations, global governance etc.

Kay Van-Petersen

Tip of the Spear, Ascent Capital
Core-Contributor, The REFORM DAO
Advisor & Investor, RVVUP

KVP sits at the helm of Ascent Capital, an esoteric, always investing & independent thinking family office that has four prime objectives: 1. The ability to extrapolate from incomplete data 2. Strategic Advisory Across the domains of Crypto, Macro, Venture & AI… 3… Which then tends to ripple into Strategic Investments into early-stage ventures & opportunities

House Ascent Creed: Chasing Jupiter… House Ascent’s Words: Prescient Always, Rising Forever.

KVP is a core-contributor to the Reform DAO – that is setting the bell-curve on the next evolution of DAOs, by cultivating an ecosystem of investing, market making & full on-chain transparency. His current focus is around business development & strategic partnerships.

He is also a Strategic Executive Advisor to the HODL Group Board - a best-in-class Digital Asset Manager & Builder – where he helps map out their global strategy, as well as capital raising initiatives. The HODL group returned +8x in the 2020-2021 cycle, as of the end of Oct 2023, their Pro-Forma returns are at c. +70% & +40% for their systematic fund & fundamental fund.

Ascent is a founding NED & Angel investor in Rvvup - a third generation multi-rail payment platform that delivers new real-time open banking and digital currency payments, alongside Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay & BNPL - future proofing businesses with one simple integration, instant settlement, increased conversion and lower fees.

Ascent is also an Advisor & investor to AI Companies TriSpectra & Synthar – which will be featured at the 2023 Singapore Fintech Festival.

He is Investor & Advisor to SoGal Ventures – A VC fund backing unconventional founders (women & minorities) & business models (Fund One is tracking at +10x).

KVP brings over 20 years of experience across the global finance sphere, having worked in London, Hong Kong, New York, Rio De Janeiro, Singapore & Thailand - He currently spends his time between the latter two, as well as the Middle East which he feels is just on the cusp of its Renaissance.

KVP stands out as a clear & independent thinker, with an esoteric global background spanning multiple countries & cultures. He possesses deep expertise in 1st principal frameworks across areas like Global Macro, Blockchain, AI, Finance & Geopolitics, along with a strong grasp of Strategy, Financials & Valuation.

He has worked across Investment Banking CF | M&A (Bottoms-Up) to Asset Allocation (investing) to being a Cross-Asset + Macro Investment Strategist (Top-Down).

Outside of filtering for exceptional opportunities & sapiens, he is a big-time sci-fi junkie, gamer, padawan martial artist & runner.

Kim Rosenkilde

Group Chief Investment Officer, Singlife

Kim leads the Group’s investment management activities. He has previously held senior executive roles with ICAP, Deutsche Bank and ABN AMRO Bank in London, New York, Tokyo and Shanghai, always with significant Risk, Regulatory and Revenue responsibility. Kim is also Chairman of Navigator Investment Services Limited, a Singapore Life company.

Daniel Roberts

Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director, Iris Energy

Daniel Roberts is a Co-Founder, Co-CEO and Director of Iris Energy. Daniel has over 15 years’ experience across finance, infrastructure and renewables. Daniel was previously the 2nd largest individual shareholder in Palisade Investment Partners ($6bn AUM, direct infrastructure assets across 23 businesses). Daniel has extensive board experience spanning airports, ports, gas pipelines, bulk liquid storage businesses, waste treatment facilities and wind and solar farms. Prior to Palisade, Daniel worked at Macquarie Group and PwC in London and Sydney, respectively. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Business from University of Technology Sydney and a Master of Finance (Dean’s List) from INSEAD Business School.

Debra Ng

Partner & Asia Region Head, Albourne

Albourne Partners was established in March 1994 in the UK as an independent specialist consultant focused on alternative investments. In addition to hedge funds, Albourne also advises on private equity, real assets, and risk monitoring. Since inception, it has expanded its geographic coverage, opening offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and now has a headcount of 588 in 12 locations. Albourne has 341 clients, who currently invest more than US$650bn in alternatives.

Albourne Partners was ranked #1 in HFMweek’s 2012 survey of the top 30 most influential investors and advisors in the hedge fund space. Albourne has also been twice honoured with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2006 and 2009 for the company’s outstanding achievement for advice to investors in hedge funds.

Debra is a Partner and Shareholder of Albourne Partners and has 25 years’ financial industry experience including equity research and broking, equity and fixed income asset management and alternative investments.

Sopnendu Mohanty

Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Sopnendu Mohanty, currently the Chief Fintech Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is responsible for creating development strategies, public infrastructure, and policies around technology-driven innovation. Mohanty has over two decades of public and private sector experience in technology, operations, digital Finance, and investment strategies.

Mohanty extensively engages with global technology and financial services ecosystems and has championed notable collaborative public goods like API Exchange (APIX), Singapore Fintech Festival, Payment Rails, Data exchange platforms, and experimental programs like UBIN. In addition, Mohanty advises many international global advisory bodies on Fintech, Innovation and Inclusion.

Within five years of his leadership, Singapore has become a leading global Fintech hub producing unicorns and home to many vibrant fintech companies.

He has co-authored several patented works in the application of digital technology in Finance and won many industry recognitions.

Alexandra McGuigan

Global Director, Strategic Initiatives, 100 Women in Finance

Alexandra McGuigan is the CEO and Founder of Inclusive Asset Management, a Singapore based consultancy firm that works with corporate clients to develop solutions based around creating a more inclusive Asset Management industry.

A sales and marketing strategist with a specialisation in alternative investments, Alexandra has successfully helped international fund managers navigate and develop a presence in the APAC region, raising over $2.5 billion AUM from institutional investors.

She has held senior positions with 100 Women in Finance, Tribeca Investment Partners and Shed Enterprises, and has worked with international fund managers, across asset classes including GAM, Adveq, Och Ziff, Diamond Asset Advisors and Qblue Balanced. 

She started her career in Asset Management at BNY Mellon Asset Management.

Alexandra completed the Wharton Certificate in Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction. She is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and a CAIA Singapore Chapter Executive; Holds an MBA majoring in International Business from UTS, Sydney and has a BA Media Communications from Sydney University. She has studied in Australia, France and the USA.

Joe Marenda

Global Head of Digital Assets Investing, Cambridge Associates

Joe is a Partner and has been with Cambridge Associates since 2006. In his role as Global Head of Digital Assets Investing, Joe specializes in discovering blockchain-related funds, building portfolios of digital asset funds for client portfolios, and publishing on digital assets. Joe is a thought leader in the digital assets sector, leading the firm’s research on digital assets in institutional portfolios. Joe is based in our San Francisco office and heads our California offices. Prior to CA, Joe was the CEO of a Japanese financial services-oriented dotcom in Tokyo during the Internet bubble and its aftermath.

Aly Madhavji

Managing Partner, Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF)

Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Aly consults organizations on emerging technologies such as INSEAD and the UN on solutions to help alleviate poverty. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow at INSEAD and was recognized as a “Blockchain 100” Global Leader by Lattice80.

He is an internationally acclaimed author, publishing three books and a monthly columnist for the leading blockchain magazine. Aly serves as a board member of CryptoStar Corp. (TSXV: CSTR), Soluna Holdings (NASDAQ: SLNH) and has served on various advisory boards including the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, which manages a $2.5B budget. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, an elite accelerator program operated by the venture fund SOSV with $1.1B+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX).

Aly holds a Master of Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar from Tsinghua University (清华大学), a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (Singapore and France), and a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Toronto.

Gilman Louie

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, America’s Frontier Fund

The Honorable Gilman Louie is CEO and co-founder of America’s Frontier Fund.

Gilman brings over 30 years of national security and investment experience. He served as an early CEO of In-Q-Tel—the pioneering technology investment firm funded by the CIA—from 1999-2006, as an expert and Special Government Employee to the Defense Innovation Board from 2016-2020, and as a Commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence from 2018-2021.

Additionally, Gilman is the Chairman of the National Intelligence University, Chairman of the Federation of American Scientists, a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board, co-founder of Alsop Louie Partners, and Chairman of LookingGlass Cyber Solutions. He serves on numerous commercial and advisory boards, including Maxar Corporation, Niantic, and Aerospike. He has also served on the Diversity Senior Advisory Panel for the Intelligence Community and as a member of the Technology Advisory Group to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Gilman received the CIA Agency Seal Medallion, CIA Director’s Award, Agency Seal Medallion, and Director of National Intelligence Medallion. Gilman received his B.S. in Business Administration from San Francisco State University where he graduated magna cum laude.

Norbert Ling

Credit Portfolio Manager, Invesco

Norbert is an ESG credit portfolio manager in Invesco Fixed Income Asia Pacific. He is responsible for developing and managing the ESG strategy and portfolios in the region. He is the co-manager of the Invesco Sustainable China Bond Fund

Prior to joining Invesco, Norbert was the lead ESG portfolio manager for BlackRock European Fixed Income Team and portfolio manager for BlackRock’s ESG Euro Corporate Bond. In addition, Norbert was the European Lead of the Global Fixed Income ESG Implementation Committee at BlackRock, responsible for driving ESG integration. He began his career at BNP Paribas as a credit analyst.

Norbert earned a BSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science in 2010. He is a CFA Charter holder.

Antony Lewis

Director, Blockchain Pod, Temasek

Antony joined Temasek in March 2020 and is a Director in Temasek’s Blockchain team, leading the Pod’s crypto asset investments and activities.

He has been working professionally in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry since joining itBit (now Paxos) in 2013. Before Temasek he held Director roles in research, digital assets, and advisory groups at enterprise blockchain firm R3, working with central banks and the private sector.

Antony is bestselling author of “The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains”, used as a textbook in leading universities worldwide, and writes a personal blog explaining this technology at www.bitsonblocks.net.

Prior to crypto, Antony was a technology manager at Credit Suisse in London and Singapore having started his financial services career as an FX trader at Barclays Capital.

Antony holds a BA and MA from Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University, UK.

Eddie Law

Chairman & Founder, Zheng He; Founder & G.P., Zheng He Bella Romaine

Mr Eddie Law has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry; he closed numerous large-scale deals across the region, which mark him as one of the top performing asset managers in the space.

Prior to founding Zheng He, he was the Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Hong Kong as Head of Corporate Sales.

He is an independent member of Ping An Investment Committee, member of the Board of Directors of Ping An Good Doctor (a listed company on the HKEX) and Lufax (a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance Group), and member of the steering committee and advisory board of the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario.

Selected significant deals with which Mr. Law was associated include the following:

• Led a US$3.0b acquisition of the disposal of Daimler Chrysler’s stake in Mitsubishi Motors

• Helped Ping An raise US$2.5b to fund the increase in its stake in Shenzhen Development Bank

• Forged relationships that led to US$1.4b cornerstone investments for the first batch of Chinese SOE IPOs

• Facilitated for TPG’s US$1.25b Ping An stake disposal

Jack Lau

Chairman, Swanland.AI; Founding Advisory Board Member, Zheng He Bella Romaine

Jack first obtained his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley.  

In 1994, Jack completed his doctorate study in Electronic Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and became the HKUST’s first PhD graduate.  Jack then continued his post-doctoral research at Stanford University. In 1998, Jack returned to the Faculty of Electronic Engineering of HKUST and received his tenure there. 

Jack has been a serial entrepreneur.  He was the Founder and CEO of Perception Digital which eventually went public in Hong Kong.  He has also served on a number of publicly listed boards on both NASDAQ and Hong Kong.  

His latest passion is in artificial intelligence, blockchain, art tech, and green tech.

Jack completed his Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program in 2010.

Jack is a recipient of the 10 Most Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong (2000), Young Industrialist Award (2005), and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 China award. In 2010, he was bestowed an Honorary Fellowship at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Jack also serves as a member of a number of committees in Hong Kong, such as the HKSAR Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) Advisory Committee and Enterprise Support Scheme (ESS) Assessment Panel, Innovation Technology Venture Fund (ITVF) Panel.

Erik LaPaglia

Co-Founder, Miami NFT Week

Erik is a voracious entrepreneur and co-founder of Miami NFT, a digital asset firm facilitating large-scale conferences and knowledge sharing for creators in NFT, Metaverse, Blockchain and web3 spaces. He is an early member of JPEG Morgan NFT group and has supported numerous web3 and NFT projects as an angel investor and advisor.

Kerrine Koh, CFA, CAIA

Managing Director & Head of Southeast Asia, Hamilton Lane

Kerrine is a Managing Director in Hamilton Lane’s Client Solutions Group, where she heads the firm’s Southeast Asia office. She is primarily responsible for business development, as well as coverage of client relationships in Southeast Asia.

Prior to this, Kerrine was the Head of Alternatives Distribution for Southeast Asia at BlackRock, where she was responsible for distribution strategy and client engagements on BlackRock’s alternative investment product suite, across client segments. Previously, she was the head of Institutional Client Business for Southeast Asia. Kerrine first joined BlackRock in 2010 as a member of the iShares Global Client Group, where she was responsible for ETF distribution.

Before joining BlackRock, Kerrine was responsible for business and product development for Alternative Investments at UOB Asset Management and held credit analysis and strategic investment roles within United Overseas Bank.

Kerrine received a MSc degree in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University and a BA degree, with first class honours, in Economics from the National University of Singapore. Kerrine is also a CFA and CAIA charter holder.