Jennifer Buckley
Founder & Managing Director, Sweef Capital
Jennifer founded Sweef Capital as an independent firm in mid 2021, having led the Asia and women’s economic empowerment investment programs for Small Enterprise Assistance Fund (SEAF) since 2018. She saw a unique opportunity to position an investment firm to respond to a major shift that recognises the power of women taking charge of their futures, which can unlock significant new value.
Leading the investment team, Jennifer drew on two decades in private equity leadership experience focused on growing mid-sized businesses across Europe and Asia, including with GE Capital, Private Advisors and Goldman Sachs and the experience gained as Senior Managing Director at SEAF. Leading the SEAF Women Opportunity Fund (SWOF), she also spearheaded the development of benchmarks to make the trends in diversity and inclusion more accessible to institutional markets which provided a great foundation for the new firm. Jennifer were thrilled to see this recognised in the 2020 Private Equity International Awards which rated our Southeast Asia women’s economic empowerment fund design among the Top 30 innovations in ESG/Impact.
Jennifer has a Masters in Law from University of Canterbury and Masters in International Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics.
Hoda Abou-Jamra
Founding Partner & Managing Director, TVM Capital Healthcare Partners Pte Ltd
Hoda Abou-Jamra is the Founding Partner of the firm, and Managing Director Asia of TVM Capital Healthcare in Singapore (regulated by MAS).
In 2007, Hoda was the driving force behind the establishment of TVM Capital Healthcare in the MENA region, and expanded the business to Singapore a couple of years later, to improve access to affordable, quality healthcare in Southeast Asia. Her global expertise in business development and fundraising has helped her to built and develop a very successful, healthcare dedicated private equity firm, that combines strong commercial value creation with measurable impact creation in its core Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as access to care, job creation, diversity and inclusion.
Hoda currently holds board positions at Manzil Healthcare Services, a female-founded, dedicated provider of professional home care and home nursing services headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Amecath Medical Technologies, a Medical Devices company with global distribution networks.
She is a regular speaker and commentator in the private equity and healthcare arena, and a major advocate of solid corporate governance, ESG investing, promoting diversity and gender equality. Hoda is a member of 100 Women in finance and was a founding Chair of the 30% Club’s MENA chapter, working with multi-sector leaders to achieve even representation of women on boards and in senior level positions. She is a member of WBL Women Leading in Healthcare and of the Dubai Business Women Council, and a member of PhiSB, an invitation only network of females who are exceptional in their potential, achievements and drive to make positive impact. Hoda is also leading the firm’s active contributions to 2X Global, to support gender-smart investing.
Most recently she was appointed for the International Advisory Council (IAC) of Mass General, the largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. The International Advisory Council (IAC) at Mass General brings together global industry and thought leaders with significant experience and perspective on international business and policy.
Before co-founding TVM Capital Healthcare, she was the CEO of Boston BioCapital, a U.S.-based firm that provided strategic advice, due diligence services, business plan conception, business development and consulting services within the U.S. and European biotech industries. She is also a founder of The BioExec Institute, Boston, a non-profit think tank for the healthcare industry. Hoda graduated from the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University in Boston, with a degree in Pharmacy.
Bryan Goh
Chief Executive Officer, Tsao Family Office
Bryan has almost 30 years of experience managing multi asset traditional and alternative portfolios in family offices and private banks. He began his career with Arab Bank in Asia, followed by Arab Bank in London before helping establish a family office for the bank’s shareholders. Later, he co-founded First Avenue Partners in London, an alternative investment advisory firm, leading its fund management business. Bryan also managed the alternative investment business at DBS private bank before joining Bordier & Cie in Singapore as their Chief Investment Officer. He has also been an occasional teacher at institutions such as the Wealth Management Institute and the London School of Economics.
Wei Liu
Partner, Clocktower Group
Wei is the lead partner for manager and client relationships within our seeding and advisory businesses, driving our investment and manager analysis and spearheading our efforts in China. Prior to joining Clocktower Group, Wei worked as a Risk Analyst at Seal Capital, a global macro hedge fund, and at Trust Company of the West. He received a Master of Financial Engineering from the University of Southern California and a BS in Mathematics from Fudan University. He also holds Chartered Financial Analyst and Financial Risk Manager designations.
Steve Zhang
Chief Executive Officer, UBIQUANT Asset Management
Mr. Zhang is the CEO of UBIQUANT Asset Management Co., Ltd. He has over 20 years of global investment management experience, including 7 years in New York and 8 years in Singapore before he moved to Hong Kong in 2017. Prior to joining UBIQUANT in 2023, Mr. Zhang was the deputy CIO of Ping An of China Asset Management (HK) Limited, looking after overseas capital markets investments for the Ping An Group. Prior to joining Ping An, Mr. Zhang was the head of external managers research at Avanda lnvestment Management in Singapore from 2015 to 2017. Prior to that, Steve was a multi-strategy portfolio manager at the global Fund of Fund industry leader, Permal Group, where he managed multiple billion USD assets on the strategy level from 2002 to 2014. The Permal Emerging Markets Holdings under his management was awarded the best emerging markets fund of funds in the world by the Barron's and Invest Hedge, respectively. Mr. Zhang graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with an MBA degree in Finance. He is a CFA charter holder.
Boon Chye Loh
Chief Executive Officer, SGX Group
Mr Loh Boon Chye joined Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) as CEO on 14 July 2015. He is also an Executive and Non-Independent Director on the SGX Board.
With a career in the financial industry spanning three decades, Mr Loh has played a key role in the development of Southeast Asia’s capital markets. Prior to SGX Group, he has held several senior positions at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank.
Mr Loh currently sits on the boards of GIC and Economic Development Board Singapore. He is also Chairman of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board and Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges.
Leading SGX Group’s efforts in sustainability and climate action, Mr Loh serves as an independent advisory committee member in the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative, Co-Chair of the Singapore Green Finance Centre advisory board, as well as advisory board member for the Climate Governance Singapore Limited and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)’s Asia-Pacific Network. He is also a member of the GFANZ Principals Group.
Kevin Bong
Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist & Head of Singapore, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMco)
Kevin Bong joined AIMCo in 2023 as Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist & Head of Singapore. Kevin was formerly the Global Leadership Group Managing Director and Director of the Economics & Investment Strategy at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). At GIC, he was responsible for articulating the organization’s strategic outlook, determining asset exposures and benchmarks, and optimizing capital allocation for the portfolio.
Kevin is currently a Board Director of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI), a Board Director of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a Co-opted Investment Committee Member for the National University of Singapore (NUS) Board of Trustees, and an Investment Committee member for the Tote Board. Kevin holds degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Management Science (Finance) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and he is a CFA charter holder.
Marco Bizzozero
Head of International & Member of the Executive Committee, iCapital
Marco is Head of International at iCapital and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. In this role, he is responsible for the global expansion and overall development of the firm’s business outside the United States with a focus on EMEA, APAC and LATAM markets.
Marco has more than 25 years of international experience in the financial industry and has held senior executive positions in global organizations in wealth management and private equity. He joined iCapital from UniCredit, where he was CEO of Group Wealth Management and a member of the Group Executive Management Committee. Previously, Marco was with Deutsche Bank for 14 years, including nine years as Head of Wealth Management EMEA and CEO of Deutsche Bank Switzerland and, prior to this, as Global Head of Private Equity for the Wealth Management division. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Marco was Head of Private Equity Secondary Investments at LGT Capital Partners. He started his career with UBS where he held various roles in investment banking and private equity in Zurich, London, and New York.
He received a Master of Arts (lic. oec. HSG) from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and has served on the boards of the Swiss Bankers Association, Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland, and the Swiss Finance Institute. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of Elevandi, an organization set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to foster an open dialogue between the public and private sectors to advance FinTech in the digital economy.
Dr. Arsani William
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Logos Capital
Dr. William serves as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Logos Capital, a global life science investment fund focused on private / public therapeutic innovation. Prior to founding Logos, Dr. William was an investment professional at Farallon Capital Management, where he helped grow the development of Farallon’s biopharma portfolio. Dr. William holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, where he was a Gerald S. Foster Scholar, an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and a BS with Honors in Biology from Stanford University. Dr. William currently serves on the board of Design Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DSGN) and is a board observer on Odyssey Therapeutics.
Agus Tandiono
Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific and Active Equities Asia, CPP Investments
As a member of Senior Management Team and Head of Asia Pacific, Agus leads the regional business development and growth of CPP Investments across Hong Kong, Mumbai and Sydney offices. He is a member of CPP Investments’ Portfolio Execution Committee and Investment Strategy and Risk Committee.
In his dual role as Head of Active Equities Asia, he leads a team of investment professionals that performs fundamental research on public equities, or soon-to-be public equities, and invests in quality companies throughout Asia.
Agus has more than 25 years of investment experience in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining CPP Investments in January 2014, he spent a total of five years at Citadel (Asia) as Head of Asia Equity managing the Asia Equities Long Short portfolio, three years at Income Partners as Managing Partner and ten years at Fidelity Investments (HK) managing various sectors and country funds.
He holds an MBA from Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, and a BBA from University of San Diego. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Agus currently serves on the board of directors of Hong Kong Broadband Network (“HKBN”), a Hong Kong listed telecommunication company.
Yan Kvitko
Managing Director, External Portfolio Management, CPP Investments
Yan is responsible for EPM’s Emerging Manager program globally.
Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2019 he worked at New Holland Capital, where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for investment research and portfolio management with a focus on quantitative strategies. Yan began his career at Ziff Brothers Investments.
Yan holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MA in piano performance from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He is a CFA charterholder.
Sean Ho
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Triata Capital
Sean Ho is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Triata Capital, an investment management firm based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. He is a strong believer in fundamental investment philosophy and has been investing in stocks for more than 20 years.
Triata Capital invests in the Greater China region with a focus on intensive fundamental research through on the ground due diligence and deep sector research which are fully integrated with alternative data analysis. The team’s strong technical capabilities and natural interests together with the large amount of proprietary data provide a unique edge for understanding and capturing investment opportunities within the AI theme.
Prior to founding Triata in 2019, Sean spent close to four years as an Investment Analyst at Tybourne Capital Management where he researched companies and investment themes in the TMT and Consumer sectors in China. Sean was also responsible for setting up and leading the alternative data team within Tybourne.
Previously, Sean worked at Segantii Capital Management, Hong Kong. Sean started off his career at Susquehanna International Group in the U.S. and later moving to Nomura International in Hong Kong. Sean received his Master in Math of Finance from Columbia University and Bachelor of Mathematics, double-major in Operational Research and Statistics, from Waterloo University.
Ho Kwon Ping
Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings
Ho Kwon Ping is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings and Laguna Resorts and Hotels, and Executive Chairman of Thai Wah Public Company. All three family-owned companies are listed in Singapore and Thailand. He is also the founding and current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University. Among various awards, Mr. Ho has received the London Business School Entrepreneurship Award; CEO of the Year at the Singapore Corporate Awards; CNBC Travel Business Leader Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award from the National University of Singapore; and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Creativity Association, China Hotel Investment Summit and Australia Hotel Investment Summit. Honoured for his contributions and accomplishments in the hotel industry in the Asia Pacific region and globally, Mr. Ho is the only two-time recipient of Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific - HICAP’s Innovation Award (2003) and Lifetime Achievement Award (2019) in its 30-year establishment. For his services to the country, he has been decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal and Distinguished Service Order by the Singapore Government. Mr. Ho has also been conferred honorary doctorates by Johnson & Wales University and from Hong Kong Poly University.
Vishal Harnal
Managing Partner, 500 Global
Vishal Harnal is a global managing partner at 500 Global, a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.5B in assets under management that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies. The team has backed over 2,800 companies in 80+ countries, and the Southeast Asia funds Vishal leads invested early in innovative companies like Grab (NASDAQ: GRAB), Bukalapak (IDX: BUKA), Prenetics (NASDAQ: PRE), Carousell, Carsome, FinAccel, eFishery, among over 300 others. Vishal is a Kauffman Fellow and has taught programs on venture capital and entrepreneurship at Stanford, INSEAD and the Singapore-MIT Alliance. He also sits on the expert panel of the Wealth Management Institute of Singapore, and is an office bearer at the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA). He actively speaks and advises on emerging trends in venture, and convergences in technology and humanity. His insights are featured on premier networks such as Bloomberg and CNBC. Vishal also hosts The Unreasonable Podcast which covers the latest trends in venture, investing and global affairs. Prior to 500, Vishal practiced law at a top-tier firm where he specialized in resolving complex and high-stakes international investment, shareholder and political disputes.
Melissa Cannon Guzy
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures
Melissa C. Guzy is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures. Melissa is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong and the Singapore Venture Capital Associations and a former member of the advisory counsel to the Hong Kong SFC on Innovation. She serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Jackson Labs. Melissa’s expertise in Fintech has earned her recognition as a Top 100 Influencer in Fintech (NxBnk), AlwaysOn Fintech Power Player, as well as One of the Most Influential Women in Tech in Asia. Her current board seats include Paidy, TrueAccord, InCountry, Fundbox, Tabby, EverC and Planck Re.
Jen Wilson
Chief Operating Officer, Army Week Association
Jen Wilson was born and raised in Louisiana, the product of a National Guard town and the proud granddaughter of a D-Day & Battle of the Bulge survivor. Like many Americans, Jen's worldview shifted dramatically after September 11, 2001. While sitting in her dorm room at LSU on that fateful day, even though she'd never been to New York and knew no one there, she made the decision to move to NYC. She quickly earned a position at NBC's corporate fitness facility as their Senior Fitness Specialist. While training and rehabilitating their employees and their on-air talent, she also began concurrently learning the art and logistics of television production. Arguably, her favorite production experience came while traveling the nation and the world with Al Roker and his show, "Wake Up with Al", affording her the opportunity to be on the Vancouver and London Olympics production teams. She went on to be a freelance producer for NBC News, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, The TODAY Show, NBCSN, CBS, CBS Sports, ITN Productions, Keystone Productions, The Triumph Games, and SNY.
It was her grandfather’s legacy that instilled in her an appreciation for service members and their sacrifices. Then came 9/11. And it was the men and women she and her brother grew up with that went to Iraq and Afghanistan. They reignited the fire in her to serve those who answered our Nation’s call to arms. She was a co-founder of the NBC Veterans Network at 30 Rock during her tenure at NBC, and it was in that role that she met Chris Page. Soon thereafter, together, they founded Army Week Association.
As the Army Week Association Chief Operating Officer, she maintains close working relationships with local, state, federal, international governments, and military contacts to ensure an effective and efficient bridge of the allied civil-military divide. It is in this role that Jen has been working tirelessly for months on the evacuations of Americans and our allies out of Afghanistan from her living room in Manhattan, helping to evacuate nearly 2,000 to 9 different countries. She has also been to Ukraine 6 times since March 2022 delivering TCCC supplies to 3 pediatric trauma hospitals, the Ukrainian Army Medic Corps, the Ukraine Foreign Legion, AFU, and GUR. To date, she and Army Week Association have delivered over $700,000 worth of supplies, equipment, and training to Ukraine and our Allies.
She is an accomplished producer, a published author, a successful entrepreneur, and an American Patriot.
Kaitlin Malin, CFA, CAIA
Chief Operating Officer, iConnections
Kaitlin joined iConnections for the Funds4Food initiative and now leads development and event partnerships as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining iConnections she was responsible for sourcing strategic partnerships across business lines at Zume Inc. Previously, she was a member of the Client Solutions team at MKP Capital Management, where she managed client relationships and co-covered North American fundraising across investor channels for discretionary global macro, fixed-income, and diversified credit strategies. Kaitlin is a CFA charterholder and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation. She received a BA in Public Policy and Law from Trinity College (CT). She is a member of 100 Women in Finance and Chair of the 100 Women in Finance NextGen New York committee.
Sanjay Gosalia
Chief Executive Officer, Nucleus Finance
With over 20+ years as a product executive at the cutting edge of finance, technology and innovation at Capital One, Google, Goldman Sachs and most recently SVB, Sanjay has established a track record of bringing novel solutions and vital products to market. As an intrapreneur, he has been at the forefront of adopting transformative capabilities such as Web2.0, mobile, payments and data to power digital transformations which have led to exponential revenue growth, operational efficiencies and enhanced client experiences.
Now, as the CEO of Nucleus Finance, he is on a mission to transform how trillions of dollars worth of financial contracts are created, tokenized, securitized, traded and continuously analyzed.
Sanjay holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, an MEM and BS from Washington University in Saint Louis in Operations Management and Chemical Engineering respectively. He is also an active investor and board member of several early stage companies.
Ivan Zhang
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Cohere
Ivan Zhang is the co-founder and CTO at Cohere. Previously he founded FOR.ai (now, Cohere For AI), an independent AI research group and worked in the biotech and MLOps space as a software engineer. Ivan dropped out of his undergrad University of Toronto. He is a proud Torontonian, Chinese immigrant, and League of Legends player.