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Adam Watson is a Partner and Head of Asia Pacific. He joined Partners Capital in London in 2009 before relocating to Asia to set-up the Hong Kong office in 2013 and the 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 BA in Economics at Jesus College, University of Cambridge and has a MFin with distinction in Finance from INSEAD Business School.

Adi Divgi is Principal at EA Global, his family investment vehicle since 2005, and founded Divino Global Holdings in Apr 2023 to provide investors access to capacity-constrained and hard-to-access private market opportunities. Previously, he was Managing Director of Strategic Wealth at Legacy Wealth Management and Legacy Investment Solutions, its discretionary affiliate, since July 2021. From Apr 2014 to May 2021, Mr. Divgi was Head of Alternative Investments at Catalina, a $5+bn AUM reinsurer. From 2011-2014, Mr. Divgi oversaw the Opportunistic Fixed Income investment program at the New York City Bureau of Asset Management ('BAM'). Mr. Divgi began his credit career at Deutsche Bank, working in New York and Mexico City, and is a graduate of the Huntsman Program, with a BA in International Studies (Spanish minor) from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics and MBA in Finance from Wharton.

Eric is a founding Partner of Collyer Capital, a Singapore-based asset manager with a particular focus on ASEAN delivering intermediated as well as direct investment solutions. Prior to founding Collyer Capital, he spent just over two years at Campbell Lutyens supporting the APAC team on originating and structuring deals across the platform. He also spent eight years at Unigestion, where he led the firm’s Asia Pacific private equity program. Prior to that he was at CDC Group, where he focused on Asian investments, having started his career at General Electric. Eric holds a master’s degree in business from EM Lyon and an economics undergraduate degree from Paris Dauphine.

Brian is a Partner and Head of Pantheon’s Asia and Emerging Markets Investment teams, and is a member of Pantheon’s International Investment Committee. Prior to joining Pantheon, Brian was a Portfolio Director at CDC Group where he helped build their Asia and Emerging Markets portfolio, and before that he worked at Watson Wyatt. Brian is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and holds an MBA from the London Business School, and a BSc in Actuarial Science from City University of London. Brian is a member of the GPCA Board of Directors and the Chair of its Asia Council.

Kerrine is the Country Head for Hamilton Lane in Singapore. She is also the head of Client Solutions Group in Southeast Asia. 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. Previously, she was the head of Institutional Client Business for Southeast Asia at BlackRock. Kerrine was named to Private Equity International’s (PEI) top 60 list of Women of Influence in Private Markets in 2023. Kerrine has an 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.

Kelvin Yap joined HarbourVest’s London office in 2006 to focus on growth equity and buyout co-investments in Europe and Asia Pacific. In 2009, Kelvin transferred to HarbourVest’s Hong Kong team to focus on primary partnership fund investments and direct co-investments in Asia Pacific, Kelvin relocated to Singapore in 2021 to assist with the opening of that office. Kelvin joined HarbourVest from Deloitte in London, where he managed merger and acquisition (including demergers and IPOs) due diligence for both private and public transactions. Prior to that, Kelvin was a senior associate at PwC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received a BC with a double major in Accounting and Finance from Monash University in Australia in 2001. Kelvin is a Chartered Accountant with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. In addition, he received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2007 from the CFA Institute. He speaks fluent Cantonese, Indonesian, and Malay.

Marc Lau is a Managing Partner at Axiom Asia (www.axiomasia.com) which manages over US$9.0 billion in private equity strategies focused on funds in Asia. Marc is responsible for Axiom’s investments in Japan, South East Asia and Australia. Marc has 20 years of PE experience in Asia in addition to having operational experience in China. Marc was part of the founding investment team at Axiom Asia and works on primary, secondary and co-investment transactions. Prior to Axiom Asia, Marc worked at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (“GIC SI”) in Singapore and San Francisco where he worked on investments in funds as well as companies. After leaving GIC SI in 2004, Marc attended Harvard Business School and worked for Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) where he was the Deputy General Manager of Jacobs VIE Vehicle Systems, Danaher’s diesel engine brake business in China. Marc led the start-up of the manufacturing plant, managed the transition of a multi-million-dollar product line to China and successfully transitioned the business to a local team he recruited. Marc was also formerly an Analyst at Lazard Frères in New York and has served as a member of the Resource Panel for the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance, Trade, and Industry in Singapore since 2011. Marc attended Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Departmental Honors and Distinction from Stanford University.

Huai Fong is the Regional Lead for the East Asia & the Pacific Private Equity Funds team in the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) where she is responsible for the fund allocation program in the region. Prior to joining IFC in 2017, Huai Fong spent five years with Deutsche Investitions-Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft MBH (“DEG”) where she led fund investments and co-investments in SE Asia. Before DEG, Huai Fong was with UOB Venture Management where she did direct equity investments into growth stage companies in Southeast Asia and China. Huai Fong holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and in Economics (Honors and Dean’s list) from the Singapore Management University. She has also passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst program. She is currently a Board Member on the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and a co-chair of its Professional Development committee, as well as a Council member on the Impact Investing Advisory Council of the AVPN.

Originally from Singapore with a business family, Rebekah has more than 20 years of global multi-asset investing in funds, co-investments and directs across government, institutions such as J.P. Morgan, CDPQ, Fosun and multibillion dollar family offices In US and Asia. Rebekah is currently Managing Director, Private Markets and Funds with Farro Capital, an institutional multibillion dollar multi family office with presence in Singapore, Dubai and India. With degrees from LSE, Yale, CFA, CAIA, Rebekah is a recognised adjunct trainer at Business Families Institute (BFI), Wealth Management Institute (WMI) as well as Board Director / Committee member at leading organisations and companies, such as BANSEA, Singapore Institute of Directors (SID). Rebekah also actively advocates women, diversity and impact investing in business and families.

Steven has 15 years’ experience in alternative investments, with a focus on private equity fund and direct investments. He has held leadership roles in investment teams at global institutional asset managers, including Unigestion, Partners Capital, 57 Stars, and StepStone. Beginning his career in mainland China, he focused on consumer mid-market buyouts. Steven holds a Bachelor's (Gen Honors) from the University of Chicago

Roger is an experienced portfolio manager and senior executive. He has over a decade of experience managing money for both UHNWI and institutions. From 2011-2013, he was a quantitative analyst with Hong Leong Asset Management. From 2013-2019, he was a portfolio manager with Pheim Asset Management (Asia). From 2019-2022, he was working for a single family office as the CEO. Since 2022, he has been the CEO of Winfield Global Capital, which is a multi family office. Roger holds both B.Eng (1st Class Honors) and Ph.D from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, He is also a CFA chartered holder.

Terence is the AWS lead for Asia Pacific (based in Singapore) for healthcare and life sciences. Terence qualified from Imperial College and worked in the NHS before returning to Singapore where he worked in the public, private, NGO and government sectors before moving into clinical AI. He is an immunologist and primary care physician by training with a special interest in personalized nutrition, occupational & digital health. Just prior to joining AWS, Terence was the Global Medical Director for Ubie. Other career experiences in his career journey include being: • Research work in tacrolimus in Non small cell Lung cancer at the Hammersmith Hospital • Assistant medical director, Parkway Shenton Private Limited. • Associate Consultant, Ministry of Health, Singapore. • AI researcher for Babylon Health • Medical Director, Ubie • Exited founder of multiple health care businesses & clinics.

Leslie is an investment director at the Tsao Family Office (TFO), a Singapore-based single family office, where he manages the Fixed Income, Private Credit, and Liquid Alternatives investments. Prior to joining TFO in Aug 2019, he worked at various hedge funds in London and Singapore across a range of credit and event-driven strategies for over a decade. Leslie started his career at Lehman Brothers in New York where he worked as investment banker for five years. He has an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley

David Low is a Partner at Albourne Partners and the Head of Private Markets in Asia. Based in Singapore, he leads Albourne’s Investment Due Diligence coverage of private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate and real asset funds in the region and also supports clients on the management of their Private Markets portfolio. Before joining Albourne in 2014, David spent five years managing the direct investment portfolio for an Asian family office. Prior to that, David was an entrepreneur for several years and co-founded multiple companies in the consumer services and FMCG space. David began his career at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting before joining General Electric in a variety of finance roles. David holds an MBA from the Melbourne Business School, a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance), from Monash University in Melbourne and the CPA Australia designation. He is also a Board member of the Singapore Venture and Private Capital Association and a Limited Partner & Family Office council member of the India Venture and Private Capital Association.

Tanya Sen is a Principal at Sofi na, a ~€10b investment fi rm which does PE/VC fund investments and direct private growth equity investments (€20-200m). Over her 8 years at Sofi na, Tanya has led several transactions in Asia and Europe in digital/tech-enabled and consumer-facing companies, and currently also oversees Education & Sustainable Supply Chain sector investments globally. Tanya works with several portfolio companies and currently serves on the boards of Cognita (a group of 100 international schools), K12 Technoservices (a school management and edtech company), CoachHub (a provider of B2B online coaching programs), Skillmatics (a learning games brand) and Finova (an MSME lender). Previously, Tanya also worked in management consulting at Bain & Co. in Southeast Asia and in the Technology, Media & Telecoms investment banking team at Deutsche Bank in London. Tanya holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Master’s in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford. Outside of work, Tanya is passionate about music and is a classically-trained vocalist who performs and records opera, jazz and musical theatre in over 10 languages.

Johnny comes to Mercer with 26 years of experience in the alternative investment space. As an alternative investment specialist, he focuses on investment idea generation and due diligence, both on funds and co-investments. A thought leader in the space, he is also a frequent speaker at conferences throughout Asia. Prior to joining Mercer, Johnny was the head of Real Asset and Private Credit for Cambridge Associates in Singapore for 12 years where he researched and diligenced real assets, private credit funds and co-investment opportunities. He was a voting member of the real assets investment committee. He was also actively involved in constructing global real assets and private credit portfolios for several Asian and select European and American pension and endowment clients into funds and coinvestments.  Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2011, Johnny worked in several real estate roles such as research, valuations, buy-side/sell-side advisor, including portfolio manager and COO of Ajia Partners, an Asian value-add real estate fund and Co-Head of International Real Estate at HanaDaol Trust in Seoul. He started his career in 1996 at JLL in Indonesia and also worked for CBRE in Korea.   In addition to English, he speaks Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese Mandarin, and Korean and has worked in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Singapore.   Johnny is a CFA Charterholder and he holds a Msc. Degree in Real Estate Finance from the National University of Singapore and a BBA degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Kentucky.

Dr Khoo has over 30 years’ of experience in the design and implementation of enterprise wide investment, banking and risk management models, systems and processes incl. ESG/Responsible Investing. He gained deep practical insights from a career spanning across financial institutions in the USA, Canada, UK and Singapore, including the UK-listed Man Group where he was the Principal Scientist (while still at NTU), designing and running an algorithmic AI-based hedge fund, at American Bourses Corporation which provided robo-based analytical solutions and financial info-utilities to traders and investors in the USA and N Asia, at ATOS Origin, RHB Capital, Singapore Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank, Temasek Holdings, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), CAI, the global airport investment arm of Changi Airport Group (CAG) and AEPW (Alliance to End Plastic Waste), primarily as the Head of Risk Management or at Group CRO level. He holds a PhD in Computational Physics (Material Science) from the National University of Singapore, with post-doc R&D in AI-based data mining and applications in Japan and America. He was also a co-founder of the NTU Centre for Financial Engineering and the MSc in Financial Engineering programme in collaboration with CMU, Pittsburgh in 1999, when he was an academic at NTU from 1993 to 2000. For the last few years, based on his experiences in responsible investing and governance, he has also been leading some training and development initiatives in sustainability-related project and impact financing and education incl. sustainable investing seminars for the institutional investment management and banking industry, at SMU, private and wholesale banks in the ASEAN region, KL-based ASB (Asian School of Business) and the SWF Academy at the London Business School (Dubai and London) previously and INSEAD (from 2025 in Abu Dhabi and S’pore) campuses.

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta is a Senior Board Member & Business Executive with proven regulatory engagement, strategic business development, fund raising & business transformation experience deploying advanced analytical and pragmatic delivery skills in various regulated and unregulated sectors - banking, markets, crypto, asset management, technology. He is currently the Head of Strategic Development MENA at Apex Group assisting in the development of the region for Apex, a global financial services provider with more than $2.5T AUA – to asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. Apex includes including fund services, digital onboarding and bank accounts, depositary, custody and super ManCo services, business services including HR and Payroll and a pioneering ESG Ratings and Advisory service for private companies.

Catherine Wang, the CEO and CIO of Mulan V Investment, a distinguished family office based in the UAE. Catherine has an extensive background in portfolio management and investment, having worked with several major family offices across Singapore, China, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and beyond. Her expertise in international M&A is notable, with successful collaborations with industry leaders such as BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and KKR. In addition to her leadership at Mulan V Investment, Catherine is the Founder and Chairman of the World Family Office Institute (WFOI), a leading think tank headquartered in the UAE. WFOI is dedicated to bridging the GCC with the global community and includes members who are prominent politicians and allocators from Asia, the GCC, Europe, and the Americas. Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree from the China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing (CUMTB), and a Master degree in International Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Glasgow. Her academic and professional background, combined with her deep understanding of global markets, positions her as a key figure in the world of alternative investments.

Chris Rogers is a seasoned business leader and investor with extensive experience across sectors, geographies, and roles in venture capital, corporate development, and entrepreneurship. He is a Partner at Knollwood Investment Advisory, a U.S.-based family office investing globally across all sectors. In this role, Chris advises Knollwood’s 15-member investment team and a 20-person team of data scientists and software engineers, with a primary focus on venture capital activities. The Knollwood Venture portfolio includes over 100 General Partner relationships and more than 400 direct investments. In addition to his role at Knollwood, Chris serves as a Partner at Lumia Capital, a global venture capital firm with a particular emphasis on the MENA region. His involvement in the MENA ecosystem is further underscored by his position as a Board Member at Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, where he has been serving since 2019. Chris also holds a variety of leadership and advisory positions. He has been a Board Member at Pitzi, a leading insurtech company, since 2015, and continues to advise numerous companies globally. Previously, Chris served as a Board Member for several prominent organizations, including FreedomPop, Digital Turbine, NII Holdings, ZOS Communications, The Wireless Registry Inc., and LightSquared, where he was elected as the lead independent board member to oversee the company through bankruptcy. Earlier in his career, Chris co-founded Nextel Communications, a pioneering wireless carrier that grew into a multibillion-dollar enterprise and was acquired by Sprint for $35 billion. At Sprint, he held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Spectrum, where he led critical strategic initiatives. Chris began his career as an Associate at Jones Day, a leading international law firm. Chris holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Tufts University. His career spans over three decades, marked by accomplishments in venture capital, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship. He is passionate about fostering innovation and supporting businesses that drive meaningful impact.

Dr. Kyle Daigle, DC, FIBFN-CND, is an internationally renowned authority in Neurological Rehabilitation, celebrated for his groundbreaking work in neurodevelopmental and rehabilitative therapies. With a Fellowship in Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders from the International Board of Functional Neurology, he has lectured across the globe on cutting-edge interventions for Traumatic Brain Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries, Childhood Development Disorders, Mental Health, Chronic Pain Syndromes, Digital Therapeutics, and Photobiomodulation. As Co-Founder of NeuroSolution and co-developer of the revolutionary NeuroSolution ESM Methods (Energy, Sensory, Movement), Dr. Daigle has been at the forefront of neuro-rehabilitation advancements. His role as the co-inventor of Neurosage, a pioneering video game software company that uses targeted auditory and visual stimulation to enhance mental wellness, showcases his innovative approach to digital therapeutics. His work has been spotlighted in USA Today, Medical Daily News, and Forbes Magazine. Dr. Daigle is the published author of two critically acclaimed books, Cracking the Code of Autism and What If You Knew. He has earned accolades such as Humanitarian of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation. Licensed as a chiropractor in Louisiana, he serves as a healthcare consultant to private practices and nursing homes. Further expanding his impact, Dr. Daigle co-founded the NeuroSolution Center of Dubai, a premier neurological rehabilitation facility offering advanced treatments for traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, chronic pain, neurodegenerative conditions, and executive wellness. At this cutting-edge center, he also helped pioneer a Photobiomodulation-Enhanced PRP therapy integrated with peptide treatments. Beyond healthcare, Dr. Daigle’s ventures extend into the oil and gas sector, where he is involved in SwellFrac technology and the Carbon Nanotube Project, bridging his expertise in science with groundbreaking innovations in the energy industry

Jarred Glansbeek founded RisCura in 1999, a company built on the foundations of liability-driven investment (LDI) and effective institutional risk management. He possesses extensive expertise in quantitative portfolio techniques and complex financial instruments, alongside judgmental and active risk management. Jarred has honed this wealth of experience and skill in the asset management and retirement fund industries through previous roles as an Executive Director at two significant asset management companies and as a consultant to some of the largest institutional funds in emerging markets. As the current Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of RisCura, Jarred's primary focus is to ensure that RisCura's global institutional client base receives optimal portfolio performance. This is achieved through tailored investment asset class structuring that caters to their specific needs and by ensuring the best possible efforts and service from all their investment service providers. These efforts extend predominantly to emerging and frontier markets, encompassing all mandates, listed and private assets, and covering all areas of traditional equity, fixed income, and real estate. Equally important is the emphasis on transformational areas for these markets, such as venture capital and infrastructure.