Meet the
judging panel

Daniel Shane
editor
Daniel Shane is editor of Asian Private Banker and is responsible for spearheading the publication’s editorial, awards and data products. Daniel was previously Asia Companies & Markets News Editor at the Financial Times in Hong Kong where he managed corporate and financial coverage in both online and print, as well as moderating events for the FT in the region. Earlier in his career Daniel was a reporter for CNN and Barron’s in Asia. He graduated with a degree in Anthropology from the UK’s University of Sussex.
Audrey Raj is senior consultant – South Asia editor of Asian Private Banker, where she leads the publication’s editorial, awards, and data products. With a sharp focus on private banking, independent asset management, fund management, and ESG, she drives coverage of the industry’s most pressing business and investment trends, while interviewing top financial leaders and moderating high-level panel discussions.
Before joining Asian Private Banker, Audrey was the editor of Citywire Asia, where she oversaw editorial coverage in the region and expanded coverage in the Middle East. She also worked as a journalist at Business News Australia and News Corp Australia. With over 15 years of journalism experience, Audrey holds a Master’s in Journalism from The University of Queensland and a Bachelor’s in Mass Communications from Queensland University of Technology.
Audrey Raj
senior consultant – South Asia editor


Twinkle Sparta
associate editor
Twinkle Sparta is associate editor of Asian Private Banker. Twinkle was previously a reporter at AsianInvestor where she covered institutional asset management, with a focus on Greater China. She was also with Acuris, SCMP and Hong Kong Economic Times in earlier years, covering ECM, conglomerates and TMT.
Carly is a senior reporter from Asian Private Banker, she joined the editorial team in April 2020. She focuses on covering investment trends in the private wealth management industry, including talking to CIOs and investment strategies regularly from asset managers and private banks on different asset classes and themes.
Carly Lau
senior reporter

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