Alex is a director of alternatives within APAC Client Group, leading engagement with clients and prospects on Wellington’s alternatives platform across a range of hedge fund strategies.

Alex was an executive director at Man Group plc, overseeing business development for clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea, and previously held roles within the hedge funds investment division in London.

Alex earned his BA in Classics from University College London.

Chee Jiun Wen is Head of Private Markets, APAC Wealth at Franklin Templeton. He is responsible for strategy and expanding Franklin Templeton's Private Markets franchise to wealth clients across Asia Pacific.

Jiun Wen brings over two decades of experience across alternatives, private wealth and institutional advisory. Most recently, he served as a Managing Director at Bank of Singapore, where he led the bank’s alternative investments platform and played a pivotal role in expanding client adoption of private markets, overseeing significant growth in assets across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real assets and hedge funds. Prior to this, he held senior roles at Julius Baer, Partners Group, and Cambridge Associates, advising sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and private clients across Asia.

Jiun Wen began his professional journey at Goldman Sachs and holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick.

John is responsible for managing the multi-asset funds solutions platform for LGT’s Asian clients. John leads a team engaged in end-to-end funds due diligence canvassing the entire spectrum of public and private asset classes. He oversees the identification, positioning and advising on best-In-class managed solutions across the carefully curated, high conviction platform. He is at the forefront of industry developments shaping the managed investments space in private wealth and his expertise is actively engaged through speaking and panellist platforms at fund selector industry events.

John joined LGT Bank in 2017. Prior to that, he commenced his career at Macquarie Bank in Sydney before moving to Zurich Capital Markets and Wilson HTM Investment Group. John moved to Hong Kong in 2012 and managed the platform of public and private fund solutions for Asian clients at Coutts Private Bank and Union Bancaire Privee.

John earned a B. Comm / LLB from the University of New South Wales and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from FINSIA. He is an avid hiker and loves to spend his free time traversing the trails of Hong Kong and beyond. Away from finance, he is constantly curious about how things work, whether in the engineering, technology or socio-economic spheres

Harlan has more than 20 years of institutional principal investing experience across the global infrastructure landscape. He joined Macquarie after serving as Chief Business Officer at The Forest Road Company, a leading specialty and incentive tax credit finance business. Harlan led several key strategic initiatives and was responsible for the development of Forest Road’s renewable energy and asset-based finance platform with a strategic and targeted focus on distributed generation.

Before that, he served as the Co-Head of the Americas Special Situations strategy at KKR Inc, responsible for helping build and lead the special situations strategy across North America, Europe, and Asia. Prior to KKR, Harlan held several senior investment and portfolio management roles, with experience that included investment banking, private equity, and investment management.

He currently serves as an Executive Committee Member of the Board of Directors for the Youth Renewal Fund, the largest network of schools across the socioeconomic periphery in Israel, as well as on the Board of Advisors for the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Harlan holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sabina Chiang is the head of managed investments, wealth solutions Hong Kong at Standard Chartered Bank. She oversees the managed investments business across the bank’s wealth and retail banking business.

Sabina’s wealth of experience in the financial industry spans across wealth management, private banking as well as corporate and investment banking. With over 18 years of experience in private banking and managed investments, she has held various positions in banks including Bank Julius Baer, BNP Paribas and Lombard Odier. Sabina holds a Bachelor of Commerce in finance from the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary in Canada.

Jonathan Han is the Private Markets Sales Specialist for Franklin Templeton, based in Singapore, covering Franklin Templeton’s range of private markets offerings, focusing on wealth channels.

Prior to joining the Alternatives group, Jonathan held product strategy responsibilities across both public and private markets asset classes, in both Franklin Templeton and his prior firm, AllianceBernstein. Jonathan started his career as an asset allocator at AXA, supporting alternative investment deployment, amongst other responsibilities.

Jonathan holds a Bachelors in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hong Kong.

Sammie Lau joined EQT Partners in September 2024 as a member of the Global Wealth Solutions APAC team, based in Hong Kong. In her role as a Director, she is responsible for overseeing direct client relationships and fundraising efforts across all EQT fund strategies and co-investments for private wealth channels.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Sammie worked at iCapital, a US based financial technology company, for three years where she supported the growth of iCapital’s Asia business. Prior to that, she worked in the Private Credit and Private Equity Investment team at China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited. Sammie started her career at the Debt Capital Markets team at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking.

Sammie brings over 13 years of banking, investment and private wealth experience, and holds a Master’s Degree, majoring in Finance at Cass Business School and a Bachelor’s Degree from King’s College London.

Niklas Risberg is a Director on the Secondary team primarily focused on the evaluation and monitoring of non-U.S. secondary opportunities including partnership and GP-led transactions.

Niklas joined Lexington as an associate in 2016 from Morgan Stanley, where he was an associate in investment banking. He graduated from the University of Warwick with a BSc in Management.

James Savastano is Head of Asia Pacific & Middle East at Lord Abbett, where he leads the firm’s regional growth strategy and plays a central role in delivering investment strategy and portfolio dialogue to institutional and private capital clients. He partners with sovereign wealth funds, pensions, insurers, endowments, private banks, and family offices to advise on portfolio construction, risk positioning, and long term capital deployment across public and private markets, with a particular focus on credit and alternative strategies.

Prior to this role, he led Lord Abbett’s institutional investment engagement in EMEA and previously worked at Lazard, advising institutional investors on portfolio strategy, asset allocation, and investment implementation. He holds a BA in Global Business, is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder, and is a member of CFA Society Singapore.

Stephen Sheung is the Head of Alternative Investments & Managed Solutions at Bank of Singapore’s Hong Kong branch. In this role, he leads a team of product specialists to drive the overall growth of the bank’s managed investments and alternative investments business. Stephen is experienced in portfolio advisory, portfolio management and investment strategy at various financial institutions including UBS Global Wealth Management and HSBC Global Private Banking.

Stephen holds a Master of International & Public Affairs from the University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Mathematics (Actuarial Science) from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He is a certified CFA and FRM and has obtained the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.

Clara Tan is the Head of North Asia for the Private Wealth Alternatives business in APAC. Based in Hong Kong, she leads the strategic development and execution of alternative investment solutions for private wealth clients across North Asia. In her role, Clara partners closely with JPM client advisors to deliver J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Alternatives solutions and expertise, driving business growth within the private wealth channel across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.

Clara brings extensive experience in managing strategic client relationships across a diverse range of channels, including banks, wealth managers, consultants, and platforms. She excels at translating capital market insights into actionable investment strategies and forging product partnership. Clara holds a double degree in Business Administration and Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Collwyn is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia Investments, based in Hong Kong. In this role, he has broad leadership and management responsibilities across the Asia Pacific investment platform. Collwyn focuses on Direct Equity, Direct Credit and Impact investments within a variety of sectors and strategic areas across Hamilton Lane’s investment products. He is a member of the Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2011, Collwyn focused on principal investing and advisory activities while at CRCI, a China focused general partner investing in consumer and healthcare. Previously, he held positions with J.P. Morgan Securities in their Principal Investment Management and Investment Banking divisions in Hong Kong.

Collwyn received an M.B.A from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University.

Marco Tsang joined EQT in 2023 as a member of the Global Wealth Solutions team, based in Hong Kong. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing direct investor relationships and capital raising efforts across all EQT fund strategies and co-investments for private wealth channels.

Prior to joining EQT, Marco worked at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, where he was a Vice President and Client Advisor covering Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices from the Hong Kong and Thailand markets. Prior to that, he worked in the Investment & Portfolio Counselling team at HSBC Private Bank.

Marco brings over 12 years of private wealth management experience, and holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honours, majoring in Finance, Accounting and Management from The University of Nottingham. He is also a Certified Private Wealth Professional (CPWP).

Albert Yang is the Head of Alternative Investments for Asia at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Based in Hong Kong, his responsibilities include sourcing and due diligence of hedge fund, private equity, real estate and direct deal opportunities in Asia. He also advises private clients on global alternative investment portfolios, with a specific emphasis on clients that are in the Greater China region.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2011, he was a Vice President on the investment team at Vision Investment Management, an Asian hedge fund-of-funds based in Hong Kong. He was responsible for performing investment due diligence on all hedge fund strategies and managers that are located in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. From 2003 to 2008, Albert worked at Citigroup Private Bank’s Alternative Investment Advisory Research in New York. In this capacity, he was responsible for the hedge fund manager research effort for all non-U.S. funds, with a specific focus on Asian managers. Before joining Citigroup, Albert was an Investment Consultant on alternative and traditional asset classes for corporate and public pension plans at Rogerscasey in Connecticut.

Albert holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation, and he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Management Information Systems from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with distinction.

Mischa joined Standard Chartered Bank in June 2019. Based in Singapore, he is leading the alternative investments team overseeing hedge funds and private markets products. Prior to that, Mischa worked for DBS Bank and Societe Generale Private Banking where he held various positions in Asia and in Europe as product manager in the fund team, covering both traditional and non-traditional investments. He has more than 10 years of experience in the fund management industry. Mischa holds an MSc in finance and banking from the University Paris II Assas and is CAIA Charterholder.

James Burdis, managing director, is Head of J.P. Morgan Global Strategic Relationships Client Group and Private Wealth Alternatives business in APAC. James is responsible for overseeing strategic client relationships with key global distributions partners, consultants and platforms focusing on investment strategy and capital markets insights to drive fund solutions. Based in Hong Kong, James has spent 19 years with J.P. Morgan Asset Management across APAC and EMEA including Hong Kong, Singapore and London covering global strategic relationships for the firm. James read Business, Economics and Finance at the University of Durham, UK.

Alex is a director of alternatives within APAC Client Group, leading engagement with clients and prospects on Wellington’s alternatives platform across a range of hedge fund strategies.

Alex was an executive director at Man Group plc, overseeing business development for clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea, and previously held roles within the hedge funds investment division in London.

Alex earned his BA in Classics from University College London.

David is Head of Asia Wealth for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), focused on building and expanding business across the region’s Wealth channel. His primary responsibilities include capital raising, client servicing and strategic partnership formation with distribution partners to positively impact both business and investment outcomes.

During his asset and wealth management career, David has worked in the US, Hong Kong and Singapore. Prior to joining Macquarie, David was Head of Asia Business Development at Lord Abbett, based in Singapore, where he was responsible for establishing the distribution business in Asia. Before that, David held senior asset management distribution roles at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong, where he moved in 2013. He started his career in finance as a private banker with J.P. Morgan in the US in 2004.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts in business and economics from Wheaton College.

Chee Jiun Wen is Head of Private Markets, APAC Wealth at Franklin Templeton. He is responsible for strategy and expanding Franklin Templeton's Private Markets franchise to wealth clients across Asia Pacific.

Jiun Wen brings over two decades of experience across alternatives, private wealth and institutional advisory. Most recently, he served as a Managing Director at Bank of Singapore, where he led the bank’s alternative investments platform and played a pivotal role in expanding client adoption of private markets, overseeing significant growth in assets across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real assets and hedge funds. Prior to this, he held senior roles at Julius Baer, Partners Group, and Cambridge Associates, advising sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and private clients across Asia.

Jiun Wen began his professional journey at Goldman Sachs and holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick.

Harlan has more than 20 years of institutional principal investing experience across the global infrastructure landscape. He joined Macquarie after serving as Chief Business Officer at The Forest Road Company, a leading specialty and incentive tax credit finance business. Harlan led several key strategic initiatives and was responsible for the development of Forest Road’s renewable energy and asset-based finance platform with a strategic and targeted focus on distributed generation.

Before that, he served as the Co-Head of the Americas Special Situations strategy at KKR Inc, responsible for helping build and lead the special situations strategy across North America, Europe, and Asia. Prior to KKR, Harlan held several senior investment and portfolio management roles, with experience that included investment banking, private equity, and investment management.

He currently serves as an Executive Committee Member of the Board of Directors for the Youth Renewal Fund, the largest network of schools across the socioeconomic periphery in Israel, as well as on the Board of Advisors for the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Harlan holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Antoine des Noyers is a senior product specialist within the Alternative Investments Group of J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank. Based in Singapore, Antoine leads the Alternative Investments practice for Southeast Asia and advises private clients across the region on the construction of hedge fund, private equity, private debt and real asset portfolios.

Before relocating to Singapore in September 2022, Antoine was based in Geneva, where he co-led the Alternative Investments practice for Europe and the Middle-East, covering entrepreneurs, financial executives as well as a significant number of large institutional family offices.

Antoine has been with the firm since 2010. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan and relocating to Switzerland, Antoine began his career as an equity buy-side analyst and worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management, DNCA Finance and Aberdeen Asset Management in France and in Singapore.

Antoine holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Audencia Group (Nantes, France) and is CAIA Charter Holder.

Jonathan Han is the Private Markets Sales Specialist for Franklin Templeton, based in Singapore, covering Franklin Templeton’s range of private markets offerings, focusing on wealth channels.

Prior to joining the Alternatives group, Jonathan held product strategy responsibilities across both public and private markets asset classes, in both Franklin Templeton and his prior firm, AllianceBernstein. Jonathan started his career as an asset allocator at AXA, supporting alternative investment deployment, amongst other responsibilities.

Jonathan holds a Bachelors in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hong Kong.

Steve is Partner and Co-Head of Apollo’s Sponsor & Secondary Solutions (S3) business. Prior to Apollo, Steve was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Secondaries and Liquidity Solutions (SLS) at BlackRock Alternatives, where he Co-Founded the SLS business dedicated to private markets secondaries. Prior to BlackRock, Steve was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Secondaries in the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. Steve began his career as an active duty officer in the US Army.

Steve graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS degree in Engineering Management and received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Keith Looi is a Vice President in the Global Wealth Solutions team based in Singapore. He joined EQT Partners in April 2023.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Keith worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) on the Third Party Distribution Sales team. Prior to GSAM, he also worked in a fintech startup and HSBC Private Bank.

Keith holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University.

Jason Ng is an Alternative Specialist for Asia and Middle East at Julius Baer.

Based in Singapore, he is responsible for alternatives investments advisory (comprising hedge funds, private equity and private credit) and facilitating third party investment banking / corporate finance advisory and financing solutions for clients of Julius Baer.

Prior to joining Julius Baer in 2017, Jason was an investment banker with Evercore and Credit Suisse, focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions, private and public capital fund raising, and structured financing.

Jason graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours in Finance) from The University of Melbourne.

James Savastano is Head of Asia Pacific & Middle East at Lord Abbett, where he leads the firm’s regional growth strategy and plays a central role in delivering investment strategy and portfolio dialogue to institutional and private capital clients. He partners with sovereign wealth funds, pensions, insurers, endowments, private banks, and family offices to advise on portfolio construction, risk positioning, and long term capital deployment across public and private markets, with a particular focus on credit and alternative strategies.

Prior to this role, he led Lord Abbett’s institutional investment engagement in EMEA and previously worked at Lazard, advising institutional investors on portfolio strategy, asset allocation, and investment implementation. He holds a BA in Global Business, is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder, and is a member of CFA Society Singapore.

As solutions director, Andrew leads the development of client solutions and strategies in the Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, he works closely with our clients to understand their investment demands and deliver best in class investment solutions. To do this, he draws on Wellington Management’s investment capabilities across asset classes, deep market research, and the broader Wellington Solutions Team. He is a director of the Wellington Management Australia board.

Collwyn is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia Investments, based in Hong Kong. In this role, he has broad leadership and management responsibilities across the Asia Pacific investment platform. Collwyn focuses on Direct Equity, Direct Credit and Impact investments within a variety of sectors and strategic areas across Hamilton Lane’s investment products. He is a member of the Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2011, Collwyn focused on principal investing and advisory activities while at CRCI, a China focused general partner investing in consumer and healthcare. Previously, he held positions with J.P. Morgan Securities in their Principal Investment Management and Investment Banking divisions in Hong Kong.

Collwyn received an M.B.A from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University.

Jeremy Tan joined EQT’s Global Wealth Solutions team in April 2024 as a Vice-President, based in Singapore.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Jeremy worked at Vontobel Pte Ltd in the Asia Sales team, covering Private Banks, Family Offices and Institutional clients in South-east Asia. Prior to Vontobel, Jeremy was at DWS (Deutsche Bank) in the Asia Intermediary Sales team.

Jeremy received a BBM with a major in Finance from Singapore Management University.

Mr. Wong Meng Keet joined the UOB Group in 2013 and is Head of Managed Products and Alternative Investments at UOB Private Bank. Mr. Wong is responsible for the Bank’s Managed Product Solutions, including traditional long only funds, alternative investments, and discretionary portfolio management (DPM) sales. In this role, Mr. Wong also oversees the Bank’s Fund Advisory and Fund Due Diligence teams. Before joining UOB Private Bank in 2016, Mr. Wong managed the UOB Group’s proprietary investments in three vintages of private equity and a hedge fund of funds.

Prior to joining UOB Private Bank, Mr. Wong was a Partner and Senior Analyst at Albourne Partners, the world’s largest consultant on complicated assets with over USD 650bn under advice. There, he advised institutional investors, including sovereign funds, state and corporate pension plans, endowments and foundations and family offices on alternative investment allocations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wong held positions at UBS AG and BearingPoint.

Mr. Wong has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Law from Wolfson College, Cambridge University, and a Bachelor of History from Yale University.