Michael Blake
CEO Asia, Union Bancaire Privée

Michael Blake is CEO Asia for Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), a family-owned private bank and specialist asset manager headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

In this capacity, Michael is responsible for the leadership and development of UBP’s wealth management business in Asia. He brings to the role a track record of leading cross-cultural teams during periods of growth and transformational change.

Michael joined UBP in 2016 upon its successful acquisition of Coutts International. Prior to this, he was chief executive of Coutts International, with responsibility for leading its international wealth management business and overseeing its integration with UBP in Europe and Asia.

Michael has lived in Asia for much of the past two decades and is active in various international affairs forums. He read philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University and studied Mandarin in Beijing.

Evrard Bordier
CEO & Managing Partner, Bordier & Cie, Singapore

Evrard Bordier is chief executive officer of Bordier & Cie, Singapore. In addition, he has served as managing partner of Bordier & Cie Group since 2011, and has been president of the board of Bordier Bank (TCI) since 2000. Prior to his current role in Singapore, he was managing director of Bordier International in London for 10 years.

Evrard has been in the financial industry for over 25 years, during which he has garnered extensive international experience holding diverse positions in Singapore, Hong Kong, Geneva, Zurich, and London.

Evrard is a direct descendant and fifth generation of the bank’s founding family and currently resides in Singapore. He has 3 children aged 17-21, two of whom are in university in the UK. In his spare time, Evrard enjoys collecting art, recently adding the works of Patrick James and Orlinkski to his collection.

Marco Yau
Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Allianz Global Investors

Marco is a Hong Kong-based research analyst with Allianz Global Investors, specialising in the China financials and software sectors. He joined the firm in October 2018 and became co-lead portfolio manager of the AllianzGI China Future Technologies strategy in July 2022. Marco has 12 years of industry experience. Before joining Allianz Global Investors, he worked at CEB International Capital and CLSA Ltd, specialising in China financials. Marco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Hong Kong, as well as an LLB degree from Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jason Hsu
Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Allianz Global Investors

Jason joined Allianz Global Investors in April 2018 as a research analyst specialising in technology companies across Asia ex-Japan. He became co-lead portfolio manager of the AllianzGI China Future Technologies strategy in July 2022. Before joining, Jason worked at Bric Neutron Asset Management as co-manager of a global TMT portfolio. With 14 years of industry experience, he also previously worked at Allard Partner Limited as a Greater China TMT research analyst. Jason holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from National Taiwan University.

Narit Kosalathip
Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management Group, Kiatnakin Phatra Securities

Narit has over 27 years of professional experience in the investment and wealth management business, covering a range of areas including marketing, client coverage and advisory, product development, sales management and strategic planning.

Currently, he is responsible for the strategic management of Thailand’s largest team of private bankers overseeing more than Baht 700 billion of AUM. As the head of wealth management, Narit works with the leadership team of the respective wealth management functions within the bank to ensure quality and competitiveness in the service offerings.

Prior to his current position, Narit played an instrumental role in building the firm’s preeminent onshore wealth management platform that has won numerous recognitions as the Best Private Bank in Thailand from reputable institutions such as Asian Private Banker, FinanceAsia, Euromoney, Asiamoney, Alpha Southeast Asia.

Philip Kunz
Head of Global Private Banking, South Asia, HSBC Global Private Banking

Philip Kunz is the head of HSBC global private banking, South Asia.

In this role, he is responsible for driving and executing HSBC’s strategy for the global private banking business across the region. Prior to rejoining HSBC in November 2017, Philip spent seven years with UBS managing the private banking team for Indonesia and most recently as the wealth management COO for Southeast Asia.

Philip has more than 35 years of experience, including the last 20 years in Asia, working with the international banks in the private banking industry, including formerly with HSBC leading the South Asia team.

Royston Low
Managing Director & Regional Head, Private Investments, BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Royston is the regional head for private investments at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, which encompasses private equity and private real estate funds. Based out of Singapore, he has held this role since 2010.

Prior to this, he spent seven years of his career with TIFF Ventures PTE Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Singapore Economic Development Board. TIFF Ventures managed the US$1.3 Billion Technopreneurship Investment Fund, a “fund of funds” established to promote venture capital and private equity investments in Singapore. In this capacity, he was responsible for origination and due diligence, which resulted in numerous investments in private equity funds globally.

Royston started his career with the National Science and Technology Board of Singapore (now agency for Science, Technology and Research, *ASTAR). He graduated with a Master of Science degree from the National University of Singapore.

Yayoi Asazuma
Director of Client Relations, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Yayoi Asazuma is the director of client relations at Morningstar Sustainalytics Japan. As a client relations expert, she is responsible for sales of ESG research products and services for institutional investors. She is currently engaged in providing support for ESG integration for both domestic and international investors as well as financial institutions.

Prior to joining Sustainalytics Japan in 2019, Yayoi worked for Nomura Securities in Singapore, Hong Kong and London doing Asian equity research sales, where she was involved in Asian equity operations for global institutional investors. She has extensive experiences of more than 20 years in the industry.

Lorraine Tan
Regional Director of Equity Research, Asia, Morningstar Investment Adviser Singapore Pte Limited

Lorraine Tan is the director of equity research in Asia for Morningstar Investment Adviser Singapore Pte Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. She leads the Asian equity research team, which focuses on providing in-depth, fundamental equity research based on sustainable competitive advantages and long-term valuation.

Tan joined Morningstar in July 2015. She previously led Standard & Poor’s equity research business in Asia from 2000 to 2014, where she also wrote about the Asian market strategy. Tan has more than 22 years of experience in equity research, covering a variety of sectors in the region, most recently energy and utilities.

Tan holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Kah Yi Chung
Head of Alternative Investments, Southeast Asia, Investments and Wealth Solutions, HSBC

Kah Yi is the head of alternative investments in Southeast Asia for HSBC Private Bank, and brings with her a wealth of experience in the alternatives space. At HSBC, she leads her team to drive its ambitions for alternatives in SEA and to spearhead multiple product launches and projects to enrich the company’s alternatives solutions for its clients.

Prior to joining HSBC, Kah Yi worked at Partners Group (Singapore), Eaton Partners (Shanghai) and Diamond Dragon (Hong Kong), where she marketed alternative funds to institutional investors, family offices and private wealth clients in the region. Before that, she was an equity sales trader at Lehman Brothers, covering long only and hedge fund managers. Kah Yi holds a master’s degree in finance from London Business School and is a CFA charter holder.

Adrien Lalau
Client Relationship Manager, Singapore, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Based in Singapore, Adrien has over 12 years of experience in private banking and asset management and is part of the distribution team to private banks in Asia Pacific & the Middle East for BNP Paribas Asset Management. In this role, Adrien has been promoting Environmental strategies across all asset classes, and is also involved in the design and implementation of tailor-made solutions for key distributors and key clients of the BNP Paribas Group.

Prior to this, Adrien was an investment counsellor for BNP Paribas Wealth Management Singapore, covering family offices and international market clients in Asia, Middle East and Europe. He started his career with Societe Generale CIB in Paris in the global equities and derivatives division.

Adrien graduated with honours in 2009 from Reims Management School with a Master’s of Science in management.

Marie Chew
Executive Director & Head of Funds & Alternatives, Singapore, UBS Global Wealth Management

Marie Chew has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry. Since July 2021, she is responsible for leading advisory and sales efforts for traditional funds, private markets, and hedge funds for UBS Global Wealth Management in Singapore.

Prior to this role, Marie held various sales and business development roles in the asset management industry, most recently with UBS Asset Management for over 7 years, heading up the global wealth management client coverage in Singapore.

Before UBS, Marie headed up business development at E Fund Management (HK), focusing on the institutional and wholesale business for their international business. Prior to that, she was focused on the institutional sales distribution in DBS Asset Management, Acadian Asset Management, as well as State Street Global Advisors.

Marie graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Second Upper Honors). She is a CFA charterholder.

Omar Shokur
Chief Executive Officer Asia & Branch Manager Singapore, Indosuez Wealth Management

Omar Shokur was appointed chief executive officer for Asia, and branch manager of Indosuez Wealth Management Singapore in July 2019, and is responsible for Indosuez’ business and development strategy in Asia.

Prior to his current appointment based in Singapore, Omar was head of markets, investment and structuring teams for Indosuez in Switzerland and Asia since 2017. He is also a member of the executive committee of CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA.

Omar first joined Crédit Agricole Private Banking Services in 2001 (which became Azqore in 2018). Since then, he has held several key positions across the Crédit Agricole Group. Omar holds a master’s degree in mathematics from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), obtained in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston (2001). He also holds an MBA from the IMD business school in Lausanne (2006). He speaks fluent English, French, Italian and Persian.

Lionel Lim
Managing Director & CEO, DBS Digital Exchange

Lionel is the MD & CEO of DBS Digital Exchange. He has been CEO since November 2021. In his capacity as CEO, Lionel is responsible for overseeing the digital exchange platform whilst also pioneering its development as a fully integrated ecosystem for digital assets such as security tokens and cryptocurrencies for institutional and accredited investors.

A DBS career investment banker, Lionel was previously CEO of DBS Vickers Group where he oversaw and supervised the brokerage’s comprehensive blend of services for institutional and retail investors looking at capital markets in Singapore and in the region.

Lionel graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Business Management, majoring in finance. From there, he started his career with DBS as a management associate. A Singaporean, Lionel is married with two children.

Audrey Raj
Senior Consultant – South Asia Editor, Asian Private Banker

Audrey Raj is the South Asia Editor of Asian Private Banker, driving our coverage of private wealth management in the region as well as spearheading our new ESG 2.0 initiative. She was previously editor overseeing Citywire Asia’s private banking and asset management editorial coverage across the region. In addition, spearheaded Citywire’s Middle East editorial launch. Audrey has about 15 years of reporting experience in Singapore and Australia, covering finance, business and commodities. She graduated with a journalism master’s degree from the University of Queensland.

Alvin Lee
Head of Group Wealth Management & Singapore Community Financial Services, Maybank

Alvin Lee serves as head of group wealth management at Maybank, a role he has assumed since 2015. He has also been the head of community financial services in Singapore from 2017 onwards.

In this role, Alvin reports directly to the chief executive officer of Maybank Singapore and functionally to the group head of community financial services. His key role is the management of Maybank group’s wealth management business across five countries and three wealth segments comprising private, premier and privilege wealth. Alvin is also a non-executive director on the board of Maybank Asset Management Singapore and Advisory Board Members on Accenture Asia Wealth Report.

Alvin joined Maybank in January 2013 from Burgan Bank in Kuwait, where he was group treasurer. He served as a reservist lieutenant colonel in the Singapore Armed Forces, and is an avid rugby player/fan.

Daniel Shane
Editor, Asian Private Banker

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.

Clark Cahill
Senior Content Manager, Asian Private Banker

Clark is responsible for content development and production for Asian Private Banker’s events and conferences. Prior to this, he helmed content production roles for events and conferences at the South China Morning Post and InfoPro Digital. Early in his career, he spent time in Beijing, working as an editor at China Daily and as a news anchor with China Xinhua News Network Corporation (CNC), a TV news network run by Xinhua News Agency that targets overseas audiences.

Clark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Iowa (USA).

Christian Leger
Managing Director, Head of Switzerland, Global Client Group, Nuveen

Christian is managing director and head of Switzerland for Nuveen’s global client group in the newly opened office in Zürich. He brings over 20 years of experience and expertise to his role and leads the sales team for Switzerland. In his role, he is responsible for investment opportunities targeting institutional and private wealth investors.

Prior to joining Nuveen in summer 2022, he was country head for Switzerland and head of European Banks at Allianz Global Investors and managing director, business development at Capital Group.

Christian graduated with a B.A. in Arabic and Politics from SOAS, University of London.

Richard Kimble
Managing Director & Lead Portfolio Manager, Real Estate, Nuveen

Richard is the lead portfolio manager and an executive officer for the Nuveen Global Cities REIT. He oversees strategic allocation and the North American portions of the portfolio.

Prior to his current position, Richard held numerous roles on the transactions and portfolio management teams. He served on the United States regional team for Nuveen Real Estate, structuring and managing equity and debt components of commercial real estate. He also led investment activity including acquisitions, asset management, and dispositions. In 2012, he opened Nuveen Real Estate’s San Francisco office and built out the Northwest transaction team.

Richard graduated with a B.S. in economics from Mary Washington College and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He holds the CFA designation and is a member of the Urban Land Institute and Commercial Real Estate Development Association.

Saurav Bhatia
Global Head of Digital Assets for Consumer, Private & Business Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Saurav is an innovative digital leader, with hands-on experiences in crafting visionary strategies and building scalable ventures, having been a part of the founding leadership on two digital banks. Passionate about the interplay between technology and human behaviour, he leverages that intersection to deliver first-in-market user experiences and long-term business value.

Saurav’s vision is to help people live fulfilling lives and contribute to a more equitable society by creating exponential and accessible financial services opportunities. He writes a weekly newsletter on the topics of cryptocurrencies, digital banking and investing.

Jing Vivatrat
President, Franklin Templeton Private Equity

Jing Vivatrat is president of Franklin Templeton Private Equity. In her role, she is responsible for expanding the firm’s investment offerings and client reach, with a particular focus on private equity, venture capital and other alternative asset investment capabilities. Additionally, Ms. Vivatrat plays a leading role in Franklin Templeton’s China business and is a member of Franklin Templeton’s Management Committee.

Ms. Vivatrat has more than two decades of experience in private equity, corporate M&A, and investment banking, working across two continents, including extensive experience in Asia Pacific. Ms. Vivatrat has previously served in senior management roles in technology (Blackboard), media (formerly AOL Time Warner), and public policy firms (The Asia Group).

Before joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Vivatrat was an operating executive and head of Asia strategy at San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital. Ms. Vivatrat holds a B.A. in economics from Wellesley College.

Sarah Lien
Product Specialist, Allianz Global Investors

Sarah is a Singapore-based product specialist with Allianz Global Investors. She joined the firm in 2022 and specialises in Greater China and Asian equity strategies. Sarah has more than 20 years of investment experience. She previously worked at Eastspring Investments as a client portfolio manager and also at Russell Investments where she was responsible for manager selection in Asian and emerging market equities. Sarah has a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Virginia.