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Anne-Maree was a Commissioner on the Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (Liechtenstein Initiative) supported by the UN during its mandate. She was a member of the NZ Sustainable Finance Forum and represents NZSF on the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund initiative on climate change. Anne-Maree is a past board member of the RI Association Australasia and a recipient of the Women of Influence 2017 award for Board and Management.

Anne-Maree has over 20 years of RI experience in senior roles including Managing Director of CoreRatings and Associate Director RI at Aviva’s Morley Fund Management.

His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of Business, and he has had articles published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Handelsblatt among others.

His areas of expertise include corporate finance, corporate governance, financial regulation, and competitiveness. As Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center, he works with governments all over the world assessing, measuring, and managing the competitiveness of countries. The WCC produces trusted annual rankings on economies’ competitiveness, and under his leadership it has expanded its coverage by adding new rankings on talent, digital competitiveness, and smart cities.

In addition to leading the Center, Bris conducts research on the relationship between income inequality, social mobility, and competitiveness. His work on the international aspects of financial regulation focuses particularly on the effects of bankruptcy, short sales, insider trading and merger laws. He has also researched and lectured on the effects of the Euro on the corporate sector and the valuation impact of corporate governance changes.

His recent work includes a comprehensive study of 3,692 CEOs from 22 countries from 1991-2019, which found strong evidence that existing studies overestimate the impact of CEOs on the performance of the firms they lead, and an analysis of the outlook for globalization in the post-COVID-19 period.
At IMD he directs the Strategic Finance and Navigating Fintech Innovation and Disruption program. He also previously directed the flagship Advanced Strategic Management program between 2009 and 2013. He has led several custom programs for organizations operating in various industries, with a particular interest in the financial sector, and has extensive consulting experience with countries from across the world.

Bris' latest book The Right Place: How National Competitiveness Makes or Breaks Companies provides an analysis of countries’ competitive performance, typical mistakes that countries make, and the pillars necessary to build a truly competitive economy. He also co-authored Flex or Fail: The Future of Work and Pay and Sixteen Shades of Smart: How Cities Can Shape Their Own Future in 2019, and Blockchange!: How to Survive the Crypto Economy in 2018.

Bris is a member of the Strategic Committee of Debiopharm Investment and the International Advisory Council of the Wealth Management Institute in Singapore, and is academic advisor to the Blue Whale Foundation, a decentralized ecosystem enabling the self-employed to thrive by capturing a fair share of the value they create. He also serves as a member of the International Advisory Board of CENTRUM Graduate Business School in Peru, and of the Supervisory Board of the Kyiv International Economic Forum. He is also a research associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute and a research fellow of the Yale International Institute for Corporate Governance.

Prior to joining IMD in 2005, he was the Robert B & Candice J. Haas Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at the Yale School of Management.

Prior to joining O’Connor, Barry was head of the Fundamental Investment Group (Americas) for nearly six years within �۶���Ƶ Investment Bank, investing and trading the firm's principal capital.

Barry moved to the US in 2000 from London to rebuild the long / short principal investing effort within Equities following the creation of O’Connor as a hedge fund business.

In his five years in London at SBC and �۶���Ƶ, he was co-head of Pan-European Sector Trading, a proprietary book, and co-head of European Risk Program Trading for two years, preceded by two years as the head of the French trading book. Barry joined SBC's European derivatives desk as a graduate trainee in 1995.

As a member of the Global Sovereign Markets Management Committee and the �۶���Ƶ Asset Management APAC Management Committee he is responsible for leading our business efforts in APAC in advising sovereign entities and with institutional investors across all asset classes. Benno has been a member of the �۶���Ƶ delegation to the annual IMF/Worldbank meetings since 2014.

Benno graduated from ESB Business School in Reutlingen/Germany as Dipl.-Betriebswirt (FH) and from Portland State University (US) with an MBA (Finance). He is a member of the Singapore CFA Society and the Singapore CAIA Association.

Before joining NUS in 2019, he worked with the World Bank for 27 years, 22 of which in Asia, and 12 of which on China. Mr. Hofman was the World Bank Country Director for China 2014-2019, the country economist for China 2004-2008, and the Chief Economist for the World Bank in East Asia and Pacific 2011-2014. He also worked on Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea, Mongolia, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, the Former Soviet Union, and Brazil.

Before coming to the World Bank, Mr. Hofman worked at the Kiel Institute of World Economics, The OECD and NMB Bank (Now ING).

Mr. Hofman has extensive experience in advising governments on a wide range of development issues, and he has published on fiscal policy, decentralization, debt issues, and China’s and Indonesia’s economic history.

Mr Yeo holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago. He has completed the Stanford Executive Program from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

He first joined CIC at its inception and then left to work at ICBC-Credit Suisse Asset Management Corporation where he served as Chief Economist and CIO. In 2012, after four years at ICBC-Credit Suisse AMC, he returned to CIC as Head of European Private Equity Investment. In addition to his work at CIC, Dr. Chen is also a lecturer at several leading universities in China and has published five books on economics and finance.

David is concurrently Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Trust Asset Management, the Singapore-based global asset management company investing in positive outcomes for economies, societies, and the environment. Established in 2019 by Temasek Trust, a steward of philanthropic endowments and gifts, Temasek Trust Asset Management has two core investment units – ABC Impact and Temasek Trust Capital. Temasek Trust Capital generates sustainable returns to power philanthropic outcomes.

David has over 25 years of experience in the investment industry. Over a span of 14 years, David held senior leadership roles in Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek where he stewarded the portfolio growth of three major investment clusters – Financial Services, Consumer, and Real Estate. His appointments at Temasek included Head of Real Estate, Head of Japan & Korea, Joint Head of Consumer, as well as Joint Head of China. Prior to Temasek, David was with Deutsche Bank AG.

David is a Board Director of NSYE-listed SEA Limited (NYSE:SE), Seatown Holdings, and Temasek Trust Asset Management, among other appointments. He sits on the investment committees of ABC Impact and decarbonisation investment platform GenZero. David is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Sustainable Finance Development Network. Other boards that David serves on include the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices, and the Singapore Art Museum.

David holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hull (United Kingdom) and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand).

The firm focuses on three activities: consulting services for multilateral organizations; data and research, with an online platform trusted by the world’s largest SWFs, asset managers and services providers; and the SWF Academy, an executive education program in partnership with London Business School (LBS).

Prior to founding Global SWF, Diego spent five years building up PwC’s footprint in the SWF industry as Director and COO of the global practice based in Abu Dhabi and New York, and he has also worked for KPMG and Santander. He has lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East, China, Brazil, and the USA.

Diego earned his Master’s in Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) after graduating in the Universities of Madrid and Milan. He is based in New York and is a prolific open water and ice swimmer, acting as an ambassador for the Ocean’s recovery and having raced in all continents including Antarctica.

He previously worked as New Product Development Manager at REC Solar and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University. Skilled in business strategy, market analysis and product commercialisation, Emir delivers improvement projects to successfully achieve company targets in a fast-paced business environment.

Frank Grütter held various positions in Bern and abroad: he was Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Switzerland in London from 2012-2016. From 2010 to 2012 he was the Chief of Staff of the State Secretary at the FDFA. Before this he worked as Political Coordinator at the Swiss Mission to the United Nations in New York and as Deputy Head of UN Coordination in Switzerland. From 2000-2004 he worked at the Office for European Integration and was a member of the team that negotiated the second package of bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the European Union on services and financial affairs. Frank Grütter joined the FDFA in 1998 and completed his diplomatic training at the Economic and Financial Affairs Division and at the Embassy of Switzerland in Madrid.

Frank Grütter graduated in Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen and studied International Affairs at the Spanish School for Diplomacy in Madrid.
Frank Grütter is married and has two children.

He chairs the Emerging Markets Equity Strategy Committee and is based in Singapore.

Geoffrey joined �۶���Ƶ in 1997. His prior experience includes co-founding an Asian investment management firm, where he served as Director of Investment Management responsible for asset allocation and stock selection for global and regional institutional portfolios.

Geoffrey served on the board of directors of Singapore Exchange, the combined stock and futures exchange of Singapore between 2003 and 2006. He is a member of the Singapore Society of Financial Analysts and a Fellow of the Institute of Banking and Finance.

Kevin previously managed the External Public Investments & Credit portfolio at OPTrust in Toronto, where he and his team pioneered the allocation to multi-asset funds and hedge funds, and advanced the transformation of the Trust’s investment policies and portfolio. Earlier in his career, Kevin was Vice President and Portfolio Manager in GIC’s External Managers department in New York overseeing North American equity funds and hedge funds. Before that, he had been Vice President in GIC’s Investment Policy & Strategy department in Singapore analyzing asset classes and strategies, refining optimization techniques, and advising the government on its long-term investment goals and risks.

Kevin is a Board Director of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI), a Board Director of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), and an International Advisory Board Member for EDHEC-Risk Institute. He is also 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. He is also a CFA charter holder

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Lucy was previously Head of Investment Stewardship at TCorp, the financial markets partner of the New South Wales Government in Australia. In this role, she developed and implemented a global best practice stewardship framework using ESG integration, active ownership and collaboration across asset classes and was a member of the TCorp Management Investment Committee overseeing AUD110bn in assets.Prior to this, she was Global Head of Sustainable Investment for Willis Towers Watson from 2014-2018, responsible for advising institutional clients and leading the integration of sustainability factors into the investment research process globally.

Lucy’s career spans funds management and started as an analyst in the Equities division at Morgan Stanley.

Lucy is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.

Max established himself as a global thought leader on the macroeconomic, financial and political trends in sovereign wealth management. He has often been called in by leading institutions as an expert on global economic and financial matters and regularly publishes articles and research on international economic policy and financial market issues and he is often quoted in the media. Among his publications The New Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Wiley Finance Series, a book providing a thorough guide to sovereign wealth funds.

In his fifteen year-long international professional career, Max has been �۶���Ƶ Head of Public Policy in Europe, Middle East and Africa, �۶���Ƶ Senior Economist for Emerging Markets and a consultant advising governments and corporates on behalf of international institutions such as the World Bank the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission.

Max holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome where he lectured and a Msc in Economics from the University of London. He is a Fellow at the New York University, Abu Dhabi and the Vice-Chairman of the Asset Management Investment Council (AMIC), International Capital Market Association.

Ning's team (led by Tao Wang) has been ranked No.1 or No.2 in Asia II survey for consecutive years. Ning individually was ranked No.3 among all economists in both Asia II survey and China II survey. Ning holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his BA in engineering and MA in management, both from Tsinghua University.

Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012).

Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has traveled to more than 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

Prior to joining Temasek, Rohit spent 11 years with Morgan Stanley holding senior positions across its Mumbai and Hong Kong offices, including Co-Head of the Asia Pacific M&A business in Hong Kong, before his appointment as Managing Director and Head of South East Asia Investment Banking in Singapore.

Rohit started his career with Citibank, Mumbai, after which he spent a few years with McKinsey & Company in India as a management consultant, before he joined Morgan Stanley.

Rohit holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He graduated from St. Stephens College, Delhi with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Economics.

Stephen was the past CEO of Lion TCR Pte Ltd with assets in TCR-T, Gene Editing technologies. He was also the past CEO of BioCheetah Pte Ltd, which develops diagnostics kits/devices for bladder cancer. Stephen ran several SGX Mainboard public listed companies in Singapore including as CEO Food Group for Auric Pacific Group Ltd (which runs Sunshine Bakery & famous household brands such as SCS Butter and many other FMCG products) and CEO of Camsing Healthcare Ltd. He was also a Senior Vice President of Ascendas-Singbridge Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, and his focus was on the development of a 2400sqkm Jilin Food Zone in China. Stephen has strong background in management, business & channel development of businesses. He was involved in several start-ups, business development, business turnarounds in his career.

Willem is a Member of the Management Committees for �۶���Ƶ Asset Management in EMEA and the Institutional Business globally.

Willem joined �۶���Ƶ Asset Management in 2017 as Head of Global Sovereign Markets.

Willem began his financial career in 1990 working in Equity Sales, initially for Lehman Bros, followed by Morgan Stanley, both based in London. He spent 21 years at Morgan Stanley in a variety of roles, both as a senior coverage person and manager including co-Head of Cash Equity Sales in Europe with specific responsibility for Continental Europe. He was a member of the Operating Committee in Morgan Stanley's European Equity Division.

As a sought-after consultant for enterprise quality and Factory intelligent development, Jinsong has engaged with leading semiconductor companies globally, including those in Europe, the United States, Singapore, China, and Taiwan. He believes in the effective use of data as a solution and strategy for success.

Jinsong founded the tech start-up Innowave Tech in 2019. Innowave Tech envisions being the Industrial Choice of AI-driven Solutions and Product provider for their Transformation and Sustainability goals. It is at the forefront of providing intelligent manufacturing technologies for more than 30 leading semiconductor and technology companies.

Jinsong graduated from Tsinghua University with bachelor’s and master's degrees in Materials Science. He also holds certifications from the Harvard leadership program and the Temasek Asia Leaders Programme.