ALTSHK Hong Kong | June 15, 2023

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Poman Lo, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Century City Holdings Limited and Regal Hotels International

Ms. Poman Lo is the Founder of the Institute of Sustainability and Technology, Founder & Managing Partner, AlphaTrio Capital, and also the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Century City Holdings Limited and Regal Hotels International.

Poman serves as an Adjunct Professor teaching sustainable business management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She founded the non-profit Institute of Sustainability and Technology with a mission to nurture the next generation of ESG talent through executive education and advance the sustainability agenda through interdisciplinary research and community events.

Poman is the Founder and Managing Partner of AlphaTrio Capital, an Asia-focused sustainable technology fund that empowers innovative solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To promote decarbonization in business and consumer communities via a collaborative ecosystem, she launched MetaGreen, the world's first green metropolis in the metaverse.

To foster holistic well-being and positive values in children and youths, Poman established Bodhi Love Foundation to provide mindfulness-based training to educators and parents through its SEED (social emotional ethical development) program.

Poman is the only person in Hong Kong history to receive both the “Outstanding Young Person of the World Award” and the “Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award”. She is also the first and only female Asian recipient of the “Oslo Business for Peace Award” by the Business for Peace Foundation in Norway, selected by an independent committee of Nobel Prize Laureates in Peace and Economics.

Kenneth Hui, Head of Market Development, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Kenneth Hui is the Head of Market Development Division of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), in charge of the HKMA’s efforts to enhance Hong Kong’s competitiveness as an international financial centre. Prior to joining the HKMA, Ken was a senior manager at the Investment Products Division of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), specialising in regulatory policies on retail funds and innovative retail investment products. During his time at the SFC, Ken was seconded to the Secretariat of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, where he was responsible for global OTC derivatives reforms.

Mark Konyn, Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA

Dr. Mark Konyn is the Group Chief Investment Officer responsible for providing oversight of the management of the investment portfolios of the Group as well as supervising and supporting the many investment professionals throughout the Group. He joined the Group in September 2015.

Dr. Konyn joined AIA from Cathay Conning Asset Management, where he was Chief Executive Officer responsible for the company's investment business and strategic expansion in the region. He had held senior positions at Allianz Global Investors (where he was Asia-Pacific CEO for RCM Global Investors), Fidelity Investments and Prudential UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, and holds a Diploma from the London Business School in Investment Management, having previously completed his Ph.D. in Operational Research sponsored by the UK Government.

Mark Wang, Group Chief Investment Officer, HSBC Insurance

Mark Wang joined HSBC Life as Group Chief Investment Officer in October 2018. Based in HK, he provides leadership to the investment teams globally and oversees insurance portfolios across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Mark has 25 years’ experience as a professional investor with insurance companies. Throughout his international career, Mark has held various positions, as fund manager and CIO in different parts of the world, including USA, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Mark started his career at Aetna in the U.S., then relocated to Hong Kong as a fund manager with ING where he managed HK insurance portfolios and oversaw investments in Greater China and Japan. In 2008, Mark was seconded to Malaysia as country CIO with ING, and subsequently appointed by AIA as CIO of Insurance and CEO of the Pension business, post AIA’s acquisition of ING in 2011. Prior to joining HSBC, Mark was Chief Investment Officer with NTUC Income, a leading Singaporean insurer. Mark received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.  

Adrian Zuercher, Managing Director, Head Global Asset Allocation and Co-Head Global Investment Management APAC, UBS Chief Investment Office

Adrian Zuercher is Head Global Asset Allocation and Co-Head Global Investment Management APAC at UBS Chief Investment office. In his Global Asset Allocation role, he is responsible for multi-asset portfolio solutions. He co-chairs the tactical investment forum, the global portfolio construction meeting, and is a member of the global investment committee, which defines the UBS CIO house-view. In his Global IM APAC capacity, he is responsible for investment fund selection, portfolio management, and product development. Adrian oversees regional discretionary and advisory mandates, investment and alternatives funds, sustainable investing, and the wealth planning offering.

Before joining UBS, Adrian was Head of Multi Asset Emerging Market Strategy and Global Asset Allocation at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Hong Kong and Zurich, where he was responsible for multi-asset class portfolios as well as advising sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors on asset allocation. Prior to that, he was an equity fund manager in charge of Asia at VP Bank Asset Management, and a multi-asset class portfolio manager at F.van Lanschot Bankiers. Adrian holds an MSc in finance and economics from the University of Bern and is a CFA charter holder.

Grace Tam, Chief Investment Advisor, Managing Director, BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Grace Tam is the Chief Investment Advisor and Managing Director, Chief Investment Office Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. She is a member of BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s Global Investment Strategy Committee and is responsible for formulating, formalizing and communicating the bank’s global asset allocation and investment strategies in Asia.

Grace joined BNP Paribas Wealth Management from HSBC Global Asset Management where she was a Senior Market Specialist. Before that, she was a Director, Portfolio Solutions Specialist of Credit Suisse Private Banking and spent over 10 years with J.P. Morgan Asset Management with her last position as Executive Director, Global Market Strategist.

Grace has significant industry experience across asset classes, having held various roles including investment research, portfolio advisory and forex trading in asset management, private banking, as well as corporate & investment banking firms.

Grace holds both Bachelor and Master degrees in Economics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Jack Siu, Director, Chief Investment Officer Greater China, Investment Strategy, Credit Suisse

Jack Siu is a Director of Credit Suisse and Chief Investment Officer Greater China, responsible for developing discretionary and advisory investment strategies across and within asset classes for private and institutional clients in Greater China. Jack is a voting member of the Asia Pacific Investment Committee of Credit Suisse. Jack brings 17 years of investment management experience across asset classes. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2015, Jack was Portfolio Manager for Generali Investments Asia Limited’s Asian Bond Fund. Before that, he served as the Asia Investment Strategist at Citi Private Bank and was an advisor to their Asia Pacific Investment Committee. Jack started his career in Standard Chartered Wholesale Bank based in London as an International Management Trainee. Jack obtained his Masters of Science in Investment Management from HKUST Business School, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics and Computer Science from Imperial College London.