Ashley Alder is the Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Futures Commission.

Ashley came to Hong Kong in 1989 with the international law firm Herbert Smith, practising corporate and business law. He was Executive Director of Corporate Finance at the SFC from 2001 to 2004, before returning to Herbert Smith, later as head of the firm's Asia Region. He rejoined the SFC in 2011.

Ashley attained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London in 1982 and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Laws degree in 1983.

Isabella Chan is the Director, Sales & Marketing, of Franklin Templeton Investments (Asia) Limited and is responsible for all Hong Kong retail and QDII institutional business in China.

Ms. Chan joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 2000 during which she has held various positions within the firm, including network manager for Emerging markets team and fund treasury management roles for Asia. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association and vice chairman of the Regulatory Subcommittee.

Ms. Chan has been in the asset management and financial services industry for over 15 years. Prior to joining the Franklin Templeton Investments, Ms. Chan headed the Client Service and Fund Administration team at HSBC Asset Management (HK) Limited.

Ms. Chan holds a Master of Business Administration from Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales and Sydney University, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of London, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Ms. Christina Choi is the Senior Director of Policy, China and Investment Products Division of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. Her role is to lead the Investment Products Team within the division having responsibility for supervising the authorisation and supervision of collective investment schemes and all other investment products (including unit trusts, mutual funds, ETFs, REITs, QFII and RQFII funds etc) authorised by the Commission under section 104 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. She also plays a key role in the design and execution of products policy, in particular policy in relation to engagement with Mainland China and the development of Hong Kong's RMB investment products platform and RMB product offerings.

Ms. Choi has been with the SFC since 2005. She has extensive experience in relation to regulatory requirements and policies relating to investment products both in Hong Kong and internationally. Ms. Choi represents the SFC in the Committee on Investment Management (Committee 5) of IOSCO on and in the ETF Subgroup of such Committee to develop regulatory principles for ETFs.

Ms. Choi is a member of the SFC Products Advisory Committee and Committee on Real Estate Investment Trusts. She is also one of the SFC senior representatives sitting on the CSRC QDII product experts committee.

Before joining the SFC, Ms. Choi was a Partner of the Corporate Group of the international law firm Clifford Chance. She is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong and in England.

Lieven Debruyne is Chief Executive of Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) and Regional Head of Intermediary Business for Asia.

He started his investment career in 1993 in the United States with MeesPierson Capital Management. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994 as Asian fund manager and was promoted to Chief Investment Officer in 1998. In 1999 and 2000, Lieven worked in Paris for the same firm, rebranded as Fortis Investments. Lieven joined Schroders in London in 2000 as Head of Asian product and business development until moving to Hong Kong for the second time in 2005.

Mr. Debruyne holds a Master of Science in Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

He is an Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
He is a Member of the Products Advisory Committee of Securities and Futures Commission.
He is a Member of the Corporate Advisory Council of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.

Hayden Flinn is a Partner in the Hong Kong office of King & Wood Mallesons. He has advised on a wide variety of corporate matters in the Asia Pacific region across a range of jurisdictions including Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Australia. Hayden has been based in Hong Kong for 11 years and during this period has consistently acted on the most significant fund deals in the market. His funds practice focuses on the largest and most complex funds in the region. Hayden's practice also involves a range of dealings with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

Hayden is regularly ranked as a leading lawyer for investment funds by market surveys. He is noted by Asia-Pacific Legal 500 2011/12 as "excellent" and "has a very good understanding of clients' commercial needs".

Jonathan Ha has broad experience managing consulting engagements across various industries, with a specialization in financial services. His clients have included investment management, banking, insurance, and real estate investment firms based in Greater China, Europe, and the Americas.

Mr. Ha began his career in New York, where he gained a wide breadth of experience consulting in the financial services, telecom, and government sectors. Mr. Ha is now Director of Advisory Services at Z-Ben Advisors, a research and consulting firm specializing in the Chinese investment management industry.

Mr. Ha received his MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and studied Engineering and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Gast Juncker is a partner at the Luxembourg law firm Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen.

He specialises in investment funds and investment companies and is advising clients in relation to the set-up and structuring of their Luxembourg investment fund operations.

He is member of different working groups of the Luxembourg Investment Fund Association (ALFI).

Gast holds a maîtrise en droit from the Université Paris I, Sorbonne and an LLM from the University College (London) and has become a member of the Luxembourg Bar in 1993.

Mark is the CEO of CCAM and has a long career in asset management in Asia spanning the last 22 years. He is considered one of the industry's leading figures having managed businesses in both the institutional and retail segments. At CCAM he is responsible for all of the Group's investment business in the region and takes a lead role in providing advisory support for clients.

He has been based in Hong Kong since 1989, having begun his career in London as a quantitative analyst for the UK's largest institutional investor at that time, Prudential Portfolio Managers. Prior to joining CCAM, Mark was the CEO of RCM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz where he worked for over 14 years and built their presence in the region, establishing RCM as a leading provider in many markets. Previously Mark was Head of Institutional Business Development for Fidelity Investments in Hong Kong covering clients in Asia and the Middle East.

Mark has a First Class (Hons.) degree in Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Risk Analysis. He was a research fellow at University College London and holds a Diploma in Investment Management from the London Business School. Mark is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and is a member of the FT-Actuaries Global Policy Committee.

Bruno Lee is the Regional Head of Retail for Asia Pacific ex Japan of Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Located in Hong Kong, he has over 20 years of experience in the asset management and wealth management business. He is responsible for the growth and profitability of the Personal Investing business, with key focus on existing business in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and on assessing other potential market opportunities.

Bruno began his career at Fidelity Worldwide Investment in 1991 holding various posts in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He joined HSBC in 2006 as the Regional Head of Wealth Management Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of customer propositions and product strategies for the deposit, investment and insurance distribution business. In January 2012, he rejoined Fidelity Worldwide Investment.

Bruno holds a Bachelors of Arts (Hons) from the University of Calgary in Canada and a Masters of Science in Investment Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Lee, Global Head of Sales and Marketing at E Fund Management Co. Ltd., oversees E Fund Management's the global expansion in the sales and marketing department of E Funds Management. He was previously Head of Equities & Equity Derivatives, Asia at BBVA, Head of Structured Products Sales at HSBC and various management roles in JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Lee majored in International Relations focused on East Asian Economics from Boston University.

Rosita Lee joined Hang Seng Bank in 1996. In her role as the Head of Investment Product Business, she oversees the development, selection and due diligence of all the non-listed wealth management products for distribution to personal, corporate and institutional customers of the Bank. She covers FX, retail margin trading, structured products, investment funds and asset management for the Bank. As the Head of Investment Product Business, Rosita also supervises the provision of sales support services to frontline and end investors by her department.

Rosita is also a Director of Hang Seng Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank. In this capacity, she is responsible for overseeing product and sales development of its institutional and wholesale businesses.

Prior to her current role, Rosita held various positions in the Bank's Private Banking and Trust Services, Investment Services, and Marketing divisions. She is also currently an Executive Officer of Hang Seng Bank and a Responsible Officer of Hang Seng Investment Management Limited.

Rosita has over 19 years of diverse experience in the financial services industry. Before joining Hang Seng, she held positions with various functional responsibilities at another international bank. Rosita holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from The University of Hong Kong. She is also a CFP^cm certificant.

Julia Leung was reappointed by the HKSAR Government as Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in June 2012 after a 4-year term. Her current portfolio includes securities market development initiatives in Hong Kong and financial market integration and cooperation with Mainland China. Ms. Leung joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in 1994 and became Executive Director (External) in 2000. Her responsibilities at the HKMA included coordinating and launching a US$3 billion Asian bond fund project in which official reserves from 11 central banks in Asia were pooled and the introduction of RMB banking in Hong Kong in 2004.

Prior to rejoining Deacons in 2008, Jane spent eight years in-house, based in Tokyo and also in Hong Kong, in various senior regional legal and compliance positions including with Allianz Global Investors / RCM and AllianceBernstein. She was an M&A partner with Deacons until 2000. Jane is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, England & Wales and Hong Kong and started her professional career in Hong Kong in 1991.

Mr. McShane has been an Executive Director of the Hong Kong pension regulator, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority ("MPFA") for over 10 years. He heads the Regulation and Policy Division, which is responsible for investment regulation, policy development, research and legal services. Prior to his time at the MPFA, he held various senior roles with the Australian Securities Investment Commission ("ASIC") and before that he also worked with the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation Ltd. ("IMRO"), the former fund management regulator in the United Kingdom. Prior to his regulatory roles he practised as a Barrister in Australia.

Joe Ngai is the Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company´s Hong Kong office, and also leads McKinsey´s Life Insurance and Asset Management practice in Asia. He is a co-author of "Life Insurance in Asia: Winning in the Next Decade", an authoritative text on the Asian life insurance industry. He is a sought-after speaker, and is a regular contributor on industry and media forums.

Over the past decade, Joe has worked with many of the leading multinational and domestic financial institutions spanning across all the major markets in Asia. His range of work covers strategy, major transformation programs, acquisitions, setting up of joint ventures, market entry, as well as operations optimization projects.

He received his AB from Harvard University, his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his MBA from Harvard Business School. He sits on the board of several non-profits, and is particularly passionate about social enterprises and youth development.

Terry Pan, managing director, is Head of the Hong Kong business. Prior taking up his current position in 2010, he was Head of the Retail Business in Hong Kong and Macau for four years. Immediately before that Terry spent three years as head of Intermediary Sales, responsible for the distribution of the firm's pooled products via a wide distribution network of retail and private banks, insurance companies and IFAs. Terry first joined the firm in 1994, left for two years, and rejoined in 2003. In 2001 Terry joined Hutchison CSFB direct as sales director and was appointed executive director - sales following Bank of China International's acquisition of the firm. Prior to that he spent seven years with J.P. Morgan Asset management, working in several areas, including sales, investment services and project management, before transferring to the firm's then joint venture with PCCW, 2cube Securities, in 2000 where he was vice president - sales. Terry obtained a BA in finance and real estate from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas and an MBA from Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also a holder of the CFA designation.

Karl J. Paulson Egbert is a registered foreign lawyer in the financial services group of the Hong Kong office. He advises a broad range of asset managers (including banks, retail managers and hedge fund managers) on regulatory, corporate and business matters.

Mr. Paulson Egbert has significant experience in advising Hong Kong and Asian fund managers with respect to fund structures and global fund offerings utilizing various investment styles and strategies. He has also assisted international fund managers and distributors with U.S. legal advice on a wide variety of issues, including fund formation, private placement and private fund exemptions, CFTC regulation and strategic advice in anticipation of U.S. regulatory initiatives, such as FATCA.

Mr. Paulson Egbert has spoken at various industry seminars on FATCA, and is regularly quoted in industry publications, including Ignites Asia, Asian Venture Capital Journal and Reuters.

Mr. Paulson Egbert is a graduate of Yale University (B.A., 1996) and the University of Michigan (J.D., 2001).

With 20 years of strategic and operational experience in financial services, Josef has served a wide range of organisations across four continents. He has worked in several strategic and operational industry as well as advisory roles for leading organisations in the pension, asset management, wealth management and life insurance sectors in Australia and Europe. Josef brings his experience of engaging senior management and boards to many leading financial services and pension organisations as well as governments in Australia and across Asia to manage growth and change.

He is recognised as an experienced senior executive adviser, innovative strategic thinker, practical entrepreneur and experienced senior executive that leads change. Josef´s role as senior executive and executive board member of pension fund gave him firsthand experience and stakeholder empathy. As managing director of a boutique strategy consulting firm, Josef successfully experienced the role as entrepreneur and trusted advisor to boards. International and distribution experience provide Josef practical experience of stakeholder and cultural management.

His deep local and overseas industry and technical experience supports identifying new opportunities and developing pragmatic solutions that add value to stakeholders.

Mr. Po is currently the Senior Director and head of the SFC's Intermediaries Supervision Department. In this role, Mr. Po has primary responsibility for supervising intermediaries in the securities and futures sector to embrace high standards of conduct and integrity.

The SFC supervises over 1,800 financial intermediaries in Hong Kong including securities dealers, futures brokers, asset managers, financial planners and corporate finance advisers. Mr. Po oversees key activities such as carrying out on-site inspections of firms and meetings with senior management of financial corporations for the purpose of identifying and managing risky firms and detecting misconduct. He has also been actively involved in the formulation and implementation of anti-money laundering measures for the securities and futures industry.

Mr. Po is the Chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions ("IOSCO") Committee 3 on the Regulation of Market Intermediaries. The C3 is part of IOSCO's standard setting body that is responsible for reviewing and proposing standards on the regulation of market intermediaries in a cross border environment. The C3 currently comprises of members from 21 regulatory authorities in Europe, America and Asia.

Mr. Po is a qualified accountant and holds a MBA and BBA degree.

Benjamin has been with the group since 2008 and has over 15 years of experience in global financial markets. He is responsible for managing the HK-based investment team. He also manages the asset allocation process and the non-RMB TAA portfolios for the group. Prior to this, Benjamin was a director at Acacia Asset Management, a private wealth fund where he ran absolute return strategies and was in charge of the London Macro Analysis unit for the macro hedge fund Caxton Asset Management.

Before moving into asset management, Benjamin held a number of senior positions at international brokerage houses, including Asia Pacific Investment Strategist at ABM AMRO Asia and Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Market Strategy at HSBC Investment Bank. Benjamin did his undergraduate and post-graduate economics degrees at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Benjamin is a regular guest presenter at international financial market conferences, focusing on asset allocation theory and implementation and ETF investment strategies.

Professor Raymond W. So is a Professor of Finance and Dean, School of Business at Hang Seng Management College. His research interests include corporate governance, e-finance, international finance, global financial markets, and investment. The findings of his research have been presented at international academic conferences and published in reputable internationally refereed journals. Professor So is also the author of seven books.

Apart from his academic endeavors, Professor So was also a member of the Examination Panel of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and an Examiner of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Professor So also served as a consultant to the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government on corporate governance. His business views have been publicized in leading international mass media.

Besides teaching and conducting research in the University, Professor So contributes to the society through his professional expertise. His positions in public services include:

• Part-Time Member, Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government (2009-2011)
• Member, Housing Authority
• Chairman, Finance Committee, Housing Authority
• Member, Business Facilitation Advisory Committee, HKSAR Government
• Member, Energy Advisory Committee, HKSAR Government
• Member, Advisory Committee on Bond Market Development, HKSAR Government
• Lay-Member, Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal
• Member, Small and Medium Enterprise Committee, HKSAR Committee
• Member, Public Shareholders Group, Securities and Futures Commission

Roger is a seasoned life insurance professional with 30 years of industry experience including 18 years in Asia. He has extensive networks in the industry in Hong Kong and across Asia.

He has held various senior leadership roles in the insurance industry in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. Prior to joining Sun Life Financial in January 2008, Mr. Steel was Chairman of Hana Life Insurance Company in Korea (part of the Allianz group of companies). He also served as President of Zurich Life Insurance Company in Taiwan and as Asian Regional Managing Partner for the life insurance actuarial consulting business of Trowbridge Deloitte.

Mr. Steel is currently Chairman of the Life Insurance Council of Hong Kong, having served as Deputy Chairman in 2011-12 and as an elected Councillor for several years. He is a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers and serves on a number of other industry bodies.

Roger is an associate of the Australian Insurance Institute and holds a Bachelor of Science from Sydney University. He also holds an MBA from Macquarie University, Australia, for which he was awarded the Allan Knott Scholar award for academic performance over the duration of the MBA program.

Jane is an audit partner with Financial Services division of PwC China, specialising in asset management and securities clients, and has 18 years of experience in delivering professional services to national and multinational asset management and other financial services clients.

Her experience includes the provision of assurance and advisory services to a wide range of clients in the asset management and securities sector, covering leading domestic and joint venture fund management companies, QFIIs, trust companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, securities companies, stock exchange and clearing house. Having assisted her clients with statutory and regulatory internal control reviews, financial due diligence and market entry advisory services, Jane has provided advices to a wide range of fund operations, which include advisory services ranging from regulatory compliance, back-office operations, risk management and internal controls.

Jane is appointed by Securities Association of China (SAC) as a member of Valuation Working Group of Securities Investment Funds (now under Asset Management Association of China), responsible for reviewing and updating valuation guidelines for equity and fixed income instruments. Jane is also invited by SAC as a member of Expert Evaluation Working Group for Fund Rating Business, which is responsible for evaluating readiness of organisations applying to carry out fund rating business.

Jane is a frequent participant in seminars and industry trainings on governance and internal control, accounting and information disclosure as an expert invited by the Accounting Department and the Fund Supervision Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).

Jane is a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA).

Ms. Yang had worked in the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for ten years, with positions held as Commissioner on its Planning Commission and as Deputy Director-General in the Department of International Affairs, and Deputy Director-General in the Department of Investment Fund Supervision. Before joining the CSRC, Ms. Yang worked as a consultant at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics at George Washington University in the US.

Ms. Yang holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees in Economics from Peking University, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Economics from the University of Illinois in the US.

Sam Yu (20 years´ industry experience) is the Head of Legal and Compliance - Asia-Pacific of GAM Hong Kong Limited. Prior to joining GAM in March 2005, Mr. Yu was the head of risk management for the Royal Bank of Canada's wealth management business in Asia. Before joining RBC, he was a senior manager in the Financial Services Group of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Prior to this, he had working experience at Lehman Brothers, Bankers Trust and Deloitte & Touche in New York. Mr. Yu is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States and holds a BSc in Business Administration from Boston University, Massachusetts. He is based in Hong Kong.

Ms. Jenny Yu joined Allianz Global Investors ("AllianzGI") in 2011 as Head of Retail Distribution, Hong Kong, responsible for planning, developing and implementing strategic sales and channel initiatives for our mutual fund business in Hong Kong and Macau.

Ms. Yu brings with her more than 15 years of experience in the fund management and banking industries. Before joining AllianzGI, she was Head of Retail Sales at Invesco Asset Management where she spent seven years managing and expanding business opportunities with both existing and new distribution channels. Prior to that, she was with Fidelity Investments Management, HSBC's personal banking division and HSBC Asset Management.

Ms. Yu holds a bachelor degree in applied science from Swinburne University of Technology Australia. She also completed a graduate certificate in applied finance and investment at the Financial Services Institute of Australia.