Honorary Advisors

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Honorary Chair</div>Hang Lung Properties Limited

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/10/Ronnie-Chan.webp" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Ronnie C. Chan, GBM</div><div class="speaker-title">Honorary Chair</div><div class="speaker-company">Hang Lung Properties Limited</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Ronnie C. Chan is the Honorary Chair of Hang Lung Group Limited and its subsidiary Hang Lung Properties Limited, both publicly listed in Hong Kong. Founded in Hong Kong in 1960, Hang Lung expanded into mainland China in 1992, developing, owning and managing world-class commercial complexes in key tier one and tier two cities.<br /><br />Mr. Chan is active in many non-profit and educational organizations. He is Chairman of the Executive Committee of The Better Hong Kong Foundation. He founded and chairs the China Heritage Fund, which preserves and conserves heritage architecture of historical significance in China, and is a co-founding Director of The Forbidden City Cultural Heritage Conservation Foundation in Beijing. He is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society, and Founding Chairman Emeritus of the Asia Business Council. Mr. Chan had previously served as Chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute and Vice President and Advisor of the China Development Research Foundation in Beijing. Mr. Chan is Chair Emeritus of the Asia Society and Chairman of its Hong Kong Center, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee on United States-China Relations, and the Committee of 100.<br /><br />Mr. Chan serves or has served on the governing or advisory bodies of several think tanks and universities, which include: Peterson Institute for International Economics, World Economic Forum, East-West Center, Pacific Council on International Policy, Eisenhower Fellowships, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, University of Southern California, Indian School of Business, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yale University, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University.<br /><br />In 1986, Mr. Chan co-founded Morningside, a diversified investment group engaged in private equity and venture capital investments in North America, Asia, and Europe. It was among the earliest private equity investors in Hong Kong and mainland China. Morningside is committed to philanthropy and preservation. Through the Morningside Foundation, it has made major gifts, including the establishment of the Morningside College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, endowments to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, named after Mr. Chan’s late father, and the UMass Chan Medical School, and the creation of the MIT Morningside Academy for Design. Mr. Chan and his wife made the first named gift in the field of occupational science and endowed the Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California, named in honor of Mr. Chan’s mother.<br /><br />Mr. Chan is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has published numerous articles in Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Fortune, Asian Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, and Japan Times.<br /><br /></div></div>

Mr Ronnie C. Chan, GBM

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Honorary Chairman and Non-Executive Director</div>Value Partners Group

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/09/Dato-Seri-Cheah-Cheng-Hye.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Dato’ Seri Cheah Cheng Hye</div><div class="speaker-title">Honorary Chairman and Non-Executive Director</div><div class="speaker-company">Value Partners Group</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Dato’ Seri Cheah Cheng Hye is a professional investor and entrepreneur who co-founded and chaired Value Partners Group Ltd., one of the leading asset management firms in Hong Kong. He was in charge of Value Partners’ asset management and business operations from the firm’s founding in February 1993 until January 2025, when he retired with the title of Honorary Chairman, remaining a substantial shareholder and retaining his Board seat.<br /><br />Since then, Dato’ Seri Cheah has managed Cheah Capital Ltd., a single-family office in Hong Kong and Singapore which he set up to invest his personal assets. Dato' Seri Cheah is considered one of the leading practitioners of value-investing in Asia and beyond. Value Partners and he personally have received numerous awards- a total of more than 280 professional awards and prizes during the period 1993 to 2024.<br /><br />Dato’ Seri Cheah has served since 2017 on the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd, which owns the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and London Metals Exchange. He serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) and he also chairs the group’s Investment Committee.<br /><br />Numerous awards were received by Dato’ Seri Cheah personally, including Asia Asset Management’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2023 and a 2021 award as one of the top 25 leaders in the Asian asset management industry over a quarter century. In the Asian Benchmark Survey 2003, Dato’ Seri Cheah was voted “Most Astute Investor” while in 2007, Finance Asia named him “Capital Markets Person of the Year.”<br /><br />In 2007, Dato’ Seri Cheah led Value Partners to become Hong Kong’s first listed asset management company.<br /><br />Prior to starting Value Partners, Dato’ Seri Cheah worked at Morgan Grenfell Group in Hong Kong, where, in 1989, he founded the company’s Hong Kong/China equities research department as the Head of Research and proprietary trader for the firm. Prior to this, he was a financial journalist with the Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review, where he reported on politics, business and finance across East and Southeast Asia. Dato’ Seri Cheah served for nine years (from 1993 to 2002) on the Board of Directors (as an Independent Non-Executive Director) of Hong Kong-listed JCG Holdings, a leading microfinance company (a subsidiary of Public Bank Malaysia renamed from 2006 as Public Financial Holdings). <br /><br />Born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1954, Cheah attended the Penang Free School. Leaving school with a high school diploma in 1971, he joined The Star (Malaysia) newspaper as a reporter, subeditor and editorial writer. In 1974, he travelled from Malaysia to Hong Kong and became a journalist with The Standard, HK-TVB News, The Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review.<br /><br />In August 2016, Cheah was conferred the Darjah Gemilang Pangkuan Negeri (DGPN), one of the highest civil honours granted by the state of Penang, Malaysia. The award carries the title "Dato' Seri".<br /><br />Dato’ Seri Cheah is a member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) Business School Advisory Council, a Senior Advisor for the Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong and Macau), a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (“HKTDC”) Belt and Road &amp; Greater Bay Area Committee, a member of the HKTDC Mainland Business Advisory Committee, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association and a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance (“MAoF”). In 2025, he became a Patron of Our Hong Kong Foundation. Dato’ Seri Cheah also served as an Honorary Advisor for the 2026 edition of the Asian Financial Forum held in Hong Kong. <br /><br /></div></div>

Dato’ Seri Cheah Cheng Hye

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Chairman &amp; CEO</div>First Eastern Investment Group

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/07/Mr-Victor-L.-L.-Chu.webp" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Victor L. L. Chu, CBE</div><div class="speaker-title">Chairman &amp; CEO</div><div class="speaker-company">First Eastern Investment Group</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Victor Chu was born in Canton, China and came to Hong Kong at the age of four. He received his early education in Hong Kong and England, and took his law degree at University College London (UCL) where he is now Chairman of the University’s governing council.<br /><br />Mr Chu is Chairman and CEO of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm and a pioneer of private equity investments in China. He is a Co-Founder of Peach Aviation in Japan, as well as a Board Member of Airbus SE and Nomura Holdings.<br /><br />Over the last 30+ years, Victor Chu has at various times served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit. Mr Chu has also served as a Foundation Board Member (Trustee) of the World Economic Forum from 2003 to 2015 and currently co-chairs the Forum’s International Business Council. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council and Chairman Emeritus of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council.<br /><br />Mr Chu is admitted to practise law in England and Hong Kong. Since 1982 he has practised in the field of corporate, commercial and securities laws, with special emphasis on regional investment transactions. He served as Deputy Secretary-General of the International Bar Association (IBA) from 1995 to 2000.<br /><br />Victor Chu is a Trustee of Asia House in Hong Kong, as well as a member of the advisory boards of Chatham House, the Oxford Martin School and the Atlantic Council of the USA.<br /><br />Mr Chu was awarded the 2011 Global Economy Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.</div></div>

Mr Victor L. L. Chu, CBE

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Deputy Chairman</div>The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/07/speaker-Mr-David-Eldon-GBS-CBE-JP.webp" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr David Eldon, GBS, CBE, JP</div><div class="speaker-title">Deputy Chairman</div><div class="speaker-company">The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Commencing a career in banking with an Australian banking group in London in 1964, he joined HSBC Bank Middle East (formerly The British Bank of the Middle East), a principal member of the HSBC Group, in 1968. In January that year he took up his first position in Dubai, remaining in the Middle East and undertaking a variety of roles in different countries including Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain, until 1979, when he was transferred to the Group’s operations in Hong Kong.<br /><br />Subsequent roles took him back to Saudi Arabia, to Hong Kong and then Malaysia. In 1990 he was appointed a General Manager of the Group. <br /><br />He returned to Hong Kong in April 1992 where, after a temporary assignment as General Manager Hong Kong and China, he took up the position of General Manager in The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's International department. Mr. Eldon was made an Executive Director of the Bank in January 1994, Chief Executive Officer in January 1996 and Chairman in January 1999. In June 1996 Mr. Eldon became Chairman of Hang Seng Bank Ltd., a member of the HSBC Group, and was appointed a director of HSBC Holdings plc on 1 January 1999. He retired from the Group in May 2005.<br /><br />In 2005 he became Chairman of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority until June 2011, and from then was a Member of the DIFC Higher Board until December 2020. He was Senior Adviser, PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2005 until June 2014. <br /><br />He returned to banking in 2011 to become non-executive Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and between 2013-2017 was Chairman of HSBC Bank Oman, a 51% owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank Middle East. In 2017 he added the roles of non-executive Chairman for HSBC Group subsidiaries HSBC Bank Egypt, HSBC Bank Turkey, and HSBC Middle East Holdings. He stepped down from all those roles during 2021.<br /><br />In 2021 he was appointed to the role of Deputy Chairman of HSBC Asia Pacific, and sits on several Board Committees. He is Advisor to the CEO of HSBC’s Global Commercial Bank. He is an Adviser to Singapore-based Southern Capital Group a private equity firm, and to Hong Kong-based but international property group RIBCA Holdings. He holds community and charitable appointments in Hong Kong.<br /><br />He was a Past Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and was between 2005-2012 Adviser to the Office of the President, South Korea. He is a Founding Member and past Chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council. Between 2016 and 2019 he was an Adviser to Thailand’s CP Group on their Corporate Governance Committee.<br /><br />Mr. Eldon is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB). He was conferred Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the City University of Hong Kong in November 2003. He was named the DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Businessperson of the Year for 2003 and in 2004 was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. In 2005 he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his contribution to banking and awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul in recognition of his work for the city. He was awarded the Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Award for 2005. In 2011 Mr. Eldon was conferred Honorary Doctor of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Mr. Eldon is a Justice of the Peace (JP).</div></div>

Mr David Eldon, GBS, CBE, JP

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Founder</div>Primavera Capital Group

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/09/Fred_Professional-Portrait_v2.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Dr Fred Hu</div><div class="speaker-title">Founder</div><div class="speaker-company">Primavera Capital Group</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Fred is Primavera Capital Group’s Founder, Chairman and CEO. He oversees the firm’s overall strategy, talent development and culture, and assumes the primary responsibilities in establishing and maintaining the firm’s long-term partnerships with global investors. Fred initiated and led investment transactions such as Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Yum China, ByteDance, Xpeng Inc., Kuaishou Technology, SenseTime, and Mead Johnson Greater China.<br /><br />Prior to forming Primavera, Fred was Partner and Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs and a member of Goldman’s Partnership Committee. He previously served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He also served on the Hong Kong Government’s Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and was an independent director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and ICBC.<br /><br />Fred is currently the non-executive chairman of Yum China Holdings Inc. and serves on the boards of UBS Group AG and Chubb Limited. In addition, he is a member of the The Nature Conservancy’s global Board of Directors and the co-chair of its Asia Pacific Council, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and the China Medical Board, a member of the HKEX Mainland China Advisory Group, the Global Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia University, Harvard Kennedy School’s Dean’s Leadership Council and Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council.<br /><br />Fred holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University and a Master and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.</div></div>

Dr Fred Hu

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics</div>The Chinese University of Hong Kong

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/07/speaker-Professor-Lawrence-Juen-yee-Lau-GBS-JP.webp" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Professor Lawrence Juen-yee Lau, GBS, JP</div><div class="speaker-title">Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics</div><div class="speaker-company">The Chinese University of Hong Kong</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Professor Lawrence J. Lau received his B.S. degree (with Great Distinction) in Physics from Stanford University in 1964 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 and 1969 respectively. He joined the faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford University in 1966, becoming Professor of Economics in 1976 and the first Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development at Stanford University in 1992. He became Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development, Emeritus, at Stanford University upon his retirement from Stanford University in 2006. From 2004 to 2010, Professor Lau served as Vice-Chancellor (President) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since 2007, Professor Lau has been serving as Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. From September 2010 to September 2014, he served as Chairman of CIC International (Hong Kong) Co., Limited.<br /><br />Professor Lau specialises in economic development, economic growth, and the economies of East Asia, including that of China. In 1966, he developed the first econometric model of China. He has authored, co-authored, or edited seventeen books, including The China-U.S. Trade War and Future Economic Relations, and published more than 220 articles and notes in international professional journals.<br /><br />He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, an Academician of Academia Sinica, Taipei, an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and an Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.<br /><br />Professor Lau currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) Finance Institute. In addition, he also serves as a member of the Currency Board Sub-committee of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong SAR, a Non-official Member of the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee of the Hong Kong SAR, a Non-official Member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Investment Corporation of the Hong Kong SAR, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Taipei. He also serves as an independent non-executive director of AIA Group Limited, Hong Kong, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, Hong Kong and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd., Taipei.</div></div>

Professor Lawrence Juen-yee Lau, GBS, JP

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Chairman</div>BNP Paribas

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/10/jean_lemierre.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Jean Lemierre</div><div class="speaker-title">Chairman</div><div class="speaker-company">BNP Paribas</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;"><strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />Jean Lemierre graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris) and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration. He also holds a degree in Law.<br /><br /><strong>CAREER</strong><br />Jean Lemierre has a long and recognised career in international finance. In the 1980s he held various posts within the French Tax Administration, including Head of Tax Legislation and Director General of Taxes. In May 1995, he was appointed Chief of Cabinet of the French Ministry of Economy and Finances and become Head of Treasury in October later that year. Before being appointed at the helm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2000, he was a member of the European Monetary Committee (1995-1998), President of the European Economic and Financial Committee (1999-2000) and Chairman of the Paris Club (1999-2000). He served as President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development until 2008. En 2009, Jean Lemierre became a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation (CIC). He is member of the International Advisory Panel (IAP) for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He was Senior Advisor to the Chairman of BNP Paribas between 1 September 2008 and 30 November 2014.<br /><br /><strong>TODAY</strong><br />On 1 December 2014, Jean Lemierre became Chairman of BNP Paribas. He is also Chairman of the main French institute for research into international economics (CEPII), a member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) and he was a Member of the Board of Directors of TOTAL Energies (2016-2025).</div></div>

Mr Jean Lemierre

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Executive Chairman</div>The Bank of East Asia, Limited

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/07/speaker-Dr-the-Hon-Sir-David-Li-GBM-GBS-JP.webp" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Dr the Hon Sir David K.P. Li, GBM, GBS, JP</div><div class="speaker-title">Executive Chairman</div><div class="speaker-company">The Bank of East Asia, Limited</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Sir David has played a key role in the development of the financial services sector in Hong Kong throughout his career. He was a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Finance Constituency from 1985 to 2012, and was a Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2008. He has held numerous appointments to Government advisory boards in the financial services sector. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance. <br /><br />In addition to his commitment to the industry, Sir David is active in public service. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Territory; Chairman of the Executive Committee of St. James' Settlement; and Founding Chairman of The Friends of Cambridge University in Hong Kong Limited, which runs the Prince Philip Scholarship Scheme. Sir David is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.He was appointed Vice Chairman of the Basic Law Drafting Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1985. <br /><br />Sir David is also a Director of several prominent local listed companies, including The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited; The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited and San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Limited. He previously served on the Boards of several others leading public companies in Hong Kong,  the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. <br /><br />Sir David holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Law from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.</div></div>

Dr the Hon Sir David K.P. Li, GBM, GBS, JP

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Director</div>Matheson & Co Limited

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/07/speaker-Mr-Anthony-Nightingale-CMG-SBS-JP.webp" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Anthony Nightingale, CMG, SBS, JP</div><div class="speaker-title">Director</div><div class="speaker-company">Matheson &amp; Co Limited</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Anthony Nightingale was Managing Director of the Jardine Matheson Group from 2006 to March 2012, having joined the Board of Jardine Matheson Holdings in 1994. After joining the Group in 1969, he held a number of senior positions until his retirement from executive office in March 2012. He was previously director of Jardine Matheson Holdings, DFI Retail Group and Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental Hotels Group, Jardine Cycle &amp; Carriage, Schindler Holdings Limited and Prudential plc.<br /><br />He is a Commissioner of Astra International and also a non-executive director of Vitasoy International Holdings Limited, Shui On Land Limited all listed companies, and Matheson &amp; Co Limited, an unlisted company.<br /><br />Mr Nightingale is the chairperson of The Sailors Home and Missions to Seafarers in Hong Kong and the Patron of the Hong Kong Tennis Foundation. He is a past chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and was appointed as an ABAC Representative of Hong Kong, China from 2005 to 2017, the Hong Kong representative to the APEC Vision Group from 2018 to 2019 and a member of the HKSAR Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development from 2017 to 2022.<br /><br />Mr Nightingale was born in Yorkshire, United Kingdom in November 1947. He was educated at Uppingham School and graduated from Cambridge, with a Degree in Classics.</div></div>

Mr Anthony Nightingale, CMG, SBS, JP

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">President</div>Institute for Indian Economic Studies<br /><br /><div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Former Vice Minister</div>Finance for International Affairs in Japan

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/08/Eisuke_Sakakibara.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Prof Eisuke Sakakibara</div><div class="speaker-title"><strong>President</strong><br />Institute for Indian Economic Studies</div><div class="speaker-company"><strong>Former Vice Minister</strong><br />Finance for International Affairs in Japan</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;"><table style="margin-bottom: 40px;" width="100%"><tbody><tr style="background: #f4fcff;"><td><strong>DATE OF BIRTH:</strong></td><td width="80%">March 27, 1941</td></tr><tr style="background: #f4fcff;"><td><strong>EDUCATION:</strong></td><td>1964 BA in Economics from University of Tokyo<br />1969 Ph.D. in Economics from University of Michigan</td></tr></tbody></table><strong>PROFESSIONAL CAREER:<br /></strong><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><strong>1965</strong></td><td width="80%">Joined the Ministry of Finance</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1971</strong></td><td>Economist, International Monetary Fund</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1975</strong></td><td width="80%">Deputy Director, First Insurance Division, Banking Bureau, MoF</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1977</strong></td><td>Associate Professor of Economics, Institute for Policy Science, Saitama University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1980</strong></td><td width="80%">Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Economics Department, Harvard University</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1981</strong></td><td>Director (Planning and Research), International Finance Bureau, MoF</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1983</strong></td><td width="80%">Special Advisor to the President, Japan Center for International Finance</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1985</strong></td><td>Director, Treasury Division, Financial Bureau, MoF</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1987</strong></td><td width="80%">Director, Second Fund Planning and Operation Division Financial Bureau</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1988</strong></td><td>Director, Government Debt Division, Financial Bureau</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1989</strong></td><td width="80%">Director, Co-ordination Division, Financial Bureau</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1990</strong></td><td>Director-General, Tokai Local Finance Bureau</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1991</strong></td><td width="80%">Deputy Director-General, International Finance Bureau</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1993</strong></td><td>Senior Deputy Director-General, International Finance Bureau</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1994</strong></td><td width="80%">President, Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1995</strong></td><td>Director-General, International Finance Bureau</td></tr><tr><td><strong>1997</strong></td><td width="80%">Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>1999</strong></td><td>Professor, Keio University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2006</strong></td><td width="80%">Professor, Waseda University</td></tr><tr style="background: #E0F5FC; border-bottom: 20px solid white; border-top: 20px solid white;"><td><strong>2010</strong></td><td>Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2020</strong></td><td width="80%">Present position</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="margin-top: 40px;" width="100%"><tbody><tr style="background: #f4fcff;"><td rowspan="4"><strong>AWARDS:</strong></td></tr><tr style="background: #f4fcff;"><td width="80%">Taylor's Award, University of Michigan</td></tr><tr style="background: #f4fcff;"><td width="80%">BINTANG MAHAPUTRA UTAMA, The Government of The Republic of Indonesia</td></tr><tr style="background: #f4fcff;"><td width="80%">The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, Government of Japan, April 2011</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

Prof Eisuke Sakakibara

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Distinguished Fellow</div>

Asia Global Institute<br/>
The University of Hong Kong

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/10/Andrew-Sheng.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Andrew Sheng</div><div class="speaker-title">Distinguished Fellow</div><div class="speaker-company">Asia Global Institute,</div><div class="speaker-company">The University of Hong Kong</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Andrew Sheng is a former central banker and financial regulator in Asia and a commentator on global finance. He is Pro-Chancellor of Bristol University and Distinguished Fellow, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong, as well as Chairman, George Town Institute of Open &amp; Advanced Studies, Wawasan Open University (WOU), Malaysia.<br /><br />Sheng is a member of International Advisory Council of National Financial Regulatory Administration, China Securities Regulatory Commission and China Investment Corporation. He is one of the Chief Executive's Council of Advisers, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR.<br /><br />Sheng sits in the Advisory Board of Bank Indonesia Institute. He is a member to Commission on Global Economic Transformation, chaired by Nobel Laureates Stiglitz and Spence. He sits in the Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre Leadership Council.<br /><br />He served as Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2005, having previously been a central banker with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Bank Negara Malaysia. He also worked with the World Bank from 1989 to 1993. From 2003 to 2005, he chaired the Technical Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions. He was a Board Member of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia. He was an International Advisory Board Member of Thailand Development Research Institute.<br /><br />He has a First Class Honours in Economics from Bristol University, and Honorary Doctorates from University of Bristol and University of Malaya. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University and Faculty of Economics, University of Malaya. He is a Professor by Practice at WOU and the Distinguished Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.<br /><br />Sheng is author of “From Asian to Global Financial Crisis: An Asian Regulator’s View of Unfettered Finance in the 1990s and 2000s” (2009), and co-editor (with Ng Chow Soon) of the book, “Bringing Shadow Banking into the Light: Opportunity for Financial Reform in China” (2015). He writes regularly on international finance and monetary economics, financial regulation and global governance for Project Syndicate, AsiaNewsNet and leading economic magazines and newspapers in China and Asia. In April 2013, he was named by Time magazine as one of the <a href="https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/andrew-sheng/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #003594; text-decoration: underline;">100 most influential people</span></a> in the world and also appeared in the Oscar-winning film “Inside Job” in 2011.</div></div>

Mr Andrew Sheng

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">President</div>Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/08/Chartsiri-Sophonpanich.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Chartsiri Sophonpanich</div><div class="speaker-title">President</div><div class="speaker-company">Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Chartsiri Sophonpanich is President of Bangkok Bank, the 7th largest Southeast Asian bank and Thailand’s largest bank and leader in corporate, business and international banking.<br /><br />Bangkok Bank, which celebrated its 80th anniversary on December 1, 2024, was the first Thai bank to establish an international network — opening its first overseas branch in Hong Kong in 1954. It has a long-standing presence across Southeast Asia, China and Japan, as well as in major international financial centers. Its international network spans across 14 economies and comprises the largest overseas network of any Thai bank. Its international subsidiaries include Permata Bank, one of the 10 largest banks in Indonesia, Bangkok Bank Berhad in Malaysia, and Bangkok Bank (China).<br /><br />The Bank is a strong supporter of the communities in which it operates and plays an active role in many social development and educational initiatives. Bangkok Bank is guided by its philosophy of being a trusted partner and reliable close friend. This emphasizes the value it places on partnership, developing long-term and multi-generational relationships with customers, and being a responsible financial services provider.<br /><br />Mr. Chartsiri holds Master’s Degrees in Management and Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.</div></div>

Mr Chartsiri Sophonpanich

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Chairman</div>Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/08/Carlson-Tong.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Mr Carlson Tong</div><div class="speaker-title">Chairman</div><div class="speaker-company">Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Mr Carlson Tong is Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.<br /><br />Mr Tong is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of MTR Corporation Limited, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and the Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited; and a director of the World Federation of Exchanges He is also a member of the International Advisory Council of National Financial Regulatory Administration.<br /><br />He was Chairman of KPMG China and Hong Kong from 2007 to 2011 and was Chairman of the Asia-Pacific region and a member of KPMG’s global board from 2009 to 2011. He was also an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC from 2019 to 2024.<br /><br />Mr Tong has been actively involved in capital markets throughout his career, with deep expertise in corporate governance and regulatory compliance. He served as a member of the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 2002 to 2006, before becoming the chair from 2006 to 2008.<br /><br />Mr Tong was appointed Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission from 2012 to 2018. He oversaw the launch of several major policy initiatives during his term, including the introduction of the landmark Stock Connect programme and the mutual recognition of funds between Mainland China and Hong Kong.<br /><br />Mr Tong has also been devoting his time to the local community, and was very active in Hong Kong’s education and youth sectors. He was Chairman of the English Schools Foundation, the Hong Kong Sports Institute and the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong.<br /><br />Mr Tong is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received the 2022 ICAEW Outstanding Achievement Award, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an honorary Doctor of Social Science by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as an honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by the Education University of Hong Kong.<br /><br />Mr Tong was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star and the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2014 and 2019, respectively.</div></div>

Mr Carlson Tong

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Group Chair</div>Prudential Plc

<div class="container"><div class="mb-4 w-100"><div class="speaker-img"><img src="/conference/aff/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/10/Shriti-Vadera.jpg" /></div><div><div class="speaker-name">Ms Shriti Vadera</div><div class="speaker-title">Group Chair</div><div class="speaker-company">Prudential Plc</div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="speaker-details" style="text-align: justify;">Shriti Vadera is Chair of Prudential plc and of the Royal Shakespeare Company. <br /><br />In the last decade, Shriti has been Chair of Santander UK, Senior Independent Director of BHP and Non-Executive Director of Astra Zeneca. She undertook a wide range of assignments between 2009 and 2014, such as advising the South Korean Presidency of the G20 in 2010; two European countries on the Eurozone and banking crisis; the African Development Bank on infrastructure financing and a number of sovereign wealth funds and global investors on strategy.<br /><br />She was a Minister in the UK government from 2007 to 2009 in the Prime Minister’s Office, Business Department and International Development Department. She led the UK government’s response to the financial crisis and was a key architect of its pioneering bank recapitalisation and funding plan and helped design and negotiate the outcomes of the pivotal G20 London Summit in 2009. <br /><br />She was on the Council of Economic Advisers at the UK Treasury from 1999 to 2007, where she led on policy for business, productivity, international finance and development issues and the management of the Government’s shareholdings and public private partnerships. Prior to that she was an investment banker for 15 years with SG Warburg / UBS focussing on emerging markets. <br /><br />She has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.</div></div>

Ms Shriti Vadera