Speakers
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Stuart Breyer Stuart is CEO of mallowstreet, the online and events platform for the UK institutional pensions industry. mallowstreet's goal is to help provide a better pension for everyone. After sustained and impressive growth it now has over 3,400 community members, and is establishing a presence in Europe and China. Prior to this role, Stuart worked at Redington, where he helped launch mallowstreet in 2009. Having graduated from Drexel University with an MBA, followed by several years at Susquehanna International Group in Philadelphia, Stuart moved to the UK to complete an Msc in Social Planning and Policy at the LSE in 2006. He’s still here and in his free time enjoys running and travel.
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Michelle Qi Chief Investment Officer- Equities, China, Eastspring Investments (China)
Michelle joined Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, as Chief Investment Officer - Equities, China in June 2018.
Prior to joining Eastspring Investments, Michelle was Head of QFII & QDII Investment and Portfolio Manager at BOCOM Schroders. She had various roles at BOCOM Schroders from October 2005 to June 2018, initially as senior research analyst, then portfolio manager, deputy head of equity investment department and most recently Head of QFII & QDII Investment. Michelle was QFII portfolio manager at BOCOM Schroders since 2007.
Michelle previously held Shanghai-based roles at ING Barings Securities and Arthur Anderson.
Michelle holds Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University and Bachelor of Art from Shanghai University.
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Gordon Hogarth Head of Distribution Europe and Middle East - Eastspring Investments
Gordon joined Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, as Head of Distribution for Europe and the GCC, in 2013.
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Chi Kit Chai Head of Capital Markets and CIO, Ping An Asset Management
Mr. Chai has more than two decades of investment experience. He joined Ping An Asset Management (Hong Kong) as the Head of Capital Markets and CIO in 2017. He is in charge of all capital market investments including equities, fixed income, ETFs, quantitative/AI solutions, hedge funds and multi-asset strategies. Mr. Chai is also a member of the Executive Committee for Ping An Overseas Holdings, the global investment arm of Ping An Group.
Prior to joining Ping An, Mr. Chai worked for Teacher Retirement System of Texas, one of the largest pension funds in the US, for 21 years. He was the senior managing director and head of Internal Public Markets there. He also led a team of portfolio managers and analysts managing the US$23 billion Global Best Ideas Flagship fund. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Virginia Tech, a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University as a Dean’s Scholar and a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a CFAcharterholder.
