Zafar has been in the Depositary Receipts industry for over two decades and is currently responsible for a global team at Deutsche Bank providing value-added investor relations services to corporate clients.  He started his career at SG Warburg (now part of UBS) in London.  Zafar has a degree in Economics & Politics from the University of Keele and MPhil in Economic Development from the University of Glasgow.

Gerard Chai is the Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations at NagaCorp Ltd. (3918.HK). He joined the group in 2012 and developed a successful track-record of strategically leading a robust global investor relations program, building an international long-term shareholder base for an emerging market company transitioning from a small cap to a mid/large cap company. He has been honored with several prestigious awards from Institutional Investor, Corporate Governance Asia and Hong Kong Investor Relations Association including Best IR Professional/Officer, Best IR Team, Best IR Program, Best ESG and Best IR Company.

Gerard has around 23 years working experience in the areas of investor relations, business strategy, corporate finance, investment management and accounting. He holds an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and HKUST Business School at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He received his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from The University of Adelaide, Australia and a member of CPA Australia.

Rui Hua heads the Group Capital Markets and Investor Relations for ESR and reports to co-founders and co-CEOs Jeffrey Shen and Stuart Gibson. She focuses on driving ESR group level’s capital and public market activities including strategic merger and acquisition investments; leads a robust investor relations function and provides insights on market developments. She was part of the IPO team which successfully listed ESR on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 1^st November 2019. In May 2021, she co-led and completed ESR’s first data center acquisition in Hong Kong. Rui Hua was also part of the ESR deal team that acquired ARA Asset Management Limited with US$5.2 billion, which is one of Hong Kong’s largest M&A in 2021.

Before joining ESR, Rui Hua was the General Manager and Head of Capital Markets and Corporate Finance, and Corporate Planning for CapitaLand China where she was involved in fund raising from local Chinese & foreign institutional investors, capital markets and corporate finance deals, and strategic planning and direction. She also led the sell-down of CapitaLand’s approximately S$500 million stake in a Hong Kong listed real estate company in June 2019. Prior to her stint in China, she was the Group Head of CapitaLand’s Investor Relations and Capital Markets Compliance based in Singapore, managing institutional and public investors; interfacing with regulators on corporate governance, REITs regulation and disclosure matters; and handling key proxy providers. Rui Hua joined CapitaLand Limited in 2013 as the Assistant Vice President, Group CFO’s Office. She structured and executed CapitaLand’s key strategic projects such as privatisation of CapitaMalls Asia, and corporate finance projects like issuing and repurchasing convertible bonds.

Besides extensive real estate experience, Rui Hua also has vast investment banking experience with China International Capital Corporation and DBS Bank Ltd. She raised more than S$7.5 billion from the capital markets and many high-profile IPOs of international companies in Singapore such as Tiger Airways and Xinren Aluminum.

Rui Hua won the IR Magazine Choice Award 2020 for Greater China region. She was also voted as “Asia’s Best Investor Relations Professional (Property)” 1^st place for overall and sell-side in Institutional Investors’ 2017 All-Asia Executive Team Ranking. Previously, Rui Hua was also named the “Best Investor Relations Officer (For Large Cap Companies)” in the IR Magazine Awards South East Asia 2017 and 2015. Under her leadership, CapitaLand also won the 1st place for “Best at Investor Relations in Singapore” in FinanceAsia Asia’s Best Companies 2017 and “Best Investor Relations Bronze Award” (For Large Caps) in Singapore Corporate Awards 2016.

On the social front, Rui Hua currently serves as advisor in the NUS Economics Alumni Committee and a member of the Information and Corporate Relations Standing Committee of the Singapore Children’s Society. She was on the Board of Directors for Hwa Chong International School from 2017 to 2019.

Rui Hua received her Masters’ in International Public Policy (Merit) from University College London, Department of Politics and also graduated with a BSc in Social Science, Economics (2^nd Upper Class Honors) from the National University of Singapore. In 2016, Rui Hua attended the Advanced Management Programme in Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. She is also a holder of the International Certificate of Investor Relations (ICIR).

Craig Dougas is a Principal in BNY Mellon’s Global Investor Relations Advisory team, and has been with the bank’s Depositary Receipts division since 2014. He is based in Australia, and provides capital markets advisory solutions to the bank’s ADR issuer clients. Craig brings 20 years of financial markets experience to the team’s efforts, gained across roles in the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Craig joined from Goldman Sachs in London, where he was an Executive Director, providing coverage to the firm’s institutional asset manager clients. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Craig worked at Morgan Stanley in Sydney on the Australian equity trading desk.

Philippe Healey is the H+K Greater China head of Corporate Advisory & Strategic Communications. He is currently responsible for devising and implementing strategies for clients across the Corporate Advisory department portfolio.

Philippe has extensive crisis and government & public affairs experience and knowledge managing complex bilateral and multilateral issues as well as advising companies on operating in China and globally. Some of the companies he has advised include, JD.com, Finnair, Red Bull, Coca-Cola, NCR, CES.

In addition to his client work, Philippe facilitates training seminars designed to help senior managers and communications teams better understand the risks and opportunities presented by today’s increasingly complex and digitally-driven communications landscape. He has been invited to present to senior management teams and Boards of Directors.

Prior to joining H+K, Philippe was a Senior Project Manager at a China based European consultancy for 5 years. During this time Philippe implemented and lead a number of European Commission funded projects.

Gareth is Head of Ping An Group International PR. Formerly a financial journalist in London, he came out to Hong Kong in 1989. Gareth was Deputy Business Editor at the South China Morning Post before joining HSBC in Asia in 1997 as Head of Media Relations and later External Communications. He joined Ping An in 2018. Gareth received an MBA at Warwick Business School and a Masters in Media, Communications and PR from Leicester University.

 Gareth是平安集团国际公共关系主管。他曾在伦敦担任金融记者并于1989年前往香港。Gareth曾担任南华早报商业副编辑，随后于1997年加入汇丰集团亚洲分部，并先后担任媒体关系和对外传播主管。他于2018年加入平安。Gareth拥有英国华威商学院MBA学位和英国莱斯特大学媒体、传播与公共关系硕士学位。

Managing Director of Euroland IR Asia Pacific, is responsible for Euroland’s business development in the region including, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Previous, Jenny was based in Dubai at Euroland’s regional office for Middle East market.

After graduation with Master’s degree in business administration in Gothenburg University, Sweden, Jenny has been working for the Swedish Trade Council to promote cultural and business cooperation between China and Sweden. As a true entrepreneur, she opened a company already in year 1992 engaging in translation and business consulting. Since 1999, she founded a company acting as Ericsson’s sole agent for early generation of mobile data infrastructure and GPRS terminals. Since joining Euroland in year 2011, she is dedicated to striving to use state-of-art technology to achieve the most efficient IR communication for Euroland’s customers.

Ajay Kapur is the Asia Pacific Equity Strategist and Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Strategist. His team’s key products include The Asia Inquirer and The GEMs Inquirer. He has one of the most highly regarded franchises in equity strategy and has been consistently top-three rated in a range of major global and Asian external surveys over the years. Prior to joining BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research in 2013, Kapur served as head of Asia strategy at Deutsche Bank, which he joined in 2010. Previously, he held senior equity strategy roles at Mirae Asset and Citigroup. While at Citigroup, he wrote extensively on economies with significant income and wealth inequalities under the umbrella term Plutonomy. Other innovative work produced by his team includes concepts like Risk-Love (sentiment), the Demi-Ashton Ratio, and Free Liquidity. Kapur graduated with an economics (Honours) degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, has a PGDM (MBA-equivalent) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University, where he received the Woodrow Wilson fellowship. He is also a CFA charterholder. He is currently based in Hong Kong.

Shirley has over 13 years’ experience in investor relations and corporate communications in energy, biotech and financial sectors. During her career, Shirley’s responsibilities have included ESG strategy, media relations, crisis management and financial analysis.

She currently serves as the Head of Investor Relations for ENN Energy, a leading large-cap clean energy distributor in China, which received several IR awards and top rankings in Institutional Investor’s survey. Prior to her career in investor relations, Shirley served as corporate communications specialist in a financial institution in Hong Kong. She has a BBA from HKUST.

Lisa has extensive experience in investor communications, public relations as well as advertising and marketing. In her current role as the Director of Investor Relations of China Telecom Corporation Limited (HKEx: 728, SSE: 601728), she formulates investor relations strategies for the company and leads a team to execute the plans which facilitate bilateral communications between management and investors. She is also responsible for media relations of the company.

Lisa received top rankings in her profession recognized by a number of reputable organizations. She was awarded with “Best Investor Relations Professional” by IR Magazine, Corporate Governance Asia and Institutional Investor. In addition, China Telecom ranked No. 1 in “Global Top 50 Awards – Best in Communications sector” in 2018 and 2019 by IR Magazine.

Lisa graduated from the University of Hong Kong with Bachelor of Finance and holds Master of Business Administration degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a CFA charterholder. She is also a member of IR Panel and Executive Committee of Hong Kong Investor Relations Association.

Benny has been working in the field of financial and corporate communications for over 17 years, managing the communications for a wide range of Hong Kong, US and London primary and secondary listings as well as advising global companies on communicating in the mainland China market. He spends his time between CDR’s Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou offices.

Jason has been in investor relations profession for 9 years, working extensively across in investment banking, real estate and commercial banking industry. Currently he works at Guotai Junan International (1788.HK) as IR associate director while the company has just won 2^nd Best IR Program and Honoured Company from Institutional Investor Poll in 2021. Before Guotai Junan, Jason has joined large multinational and SOE including Shanghai Industrial Development Group, IDC, HSBC and Standard Chartered. Jason earned his MSF from Bentley University and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from CFA Institute. He also volunteered as Delegation Liaison Officer during the Special Olympic Games in 2007.

Ms. Nina Zhan is the Head of Investor Relations of 361 Degrees International Limited (SEHK: 1361). She joined the Company in October 2015 and leads the team in designing and executing effective investor relations programmes, so as to enhance the transparency in the investor community. Ms. Zhan has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance, investor relations, corporate governance and management from her previous positions in investment banking, communication advisory and Hong Kong listed company. She is the Fellow member of the Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (HKIRA).  Ms. Zhan received her bachelor’s degree from Peking University, majoring in International Relations and double majoring in Economics. She received her master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 in the United States, majoring in International Political Economy.

Stanley joined ZhongAn Online in 2018 as Director of Capital Market and Investor Relations. He oversees capital market strategy as well as investor relationship management, aslo led the financing activity of listing company and the subsidiaries.

Prior to joining ZhongAn, Stanley has abundant experiences in private equity, investment banking and M&A areas. Stanley obtained the bachelor of degree from Shanghai International Studies University, majoring Arabic language and literature. He is CFA charterholder and CICPA.

Laurie Havelock is a journalist, writer and podcaster who has worked with IR Magazine for almost a decade. Outside of writing about investor relations, corporate governance and green finance, he also works for the i newspaper as a news editor and culture writer. Away from writing, he works on several comedy podcasts including Podshambles and Idle Fantasy and was formerly a radio DJ, and hosted a weekly show on Shoreditch Radio called What’s Your Plan B? He lives in London with Mischa, his dog.

Tim Human is senior reporter at IR Magazine. He rejoined the publication in 2019 after two years working as a freelance writer for a range of international clients. Previously, he was editor of IR Magazine between 2013-2017. He has also written for Corporate Secretary, IR Magazine’s sister publication, and CorpComms, the UK-based magazine for corporate communications professionals.

Steve Wade is a content researcher and conference producer at IR Magazine where he is responsible for crowd-sourcing intelligence on the big global issues facing investor relations. Steve also creates events where the IROs and the wider financial community can discuss, debate and learn about ways to develop the IR function.

Prior to IR Magazine, Steven’s background has been in corporate social responsibility and responsible investment. During his time at Ethical Corporation (now Reuters Events), Steve launched the ESG symposium, an event focused on connecting the socially responsible investment community with corporate sustainability leaders at listed companies. Steve was a judge for the Deloitte Green Frog Awards, celebrating the best corporate reporting in Eastern Europe. Steve also presented research at the Global Sustainable Event Summit in London and has spoken about extra-financial reporting with the United Nations Global Compact, the World Bank and the Polish Ministry of Finance.

Steve has a degree in Event Management and enjoys playing rugby in his spare time.