Esther joined City Developments Limited (CDL) in 1995 to set up the Company’s Corporate Communications department and subsequently established the company’s CSR/Sustainability portfolio. A pioneer CSR practitioner for over 20 years and a committee member of the Global Compact Network Singapore, which is the local network of UN Global Compact, she is instrumental in building up the company’s leadership in Sustainability.

CDL is the first Singapore company to be included on 3 leading global sustainability listings, namely the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2002, the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World since 2010 and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2011.In the 2016 Global100 Listing, CDL is ranked 10thoverall and top amongst real estate companies globally. The company has also been ranked top Asian developer in the Channel NewsAsia Sustainability Ranking for three consecutive years since 2014.

It was also conferred the Business Leadership in Sustainability Award by the World Green Building Council and the top honours for the Sustainable Business Awards by Singapore Business Federation, amongst many other accolades. The first Singapore-listed company to publish a GRI-checked Sustainability Report in 2008, CDL has adopted the Integrated Reporting approach since 2015.

A signatory of the UN Caring for Climate initiative and a champion in green building and sustainability, Esther is a member of the World Green Building Council’s Corporate Advisory Board and the Urban Land Institute Women’s Leadership Initiative Singapore Steering Committee.

Ms Arabadjieva joined the Manager in September 2017 as the Head of Investor Relations and was
promoted to COO and Head of Investor Relations in September 2018. As COO, Ms Arabadjieva is responsible for sustainability, business continuity and general business operations. As Head of Investor Relations, Ms Arabadjieva is responsible for overall investor and stakeholder engagement, marketing and communications as well as continuous disclosure and transparent communications with the unitholders and the market.

Ms Arabadjieva is an experienced investor relations and communications professional with over 20
years of experience in Asia and held a number of senior marketing, sales and communications positions in Singapore. Prior to joining the Manager, Ms Arabadjieva was the Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications of Cambridge Industrial Trust Management Limited (now known as ESR Funds Management (S) Limited). Prior to ESR-REIT, Ms Arabadjieva was the Director of Investor Relations of Genting Singapore PLC (listed on the SGX-ST).

Ms Arabadjieva holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Architecture, Civil
Engineering and Geodesy (Bulgaria) and a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD (France and Singapore).

Mike Garcia is the head of Investor Relations and Compliance of Ayala Land since 2014. Just this year, he was appointed to concurrently head Investor Relations of AREIT, the first REIT company in the Philippines.

Mike has driven strategic improvements in the IR process which benefitted the analysts, investors, stakeholders, and regulators. He spearheaded new initiatives to increase the reach and information access for analysts and investors through various channels, and developed reporting mechanisms to bridge buy-side and sell-side analysts with Senior Management of Ayala Land, enabling them to have a senior management perspective.

Under his leadership, Ayala Land has been recognized in many prestigious awards, foreign and local, including the honor accorded by IR Magazine: Best IR in the Southeast Asia Real Estate Sector in 2016 and 2018; Best IR in the Philippines, Financial Reporting and IR website in 2018; and the Best Annual Report in the ASEAN Large Cap category in 2019. All these awards led to Ayala Land’s citation as one of the Global Top 50 Companies for Investor Relations and Global Top 5 in the Finance and Real Estate category in 2019, making it the only Philippine company to be in the exclusive lists.

In compliance, Mike introduced enhancements to proactively organize and streamline the company’s governance practices in all its communication channels which improved progressively the access for information and ease of use by rating agencies and peer reviewers. As a result, Ayala Land ranks top in the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard and in Top 50 publicly-listed companies in the ASEAN for Corporate Governance.

Prior to his career at Ayala Land, Mike was head of Investor Relations at Manila Water, Rockwell Land and Atlas Mining. He has an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and attended the Executive Development Program at Columbia Business School.

Ms Caroline Fong is the Head of Investor Relations and part of the C-Suite for Manulife US REIT. She is responsible for investor relations, communication and helps to steer the strategy and capital markets requirements for the REIT.
Ms Fong has over 14 years of experience in investor relations, capital markets and research. Prior to joining MUST, Ms Fong was Associate Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Finance in Temasek Holdings and Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications in ESR-REIT. At ESR-REIT, Ms Fong was instrumental in profiling the REIT to be the best performing industrial REIT and second best performing SREIT in 2013.

In addition, Ms Fong was formerly Head of Investor Relations for CapitaLand Mall Asia, where she was responsible for creating the narrative for the company’s retail businesses in Singapore and four other countries. Early in her career, Ms Fong was Associate Director, Listings at the Singapore Exchange, where she advised companies on corporate governance and the regulatory framework for public-listed companies in Singapore.

Ms Fong holds a Masters in Finance and Investment from the University of Nottingham, UK and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Banking  and Finance from the University of London, UK.

Christine Lau is the Head of Investor Relations for Digi.Com Berhad, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Malaysia and overseeing the complete investor relations program. Prior to this, she was the Head of Investor Relations for Sime Darby Property Berhad for two years and have also served in various roles relating to Financial Analysis, Budgeting and Value Management for Sime Darby Group. Christine is a young and agile leader who specializes in integrated corporate reporting, financial analysis and communication, stakeholder management and crisis communication.

Joshua Lee is currently a Senior Portfolio Manager with Bank of Singapore. He has more than a decade of multi-asset investment experience in both sell-side and buy-side roles.

Prior to joining Bank of Singapore, he worked as an equity research analyst for Deutsche Bank covering multiple sectors in Singapore and Malaysia. He was also a portfolio manager at Magenta Advisors and Blue Rice Investment Management, two hedge funds with a focus on fixed income investments.

Joshua holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree with a major in Law from Singapore Management University. He is also a CFA charterholder and Chartered Accountant of Singapore.

Natalia has joined the ING Sustainable Finance APAC team in 2019, where she is working on structuring sustainable finance products, enhanced by deep responsible investors knowledge. Prior to ING, Natalia was ESG Analyst at Aviva Investors, a global leader in responsible investment. At Aviva, she supported the investment team with ESG analysis and engaged with boards on pertinent ESG issues. Natalia has also worked at Corporate Citizenship, a sustainability consultancy and an impact investment foundation in Singapore.

Natalia holds a BBA from The Hague University and an MSc in Economic History from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mr. Ponpinit Upathamp currently serves as the Head of Investor Relations at Central Pattana Public Company Limited, the largest listed property development company in Thailand and the sole development arm of the Central Group, one of the largest and most successful conglomerates in Thailand.  Prior to the current role, he was part of the award-winning investor relations team at PTT Exploration and Production Public Limited Company.

With more than 8 years of investor relations experience, Mr. Upathamp has been instrumental in promoting best investor relations practices at organizations during his incumbency: spearheading communication and engagement with the investment community, pioneering new products (e.g. IR news bulletin, company and project factsheet, analyst orientation kit, quarterly earnings transcript) and processes (e.g., investor targeting, ownership structure optimization and market intelligence support to management), and exploring new technologies and innovative solutions to enhance IR services to the stakeholders.

Mr. Upathamp holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Chulalongkorn University.

Giovanna Vera is currently AVP-Investor Relations, Treasury and Corporate Finance for the Century Pacific Group. The Group includes listed companies Century Pacific Food (CNPF), which is the Philippines’ largest shelf-stable food company, and Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures (PIZZA), the country’s number 1 full-service restaurant operator.

Upon joining the Group in 2014, she established a comprehensive and effective investor relations program which has since won several awards internationally. This includes, most recently, the Philippines’ Best IR Team, Best IR Program, and Best IR Professional for 2020 c/o Institutional Investor.

In addition, she has played a leadership role in the Group’s major M&A and capital-raising initiatives, foremost of which are the acquisition and subsequent IPO of PIZZA, and the IPO and follow-on offering for CNPF.

Over the last few years, she has also been at the forefront of establishing an Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy for the two listed companies in the group – evolving from a simple reporting mechanism to investors, to an actual corporate roadmap towards becoming more responsible and sustainable businesses.

She graduated honourable mention from the Ateneo de Manila University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering. She has been a CFA Charterholder since 2015 and is currently taking her MBA from a joint program between Columbia Business School, London Business School, and University of Hong Kong.

Mr Gregory Yap is the VP of Investor Relations for Sunpower Group in Singapore. He previously held Regional Sector Head, Head of Research and Senior Analyst roles with Maybank Kim Eng. Asia Money ranked him among the top Singapore Small Cap analysts in 2014, and Starmine rated him Top Stock Picker and Earnings Estimator for the Infrastructure sector in 2012.