Ekasit Kunadirekwong, associate director, equity research department, SCB Asset Management
Ekasit has 9 years’ experience in investment industry. He is currently working at SCB Asset Management as a Associate Director in Investment Research Department. Prior to that, he was working at Kiatnakin Phatra Securities, Deutsche Bank Tisco JV and Krungsri Securities (MUFG Group).

Joshua Lee, portfolio manager, Lombard Odier
Joshua Lee is a multi-asset portfolio manager at Lombard Odier. He has over 15 years of institutional investment experience in both fixed income and equity asset classes.

Prior to joining Lombard Odier, he was a senior portfolio manager at Bank of Singapore, an equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank, as well as a portfolio manager at several hedge funds. Joshua was also a Director in Equinix, one of the world’s largest independent data center companies.

Joshua holds a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Accountancy with a second major in Law from Singapore Management University. He is also a CFA charterholder, a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore, and an ASEAN CPA.

Vijay Natarajan, analyst – real estate & REITs
Vijay Natarajan has over 10 years of investment analyst experience covering Singapore and regional stocks.  He has worked both on the buy-side and sell-side equity research and covered diverse sectors which includes Real estate, REITs, Aviation and Offshore and Marine. He holds an MBA Degree from S.P.Jain School of Global Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication from Anna University.

Jeannie Ong, founding board member & IR advisor, AetriaHealth
Jeannie has more than 25 years of experience working in the leadership teams of listed companies and start-ups, across different industries and regions. In her corporate roles, Jeannie has helmed successful Initial Public Offering, raised sizeable capital, built credibility for her companies with the global investment community and the regional media, raised the companies’ profiles, been the face and voice of the companies and won many accolades in Branding, Communications, Investor Relations (IR), Marketing and Sustainability. She was instrumental in developing Corporate Communications, IR, and Sustainability frameworks and playbooks as well as setting up her core function teams from scratch in all the companies that she served.

Jeannie is the Founding Board Member and IR Advisor at AetriaHeath, a healthcare startup based in Thailand. She serves as a Board of Director at the National Arthritis Foundation in Singapore, and chairs its Marketing and Publicity Committee. Jeannie has been supporting the Singapore Institute of Directors for its LED module on stakeholder engagement, a compulsory programme for new Board of Directors of listco, on a pro bono basis, as she wants to help elevate the status of IR in the corporate world.

Stephanie Tan, head of investor strategy and development, Bursa Malaysia
STEPHANIE TAN KAR MUN is currently the Head of Investor Strategy and Development for Bursa Malaysia Berhad. She is responsible for ideating, developing and executing Bursa’s initiatives to drive institutional and retail investor participation on the Exchange. This also includes driving financial literacy initiatives for the market.

Stephanie also leads the Investor Relations function of Bursa Malaysia and additionally, represents Bursa as a focal point of reference for listed companies’ investor relations matters, driving initiatives to improve the listed companies’ investor relations capabilities and proactiveness.  Prior to her current role, Stephanie was the Senior Vice President, Head of Institutional Development for Bursa Malaysia, a role she has held since 2019. Stephanie is a strong investment and global markets professional with over 15 years of experience in Capital Markets, with experience in Corporate Finance and sell-side Equity Research including stints from HSBC and Morgan Stanley in London, and J.P. Morgan in Kuala Lumpur. She also gained unique industry related skillsets as Head of Corporate Development in one of the leading startups in the region. She graduated with a BSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 

Garnet Roach, deputy editor, IR Magazine
An award-winning journalist, Garnet Roach joined IR Magazine in October 2012, working on both the editorial and research sides of the publication. Prior to entering the world of investor relations, her freelance career covered a broad range of subjects, from technology to politics and consumer finance, and even involved a stint as a reporter and editor in Sana’a, Yemen.

Since graduating from City University in London in 2003, where she studied journalism, Roach has worked as a freelance reporter at titles including GlobalPost.com, PC Advisor and The Big Issue.