Annabelle Chow is the Head of Financial Intermediaries at Bank of Singapore with more than 20 years of experience in Private Wealth Management. With a strong focus on the business-to-business segment, Annabelle has deep expertise in collaborating with financial institutions, including family offices. She has been with Bank of Singapore for over 8 years and plays a pivotal role in enhancing the institutional segment, driving growth and innovation. Prior to her tenure in the bank, she was instrumental in setting up the Independent Asset Manager (“IAM”) desk for Barclays Wealth in Asia where she demonstrated her strategic acumen and leadership skills. Annabelle began her private banking career in Credit Suisse AG, covering multi-family offices of Ultra High Net Worth clients in Hong Kong. With a proven track record of success, she built up the team and increased Credit Suisse’s footprint in the Asia IAM industry.

A true graduate from the “university of life” who started working at the age of 6 to put herself to school.  She went on to have a successful banking career spreading around Europe and Asia and co-founded a wealth management and multi-family offices business with her husband.  Through the journey of helping manage her entrepreneur clients’ family wealth, she recognized the importance of defining relationships with “money” and the  “purpose of wealth”.  This starts her personal journey in philanthropy.  

Jason is a Partner leading the Financial Crime segment within KPMG’s Forensic Practice. He has extensive experience leading anti-money laundering reviews, fraud and corruption investigation and dispute advisory engagements. Jason has 20 years of experience in financial services and has been specialising in AML/CFT since 2010. Jason was involved in two of three working groups set up by the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Industry Partnership (ACIP) that is co-chaired by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Commercial Affairs Department. Jason also conducts AML/CFT training for the regulator and law enforcement agencies regularly.

Lake Dai is a frequent keynote speaker on AI innovations, AI ethics, and board governance. In recent years, she has delivered keynotes and provided training at prestigious institutions such as MIT, Berkeley, House of Lords, and California state government, as well as for Fortune 500 companies and philanthropic foundations.

Lake is an AI educator, investor, and builder. As an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, she teaches Applied AI and covers Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Distributed Computing, AI Applications, and AI Alignment & Ethics.

In her role as an investor, Lake is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sancus Ventures, a venture firm focused on pre-seed to seed-stage companies. Her firm invests in the next generation of software infrastructure such as Data Infrastructure, Compute Infrastructure, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, AI Ethics and AI Alignments. The founders she has invested in have previously launched unicorn companies such as Databricks, SambaNova, Snorkel AI, Twitch, Freenome, and Hipmunk, with a combined valuation exceeding $60 billion.

Lake’s early career was rooted in product and engineering. She joined Alibaba shortly after its inception, leading its first product team to build the Alibaba B2B marketplace from the ground up, transforming it into a $1.2 billion business. She also served as Head of Search at Yahoo! China and was a founding team member of several tech startups in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.

Dr. Mandy Tham is an acclaimed finance educator and researcher, currently serving as Associate Professor of Finance (Education) and Academic Director of the MSc in Wealth Management at Singapore Management University (SMU). With expertise in curriculum development, student mentorship, and industry research, she plays a key role in shaping the next generation of finance professionals.

Her research focuses on behavioral finance, investments, and wealth management, earning her numerous accolades, including the CFA Best Paper Award at the Asian Finance Conference and multiple teaching excellence awards. As a recognized thought leader, she contributes to finance education, policy discussions, and stakeholder engagement within Singapore’s financial ecosystem.

Ning Chong is the co-founder of Family Office for the Art (FOFA) and The Culture Story (TCS), bringing over 15 years of experience in the art world across London and Singapore. Since founding FOFA in 2022, she has provided specialized art advisory services with a focus on collection management, estate planning, and legacy building. Ning also offers strategic counsel on project management, exhibition planning, research, publishing, marketing, and philanthropy, working with high-net-worth individuals, families, corporations, and cultural institutions.

At TCS, an independent non-profit art space founded in 2017, Ning champions art collecting, supports local artists, and advocates for art education through curated exhibitions and engaging events. Previously, Ning worked with the Singapore Tourism Board and spent five years at the National Arts Council (NAC) in the Visual Arts department, where she spearheaded the Singapore Art Week campaigns and managed the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and 2015.

A passionate advocate for the arts, Ning is a sought-after speaker on topics such as art collecting, market trends, and building legacies through art. She is a patron of the Singapore Art Museum, a board member at Objectifs (a non-profit center for filmmaking and photography), a committee member at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and an advisor to SHAW Studios, managed by the Hong Kong Shaw Foundation.

Ning holds a BSc in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art from Christie’s Education in London.

Nirbhay Handa is the CEO & Co-Founder of Multipolitan, transforming an age-old immigration framework into a dynamic, product-driven industry. Recognized as the forerunner in the investment migration space, Nirbhay has advised ministers, presidents, and governments on sovereign innovation strategies, with his insights frequently featured on top-tier media such as CNBC, Bloomberg, Economic Times, and Forbes.

At Multipolitan, Nirbhay joined forces with co-founder Lee John Smith—whose previous venture was sold to PayPal for USD 2.7 billion—to blend deep immigration expertise with cutting-edge product development. Together, they tackle a sector steeped in history yet ripe for innovation and consolidation.

Before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey, Nirbhay had a standout corporate career at Henley & Partners. At 31, he served as Group Head of Business Development and Asia Head of Private Clients, driving visionary leadership across their 40 offices – an early success that also signaled it was time to venture out and build something groundbreaking.

Nirbhay is an advocate for the transformative power of millennial leadership to forge an innovative and inclusive future. Nirbhay graduated from the University of Nottingham on a merit-based scholarship.

Parag Khanna is Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, the leading AI-powered geospatial analytics platform. He is the internationally bestselling author of seven books including MOVE: Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021), preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019), as well as a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Born in India and raised in the UAE, New York and Germany, he has traveled to more than 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

Patrick is the Group CEO of Marcuard Heritage Group and CEO of Marcuard Heritage AG, Switzerland. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of numerous Marcuard Heritage entities including Marcuard Heritage (Singapore) Pte Ltd.

Before joining Marcuard Heritage AG, Patrick was a managing partner of Swiss independent wealth manager and member of the Board of various investment fund vehicles. From 1996 to 2008, Patrick played a pivotal role at Morgan Stanley in Zurich and London. Previously, Patrick spent six years at Citicorp Private Bank in Zurich and Citibank NA in London, after completing an apprenticeship at Bank Leu AG.

Patrick holds a degree in Business Administration. He is also a certified Six Sigma Black Bet and is fluent in German, English and conversational in French.

Tan Woon Hum is widely regarded as one of the rare senior market leaders specialising in investment funds, REITs and trusts, especially VCCs and family offices. He heads a team of specialist lawyers in the Trust, Asset & Wealth Management practice at major Singapore independent law firm, Shook Lin & Bok LLP.

Woon Hum is ranked as a Band 1 leading investment funds lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific since 2014, Elite Practitioner by AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers in 2023 & 2024, and top 100 lawyer in Singapore by Asia Business Law Journal in 2023 & 2024, amongst other accolades.

He advises on fund formation, using Singapore funds (including VCC) and offshore funds structures (eg. Cayman LP funds, Cayman SPCs and Luxembourg funds). He is extremely well versed with independent asset managers, external asset managers, multi-family offices and single-family offices, and has an extremely strong track record in securing the relevant regulatory licences and exemptions. His excellent and long-term professional relationship with the local regulators, authorities and major industry players add credence to his practice. He has advised on and helped clients launched more than 140 VCCs as at Dec 2024.

He has extensive experience in advising private clients (including ultra-high net worth individuals and single-family offices) and trustees on the establishment of private trusts, family offices, single-family funds, Sections 13O and 13U (formerly 13R and 13X) structures and drafts trust documents, fund documents, global investor programme documents and family charters.

Woon Hum is bi-lingual (English and Mandarin), has a law degree and an MBA (Finance). He is a highly sought after speaker and speaks regularly at public conferences, forums and seminars since 2002 in Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai, Seoul, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. He has also been guest speaker/trainer at various universities’ postgraduate programmes.