Stephen is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.

Kin obtained a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.

Henry graduated from Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania in 1986 with a Bsc. in Economics.

She was a founding member of AIMA created in September 1990 in her capacity of European Marketing Manager for the Managed Funds Division of Elders Finance Group. She also held a similar position with Man Investment Products in 1991 and 1992. As such she has been involved in the development and marketing of alternative investment funds in Europe since the late 1980s.

She was appointed to the Council of the Association in August 2002.

Apart from supervising her team of managers in processing fund applications, Sandra takes an active part in policy-making in respect of collective investments. She is the Secretary for the Committee on Unit Trusts since 1997.

She also participates in international policy works, such as the work of IOSCO (International Organization of Securities Commissions) Working Party 5 on Investment Management and the Enlarged Contact Group. Prior to joining the SFC, she worked in the private sector with Citicorp and Standard Chartered Bank.

Kent received a BA in International Finance from Oregon State University and pursued graduate studies in economics and Japanese at Keio University of Japan.

Prior to joining Bank of Bermuda, Jo was the General Manager for ratings agency RCP and Partners' Hong Kong office, at Bank of Bermuda in Hong Kong. She comes from RCP & Partners,. whose Hong Kong operation she headed up for two years. Jo was previously withworked for Morgan Stanley in Europe and Hong Kong in a number of roles between 1991 and 1999. She is a registered representative with the Securities and Futures Authority, UK and also a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association's education committee in Hong Kong.

He has over 8 years of banking experience in the Equity Derivatives business and has previously worked for SBC Warburg, ABN AMRO and Credit Agricole Indosuez before joining BNP Paribas.

Henry holds a Chartered Accountant qualification from the Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Wales and a M.A degree from Cambridge University.

Prior to assuming his current role in early 2001, David was Head of Citibank's Restructuring Advisory practice in Asia. In this role he ran a team which provided advice to borrowers in financial distress, and to investors considering acquisition of distressed assets. The business established a leading position in the Asian market advising on a number of headline transactions.

David first joined Citibank in 1989 as part its leveraged finance business. Based in London, he was involved in structuring and arranging debt finance for leveraged buyouts in Europe.

David has a BA from Exeter University (UK) and an MBA from Columbia University, Graduate School of Business.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management in April 2001, Derek was Head of Asian Futures for Jardine Fleming for three yeas, where he was establishing an alternative asset management business. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Australian Economic Analysis based in Sydney and before this Derek was Director of Marketing and Product Development with Ord Minnett Jardine Fleming Futures, based in Sydney.

Derek has a Bachelor of Economics degree and a graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Sydney.

Sam has a Masters Degree in Political Philosophy from the University of Auckland. He is very proudly from New Zealand.

David was appointed Chairman of the Taxation Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong in the summer of 1999 and was Chair of the Capital Markets Tax Committee in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2002. He is a member of the Joint Liaison Committee on Taxation that advises the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department on matters of tax administration.

David earned a law degree from the University of Virginia, a Masters of Taxation from American University, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisville. He was the national intercollegiate debate champion in the United States in 1982.

He is a Princeton graduate in Operations Research and Financial Engineering.

Julius graduated from University of New Hamshire with a BA in Economics (1982) and from the Harvard Business School with an MBA in Finance (1991).

Raymond is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received a BA from University of Cambridge in England and MASc from University of Toronto.