Mr Gan Kim Yong is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade). He is concurrently the Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and is responsible for the Strategy Group in the Prime Minister’s Office, where he oversees the National Climate Change Secretariat and the National Population and Talent Division. In addition, Mr Gan is a member of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council.

Mr Gan entered politics in 2001. He has held positions in the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Health. He also helmed the Ministerial Committee on Ageing, to drive the formulation and implementation of ageing policies in Singapore, and co-chaired the Multi-Ministry Taskforce on COVID-19 from 2020 to 2023, which directed and coordinated Singapore’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr Gan started his career in the Singapore Civil Service at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 1989, he left the civil service for the private sector and joined NatSteel Ltd as a manager for Corporate Planning. He was promoted to Executive Vice President of NatSteel and CEO of NatSteel Resorts International and NatSteel Properties in 1996. In 2005, he became the CEO and President of NatSteel.

Mr Gan was awarded the Overseas Merit Scholarship to read Engineering in Cambridge University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree (honours) in 1981. Mr Gan subsequently obtained his master’s degree in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1985.

Born in 1959, Mr Gan is married with two daughters.

Lim Chow Kiat was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. He chairs the Group Executive Committee, which governs and reviews all key investment, risk, and business decisions. He is overall responsible for the performance of GIC and oversees the development and execution of long-term strategies.

Mr Lim was previously Group Chief Investment Officer of GIC and Deputy Group President. He joined GIC as a portfolio manager upon graduation in 1993 and rose to head the Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities department. He was President, Europe in 2009, overseeing investments and relationships in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East before his appointment as President of GIC Asset Management in 2011.

Mr Lim is the Chairman of the Wealth Management Institute and serves on the board of National Research Foundation. He is a member of Agence France Trésor’s Strategic Committee and the World Economic Forum International Business Council, a FCLTGlobal Strategic Advisor, as well as a former trustee of Nanyang Technological University, and former board member of Enterprise Singapore.

Mr Lim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy (First Class Honours) from Nanyang Technological University.

Ms Foo Mee Har is the CEO of the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) as well as a member of WMI’s Board of Trustees. Founded by GIC and Temasek, WMI is Asia’s Centre of Excellence for wealth and asset management education and research. Under Ms Foo’s leadership, WMI has grown into a leading education institute with over 17,000 enrolments annually. It serves a diverse community of professionals across Asia—including wealth and asset managers, lawyers, trust professionals, family offices, and financial regulators. WMI helms the Global-Asia Family Office Circle, a network platform that fosters a trusted environment to build capabilities and community in the family office sector. The GFO Circle is supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). WMI is also host of the Asia Centre for Changemakers, supported by Temasek Trust and the Philanthropy Asia Alliance.

Ms Foo served as a Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2011 to 2026. She held key appointments, including Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee—select committees of the Singapore Parliament. She also served as Vice-Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance and Trade & Industry, and as a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees for Education and Manpower.

Ms Foo started her career in management consulting. Her private sector experience includes a two-decade stint with Standard Chartered Bank, during which she held a number of senior positions including Global Head for Priority Banking & International Banking covering 30 markets in Asia, Middle East and Africa; President & CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Thailand; as well as Country Head of Consumer Banking China. She brings over 30 years of experience in both the private and public sectors, including leading a diverse portfolio of international businesses.

Ms Foo graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia, with a major in Occupational Psychology. She has attended executive management programmes at the London Business School, Templeton College (Oxford University), and INSEAD.

She is married with 2 sons, has lived and worked in several countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, China, and Thailand.

Anthony Tan is Group CEO and Co-Founder of Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading mobile technology company. By focusing on a hyperlocal business strategy and building strategic partnerships, Anthony and his team transformed Grab from a taxi booking app to the leading superapp platform in Southeast Asia, providing everyday services that matter to consumers. Grab today offers a wide range of on-demand services in the region, including mobility, food, package and grocery delivery services, mobile payments, and financial services.

Anthony is at the forefront of the “Grab for Good” social impact programme – which include partnerships and initiatives to drive digital literacy, economic inclusion and the development of technology skills across Southeast Asia. Anthony is passionate about servant leadership and serving others in his community. His leadership and vision have earned him several accolades, including Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2016 and 2018, The Bloomberg 50 in 2017, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in 2018
and Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list in 2021. He was also awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize in 2020. Under Anthony’s leadership, Grab has also received global recognition for its innovation and impact in the region. Grab was on Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023, and ranked second on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2019. In addition, it has been on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list from 2017 to 2020 and made Fortune’s Change the World list in 2020. In September 2024, Grab ranked second on Fortune’s 2024 Change the World List for promoting financial inclusion in Southeast Asia.

Anthony has a Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Public Policy) from the University of Chicago, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and an Executive MBA from Tsinghua University.

Alexandra Beckstein is the CEO and General Partner of QAI Ventures, a unique venture capital firm and QuantumAI ecosystem builder. Under her leadership, the fund invests in transformative technologies demonstrating early market fit in industry clusters such as Industrials, Life Sciences, and Finance, with a focus on Pure Quantum Technologies, solutions at the intersection of QuantumAI, and Advanced Computing innovations across the value chain. In parallel, she serves on boards that promote innovation and access to capital in Switzerland.

With an academic background in geoscience and business, she brings a unique scientific perspective that bridges sustainability, energy, climate, and data-driven innovation. Before entering the VC sector, Alexandra built her career at the intersection of technology, energy and infrastructure. She advised on data-driven business models and digital platforms and served as a specialist to the Swiss government on the safety of critical energy infrastructures. An entrepreneur herself, Alexandra founded and managed a construction and consulting firm for geothermal systems, overseeing planning, execution, and project management. Earlier roles included leading a shallow-geothermal engineering team and serving as a project engineer on industrial plant-development initiatives. By leveraging both capital and hands-on venture building, Alexandra is redefining the role of a VC: not just funding startups but actively shaping the ecosystems they need to thrive. She is also a recognized keynote speaker, author, and advisor on strategies for frontier technologies in Switzerland, promoting innovation, sustainability, and access to capital.

Asher Noor brings over two decades of professional experience serving ultra-high-net-worth families, and family offices across mulitple continents. He is the founder and CEO of his private family office, Odyssey SFO, based in Melbourne, Australia. Historically Asher has been a buy-side, global private equity and public equity investing professional, with portfolio consutrction, risk and asset management, and family office advisory domain expertise. His current focus is on portfolio management, family office advisory, facilitating legal and financial due diligence, and advising on succession and structuring family offices for private cleints.

He is the former chairman of the STEP SIG on Business Families and was on the editorial board of the STEP journal. Asher is a former member of the FFI GEN faculty and was on the FFI board of directors from 2017 to 2021. He is a chartered account and received his MBA from EDHEC Business School. He recently released his book The Sherpa of Wealth, and he has contributed articles to FFI Practitioner, as well as book chapters and articles to other publications.

Prof. Chen Jin is a Changjiang Distinguished Professor and Apple Inc. Chair Professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, where he directs the Research Center for Technological Innovation. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Process Control and a Ph.D. in Management Engineering, both from Zhejiang University. Prof. Chen has held various academic and administrative positions, including Vice Chairman of Chinese Management Science Society. His research focuses on the management of technological innovation, holistic, user and people-centered innovation. Prof. Chen has been a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management and a visiting fellow at Sussex University. He has received numerous accolades, including the Thinker50 in 2021 and 2023. Prof. Chen is an active member of several academic committees and editorial boards, including the editor of International Journal of Innovation Studies, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, and AI & Innovation, contributing significantly to the fields of innovation studies. He has published over 600 articles in various prestigious journals and conference proceedings.

David holds over 25 years of global technology investment and operating experience funding transformational technologies in Semiconductors and AI. David’s track record includes notable exits Twitch (acq. Amazon), Navitas Semi (IPO), Movidius (acq. Intel), Decawave (acq. Qorvo), Lion Semi (acq. Cirrus Logic), and Semsysco (acq. Lam Research), and active investments AtScale, Density AI, Living Optics, Multibeam, Persimmons, PowerLattice, SambaNova, SweGaN, Syntiant, Tensorwave and TetraMem.

He currently leads Lam Frontier Technologies, a family office and private investment firm, as its Chief Investment Officer. David also serves on the board of directors and advisory boards of six public and private semiconductor companies and two institutionally backed VC funds. David previously served as the Silicon Valley-based general partner of global VC firms based in the US, Asia and Europe. He began his investment career at The Carlyle Group and also worked in the M&A group at Robertson Stephens & Company.

David earned a BS in Industrial Engineering and an MA in Sociology from Stanford University. Upon graduation, he was awarded a California Executive Fellowship to serve in the Office of the Governor. David holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he received the Trust Fellowship and Kane Entrepreneurship Award.

Henry is general counsel and strategic advisor to family offices, investor migrants and foreign investors, multi-family offices and trust companies, entrepreneurs and family businesses, private fund managers and investors, philanthropists and grantmakers, and athletes and sports agents.

Henry is jurisdictionally neutral and operates globally to develop global strategies and provide/procure global solutions for global clients from within and beyond the Dentons platform.

Henry is particularly focused on private wealth planning, family office design and governance, family business succession, trust law, fiduciary risk management, family/private wealth/relationship property related dispute resolution, residency by investment, foreign direct investment, cross-border wealth structuring, transitional residency tax planning, private funds, strategic philanthropy, captive insurance, global tax reporting and compliance, and financial regulation relating to private wealth.

Jin Yee Young joined UBS in June 2023 as Co-Head UBS Global Wealth Management Asia Pacific and Country Head UBS Singapore. She has more than 25 years of experience in Asia’s wealth management industry, with a deep understanding of Asian markets and strong leadership skills garnered over the years.

Prior to UBS, Jin Yee was Head of International Private Bank APAC at Deutsche Bank AG and held an exceptional leadership track record over nearly two decades at Credit Suisse. She also served as CEO of SymAsia, Credit Suisse’s philanthropy platform, where she championed clients’ charitable, impact and legacy-building journeys across the region. Before taking on a management role at Credit Suisse, Jin Yee built extensive regional experience and network through senior leadership roles as Market Group Head and Team Leader overseeing the private banking business across Singapore, Malaysia, South Asia and Switzerland, as well as North Asia. Before joining Credit Suisse, she was with DBS Private Bank and Citibank Singapore.

Jin Yee holds a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honors) from the National University of Singapore, majoring in Economics.

Mark Cheng is a principal of Li Cheng Capital, a Hong Kong-based family office focused on long-term investing, impact-driven capital deployment, and philanthropy. He works across the family’s investment and philanthropic activities, with a particular interest in how private capital can be mobilised to address complex social and environmental challenges while generating sustainable long-term value.

Through Li Cheng Philanthropy, Mark supports initiatives spanning education, healthcare, community development, and other areas that contribute to positive societal outcomes. He is especially interested in fostering collaboration between family offices, entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropic organisations to accelerate meaningful impact at scale.

As a next-generation leader, Mark brings a practical perspective on balancing financial stewardship with purpose-driven decision-making. His work reflects a commitment to responsible capital allocation, intergenerational leadership, and building resilient institutions that can create lasting value for both communities and future generations.

Mr. Mark Lee is CEO of Sing Lun Holdings Pte Ltd, a global enterprise spanning industry, investments, and real estate, and recipient of the EY–Standard Chartered Family Business Award of Excellence (2018).

He co-chaired the Alliance for Action on Business Costs Competitiveness with Senior Minister of State Ms Low Yen Ling, established by MTI and SBF to help businesses stay competitive amid global uncertainties.

He is also the Managing Director of Vac-Tech Engineering Pte Ltd, a hazardous waste management company operating in Singapore and the Philippines, and a Non-Executive Director at Crystal International Group Limited, one of the world’s largest apparel manufacturers.

Mr. Lee is Vice-Chairman and Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Business Federation, Chairman of its Human Capital Action Committee, and a Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, where he chairs the Technology Committee. He also serves on the boards of the National Heritage Board and Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital and is Chairman of the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Peranakan Museum.

His accolades include Most Outstanding Entrepreneur (APEA 2010) and EY Entrepreneur of the Year – Manufacturing (2015). He was appointed to Singapore’s Committee for the Future Economy (2016) and has held past leadership roles across business, culture, education, and sports institutions.

Over the last two decades, Matthew has created and restructured several single family offices, led generational wealth handovers, and managed significant assets for UHNW families from across the world. His work has ranged from founding a private equity investing club and originating commodity financing opportunities, to restructuring global wealth planning, steering charities, purchasing a pub, producing a West End play, and selling significant Old Master paintings.

Whilst committed full‑time to running the affairs of an UHNW Japanese family, Matthew also advises, as a retained non‑executive, several connected families. It is in this family board activity that his experience truly flourishes.

He is regularly engaged as an international speaker on inter‑generational family management and family office leadership, with appearances at in Singapore, Mexico, Switzerland and Hong Kong.

Michael’s lifelong passion is unlocking the potential of advanced technologies to innovate, expand, and transform businesses, industries, and society. He is a venture builder and a recognized thought leader on technological transformation. He spent 20 years at McKinsey & Company, where he led the Technology Practice for APAC, advising CEOs and Boards on digital transformation and tech business building. Prior to founding Antares Ventures, he successfully ran the same investment strategy in a family office/syndicate format, delivering outstanding performance.

He founded Antares Ventures upon recognizing that bridging cutting-edge innovation with regional opportunities presents a unique chance to tackle the most pressing sustainability challenges of Asia Growth Markets, while unlocking immense value for innovators, investors, and strategic partners. Antares builds on his six years of executing the same investment strategy and leverages exceptional regional connectivity and local ecosystem synergies.

An active deep tech investor, co-founder, board member, and advisor, Michael has backed over 30 startups globally, holding eleven board positions, including three as chairman. He is deeply embedded in the global Deep Tech ecosystem, collaborating with R&D institutions, VC firms, and accelerators.

Previously, Michael was the Group Chief Digital Officer of Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Southeast Asia’s largest conglomerate with an estimated $100bn consolidated revenue. In parallel, he was the executive vice chairman of several CP technology business units, including Ascend AI (Artificial Intelligence), Ascend Bit (blockchain & crypto), True IDC (cloud), True Analytics and True Digital (digital media). He also represented CP’s interest as a board member across several growth-stage technology investments in China, Europe and the U.S.

Michael holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in computer science (both summa cum laude) from the University of Ghent. A global citizen, he has lived in more than 10 countries, worked in over 30, and speaks six languages.

Peng T. Ong is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has spent over 25 years building technology companies that reshape entire industries. He co-founded Match.com, Interwoven, and Encentuate, companies whose products generate over $1 billion in combined annual revenue today. As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Monk’s Hill Ventures, he leads one of Southeast Asia’s most prominent early-stage venture capital firms.His contributions to Singapore’s innovation ecosystem earned him the Public Service Medal in 2012. He has served on statutory boards including the National Research Foundation and Infocomm Media Development Authority, and held corporate board seats at SingTel and YY. In 2022, he founded the Angsana Council alongside Indonesia’s former Minister of Trade, Singapore’s former Cabinet Minister
George Yeo, and Bain & Company’s founding partner in Southeast Asia.

As Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Peng applies a technologist’s lens to precision health. He believes AI working alongside physicians can synthesize research and personal health data into protocols that help people sustain peak function longer. His focus is healthspan over lifespan, extending the years people live well rather than simply adding more years. Where tech favors rapid scaling, Peng insists healthcare demands trust built one person at a time. Elyx exists to restore individual agency over biology through rigorous science and coordinated care.

Phillip Henderson has spent more than three decades leading philanthropic and nonprofit organizations across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is currently Managing Director of Kyard SG, the Singapore-based arm of a global family office, which he helped establish in 2022.

Since 2019, Mr. Henderson has also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global, where he oversees the Foundation’s worldwide grantmaking initiatives. The Foundation supports a diverse range of causes, including the arts, Buddhist studies, animal welfare, environmental conservation, and other areas of importance to the Ho family.

Prior to these roles, Mr. Henderson served for more than ten years as President of the Surdna Foundation, one of the leading family foundations in the United States.

Vishal is a Global Managing Partner at 500 Global, a Silicon-Valley based multi-stage venture capital firm with over $2.7 billion in AUM. Over the past decade, Vishal has backed more than 300 companies globally, partnering with founders that have redefined lives and industries. He leads the firm’s initiatives in AI, human healthspan, and deep tech.

Vishal gives back primarily through mentoring. He is a Kauffman Fellow and has taught programmes at Stanford, INSEAD and the Singapore-MIT Alliance. He sits on the expert panel of the Wealth Management Institute of Singapore.

Vishal frequently speaks and advises on investing, board and management issues, and trends in technology and humanity. His opinions are often aired on networks such as BBC, Bloomberg and CNBC. He also hosted the “The Unreasonable Podcast” covering the latest trends in venture and innovation.

Tom McElligott advises high-net-worth individuals, families and their intermediaries on international private wealth matters, including tax, trusts and succession planning.

Tom has particular expertise advising globally mobile individuals with tax, residency and pre-immigration planning advice, as well as developing efficient holding structures for clients with properties, investments and business interests all over the world. He regularly works with advisers from different jurisdictions to provide integrated tax and succession planning advice.

This often extends to a consideration of artwork, jewellery and other luxury assets, as well as advice on charitable giving, establishing philanthropic structures, and making use of donor advised funds.

He especially enjoys preparing and implementing comprehensive governance and succession plans for the families he works with, which may include the preparation of family constitutions, and tying this together with appropriate trusts, wills and incapacity documentation.

Tom believes that an indispensable part of his role is establishing strong relationships with his clients to understand their key priorities, which informs how he can provide practical solutions that are prompt, efficient and bespoke.