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Judith Bogner is a television presenter, event facilitator and commentator for international finance, business and geopolitics based between the UK and Germany. For more than ten years she was one of the main European anchors of the financial news channel Bloomberg Global Television in London. Since 2012 Judith runs her own business, offering event and business facilitation, client advisory boards and strategic consulting. She is also a UK accredited mediator.

Judith regularly leads public and private events for corporate and institutional clients in the financial sector and beyond. Her list of clients include the Federation of German Industries, the Euro Finance Week (Frankfurt), Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of New York Mellon, The Brewers of Europe, Luxembourg for Finance, the Dutch Development Bank FMO, Ergo Insurance, State Street, Scope Ratings, the Institute of Culinary Art, Allianz Global Assistance, Wacom and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Born in Germany, Judith has lived in Switzerland, China, Ukraine, France and Italy. She is bilingual in English-German and also speaks Italian, French and Mandarin Chinese. Judith holds a degree in International Business Management and Chinese from the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen.

Keyu Jin is a global economist and the author of The New China Playbook: Beyond Capitalism and Socialism. She served as a tenured Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2009 to 2024. A native of China, Jin holds a BA and PhD from Harvard University. She is currently a Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where she chairs the Institute for Geoeconomics.

Her latest book was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by the Financial Times and Fortune Magazine. Jin’s research focuses on China and the global economy, the US-China technology competition, and global macroeconomics.

She serves on the boards of Richemont Group and Jardine Matheson, and is a member of the economic advisory panel for the World Bank, and a member of CF40. Jin is widely regarded as a leading voice bridging the East and West, and has been profiled in The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. She is also a regular contributor of opinion pieces for the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other major publications.

Dr Joanne Khew is currently the Head of Sustainability at Eastspring Investments. Reporting to the Chief Investment Officer, her work includes setting the Sustainability strategy of Eastspring, enhancing Eastspring’s Responsible Investment (RI) integration, creation of proprietary RI research tools, product development, ESG reporting and stewardship. She also leads Eastspring’s participation in Sustainability related industry organizations such as the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

Prior to joining Eastspring, she was Director, Sustainable Finance and Strategic Partnerships at Standard Chartered Bank where she contributed to growing the sustainable financing portfolio in Asia across sustainable debt, trade and derivative products. She was also involved in the establishment of market-making initiatives such as the Climate Impact X carbon credit marketplace. ​

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Before her role at Standard Chartered Bank, Joanne held the role of ESG Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank where she expanded its Sustainable Capital Markets Initiative, ensuring ESG and Climate integration across the investment cycle for capital market, loans and private equity products.​

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Dr. Joanne Khew earned her Ph.D. (Sustainability Science) from the University of Tokyo and is also a Senior Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore where she focuses on ESG Data for Finance and Investments.

Mr. Yuji Maeda was appointed Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Active Global Investments at Nomura Asset Management (NAM) in April 2026. Prior to that, he served as Head of Investment, Global Fixed Income at NAM from 2023 to 2026, and as Head of UK Fixed Income Investment at NAM UK Ltd. from 2016 to 2023. In 2013, he was appointed Chairman of the Fixed Income Investment Strategy Committee.

Mr. Maeda has over 25 years of experience managing global fixed income portfolios. He joined NAM as an economist in the Economic Research Department in 2001.

He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1999 and earned a master’s degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University in 2001.

Frederic Neumann, PhD, is Managing Director, Chief Asia Economist, and Co-Head Global Investment Research Asia, based in Hong Kong.

Before joining HSBC in 2006, Frederic was an adjunct professor at a number of US universities, including Johns Hopkins University, teaching graduate courses on Asian sovereign risk analysis, financial markets, monetary policy, and Southeast Asian political culture. He also served as a consultant to international organizations and governments, and as a research associate of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC.

A former Fulbright scholar, Frederic holds a PhD in International economics and Asian Studies.

Sandrine Roux is Secretary General at the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL).

Sandrine began her career in Luxembourg in 2001 at Deloitte in external audit, before holding various positions over 20 years at BIL, Edmond de Rothschild, and Banque Havilland in credit, private banking, strategy and governance. For a decade, she served as member of the Executive Committee and Secretary to the Board.

In April 2025, she joined the ABBL as Head of Banking Regulation, Financial Markets and ESG. She was promoted as Member of the Management Board and Secretary General of the ABBL in September 2025.

Sandrine graduated with dual Master’s degrees in Finance and Wealth Management (EdHEC and ESCP).