Sylvie Davidson
Chief Risk Officer, Asia-Pacific, UBS
Sylvie Davidson is a Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer APAC for UBS Asia Pacific. Sylvie has worked in Asia since 1994 and has over 28 years’ experience in the industry. Prior to joining UBS she was COO of Barclays in Asia Pacific for Equities, supporting the business in achieving its strategic goals at a regional and divisional level. Before Barclays Sylvie held senior roles at Standard Chartered Bank and Merrill Lynch. Sylvie has extensive experience in trading, sales, structuring, risk management and project management.
Nasrine Ghozali
Chief Risk Officer & Member of Strategies, Oasis Management (Hong Kong) LLC
Ms. Ghozali re-joined Oasis as Chief Risk Officer & Member of Strategies Group in February 2016, and is based in Hong Kong. She was previously a Strategist, Convertible Bonds and Equity Derivatives Trader for Oasis between January 2006 and March 2010. Prior to re-joining Oasis, Ms. Ghozali co-founded Silver Tree, an Asia-focused event driven hedge fund, in June 2010, and served as Principal Portfolio Manager and Responsible Officer until January 2016. From August 2001 to December 2005, she was Co-Head of Convertible Bond Arbitrage at Natexis Arbitrage, Group Banques Populaires in Paris, and before that was a convertible bond trader with BNP Paribas Arbitrage in Paris between August 2000 and August 2001. Ms. Ghozali received a Master of International Finance & Economics, a Master of Economics majoring in Bank Finance Insurance, and a Bachelor of Economics majoring in Applied Economics from University Paris IX-Dauphine.
Karen Ip
Managing Director, Legal & Internal Audit, Goldman Sachs
Karen is responsible for legal coverage of principal investments in Asia Pacific Ex-Japan. She serves as chief of staff of the Asia Pacific Female MD Network and is a member of the Asia Pacific Legal Business Services Steering Committee. She also serves as an MD ally of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network. Karen joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 as an executive director and was named managing director in 2015.
Prior to joining the firm, Karen was a solicitor at Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons in London and Hong Kong. Karen earned a BA in Law, with first class honors, from Newnham College, University of Cambridge. She is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong.
Dan Matthies
Global Head of Client Data Solutions / KYC, Bloomberg LP
Dan Matthies leads the Bloomberg Enterprise New Business Team, which is focused on launching and growing the Know Your Client Business (KYC). Dan assumed this role in March, 2016, prior to which he was the Global Head of Bloomberg’s Asset & Investment Manager (AIM) business for 8 years. AIM provides technology, data and service solutions to over 700 buy-side institutions globally for portfolio, trading and operational activities. Dan joined Bloomberg in 1997 and has held various roles in service, sales, product development and leadership across the Princeton, San Francisco, London and New York offices.
Dan earned his undergraduate degree in Business Finance from The College of New Jersey and his Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Dan has also earned the CFA and CAIA designations.
