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Deborah Ho
Chairman, BlackRock Singapore
During her tenure as Country Head, Deborah oversaw the expansion of BlackRock Singapore into a major regional hub across investment management, technology, alternatives, and sustainable investing. Under her leadership, the Singapore business deepened its partnerships with key institutional stakeholders, played a pioneering role in advancing sustainable finance and blended finance initiatives, and enhanced BlackRock’s presence, culture, and operating scale in the region. With over three decades of experience in global financial services, Deborah brings deep expertise across asset management, capital markets, and institutional partnerships. Beyond BlackRock, Deborah serves as a Non-Executive Board Member of Singapore Management University, a Board Member of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, a Non-Executive Board Member of Seviora Holdings, and Co-Chair of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association. As Chairperson of BlackRock Singapore, Deborah will continue to support the firm’s long-term strategy, governance, and leadership development.
Archana Parekh
Head of Asia Equities, Balyasny Asset Management (BAM)
Archana Parekh is the Head of Asia Equities. She joined BAM in November 2022 and is based in our Singapore office. Archana joins us from Millennium, where she worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager covering the Global TMT and Financials sectors. Prior to Millennium, Archana was at Seatown Holdings and Temasek Holdings. Archana serves as a Bord Chair for the Singapore American School. Additionally, she has previously served on the Boards of Stanford University’s GSB Trust, United Women Singapore, WISE and U Go. She received her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and her BA in Computer Science from Mount Holyoke College.
Jean Chia
Global Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Bank of Singapore
Jean Chia is Bank of Singapore’s Global CIO, responsible for the CIO Investment Institute which covers multi-asset portfolios for wealth and asset management. Jean is responsible for Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM), Funds Selection, Alternatives Investment and CIO Lab at Bank of Singapore. Jean is also Global Head of Investment & Wealth Solutions (a.i.) overseeing capital markets, customized solutions, family office & wealth advisory. Jean is a member of Bank of Singapore’s Global Management Committee and chairs the Bank’s Investment Committee and Sustainable Investment Governance Committee. Jean has over 25 years of experience in Private Banking and Asset Management. She was previously Head, Equities Advisory & Sales at Bank of Singapore, and Head of Client Advisory Services, Investment Products & Services at UBS Wealth Management, Singapore. Jean graduated with an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University of Oxford, UK. She currently serves on the Development Advisory Board of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. Jean holds a Sustainable Finance certification from Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL). She is a Financial Women’s Association of Singapore (FWA) Female Champion and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Fellow for Private Banking and Wealth Management. Jean is a Director on the Board of Mandai Nature, the conservation arm established by Mandai Wildlife Group and Temasek.
Sabrina Gan
Head of Third Party Wealth, Goldman Sachs
Sabrina is a managing director in the Client Solutions Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, serving as head of Third Party Wealth (TPW) in Asia Pacific Ex-Japan. In her role, she is responsible for developing and executing sales strategies, in close partnership with TPW leadership, to deliver continued growth across our wealth management and distribution partners in the region. Sabrina joined the firm in 2024 as a managing director. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Sabrina spent more than nine years with Fidelity International (Fidelity), where she was head of Southeast Asia Distribution and country head of Singapore. Before joining Fidelity, she spent two years with BlackRock where she was head of Retail Distribution for Singapore. Sabrina worked in Asset Management at Schroders and spent more than nine years covering distribution for mutual funds in Singapore, including business development and development of sales and product strategies. She began her career with Ernst & Young focusing on Corporate Finance and Audit. Sabrina earned a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and is a CFA and CAIA charter holder.
Audrey Ng
Head of Legal for Institutional Services, State Street
Audrey Ng is Head of Legal for Institutional Services (South East Asia) at State Street and Deputy Branch Manager of its Singapore branch. She advises on custody, middle- and back-office, trustee services, corporate and fiduciary governance and regulatory change, and leads the Alternatives portfolio for APAC Legal. Audrey has over 25 years’ experience in financial services and legal practice. Before joining State Street, she was lead APAC lawyer for securities services at Northern Trust and previously spent a decade in corporate and commercial private practice across Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, including as a law firm partner. She holds an LLB (Hons) from King’s College London, is a Barrister-at-Law, and is admitted in Malaysia and Singapore. She also holds an MBA with Distinction from Warwick Business School and is a DBA candidate at Singapore Management University. Audrey writes on AI governance and legal practice. Her recent paper, “Human and the Loop: What are we Assuming About the Human?” published in the International In-house Counsel Journal in 2026, examines how interaction with generative AI may influence professional judgement and the effectiveness of human oversight.
Janet Perumal
Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, Head of Investments, APAC, Wellington Management
Janet is a member of the firm’s Senior Leadership Team. As head of Asia Pacific (APAC) and head of investments, APAC, she oversees the firm’s business, strategy, operations, and investment talent in the region. Based in the Singapore office, she provides business leadership, governance, and supervision of the Singapore and Southeast Asia businesses. Janet is a member of the Capital Commitments Committee, the Global Compensation & Talent Committee, the APAC Compensation & Talent Committee, and the CEO Management Team. She also serves as Chair of the WPFM Shanghai board. Prior to rejoining Wellington Management in 2011, she was in institutional sales at Citibank in Singapore (2009 – 2011) and a portfolio strategist at Istithmar World in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (2007). Before that, she spent three years at Wellington Management in Sydney and Hong Kong as a relationship analyst (2003 – 2006). She began her career at J.P., Morgan Chase (1998 – 2003) as part of its management associate program. Janet received her B. Comm in accounting and finance from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.
Antoinette Eltz
Global Head of Institutional Clients, Federated Hermes
Antoinette joined in June 2017 as a Client Director and became Head of Client Relationship Management in June 2018. She was appointed Global Head of Institutional Clients in March 2024. Within her role she is responsible for client delivery globally and for building and maintaining relationships with institutional clients across the world. Antoinette joined from Twelve Capital, where she was a senior sales director, responsible for the German market. Previous roles include Head of Distribution for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland for Citi Capital Advisors; Account Manager and Product Manager at PIMCO; assistant to the CEO of Allianz Global Investors; and Market Maker at Botta Derivatives Trading. Antoinette holds a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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