Lydie Hudson
Chief Executive Officer of Sustainability, Research and Investment Solutions, Credit Suisse
Lydie Hudson has been a member of the Credit Suisse Executive Board since 2019. She oversees global research, investments, and solutions for wealth management, corporate and institutional clients, and integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies and priorities across the bank. In this capacity, she leads our group sustainability strategy and co-leads the employee culture strategy. Previously, she was Group Chief Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Officer, overseeing bank policies and controls while serving on the Audit and Financial Crime and Conduct Committees. Prior to that, Ms. Hudson was the Chief Operating Officer for the Global Markets division, where she was responsible for strategy, technology, and operations. Previously she held senior roles in Equities, Fixed Income, and Asset Management. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2008, she worked at Lehman Brothers and the Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Hudson holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA from Middlebury College where she graduated with honors. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2017, and sits on the board of the NY-based non-profit, Good Shepherd Services.
Jennifer Kizilbash
Partner, Operational Due Diligence, Albourne Partners
Jennifer Kizilbash joined Albourne Partners, an investment consulting firm, in 2011 and is responsible for conducting operational due diligence reviews on hedge fund and private equity fund managers in the Asia Pacific region in behalf of institutional investors. She also leads the firm’s Sustainability Strategy globally as well as Albourne’s ESG practice in Asia. Her financial industry experience spans Manila, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore, having started her career with Ernst & Young. She is a CFA Charterholder, an FSA Credential holder, and has an MBA degree from London Business School.
Ronie Mak
Managing Director, RS Group
Ronie Mak leads and manages the strategy, operations and development of RS Group’s activities in HK and globally. RS Group is a mid-sized HK-based family office committed to creating a paradigm shift in people’s values and priorities so that economic growth will support, instead of jeopardize, human development and environmental sustainability. She led the launch of the RS Group Impact Report in 2016 and the incubation of the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi) in 2018, a private investor community platform that aims to drive demand and promote sustainable finance in HK. Ronie is a Shareholder Member of SFi. Currently, she is driving the Natural Capital Initiative which aims to mobilise private capital into nature based projects in Asia, marked by the launch of a US$3 million blended finance funding window in 2019, in partnership with Convergence. Ronie is a firm believer that one should, and can, “invest in the future one wants to create”. Ronie has over 15 years of banking & finance experience. Prior to joining RS Group in 2014, she spent a total of 12 years at HSBC across various roles (CEO office, Strategy, Investment Banking). During this period, she also acted as the Secretary of the Hong Kong Association of Banks in 2012. Other prior roles included corporate finance positions within KPMG and UPS. Ronie was born in Hong Kong and graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney with merit and a double degree in finance and marketing, Bachelor of Commerce.
Krace Zhou
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, StillBrook Capital
Krace Zhou is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of StillBrook Capital, a Greater China focused investment firm. Prior to StillBrook Capital, Ms. Zhou spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley, with the most recent role as Managing Director and co-Portfolio Manager of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”) Asia Opportunity Fund. Prior to MSIM, Ms. Zhou was an investor in Morgan Stanley’s Special Situations Group, responsible for distressed credit investment. Ms. Zhou received a B.S. in mathematics and statistics from Peking University, Beijing, China.
Kieran Murphy
Head of Prime Consulting, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse
Kieran Murphy is Head of Prime Consulting for Asia Pacific at Credit Suisse, based in Hong Kong. In this role, he advises established and emerging hedge funds on their business needs as they build an institutional platform to attract and retain global investors. Mr. Murphy joined Credit Suisse in 2018 and previously held a similar role with a U.S. headquartered bank. Prior to moving from Singapore to Hong Kong in 2013, he held investor-side positions in Singapore and London, where he was responsible for Operational Due Diligence.
