Speakers

Myra Chan
Sales Director
Aubrey Capital Management

Myra Chan is a seasoned investment professional with over 25 years in the finance industry. Prior to her relocation to Europe, she was a senior banker at Citibank Private Bank and Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild in Hong Kong, managing investments for Ultra high net-worth individuals. Prior to that, she was a division head at JP Morgan’s Structured Product Distribution, tailoring financial solutions for private clients and family offices in Asia Pacific with objectives that ranged from return enhancement to risk mitigation. She accumulated institutional experience as Asian equities sales in New York and Hong Kong with HSBC and Société Générale. In addition to being a Chartered Financial Analyst, she holds a Master’s degree from the University of Hong Kong, and a B.A. from International Christian University in Japan

David Coombs
Rathbones

David Coombs is head of multi-asset investments and fund manager of the Rathbone Multi-Asset Portfolio funds. He joined Rathbones in 2007 after spending 19 years with Baring Asset Management where he managed multi-asset funds and segregated mandates. He began his career with Hambros Bank in 1984.

John Ewart
Co-fund Manager
Aubrey Capital Management

John has over 30 years investment industry experience across global equity markets. He joined Glasgow based FS Assurance in 1988, and managed European equity portfolios in the UK retail and pension fund market. He joined First State Investments in 2000 to manage the pan European retail and segregated client portfolios. In 2004 he moved to Alliance Trust PLC and was a member of the Global Equity Team and subsequently managed the Global Emerging Markets portfolio. He joined Aubrey in early 2012 as a Fund Manager and covers global markets. He is a graduate of Strathclyde University with BA Economics and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Christopher Gannatti, CFA
Head of Research, Europe
WisdomTree

Christopher Gannatti began at WisdomTree as a Research Analyst in December 2010, working directly with Jeremy Schwartz, CFA®, Director of Research. In January of 2014, he was promoted to Associate Director of Research where he was responsible for leading different groups of analysts and strategists within the broader Research team at WisdomTree. In February of 2018, Christopher moved to WisdomTree’s London office and was promoted to Head of Research, Europe, where he is responsible for the full WisdomTree research effort within the European market as well as supporting the UCITs platform globally. Prior to working at WisdomTree, Chris was a Regional Consultant at Lord Abbett. He received his MBA in Quantitative Finance, Accounting, and Economics from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2010, and he received his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in Economics in 2006. Christopher is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Oren Kaplan
Co-Founder and CEO
SharingAlpha

Co-Founder and CEO of SharingAlpha which is a user generated fund ratings and asset allocation platform, or in the words used by the Financial Times, it’s where 'Morningstar meets TripAdvisor'. Recently, SharingAlpha has become the world’s largest fund rating agency in terms of the number of fund analysts contributing to its ratings. Oren has over 20 years experience in senior management positions in the Financial Industry. He is the author of the best seller 'Psycho-Finance: The New Psychological Approach to Investments' and co-Author of 'The WealthTech Book'. He is also a Partner at an asset management firm that currently has $38 Billion under management and holds a BSc in Economics from the University of London and an MBA for Tel-Aviv University.

Niall Murphy
Senior Vice President - Business Development & Client Services
KBI Global Investors

Niall is responsible for relationship management and business development activities in Europe (ex UK). From 2007 to 2015 Niall ran a unit which performed relationship management and client servicing for all non-US institutional and wholesale clients. He set up the New York office in 2004 and worked in the U.S. for two years, promoting the firm’s suite of funds to institutional pension funds and wholesale distributors. He headed the firm’s Personal Investment Unit from 2000-2003 and held numerous roles in marketing and customer relationship before that. Niall graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in Economics and was awarded a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Limerick.

Noel O’Halloran
CIO
KBI Global Investors

Noel joined the firm in 1992 and was promoted to Head of Equities in 1996. He was appointed CIO in 2002 and a Director of KBI Global Investors in December 2000. Noel has overall responsibility for the investment process and performance of the firm’s assets under management, across the various asset classes and specialist equity portfolios. The firm’s team of investment professionals report to Noel. He has managed equity portfolios across Irish, European, Asian and US equity markets. Prior to joining the firm, Noel worked for Irish Life Investment Managers as a US Equity Asset Manager. He is an engineer by profession, having graduated with a 1st Class honours degree from University College Cork. Noel is a member of the CFA Institute and the UK Society of Investment Professionals.