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Rosie has led and scaled the Marketing and Communications function at Apex Group Ltd for nearly a decade, as it has transitioned from a mid-sized fund administrator to a global financial services provider with 12,000 employees, 85 offices and over $3rn in assets serviced. She is a member of the Executive Committee and runs a central global team, responsible for all internal and external marketing, communications and CSR for the Group and its sub-brands. Rosie is passionate about driving diversity of thought and improving the gender balance in financial services and is a leading voice on the topic in the industry. She is also described as a ‘prominent Fintech CMO’, regularly interviewed on popular Marketing podcasts. Rosie is a Board Director for the Apex Foundation, member of the Apex Group’s Sustainability Committee and Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Council, a Chartered Marketer and member of the Forbes Communications Council. Rosie is the Founder of the Women’s Accelerator Network and Apex Group’s internal Women’s Accelerator Program.

Kirin is General Counsel and Chief Operations Officer at Arbion, an investment office for institutions and ultra-high-net-worth clients. She is responsible for overseeing all business operations and forms part of Arbion’s Board of Directors. Kirin is also responsible for all legal matters related to the firm. Kirin trained and qualified as a solicitor at Pinsent Masons (formerly McGrigors LLP) where she spent five years in their London office. Having qualified into the Corporate team, Kirin has experience in a wide range of corporate matters including M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions. Prior to McGrigors, Kirin worked as a paralegal with the M&A team at Freshfields LLP. Kirin received an LLB and LLM (Corporate and Commercial Law) from University College London.

Faye Acosta joined Apex Group in 2019 as part of the EMEA Business Development team. With experience of working in the UK, United States, and Dubai, she has a natural ability to build new relationships and nurture existing ones across cultures. Faye has over two decades of experience within the Financial Services industry and has held various business development roles at Tullett Prebon, Alter Domus, SS&C, and Cantor Fitzgerald. She joined the Steering Committee of the London Women’s Accelerator Network, an Apex Group Initiative, in 2024 and will be focused on driving equity for women within the industry.

Maysa is a passionate social entrepreneur with extensive business development experience in high-tech and civil society organisations. For over 20 years, Maysa has been involved in co-founding multiple initiatives fostering entrepreneurs. Since 2003, she has served in executive positions, in addition to fundraising, mentoring, multi-cultural relations, and advisinga number of local and international organisations, aiming to empower entrepreneurs and bridge communities. Accordingly, leveraging this experience combined with years of investment management, start-up and accelerator programmes, executive coaching, and family business consultancy, enables Maysa to launch her operation, navigating her clients through the complexity of family businesses and providing speculative opportunities in high-tech solutions in the Middle East and UK In addition, her social-impact ventures and initiatives have been acknowledged by international bodies and has received a number of prizes and awards for serving restlessly for peace, justice, diversity, and inclusion.

Global Network Coordinator

As Head of CSR, Lakshmi is responsible for driving the corporate sustainability and EED&I strategy for Apex Group. With a background in Communications, Lakshmi is able to translate ESG data into tangible takeaways that can be implemented into a scalable initiatives. She has a Bachelors degree in Business Management and Masters degree in Marketing Communications. Lakshmi is a member of the EED&I Council, volunteer Program Manager for the Apex Foundation and global coordinator of the Women’s Accelerator Network.

Lana Callahan is the Managing Director of Investor Relations with Context365 by Apex. She is a Senior Finance Leader with more than 19 years of experience in the Alternatives space delivering and sustaining revenue and profit gains within highly competitive markets. She was responsible for the strategic growth and expansion of many businesses throughout her career and has a vast knowledge of products and vehicles, holding buy side and sell sides roles at: Rotella Capital Management, BNP Paribas, ABN AMRO, R.J. O’Brien and Newedge. Lana attained her Master's Degree from Northwestern University in one year, her Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia College and Series 3, Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. Lana currently serves as a Management Team Member at Context365 by Apex, a Trader's Fulcrum Board Member, a CTA Expo Advisory Board Member, a Give Thanks Project for Ronald McDonald House Board Member, a member of 100 Women in Finance and a member of Women in Listed Derivatives.

As a marketing executive with 20+ years of experience in the fintech and investment management industries Judith has helped scale and grow companies and high-performing teams at both hyper-growth startups and established global firms. Judith has a consistent record of mentoring and empowering talent while showcasing and elevating prominent female trailblazers in the industry through strategic networking events. She has a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Michigan, coursework from Columbia's MBA Executive Education program in Strategic Marketing Management and Brand Leadership and is a member of CHIEF.

Josette Thompson is a managing director at Prosek Partners. She has more than 20 years of experience in Communications with a current focus on financial and professional services. At Prosek she manages a multi-million-dollar portfolio of clients across banking, insurance, real estate, and wealth management overseeing their public relations, investor relations, crisis communications, thought leadership and social media programs. Josette has a deep passion for purpose-driven work and serves as Diversity Lead at Prosek driving internal change within the organization and counseling clients on their DEI efforts. She is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society’s Diversity & Inclusion committee, an advisory board member for the Diversity Action Alliance, and is on the board of The HOPE Program, a workforce development program that empowers New Yorkers with significant barriers to employment through training jobs and career advancement. Josette is also the founder of Prosek’s Corporate Volunteer and Giving Initiative. Josette began her career in the consumer and luxury/fashion PR industries, working on large-scale B2B and B2C campaigns for some of the world’s most well-known brands. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media Studies from Fordham University.

Alma is Founder and CEO of Revela Advisors a marketing agency specializing in integrated marketing strategies within the financial services industry. As the driving force behind Revela Advisors, Alma is all about helping businesses unlock their true potential and achieve sustainable growth. With over 30 years in financial services, she’s worked with Fortune 500 companies and global organizations, mastering the art of marketing, communications, business development and strategic partnerships. Known for her ability to unite teams and align visions, Alma thrives as a collaborative “quarterback,” guiding businesses through transformative strategies that foster lasting success. Her leadership has spearheaded corporate rebranding efforts, led groundbreaking campaigns, provided sales development and marketing counsel to boutique and leading asset management companies, and cultivated partnerships to advance organizational goals. Beyond work, Alma’s passion for continuous learning and fostering growth is mirrored in her personal life, where she actively mentors’ college students, and young professionals.

Global Network Coordinator

As Head of CSR, Lakshmi is responsible for driving the corporate sustainability and EED&I strategy for Apex Group. With a background in Communications, Lakshmi is able to translate ESG data into tangible takeaways that can be implemented into a scalable initiatives. She has a Bachelors degree in Business Management and Masters degree in Marketing Communications. Lakshmi is a member of the EED&I Council, volunteer Program Manager for the Apex Foundation and global coordinator of the Women’s Accelerator Network.

Head of Asia

Valerie has over 20 years of experience in leading alternative assets servicing teams across Europe, Middle East, and Asia. Valerie has been an active contributor to the industry throughout her career, serving on the boards of various professional bodies and committees. Currently, she is the Chair of the Association of Luxembourg Funds in Southeast Asia, as well as member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) committee of the Singapore Fund Directors Association, and the Singapore Venture Capital Association. As Regional Managing Director at Apex Group, she also has a focus on driving ESG and DEI initiatives in APAC.

Joel is a private investment funds lawyer with 20 years of experience in top-tier investment funds practices in London and Singapore. He has extensive experience advising sponsors in Asia on the establishment of private investment funds across various asset classes and jurisdictions, with a particular focus on private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, hedge, and special situations funds. Joel has worked on various non-traditional private investment fund setups such as platform structures, hybrid funds, club deals, and open-ended illiquid funds. He has also advised institutional and non-institutional LPs from Asia, Europe, and the US, including sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, pension funds, corporations, family offices, and fund-of-funds, on their investments into private funds. Aside from transactional work, Joel also advises clients on the licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements of operating a fund management business in Singapore, as well as assisting with the submission of fund management licence applications to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Joel is acknowledged by clients for his experience and expertise and has been listed in various legal ranking publications for several consecutive years, including Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Who’s Who Legal.

Martin O’Regan is the founder and managing director of Solas, providing a truly independent directorship service, based in, and privately owned in Asia. With over 25 years of experience in investments funds and other alternative investment vehicles, Martin has held senior roles for Deutsche, Citi, Apex and UBS in Bermuda, Dubai, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Martin is licensed as a director with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). He is also Chairman of the Singapore Fund Directors Association (SFDA). He is an Executive Committee member of both the Singapore Funds Industry Group (SFIG) and Chinese Offshore Private Funds Association (COPFA).

Valerie set up the tax & private wealth practice for Pinsent Masons in Asia, recognised as Top tier practice by Legal 500 since 2018. She advises families, individuals, their family offices and service providers in tax, trust, funds and regulatory matters; acts as counsel to many UHNW individuals & families, on the tax considerations of family asset holding structures, to tailor solutions and provide ongoing advice for tax & succession planning needs, balanced with commercial, family dynamics & business continuity considerations. Valerie has served on the Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law since September 2016.

Global Network Coordinator

As Head of CSR, Lakshmi is responsible for driving the corporate sustainability and EED&I strategy for Apex Group. With a background in Communications, Lakshmi is able to translate ESG data into tangible takeaways that can be implemented into a scalable initiatives. She has a Bachelors degree in Business Management and Masters degree in Marketing Communications. Lakshmi is a member of the EED&I Council, volunteer Program Manager for the Apex Foundation and global coordinator of the Women’s Accelerator Network.

Jude is responsible for the delivery and development of regulatory solutions and compliance services to clients. Jude joined Apex Group in 2022 following the acquisition of Sanne, where she held the position of Regional Head of Compliance for Asia-Pacific and deputised for the Global Head of Compliance. Jude has 18 years of global financial regulatory experience in banking, securities and investments, alternative assets, and fund administration.

Betul joined Apex Group as Business Development Director for APAC in 2023. Previously, Betul worked at TMF Group and Vistra in different sales roles and has nearly a decade of experience in the corporate services field. She is a qualified Turkish lawyer with over seven years of experience in cross-border equity and debt investments and also speaks English, German, and Turkish.

Erica joined Apex Group in 2021. Based in Hong Kong, she is responsible for ensuring smooth client onboarding in the region. Prior to Apex Group, she spent 13 years in an international bank. Here she focused on new client onboarding of top tier fund administration and custody clients and projects. Erica holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Finance in the University of Hong Kong.

Ice joined Apex Group in 2022 and is the Senior Manager of the Alternative Asset Services team. Prior to joining Apex Group, Ice trained as an accountant with one of the big four accounting firms. Ice has comprehensive audit experience in real estate funds, listed property development companies, and IPO projects. Known for her leadership and analytical prowess, Ice excels in enhancing operational efficiencies, executing successful fund launches and ensuring regulatory compliance to enhance client and investor satisfaction. Ice is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a degree in accounting from the Open University of Hong Kong.

Emma is a seasoned finance professional with over 15 years’ experience at Apex Group Ltd. Throughout her tenure, she has held various roles, including positions in fund operations and the APAC regional product team. She is now leads the client relationship management team in Hong Kong. Emma is particularly known for her passion in mentoring junior colleagues. She takes great pride in sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience with the next generation of talent, helping them develop critical skills and gain a deeper understanding of the industry. Her impact extends beyond individual growth, as she continues to cultivate a new generation of finance professionals poised to drive innovation and excellence in the asset management industry. Her mentees, inspired by her example, have gone on to mentor others, creating a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

Mirana joined Apex Group in 2011 and has over 15 years’ experience in leadership within the fund services industry in Hong Kong, mainland China, and London. As deputy chief product officer and chief operations officer, Mirana is responsible for growing Apex Group’s products and ensures operational efficiency. Prior to her current role, Mirana was the managing director for the greater China business. Mirana is a certified accountant in Hong Kong and chartered financial analyst.

Global Network Coordinator

As Head of CSR, Lakshmi is responsible for driving the corporate sustainability and EED&I strategy for Apex Group. With a background in Communications, Lakshmi is able to translate ESG data into tangible takeaways that can be implemented into a scalable initiatives. She has a Bachelors degree in Business Management and Masters degree in Marketing Communications. Lakshmi is a member of the EED&I Council, volunteer Program Manager for the Apex Foundation and global coordinator of the Women’s Accelerator Network.