IR Magazine

Tim Human, senior reporter, IR Magazine
Tim Human is senior reporter at IR Magazine. He rejoined the publication in 2019 after two years working as a freelance writer for a range of international clients. Previously, he was editor of IR Magazine between 2013-2017. He has also written for Corporate Secretary, IR Magazine’s sister publication, and CorpComms, the UK-based magazine for corporate communications professionals.

 

Ekasit Kuna, Thai equity analyst, Kiatnakin Phatra Securities
Ekasit has 8 years’ experience in investment industry with 5 years in equity research. He is currently working at Kiatnakin Phatra Securities as a Thai Equity Analyst in Chief Investment Office. Prior to that, he was the retail/tourism/consumer sector analyst for Deutsche Bank Tisco JV and Krungsri Securities (MUFG Group).

 

Joshua Lee, portfolio manager, Lombard Odier
Joshua Lee is currently a portfolio manager at Lombard Odier.

Prior to that Joshua was headhunted by Equinix, the world’s largest independent data-center operator, for a C-suite role to manage their spinoff. He was also a senior portfolio manager at Bank of Singapore, an equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank, as well as a portfolio manager at several hedge funds.

Joshua holds a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Accountancy with a second major in Law from Singapore Management University. He is also a CFA charterholder, a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore, and an ASEAN CPA.

 

Professor Roy Ling, professional board director

Prof. Roy Ling is a Professional Board Director. Concurrently, he is also an Adjunct Professor in Finance at the SKEMA Business School, an Academic Program Director at SMU Academy and the CEO & Founder of FollowTrade.

Prof. Ling is a seasoned veteran with more than 20 years in investment banking with JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney. His expertise is in digital finance, sustainable investing and Asia real estate, and he had completed some of the highest-profile advisory and capital market transactions in the region. Prof. Ling is also a distinguished board director with more than 16 years of corporate governance experience across Asia. He was honored as the Real Estate Executive of the Year 2016 by Singapore Business Review, and as one of 20 Rising Stars in Real Estate 2008 by Institutional Investor.

Prof. Ling graduated from INSEAD with a Global EMBA and from the National University of Singapore with a BBA (Hons).

 

Vijay Natarajan, analyst – real estate & REITs
Vijay Natarajan has over 10 years of investment analyst experience covering Singapore and regional stocks.  He has worked both on the buy-side and sell-side equity research and covered diverse sectors which includes Real estate, REITs, Aviation and Offshore and Marine. He holds an MBA Degree from S.P.Jain School of Global Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication from Anna University.

 

Jeannie Ong, founding board member & IR advisor, AetriaHealth
Jeannie has more than 25 years of experience working in the leadership teams of listed companies and start-ups, across different industries and regions. In her corporate roles, Jeannie has helmed successful Initial Public Offering, raised sizeable capital, built credibility for her companies with the global investment community and the regional media, raised the companies’ profiles, been the face and voice of the companies and won many accolades in Branding, Communications, Investor Relations (IR), Marketing and Sustainability. She was instrumental in developing Corporate Communications, IR, and Sustainability frameworks and playbooks as well as setting up her core function teams from scratch in all the companies that she served.

Jeannie is the Founding Board Member and IR Advisor at AetriaHeath, a healthcare startup based in Thailand. She serves as a Board of Director at the National Arthritis Foundation in Singapore, and chairs its Marketing and Publicity Committee. Jeannie has been supporting the Singapore Institute of Directors for its LED module on stakeholder engagement, a compulsory programme for new Board of Directors of listco, on a pro bono basis, as she wants to help elevate the status of IR in the corporate world.