FWA Champions are individuals in senior leadership positions who champion and support women seeking success on both the professional and personal fronts. They effect change in their organisations and are firm supporters of gender diversity and inclusion in their workplaces and society.
FWA members get a chance to interact and meet our Champions in our FWA mentoring programme and as speakers in FWA-led events. In addition to this, the Conversations with FWA Champions series allows our members deeper interaction with our Champions in a small-group setting, to hear the experiences and journeys of our Champions and to learn from them.
We are pleased to announce our latest Conversation with FWA Champion Ian MacDonald, Head of Hong Kong and Deputy Head of Asia Pacific, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Ian MacDonald, Head of Hong Kong and Deputy Head of Asia Pacific, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Ian Macdonald joined Aberdeen Standard Investments in 2013. As the firm’s Head of Hong Kong and Deputy Head of Asia Pacific, he works together with Hugh Young, Head of Asia Pacific, to lead the continued development of our business in the region. His direct reports include Aberdeen’s APAC Market Heads as well as the regional Heads of Product, Human Resources, Operations, Business Risk, Compliance and Legal.
In 1998 Ian qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in London before joining Lazard as an M&A banker. In 2005 he moved to Hong Kong to head HSBC’s Asia Pacific private equity coverage team. Since 2008 Ian has been based in Singapore and was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the emerging markets equities boutique, Arisaig Partners. Ian is an alumnus of IMD (Program for Executive Development), Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program) and INSEAD (International Directors Program). Ian is a member of the Executive Committee of both IMAS and the ASIFMA Asset Management Group.
Event Agenda
12:15 pm Registration
12:30 pm Virtual Conversation with FWA Champion Ian MacDonald
1:30 pm End of event
Registration:
This is a Members-only event that is free of charge for FWA individual and corporate members.
For Individual Members, please login on the website before registering.
For Corporate Members, note that Diamond members may register up to 15 persons, Platinum members may register up to 10 persons and Gold members may register up to 5 persons. Please click RSVP Now and register using your Institutional Codes (please check with your respective coordinators for your Institutional Code).
The deadline to register for this event is 23 October 2020. Successful applicants will be informed via email. As seats are limited, and as we endeavour to allow as many members as possible to meet at least one FWA Champion in a year, those who have attended one conversation will be placed in lower priority for subsequent conversations.
Cancellation and No Show Policy
We understand that with busy schedules, there may be times when you cannot make an event after you have registered for it. In the event that you cannot make an event, we appreciate that you use our new tool now available to cancel the event. To do so, please login to the FWA website, under “My Account”, select “My Events”, you can cancel the event registration under the “Cancel registration” column. The last date for any cancellation of attendance for this event is 23 October 2020.
For members who successfully register for, but do not attend the event and fail to cancel their seat, we regret to inform that you will be placed in lower priority for subsequent conversations.
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