Chairman

David oversees new and existing corporate and institutional client relationship development and management, offering clients the full spectrum of our financing, capital raising, advisory, transaction banking, and risk management solutions. This is accomplished through seamless partnership with coverage vertical teams and product partners in region and across Wells Fargo’s network.

David, most recently, was the managing director and head of Financial Institutions Coverage, Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas. Before that, David enjoyed a successful 26-year career at Citigroup across Equities and Global Markets, culminating in his last position as head of Investor Sales and Relationship Management, Asia Pacific.

With more than 30 year of experience in financial services, David brings with him into the role extensive institutional and markets experience and deep insight into the Asian market. He worked in New York City and San Francisco for 7 years, followed by 5 years in Japan and 20+ years in Hong Kong.

David holds a bachelor of arts in quantitative economics from Stanford University. He serves as chairman of the board of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association. David is also a member of the Professional Advisory Board and Investment Management Committee for the Hong Kong Cancer Fund.

Vice Chairman

Prior to joining CIMB in 2003, Mr Chu had six years of experience with a major European bank developing its local currency fixed income business in both Malaysia and Singapore.

Since joining CIMB, Mr Chu played an active role in the formation of group wide treasury and market businesses which have grown from strength to strength and today is a market leading franchise and a significant contributor to the Group.

Mr Chu holds a MSc in Finance and Economics with Distinction and First Class Honours of BSc (Econ) Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. He is also a CFA charter holder.

Vice Chairman

Since 2006, Andrew has been instrumental in leading DBS Treasury and Market’s expansion in the region. In addition, he helped build a pan-Asia trading platform on different asset classes and established a region-wide local currencies derivative capability for the bank. He has also expanded DBS’ capabilities in generic and exotic derivatives.

Andrew has worked in the treasury business for over 35 years. Prior to joining DBS, he was Executive Director at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from 1995 to 1999. In that role, he set up CIBC’s trading platform and derivative capabilities on Asian currencies. Between 1986 and 1995, Andrew was Head of North Asia Trading and Treasurer of Chase Manhattan Bank in Taipei.

Treasurer

She also serves as the CEO for Hong Kong which is home to the firm’s Asia Pacific Headquarters.  Harshika sits on the Board of J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited and represents JP Morgan on the Board of ASIFMA.

Harshika joined JP Morgan in November 2013 as a Managing Director based in Singapore to run the Asia Commodities Sales and Structuring business and the Electronic Sales business delivering electronic trading services to clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Harshika was at Barclays Capital for 10 years where she held a variety of roles based in London including Deputy Treasurer for Barclays Capital, and Global Chief Operating Officer for the Commodities business. Between 1994 and 2003, she was a Senior Manager in the Financial Services Practice at Deloitte London providing assurance and advisory services to global financial institutions.

Harshika is based in Hong Kong with her husband and two children.

CEO

Prior to joining ASIFMA, for 23 years Ms. Law served in the public sector and held various senior positions in the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in the Hong Kong SAR.  During her tenure as the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) from 2018 to 2021, Ms. Law spearheaded the commencement of the eMPF Project, a multi-billion dollar digital transformation programme that will reshape the Hong Kong MPF ecosystem of over HK$1 trillion dollar worth of assets. 

Prior to her roles at the MPFA, Ms. Law was an experienced financial regulator having served 14 years in the SFC and participated in a number of market reforms following the respective Asian and global financial crises. Ms. Law made significant contributions to explore other frontiers for the Hong Kong market by setting up new rules for exchange traded products, real estate investment funds and structured products.

Ms. Alice Law has been a Council member of the World Economic Forum since 2014.  She was the Co-chair of Global Future Council on Responsive Financial Systems of the World Economic Forum between 2020-2022 (June), the focus of which is on digital led economic recovery, Green Finance and climate change issues. She is the first Hong Kong Chinese to assume this leadership role.

Ms. Alice Law was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong in 2022. Ms. Law is a solicitor admitted in Hong Kong and in England and Wales.   She obtained her Master of Laws degree from the University College of London and is a law graduate of the University of Hong Kong.  She had years of private legal practice in Hong Kong before joining the public sector. 

Ms. Law was born in Hong Kong and is proficient in Chinese (Putonghua and Cantonese) and English.