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Muneera AlDossary is the Chief Executive Officer and a Board Member of Franklin Templeton in Saudi Arabia. Appointed in October 2023, she is responsible for leading the firm's strategic expansion within the Kingdom in alignment with Vision 2030. Current Key Roles: - CEO & Board Member, Franklin Templeton Financial Company (Saudi Arabia): Oversees regional operations and expanding the firm's presence. - Board Member, Wej Development Company: Appointed in March 2025 to the investment arm of the Taif Governorate. - Independent Board Member, SISCO Holding: Serves on the board and investment committee of Saudi Industrial Services Co. since 2020. Professional Background: With over 20 years of experience in asset management and banking, AlDossary has managed more than SAR 30 billion in assets across various classes, including public/private equity and real estate. Her previous leadership positions include: - Head of Asset Management, ANB Capital (2022–2023). - Head of Asset Management & CIO, HSBC Saudi Arabia (2021–2022). - CEO, Mulkia Investment Company (2018–2021). - Chairperson, Capital Market Institutions Committee (2020–2022), where she represented the industry to the Capital Market Authority (CMA). - Head of Equities, Saudi Fransi Capital (2017–2018). Education & Certifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Arab Open University. Banking Diploma, Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia. Certified Financial Technician (CFTe), International Federation of Technical Analysts.

Yingwen Chin is a Partner and Senior Analyst at Albourne Partners in Hong Kong, specializing in Private Markets Investment Due Diligence (IDD). Since joining the firm in 2015, she has focused on evaluating Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) managers across Greater China and the broader Asian region. Professional Role & Expertise: - Asset Classes: Her expertise spans nearly 20 years in alternative investments, including private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds. - Industry Leadership: She serves as the Deputy Chair of the CAIA Association Greater China Chapter. Public Speaker: Yingwen is a regular speaker at major industry events, such as the Asia Venture Capital Forum (AVCF) and various AIMA Hong Kong briefings, where she discusses topics like retail access to private markets and shifting investor views. Professional Background: - Nutrimenta: Before Albourne, she was the Head of Asia for funds research at Nutrimenta, a Swiss multi-family office, managing their regional hedge fund investments. Education: She graduated in the pioneer class of Singapore Management University (SMU) with a Bachelor of Business Management. Certification: She has been a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charterholder since March 2006.

Stuart Wrigley is a Partner, Head of Asia Pacific and Head of Capital Formation and Strategy International at Sixth Street. Before joining Sixth Street in July 2025, Stuart spent 24 years at Goldman Sachs. During his time at Goldman Sachs, he held various leadership roles across Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Asia Pacific and the firm’s Securities Division in the Middle East and North Africa. Stuart was based across London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore during this period.

Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, he is the author of six books, including More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite and The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future, which have become investment classics. His latest book is The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence; the Financial Times wrote that “Mallaby has done full justice to his kaleidoscopically interesting subject.” He also co-hosts a weekly CFR podcast, The Spillover, which examines the ripple effects of global events across policy, geopolitics, economics, technology, and financial markets. Before joining CFR, Mallaby served eight years as a columnist and editorial board member at the Washington Post and spent thirteen years with the Economist. While at the Economist, he worked in London, where he wrote about foreign policy and international finance; in Africa, where he covered Nelson Mandela’s release and the collapse of apartheid; and in Japan, where he covered the breakdown of the country’s political and economic consensus. Between 1997 and 1999, Mallaby was the Economist’s Washington bureau chief and wrote the magazine’s weekly Lexington column on American politics and foreign policy. In 2015, he helped to found a startup, InFacts.org, a web publication making the fact-based case for Britain to remain in the European Union. Mallaby was educated at Oxford, graduating in 1986 with a first-class degree in modern history. After eighteen years in Washington, DC, he moved to London in 2014, where he lives with his wife, Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of the Economist.