Main Ballroom: Making Alternatives Great (again)?  Part 1
Dealing with regime shifts: developing new investment frameworks for new realities - investor perspectives.

Host: Neeve Beharee

Manager, Strategy & Execution I Finance, HSBC Australia

Nicole Hammond

Chief Solutions & Growth Officer, Bennelong Funds Management

Jonathan Armitage

CIO, Colonial First State

Angus Cameron

CIO, GHM Group

Wayne Chatterjee

Vice President, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Ops & Reg Session: Regulatory & Compliance Update - A Run Around Key Jurisdictions {Closed door from Media}
Panellists from Australia and abroad tackling the latest regulations and compliance.

Host: Michelle MacCaull

Senior Consultant, Anti-Financial Crime Compliance, Northern Trust

Rebecca Mangos

Associate, Financial Services & Funds, MinterEllison

Jason Denisenko

Partner, A&O Shearman

Susan Spencer

Partner, Financial Services Taxation, EY

Kate Mulligan

Managing Partner, King Irving

Tania Toh

Partner, Walkers

An Opportunity to Engage with Exhibitors, Delegates, Speakers

Main Ballroom: Making Alternatives Great (again)? Part 2
Dealing with regime shifts: developing new investment frameworks for new realities - investor perspectives.

Host: Jessica Wickramasuriya

Associate, KKR

Chenelle de Rozario Harding

Consultant, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp)

Thomas Feng

CIO, Graham Capital Management, L.P.

Jonas Muir Wood

Senior Portfolio Manager, Hiscox ILS

Vineer Bhansali, Ph.D.,

Founder and CIO, LongTail Alpha, LLC

Jamie Mead

CEO, Talaria Asset Management

Ops & Reg Session: Get Your Act Together - The Changing Shape of Funds Governance
Governance is ever present for us all as fiduciaries, this panel will do a deep dive into what is good governance in 2025 and beyond.

Host: Astrid Sun

Assistant Vice President, Private Equity, Citco Group

Alistair G. Rew

AIMA Australia Chair & CEO, Confirma Partners

Emma Reekie

Partner, Financial Services, EY

Josephine Orgill

Director, HFL Advisors Limited

Jocelyn Furlan

Experienced Non-Executive Director and Chair

Vicki Riggio

General Manager, Managed Fund Services, Perpetual Corporate Trust

An Opportunity to Engage with Exhibitors, Delegates, Speakers

DIFC x Dubai Chambers VIP Lunch - By invitation only

Michael Bugel

Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC

Jonathan Beardall

Head of Wealth & Asset Management, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

Sophia Demetriades

Chief Representative, Australia, Dubai International Chamber

Main Ballroom: These Are Not the Droids You’re Looking For? Are We Approaching AI the Right Way?
Our panel explores the current state of the Alts industry in its journey with AI - the great disruptor.

Host: Maggie Do

Client Service Executive, State Street

Adam Lindell

Founder, Polar 993

Allana Rigby

Generative and Agentic AI Leader, Amazon Web Services

Will Liang

CEO, Amplify AI Group

Emily Randall

Founder and CEO of Bare Cove Technology

Ops & Reg Session: Climate Emergency - Stop Loss, Inflection Point or Boom Times? {Closed door from Media}
The U.S. is going one way, Europe another, Australia staying the course - where to now for ESG?

Host: Vani Baheerathan

Risk and Control Manager, BNP Paribas

Alison Chan

Head of Responsible Investment and Sustainable Finance, Metrics Credit Partners

Rebecca Wright

CEO, Investor Group on Climate Change & Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Andrew Smith

Co-Founder, Fathom

Klaus Paesler

Head of Business Development, PartnerRe Capital Management

Sean Kahn

Manager, Responsible Investment, Rest Super

Main Ballroom: BAU or Passe?  What’s In Store Next for Private Credit? {Closed door from Media}
Our panel looks at the issues, headwinds and tailwinds currently affecting Private Credit.

Host: Racquel Joyner

Compliance and Oversight Manager, Governance & Oversight, Perpetual Corporate Trust

Jiří Król

Deputy CEO, Global Head of Government Affairs, AIMA

Joe Millward

Founding Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending

Andrew Lockhart

CEO, Managing Partner, Metrics Credit Partners

Atiya Habib

Managing Partner & Investment Committee, Privity Credit

Ops & Reg Session: The Engine Room of Fund Businesses - Lets Hear from The CFO's And COO's {Closed door from Media}
Exploring the Evolving Roles of CFOs and COOs: Unlocking Organisational Alpha Through Excellence.

Host: Romilla Mohan

Vice President, Commercial and Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan

Fransisca Healey

Senior Vice President, Client Service, Citco Fund Services

Liam Tyndale

COO, DACM

Richard Preedy

CFO, Keyview Financial Group

Sandra Chui

Managing Director, COO, Merricks Capital

An Opportunity to Engage with Exhibitors, Delegates, Speakers

Uniting the Forum: Delving into the Key Concerns of Allocators and What Keeps Them Awake at Night.

Host: Kathy Kwan (關羽彤)

Head of APAC Events

Leanne Taylor

Independent Consultant

Jai Parrab

Associate Portfolio Manager, Liquid Alternatives and Macro Strategies, Aware Super

Stewart Hardie

Director, Alternatives, Future Fund

Charles Wu

CIO, State Super

Edoardo Rulli

Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds, Unified Global Alternatives, UBS

 No registration required as long as you have a name badge from our AIMA Australia Annual Forum 2025. 

Venue: Foyer area outside the Main Ballroom.